A realistic look at our playoff hopes

[PA Cowboy Fan]

The way I enjoyed the wins the last couple weeks was not even think about the playoffs. That's still a Longshot. Just enjoy ruiniing another teams season. Next up Detroit.

 

[VaqueroTD]

The way I enjoyed the wins the last couple weeks was not even think about the playoffs. That's still a Longshot. Just enjoy ruiniing another teams season. Next up Detroit.

On paper, some of our opponents to finish the season look easy, but I would say don't fool yourself for a minute. These men are professionals and take pride being the spoiler end of year and proving they could thave been a legitimate tourney team. Just look at the Washington/Denver game.

For me, the real challenge is can the Cowboys win it out? Someone competing for a Wild Card or NFC East Crown will slip, but Cowboys have to play strong with no errors rest of the year. Tall task but definitely gives them momentum going into the Tourney if they can manage.

 

[kskboys]

"We are a better team now" is what you said.

We're barely above .500 and would've been much better off with Micah all season.

Full season of Micah >>>>>> half a season of Quinnen Williams/Kenny Clark.

Jerry LOVES fans like you who buy the garbage he tries to sell the fans. Rubes.

Meanwhile the Packers are comfortably in the playoff picture despite our offense being much better than theirs. Hmmmmm...........

Yup. GB's D was ranked 5th last year. They have talent all over their D. While we were forced to take OL in the 1st in 2022, they grabbed stud stalwart Devonte Wyatt 4 picks later. They had(before the Clark trade) 4 first round picks on their DLine. That's how you build a good D.

 

[kskboys]

The Cowboys are 5-4 in 1970 with 5 games left.

The Giants are one game ahead at 6-3 while the Cardinals, an eastern division member at the time, are two games ahead at 7-2.

There is only one wildcard team in each conference.

The Cowboys would win out and go 10-4 while both the Cardinals and Giants
fell behind.

The Cowboys won the division and would end up in their first Super Bowl.

1 game behind vs 2.5 games behind is a monstrous difference. We also had a D.

 

[Chasing6]

"We are a better team now" is what you said.

We're barely above .500 and would've been much better off with Micah all season.

Full season of Micah >>>>>> half a season of Quinnen Williams/Kenny Clark.

Jerry LOVES fans like you who buy the garbage he tries to sell the fans. Rubes.

Meanwhile the Packers are comfortably in the playoff picture despite our offense being much better than theirs. Hmmmmm...........

I recall tying GB after giving them Micah.

Meanwhile, the Packers had a better team than us even before we traded Micah to them.

 

[plasticman]

1 game behind vs 2.5 games behind is a monstrous difference. We also had a D.

They are 1.5 games away from the Eagles. They were 2 behind the Cardinals and 1 behind the Giants with 5 to play in 1970.

Winning the division would carry the higher probability.

 

[Acceptablename]

Of course that is the question because that is the comment that you made that I was disagreeing with you on. My opinion is we don't know if he was available earlier or not. I would think there was a decent chance Q was available earlier for the right price based on their 0-7 start, but was the right price two 1's earlier which was too high or was it the same as we ultimately traded them and Jerry waited it out hoping it would drop or did we not even check between TC and the deadline? Certainly other players in the NFL were available but at what cost? Who knows, I'm not making an assumption. But, my only point was just that - who knows. Your comment was "he didn't have a dance partner" not he "may not have had a dance partner". That is why I quoted you and disagreed with you and asked you why you could so confidently say:

We're both agreeing

 

[Chasing6]

They are 1.5 games away from the Eagles. They were 2 behind the Cardinals and 1 behind the Giants with 5 to play in 1970.

Winning the division would carry the higher probability.

We control our own destiny.

 

[Diehardblues]

They are 1.5 games away from the Eagles. They were 2 behind the Cardinals and 1 behind the Giants with 5 to play in 1970.

Winning the division would carry the higher probability.

Im not sure winning our division is higher probability based on the remaining schedules and how many teams there are vying for WC’s slots.

Meaning more possibilities for more teams to flounder. Winning our division weighs soley on one team down spiraling not allowing any room for error on our part.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

On paper, some of our opponents to finish the season look easy, but I would say don't fool yourself for a minute. These men are professionals and take pride being the spoiler end of year and proving they could thave been a legitimate tourney team. Just look at the Washington/Denver game.

For me, the real challenge is can the Cowboys win it out? Someone competing for a Wild Card or NFC East Crown will slip, but Cowboys have to play strong with no errors rest of the year. Tall task but definitely gives them momentum going into the Tourney if they can manage.

I mean this is like a playoff run. The Cowboys haven't done anything like it since the 90s. It will be interesting to see if they have it in them.

 

[Nav22]

I recall tying GB after giving them Micah.

Meanwhile, the Packers had a better team than us even before we traded Micah to them.

"At least we tied them head-to-head!"

That's how far this fanbase's expectations have fallen.


Jerry tossed away another year of Dak Prescott's prime ($60M) like the complete idiot he is.

Trading Micah led directly to us having a historically terrible defense en route to a 3-5-1 start.

Didn't Jerry tell us we wouldn't miss Micah?

Didn't Jerry tell us Kenny Clark gives us a better chance to win a Super Bowl?

 

[gtb1943]

Im not sure winning our division is higher probability based on the remaining schedules and how many teams there are vying for WC’s slots.

