Cowboys still confident despite first loss
No longer undefeated, the Dallas Cowboys are still confident.
Sure, they're disappointed about missing a chance to prove themselves against one of the NFL's best and losing a rare meeting of 5-0 teams.
Still, the Cowboys expect to see the New England Patriots again this season, when the outcome will mean more than remaining perfect in mid-October.
"If they make it to Arizona, we will see them again. Seriously, I'm not backing down from that statement," receiver Patrick Crayton said Monday, a day after a 48-27 loss to the Patriots.
Terrell Owens wasn't in the locker room Monday, but said after the game, "We'll see them down the road."
Well, there's only one way that can happen. The Patriots and Cowboys, the only teams to win three Super Bowls in a four-year span, both have to make it to Super Bowl XLII in Arizona on Feb. 3.
While nobody else from the Cowboys proclaimed a super rematch as strongly as Crayton and Owens -- "I hope we play them again," coach Wade Phillips said -- it was clear the loss didn't shake their confidence.
"The goal is to get to the playoffs, and win enough to get where want to be, and we're still on course to do that," Greg Ellis said.
"We're still 5-1. No, it wasn't beautiful and we got spanked a little bit," Bradie James said. "One game is not going to define you. ... Our confidence hasn't wavered. We still have opportunities to be successful, and that's what we're going to do."
Titans' Young has MRI: The Tennessee Titans are hoping quarterback Vince Young is a fast healer.
Young had an MRI exam Monday to check out his strained right quadriceps muscle. The results of the test weren't immediately available, and coach Jeff Fisher said Young would be considered day to day.
One healing factor could come from the schedule. The Titans (3-2) visit Young's hometown of Houston on Sunday and the team, the Texans (3-3), that passed him over in the 2006 draft.
A London Super Bowl? A future Super Bowl champion may someday be crowned overseas in a game witnessed predominantly by a foreign audience, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said.
"There's a great deal of interest in holding a Super Bowl in London," Goodell told reporters Monday. "So we'll be looking at that."
The commissioner said London's new Wembley Stadium would make a great candidate for pro football's biggest matchup, given the enthusiasm overseas for the game.
On Oct. 28, Wembley will host the first regular-season NFL game outside North America. It took just 90 minutes to sell the first 40,000 tickets for the game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants. Goodell said event organizers have sold 95,000 tickets in all.