The first Sunday night NFL game
of the season looks like a dandy on the field as the New York Jets host the
Dallas Cowboys. And it’s likely to be an emotional game for all involved as it
comes on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New
York. The Jets opened as 4-point favorites on Bodog’s NFL odds. "The significance of it, I think it's stronger than any game I've ever felt," Jets coach Rex Ryan said earlier this week. "I feel more pressure on this game for whatever reason than any game I've ever coached, it seems like." Ryan has been his typically brash self in terms of on-field expectations this
season as he predicted his club would win the Super Bowl. Of course he did that
the previous two seasons and the Jets did lose in the AFC title game in both.
And Ryan will get to match wits with brother Rob, who is the
new defensive coordinator of the Cowboys. Their dad, the legendary ex-coach
Buddy, is putting off cancer surgery just to watch in
person. The Cowboys were
arguably the NFL’s biggest disappointments in 2010, going 6-10 in a season they
hoped to conclude by being the first team play in a Super Bowl it was hosting.
QB Tony Romo is healthy now after breaking his collarbone in
the team’s fifth game last year and not playing again; Romo was on pace to have
perhaps his best season. The Cowboys’ collapse of course cost coach Wade
Phillips his job during last season and he was replaced by offensive
coordinator Jason Garrett. The club played much better under
Garrett the rest of the year and he was given the full-time job. In a way you could call this game the Nnamdi Asomugha Bowl.
Both the Jets and Cowboys were hoping to land the top free agent cornerback but
lost out on him to the Eagles. Dallas was otherwise fairly quiet in free agency.
A few veterans were let go, including RB Marion Barber –
Felix Jones is the guy now – and WR Roy
Williams. Dallas is heavily counting on a breakout season by
second-year WR Dez Bryant opposite Miles
Austin. The Jets were able to bring back Santonio Holmes but lost
WRs Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotchery and Brad
Smith. The club is hoping Plaxico Burress can step up
at receiver after missing more than two seasons. The New York defensive line
lacks some experience with Kris Jenkins and Shaun Ellis
no longer Jets. The last time the Jets and Cowboys met was on Thanksgiving in 2007 when
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