8-0 road record = at least conference championship?

[endersdragon]

By no means am I saying that this is a for sure thing for us... but it is interesting to see how teams with an 8-0 road record (which a win at Washington in 2 weeks would give us) do in the playoffs. The last 5 went to their conference championships. 4 of them went to the Super Bowl. 2 of them won their Super Bowl (sadly none since the 1989 49ers). I feel like that is a good sign going forward as it means no matter where we play we will have confidence looking ahead... almost makes me wish for more road games. Maybe we will just get the 3 seed and GB will get home field advantage (that way we go to Seattle first).

 

[pancakeman]

4-4 home-record teams of the past few years, on the other hand, have been bumped out in the first round. Though the Super Bowl champion Giants of 2011 were 4-4 at home.

 

[endersdragon]

I don't imagine it is that common for 4-4 home record teams to make the playoffs but in the playoffs everyone who wins will have to play on the road sometime (barring possibly the Cards), might as well be good at it now.

 

[chagus]

The Cowboys just need to win 2 more games. Nothing else matters.

 

[endersdragon]

The Cowboys just need to win 2 5-6 more games. Nothing else matters.

There fixed it for you. Playoffs would be good, but fans can look ahead to see what will happen when we get there.

 

[Beast_from_East]

4-4 home-record teams of the past few years, on the other hand, have been bumped out in the first round. Though the Super Bowl champion Giants of 2011 were 4-4 at home.

The only playoff team with a losing home record was the 2007 Giants if I remember correctly.....................ergo, if we lose to the Colts this weekend and end up 3-5 at home................we probably miss the playoffs.

Don't see Philly losing to either the Giants or the Skins and our wildcard chances are slim considering Seattle is going to win the West most likely with Arizona down to their 3rd string QB.

 

[chagus]

There fixed it for you. Playoffs would be good, but fans can look ahead to see what will happen when we get there.

I thought this thread was about reaching the playoffs. My bad.

 

[endersdragon]

I thought this thread was about reaching the playoffs. My bad.

Nope, all about what happens when we get there.

 

[AdamJT13]

The only playoff team with a losing home record was the 2007 Giants if I remember correctly.

Three playoff teams have gone 3-5 at home (the 2006 Giants, the 2007 Giants and the 2011 Broncos). Four other playoff teams have had a losing record at home during a season with fewer than 16 games (either a strike season or a 14-game regular season).

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Teams that go 8-0 on the Road were probably REALLY good at home as well. Probably played more home games than road games in the playoffs.

Correlation not causation.

 

[Gameover]

I think the Cowboys will play the Broncos in the SB in a re-match of last years shoot-out!

Or the winner = America's Team Bowl

They'll have Ware and Miller this time. Which I believe will be the difference!

As I've said since the summer, this is a good football team w/ a lot of young talent.

Even are stars had room to grow(Murray, Bryant, Smith)

If we lose, woe is is us crowd will blame Jones.

 

[Doomsay]

The Cowboys just need to win 2 more games. Nothing else matters.

It's pretty much all about Sunday, the other stuff is just ADHD. Who cars about how we might lose out in certain week 17 scenarios, when we are in control of our destiny now, and could win it all?