Cowboys @ Chargers Preseason Thread
Posted: August 9, 2008 @ 8:31 pm
10:38 — 2nd half begins. Richard Bartel is at the controls.
10:22 — Nick Folk nails a FG at the gun. Chargers 24, Cowboys 10
10:10 — San Diego scores on a third short run. Chargers 24, Cowboys 7
10:09 — Alan Ball is flagged for interference, putting the Chargers inside the Dallas five — again.
10:07 — James Marten fails to switch on a Chargers twist, allowing a linebacker to come up the middle and drop Brad Johnson on a third down pass inside the five.
10:03 — Dallas puts its starting nickel 4-2-5 D in the game on 3rd and long and the front four blew up Billy Volek’s line. Chris Canty had Volek around the ankles when the QB threw the ball away.
9:59 — The Chargers are blitzing Brad Johnson heavily, which will give the Cowboys lots of good tape on the kid blockers.
9:53 — Nick Kaeding nails a 53 yarder. Chargers 17, Cowboys 7.
9:52 — The Chargers have their backups in as well. The game is getting sloppier by the minute.
9:43 — Sproles slices up the middle for a TD. Chargers 14, Cowboys 7.
9:42 — Anthony Spencer jumps offsides, moving the Chargers to the Dallas six.
9:40 — Dallas pulls all its defensive starters but Phillip Rivers is still running the top Chargers’ O. A 21 yard pass to Chris Chambers and a 21 yard screen to Darren Sproles push the Chargers inside the Cowboys’ 15.
9:37 — Johnson throws a stop, but Crayton runs an up. Quentin Jammer picks the ball and the Chargers take over one play into the quarter.
9:35 — the 1st quarter ends with Dallas in Chargers territory after Johnson finds Crayton over the middle for 15 yards on a 3rd-and-7 play.
9:32 — Brad Johnson replaces Romo. Felix Jones catches his first pass for one yard. On the next play he takes a toss right for 19 yards.
9:26 — Jacob Hester scores off left tackle. Dallas 7, San Diego 7.
9:25 — Dallas stuffs two Chargers runs on 1st and 2nd downs.
9:24: Marcus Spears blows up a run, leading to a 4 yard loss, but Ken Hamlin is flagged for interference in the end zone on the following play.
9:22 — Chargers 2nd series gets one 1st down and then sputters. Mike Jenkins breaks up a 3rd down pass. Danny Amendola fumbles the punt, giving the Chargers the ball inside the Dallas 30.
9:15 — Dallas 7, San Diego 0. Two series: a three and out for the Chargers and an 8 play, 54 yard TD drive for the Cowboys. Romo got quick throws to Witten (2) and one over the middle to Crayton. The gold star goes to Andre Gurode, who handled Jamal Williams with ease.
Here ‘ya go!
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211 Responses to “Cowboys @ Chargers Preseason Thread”
1st???
Alright, first time for everything!
Is it kickoff time yet?? Been waiting all day….I can’t stand it!
Looking forward to getting a look at Felix & Adam…and every other Cowboys on the field….aaaahaahhhhhhh start already
Well? How is it going?
Am I really anxious for a 1st pre-season game? Sheesh, I’m a loser.
Gina Miller is amazonian next to Spags. Plus she has nice… eyes.
Raul (and/or Raf): will we get the game day chat back on this site this season? Or it here already and I just don’t see it?
Love me some DelayPlayRadio. I gotta have the option of Brad and Babe even in the pre-season.
Bring it. (But nobody get hurt)
The stinking Skins/Bills game is running long. At this rate, NFL Network won’t start showing the game until 20 after.
I’m with you JK
ACKK I’m in northern VA watchin this boring foreskins game….I wanna see my boys play!!!!
Is the whole game gonna be blacked out on NFL net in this area
Why don’t they change to the Cowboys game? I don’t care about the last 20 seconds of a crappy Bills/Foreskins game!
