Too much dwelling on weak schedules after a win

It could be talking heads or fans. I damn near could not enjoy any media this week without that coming up. I found myself turning off about 4 or five sports shows on the television.

Its not like the cowboys can control who they play on the schedule. It is damn sure not the cowboys fault that these teams pick a fine time to lie down and take it behind the woodshed.

Hell if I remember correctly last offseason, over half of the teams the cowboys beat were raved about to have breakout seasons after a nice draft and FA signing.

And that included the dolphins and jets after they signed Bell and a few other guys. There are times where I wish those teams had just panned out but they didnt. The cowboys are doing their thing, it's up to the other teams to do the same.

When the Patriots beat everyone on their soft schedule the media goes into a lovefest. And their schedule is so soft I'd rather wipe my backside with it instead of charmin.

Yeah I cannot watch sports shows, I let that go a long time ago with the media bias against the Boys. I still see it rampant on Reddit, Twitter and with memes. It comes with the territory, they either love us or hate us. It will make it that much sweeter when we win big games.

Yeah - I agree. It's just the media narrative. You hardly hear about the Patriots at this point, who have beaten essentially the same teams.

When Dallas goes into Chicago and wins and beats LAR at home, you'll probably hear about how those are bad teams as well.

In our wins the margin has been 10, 18, 19, 27, and 25. Crappy teams or not, that’s impressive.

They're just playing their schedule. The teams wouldn't be as "bad" if the Cowboys didn't play their part in beating them like drums.

But the media always needs things to talk about - and the Cowboys drive ratings. It is what it is, I suppose.

I stopped listening to the podcasts too and I liked them a lot. I figured over analyzing everything Cowboys was doing me no good. I am in the show me stage of my fandom.

ClappingCarrot said:

Yeah - I agree. It's just the media narrative. You hardly hear about the Patriots at this point, who have beaten essentially the same teams.

When Dallas goes into Chicago and wins and beats LAR at home, you'll probably hear about how those are bad teams as well.

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If the cowboys beat the Vikings, I expect nothing more than the missing Adam thielin excuse.

The Patriots are 8-1 and just lost their first game of the season. If Dallas had that record they've be getting just as much love.

And I think not enough attention is paid to who you play. Beating up on terrible teams really doesn't show you much.

SoupcanSam said:

When the Patriots beat everyone on their soft schedule the media goes into a lovefest. And their schedule is so soft I'd rather wipe my backside with it instead of charmin.

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That is such a true statement. As great as the Patriots run has been. Their division makes the NFC East look like the 80s version over that span. Those teams are basically the Washington Generals against the Harlem Globetrotters. They are 6-0 before the season starts every year.

SoupcanSam said:

It could be talking heads or fans. I damn near could not enjoy any media this week without that coming up. I found myself turning off about 4 or five sports shows on the television.

Its not like the cowboys can control who they play on the schedule. It is damn sure not the cowboys fault that these teams pick a fine time to lie down and take it behind the woodshed.

Hell if I remember correctly last offseason, over half of the teams the cowboys beat were raved about to have breakout seasons after a nice draft and FA signing.

And that included the dolphins and jets after they signed Bell and a few other guys. There are times where I wish those teams had just panned out but they didnt. The cowboys are doing their thing, it's up to the other teams to do the same.

When the Patriots beat everyone on their soft schedule the media goes into a lovefest. And their schedule is so soft I'd rather wipe my backside with it instead of charmin.

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Put the patriots in the NFC conference and I can guarantee you they would not have made all of those super bowls, 6 wins guaranteed each year in that weak division. Should have lost to both the Seahawks & Falcons in the Super Bowl

SoupcanSam said:

It could be talking heads or fans. I damn near could not enjoy any media this week without that coming up. I found myself turning off about 4 or five sports shows on the television.

Its not like the cowboys can control who they play on the schedule. It is damn sure not the cowboys fault that these teams pick a fine time to lie down and take it behind the woodshed.

Hell if I remember correctly last offseason, over half of the teams the cowboys beat were raved about to have breakout seasons after a nice draft and FA signing.

And that included the dolphins and jets after they signed Bell and a few other guys. There are times where I wish those teams had just panned out but they didnt. The cowboys are doing their thing, it's up to the other teams to do the same.

When the Patriots beat everyone on their soft schedule the media goes into a lovefest. And their schedule is so soft I'd rather wipe my backside with it instead of charmin.

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Could say the same about Niners - although they have big test coming against Seattle. Every team that is leading in both conferences ( with the exception of Saints maybe) can be accused of building much of their wins against cream puffs. We are now in the stretch that separates the men from boys...let’s see how we stack up then.

LifetimeBoysFan said:

That is such a true statement. As great as the Patriots run has been. Their division makes the NFC East look like the 80s version over that span. Those teams are basically the Washington Generals against the Harlem Globetrotters. They are 6-0 before the season starts every year.

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Yeah, but we are 1-1 so far against the AFC East.. Still have the Bills on the horizon.

SoupcanSam said:

It could be talking heads or fans. I damn near could not enjoy any media this week without that coming up. I found myself turning off about 4 or five sports shows on the television.

