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After seeing the so-called dress rehearsal tonight the Cowboys fans of the world might be searching for their panic buttons. True, it’s only preseason, but this was the game that was touted by Coach Wade Philips as a “true showing of what this team has.”

What the Dallas Cowboys have are a whole lot of problems. The game was a mess right from the offset. Twice in the first quarter on key third down plays the offense couldn’t execute.

The offensive line really appeared to be unable to handle the Texans defensive line. Even when the Texans were not showing blitz at least one Texans blue jersey came within a foot of Tony Romo. On the second play of the game, Amobi Okoye sacked Romo. The offensive line never gave Romo time to get set in the pocket.

The running game never got going either. Twenty minutes into the game the Cowboys had –1 yard of total offense.

Penalties and sloppy mistakes were another problem for the Cowboys. In the third quarter, with the first team players still on the field, getting to the line of scrimmage became a problem. Twice, Tony Romo had to call time out because there was confusion on the field.

When Romo and the first team players finally left the game halfway through the third quarter the team’s performance didn’t get much better. Back up quarterback Jon Kitna also had to burn a timeout in the third quarter due to confusion on the field.

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Rachel Trimm is a Jabberhead, blogger and SJ Contributing Author. Enjoy more of her work at Ray’s Sports Ramblings: The Gridiron Edition.

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