Cowboys' post-mortem - poisoned by bad Tuna

I guess I'm back as a Cowboys fan, because yesterday's loss has made me feel like crap.

Some of that may have to do with just how winnable that game was.

For the third week in a row, the Cowboys' defense completely stifled the top offense in the league. I mean, completely stifled. The Seahawks offense did NOTHING for the first 58 minutes of the game.

And the Cowboys' offense? Another impressive performance by Bledsoe and his receivers, you ask? They may have had one in them, but we'll never know, as Parcells and Sean Payton went Pat Buchanan on us. Granted, the run was working a bit, and the RT/LT combo of Petitti and Tucker appeared to be competing to see who could get Bledsoe killed first, but still. Throw the ball a few times, at least! How many times do we need the demonstration - scoring 10 points in an NFL game will get you beat more often than not.

The Immense Tuna was in rare form yesterday. By my count, he screamed at 5 different players (at least), every official on the field, and one cameraman. He also punched an assistant coach, which I thought deserved a little more attention than it got from Stockton and Aikman. With his anger issues, I'm really surprised that Big Bill hasn't wound up in Intensive Care somewhere along the way. Well, it's still early in the season. Word to the wise: Take the under on Parcells' heart.

We have to give props to the Seattle defense, which certainly rose to the occasion more than once. Grant Wistrom has been a tough dude since the Nebraska days, and remains so to this day.

Props also to the Seattle offense, I guess. They moved the ball when they had to. I think that may be more a factor of the Cowboys' defense wilting under the strain of carrying the Cowboys' offense for the entire game, but regardless - the Seahawks scored points to win the game. The Cowboys, who had opportunity after opportunity to put the game away, did not.

BTW - referring back to some of the predictions from Friday:

Really wrong on the World Series, at least so far. I keep forgetting that one should not count on Roger Clemens in the post-season.

Close enough to right on USC and Texas. Wake me up for the Rose Bowl, which should be a doozy.

UPDATE: Or will it?

Dead wrong on A&M. Sorry, Aggie fans.

Right on the Giants, but dead wrong on the Redskins. I underestimated SF's degree of suck.

Onward!