Have the boys started yet? I dont like watching redskins or 4th stringers.
edizzle,
im sitting here too. nfln is playing (re-playing) the JETs and BROWNS!!!!
even though their schedule showed the cowboys game.
bend over and take it like a man.
Commercials!!!!
No way!!! damn i got my hopes up when i saw cowboys were playing. Is there anyway to watch it online?
More Commercials!!!
Come on NFL net…play the damn Cowboys game!!!!
HOw did we score?
Damn we missed the TD!
I’m watching a redskins commercials with marcus washington playing the new madden video game repeatedly sacking Romo.
Did anyone catch the opening drive?
More Commercials!!!!!
Great. And the next stinking replay of the game isn’t until Monday 3 PM Central time.
7-0 Cowboys
Anyone know how?
HAH the NFL network on my phone has the DALLAS GAME!!!
Dallas scored Anderson 2 yard TD run
I’ll post drive summaries on site. It’s way too early for live blogging, however.
switch to the HD broadcast.
well i missed the first drive. looked real good on nfl.com gamecast.
you can watch the game at http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-online-tv.php?w=stillsportinwood if you dont have NFL network. It isnt perfect but its better than just listening
Nice play Jenkins!
Amendola just hurt his cause badly
well that ought to calm down everyone lovin on amendola.
i wanted to see more defense anway.
I might just have to rip Roys name off my 31 jersey now
Amendola fumbles on the punt return….not helping his case
spears gets penetration again. he does that alot, more so than hatcher (and canty) do.
and that PI call is BS.
chambers was bracketed.
Oh come on…both our guys were looking for the ball
I don’t know if he did. He probably wont be returning kicks during the regular season anyway. So long as he doesn’t let it get to him.
Damn!
spears almost made the play in the backfield again. oh well.
hang on to the ball next time kid.
Chargers should thank the refs for that one
1st drive: Couple of nice catches by Witten, 15 yd run by MB3, punched in by Deon from 1 or 2 yds out.
Zach Thomas is greatness. He’s gonna be much fun to watch this year.
D. Amendola might want to hold on to the ball. Before he gets a roster spot and all…
CAn any of the kids catch kicks?
guys on the bubble have some jitters.
once again, hang on to the football.
your chances of making the team will increase dramatically if you do so.
Thomas looks great. Spears getting penetration.
Good stuff.
Any chance we get to see the starting O for one more series? NFL net made us miss the first one.
Thanks for the update jkdallas! I was wondering what happened…
Dallas’ drive was impressive.
Marcus Spears has got great penetration a couple of times.
Danny Amendola looks shifty on the punt return, shame he fumbled, he’ll get more chances.
Big thanks to the channel surfing link poster! I am at the in-laws non-nfl network having house on vacation and this has been a godsend!
Guess not…
Nice run by Felix
good, sit some starters.
go felix.
FELIX is fassssst
Felix Jones looking good! First carry 19 yards.
I’m so pissed, i can’t beleive that I missed the half of the 1st qtr, because of the stinking deadskins.
o looks good on this drive …
brad has some zip.
P. Crayton, nice catch!!
brad’s got some wheels. i kid. looked like almost our inaugural flozell false start …
Romo and Barber are done for the night. Excellent.
Not sure on TO, Witten.
Enjoy some Brad Johnson dump offs for awhile
I’m with you Jay! Guess we’ll have to wait for the replay.
That 19 yard Felix run was a thing of beauty
lovin me some football….nuff with the fumbles guys….calm down and make the roster!
gross.
Damn it Brad! Wrong team!
Anyone has Chris Simms #? lol
Great Neil O’Donnell impersonation.
cut johnson…lol
maybe brad is color blind.
i know he got drilled, but there was no one there.
that was SSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAAAADDDDDDDDD!!
no one in the hemisphere!!!!lol
A couple runs back number 88 buried his man inside. Drove him 8 yards and put him on his back. A very Impressive block. Who is 88?
