0-2 Yikes! This is a must win. Loser starts 0-2

[TheGoat73]

This game is no must win if you dont want to go to the playoffs. Else of course it is. There is no way we gonna win next week and we wont make the playoffs if we start 0-3.

I dont say we gonna win against the falcons, but this for sure is a must win if you have any goals in this league.

This game is no must win if you dont want to go to the playoffs. Else of course it is. There is no way we gonna win next week and we wont make the playoffs if we start 0-3.

I dont say we gonna win against the falcons, but this for sure is a must win if you have any goals in this league.

In 2011, the New York Football Giants lost FOUR games in a row and still won a Super Bowl.

 

[Praxit]

...the game will be won on team effort, some luck and peddle to the meddle. OL needs to give Dak time to throw. Or short screens, bootlegs, draws..etc. DL win the battle in front. That's it, easy Japanese.

 

[ShortRound]

For a team that hasn’t won anything in 25 years some of y’all concede games pretty easily.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Lucky we’re in a bad division right now. Because we’re starting 0-3.

 

[GORICO]

I hate to say it sports fans, but this is one that Dak, Zeke, DLaw, Jaylon, Cooper have to be star players and rise to the occasion. A loss I think spells disaster for this team. Coaching staff can't lay an egg. They need to have some crafty plays in there to help this banged up Oline succeed despite the injuries. They need to have a solid game plan for this week. Can't lose at home. Atlanta is feeling the same pressure after getting embarrassed last week at home. This is going to be a tough game this week.

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https://www.oddsshark.com/nfl/stats-2-0-teams-and-0-2-teams

Since 2007, 98 teams have started 0-2. Only 12 (12.2 percent) of them turned it around to make the playoffs and one of those (the 2008 Chargers) made it with an 8-8 record.

The Texans and Seahawks last season, the Saints in 2017, the Dolphins in 2016, the Texans and Seahawks in 2015, the Colts from 2014, the 2013 Panthers, the Dolphins, Chargers and Vikings in 2008, and the

2007 Giants are the only team to win the Super Bowl.

Injury report
Lael Collins-Hip
Tyron Smith T Thu, Sep 17 Neck Did Not Practice on Thursday. Questionable for Week 2 vs. Atlanta
Amari Cooper WR Thu, Sep 17 Foot Limited Practice on Thursday. Questionable for Week 2 vs. Atlanta
Aldon Smith DE Thu, Sep 17 Teeth Did Not Practice on Thursday. Questionable for Week 2 vs. Atlanta
Blake Jarwin TE Tue, Sep 15 Knee - ACL IR. Injured Reserve
Cameron Erving T Tue, Sep 15 Knee - MCL IR. Injured Reserve. Expected Return - Week 5
Leighton Vander Esch OLB Tue, Sep 15 Collarbone IR. Injured Reserve. Expected Return - Week 7
Sean Lee OLB Thu, Sep 17 Sports Hernia IR. Injured Reserve. Expected Return - Week 7

total agreement Deacon----this is when Dak and company must step up and prove they are not average....Dak needs it to help reshape narrative...after going 1-6 in one score games last year and 0-1 this year

 

[plasticman]

In the Cowboy's 60 year history, they have started out 0-2 only seven times.

During Tom Landry's 29 years, the Cowboys started 0-2 twice. One was the Cowboys first season when they ended up 0-11-1. The other was their fourth season, 1963.

From 1965 to 1988, 24 years, a Landry coached team never started 0-2.

The 3rd time a Cowboy season started 0-2 was 1989, Jimmy Johnson's first season when they went 1-15.

The 4th time was four seasons later in 1993 during Emmitt's holdout. They signed him before the 3rd game and Emmitt carried them on his non-separated shoulder all the way to a 2nd championship.

The 5th and 6th times were during the Dark Ages of Head Coach Dave Campo in the years 2000 and 2001.

The 7th time was the disaster of 2010 when they started out the season with devastating injuries to the offensive line. The backups were terrible and they lost a last ditch chance to win game #1 but one of the backups had a holding penalty that ended the game.

