Joe Rod;1261855 said:
Sorry, I just don't buy the home field advantage for this team right now. We just won at NY and at Atlanta. Philly and NO just smoked us at home. The home field advantage hasn't been all that kind lately. Going in as the #3 means that they would have to face the Giants (and guess what, Dallas is the only team they do not fear at this stage) and then, if we win, up to New Orleans, who will have two weeks to prepare. At least we haven't matched up against the Seahawks or Bears yet.
This team should have no confidence going into the playoffs, period. The only hope they have is to get a few victories against a few teams on the downward spiral (Lions and Seattle) and get some confidence back.
Joe you are making wayyyy tooo much sense for these guys to understand. Yes we all would have love for the Cowboys to show their muscle and run through the Eagles but they didnt. This team has been a yo yo for the whole season. Teams are able to game plan against them and Parcells has gotten outcoached for the last three weeks.
As the #3 seed, beating the Giants would not be a given ( as bad as they are playing) because you never know which team will show up for either side. The Giants that blew out the Cowboys and an Eli Manning that didnt throw any picks or a Cowboys team that moved the ball with ease and shut down an offense like Indy. Even if we win that one, then going to New Orleans to play a Sean Payton team that has had two weeks to break down your every weakness, from a safety who cant cover to using a fullback to catch red-zone passes for touchdowns to simply waiting for your young ( two rookies and a 2nd year player) receivers to get open because you know there will not be a pass rush to staying in a cover two and blitz lbs but while not letting Romo scrabble outside to buy time, this all would not be a pretty picture to think about. The Cowboys have some very elephant size weaknesses on thier team and they would truely be exploited by Peyton and Gibbs.
Joe, your logic is sound about playing two teams we have not faced and I think we match up pretty well against them. Seattle has not played well and Hassleback has been a liability for Seattle the last few weeks. Alexander is a shadow of his MVP self of last season and barely averages 3.0 yard a carry without of couple of large runs.
The Bears are still trying to find themselves and injuries ae starting to take its toll on the team. Grossman will probably be the qb, which is a good thing, and their defense has shown that you can scrore on them with a little patience. They miss Harris bigtime and their secondary is banged up. I think it would be a good game and come down to turnovers and the ability to run the ball.
I think Grossman's re-emergence has been overrated because it has come against the Lions and Bucs. Both of whom had opportunities to win the game. This should be a game the Cowboys should win.
I actually feel alot better after posting this because at least we have a chance going the #5 seed route rather than the #3 hill to the mountain top.
