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The Dallas Cowboys led by head coach Wade Phillips lost last night versus the New York Giants.

There were several factors which contributed to their week 2 loss. The number one factor was simple, Big Blue just out played them and found a way to win a grind it out game as I predicted. New York however did receive some help from Tony Romo and the pass defense or lack thereof.

Another factor was their head coach Wade Phillips. He has had some success as a head coach with a couple of NFL teams but that success is limited to the regular season, almost sounds like Tony Romo’s story. Phillips seems to run his teams with a laid back attitude, it almost seems as if he wants to be buddies with his players rather than their head coach. The most recognized football team in the NFL, the team with the most fans unfortunately are the Cowboys. How is this mild mannered, happy go lucky, soft man the leader of America’s team?

In yesterdays game against the NY Giants Wade made a couple of very questionable decisions which baffled me as I sat there watching a thrilling ending. As Big Blue led by Eli Manning marched down the field and got within field goal range, at no point did Phillips call a time out to try and stop the clock. This was a huge mistake! New York was purposely allowing time to run off in order to leave the Cowboys as little time as possible after the 3 point score. Where was Wade’s head at? You could clearly see that Manning was under complete control and had a plan. It was even more evident after the Giants decided to run one extra play with 13 seconds left in order to kill more time despite being within Lawrence Tynes range. Eli was in a groove, he has always been very good in the no huddle offense. You would think that the Cowboys would call a time out just to stop the Giants momentum and also to provide a bit of rest for their defensive players. By calling a time out or two they could have rested defensive players, reset their defense, stopped the Giants momentum and they would have probably left time on the clock to at least receive a kickoff after the field goal.

Another blunder was when Phillips’ called the time out during the first attempt by Tynes. Even coach Dungy who now works for NBC commented on the questionable decision. Wade waited until the very last millisecond to call the timeout which allowed Lawrence to get the kick off and get his stride. He should have called the timeout well before the kicker could hit the ball in order to ice him. As a matter of fact if you watch the video, the first kick barely clears the side of the upright. The second kick on the other hand was perfectly down the middle. He gave Tynes the opportunity to get a warm up kick and his stride!

For a couple of years now Wade Phillips has had some of the best talent in the NFL under him and Dallas still cannot win playoff games. He is more of an assistant coach in my opinion than a head coach and Jerry Jones knows it. He must like the guy a whole lot but I am sure this will be the last year for Wade as the Cowboys head man unless they win the Super Bowl. Jason Garrett is still waiting for his chance and there may also be big time coaches available next season such as Mike Shanahan, Jon Gruden and Bill Cowher, who by the way have all won at least one Super Bowl.

Carlos Caicedo
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