LarryCanadian
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What I'm getting at is now that most people (including the media, "experts", and "gurus") feel that this team is very talented, are our expectations skewed by what Emmitt, Troy, Michael, Haley, Woodson, Novacek, Williams, etc did in those 4 or 5 years where they totally dominated.
I find the games frustrating where Dallas seems to be the better team yet more often than not squeaks out the win rather than controlling play like we did over a decade ago. It comes down to dictating the flow of the game too. We had it last Sunday and then we gave it up somehow. We didn't keep the other team off it's feet, we let them get a rhythm back on offense AND defense. Perhaps it is still a matter of execution, whereby those Super Bowl teams just did it so much more consistently, even when I remember every other team saying they knew exactly what Dallas was going to do but just couldn't stop them anyway.
There certainly is parity in this league. Just look at how the touted NFC East did in game 1. The Eagles might have won, but they were down for good time against what is commonly considered a bottom 4 team in this league.
Perhaps we are spoiled and just have to adjust to biting our nails game in and game out, instead of this team controlling a ball game or two start to finish. I thought I saw signs of that ability creeping in the preseason but after 20 minutes last weekend it was same old same old.
Other than New England there really hasn't been a team to show that 60 minute controlling/dominating ability consistently. Indi would do it alot, until it really counted. Pittsburgh was a WildCard team.
It still bugs me though, that every game Dallas plays is so close. I'm not sure if it is the coaching style, league parity, or the talent on this team not quite having the experience yet to get to a dominant level. To win a super bowl and even make the playoffs, we need to win games like the one last week against Jacksonville. We had the chances to win and let them off the hook AGAIN. Shouldn't be focussed on last weeks game anymore, but I felt the same way after letting Washington steal one last season and that probably cost Dallas the playoffs last year. No more please.
Dallas has been lacking the killer jugular slicing instinct for almost a decade now. Time to get it back if we want to start making postseason noise. Not sure if that means letting the dogs lose on Defense and not running the ball up the middle every 2nd down, but it might help, hehe. Is it the playcalling?
Larry Canadian.
I find the games frustrating where Dallas seems to be the better team yet more often than not squeaks out the win rather than controlling play like we did over a decade ago. It comes down to dictating the flow of the game too. We had it last Sunday and then we gave it up somehow. We didn't keep the other team off it's feet, we let them get a rhythm back on offense AND defense. Perhaps it is still a matter of execution, whereby those Super Bowl teams just did it so much more consistently, even when I remember every other team saying they knew exactly what Dallas was going to do but just couldn't stop them anyway.
There certainly is parity in this league. Just look at how the touted NFC East did in game 1. The Eagles might have won, but they were down for good time against what is commonly considered a bottom 4 team in this league.
Perhaps we are spoiled and just have to adjust to biting our nails game in and game out, instead of this team controlling a ball game or two start to finish. I thought I saw signs of that ability creeping in the preseason but after 20 minutes last weekend it was same old same old.
Other than New England there really hasn't been a team to show that 60 minute controlling/dominating ability consistently. Indi would do it alot, until it really counted. Pittsburgh was a WildCard team.
It still bugs me though, that every game Dallas plays is so close. I'm not sure if it is the coaching style, league parity, or the talent on this team not quite having the experience yet to get to a dominant level. To win a super bowl and even make the playoffs, we need to win games like the one last week against Jacksonville. We had the chances to win and let them off the hook AGAIN. Shouldn't be focussed on last weeks game anymore, but I felt the same way after letting Washington steal one last season and that probably cost Dallas the playoffs last year. No more please.
Dallas has been lacking the killer jugular slicing instinct for almost a decade now. Time to get it back if we want to start making postseason noise. Not sure if that means letting the dogs lose on Defense and not running the ball up the middle every 2nd down, but it might help, hehe. Is it the playcalling?
Larry Canadian.
