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Yeah, even Jay Cutler says F this guy
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Shades of 2012.
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He may have a chronic condition and will need amputation.
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He is like RGIII all over again if I am a Skins fan.
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He's way more talented as a passer but there are definitely some similarities.
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The injury thing is manifesting itself just in his rookie season. It was clear to even the undereducated eye that as soon as he took that shot to the ribs weeks ago that they scaled the designed running down.
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Well we all know he lacks something in his groin area when it comes to tackling ….
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Get a big smoker
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THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS
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I looked it up... Does that really work that well? Air frying? It has to be less messy, but it can't taste as good as an actual fried bird, can it?
I do love me some fried turkey. Can't believe my mom and grandma used to wake up at 5:00 am just to put the turkey in the oven all day when frying tastes 10x better.
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It’s excellent. It’s not so much air frying as it is infra red cooking, at it comes out very juicy in about 3 hours for a 15lb bird, (max I think is 16-17 before it gets difficult to get it in/out of the basket.
I started doing ours that way about 8 years ago and everyone loves it. Check out the YouTube videos on it. You won’t be disappointed.
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So I assume you use it for other things besides turkey. It is pricey to use a couple of times a year.
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Cowboys Pregame Three Thoughts: Week 13
The Cowboys play their 3rd game in eleven days and dare to finally win one at home.
Bob Sturm
Nov 28, 2024
For lovers of football, there isn’t much like this day as we will all be stuffed with more food and football than we can handle as the day goes on.
And for Cowboys fans, this is your day. Whether the team is good, bad, or indifferent, the Thanksgiving tradition is wonderful and usually puts everyone in a good mood. So, how did it all happen? According to the team:
“The Cowboys took a chance in 1966 as one of the newer teams in the NFL and volunteered to host a game on Thanksgiving Day. In front of a record crowd of 80,259 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, the Cowboys defeated the Cleveland Browns 26-14. Since then, the Cowboys have hosted a Thanksgiving Day game every year except for 1975 and 1977, when the NFL allowed the St. Louis Cardinals to host games.
Thursday marks the third time the Cowboys and Giants will square off on Thanksgiving Day, with Dallas winning the previous two matchups. The Cowboys defeated New York 30-3 in 1992 and 28-20 in 2022. The Cowboys have posted a 33-22-1 record in the holiday classic and a 36-20 mark the following week.” - Cowboys Media Notes from 11/28/24
And while this one is going to be short, I didn’t want to leave you with nothing to prepare for today’s game.
334 days.
That is how long it has been since the Dallas Cowboys last won a game at AT&T Stadium.
Also, 334 days is the duration since they played a game that was even competitive in the 2nd half at AT&T Stadium (no the furious rally against Baltimore doesn’t really count with me).
It is probably time to prove you can win a home game and yes, I am suggesting they win.
As we said earlier in the week, despite what many of my media colleagues and draft nerds online are trying to claim, tanking is not really a thing in the NFL. It remains fan fiction and even wishes from the suits, but on the field of play, the concept is as foreign as it gets. Even more foreign than those players caring if you win this week’s fantasy matchup.
The reasons are countless, but one of the main ones why it is annoying to read that the Cowboys hurt their chances to draft Travis Hunter on Sunday by winning is that they were never going to have a chance to draft Travis Hunter. Why? Because there are too many teams that are way too bad to drop passed in the standings and this is definitely one of them coming to town today. The Giants stink and their stink is much worse than the Cowboys stink. Yet, Jacksonville and Las Vegas are as bad or maybe worse. We haven’t even talked about Carolina and Tennessee. When you have five teams who are so bad that they don’t even have to try to tank because they don’t win very often, it is a goofy thing to claim that Dallas had a chance at Travis Hunter at the No. 1 pick in the draft.
So, when you see that on your timeline, just assume that whoever claimed that in the first place is just trying to get clicks and stir up attention. There is no tanking and there is no chance Dallas can be bad enough to pick first with this kind of roster. It has its problems, but the Giants has many, many more. That is why they will pick in the first few slots in April, not Dallas. And when they do, there is a chance it is with totally new leadership at those big three spots: GM, Coach, and QB.
