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09-16-2010, 08:54 AM
Archer: Is Sunday already a must win for the Cowboys?
05:43 PM CDT on Monday, September 13, 2010
Todd Archer / Reporter
Is Week 2 too early for a must-win game?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/091410dnspoblogcowmustwin.ee56a2f6.html
Probably but Wade Phillips raised the sense of urgency of his team today when he met with the players. He accepted the blame for the end-of-half miscue and he told them how important it is to return to form Sunday against Chicago.
"We've got to do better, no matter what," Phillips said. "To get better we've got to attack the mistakes we made and not just go over the mistakes we made but attack the mistakes we made. And we've got to hold together as a team. It's not the end of the world. It seemed like it at the time and I feel like it today, but it's not. We can bounce back from this and we've got to, to have a good team this year that we want to have. We've got to bounce back this week and pick up the pieces and go forward. The only thing you can do anything about is this ballgame and we've got to do something about it. And we've got to do something about it right now."
The Cowboys haven't lost their first two games of a season since 2001 when they finished 5-11. The last time they went 0-2 and made the playoffs came in 1993 when they were missing Emmitt Smith, who was in a contract dispute. Oh, yeah, that team went on to win Super Bowl XXVIII.
05:43 PM CDT on Monday, September 13, 2010
Todd Archer / Reporter
Is Week 2 too early for a must-win game?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/091410dnspoblogcowmustwin.ee56a2f6.html
Probably but Wade Phillips raised the sense of urgency of his team today when he met with the players. He accepted the blame for the end-of-half miscue and he told them how important it is to return to form Sunday against Chicago.
"We've got to do better, no matter what," Phillips said. "To get better we've got to attack the mistakes we made and not just go over the mistakes we made but attack the mistakes we made. And we've got to hold together as a team. It's not the end of the world. It seemed like it at the time and I feel like it today, but it's not. We can bounce back from this and we've got to, to have a good team this year that we want to have. We've got to bounce back this week and pick up the pieces and go forward. The only thing you can do anything about is this ballgame and we've got to do something about it. And we've got to do something about it right now."
The Cowboys haven't lost their first two games of a season since 2001 when they finished 5-11. The last time they went 0-2 and made the playoffs came in 1993 when they were missing Emmitt Smith, who was in a contract dispute. Oh, yeah, that team went on to win Super Bowl XXVIII.