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October 14, 2007

Words From Wade

IRVING, Texas -- The Patriots certainly impressed Wade Phillips.
"Well, they are that good," the Cowboys coach said in his opening remarks at his post-game press conference. "We worried about that passing attack. They are an outstanding team, with tremendous match-up problems for any defense. They're a great football team. I think anybody can see that."
With Tom Brady throwing for a franchise-record-tying five touchdowns, the Patriots racked up 373 net yards through the air and remained undefeated by trouncing the previously undefeated Cowboys, 48-27, in Texas Stadium.
"They killed us on third down the whole game," said Phillips, noting that the Pats were 11-of-17 on third down, while the Cowboys were only 4-of-11. "We tried about everything we could do -- almost every coverage, every blitz. They just seem to have the right answer for everything."
Phillips gave credit for that to Brady.
"He does a great job distributing the ball to a lot of different people," Phillips said.
Phillips said he wasn't surprised the game turned into a shoot-out.
"I knew it wasn't going to be nothing-to-nothing," he said. "We flet like we cold score on them, and we did score some. We knew they would be tough to hold down, and we knew they would throw it a whole lot."
Coming into the game as the only undefeated team in the NFC, the Cowboys knew their matchup with the unbeaten Patriots would be a measuring stick.
As it turned out, Dallas didn't measure up.
"We wanted to be one of the elite teams," said Phillips, "but, obviously, we're not. For them to come in to our place and beat us like that shows that we've got a lot of work to do.
"They're an outstanding football team, but we've got a ways to go. It's a wake-up call for us."

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Posted by: Jeff Brothis at October 16, 2007 12:31 PM