Greg Ellis

bsp; Last season the Cowboys led the league in sacks.  So far this year they have zero.  Greg Ellis, who was exiled to the Raiders because the Cowboys felt they had better options, has 3 sacks by himself.  I really think his absence is hurting this defense, and I’m not sure there is a quick fix to this.  And no pass rush contributes to…

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 Of course they lost some veteran talent: T.O., Greg Ellis, Anthony Henry, Roy Williams, and Chris Canty.  But they have reloaded and brought in viable replacements for all of those people.  The only spot that you might question is wide-receiver but T.O. is definitely on his way down and Roy Williams will have equitable statistics if not better numbers than #81.  The Cowboys’ main issue at this point is their schedule.  They play in the NFC Beast and it’s always going to be tough to make it out of the division alive.  But I love what Eagles’ President Joe Banner had to say in regards to the best division in football: 

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s a critical play that could have given the Bengals confidence.

Another honorable mention goes to Greg Ellis. Carson Palmer's first pass of the game was deflected into the hands of Ellis, giving the Cowboys their first interception of the season.  The defense had previously been on a five game drought, though Adam "Not Pacman" Jones had two opportunities to pick off Palmer.  Both were dropped.

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