Bad Feeling....Cowboys will lose

[cowboyed]

I'm not saying they did it to themselves, or that they willingly gave the game away or even that they held back on both sides of the ball. I'm saying that they played an unusually light game on defense, and that that can only be attributed to some kind of calculated decision by their coaching staff. They made few efforts to aggressively attack our offense despite the fact that we were dominating time of possession and they desperately needed to get their offense on the field. At a time during a big game where you'd fully expect and anticipate their defense to attack they rarely did so.

Look the Eagles rolling over to get some strategic advantage in a third game is totally absurd. What's are you going to posit next - that Jeffrey Dahmer was a vegetarian.

I think the Eagles employed the defensive coverage they did because they did not have the blitzing success in the first game and they believed they could still exert pressure on Romo and force him into throwing ill advised passes.

If the Eagles defense was throttling down intentionally then why was Trotter making all out effort plays. Why did they bother even sacking Tony Romo and risking a penalty with that cheap shot late in the game. Why did they break up passes and run blitz into our backfield causing loss of yardage.

Why didn't they simply cause themselves more penalties on critical Cowboys drives. Why did they stop us from scoring touchdowns and limiting us to field goals and making us punt the ball during the course of the game.

Why did they stop us on punt returns. Why did their offense not hold back. Do you think McNabb would really tank the game on purpose and invite further scorn and ridicule. Did their tight end Brent Celek not get the memo. Don't you think that their offense would be at the throat of the defense if they didn't play all out. Don't you think we would be reading about the furor on the Eagles offense over the tanking of the game.

How about we had a good game plan on both sides of the ball and our players executed in dominating fashion. To think otherwise would be an insult to the Cowboys and even to those Eagles players.

 

[ZeroClub]

The Cowboys won by 24 points (and so were 24 points better on Sunday), but speaking more generally, the two teams are more evenly matched than that.

That's why it is reasonable to expect a closer game on Saturday.

But I certainly don't buy that the Eagles intentionally played with one hand tied behind their backs last Sunday (essentially throwing the game), to achieve some sort of secret strategic advantage for Saturday's game.

 

[brickman]

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But I certainly don't buy that the Eagles intentionally played with one hand tied behind their backs last Sunday (essentially throwing the game), to achieve some sort of secret strategic advantage for Saturday's game.[/quote]


If they did, they did one hell of a job selling it.

 

[cowboyed]

The Cowboys won by 24 points (and so were 24 points better on Sunday), but speaking more generally, the two teams are more evenly matched than that.

That's why it is reasonable to expect a closer game on Saturday.

But I certainly don't buy that the Eagles intentionally played with one hand tied behind their backs last Sunday (essentially throwing the game), to achieve some sort of secret strategic advantage for Saturday's game.

I agree that the Eagles could play us closer than the last game and even win. Anything can happen in the playoffs. They have a hell of a good team. I think we will be ready for this playoff game vs. the ones in the past.

 

[Kangaroo]

I have a really bad feeling that the Cowboys will lose a close one on Saturday against the Eagles..

I just can't see the Eagles losing to us for a 3rd time. The reason i feel this is the following:

1. Cowboys are confident they will beat them.
2. What was the parade of those "Champions of the East" caps.... who cares...don't bring them out.
3. Already all the media are saying that the Boys are going to the Super Bowl against the Chargers....this will go into their heads as they can't get beat...take the Eagles lightly...
4. Wade has never won in the playoffs...

Let's hope I am wrong... I really want them to win and prove me wrong...

I have been a die hard fan for many years going back to those Danny White, Gary Hogeboom Days where whenever Cowboys had a meaningfull game... they would self destruct..

That is because you bought into the it's hard to beat a team 3 times in a row myth. Teams have beat teams 3 times in a rough on a higher% than that have lost the 3rd contest.

Who cares about the media

 

[SultanOfSix]

Well, as I fan of the Cowboys I certainly hope not.

