Usually players don't show concerns about how another team plays the game until the regular season, but the Denver Broncos' Safety John Lynch seems to think it's never too early.  John Lynch, in an interview with the Denver Post, went as far as to say that the Cowboys blitzed every play and game planned against the Broncos.  He also hinted that Wade Phillips did it to get back at the Broncos.

"They came out and game-planned us, blitzing every play. They came after us.  It's not an excuse for the way we played. But I think they might have broken the code of ethics for the preseason."

"I don't know if Wade's [ticked] off the Broncos fired him, but it sure looked that way..."

Now, I am not sure about what code of ethics Lynch is talking about, or for that matter what Lynch constitutes as a blitz.  Many fans will remember the Cowboys 1989 season where the Cowboys went 1-15 in the regular season, but does anyone remember the Cowboys record in the preseason?  It was 3-1.  That one loss was an overtime loss to the Denver Broncos, when the Denver coach Dan Reeves decided to put in John Elway to play overtime to get back at the Cowboys for firing his former coach Tom Landry.  Funny how it all comes back; isn't it?

The problem however, is with what Lynch said.  The Cowboys don't play a 4-3 defense, there isn't going to be 4 linemen fighting with the offensive linemen, there is only three.  The 3-4 is designed to bring an Outside Linebacker in to cause disturbances in the backfield, to help stop the run, and yes to blitz the QB.  It's what a standard 3-4 defense does.  It's not that the Cowboys were showing their entire season's strategy.  Nor did they necessarily open up the playbook to throw the kitchen sink.  They merely executed the Phillips 3-4. 

The Cowboys didn't exactly open up the offensive playbook either they ran for 190 yards on the Broncos on 42 attempts, and only went back to pass a total of 27 times.  I think if the Cowboys were really game planning they would have added a little more spice to the offensive strategy other than that end around to T.O.   Jason Ferguson also insists that the Cowboys didn't show everything either.

"Believe me, we didn't show it all.  We might have shown two bullets."

Ultimately this is just a preseason game.  Lynch needs to get over himself and move on to the next match up.  It's a little too early to start worrying about whether or not teams are game planning against you.  Save that fear for three weeks from now when all this counts.  As for the blitz, the offensive line has to be ready to pick up the blitz no matter what base they are in, if they didn't pick up the OLB than that's something they'll need to work on.

Source: (Star-Telegram.com)