Bucs game not a defining moment

[Hardline]

This Bucs game ABSOLUTELY is a defining game.

 

[Rayman70]

Is MM and DQ, KM capable of getting this team over the hump? I would say THIS game will be a defining moment. Beating the Bucs is just 1 hurdle.

 

[Rayman70]

This Bucs game ABSOLUTELY is a defining game.

exactly, 1 of many.

 

[Risen Star]

The OP is correct. This is just the game to get to the defining one to be more than they've been in 27 years.

The point is moot. Bucs win.

 

[McKDaddy]

Some of you must enjoy pouring urine in your cereal. I understand lamenting not winning a SB since the 90s. But this team is only responsible for THIS YEAR. Nothing else.

The flip side is they reap the benefits of playing for this team. That "reputation" was built on all that came before them. Their job is to build upon that legacy. To protect the legacy, not contribute to its further decline. Fair or not, that is the burden of inheriting from those who came before you.

 

[Rayman70]

we lose this game, the staff gets blown up, including MM. Thats a fact. I don't care what JJ has said.

 

[DFWJC]

All Pro is the real deal.

Top 2 in entire league

unlike the wide open Pro Bowl, which starts with 6 and then has silly replacements (and replacements of replacements) ….next thing you know its top 12 at your position. A joke

But ALL PRO?
thats badass

 

[DFWJC]

This is how hard it can be to make All Pro
Troy Aikman never made it

A big part of it was Dallas was a run team.
So Emmitt made it alot
lol

 

[KJJ]

If the team is to be something other than the past 27 years, this game is not the “defining” anything. The Bucs are not that good of a team (whether or not Brady is there). The divisional and conference championship games and then the Super Bowl would need to define this squad if they want to be “different.”

San Francisco just finished demolishing the Bucs with the rookie “Mr. Irrelevant.” The Cowboys “should” beat the Bucs badly to move on to better competition. This is the weakest the NFC has looked for 27 years. Just sayin’

The playoffs are different animal than the regular season. Regular season records go out the window. The intensity level is much higher for a playoff game and home-field is a clear advantage unless you’re the Cowboys. Brady’s playoff record is 35-12 compared to 1-3 for Dak who’s struggling entering the playoffs. It’s been a while since he’s beaten a truly great QB and is just coming off losing to a rookie QB that was making their first start. The Cowboys aren’t playing near well enough to beat anyone badly. They haven’t beaten anyone by more than six points in the last five games. Some of you are having a tough time grasping that this is not the same Cowboys team we saw earlier in the season that was playing consistent football and was winning games with a great defense that wasn’t giving up more than 20 points per game.

 

[CowboyFrog]

Lol ooh every playoff game is a defining moment for this franchise, everyone can say "What they should do" but just like we have reservations they know what thier playoff record is and they have got to get that off thier backs this Monday to move on.

 

[shabazz]

If my beloved team loses to a 8-9 team with a 45 year old quarterback, I’m calling in sick on Tuesday, putting Dolemite on a continuous loop reel and see how much Courvasia one man can drink in one sitting.

they have to and WILL win this game……but I’m prepared with the Dolemite and Vas option just in case

 

[fivetwos]

Not to mention that it'd be our first road playoff win in 30 years. So yes, it's a big deal if we win because we would have gotten that proverbial monkey off our backs.

I’m hoping this is the year they give you something back. You’ve earned it.

 

[nightrain]

If I was a Cowboys Executive, this game would go a long way toward identifying for me who is worthy of $$$contract extensions. These are the games where your best players should rise above the rest and show you something. We haven't seen anything since the Philly game.

 

[shabazz]

I’m hoping this is the year they give you something back. You’ve earned it.

I agree but unfortunately they probably have a better chance of giving him the clap instead of a Lombardi

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I’m hoping this is the year they give you something back. You’ve earned it.

I hope so as well

 

[Blitzen]

The playoffs are different animal than the regular season. Regular season records go out the window. The intensity level is much higher for a playoff game and home-field is a clear advantage unless you’re the Cowboys. Brady’s playoff record is 35-12 compared to 1-3 for Dak who’s struggling entering the playoffs. It’s been a while since he’s beaten a truly great QB and is just coming off losing to a rookie QB that was making their first start. The Cowboys aren’t playing near well enough to beat anyone badly. They haven’t beaten anyone by more than six points in the last five games. Some of you are having a tough time grasping that this is not the same Cowboys team we saw earlier in the season that was playing consistent football and was winning games with a great defense that wasn’t giving up more than 20 points per game.

My point was not what I think will happen. My point was-if the team is a true contender they make the final four of the postseason. That would make this club’s definition different than the past 27 year history. Don’t do that and that means no different than past teams in that time period (which makes this game a potential prelude to being defined “differently”).

 

[KJJ]

My point was not what I think will happen. My point was-if the team is a true contender they make the final four of the postseason. That would make this club’s definition different than the past 27 year history. Don’t do that and that means no different than past teams in that time period (which makes this game a potential prelude to being defined “differently”).

I don’t think this team is a true contender. Their record says they are, but they’ve fallen off the past month. Dak has become very inconsistent and turnover prone.

 

[Blitzen]

I don’t think this team is a true contender. Their record says they are, but they’ve fallen off the past month. Dak has become very inconsistent and turnover prone.

I never said they were. I was mainly responding to the ridiculous threads building this game up to be way bigger than it is.

 

[KJJ]

I never said they were. I was mainly responding to the ridiculous threads building this game up to be way bigger than it is.

I didn’t say you did. I’m saying they’re not a true contender.

 

[TheHerd]

If the team is to be something other than the past 27 years, this game is not the “defining” anything. The Bucs are not that good of a team (whether or not Brady is there). The divisional and conference championship games and then the Super Bowl would need to define this squad if they want to be “different.”

San Francisco just finished demolishing the Bucs with the rookie “Mr. Irrelevant.” The Cowboys “should” beat the Bucs badly to move on to better competition. This is the weakest the NFC has looked for 27 years. Just sayin’

Our defense has no chance of doing to Brady what the 9ers did. That’s the difference.