Can the Cowboys Stop the Borg?

[T-RO]

In the annals of Star Trek the borg was the ultimate threat to humanity. The borg weren't individuals, but rather a collective. Kill one borg entity and another steps in and replaces him. Blow a hole in one section of their ship...and it quickly heals. Use a phaser and it works just fine, but use the phaser again and their shields have adapted to compensate.

No personalities, no individuality, no culture...but a collective of entities that all know and instinctively do their job. Picard and the Enterprise beat off the Borg threat in their first encounter, but you knew they'd be back. Other nemesis might threaten, but the Borg threat was the ultimate one that loomed for the Federation...and for the beloved crew of the Enterprise.

The New England Patriots are the Borg of the NFL. On the field they aren't individual players, but a collective. My question is...can humans who act as individuals rise up and beat them down? Can the Cowboys...in a certain sense the most human of teams in the NFL with personality plus...beat back the robotics from Massachusetts?

You know sooner or later we will face them...and they will be standing in our way.

 

[haleyrules]

No worries. The Patriots time is coming to an end. Tom is pushing 40 and nothing lasts forever including Bill. It seems the next potential dynasty (Dallas) is well positionednto take over. Just fix the Defense and hire an NFL caliber Head Coach. The Cowboys are closing in fast.

 

[DallasEast]

Species 8472 beat the crap out of the Borg.

~Star Trek nerd runs away from thread~

 

[SDCowboy]

Maybe if Q suits up for us.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

One step at a time. If the Patriots are the Borg, the Cowboys are still in summer school at Starfleet Academy. Haven't even fired a phaser at them yet...

 

[DallasEast]

Maybe if Q suits up for us.

Q is too unpredictable. Let's acquire Data for the offense and Worf for the defense. Who could stop us?

 

[DallasEast]

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What Species 8472 did to the Borg the Cowboys must learn to do against all competition.

 

[ShiningStar]

Ask Tom Coughlin about the Patriots.

 

[T-RO]

No worries. The Patriots time is coming to an end. Tom is pushing 40 and nothing lasts forever including Bill. It seems the next potential dynasty (Dallas) is well positionednto take over. Just fix the Defense and hire an NFL caliber Head Coach. The Cowboys are closing in fast.

I'm not so sure Tom's retirement or age-related injuries will kill the beast. They were 3-1 without Brady and I watched Jimmy Garoppolo and he seemed equally effective in their borg system. (small sample, of course, but eeeck.)

 

[T-RO]

Ask Tom Coughlin about the Patriots.

That would be pretty funny. Hire him as a special consultant weeks before we meet.

I like it!

 

[T-RO]

Q is too unpredictable. Let's acquire Data for the offense and Worf for the defense. Who could stop us?

Worf could bring some pressure off the edge. Data...hmmm. I see him more as a safety reading the defense.

 

[T-RO]

Species 8472 beat the crap out of the Borg.

~Star Trek nerd runs away from thread~

Don't know much about them, but Wiki says they inhabit an extra-dimensional realm called "fluidic space".

Do they play in the AFC south?

Might be unpredictable getting them to suit up.

 

[Setackin]

Sounds like all we need is captain janeway Dak to travel back in time with anti-borg technology anti-Brady plays.

 

[xwalker]

In the annals of Star Trek the borg was the ultimate threat to humanity. The borg weren't individuals, but rather a collective. Kill one borg entity and another steps in and replaces him. Blow a hole in one section of their ship...and it quickly heals. Use a phaser and it works just fine, but use the phaser again and their shields have adapted to compensate.

No personalities, no individuality, no culture...but a collective of entities that all know and instinctively do their job. Picard and the Enterprise beat off the Borg threat in their first encounter, but you knew they'd be back. Other nemesis might threaten, but the Borg threat was the ultimate one that loomed for the Federation...and for the beloved crew of the Enterprise.

The New England Patriots are the Borg of the NFL. On the field they aren't individual players, but a collective. My question is...can humans who act as individuals rise up and beat them down? Can the Cowboys...in a certain sense the most human of teams in the NFL with personality plus...beat back the robotics from Massachusetts?

You know sooner or later we will face them...and they will be standing in our way.

Question: How do you stop the Borg?

Answer: Kick a nerd in the groin when he talks about the Borg and the Borg goes away.

 

[DallasEast]

Don't know much about them, but Wiki says they inhabit an extra-dimensional realm called "fluidic space".

Do they play in the AFC south?

Might be unpredictable getting them to suit up.

AFC West. Species 8472 has Raiders written all over them.

Off-topic: If you ever want to watch a great two-parter of the Voyager series, check out the Scorpion episode.

 

[haleyrules]

I'm not so sure Tom's retirement or age-related injuries will kill the beast. They were 3-1 without Brady and I watched Jimmy Garoppolo and he seemed equally effective in their borg system. (small sample, of course, but eeeck.)

You could be right. Ok, lets hope Bill doesn't last much longer! I always admired the Patriot organisation. They are what the Cowboys used to be.

 

[Setackin]

Question: How do you stop the Borg?

Answer: Kick a nerd in the groin when he talks about the Borg and the Borg goes away.

U can leave the thread now...

 

[DallasEast]

Question: How do you stop the Borg?

Answer: Kick a nerd in the groin when he talks about the Borg and the Borg goes away.

I'm firing a Varon-T disruptor at your post as I type this. hehe. Wait. Dang it! I've killed my

 

[LocimusPrime]

To defeat the Borg you have one of these. Species 8472. Here on earth we call them Pass Rushers or Defensive Ends. Make it so

 

[T-RO]

AFC West. Species 8472 has Raiders written all over them.

Off-topic: If you ever want to watch a great two-parter of the Voyager series, check out the Scorpion episode.

Never watched much of that series...may need to.