News: The reason Cowboys are favorite to win East

BourbonBalz said:

Well, considering it went down to the last game of the season even with all the injuries, you could not be more wrong. But that’s not shocking.

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Well to be honest, Im just wanting to get past last year,, not just the Cowboys failed season,, Im actually an optimist, and eagerly looking forward to this 2021 season.
As negative and critical as I can be, I also can recognize a decent restructure taking place, so Im forever a Cowboys fan,,, Jerry got me on the hook for life

MikeB80 said:

Will Hernandez #34 pick 2018 Draft
Shane Lemieux #150 2020 Draft
Matt Peart #99 2020 Draft
Nate Solder Top Tier Free Agent

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These guys have all been bad.

Vinnie2u said:

Washington Defense and Giants offense are pretty scary. Only thing holding them back is QB play.

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That's not how you spell Jason Garrett.

Diehardblues said:

It’s been pretty much confirmed that the NFC East is a dumpster fire. When a team wins the division with a 7-9 record as Washington did in 2020, that’s about as weak as it comes. The hope is that the 2021 season will be a little more competitive; the fact that the Dallas Cowboys were competitive until the final weeks after playing four different quarterbacks is a clear signal that the East is no longer a Beast. The Least is more accurate.

Still, someone has to win it, and with that win comes a playoff berth. The early favorites for the 2021 NFC East title are the Cowboys. That certainly will bring much skepticism and scoffing from different parts of the fanbase, and the media. But the fact remains that the betting houses favor the Cowboys.

Again, someone has to win it. And the Cowboys should be the favorites for one simple reason. Dak Prescott. The Cowboys clearly have the best quarterback in the division and it’s really not that close.


https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...he-favorites-in-the-nfc-east?ref=SiteHype.com

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Same reason as last year: Prescott and the new DC.
Man i remember how people celeebrated when Marinelli was gone. And with him all his coaches.

See what happend.

This year just the same. People are happy Nolan is gone. Quinn is the saviour. And finally our #1 QB is back.

Wow. I would be so pumped if i were a Lemming and walked the Joneses walk.

I still think that Washington will win the division off of defense.

JoeKing said:

The reason... Dak Prescott.

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Exactly. In a quarterback driven league, the teams with the best quarterbacks will always have the advantage. And be favored.

But the Dak haters are out in full force trying to deny this evidence too. There’s no cure for willful ignorance.

The favorite to win the East depends on who you ask.

WFT is favored by some to be the first to repeat in 17 years and they do have a solid D. However, they have a feast or famine QB and he's good to throw either 4 TD's or INT's. They will need to run the ball effectively.

Can the Cowboys stay healthy on the OL? If they can, I like their chances with that offense and an improved defense. Improved, you ask? Hell, they couldn't get much worse.

The Giants are not going to be an easy out with that offense and Barkley back healthy but can they ride him? They're still not solid on that OL.

The only unanimous pick is PHL for last. They look like a cluster from the owner on down and as usual, it won't take much for the Philly faithful to turn on them and Lurie and Roseman could be heading for a parting of the ways.

JoeKing said:

The reason... Dak Prescott.

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interesting. Stands to reason that Washington has the same chance then doesn’t it?

ActualCowboysFan said:

These guys have all been bad.

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two of them were rookies who played sparsely and solder sat out last year.

also the premise of the post I responded to was that the giants treat the line like Dallas treats safety. As shown nothing could be further from the truth.

MikeB80 said:

interesting. Stands to reason that Washington has the same chance then doesn’t it?

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What does it mean past 2 seasons? Are they considering what Dak did last year as a "full season"?

MikeB80 said:

two of them were rookies who played sparsely and solder sat out last year.

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And he wasn't good the previous two seasons and no both of the rookies were terrible while Hernandez repressed again. They had a terrible OL and lost their best lineman. Waiving it away like you're doing has been their downfall for many years now and they literally did 0 to fix it.

Because Dallas has by far the best QB in the division. That's why.

Only question there could be if Jones improves. But after showing a little something early on, he hasn't improved. So I don't think he's going to pan out.

BourbonBalz said:

We would have won the East last year had half the team not gotten injured. You know that. At least you should.

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Oh that's right. Once our 1-3 QB went down the season was lost. I forgot about that.

Where did they have the Cowboys going into the 2017 season? What about 2019?

BourbonBalz said:

We would have won the East last year had half the team not gotten injured. You know that. At least you should.

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They were really a powerhouse n those first few games before the injuries stacked up. How many games did they win that didn’t involved an Atlanta special team’s screw up?

Chocolate Lab said:

Because Dallas has by far the best QB in the division. That's why.

Only question there could be if Jones improves. But after showing a little something early on, he hasn't improved. So I don't think he's going to pan out.

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The WFT has a stout defense which has neutralized the Dak effect. The whole division is crap and I don’t see where that will change anytime soon.

jnday said:

The WFT has a stout defense which has neutralized the Dak effect. The whole division is crap and I don’t see where that will change anytime soon.

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Dak is 16-3 against the NFC East since his rookie season. He's 7-1 in his career against Washington, with the only loss requiring LP getting a penalty for long snapping.

Diehardblues said:

If this forum has taught us anything, everyone is entitled to spout anything. Lol

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Sometimes those spouting the usual crap need to choke on what they are spouting.

We should be the favorites. Dak will be back, all healthy OL. Jarwin will be back. Still the best offense in the East as well as one of the best in the NFL.
Quinn, should improve the defense to at least high teens to low 20's as of now. We got some help on defense in FA and the draft. If that moved them to 15 to 18 by game 6 or so. And be playing like a top 12 by playoff push time.
It will not be a runaway thought will be tough.

WFT, still is a QB away, but are they. They have no one but McLaurin on offense, unless they added some players. Guice will be back at RB, but he is really unproven. Their defense is really good. However I think many think they are great. Well they look great against our depleted offense. I seen them give up yards and points against better offenses.

NYG defense concerns me more than WFT's, they played well with what they had. Did they add defense? Their offense to me is still not all that good. Barkley will help. But it was not like Barkley lit it up against our defense when Rod ran it. Other than a few big plays here and there. I know the Barkley slobberers will not agree though.

Eagles, they are a mess. Other than their front 7, they have many unknowns. I am not sold on Hurts yet, but since he has a potentially very good WR, who knows. They can be good to not so good.

All in all, we should be the favorite on paper of course. But it will not be a cake walk. I think it will be close to he last few weeks for all teams with the Eagles being a spoiler in there somewhere.

rocyaice said:

What does it mean past 2 seasons? Are they considering what Dak did last year as a "full season"?

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because it makes them comparable. Dak has 21 starts in that span and Fitz has 20

Go find that pc of the PHL HC's introduction and watch that. You can't tell me this isn't going to be one of the best seasons for us Eagles Haters.

I gotta say, Lurie is approaching "Crazy Jeff" status. And it's about time, I miss Al, one of a kind.