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Hostile;3280554 said:Not one interesting comment. Moving on.
You can't refute what I said so you move on. LOL
Hostile;3280554 said:Like I have already said, this thinking is ridiculous. We played Buffalo in game 2 of the very next season. So 2 games later. Buffalo won, 13-10. We did not have Emmitt Smith who was a holdout. But anyone who says Emmitt is a 38 point difference needs to explain to me why we didn't every game by 30+ points and why we lost.
It is a ridiculous supposition. The 1992 Super Bowl had very little bearing on the 1993 Super Bowl other than they were the same 2 teams and the same team won. The previous season had nothing to do with that win.
The game Buffalo won against Dallas in week 2 of the 93 season didn't have near the impact of the game they lost to the Cowboys 8 months earlier in the SB or near the impact of the game they lost to Dallas 4 months later in the SB. The Bills won one a battle and kept losing the war. You keep saying the 92 Super Bowl didn't have a bearing on the 93 Super Bowl but how do you know? How do you know the crushing defeat in the previous SB didn't affect their confidence heading into the 93 SB and help the Cowboys confidence? How do you know the disappointing loss to the Giants in the 90 Super Bowl didn't have a bearing on the losses they suffered in the 3 following SB's? You don't know any of this. I remember Jim Marshall of the Vikings saying how much pressure his team felt with every SB loss. Repeatedly losing big games can greatly affect a teams psyche. Once a team loses a SB there's alot more pressure to win the second time around and the pressure keeps growing each time a team comes up short. The Bills SB losses were fresh in their mind because it was one right after another. Beating a team in the SB proving you can beat them in the ultimate game gave the Cowboys a big advantage heading into the 93 SB against the Bills. The Bills were fighting all kinds demons riding a 3 game SB losing streak. The pressure was all on them and they crumbled. The Cowboys were a superior team and their 3-0 90's SB record was proof of that. The Vikings lost all 4 SB's they appeared in because the pressure to win grew with every SB appearance. Like I said losing can get into a teams head especially when they're playing teams that have a history of winning championships. You can't tell me a team that loses the SB the previous season isn't going to feel some added pressure to get over the hump the next season if they make it back. If you look at the history of the SB you have several teams that always seem to win when they get to the SB like the Steelers and 49ers and there's teams that always seem to lose like the Vikings and Bills. It all comes down to confidence and that plays a big part in getting over the hump. The Cowboys use to lose big games all the time until Staubach came along.
Hostile;3280554 said:Nothing at all interesting in this paragraph. Just more useless babble.
Once again you can't refute anything I said so you move on.
Hostile;3280554 said:My way? By all means ask any NFL player or coach is a previous season has any bearing on a coming season. This year alone the following football people have said this very thing with regards to commentary about the Cowboys.
Keith Brooking
Wade Phillips
Phil Sims
Tony Romo
Jason Witten
Bradie James
Michael Irvin
Troy Aikman
Roger Staubach
...and I am sure I am forgetting some. You're right and all those great football minds are wrong?
I don't think so. In fact I know you aren't and it has nothing to do with opinion. A little common sense goes a long way.
Players and coaches never talk in negative terms heading into the season or into games. A team that loses the SB is never going to say they feel more pressure the second time around. They all say the previous season doesn't matter no matter how many times the results of the previous season repeats itself. The Cowboys always seem to fall victim to disturbing trends. I'm not saying the team is going to continue to flounder in big games at the end of the season but the Vikings dominance in our playoff game showed the Cowboys still have a ways to go. Romo made some strides last Dec and Jan but we saw against the Vikings that he still isn't where he needs to be. Our OL was completely dominated by the Vikings front four. Some of the same problems that plagued the team early last season reared it's ugly head again in the end. If you believe everything coaches and players say to the media go ahead. Players and coaches say what's politically correct most of the time to try and show confidence. Jerry does it all the time listen to his comments about RW. He use to do that with Quincy Carter. Action speaks louder than words and I go by what I see on the field. The Cowboy team I saw on the field against the Vikings to end the season still has a ways to go to be where the Saints are. The Cowboys have the talent to be where the Saints are they but don't have the coaching the Saints have or a QB who can stay consistent like Drew Brees. The Cowboys can win battles but continue to come up short when it matters most. What happened in Philly in 08 clearly inspired the Cowboys against them this season. This team needs to stay inspired against every team they play so they don't keep laying these unexpected eggs at the end of the year.