Cowboys Win in Overtime

Austin only saved the season and some jobs (but just wait)

A season nearly died here Sunday, but even after his team ended up buying life-support time, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made a murky point clear:

The smell of lingering football rot, he says, won’t change a made-up mind.

“No,” Jones said, emphatically, then added with a smile, “and you will not trap me on that one.”

That answer was in reference to what might had been on Monday if the Cowboys hadn’t managed — in overtime, and with a Miles Austin miracle afternoon — to finally subdue an opponent that has now lost 28 of its last 30 NFL games, a futility record for the books.

Fire Wade Phillips? Jason Garrett? Himself as general manager?

Jerry, as the Valley Ranch boss of bosses, was spared, probably temporarily, from having to deal with any of those pertinent queries, once the Cowboys had stumbled and bumbled and gone many Miles out of the way to beat the gawd-awful Kansas City Chiefs 26-20 in OT.

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Cowboys Win – Defense Comes Up Big

Cowboys’ D leads the way to 21-7 win over Panthers

Leading, but not by much, Tony Romo(notes) and the Dallas Cowboys were desperately in need of a big play.

Jake Delhomme(notes) helped them make several.

Terence Newman(notes) returned an interception 27 yards for a lead-stretching touchdown with 5:07 left, then rookie linebacker Victor Butler(notes) got two sacks and forced a fumble on the next series, sending Dallas to a 21-7 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Monday night.

Considering the Cowboys were coming off a last-second loss in the opener of their $1.15 billion stadium, a crowd of 90,588 was especially tense until the defense put the game away. The biggest sigh of relief likely came from team owner Jerry Jones.

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NFL Week 3 Recap

NFL Week 3 Results Overshadowed by Favre Touchdown Pass

The most talked about NFL week 3 score was in Minnesota, mainly because of one pass thrown by Brett Favre. But although the Favre touchdown pass will be replayed over and over for a while, the rest of the NFL week 3 results had highlights and surprises of their own.

The NFC North got most of the attention in week 3, due to Favre’s touchdown pass to beat the 49ers, 27-24, and due to the Lions finally winning a football game. The Lions beat the Redskins and put coach Jim Zorn squarely on the chopping block – so if another team is going 0-16 this year, it won’t be the Lions.

Other NFL week 3 results featured a return to form for teams like the Patriots and Eagles, who took care of the Falcons and Chiefs. The Patriots erased the taste of their bad loss to the Jets, while the Eagles took care of an inferior opponent, got through one week with Michael Vick, and can start healing in their bye week.

The Steelers were on the wrong end of the biggest upset in week 3, as the Bengals overtook the defending champs, 23-20. The Steelers have played three last-second games in a row, and lost two of them, as their title defense is not starting that well.

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Romo’s Dallas Cowboys Win in Tampa Bay

Bradie James tossed and turned much of the night, unable to sleep. So did Ken Hamlin.

Each blamed the Cowboys’ raggedy defensive performance against Tampa Bay for their sleepless night.

Even Wade Phillips, who believes in the power of positive thinking to a fault, said three times during his 17-minute news conference Monday afternoon that he wasn’t satisfied with the Cowboys’ defensive performance against Tampa Bay.

This is good. Really good.

This should make you pop the cork on the champagne you’ve been saving for just the right occasion, or take your significant other to Al Biernat’s for dinner.

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Burress Gets Two Year Prison Sentence

Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

The ex-wide receiver pleaded guilty to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, a lesser charge than he initially faced. Under a plea agreement, he agreed to a two-year prison sentence and two years of supervised release.

Burress was indicted earlier this month on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment. He faced a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years if convicted at a trial.

Burress’ attorney said he hoped to resume his NFL career when he gets out of prison.

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Favre Makes it Official

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Favre takes self-centered behavior to new extreme

There are limits as to how far NFL players can push their luck. And then there’s Brett Favre.

How many of his peers could flip-flop on retirement, skip 10 days of training camp and then waltz into the starting lineup at their own whim? Favre did just that Tuesday when signing — finally — with Minnesota.

Maybe a handful of other elite all-stars could get away with this type of self-serving behavior. Most wouldn’t try. I can’t imagine fellow quarterbacks like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady being willing to put their own interests ahead of teammates who already have given so much time and energy preparing for the upcoming season.

Yet the “Gun for Hire” motto has become the Favre way — and the Vikings were willing to accept all the bullets that come with it.

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Depth Concern for Cowboys After Opening Preseason

Depth concern for Cowboys after opening preseason

There will be a different sense for the Dallas Cowboys when they get back to practice in the Alamodome. Especially for the non-starters.

One preseason game can change the perception of things.

“You can start plays over at practice. It’s different in games, you can’t start plays over,” linebacker Bradie James aid after the Cowboys lost their preseason opener 31-10 at Oakland. “When they get coached this week, they’ll understand. It will set in.”

Tony Romo and the No. 1 offense played two drives, following an opening three-and-out Thursday night with a nine-play touchdown drive in which six different players ran or caught the ball.

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Dallas Cowboys Team Report

Yahoo! ‘Inside Slant’- Cowboys team report

Most projections of the Cowboys’ 2009 season have been hitched to one man-sized qualifier. Pundits aren’t punching the Dallas ballot until they can clearly decipher how effective the Cowboys are in their collective effort to replace receiver Terrell Owens(notes).

There has been much conjecture about whether Roy Williams, acquired last October from Detroit for a package including first- and third-round draft picks, is truly a No. 1 receiver and if young receivers such as Miles Austin(notes) and Sam Hurd(notes) can step up to become regular contributors in the passing offense.

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Eli Manning Signs NFL’s Biggest Contract

Eli Manning is about to become the highest-paid player in the NFL.

The Giants quarterback and former Super Bowl MVP has agreed to a new seven-year, $106.9 million contract that he is expected to sign later Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. Though it’s not the largest deal in NFL history, the average of $15.27 million per year is a new NFL high.

That deal has been in the works since last year, as the Daily News first reported in January. Though it didn’t quite hit the $120 million mark that NFL sources expected, it still makes Manning the eighth member of the $100 million Quarterback Club.

The deal is actually a six-year, $97.5 million extension which will keep him with the Giants through the 2015 season. It tops the $100 million barrier when you add in the $9.4 million he was due this season, which will apparently be included in the new deal.

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