Cowboys save season; Eagles finished?

[Future]

Originally Posted by CowboysFanSince88

If we can get to 6-5 by Thanksgiving night, then I don't think the Cowboys will finish with 8 losses

So beat Cleveland and Washington...at home? That shouldn't be hoped for. That should be the expectation.

[Joe Realist]

I am not counting Eagles out unless they have 8 or 9 losses

[CowboysFanSince88]

Originally Posted by Star4Ever

Mathematically the Eagles are not done. Realistically, they're done.

I thought the same last year and both the Cowboys and Giants wanted the eagles to join them in the division race.

[CowboysFanSince88]

Originally Posted by Joe Realist

I am not counting Eagles out unless they have 8 or 9 losses

You and me both. I may shoot for 10 losses LOL

[CowboysFanSince88]

Originally Posted by Future

So beat Cleveland and Washington...at home? That shouldn't be hoped for. That should be the expectation.

If they can get to 7-5 then going 2-2 in the final 4 games won't be a issue

[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by cowboys102030

I agree, their season is certainly not over. But what if we were 3-6? From our point of view, the season would most definitely be over. The chance of running the table would feel impossible. Only three teams in the past few decades have made the playoffs after starting 3-6. It's not a stretch to call a team's season over after they go 3-6, but I also agree that it's not certainly true until the team has been eliminated. Nothing is over until it's over.

I think it is a stretch to call it over, because no one knows. Is it unlikely? Oh, yeah. But unlikely things happen in the NFL, just look at the Giants last year. I wonder how many times their fans proclaimed their season over.

I guess people are too impatient (depressed?) to just wait and see how it plays out.

[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by Ultra Warrior

Uhhh...they are 3 games out, not 2.

OK, I'll give you 2 1/2.

[Star4Ever]

Originally Posted by CowboysFanSince88

I thought the same last year and both the Cowboys and Giants wanted the eagles to join them in the division race.

Yes, but the Eagles weren't the train wreck they are this season. They got off to a horrible start last year, but they picked it up. That stands little to no chance of happening this year.

[CowboysFanSince88]

Originally Posted by Star4Ever

Yes, but the Eagles weren't the train wreck they are this season. They got off to a horrible start last year, but they picked it up. That stands little to no chance of happening this year.

I won't say that until they lost their 9th game-lol

[EPL0c0]

I Personally wouldn't mind seeing the Eagles win this week

[CowboysFanSince88]

Originally Posted by EPL0c0

I Personally wouldn't mind seeing the Eagles win this week

Guess some of us hate the skins more and others hate the eagles more.

[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by EPL0c0

I Personally wouldn't mind seeing the Eagles win this week

Demoralize the Redskins, then be demoralized the next week?

I don't want either team to have a glimmer of hope when they come to Dallas.

[CowboysFanSince88]

Originally Posted by gimmesix

Demoralize the Redskins, then be demoralized the next week?

I don't want either team to have a glimmer of hope when they come to Dallas.

Exactly, redskins lose this week and by time the eagles play us again they should have 7 losses, maybe 8

[fifaguy]

Originally Posted by EPL0c0

I Personally wouldn't mind seeing the Eagles win this week

Agree. If the Skins win they will come to Dallas thinking they can get back in the race. Their team is getting healthy, including Moss...

[Red Dragon]

Originally Posted by big dog cowboy

Or "it is a must win game" always comes up.

Exactly. I hate seeing that phrase overused time and time again; like, "Week 3 is a must-win-game" - really?

Eventually it saps so much meaning out of the term that it loses its significance.


A regular-season game is not a must-win unless it is a game which, if you lost or tied, would officially eliminate you from playoff contention, or very, very likely eliminate you from playoff contention.