Fresh off a 31-20 thumping at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos safety John Lynch said the Cowboys blitzed too much, over prepared, played too hard and played too aggressively.

Speaking to The Denver Post, Lynch said, “They came out and game-planned us, blitzing every play. They came after us. It’s no excuse for the way we played. But I think they might have broken the code of ethics for the preseason.”

Seriously?

Is this the NFL or pee wee football? You can out publicly and accused a team in the National Football League of playing too hard?

Lynch went a bit further saying, “I don’t know if Wade’s (ticked) off the Broncos fired him, but it sure looked that way.” Now Lynch made it clear he was joking, but I am not sure he was.

Broncos QB Jay Cutler agreed with Lynch saying he thought the Cowboys got a little too aggressive with their defense for a preseason game.

Head Coach Wade Phillips appeared almost hurt when told of the accusations that some players said his coaching style during the game breached an unwritten protocol of play for the preseason. “It’s nothing we didn’t do all week in practice,” said Phillips.

That’s right. They practiced with the Broncos all week before the game. One would think the Broncos would have been a little more prepared. Not to mention the offense rolled up 190 yards rushing on the Denver defense. Lynch had nothing to say about why his defense gave up so many rushing yards.

Plus, watching the game, you could see the Broncos send blitzes at the Cowboys as well. Of course the Cowboys picked them up and QB Tony Romo made the Denver defense pay for blitzing. So didn’t Denver use bad form?

This brings up the following question? Are there unwritten rules in football? Can you over prepare for a pre-season game?

Would Lynch or Cutler be saying this if the shoe was on the other foot? Could it be that they just got embarrassed by a horrible performance and are trying to rationalize their bad play with these outcries of unfair pre-season play?

Advise to the Denver Broncos players, pre-season or not, don’t make excuses for an awful game. Just stick to playing football and let the coaches coach.

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Boy O Boy! Did the Cowboys look good in their pre-season opener or what? The defending Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts came riding into town and the Cowboys handed them a 23-10 beat down. Granted, this is just the first game of the pre-season, but the starters on both the offense and defense look good. Steven hands RB Marion Barber this week’s game ball for running hard, even though his helmet kept popping off his head.

In the Cowboys News segment, Steven talks about Greg Ellis pondering retirement, as he is worried his achilles’ injury may be career-ending. Steven would hate to see Ellis go, but shares his thoughts on how deep the Cowboys are at that position.

Fourth round draft pick, Isaiah Stanback, finally hits the practice field and we hope his talent and speed are good enough to impress the coaches so that he makes the team. And Steven praises the Cowboys organization for standing by its past players as they honor former Dallas Cowboys players, Ron Springs and Everson Walls as they create the Ron Springs & Everson Walls Gift for Life Foundation, geared toward providing education, early detection and prevention of chronic kidney disease. It is always good to see players helping the community and it is great the Cowboys organization is helping its own.

Finally Steven breaks down the pre-season game against the Colts. It appears that this is Tony Romo’s team and that Romo is ready to lead the Dallas Cowboys into the future. His leadership and the relationship he has with the players is starting to show. Enough so, that Terrance Newman was able to joke around and put a big bug on Romo’s shoulders while he was being interviewed by Fox’s Pam Oliver.

Plus Steven takes a look at the Cowboys young wide receivers. With Terry Glenn sidelined for the next 2 weeks, Steven thinks Sam Hurd is the young 2nd year wide out to look for to emerge as a potential big play receiver. And head coach Wade Phillips is preparing for the Denver Broncos and hopes to see a good performance from his defense against what Phillips calls a very good running attack.

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Say Good-bye to San Antonio and say hello to Texas Stadium and the Indianapolis Colts. The Cowboys training camp ends as it began, with silence. Steven discusses the quiet camp the Cowboys have had this season. A nice surprise from the circus that was last season.

The Cowboys open the pre-season against the Colts at Texas Stadium and Steven tells you what to look for in this first game. From the emergence of running back, Tyson Thompson, to the sitting of Flozell Adams and Marc Colombo for precautionary reasons. Steven gets excited about rookie kicker, Nick Folk. Seriously, he gets excited over a kicker.

Steven talks about how mean, lean and super quick the defense is this year. From safety Roy Williams dropping to 220 pounds and 2nd year linebacker Bobby Carpenter dropping from 258 to around 252 really makes an exciting year for the defense in the works. Wade Phillips is going to unleash an aggressive, attacking blitzing defense against opponents and Steven gets worked up about that.

Plus Steven talks about the visit of 26 year NFL Referee Gerry Austin, and all of the rule changes that are going to be implemented this season. No more spiking the ball after every play and instant replay cut down to 60 seconds.

Finally, Steven says congrats to the “Playmaker”, Michael Irvin, as Mike gives a heart-felt speech as his Hall of Fame induction.

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With week 1 of Cowboys Camp in the books, Steven brings you the latest coming out of the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX. Steven takes a look at the Cowboys offense, but finds it difficult as the “Ship All Banged Up” injury bug segment rears its ugly head in camp. Steven gives you his reasons why running back Marion Barber may very well be the Cowboys starting running back come game one of the season.

Plus a look at why Terry Glenn having his knee scoped right now is a good thing and finally a little respect due to the Cowboys newest Hall of Famer, wide receiver Michael Irvin. Steven says that Owner Jerry Jones shows big time class accepting Michael’s invitation to present him at the Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony.

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The Dallas Cowboys Star Report debuts on the same day the Dallas Cowboys open training camp in San Antonio, TX. This year, the Cowboys open camp with fewer distractions than they had last season, and believe me that is a good thing. With all of the NFL News surrounding Mike Vick and the Falcons, the number of media
members present at the start of Cowboys camp was nowhere near the number last year.

In this pilot episode, show host Steven Miranda lays out the ground work for the show by going over the segments that will be included in the DCSR.

Steven takes a good hard look at the Cowboys 2006 season, and shares his 2006 training camp experience on the sidelines with the Cowboys, including an interview with Tony Romo before he was ever a starter. It appears that Romo somehow knew he would one day be a starter in the NFL. Steven also reveals that there is a part of him that is happy to see Bill Parcells step down as head coach and applauds the arrival of new head coach, Wade Phillips. You’ll have to listen to find out why.

The show concludes with a breakdown of the newest coaches with the Cowboys, Offensive Coordinator Jason Garrett and Defensive Coordinator Brian Stewart and a look at the Cowboys training camp schedule and pre-season games.

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