The good news is the Dallas Cowboys offense looks fantastic. They lead the NFL in total yards, passing yards, and scoring. Not only does Tony Romo lead the league in passing yards, but he also has the third best passer rating, and the best rating in the NFC. And don’t forget about Witten who has the most receiving yards of any tight end in the league. To top it off, the two-headed running attack of Barber and Jones puts Dallas at 8th in the league in rushing.

The bad news is they did all of this against the New York Giants who have the worst defense in the league after giving up the most total yards, most passing yards, and most points of any defense.

Pretty crazy, huh?

I’m always astounded to hear sweeping statements by fans after only one week. If the fans are any measure of things to come, the super bowl will be the AFC championship when the stout defense of the Indianapolis Colts meet the unstoppable duo of Tom Brady and Randy Moss.

But the truth is that Randy Moss isn’t going to catch 9 balls for 183 yards and a touchdown either week. And, mark my words, the Indianapolis defense isn’t going to be burying the league’s best offenses all year.

I think we all know that, so why do we think the Dallas secondary is going to be torched game after game all season long? Oh, they had their problems at the end of least season, and this does seem like a carry-over from those problems, but lets give them a few games before we become convinced the team is doomed to participate in high-scoring shootouts each week if they want to succeed. Heck, let’s at least wait until Terence Newman takes the field before we make our judgments.

Let’s face it; Newman is the key. He might be one of the most underrated corners in the league, at least to the fans and the media. But have no doubt that quarterbacks and offensive coordinators know how good he is which is why they try to throw the ball on the other side of the field. With Newman in the lineup, Dallas doesn’t have to protect both their corners. In fact, they can pretty much leave Newman on an island any time they want, which means moving Roy a little closer to the scrimmage.

That’s part of the key right there: don’t depend on Roy Williams to cover people deep.

But, most of all, let’s wait until the Cowboys have a few games under their belt before we start the judging. It’s quite likely that we just saw the best performance Tony Romo will have all year, and we may very well have seen the worst performance by our defense as well.