With that in mind, these are my Cowboys PreGame Three Thoughts:
When Dallas has the ball:
– The New York Giants have one massive strength on their entire team right now and that is the ability to get after a weak offensive line. This will be a very good test of the make-shift Dallas OL in another week without Zack Martin. The Giants can now rush the passer.
It has been a while since the Giants have had a Top 5 pass rush, but they may get there this year as they currently sit 5th in the entire league and 1st in sack percentage (sacks per passing snap). The last time they were up high was 2014 when Jason Pierre Paul was still wrecking QBs and a 22-year old Johnathan Hankins was his running buddy.
This year it is a DT leading the way – pretty uncommon these days aside from Aaron Donald – as Dexter Lawrence leads the team in sacks with Brian Burns and Azeez Ojulari also formidable. They paid plenty for Burns in the offseason, but on Sunday they went past the entire 2023 season’s sack totals as a team and are 2nd in the NFC behind Minnesota as we enter Week 13.
All that means that for the Cowboys to continue their good vibes from Sunday up front, we will need to see better pass protection. Now, Kayvon Thibodeaux is back from his broken wrist and I just don’t think you better have Cooper Rush hold the ball too long against these guys.
Here is a look at the fine work of Brian Burns. He went from a bad situation in Carolina to a bad situation in New York. But, as you can see below, No. 0 is a very long and athletic dude who gets to the QB with incredible ease.
That puts plenty on Tyler Guyton and Terrence Steele and then you have big Dexter testing the guard-center-guard interior and I think this will be a fun battle to watch. Even on those sacks above for Burns, you can see big No. 97 blowing through the middle and causing plenty of them.
On offense, I think there should be opportunities in the passing game and I expect some success offensively, but they now have some game wreckers.
And they need them because their offense has very little to write home about.
When The Giants have the ball:
– Every time I watch the Giants on film, I am amazed at how long it has been since they had an offensive line that you felt was even close to average in the NFL. No matter how much they try to invest in a decent group up front, it seems like every year we end up looking at the same group that can be attacked and leave a QB dazed and defeated.
My man Skyler worked overtime to make these charts for me, but please know that in weeks like this, we have an early deadline so we know Tommy Devito is not the Giants QB and Trevon Diggs has been pulled back out. So, the names below all seemed like the plan a few days back and now this is just a pretty chart that is a bit inaccurate to the reality of who will be in the fight today.
That said, the Giants have a problem. Because the best part of the Cowboys right now is that Micah Parsons looks to be making a point about his ability and I would not want to be Chris Hubbard after seeing his day on Sunday against Tampa Bay. Hubbard is the left tackle for the Giants right now, No. 70 below, and if he was this bad against them, I expect that Parsons will have a few sacks today:
Now, the Giants obviously have added some talent to their offense in this draft with WR Malik Nabers from LSU stealing plenty of headlines every week. Nabers is awesome and he is also a guy who will speak his mind. The other item of interest is that Tyrone Tracy from Purdue appears to be a find at RB and leads the rookie RB class in yardage right now – just ahead of Oregon’s Bucky Irving for Tampa Bay.
I was enjoying his work against the Steelers the other day and thought you might like a peek at No. 29 bursting through the line.
But, we all know that the Giants – despite their offensively wise head coach – cannot put an offense together that can compete, yet again. We look at the QB position and OL group as the objectives again to get fixed. Until they can give a QB a chance (and the mock drafts that suggest this will be the new home of Shedeur Sanders) – which requires an OL that is not awful in front of him, then they will continue spinning their wheels.
Below, the tale of the tape shows us that Dallas’ defense is pretty bad statistically, but I think we all have concluded that they look like a much different group now that Micah and some friends are back. Each week, this appears to be a bit more like the group we expected this year.
My final thought:
–No, I don’t think Mike McCarthy is back in the mix for 2025. But, I do think this is a great example of Jerry Jones talking too much and also the awkwardness of not being willing to fire a coach at midseason and acting like everything is great for two months after it has already been decided.
