How much fun is Terrell Owens having so far this year? Night and day from last season. “But I do feel like a Cowboy,” Owens said. “At this point in time, I definitely would like to retire here and go into the Hall of Fame as a Cowboy. It’s a lot of fun right now. It’s nothing that I didn’t envision as far as the success we’ve had so far. Throughout training camp, we knew we had something special.” As he says, what a difference year makes, because last year at this time “fun” and “Owens” were anonyms.
Don’t expect the Cowboys to get a lot of pressure on Rams quarterback Marc Bulger even though he could be without three-fifths of his offensive line. The Rams chose last week to protect him and his two broken ribs with a lot of short drops and getting the ball out quickly. Can’t imagine that will change much this week, even if they continue to administer pain-killing injections to his ribcage area. This will put a lot of pressure on the Cowboys’ corners to tackle well and the defensive front to get the hands up. Deflections will be more likely than sacks.
Everyone keeps trying to compare Marion Barber and his running style to someone. Well, I always listened to La’Roi Glover when he was here, so no sense stopping now: “A smaller Jerome Bettis.”
And the score . . . now I’m wondering when the last time anyone thought the Cowboys were 13-point favorites? But as beat up as the Rams are, and as seemingly mature as these Cowboys seem to be, that might not be that far fetched. How about Cowboys 27, Rams 17.