Jets Host Cowboys a Emotional Opener on Anniversary of 9/11
Sunday, September 11, 2011
by Bodog Sportsbook
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 Sportsbook’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 Dallas 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 New York 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 Dallas crushed New York 34-3.
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