A Fingertip And A Foot

[Hoofbite]

A blown whistle against Tampa, any of a number of missed TDs by Cincy.

It all balances out. When every game is pretty much a coin toss you have examples in both directions.

[RomoIzDaMan]

It is a game of breaks-lucky and unlucky.Right now it seems like everything is going the Cowboys' way.Last season the Giants got all the breaks all the way thru a championship and it seemed like the Cowboys were cursed.

To me this season feels like the makings of a lightning in a bottle year for the Boys.Especially if they win their last two games.Dallas teams have gotten to championship round this way lately.Rangers 2010 and Mavs 2011

[TonyRomo09]

Originally Posted by Future

Well I'm saying as long as there's one second left on the clock, you don't KNOW anything.

Every team can find wins by imagining that more breaks went their way.

I'm sorry, but you are being a tad ridiculous.. He said that the finger and the kick leave us at 12-4. And you're contention is that it would not have. It only would have made the percentage chance that we win those games somewhere like 99.99% so you don't "KNOW". We better just shut down the forum guys! we can't talk about any possibilities... nope... no discussion on how close we could be to this record or that with Vin Deisel over here...

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Originally Posted by Hoofbite

A blown whistle against Tampa, any of a number of missed TDs by Cincy.

It all balances out. When every game is pretty much a coin toss you have examples in both directions.

except that at full speed, it looked like Romo was down against Tampa.

[TonyRomo09]

again, the original poster is not griping about calls, or could haves in the first quarter... he pointed out the two times that the game came down to how one last play went. Bailey's kick is good and we win.. Dez's finger is a little shorter and we Win... You can take it down to the smallest level and change a single variable to change the outcome in those cases... to compare that to the drops in cinci is just foolish.

[jday]

Originally Posted by Apollo Creed

If Dez's finger stays in bounds against the Giants and Bailey's kick doesn't hook left against Baltimore. Dallas would be 10-4, Giants would be eliminated from playoff contention and we would basically be a lock for the NFC east.

Truly is a game of inches.

So lets think about, is this team really that far away?

For a team missing countless starters, under these circumstances, they've done an incredible job.

I know hindsight is 20/20 but for a team that 'has the worst offensive lien in football' a 'GM that has no idea what he's doing' and a coach 'learning on the job.'

They are 13 inches away from being the best team in east and possibly playing for a first round bye right now.

So, are they really that far away - especially in today's league or parity, I like my teams chances just as good as anybodies in the NFC.

Funny. I'm 13 inches away from being Pamela Anderson's boyfriend.

[sonnyboy]

Originally Posted by AsthmaField

If Dez's fingers stay inbounds, we know the outcome. Dallas wins.

If Bailey's kick goes through the upright against Baltimore, we know the outcome. Dallas wins.

If Cincy catches those passes, do we know the outcome? No. There would have still been a lot of plays and different variables.

THANK YOU! So sick of hearing our win against them get qualified. Who are blank are the bengals?

AJ Green is great, but you telling me he never drops passes? The one dropped at the 5 was on 3rd and goal and there was no guarantee he gets in the endzone.

Newman can't catch cold barefoot in snow.

And why does no one mention Gresham's one handed snag? That was a huge play in the game that he seldom makes. Great athlete, but he has hands like feet. That play alone makes up for some unexpected drops....

Either way, catching and dropping counts and is often the difference.

Carr's INT was a great catch and if he doesn't make it, maybe we lose.

[Oh_Canada]

The Giants game still sticks in my craw. They dominated that football game from the second quarter on and should have won.

They're a better team the Gints this season, too bad all they have is a split to show for it.

[Idgit]

I'll say the same thing I said after the WAS game: it's still a long season. We can easily end up 8-8. But, yeah, it's not all necessarily about the record, anyway. The line between 8-8 and 12-4 is not that significant. We see in the playoffs every year how little that four-game advantage means when it's the team with the worse record that happens to get hot at the end of a season.

I believe the Dallas Cowboys organization is in as good a shape as it's been in since Bill Parcels was here, and I believe JG's best days are still in front of him. He's doing so much right behind the scenes; with luck, it translates to two more wins and at least a mini playoff run leading up to an offseason where we've got a chance to really be contenders in this league for a long while.

[Nexx]

Originally Posted by AsthmaField

If Dez's fingers stay inbounds, we know the outcome. Dallas wins.

If Bailey's kick goes through the upright against Baltimore, we know the outcome. Dallas wins.

If Cincy catches those passes, do we know the outcome? No. There would have still been a lot of plays and different variables.

not to mention we had quite a few drops as well...

[Blackspider214]

True but you also have to think, we probably should have not had any business winning the Browns or Bengals game. Heck, some even say the Steelers game last week. Steelers had every opportunity to win that game and just didn't. It's the way it goes. You will have a few games in the season that if this or that went our way, we win. But then you can't forget the games where those things did go our way and we won. We are where we should be right now.

[Manwiththeplan]

Originally Posted by Future

If Dez doesn't drop the 2 pointer, do we know that Baltimore doesn't take the kickoff, complete a pass, and kick a field goal to win? Do we know that the Giants wouldn't have scored?

Green catching that ball and scoring would have been just as effective as Dez catching the one against NYG. Have to call a spade a spade.

Not only that, but who's to say we play with the same intensity against Cincy and Pit? Can't just look at these plays in a vacum and just say 1+1= 2

[Hoofbite]

Originally Posted by CanadianCowboysFan

except that at full speed, it looked like Romo was down against Tampa.

And he wasn't. Which is why it was a blown call.

If it didnt appear like he was down, then what?

Blown call is a blown call.

[Rack Bauer]

Originally Posted by Apollo Creed

If Dez's finger stays in bounds against the Giants and Bailey's kick doesn't hook left against Baltimore. Dallas would be 10-4, Giants would be eliminated from playoff contention and we would basically be a lock for the NFC east.

Truly is a game of inches.

So lets think about, is this team really that far away?

For a team missing countless starters, under these circumstances, they've done an incredible job.

I know hindsight is 20/20 but for a team that 'has the worst offensive lien in football' a 'GM that has no idea what he's doing' and a coach 'learning on the job.'

They are 13 inches away from being the best team in east and possibly playing for a first round bye right now.

So, are they really that far away - especially in today's league or parity, I like my teams chances just as good as anybodies in the NFC.

We are just as close to having 4 or 5 more losses as we are to having those 2 more wins.

[Kilyin]

Originally Posted by Rack Bauer

We are just as close to having 4 or 5 more losses as we are to having those 2 more wins.

Yep, we could've easily lost to Tampa and Carolina. I think this team we're seeing now is different than back then in the first half of the season. We're making crucial defensive plays in the 4th quarter, and Tony has been on a hot streak.