7-3 to 9-7

[ghosttown cowboy]

BP is a coach that studies stats and tendancies almost to an obsession. Why he would not go into the season with a reliable kicker is beyond me!

 

[big dog cowboy]

ESPN is already saying we had a late season collapse. Never mind that our 2-4 against those teams was exactly the same winning percentage the league had against those teams during the last six games. (12-24).

I heard the same BS. Remember this........

ESPN = HATES the Cowboys

 

[gbrittain]

ESPN is already saying we had a late season collapse. Never mind that our 2-4 against those teams was exactly the same winning percentage the league had against those teams during the last six games. (12-24).

It does not matter. You play the schedule given to you. The Cowboys were 7-3 and proceeded to go on and win only two games down the stretch. That is a collapse no matter how you spin it.

 

[TunaFan33]

I heard the same BS. Remember this........

ESPN = HATES the Cowboys

Why should we let ESPN educate us?

When you go from 7-3 to 9-7, that REALLY stings. Since when has a Parcells team crashed and burned at the end, when they had EVERYTHING going for them?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Why should we let ESPN educate us?

When you go from 7-3 to 9-7, that REALLY stings. Since when has a Parcells team crashed and burned at the end, when they had EVERYTHING going for them?

It does sting. But the reality of the situation is that while we were 7-3, we didn't have everything going for us. Just look at how our line play went downhill from there. We played playoff calibre teams down the stretch and just got beat. Period. We will be better next year.

 

[ghost]

Yep. That would be the Commanders.

must say, props to anyone who can come out and say that.

 

[BigDFan5]

must say, props to anyone who can come out and say that.

to bad the guy was absolutely wrong since the Skins didnt have a 5 game win streak against "good teams"

 

[percyhoward]

It does not matter. You play the schedule given to you. The Cowboys were 7-3 and proceeded to go on and win only two games down the stretch. That is a collapse no matter how you spin it.

My point is that, if we had played the schedule backwards (opening against the Rams and finishing in San Diego), and started 2-4, and finished 7-3, a lot of people would be saying we "finished strong." That too would be an incorrect analysis.

The fact is, we played fairly well against the weaker part of our schedule, and predictably not so well against the stronger part, which just happened to be at the end.

What impressed you so much about the 7-3 start (that included wins against SF, Az, and Det) that made you think we were going to keep that level of performance through weeks 12-16 (with games against teams that were a combined 55-25?) Other than wishful thinking, I mean.

When we started 7-3, our opponent's average record was 7-9. When we lost 3 of the next 5, our average opponent's record was 11-5!

Where was the turning point in our "collapse?" When we came off a win against 5-11 Detroit and lost to 13-3 Denver?

 

[30yrheel]

it's funny how some people are optimistic to the bitter end. after every loss there were some who could find positives, say "that's ok, we'll get them the next game". well guys, there's no next game. it's been 3 years of so called rebuilding with Parcells and we're 9-7 vs. 5-11, big deal.
as a long time fan, i'm not satisfied with this. most of us would probably lose our jobs with a performance record like this.

 

[percyhoward]

I'm a long time fan too, and I remember '86 and '97, when the season really did unravel on us. There is no comparison between this team and those teams.