Colts Gain Nothing With a Win

[Doomsday101]

Dallas needs to go in with the mind set of killing them regardless. Go in and run the ball down their throat, beat them down, beat the will right out of them.

Don't go in thinking they don't have anything to really play for cause that will get the Cowboys in trouble.

I agree. I think the Cowboys will go into this game very focused. 1 this is a playoff contender they will face and 2 I think it is important to them to shake this question about home loses.

 

[Primetime42]

The fact that we have everything to play for while they're already locked in as a division champ is huge.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

I hope the Colts bring every thing they got. Either we are good enough or we are not.

 

[jobberone]

I don't think it's a wash. Right now, I'd much rather play Denver. Manning isn't playing all that well right now. That could change but as of now, I think I'd rather play Manning and Denver as opposed to Brady and the Pats.

A bit easier to go to Denver to win than NE right now. But they had better worry about this game. I don't see them needing to win this game as we do. But the game will boil down to FP, mistakes, big plays, TOs, and pass defense; as any other game between relatively evenly matched opponents.

Both teams better bring their A game.

 

[jobberone]

I hope the Colts bring every thing they got. Either we are good enough or we are not.

I love this attitude. Bring it on!

 

[Dave_in-NC]

I love this attitude. Bring it on!

I have never seen the point hoping a team has nothing to play for so we can win. I want the full measuring stick for our team every week.

 

[jobberone]

I have never seen the point hoping a team has nothing to play for so we can win. I want the full measuring stick for our team every week.

I'll take two cake walks but the victory is sweeter if the opponent is strong.

 

[Idgit]

I'm really looking forward to this matchup in this particular game. Two evenly-matched teams, two great QBs. I don't have any reasons to dislike the Colts, so it's all about the football. And I sort of like the Cowboys having to run a gauntlet and win out against some pretty good teams to hit the playoffs in-stride. As long as we win and we have the OL back healthy for a potential playoff run.

12-4, healthy when it counts, and a home playoff game is a fairly amazing outcome for this season when you think about it. Even the worst case scenarios--which we won't mention--are pretty good outcomes, in retrospect.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I agree. I think the Cowboys will go into this game very focused. 1 this is a playoff contender they will face and 2 I think it is important to them to shake this question about home loses.

At some point #2 needs to seriously be addressed. I'm not talking about just this year. Going back to the Texas Stadium days we have lost games at home we had no reason to lose.

 

[Doomsday101]

At some point #2 needs to seriously be addressed. I'm not talking about just this year. Going back to the Texas Stadium days we have lost games at home we had no reason to lose.

I agree. As Jimmy said and as Garrett said, if you are a good team it does not matter where you play home, away, a cow pasture or the parking lot.

 

[Blackspider214]

I just really do think we are just more focused and determined on the road, because we feel like the underdog, even when we are not. It's really sad the team can't play at home with that same mindset.

Agreed. We seem so flat at home since this new stadium opened. The 2 most dominating wins I remember was the first year it opened. Back to back weeks beating the Eagles to end the season and then the playoff game.

 

[Roadtrip635]

I promised a guy at work who is a Giants fan that if his Giants can eliminate the Eagles from the post season I will buy him lunch to celebrate.

The Giants would absolutely love to be the ones that knocked the Eagles out of the playoffs, there is a lot of hate in the NFCE and it plays to our advantage. Like another poster stated, there are a lot of players and coaches playing for their jobs. You know ODB is looking at that Eagle secondary and salivating at the chance to torch them.