Cowboys versus Browns just might be the biggest game of the year

[DallasEast]

Cowboys versus Saints Just Might Be the Biggest Game of the Year
By Snoopy | CowboysZone.com
September 9, 2024

 

[sunalsorises]

Wow. The first (of no doubt many) “this is a must win game” thread has been posted before the season has even started. That has to be a new Cowboyszone record!

I was going to reply that next season's opener is a must win with Dak having to prove he is worth $75 million a year and Parsons looking for a new contract, Belichick has to show that he has control of the team but it just going to look like I am trying to set some kind of record.

 

[CWR]

Yup, it's definitely the biggest game of the year so far.

 

[Preoccupied]

Losing to the Browns, however, could send a shock wave through the team and the front office that makes them aware that they have peaked at their potential, and are on the way down instead of up.
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Yeah we'll never recover from the browns loss 0-17 coming right up !

 

[leeblair]

Could you imagine the sky fallers if the Cowboys were to get manhandled by the Browns in week one?
I think this game is a lot more important than some realize, especially with the Cowboys seemingly on the fence about Dak.

 

[DallasEast]

Could you imagine the sky fallers

No one could make this stuff up.​

 

[Bagman]

I'm not sure who's going to win the Super Bowl this year but there's a 50/50 chance that particular team will lose their opener. Opening week is just 1/17th of the season

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Acquiring Deshaun Watson was supposed to give the Cleveland Browns the leadership that would take their offense to the next level. With Amari Cooper and plenty of offensive talent the Browns hope to take the next step. Having Miles Garrett and a stellar defense, the Cleveland Browns are a legitimate super power- on paper.
Likewise, the Dallas Cowboys are supposedly an established group that should easily overpower any but the very best teams. And they have won 12 games in each of the past three seasons.
Game one of the 2024 NFL season for these two teams will undoubtedly send one team on their way to the playoffs with a confident mindset, but for the loser it very well could send that team into the kind of self doubt that would destroy their hopes. Winning would give the Cleveland Browns the confidence of knowing they are for real, and Kevin Stefanski's way of doing things is paying off. Losing, however, will most likely send thoughts into the minds of fans and players alike of another year of mediocrity, and those kinds of thoughts kill confidence.
The Cowboys are at a crossroads; winning helps them move forward with confidence that they are stable enough as a perennial contender to believe that it's only a matter of time before they put the pieces in place to be a championship caliber team.
Losing to the Browns, however, could send a shock wave through the team and the front office that makes them aware that they have peaked at their potential, and are on the way down instead of up.
It's a big enough game that the Cowboys could come away with the message that their window of opportunity is no longer there, and that kind of doubt can destroy a season.
It might be week one, but I believe is a "must win" for both teams.

OMG...you tried to be profound again!!! and you failed...

why do you seek attention? are you that desparate? are you that lonely? is this how you get love?

 

[joseephuss]

I've been on this site long enough to know it is only a big game if Dallas loses. There will be posts saying, "Dallas can't win the big games" and "Dallas can't win on the road".

When Dallas wins, then it is posts saying, "They beat nobody" and "Games in September don't matter".

 

[leeblair]

Those who overlook the intangibles miss at least half of the game.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Cowboys versus Browns just might be the biggest game of the year

That won't happen until the playoffs.

By then, what happened in week one won't matter one little bit.

 

[leeblair]

That won't happen until the playoffs.

By then, what happened in week one won't matter one little bit.

If they make the playoffs.
That is the whole point.

 

[88sAndHeartbreak]

Good grief... type in paragraphs!

 

[KJJ]

 

[nightrain]

It's the 1st preseason game for the starters. Starting the season out of conference is a win-win.

 

[DallasEast]

Those who overlook the intangibles miss at least half of the game.

Intangibles? You want to talk about missing stuff by overlooking intangibles?

It's ONE tree. In a HUGE open field. The tree would never eat the kite if it was flown AWAY from it.

 

[Risen Star]

There's something special about those week 1 must wins.

 

[DandyDon52]

I'm guessing anyone who thinks a Week 1 game against a non-rival from another Conference could be the biggest game of the year, is probably like an 18 year old kid or something.

Nobody who's watched football for 10 years or so and has any sort of perspective would think this.

lol the NFL made it the " Game of the week" .... guess they are juvenile too?

And I Guess Tom Landry was juvenile and stupid too.
Tom put a big importance on winning game 1 each season. No matter who they played , he felt it was important to start
off with a win. But what did he know? Not as much as the posters in this thread ! lol

 

[Rayman70]

In the Browns view, beating Dallas will be the launchpad for sending a message to the rest of the league that THEY are for real. Make no mistake, its a damn big game. Means more to them than it does us. They need this bad. Its up to the staff to get the correct messaging out to the players all week that we cannot have a letdown out of the gate. This game on a grass field will be gritty,down and dirty trench warfare, and we will see if we have a team of mudders,fighters or a team of front running talkers. Dang right this is a big game, they all are because there are only 17 of them. But week 1 games are tone setters for whats to come for the remainder of the year. It just may define the kind of team we have. I just wanna see how we fight,even if we lose, I just want to see grit.

 

[Mikexike]

I don't agree, What i do feel is that the first 4 games of Football is pretty much preseason.