There were a lot of expectations that year. In 2009, the previous season, the running game had come around and it helped propel them into the playoffs where Romo won his first playoff game. The defense appeared to be dominant, ranking #2 in points allowed. Miles Austin had a breakout year.

However, numerous injuries, bad luck in close games, Garrett's refusal to commit to any type of running game and a complete breakdown of management structure doomed the team. At 1-7, Phillips was fired.

The average finish for a Cowboy team that starts out 0-2 is 5-10-1.

The Dallas Cowboys must win this game on Sunday.

 

[Beast_from_East]

In the Cowboy's 60 year history, they have started out 0-2 only seven times.

During Tom Landry's 29 years, the Cowboys started 0-2 twice. One was the Cowboys first season when they ended up 0-11-1. The other was their fourth season, 1963.

From 1965 to 1988, 24 years, a Landry coached team never started 0-2.

The 3rd time a Cowboy season started 0-2 was 1989, Jimmy Johnson's first season when they went 1-15.

The 4th time was four seasons later in 1993 during Emmitt's holdout. They signed him before the 3rd game and Emmitt carried them on his non-separated shoulder all the way to a 2nd championship.

The 5th and 6th times were during the Dark Ages of Head Coach Dave Campo in the years 2000 and 2001.

The 7th time was the disaster of 2010 when they started out the season with devastating injuries to the offensive line. The backups were terrible and they lost a last ditch chance to win game #1 but one of the backups had a holding penalty that ended the game.

There were a lot of expectations that year. In 2009, the previous season, the running game had come around and it helped propel them into the playoffs where Romo won his first playoff game. The defense appeared to be dominant, ranking #2 in points allowed. Miles Austin had a breakout year.

However, numerous injuries, bad luck in close games, Garrett's refusal to commit to any type of running game and a complete breakdown of management structure doomed the team. At 1-7, Phillips was fired.

The average finish for a Cowboy team that starts out 0-2 is 5-10-1.

The Dallas Cowboys must win this game on Sunday.

Nice break down.

Another fun fact. The Cowboys have never started a season 0-3 and made the playoffs, NEVER.

 

[Flamma]

Nice break down.

Another fun fact. The Cowboys have never started a season 0-3 and made the playoffs, NEVER.

It only happened 4 times.

 

[MaineBoy]

Fake news. We were already told last week was a must win.

Let me get this out of the way now so we don’t have anymore of these threads. EVERY game from here until the end of the season is a must win. Done...can we move along now?

interesting MO. Ignore the facts and history about teams that start 0-2. Then reduce the issue to a simpleton notion saying every game is must win.

 

[Bullflop]

Gotta say, I feel sorry for MM and his staff. Everything possible went wrong for a new staff to succeed. Better luck next year?!

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

It only happened 4 times.

Let's hope we are not the 5th trying it.

 

[Flamma]

Let's hope we are not the 5th trying it.

Two of the times was in 1960 and 1963. Not exactly shocking as to why. The 3rd was 1989. Again, it was to be expected. The final time was in 2001, Dallas was not a good team.

The record itself doesn't matter. It's just a strong indication that the team is crap. But otherwise it's meaningless. If you're a halfway decent team that can adjust well, you can overcome it.

In 2018 the Texans started out 0-3 and won the division with 11 wins I think. In 1992 the Chargers started off 0-4 and went on to win the division at 11-5. The Oilers started 1-4 in '93 and finished 12-4. Three teams started off 0-2 and won the super bowl. On occasion a good team will start off slow and bounce back, bad teams will not.

The record itself isn't the problem.

 

[aria]

interesting MO. Ignore the facts and history about teams that start 0-2. Then reduce the issue to a simpleton notion saying every game is must win.

And what happens when the Eagles lose, Commanders lose and Giants lose? Next week will be another must win, then another, then another.

With the expanded playoffs those stats are a moot point, I’m sure there would have been a lot more teams that started 0-2 and still made the playoffs. Simpletons like me shouldn’t be thinking of such preposterous concepts, that should be reserved for the higher, more educated and thoughtless thinkers. I think you know the type very intimately.