That had to be a busted route. But still… throw it away Brad
Adam should’ve had a pick on that duck
blah.
Felix looking shifty.
I hate the way everyone keeps saying “you can’t keep bouncing things outside”, this is what good quick backs do, let’s not turn Felix into a robot like we did with Julius Jones. You don’t draft exciting ad-lib runners and then brainwash them with “stick to you hole, wait for your blocking, don’t bounce outside” until they become so concerned with executing the play correctly that they become predictable.
Time for Burnett and Carp to show what they got. And Hatcher… DOH
did someone here order the pooh pooh platter?
Well…good thing this is only preseason…not going too well so far
carpenter looks like he couldnt find the back until he got picked up by a blocker.
of course sproles is tiny.
Can anyone tackle?
Oh my, all 3 missed on that TD run. I’ll shut up now
#1 chargers o? uh, minus LT, no? anyway I hate excuses. calling all cars - looking for the fantabulous dallas team i keep reading about all TC long …
any idea why alonzo colman is fielding kick offs?
Prolly have to wait until Sept 7th for that, ElB
Berraco,
It’s a preseason game, dude. Take a giant chill pill.
And Dallas pulled their starters. Rivers, the 1st Chargers OL, and Chambers are in the game. That’s a fact.
Call it whatever you want.
What, you thought Dallas was going to win every game 56-0. Even against the best AFC team? Even with their backups? Puh-leeeze.
Welcome to the NFL Bennett.
thank god this is not our starting qb
on second thought, no thanks to the channel surfing link poster - didnt need this type of indigestion before bedtime - buenas noches
bring on bartel…lol
yea really…its going to be hard for the backups to “showcase thier talent” with BJ throwing to them…
jstoddard,
that was a good pass to bennett, he just dropped it.
(shakes head)
So long, Berraco. Maybe one day you’ll figure out preseason games don’t count.
Holy Moly McBriar has a bigger gut than I do. He’s still greatness, though. Plus he can punt somewhat better than I can.
I pray we don’t see brad do anything but take a knee this season
stop running the ball so much (we know felix is on the team) and start passing to the WRs , thats what i really want to see
damn…the chargers are still letting rivers play…risky
hey raf…how bour craytons hands on that crossing rout….looks sure tome…
cuervo…im with you…there r gonna be some pissed off recievers if this keeps up
Raf -
They count for some of these guys, right? That’s why I like the pre-season games. I didn’t get to go to Oxnard :-)
Stanback is might fast
hey look, raf. we cant all be big picture, keep your eye on what really counts types like you. that’s what they pay you the big bucks for. me, i’ve been watching my team for over 25 years and every time i do, i want them to annihilate, dominate, embarrass the other team, so, no, i never will learn that games dont count. if people like me didnt exist, then you wouldnt come across as such a rational minded reasonable type. remember that. it’s all relative.
i dont even care if we go 3 and out every time… its pre season. Just give let me see if any of these guys can play
That was a horrible route by Austin.
oh, and our coverage units suck eggs.
just let*
wtg carp….is mcbrier sucking on purpous???
Nice inside move by Spencer
What the hell??? Get Ware the hell out of there.
on that last 3rd down ware and ellis were in.
Is it me or do our special teams look like special Olympians?
i know this is preseason…but wtf…..all im asking for is one good well run play a drive. Apparantly that is too much to ask!!
lol…. those planted feet reminded me of the bledsoe days a little bit. Thank god for Romo
if nothing else, i think this speaks to how well prepared this team is for this game - uh, not well. with norv turner on the other sideline, it’s no surprise this is a slopfest.
It was more of a good inside move by the Chargers’ linebacker but Berger needs to contain inside better.
feel sorry for ball, it looked clean.
refs in the secondary are lovin the flags tonight.
Bruce is gong to be chewing some ass tomorrow.
Let’s see some Bartell. That’s about as much BJ I can take.
… (that’s what she said).
yeah…tough call
jk…lol…had to send my wife upstairs…lol
My Chargers fan friends are having a field day with me right now.