I could be wrong and it won’t be the first time. But, this week’s annoying Cowboys news cycle – where Jerry Jones creates a storm of noise because he insists on being the only owner with a weekly radio presence in the NFL – was his latest on McCarthy’s future and whether he would be crazy to retain him:
This is how the business works and Jerry knows that he can create a story by opening his mouth. Either way, it was going to be news and that is why I fear this team can never reach its highest success until the organization has one voice – the head coach.
But, yeah, we have covered that pretty extensively around here, haven’t we?
So, no. Mike McCarthy isn’t going to be back. I am almost positive. And they know it, too.
The Cowboys play their 3rd game in eleven days and dare to finally win one at home.
Bob Sturm
Nov 28, 2024
For lovers of football, there isn’t much like this day as we will all be stuffed with more food and football than we can handle as the day goes on.
And for Cowboys fans, this is your day. Whether the team is good, bad, or indifferent, the Thanksgiving tradition is wonderful and usually puts everyone in a good mood. So, how did it all happen? According to the team:
“The Cowboys took a chance in 1966 as one of the newer teams in the NFL and volunteered to host a game on Thanksgiving Day. In front of a record crowd of 80,259 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, the Cowboys defeated the Cleveland Browns 26-14. Since then, the Cowboys have hosted a Thanksgiving Day game every year except for 1975 and 1977, when the NFL allowed the St. Louis Cardinals to host games.
Thursday marks the third time the Cowboys and Giants will square off on Thanksgiving Day, with Dallas winning the previous two matchups. The Cowboys defeated New York 30-3 in 1992 and 28-20 in 2022. The Cowboys have posted a 33-22-1 record in the holiday classic and a 36-20 mark the following week.” - Cowboys Media Notes from 11/28/24
And while this one is going to be short, I didn’t want to leave you with nothing to prepare for today’s game.
334 days.
That is how long it has been since the Dallas Cowboys last won a game at AT&T Stadium.
Also, 334 days is the duration since they played a game that was even competitive in the 2nd half at AT&T Stadium (no the furious rally against Baltimore doesn’t really count with me).
It is probably time to prove you can win a home game and yes, I am suggesting they win.
As we said earlier in the week, despite what many of my media colleagues and draft nerds online are trying to claim, tanking is not really a thing in the NFL. It remains fan fiction and even wishes from the suits, but on the field of play, the concept is as foreign as it gets. Even more foreign than those players caring if you win this week’s fantasy matchup.
The reasons are countless, but one of the main ones why it is annoying to read that the Cowboys hurt their chances to draft Travis Hunter on Sunday by winning is that they were never going to have a chance to draft Travis Hunter. Why? Because there are too many teams that are way too bad to drop passed in the standings and this is definitely one of them coming to town today. The Giants stink and their stink is much worse than the Cowboys stink. Yet, Jacksonville and Las Vegas are as bad or maybe worse. We haven’t even talked about Carolina and Tennessee. When you have five teams who are so bad that they don’t even have to try to tank because they don’t win very often, it is a goofy thing to claim that Dallas had a chance at Travis Hunter at the No. 1 pick in the draft.
So, when you see that on your timeline, just assume that whoever claimed that in the first place is just trying to get clicks and stir up attention. There is no tanking and there is no chance Dallas can be bad enough to pick first with this kind of roster. It has its problems, but the Giants has many, many more. That is why they will pick in the first few slots in April, not Dallas. And when they do, there is a chance it is with totally new leadership at those big three spots: GM, Coach, and QB.
With that in mind, these are my Cowboys PreGame Three Thoughts:
When Dallas has the ball:
– The New York Giants have one massive strength on their entire team right now and that is the ability to get after a weak offensive line. This will be a very good test of the make-shift Dallas OL in another week without Zack Martin. The Giants can now rush the passer.
It has been a while since the Giants have had a Top 5 pass rush, but they may get there this year as they currently sit 5th in the entire league and 1st in sack percentage (sacks per passing snap). The last time they were up high was 2014 when Jason Pierre Paul was still wrecking QBs and a 22-year old Johnathan Hankins was his running buddy.
This year it is a DT leading the way – pretty uncommon these days aside from Aaron Donald – as Dexter Lawrence leads the team in sacks with Brian Burns and Azeez Ojulari also formidable. They paid plenty for Burns in the offseason, but on Sunday they went past the entire 2023 season’s sack totals as a team and are 2nd in the NFC behind Minnesota as we enter Week 13.