Meaning more possibilities for more teams to flounder. Winning our division weighs soley on one team down spiraling not allowing any room for error on our part.

a lot of this depends on what the Birds do or don't

now if they collapse like they did in 2023 then our road to the Division crown is fairly easy as long as we do not slump

IF we somehow win 8 in a row then we are in the playoffs one way or another. Our tie game becomes an edge against all but one of our opponents. 11-5-1 gets us into the playoffs one way or another.

 

[Nav22]

Yup. GB's D was ranked 5th last year. They have talent all over their D. While we were forced to take OL in the 1st in 2022, they grabbed stud stalwart Devonte Wyatt 4 picks later. They had(before the Clark trade) 4 first round picks on their DLine. That's how you build a good D.

We led the NFL in takeaways multiple times with Micah on our team.

That's something to build off of, not toss in the trash.

Jerry's an idiot who ruined the season before it started. A late (and eventually unsuccessful, most likely) push for a playoff spot doesn't change that.

All because he didn't want to pay a HOF pass rusher market value.

Jerry used to spend. Now he's a cheap SOB being outclassed on spending by the Detroit Lions. This shouldn't be okay with ANY Cowboys fan.

 

[5Stars]

We led the NFL in takeaways multiple times with Micah on our team.

That's something to build off of, not toss in the trash.

Jerry's an idiot who ruined the season before it started. A late (and eventually unsuccessful, most likely) push for a playoff spot doesn't change that.

All because he didn't want to pay a HOF pass rusher market value.

Jerry used to spend. Now he's a cheap SOB being outclassed on spending by the Detroit Lions. This shouldn't be okay with ANY Cowboys fan.

Micah is gone, get over it. He's now the enemy.

 

[Nav22]

We control our own destiny.

Are you lying or just wrong?


Even if we win out, Philly would need to finish 3-2 or worse for us to win the division.

Even if we win out, San Francisco would need to finish 2-2 or worse for us to get the 7th seed.

Yes, it's that bleak.

Yes, Jerry ruined the season before it started.

 

[TheDude]

There is no question the Cowboys have gone from embarrassingly bad to a potential playoff team in the last month. Our defense has gone from “cover your eyes” bad to above average - at least in the last 3 games. Our offense has been top shelf almost all year and looks more and more lethal as the season progresses.

In the midst of the understandable excitement of this team’s improvement, there remains certain realities this team faces about making the playoffs. With 5 games to play, here are the tough challenges in the Cowboys chances of making the playoffs:

• Currently, the Cowboys are 1.5 games behind the suddenly staggering egirls which makes the division still within reach unless the egirls regain their footing. It’s possible their fade continues but it’s also possible they recover. (They have the commanders twice in the next 5 games)
• The teams ahead of us in the wild card race in Week 13 - the rams, 49ers, panthers, seabags - all needed to lose and unfortunately they all won.
• In the wild card race, the challenge appears tougher than it might be winning the division.

Here are the Current NFC Playoff Standings:

1. Chicago Bears (9-3) NFC North Leader
2. Los Angeles Rams (9-3) NFC West Leader
3. Philadelphia Eagles (8-4) NFC EastLeader
4. Tampa Bay Bucs (7-5) NFC South Leader
5. Seattle Seahawks (9-3) WC 1
6. Green Bay Packers (8-3-1) WC 2
7. San Francisco 49ers (9-4) WC 3

At 6-5-1, the Cowboys are currently 2.5 games behind the three teams ahead of them in the wild card hunt. Not impossible but we are going to need at least one of those WC teams ahead of us to seriously fade.

All the Cowboys can do is win their remaining games and hope for some help. The margins with 5 games left are razor thin. This Thursday’s game vs the lions is obviously huge because Det at 7-5 is also fighting for a playoff spot.

As we head down the stretch for the last 5 games, what a fun ride lays ahead. The NFL is the most unpredictable league in pro sports so don’t look at any team’s schedule and predict wins and losses. Anything can happen.

to win out that is an 8 game winning streak....only done that once in history....1977 with an 8-0 start.

Lloyd Christmas is optimistic

 

[Diehardblues]

a lot of this depends on what the Birds do or don't

now if they collapse like they did in 2023 then our road to the Division crown is fairly easy as long as we do not slump

IF we somehow win 8 in a row then we are in the playoffs one way or another. Our tie game becomes an edge against all but one of our opponents. 11-5-1 gets us into the playoffs one way or another.

It should but it isn’t a lock at this time . 2 of the WC’s have 3 losses and 1 has 4 losses.

 

[Diehardblues]

to win out that is an 8 game winning streak....only done that once in history....1977 with an 8-0 start.

Lloyd Christmas is optimistic

Yea, while I think we can finish strong staying in contention for playoffs , I’d argue it’s very unlikely we win out .

 

[Chasing6]

Are you lying or just wrong?


Even if we win out, Philly would need to finish 3-2 or worse for us to win the division.

Even if we win out, San Francisco would need to finish 2-2 or worse for us to get the 7th seed.

Yes, it's that bleak.

Yes, Jerry ruined the season before it started.

That is like saying at the beginning of the year we don't control our own destiny because every team can go 17-0.

 

[gtb1943]

Are you lying or just wrong?


Even if we win out, Philly would need to finish 3-2 or worse for us to win the division.

Even if we win out, San Francisco would need to finish 2-2 or worse for us to get the 7th seed.

Yes, it's that bleak.

Yes, Jerry ruined the season before it started.

history make your argument look dumb