Its not like the cowboys can control who they play on the schedule. It is damn sure not the cowboys fault that these teams pick a fine time to lie down and take it behind the woodshed.

Hell if I remember correctly last offseason, over half of the teams the cowboys beat were raved about to have breakout seasons after a nice draft and FA signing.

And that included the dolphins and jets after they signed Bell and a few other guys. There are times where I wish those teams had just panned out but they didnt. The cowboys are doing their thing, it's up to the other teams to do the same.

When the Patriots beat everyone on their soft schedule the media goes into a lovefest. And their schedule is so soft I'd rather wipe my backside with it instead of charmin.

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Exactly. The Pats win by 19 because they’re awesome. The Cowboys win by 19 because the other team blows chunks. Dallas has to dominate for 60 minutes, or else the pundits are saying “The Cowboys punted twice in the first quarter! Such an embarrassment!” “The coach clapped! What a bad move!”

overreact.com. manufactured drama.com

Life is too short, and so is the NFL season. I'll take (and enjoy) any wins we can get.

Chocolate Lab said:

The Patriots are 8-1 and just lost their first game of the season. If Dallas had that record they've be getting just as much love.

And I think not enough attention is paid to who you play. Beating up on terrible teams really doesn't show you much.

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Not to mention the Patriots are the reigning Super Bowl champs. That buys you credit that others don't get too.

The Cowboys get grief over their schedule because it's warranted. The team's they have beaten - other than Philadelphia - are terrible, and among the worst in the league. The winning teams they have played outside of the Eagles have beaten them. And the Cowboys managed to be the woeful Jets only win of the season! What else should people be saying?

But yeah, if you can't handle the message, avoid it.

SoupcanSam said:

It could be talking heads or fans. I damn near could not enjoy any media this week without that coming up. I found myself turning off about 4 or five sports shows on the television.

Its not like the cowboys can control who they play on the schedule. It is damn sure not the cowboys fault that these teams pick a fine time to lie down and take it behind the woodshed.

Hell if I remember correctly last offseason, over half of the teams the cowboys beat were raved about to have breakout seasons after a nice draft and FA signing.

And that included the dolphins and jets after they signed Bell and a few other guys. There are times where I wish those teams had just panned out but they didnt. The cowboys are doing their thing, it's up to the other teams to do the same.

When the Patriots beat everyone on their soft schedule the media goes into a lovefest. And their schedule is so soft I'd rather wipe my backside with it instead of charmin.

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True. The AFC East has been very weak for a long time outside of the Patriots. Obviously the Pats have gone on to bigger success, but beating lesser teams certainly doesn't condemn a team.

This place was talking Super Bowl after the first three games.

It's not about dwelling over wins against weak teams. It's about over-celebrating them.

When they beat some good teams, it'll get real. So far, they haven't even held serve. They should be 8-0 right now, or at least 7-1.

The next four games will provide the opportunity to get this season pointed the right direction.

The schedule doesn't matter any more than what they have to say about it as any kind of qualifier for any team's record because it sorts itself out. In the CFP, schedule is critical because 13 people select the 4 teams but in the NFL, it is all selection by elimination and bad teams don't get to the Big Dance and seldom to the playoffs.

I've seen some of these talking heads use the schedule against a team and invoke the "any given Sunday" within the context of that topic. One thing that Garrett said that I agree with, "it's hard to win in the NFL". There are some really inept teams that seem to have already checked out and awaiting the draft but that's not the fault of the team playing them.

All of this schedule thing comes down to one game that some here can't let go and some talking heads can't either and it's defining the Cowboys season so far and will not stop until they beat a "quality" team. They're 5-3 but 1 of those 3's stands as the defining game and I have no problem with that.

The Cowboys were coming off a 2 game skid to 2 good teams, and likely final 4 teams, and they went to MY and stunk it up. They deserve the negative vibe some are giving them and the doubts because any good team can stumble against a lesser one but coming off a 2 game skid will highlight that loss more than the other 2 losses.

Want the questioning the schedule to go away? Beat teams with winning records, teams that matter. Until the Cowboys do that, they are the team that lost to the Jets.

They don’t control who they play but they are 0-2 when playing a team with a winning record so that does not help their case. Win this week and at least that stat goes away. Lose and it will be magnified and rightfully so.

erod said:

This place was talking Super Bowl after the first three games.

It's not about dwelling over wins against weak teams. It's about over-celebrating them.

When they beat some good teams, it'll get real. So far, they haven't even held serve. They should be 8-0 right now, or at least 7-1.

The next four games will provide the opportunity to get this season pointed the right direction.

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A lot of the backlash here is because of too many buying into that it doesn't matter who they beat.

However, considering how many here want to believe Prescott is the guy and Moore is the answer, who can fault for anyone getting high over those first 3 wins?

More than any season I can recall, I know less and have less of a feel for what this team is and am really looking forward to seeing them up against real contenders. That word "potential" keeps coming up but the lack of realizing that causes me to put them on the 2nd tier.

I agree that the next 4 will be revealing but it is really 2 of those that will reveal the true potential of this team to me. @DET and NE back to back will tell me about how this team can do what they have to do if they make the playoffs, win back to back road games in tough environments to get to the Big Dance.