How close 1995 came to not ending in a championship for Dallas

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fredp22 said:
yeah but can do the same thing the other way- Jackie Smiths drop, The catch (sorry-even Montana said he was throwing it away), Dez catch. I could go on
we could easily have 6-8 rings
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Mien gott!!
That is so true!
But the Vikes could say Drew Pearson 's catch was void.
Etc.
 
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Jake said:
Dallas had problems with San Fran - all about match ups.
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It was also a lot about coaching, too. Jimmy's Cowboys went 3-1 against the Niners, I believe, but Switzer went only 1-4 against San Francisco.
 
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HanD said:
My brother reminds me all the time that he was too young to enjoy those glory years like I did. He barely remembers them. His real memories are of the quincy era.
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Same here. I first began following the Cowboys in the 1999 season. I never watched a Cowboys game on TV until 2005. Didn't see a Dallas playoff win until January 2010.
 
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Anybody remember that awful knot you had in your stomach the morning of the NFC Championship games. I was much more nervous for those than I ever was for the Super Bowls.

The good news is my stomach's been fine for 25 years now. :facepalm:
 
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fredp22 said:
yeah but can do the same thing the other way- Jackie Smiths drop, The catch (sorry-even Montana said he was throwing it away), Dez catch. I could go on
we could easily have 6-8 rings
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Exactly. Add the 2 times we had the #1 seed in the NFC and lost at home. We had a clear path in 2007. We beat the Giants twice and we could have easily handled the Packers with Favre at the end of his career. 2016, we had a great time and not a clear path, but a very winnable path to get there. Go back to the 2 lost NFL championships to Green Bay. They would have easily won the Super Bowls those years. The bogus call in the Colts Super Bowl loss.
 
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tyke1doe said:
You're right. I still don't think we beat them even at home. They killed in Dallas in the Big D.
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I was at that game where they destroyed us in 1995. I remember thinking, “why is Darren Smith lined up on Jerry Rice?” 5 seconds and 50 yards later Jerry scored a touchdown. A bad day to be a cowboys fan.
 
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I remember being thrilled the pack beat the 9ers. I felt we had no chance against SF in the playoffs after that beat down earlier in the season. Even then, if the Steelers had a good qb though would’ve beaten the cowboys. Definitely an unstable championship team at that point.
 
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Red Dragon said:
I've been going down history lane again and it's remarkable just how many things had to fall the Cowboys' way for them to get that elusive 5th ring.

The Cowboys were slumping badly down the stretch and it took a fantastic leaping diving catch (inch-perfect) by Kevin Williams near the end of the Giants game for Dallas to get a game-winning field goal and win, 21-20.

But then the Niners were still poised to capture homefield advantage. It took Steve Young slightly overthrowing Jerry Rice on a deep pass with only a few seconds remaining in the season finale to lose to Atlanta. Had Young thrown that ball just a bit lower, the 49ers would have won and took the No. 1 seed. Instead, Dallas was buoyed by the Niners' loss and proceeded to beat the Cards the following night, taking homefield advantage.

But even then......the Cowboys needed one additional favor. They needed the Pack to beat the Niners. (These same 49ers had slaughtered Dallas 38-20 in the regular season, at Texas Stadium, without Steve Young. So even hosting the NFC title against San Fran at home would have been a mighty fierce battle for the Cowboys.)

And even then, when the Pack came to town, Green Bay temporarily held a 27-24 lead over Dallas, entering the fourth quarter of the conference championship game. With a play or two going the other way, it could have easily been a Packers win.

And even then, in the Super Bowl, the Cowboys found themselves clinging to a 20-17 lead for dear life as the Steelers had all the momentum going their way. O'Donnell made a bad read during a Dallas blitz and threw to a spot when in fact Andre Hastings was streaking deep. Had O'Donnell just held on to the ball one second longer and realized where Hastings was going, he could have thrown deep and the Steelers would be leading 24-20. Instead, the ball ended up in the arms of Larry Brown.

The reason the Cowboys won the porno super bowl XXX is because Green Bay beat the 49ers. I had no confidence in the Cowboys beating the 49ers that season. That Cowboys team beat that Packers team every time they played, so I had no doubt they were going back.


It was by far the unlikeliest of the Cowboys' five championships.
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fredp22 said:
yeah but can do the same thing the other way- Jackie Smiths drop, The catch (sorry-even Montana said he was throwing it away), Dez catch. I could go on
we could easily have 6-8 rings
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Similar to what I replied to the great Red Dragon's post above, that Cowboys team never beat that Steelers team. We were just never going to beat them.
 
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