Anything can happen, but I think this team has come too far in the past three weeks to be beaten this early.

 

[Eskimo]

I think we win the game 80% of the time against the Eagles because we match up well to take advantage of their defense and to limit their offensive success with our 3 CBs who run under 4.4 and play with good fundamentals and technique. We can exert pressure on McNabb without having to blitz so we don't leave large gaps in the zone coverage.

The only area where we don't matchup well is the speed and coverage ability of our ILBs is subpar. The Eagles had some success here but it was not overwhelming and their YAC were limited by good tackling.

At the end of the day the teams play the game and the fans hope for the best. I think we win by 10 points:

Cowboys 24
Eagles 14

 

[CowboysFanSince88]

Cowboys know they can't lose this game which is the first playoff game in the new stadium. I'm not concerned

 

[TD-33]

I have a great feeling the Cowboys win!

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Can we please change the title of this thread -- or delete it entirely -- if it must be at the top all day, especially today?

 

[bigE79]

I have a really bad feeling that the Cowboys will lose a close one on Saturday against the Eagles..

I just can't see the Eagles losing to us for a 3rd time. The reason i feel this is the following:

1. Cowboys are confident they will beat them.
2. What was the parade of those "Champions of the East" caps.... who cares...don't bring them out.
3. Already all the media are saying that the Boys are going to the Super Bowl against the Chargers....this will go into their heads as they can't get beat...take the Eagles lightly...
4. Wade has never won in the playoffs...

Let's hope I am wrong... I really want them to win and prove me wrong...

I have been a die hard fan for many years going back to those Danny White, Gary Hogeboom Days where whenever Cowboys had a meaningfull game... they would self destruct..

Dude...SHUT UP:bang2:

 

[TD-33]

btw who is covering our game? please not joe buck.

 

[Givincer]

Please delete this thread?

 

[Nirvana]

2. What was the parade of those "Champions of the East" caps.... who cares...don't bring them out.

Stopped reading here.

 

[alohawg]

Hey, hey, ho, ho, this here thread needs to go

 

[Hostile]

btw who is covering our game? please not joe buck.

Dude, it's on NBC. Joe Buck works for FOX.

 

[HoosierCowboy]

no reason to thik we will lose and 2 reasons to thinkk we will (one at philly and one at home last week)--we can lose but there is no reason to think we will

 

[DEZBRYANT x88x]

Dude, it's on NBC. Joe Buck works for FOX.

Glad we got Michaels and Collinsworthless and not these other bums.

 

[TigerCrazy]

I say Ban this man
MontrealCowboyFan4ever

 

[CliffnDallas]

Look the Eagles rolling over to get some strategic advantage in a third game is totally absurd. What's are you going to posit next - that Jeffrey Dahmer was a vegetarian.

I think the Eagles employed the defensive coverage they did because they did not have the blitzing success in the first game and they believed they could still exert pressure on Romo and force him into throwing ill advised passes.

If the Eagles defense was throttling down intentionally then why was Trotter making all out effort plays. Why did they bother even sacking Tony Romo and risking a penalty with that cheap shot late in the game. Why did they break up passes and run blitz into our backfield causing loss of yardage.

Why didn't they simply cause themselves more penalties on critical Cowboys drives. Why did they stop us from scoring touchdowns and limiting us to field goals and making us punt the ball during the course of the game.

Why did they stop us on punt returns. Why did their offense not hold back. Do you think McNabb would really tank the game on purpose and invite further scorn and ridicule. Did their tight end Brent Celek not get the memo. Don't you think that their offense would be at the throat of the defense if they didn't play all out. Don't you think we would be reading about the furor on the Eagles offense over the tanking of the game.

How about we had a good game plan on both sides of the ball and our players executed in dominating fashion. To think otherwise would be an insult to the Cowboys and even to those Eagles players.

'What's are you going to posit next - that Jeffrey Dahmer was a vegetarian.'

Well, he did eat a lot of fruits.