Hahah, how hilarious would it be for the Germans to field an NFL team of massive Teutonic athletes?

They could call them the Steel Soldiers, have black uniforms, and have unique salutes to each other when they execute a good play. ;)

Well it is Overreaction Monday.

Oh Matty, you were looking so good too. Nice job by the defender to actually haul it in, but Ryan threw that thing short.

Yep, awesome effort to grab the INT, but that ball should never have been thrown, at least not at that shallow angle. If you're going to try that, lob it up to the back of the endzone with a high angle. 

A lot of near-picks (and one actual one) by both sides so far. Am I underselling their defenses, or are the QB's just misreading plays pretty regularly?

I'm guessing it's because it's due to the tendency of many QBs to stick too much to a called play, they go through it almost on muscle memory. It explains why they throw to receivers sometimes who have totally missed the play. I guess some plays don't offer the room to reevaluate, but great QBs tend to read things better that what we've seen here for sure.

I love seeing a blown play and the QB spins out and finds an alternative and nails it.

Demarco Murray negative 9 yards on the game so far.

There's a lot to that, but Ryan at least has a proven track record of being able to read and improvise on plays. He's improving as the game goes on so far, so maybe it was just rust, but I would not have expected a total of three points this far into a Eagles/Falcons game. The Bucs outscored both teams in less time!

Fake edit: Alright, ten points now. That's...better?

Only superficially. I REALLY like Demarco as a person. He's classy, and I hope he has a healthy and successful career.

At the same time I got so tired of hearing how the Cowboys screwed up by not signing the guy who carried the ball 4 million times with the most yards before contact in the league.

4M/year all the way to 6M/year for a RB of his abilities would have been fair. But 8+ was not possible and still be able to have the money to take care of some of Dallas's larger problems on the defense. Add the gamble on the sharp downturn in productivity that MOST RBs have after a year with that many touches, and it was just a smart move AND a shame to see him head out the door.

Dallas ran well last night actually. If the offense hadn't given away several ridiculous turnovers, Dallas wouldn't have had to air it out most of the last portion of the game. I think it was 45 passes to 23 rushes in the end. If that had been more like 37-29ish, it would have easily been a 100+ yard rushing game for Dallas.

It's too early to make any firm conclusions on the move in terms of season impact, but I have always maintained even when Murray was here that he was somewhat overrated.

He is not very fast. 7/10 on speed.

He can't make people miss very often or take it to another level with jukes/spins. 5/10 on evasiveness/play extension by athletic ability. His idea of finishing the play is to try to bang directly into someone for an extra 0 to 2 yards depending on how they're set.

He has good vision for the first hole. 8.5/10 on eyes/decision making.

He has moderate strength, he's like the baby Marshawn Lynch in hitting the hole style. 7.5/10 on strength.

He has great team chemistry and positivity. 9.5/10 as a 'team player' and locker room person.

Really want to blast Yakety Sax this half...