Nobody will respect the Cowboys if we beat up the Cards

[Coogiguy03]

They barely respect us now, the respect comes when we beat teams we NEED to beat to get to the Superbowl (Phi, SF etc). Beating down the cards does nothing in the long run, we better win though lol. Please give your thoughts...

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

I think that every person on Earth already knows this.

 

[Bobhaze]

Winning IS respect. Who cares what the media think about “style points”? If the Cowboys win by 1 or 50, they will be 3-0. That is literally all that matters. Just win.

 

[Jarntt]

I kind of disagree. Look all over social media and sports talk. We were somewhere between 3rd best and "over rated" according to most non-Cowboy fans before the season. Now most have us even with or even ahead of Philly and SF (personally I still have us 3rd because the sample size is small). Another blowout and dominant defensive performance will only put us higher on most people's ranking even if it is against Arizona. When you destroy teams like we have (only two weeks of course) it is meaningful no matter how good or bad they are. Sure, if we win by a FG I agree with the premise, but a blowout is a blowout and 3 in a row would be very impressive.

 

[Cowboys=SuperBowl]

Which of us and our Boys should care?! They are on the schedule.Just take of business, win and it’s on to the next…

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Our fanbase has the biggest inferiority complex in sports.

 

[Cowboy_svt]

slow down on the threads amigo

 

[Direwolf63]

They barely respect us now, the respect comes when we beat teams we NEED to beat to get to the Superbowl (Phi, SF etc). Beating down the cards does nothing in the long run, we better win though lol. Please give your thoughts...

It's not about respect

It's about going 3-0

 

[Whirlwin]

Nobody will respect us if we don’t beat up on them.

 

[Cowboys5217]

I guess we'll just have to win anyway.

 

[Jarntt]

Our fanbase has the biggest inferiority complex in sports.

 

[jujoboys]

Who cares what other people think. I want us to blow them away so I can just sit back and relax without being stressed. Just enjoy the wins coming in and quit worrying about what other people think.

Also, not sure why you are feeling a lack of respect. Most of those useless power rankings have Dallas ranked pretty high.

 

[darealvelle]

And nobody will respect them If they lose to the cardinals. Cowboys don’t make the schedule all they can do is play the games.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

You win the games on your schedule. The team doesn't pick it's opponents.

 

[thunderpimp91]

Who cares about respect going into week 3? The season is 18 weeks long for a reason and by the end of those weeks all that matters is how many Ws and Ls you have.

 

[doomsday9084]

If Dallas beats SF . . . its just the regular season. Let's see it in the playoffs.
If Dallas loses to SF . . . . see!!! Same old Cowboys.

Dallas isn't going to get respect until they lift a trophy. Don't let it bother you. Just enjoy the ride. This team is a lot of fun to watch.

 

[lkelly]

Do they give out a Lombardi trophy for respect? Does Aretha Franklin sing at the presentation?

 

[DallasEast]

Nobody will respect the Cowboys if we beat up the Cards​

 

[Captain-Crash]

I thought this was a trap game.

We are going to do what we should do. We are going to dominate the game with our defense and the game will be basically over by the second quarter.

I'm not worrying about respect. I thought the talk shows were crap, who cares what they say.

 

[Bobhaze]

I kind of disagree. Look all over social media and sports talk. We were somewhere between 3rd best and "over rated" according to most non-Cowboy fans before the season. Now most have us even with or even ahead of Philly and SF (personally I still have us 3rd because the sample size is small). Another blowout and dominant defensive performance will only put us higher on most people's ranking even if it is against Arizona. When you destroy teams like we have (only two weeks of course) it is meaningful no matter how good or bad they are. Sure, if we win by a FG I agree with the premise, but a blowout is a blowout and 3 in a row would be very impressive.

Help me understand: Why does what one single person’s opinion on social media or sports media about the Cowboys matter? Isn’t winning all that matters? Or do we think what some talking head thinks about the Cowboys actually matters?

True respect in the NFL does not happen until Jan and Feb in the playoffs. In fact, playoff wins (plural) = respect. “Looking good” while winning regular season games is great but that does NOT translate to any kind of meaningful respect.

I recognize a lot of fans these days care about “rankings” from sports media. And that’s fine if they do. But I’m just pointing out that “rankings respect” by sports talking heads is not real respect. Winning playoff games is where the real respect lies. Until we win at least two playoff games in a row, which we haven’t done in nearly 3 decades, there won’t be a ton of real respect.