Dallas Cowboys News & Notes: Key Takeaways From The Giants Game

Dallas Cowboys’ renewed emphasis on takeaways paying off

And we just need to practice that more.” “It was just one of those things,” he said. “You gotta make them earn it, you know? Thats too easy. Darn it.” Jones hopeful Spencer, Waters can play against Kansas City – Tom Orsborn, MySA.com Jerry Jones may be even more optimistic about these things than your average fan, but it looks like there’s a chance both Spencer and Waters could play against the Chiefs. “We dont want to bring Spencer along any faster than we have to, but he sure had a good last two or three days before we stopped Sunday,” Jones told KRLD-FM during his radio show Tuesday morning. “And the same thing with Waters. Waters was actually amazing that he was able to move and have the football machinations that you have to do beyond endurance, so I think there is a chance he can play too.” Eagles offense faster than Jerry Jones thought – Jon Machota, FSSouthwest Jerry Jones was a little surprised by how fast the Eagles offense looked on Monday, and thinks the offensive style of play may be here to stay: “It’s always been a challenge for our team, so some combination of that is pretty sound relative to getting plays off and keeping the defense a little disjointed,” Jones told the New School show Tuesday morning on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM].

Frampton injured a groin Aug. 11 during training camp in California and never returned to practice. He was placed on injured reserve on Sept. 4. He would be eligible to return to the Cowboys in Week 10.

Jones updates Cowboys’ injuries

No, it was so obvious it was funny. It wasn’t humorous because we really wanted the advantage, and knew we could get it if we could get the ball snapped. The partisan crowd at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex., booed the Giants after the plays, but no penalties were called. The NFL said last week it would discipline teams for faking injuries, even if penalties were not called. Connor, who had similar injuries last season with Dallas, did not return to the game. Jenkins jogged off the field and quickly returned. I thought we got them moving a lot and got them pretty tired during that stretch, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said. They obviously had a bunch of injuries in that stretch.

Cowboys get 6 TOs to beat Manning, Giants 36-31

Of course, we’ll have to see if the takeaways keep coming this week when the Cowboys take on the Kansas City Chiefs , but it’s clear that for now, the team is forcing turnovers in a big way once again. So what was the difference? How did the Cowboys turn over a new takeaway leaf? Let’s take a closer look at Dallas’ renewed emphasis on taking the ball away from opponents. 1) Defensive line One thing the defensive linemen are doing differently: When the ball goes downfield, they’re running down and following the play rather than just standing there and sort of waiting for the whistle. This puts them in a much better position to potentially scoop up a loose ball or even make a strip. This is something the Seattle Seahawks also emphasize, as we saw on Sunday when defensive tackle Tony McDaniel ‘s willingness to chase a 16-yard running play allowed him to grab up the ball after a fumble by the Carolina Panthers ‘ DeAngelo Williams . One could see that mentality in action in the Cowboys after the team forced a fumble out of Giants running back David Wilson in the first quarter; when the ball hit the ground, defensive lineman George Selvie was there to pick it up.

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Witten caught a 15-yard scoring pass from Romo to finish the nine-play, 71-yard drive late in the first half. Connor, who played for the Cowboys last year, didn’t return because of what the team described as a “burner.” Jenkins did return, and no injury update was given. “It’s absolutely not true,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Monday. “Both of those payers were injured. Connor never returned to the game. Cullen was in a position where he needed to regroup. That really wasn’t orchestrated at all.” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Monday he had not gone to the league over the sequence. “If somebody goes down, you have to respect what’s going on with that player and make sure you handle it the right way,” Garrett said.

Cowboys’ Dez Bryant denies SI’s report of his academic fraud at Oklahoma State

Heres the gallery: Redskins vs. Packers This is a tough matchup coming off a season-opening loss. Both teams are probably saying that, but by conventional wisdom, Green Bay has the edge because it lost to last years NFC champ and plays Sunday at home. Heres the Post Sports Live gang previewing the game: From The Post: D.C. Sports Bog: RGIII rusty the new catchphrase? | More Bog From around the Web: This is the most awesome NFL visual youll see this week. Grantland graphs where every pass thrown in the NFL last year went , and draws some conclusions.

