Bonus for Drew: Warm weather and NFC opponents

[big_neil]

Two factors I haven't heard mentioned are:

1) This is the first season Drew has played for a warm weather team. That means 4 more warm home games.

2) This is Drew's first NFC season - he always did well vs. the NFC, at least of the last few years.

I think those factor into his great first half, and should mean a strong second half as well.

 

[Cowchips]

Except for the fact that the NFC is better than the AFC this year, which hasn't happened in quite a while, I might agree with you. NFC currently leads the season series.

Warm weather will help Drew for sure. He plays much better in good conditions (note Seattle's disaster) when both QB's finished with ratings under 60.

 

[burmafrd]

There are several better teams in the AFC then the top teams of the NFC. Indy and Cinci and arguably Denver and Pitt could be considered to be better then any team in the NFC.

 

[Nors]

Weather

Drew will benefit from not playing in the snow and sub freezing conditions of New England and Buffalo. But also be prepared to go into Meadowlands, Washington second half of year......

 

[revelations521]

There are several better teams in the AFC then the top teams of the NFC. Indy and Cinci and arguably Denver and Pitt could be considered to be better then any team in the NFC.

Agreed............no team in the NFC is playing anywhere near those teams level yet.

 

[ravidubey]

There are several better teams in the AFC then the top teams of the NFC. Indy and Cinci and arguably Denver and Pitt could be considered to be better then any team in the NFC.

Indy, I'll buy, but Cincy, Pitt, and Denver are not better than Dallas, New York, Atlanta, and Seattle right now. If Tampa had a QB, they'd be in that mix too. Pittsburgh only beat Dallas on a fluke last-second fumble with Plaxico Burress. New York just beat Denver. Pittsburgh's style just shakes up the AFC because it's counter to anything the rest of that conference does. It makes sense since Pittsburgh was originally an old NFL team. Denver is the kind of team that scores a lot once it gets rolling, but they haven't faced a defense like ours yet.

Frankly, IMO the best team in the AFC is New England (until Indy beats them). They have more heart than the other "elite" teams combined, and they continue to win while their best players get healthy. They will win their division, but probably not a first round bye.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

question

who has CIncy beat exactly? the only good team they played was Pittsburgh, and they were only in it in the 1st quarter

 

[Cowchips]

There are several better teams in the AFC then the top teams of the NFC. Indy and Cinci and arguably Denver and Pitt could be considered to be better then any team in the NFC.

I'll wait until after the Denver game to pass judgement on that. I don't think Pittsburgh or Cincy are better than Dallas, NYG or Carolina and I think Denver will fold in Dallas.

 

[Cowchips]

Indy, I'll buy, but Cincy, Pitt, and Denver are not better than Dallas, New York, Atlanta, and Seattle right now. If Tampa had a QB, they'd be in that mix too. Pittsburgh only beat Dallas on a fluke last-second fumble with Plaxico Burress. New York just beat Denver. Pittsburgh's style just shakes up the AFC because it's counter to anything the rest of that conference does. It makes sense since Pittsburgh was originally an old NFL team. Denver is the kind of team that scores a lot once it gets rolling, but they haven't faced a defense like ours yet.

Frankly, IMO the best team in the AFC is New England (until Indy beats them). They have more heart than the other "elite" teams combined, and they continue to win while their best players get healthy. They will win their division, but probably not a first round bye.

New England is into the theatrics of late game come from behind wins. Great efforts but it usually just means their offense was dormant for 3 quarters and woke up at the end. Instead of analyzing how great they are at comebacks, someone should analyze why they seem to suck for 3 quarters each week.

 

[TheHustler]

Except for the fact that the NFC is better than the AFC this year,

Not even close. The AFC is way better than the NFC. Indy, Pitt, Cinci, NE, all of which are arguably than the best team in the NFC (Us? Atl? Car?).

 

[TheHustler]

Indy, I'll buy, but Cincy, Pitt, and Denver are not better than Dallas, New York, Atlanta, and Seattle right now. If Tampa had a QB, they'd be in that mix too. Pittsburgh only beat Dallas on a fluke last-second fumble with Plaxico Burress. New York just beat Denver. Pittsburgh's style just shakes up the AFC because it's counter to anything the rest of that conference does. It makes sense since Pittsburgh was originally an old NFL team. Denver is the kind of team that scores a lot once it gets rolling, but they haven't faced a defense like ours yet.

Frankly, IMO the best team in the AFC is New England (until Indy beats them). They have more heart than the other "elite" teams combined, and they continue to win while their best players get healthy. They will win their division, but probably not a first round bye.

Seattle isn't very good, we've shown that. New York can't win away from NY.

 

[Cowchips]

Not even close. The AFC is way better than the NFC. Indy, Pitt, Cinci, NE, all of which are arguably than the best team in the NFC (Us? Atl? Car?).

Actually, it's very hard to say any of the teams you cite are better than Dallas and the other NFC top teams.

Indy is undefeated but they havent played anyone..their best opponent so far has been Jax (3-3) and they are 2-0 against the NFC but it's SF and St Louis (enough said)

Denver is 1 and 1 against the NFC with a loss to NYG and a win to Wash

Cincy is 3-0 vs. the NFC with wins against the NFC dregs including GB, Minn and Chicago.

NE is 1-1 against the NFC with a loss to Carolina and a win vs. Atlanta.

Any of those teams would be in a close battle with Dallas, based on the strength of their opponents so far.

 

[rysko]

don't think cinci is anything special, and im not too sure about denver the way they collapsed the past 2 games

 

[Boston Cowboy]

New England is into the theatrics of late game come from behind wins. Great efforts but it usually just means their offense was dormant for 3 quarters and woke up at the end. Instead of analyzing how great they are at comebacks, someone should analyze why they seem to suck for 3 quarters each week.

So they're the anti-Cowboys. :bang2:

 

[Cowchips]

So they're the anti-Cowboys. :bang2:

I agree at the moment. Which will change now that Parcells has decided to open up the offense more and not go conservative in the 2nd half Plus the Cowboys D continues to improve.

 

[percyhoward]

1) This is the first season Drew has played for a warm weather team. That means 4 more warm home games.

The way the schedule-makers set things up though, Drew will still have to play at NY and at Wash in December. Contrast that to a couple of December road games he played with the Bills in Miami and SF last year, and he may not even notice the difference.

It seems like the conventional wisdom used to be to have Dallas´ divisional opponents host the first game of the home-and-home, then travel to Dallas where the weather was warm for the second game. That changed completely this year.