Takin’ em to the woodshed. (34-10 - it’s almost over)

It’s been all Cowboys in the second half, as Dallas has put 31 points on the board, including the last 24 unanswered, to take a 34-10 lead in the 4th.

Tony Romo has had a monster second half, going 13 for 18 with touchdown passes to Jason Witten and Marion Barber. Overall, he’s 22 of 35 for 329 yards. T.O. has eight catches for 145 yards tonight.

For all the talk about the Bears defense potentially giving Dallas a hard time, it’s been the other way around.

But, as for the Dallas defense, it’s taken advantage of Rex Grossman, and limited Cedric Benson to next to nothing, outside of a touchdown run that tied it at 10 in the third. Anthony Henry has back-to-back games with two interceptions, after recording picks in each half, with the last one being returned for a touchdown minutes into this quarter.

It’s pretty safe to say that the Cowboys are going to go to 3-0, and with it, are going to prove their worth to a lot of people, who were skeptical that they could go into Chicago and pull it out.

I’d said that 20 points or so might have been the magic number for a win, and they’ve passed that one, and could have had more, if not for a blocked field goal and two Flozell Adams holding penalties that turned potential touchdown drives into field goals.

Speaking of the run defense part, Marion Barber just busted a 54-yard run down to the Bears’ 1, so that takes care of that. Annnnnnnnnd, he’s in, and that puts the stamp on it.

So, instead of Dallas coming in and getting embarrassed as some (like the lovely people on CBS Sportsline) were thinking they would, the Cowboys are doing the embarrassing. Ah, feels good, doesn’t it?

And, it keeps getting worse for the Bears, as Grossman gets picked off for the third time, as he diagrams the play perfectly for Roy Williams, who picks off on the right sideline. Are we getting near the end of the Rex Grossman era? Six picks and only one touchdown for him through three games. But, as I said in the preview, as streaky of a passer he was last season, then he might throw for six touchdowns and one pick in the next three games.

And, as for the Bears defense, well, when your offense isn’t doing you many favors, then hey, it’s much easier to get worn down. They did a great job of slowing the Cowboys down in the first half, but in the second half, with the turnovers and Romo and the offense just getting on a roll, it’s all gone downhill. And besides that, Chicago is now missing multiple defensive starters, so that doesn’t help too much.

But, regardless of how you shake it, Dallas has racked up well over 400 yards of total offense, and held the Bears to 230 yards and forced four turnovers. There are still yet some improvements to be made, but considering all of the problems that the first three games could have posed, it’ll be nice to be seeing that 3-0 at the end of tonight.

I’ll have a more complete analysis after a little while.