Was hoping for a better showing by the backups
jk…lol…awesome!
FELIX!!!!!!!
kid has some speed
ummm,
anyone know who that 28 guy is?
FFFFEEEEELLLLIIIIXXXXXX….see ya julius
Boy Felix Jones is a shifty guy.
whenever he gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks!
We’re going to like Felix methinks
Will the real Jones RB please stand up!!! WOW
I didn’t get to see the beginning of the game but for what I”ve seen Felix is the MVP of the cowboys for the night. It will interesting to hear if he’s picking up the pass protection as well as he’s running.
hey jar….i know that 14 isnt half the player that 28 is….lol
I’m going to say that Brad Johnson would do much better with Gurode and “Bigg” Davis in front of him but one thing I cannot make an excuse for is his footwork.
His drop back looks so sloppy.
Felix Jones!!!
Caught a 1 yard swing pass and took it 28 yards, making about 4 people miss.
Nifty, shifty Felix the Cat.
Nice route and catch by Austin.
And Austin makes a play
Miles Austin making some plays.
No way. Was that an 18 yd in by Brad? With a little zip? Eff me.
Is hurd in right now?
dont forget brad made the throw…….nice…..lets see more
Felix looks outstanding….he’s going to be much more fun to watch than the previous Jones
Free and McQuistin didn’t do anything to help that out.
At least the Folk hero is still money
Cuervo Post 25-thanks for the link!
It’s be preseason, Raf, but special teams should look better against their special teams-After all, it’s preseason for San Diego too!
Also, I think Cowboys fans have heard and talked so much about our “Depth” and how great our backups are that’s it’s hard to watch our 2nd teamers get so physically and mentally beat by the other teams’ 2nd-teamers.
hey…did any one else think that the redskins intentionally held up their game so our starters didnt get any air time on nfl network…..foil hat theory of the night….lol
That said, being the Realist I am, I don’t share that overoptimism, so just get our guys out of there with no injuries and I’m happy!
I do think Phillips overdoes the ‘no tackling’ thing in camp, and other teams may be ahead of the Cowboys in being more used to being physical at this point.
After all, in older days when there was more hitting/tackling (AND 6 preseason games!), I don’t remember losing half a team before the season started.
A lot of injuries are just from cutting sharply, or muscle teams, anyways.
Felix has terrific vision.
Has Choice be in at all yet? I’m sure we’ll see plenty of him in the 2nd half. Free and McQ can use some work.
Holy S, Jerry looks like skin cancer incarnate in HD.
jkdallas,
I’ve been laughing for minutes about your J. Jones line. LOL!!!!
special teams problems looks like scheme to me.
i’ve said it before and ill say it again:
I’ll take fair catches all night long if i can just get some kick coverage.
jkdallas…you’ve given me a new reason to keep waiting to go HD…lol
horrible coverage….stanback makeing a tackle???
I try, Raf. Not always successfully.
Gotta do something to enjoy these pre-season games, right?
kevin burnette is not having a good game.
Adam Jones made a good read to come in and contain the outside but he has got to get down on his tackling better. His technique is just horrible.
“Welcome to the Cowboys”, Adam
Carpenter is not having a good game inside the goal-line. He just stays up way too high.
I could be wrong…but there seems to be a huge lack of discipline out there…
They’re chewing us up
Brad Sham: “Carpenter just got blown off by the full-back”.
Yuck
The D-line’s getting whipped.
JK,
What happened to our chat room bro?
This is exactly what needs to happen to this team.
time to wake up.
I agree, no excuses for a soft practice now.
Nice play by Austin!!
Miles Austin is running good routs, and catching the ball.
Miles Austin 4 catches for 51 yards.
Looks like he’s the only one who’s getting open.
choice is hurt.
everytime he comes into the huddle, he is doubled over.
Very curious to see Choice run.
31 points on 117 yards? Are turnovers important?
