Can we please have no "This is a must-win game" threads before November?

[tantrix1969]

Starting threads telling fans that each game is a "must-win" isn't going to affect the players or coaches one bit.

There isn't a single thread on these forums that does affect the players or coaches one bit

 

[bark]

You're twisting my words. Never did I say they were "planning on losing" any of the games.


The very fact that they lost one or more regular-season games, and yet still won the Super Bowl, in itself proves that not every single one of the regular-season games is a "must-win." That fact is logically indisputable.

You're message is lost on the masses

 

[ShiningStar]

You're message is lost on the masses

the message might help teh masses if he said "you should play to win every game, but dont expect a perfect season" than i would say yeah, but at the end of the day "you play to win the game" not, collect a check for showing up.

 

[bark]

the message might help teh masses if he said "you should play to win every game, but dont expect a perfect season" than i would say yeah, but at the end of the day "you play to win the game" not, collect a check for showing up.

Herm is that you?

 

[TheRomoSexual]

Words have little meaning nowadays. Must, literally, etc.

 

[CATCH17]

I actually agree with OP but I want to see this team come out the exact opposite of how they came out for Seattle the year before.

 

[ClarenceDarrow]

If every game is a must-win and they lose, does that mean the games after don't matter any more? I think that's what the OP is getting at. A week 17 win-and-get-in game is a must-win. All playoff games are must-win. That's about it.

 

[TTexasTT]

Words have little meaning nowadays. Must, literally, etc.

Welcome to the internet.

Literally, welcome.

OP, you can expect a "must win" thread on every game. Just like if anyone has a bad game you can expect the "Its time to cut (whoever had a bad game)" after a loss.

 

[Red Dragon]

each game you play to win, you must win.

No, not every single game that you play to win is - mathematically speaking - a "must-win". That's the key word - "mathematically speaking." I'm talking about playoff math. Cold hard facts.


For an example, every NFL team plays to win Game 1, the opening game of the season. Every team wants to start the season 1-0. But not a single team in NFL history has ever been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention after a loss in Week 1.


That's what I'm referring to here.

 

[ShiningStar]

No, not every single game that you play to win is - mathematically speaking - a "must-win". That's the key word - "mathematically speaking." I'm talking about playoff math. Cold hard facts.


For an example, every NFL team plays to win Game 1, the opening game of the season. Every team wants to start the season 1-0. But not a single team in NFL history has ever been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention after a loss in Week 1.


That's what I'm referring to here.

are they playing to win or are they playing to lose?

 

[theebs]

Fwiw to me i am more concerned with beating the rams.

The rams game is much more important because of its conference value and you can definitely see both teams being in the hunt for at least a wild card down the road.

So beating the rams is much more important.

 

[Red Dragon]

are they playing to win or are they playing to lose?

Still completely missing my point.

Again.

 

[RS12]

Can we please have no "This is a must-win game" threads before November?

NFL teams should have a must win attitude every week. How hard is it to get "up" for work 16 times a year.

 

[ShiningStar]

Still completely missing my point.

Again.

ESPN can sit there and run 1 1/2 hours on trying to tell me how one team can beat another but everyone knows, its who has more points. Thats it. You can argue all the stats you want, but the only one that matters is who has the most points.

You play to win the game, thats it.

 

[ShiningStar]

NFL teams should have a must win attitude every week. How hard is it to get "up" for work 16 times a year.

if i played one game and got whacked as hard as they do, week 2 isnt happening for a year.

 

[Red Dragon]

ESPN can sit there and run 1 1/2 hours on trying to tell me how one team can beat another but everyone knows, its who has more points. Thats it. You can argue all the stats you want, but the only one that matters is who has the most points.

You play to win the game, thats it.

At the end of the season, all that matters is which team is holding the Lombardi Trophy. That team is the champion, regardless of how many regular-season games it lost en route to the championship. You can argue all you want, but the only thing that matters is which team won the Super Bowl.

You play to win Super Bowls, that's it.

See how this works?

 

[iceberg]

Hyperbole gets very old, very quickly.


I'm sure there are many other Cowboys fans out there who are tired of posters proclaiming every single game from Week 1 through Week 17 as a "must-win." It really saps the term "must-win" of its meaning and just creates a certain "crying wolf" effect after a while.




The logic of many Cowboys fans goes something like this:

1. Game 1 is a "must-win," because it starts the season off on the right foot.
2. Game 2 is a "must-win," because it continues the momentum of Game 1, or corrects the course from a Game 1 loss.
3. Game 3 is a "must-win," because it keeps the momentum going, or corrects the course from a defeat the week prior.
4. Ditto for Games 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
5. Game 13 is a "must-win," because now the Cowboys are likely in the month of December, and December is THE crucial stretch of the season.
6. Game 14 is a "must-win," because now the Cowboys are in the month of December, and December is THE crucial stretch of the season.
7. Game 15 is a "must-win," because now the Cowboys are in the month of December, and December is THE crucial stretch of the season.
8. Game 16 is a "must-win," because, well, it's the last game of the season.

And so forth, and so forth, each and every season.



So, just as an agreement on this forum, can we have no threads proclaiming, "This upcoming game is a must-win game" until November (or unless the Cowboys are having such a terrible season that their very playoff hopes are already in serious jeopardy as soon as October?)

i'm just going to ignore all rowdy avatars.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Hyperbole gets very old, very quickly.

Agreed, 100 percent. Here are what really are must-win games:

1. If we lose the game we're out of the playoff hunt.
2. If we lose the game, we're two games behind the division leader and a wildcard is unlikely.
3. If we win the game, we win the division.
4. We can no longer win the division, but if we win the game, we stay in the wildcard hunt.
5. Any playoff game (including the Super Bowl should we get there).

There are other scenarios, but you get the idea.

 

[Ren]

if we lose the next 4 in a row there will be "must win" games well before November

 

[Aven8]

All I can say is if we lose to the Chiefs it's not good.

Yeah Andy Reid is the new coach, and they have the non turnover bus driver QB. But they still went 2-14 last year.

If we are any good. We should win. It's a must.