New York Giants deny Dallas Cowboys’ claim they faked injuries

We’ll probably have to brace that up pretty good, but there’s a good chance he’ll go.” Bryant injured the foot in the fourth quarter of Sunday night’s win over the New York Giants and returned to the game. He is likely to be limited in practice this week but he has told ESPNDallas.com there is “no doubt” that he’ll be ready to play against the Chiefs “We think that it’ll be something that we will watch this week but he can play with this week,” Jones said. The Cowboys are optimistic that defensive end Anthony Spencer will be able to make his season debut against the Chiefs. Spencer hoped to play in the opener, but he had a setback the previous weekend in his recovery from arthroscopic knee surgery. Spencer has yet to practice since the July 25 operation. George Selvie , who was signed by the Cowboys after Spencer’s surgery, did an excellent job as a fill-in starter.

Cowboys: X-rays on Tony Romo’s ribs are negative

“I’d guess that there was pressure [on the instructor] to give us those A’s when we were playing, but not when we weren’t,” he says. (Bell denies this, telling SI he only got C’s and D’s.) McGill and Bell shared a different class and, according to McGill, a tutor accompanied Bell on test days. The tutor and Bell received copies of the test, and then Bell turned in the one that the tutor completed. McGill says that he saw the instructor watch the tutor take Bell’s test for him, but “he wouldn’t say anything.” (Bell says that no tutors ever did his work.) Kevin White, a 2005 DeSoto graduate who played running back for OSU from 2005 to 2006, confirmed in the report that academic counselors paid special treatment to football players. He wanted to declare as a business major, but Terry Henley, an academic adviser, discouraged it. “They just want to make sure you keep passing,” says White.

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Jones, USA TODAY Sports 2:51 p.m. EDT September 9, 2013 Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) is escorted off the field with team physician Dan Cooper and training personnel in the second quarter of the game against the New York Giants at AT&T Stadium. (Photo: Tim Heitman, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights QB Tony Romo missed only one snap after being crunched between two New York Giants defensive ends late in the first half “One tough player, one tough man,” owner Jerry Jones said. “He will go out and play in pain and play hurt.” SHARE 73 CONNECT 21 TWEET 4 COMMENTEMAILMORE DALLAS — Neither Tony Romo nor the Dallas Cowboys seemed overly concerned about Romo’s rib injury when he left AT&T Stadium late Sunday. Their feelings were confirmed Monday when X-rays were negative for broken ribs, Cowboys VP Stephen Jones told Dallas radio station 105.3 FM. While Romo’s ribs are still sore, the injury is not expected to affect his ability to play next Sunday at Kansas City. SUH SUSPENSION? League looks at illegal block Romo missed only one snap after being crunched between two New York Giants defensive ends late in the first half of Dallas’ 36-31 win.

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”We challenged them at halftime. We had three, let’s get three more.” The Cowboys forced only 16 turnovers all last year, switched to a four-man front with new defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and swore all preseason that taking the ball away was the foremost thing on their minds. They proved it from the first snap of the season. DeMarcus Ware intercepted Manning’s first pass, and the Giants turned it over on their first three possessions. The Cowboys didn’t take advantage of the early gifts, but built a big enough lead to hold off a New York comeback once the Giants finally stopped turning it over. It matched the most turnovers for the Giants since 1987, when they had seven against New Orleans. And it was the most Dallas has forced since 2003. ”Just tells you our system is so much built on attitude,” said defensive line coach Rod Marinelli, who was defensive coordinator for Chicago last year when the Bears led the NFL with 44 turnovers.

Cowboys accuse Giants of faking injuries

The AT&T Stadium sellout crowd, which obviously included a lot of Mavericks fans, booed when James was shown on the massive video boards during a timeout in the second half. James playfully took off his Cowboys cap and pointed to it in a I-come-in-peace kind of gesture, but that didnt do much to quiet the boos. Apparently the 2011 Finals and the mocking of a sick Dirk Nowitzki by James and Dwyane Wade are still fresh on folks minds in the Metroplex. The boos didnt seem to spoil the night for James. His Cowboys won, and he celebrated the victory by running pass routes with his friends on the field after midnight.