Dang…Austin looking good tongiht
Bartell and Austin making some nice plays.
Great Choice
Turnovers, penalties and special temas are killing us…
CHOICE!!!!!
guess he aint hurt too bad.
nice to see the draw play again.
Joker,
I asked about the chat room but haven’t heard if it will be put in on this site. Hope so, because it was good fun last year.
CHOICE!
Luke,
Austin is making the plays. Bartel is exposing his ribs to shots with all those high passes.
Procter and Marten, sweet
Bartell, Austin and Choice all made some great plays.
Jk,
The chat room will be back.
Ah, it’s pre-season: The Chargers have 31 points and 117 yards of offense. A fumbled punt, a pick, weak punt coverage on the right side and three long interference penalties have given the Chargers some very short fields.
Nice run Nice blocking!
That was a Choice cut he made……
Bad pun, I know
Raf,
Yeah the pass was high, but there was a defender in front he was throwing over.
Hey, at least Bartell is getting the ball downfeild some and giving his receivers a chance to make plays, I’m sure they’d rather that than watching Johnson get sacked.
Realist…I got you beat…
Looks like we made the right Choice in the 4th round…
Now thats bad…lol
I think its time for Adam to get a pick for six!
JK,
Yeah it was much faster than blogging.
So, with Amendola screwing up, can we assume he’s not long for the team? I kinda figured the guy he would have to beat out was Austin, but Austin is making plays today.
Burnett has been juked a few times.
Uh oh…what happened to Scandrick?
Nice tackle by Carp
That looked like a injury to the shoulder
Scandrick looks badly hurt.
Carpenter nice play.
On the upside, Austin and our rookie RBs look good.
Short fields, yeah, that’s an understatement.
Austin is tough going up for those catches
OK, so the Olympics are on-Am I the only guy who doesn’t get the Beach VBall thing??
Those girls are about as feminine as my mailbox in those suits.
OK Bartel…time ot channel the powers of Tony Romo and lead us to victory…lol
Great news on the chat room, Raf. Thanks.
Looks like Scandrick just Emmitted his shoulder.
Bluecheese,
It’s to early to say Amendola cut.
Scandrick doesn’t look as bad as it first appeared.
Is it just me or does Curtis run reeeeallly slow?
jkdallas…you come up with some classic lines dude
Bluecheese,
Amendola isn’t fighting his roster spot with Austin. He’s fighting it with Oglesby, Davis and Marten.
Not just you, TLCM. I thought the same thing on a little flare he caught earlier. Frigging molasses (sp?). But we can’t argue his TD percentage.
Holy hell did Wade Phillips actually throw up a mad face???
Good point jkdallas! lol
Wade has a mad face?
News flash:
My wife thinks Tony Romo looks cute.
Wow a penalty against SD…what are the odds?
Thank you for that important update jkdallas! lol
I try to bring the news as it happens, sir
We appreciate your efforts jk!
well, what can we take from this game?
Thomas looks great, Felix is going to be fun, Choice was the right choice, Carp looks strong and Austin can actually play….did I miss anything?
bartel was starting to grow on me, but that series was terrible.
Oh, and our starting offense can still score
Jarhead,
Very much agreed
Wade looks mighty frustrated
Charger announcer’s are clowns!!!
Eh,it preseason.
Plus the offense and defense was quite vanilla.
The only huge concern is with special teams, they didn’t look very good.
Hey fellas…How do I get a picture by my name?
Jarhead said:
“bartel was starting to grow on me,”
I think that can be treated non-invasively these days…
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here you go gunner
Realist I’m with you on some of those volleyball chicks, some of them look like the russian from Rocky IV.
2 Things I liked-
No Injuries (Sacndrick should be OK)
I like Wade getting mad/frustrated (don’t forget this was his former team, I’m sure he and some of the SD players wanted to win more than usual for the 1st game)
We are going to need some competitiveness and energy from him during this season, including not just accepting it when they lose.