All that means that for the Cowboys to continue their good vibes from Sunday up front, we will need to see better pass protection. Now, Kayvon Thibodeaux is back from his broken wrist and I just don’t think you better have Cooper Rush hold the ball too long against these guys.
Here is a look at the fine work of Brian Burns. He went from a bad situation in Carolina to a bad situation in New York. But, as you can see below, No. 0 is a very long and athletic dude who gets to the QB with incredible ease.
That puts plenty on Tyler Guyton and Terrence Steele and then you have big Dexter testing the guard-center-guard interior and I think this will be a fun battle to watch. Even on those sacks above for Burns, you can see big No. 97 blowing through the middle and causing plenty of them.
On offense, I think there should be opportunities in the passing game and I expect some success offensively, but they now have some game wreckers.
And they need them because their offense has very little to write home about.
When The Giants have the ball:
– Every time I watch the Giants on film, I am amazed at how long it has been since they had an offensive line that you felt was even close to average in the NFL. No matter how much they try to invest in a decent group up front, it seems like every year we end up looking at the same group that can be attacked and leave a QB dazed and defeated.
My man Skyler worked overtime to make these charts for me, but please know that in weeks like this, we have an early deadline so we know Tommy Devito is not the Giants QB and Trevon Diggs has been pulled back out. So, the names below all seemed like the plan a few days back and now this is just a pretty chart that is a bit inaccurate to the reality of who will be in the fight today.
That said, the Giants have a problem. Because the best part of the Cowboys right now is that Micah Parsons looks to be making a point about his ability and I would not want to be Chris Hubbard after seeing his day on Sunday against Tampa Bay. Hubbard is the left tackle for the Giants right now, No. 70 below, and if he was this bad against them, I expect that Parsons will have a few sacks today:
Now, the Giants obviously have added some talent to their offense in this draft with WR Malik Nabers from LSU stealing plenty of headlines every week. Nabers is awesome and he is also a guy who will speak his mind. The other item of interest is that Tyrone Tracy from Purdue appears to be a find at RB and leads the rookie RB class in yardage right now – just ahead of Oregon’s Bucky Irving for Tampa Bay.
I was enjoying his work against the Steelers the other day and thought you might like a peek at No. 29 bursting through the line.
But, we all know that the Giants – despite their offensively wise head coach – cannot put an offense together that can compete, yet again. We look at the QB position and OL group as the objectives again to get fixed. Until they can give a QB a chance (and the mock drafts that suggest this will be the new home of Shedeur Sanders) – which requires an OL that is not awful in front of him, then they will continue spinning their wheels.
Below, the tale of the tape shows us that Dallas’ defense is pretty bad statistically, but I think we all have concluded that they look like a much different group now that Micah and some friends are back. Each week, this appears to be a bit more like the group we expected this year.
My final thought:
–No, I don’t think Mike McCarthy is back in the mix for 2025. But, I do think this is a great example of Jerry Jones talking too much and also the awkwardness of not being willing to fire a coach at midseason and acting like everything is great for two months after it has already been decided.
I could be wrong and it won’t be the first time. But, this week’s annoying Cowboys news cycle – where Jerry Jones creates a storm of noise because he insists on being the only owner with a weekly radio presence in the NFL – was his latest on McCarthy’s future and whether he would be crazy to retain him:
First, I agree that McCarthy is a fine coach who needs nobody to defend his resume. But, I also think there is no chance he is back next year. I think Jerry knows he cannot say that because how do you function as an organization for the next six weeks if you would suggest that you are going in a different direction.
This is how the business works and Jerry knows that he can create a story by opening his mouth. Either way, it was going to be news and that is why I fear this team can never reach its highest success until the organization has one voice – the head coach.
But, yeah, we have covered that pretty extensively around here, haven’t we?
So, no. Mike McCarthy isn’t going to be back. I am almost positive. And they know it, too.
Irving Cowboy
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Ham, pork shoulder, chicken, yes.
If you find the older model, they are still out there for about $110 brand new.
