247Sports: Predicting the rest of the Cowboys season; 9-7

It's a good piece your right. I dread a 9-7 record this season but its completely possible.I wouldn't think that'll win anything other then more groaning on the zone. Those kickin decisions are biting us in the butt.
 
That's a fair assessment. If so, Garrett's gutless mentality on the road, of not going for the win in 2 games so far, would loom large at the end of the season. That alone, could have us missing the playoffs by 1 game. :mad:
 
I get why you guys wouldn't want a 9 and 7 record but bottom line is 9 and 7 might win the nfce ....

I want the 1st round pick next year to be in the 20s and if we make it to 9 and 7 we will be close....who knows though

Btw...no playoffs and Garrett is gone so I wouldn't worry about 9 and 7 no playoff
 
Jipper said:
I get why you guys wouldn't want a 9 and 7 record but bottom line is 9 and 7 might win the nfce ....

I want the 1st round pick next year to be in the 20s and if we make it to 9 and 7 we will be close....who knows though

Btw...no playoffs and Garrett is gone so I wouldn't worry about 9 and 7 no playoff
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It also means our 2nd round pick will be in the late 50's.
 
Jarv said:
It also means our 2nd round pick will be in the late 50's.
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Im fine with that....how bad would it suck to have to fork over a top 10 pick to Oakland? At least if we had say the 22nd pick it would be easy to stomach...were likely going to package our 2nd and 3rd to go up to the top of the 2nd anyway plus they will have an extra 3rd or 4rh comp pick to use
 
They have DAL winning at Atlanta to get 9 wins which I do not see happening. They also have DAL winning both home games against WAS and PHI which to me is also very much up in the air. It also assumes no stumbles against the bad teams TEN, TB, NYG which is very possible but not guaranteed. I think 9 wins is pretty far out there for this team. 7 feels about right, with unfortunately 8 being also a high probability.
 
Jipper said:
I get why you guys wouldn't want a 9 and 7 record but bottom line is 9 and 7 might win the nfce ....

I want the 1st round pick next year to be in the 20s and if we make it to 9 and 7 we will be close....who knows though

Btw...no playoffs and Garrett is gone so I wouldn't worry about 9 and 7 no playoff
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Uhh we have NO 1st rnd pick next year... we gave that away for AC, or am I mistaken?....so we get to wait till 2nd and pick about 50 or higher for a player...
 
I'd say 9-7 is about the most successful season's ending this team could hope to produce. Other than that, I'd venture to say we'll end up at 8-8. Jerry might consider replacing Linehan if that's to be the case. It's highly doubtful that the same fate might apply to JG, though -- baby steps! ;)
 
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7-9 I would guess. Wins vs Titans, Indy, Tampa, and NY. Maybe 8-8 with a win vs the Skins
 
I'm thinking no better than 8-8. I don't think Dallas beats Philly in either game. Also losses to Saints and Atlanta. I have the Colts game as a toss up. So for me it's 7-9 or 8-8. No 9-7.
 
I don't see us losing to the Colts. So that could get us to 10-6. However, I won't give us a win a win over the Falcons at this point.
So 9-7 is doable, but much depends on those games with the Eagles and Commanders. As this can go either way. We could go 0-3, 3-0, 2-1, 1-2.
I need to see how they look against the Titans, then how they follow up against the Eagles. These are actually 2 very key games.

I will still say 8-8 at this point.
 
7 and 9 is where they end up I think I predicted 8 and 8 when the season started so I am going to be really close I think
 
It's an overly optimistic assessment in my opinion, but not impossible if things were to suddenly come together. The part that bothers me is that the writer seemingly wants to "give" the Cowboys rematch victories over the Eagles and Commanders just because the Cowboys will "try very hard".

This comes down to beating good teams, nothing more, nothing less. There are several good teams remaining on an otherwise unimpressive schedule:
  1. Philadelphia
  2. Atlanta
  3. Washington
If you want to be something and do something, break the trend, win some games against some good teams.
 
Did the same exercise and suggested 9-7.

Only 2 teams remain that are over .500.
5 games are at home.
6-3 is very doable if not most likely.
NYG, INDY and TENN to me are gimmes.
I don't see enough talent/desire on those squads to make them close.

Team blew some winnable games and now must scratch and claw to make playoffs with mediocre record.

But you ALWAYS play to make the playoffs first.
 
ClintDagger said:
They have DAL winning at Atlanta to get 9 wins which I do not see happening. They also have DAL winning both home games against WAS and PHI which to me is also very much up in the air. It also assumes no stumbles against the bad teams TEN, TB, NYG which is very possible but not guaranteed. I think 9 wins is pretty far out there for this team. 7 feels about right, with unfortunately 8 being also a high probability.
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ATL is arguably the worst DEF in the league but even if you lose that game you beat INDY and end up 9-7 which is what I predicted.

Indy is week 15 and they are already tied for last place in the AFCS with HOU looking to run away with that division.
Indy may be tanking by then while DAL has no R1 draft pick benefit to consider.
 
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