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Originally Posted by Apollo Creed

I always get pumped for Cowboys' games but at some point you have to start tempering expectations.

I was holding out hope before the Bears game that this team could show the world on Monday night how they weren't the same old Cowboys - but in typical Cowboy fashion, they embarassed themselves and showed that they are a team incapable of getting out their own way.

Which is even more frustrating, because I'd rather watch a team systematically whoop our butts - than for us to go out and straight up hand W's away. It's not like Cutler and the Bears defense were dominating us, we handed them 21 points. Just like we gave the Seahawks 10 before anyone could break a sweat.

[View Full Quote]I really haven't seen this team really put it together in quite a while. Perhaps the 2009 run, and the 13-3 2007 squad had flashes of brilliance. But then, just like now - they are a fundamentally flawed team with major glaring holes that prevent them from being able to consistently win games.

So, of course I'm excited, we post on a Cowboys message board so I'd hope everyone else has a pulse and wants this team to win as much as I do. But after a while, watching the same show gets boring after a while, especially when the majority of us are pretty affluent enough to recognize trends and patterns in a team we obsess over. Given the resources here and the visibility of the Cowboys through the media, you'd have to pretty dense to assume that suddenly this team is going to magically put everything together and go on a major run against this schedule. It's all about expectations and I personally don't expect much from the 2012 Cowboys.

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