Cowherd: Are Dak and Cowboys too weak for playoffs?

[Bleu Star]

Must be on that same stuff Jerry on. Can't underestimate Dak in big games like this dude some top level qb. Delusion at its finest

Hahaha... I see you're wide awake again this morning. Good morning!

Dak is beginning to build a bit of a "clutch gamer" reputation... I said a bit. Don't jump down my neck!

 

[Bleu Star]

Any team can get hot at the right time and go on a run. Look at the Giants last two SB wins. If you look at it objectively though, you can see that our odds of beating a team like the Rams or Saints in the playoffs is stacked heavily against us.

 

[jazzcat22]

This team has no business in the playoffs its kinda like the bills last year

Why not?
That is another mythical cop out statement.
Teams and no business in the playoffs. They made the playoffs somehow, so yes they deserve to be there.
So what do you propose , remove a team at 8-8 because they don to desert to be there and replace them with a 7-9 team because they seem better to deserve it?

 

[nate dizzle]

Yeah man, it's why I play the Powerball every week. There's a chance I might win, it's just really, really, really, really, small.

 

[Philmonroe]

Hahaha... I see you're wide awake again this morning. Good morning!

Dak is beginning to build a bit of a "clutch gamer" reputation... I said a bit. Don't jump down my neck!

It's nothing to jump down your neck for. You believe something I don't and you're entitled to that. It isn't true though.

 

[Dallasfann]

Since that SB, we have seen:
34-31 - Ravens
43-8 - Seahawks
28-24- Pats
24-10 - Broncos
34-28 - Pats
41-33 - Eagles

2 SB's with a defense. It's an offensive league now. If you can't score 28, I don't think you have a chance.

Here are those teams scoring defense in there respected SB wins. Sorry. Defense wins champs bud.

Eagles #4 ranked scoring defense - 18.4 pts per
Pats #1 ranked scoring defense - 15.0 pts per
Den #4 ranked scoring defense - 18.5 pts per
Pats #10 ranked scoring defense - 19.7 pts per
Seattle #1 ranked scoring defense - 14.4 pts per
Baltimore #12 ranked scoring defense - 22 pts per

 

[Bleu Star]

It's nothing to jump down your neck for. You believe something I don't and you're entitled to that. It isn't true though.

 

[DBOY3141]

Here are those teams scoring defense in there respected SB wins. Sorry. Defense wins champs bud.

Eagles #4 ranked scoring defense - 18.4 pts per
Pats #1 ranked scoring defense - 15.0 pts per
Den #4 ranked scoring defense - 18.5 pts per
Pats #10 ranked scoring defense - 19.7 pts per
Seattle #1 ranked scoring defense - 15.9 pts per
Baltimore #12 ranked scoring defense - 22 pts per

and yet when they get to the Super bowl those stats go out the window and the offense has to win the game...bud. defense may get them to the game, but it sure isn't winning if for them...not anymore. no offense....no championship...it's that simple in today's NFL.

 

[InTheZone]

Hahaha... I see you're wide awake again this morning. Good morning!

Dak is beginning to build a bit of a "clutch gamer" reputation... I said a bit. Don't jump down my neck!

Tebow was clutch and mirrored Dak

And yes we have a chance as long as our run game isn't stopped and our d doesn't give up TDs

 

[ESisback]

This not a playoff team boys

Probably not, but the Giants took a 9-7 season to the Super Bowl more than once.

 

[Dallasfann]

and yet when they get to the Super bowl those stats go out the window and the offense has to win the game...bud. defense may get them to the game, but it sure isn't winning if for them...not anymore. no offense....no championship...it's that simple in today's NFL.

Haha you obviously aren't gonna get off your agenda even though I just shoved straight stats down your throat. No team in the last 13 years has won a SB when there defense allows more then 22 pts per game The Rams and Chiefs are both allowing 25 +. Who cares about the actual SB scores. Every game is different. I'm saying on an average basis throughout a 16 game season for the last 10 plus years, the winning team on a SB has almost ALWAYS had a top 15 defense.

Hell, the Broncos averaged near 40 points per game in 2013 and scored 8 points in the SB. The Seahawks averaged 24 points per game and scored 43 in that same game. What do you think happened? See I know what happened. The Seahawks only allowed 14 pts a game that season, and the Broncos could only muster 1 TD off them. Denver's defense allowed 25 pts per game that season, Seahawks scored at will on them because of it.

 

[ESisback]

Spot on. I don't get why people can't see this. The trend is up right now for the Cowboys. The OL, LVE and Cooper are a significant part of that.

Add Lawrence, Jaylon, and Zeke and yes, we got some talent on this roster!

 

[zrinkill]

Cowherd is too weak for tv

 

[cowboyec]

if we keep playing defense like this....we have a chance.
until proven other wise....in the post-season...defense travels well....and defense can bring championship trophys home.

Im excited to see how this plays out...our defense seems to keep getting better.

 

[Brax]

Are we too weak for this coming playoff field...doy.
Anyone seriously think we can stay on the same field with NO, KC, or LA?

Jerry does

 

[buybuydandavis]

If the playoffs began today, he’d be right. But they don’t. There’s still a lot of football to be played. The team appears to be trending up. I’m ok to see how it goes.

If Dak were playing like 2016, and we had a decent OC, we'd be a good team. But Garret's game management will always limit how far we can make it in the playoffs.

 

[pitt33]

Here's the thing:

Since the start of 2017, if the Cowboys have one or no giveaways, they are 13-1. If they have two giveaways or more, they are 1-11.

For people who are playing/coaching for their jobs, there's no incentive to take even the slightest risk to try for more points.

Percy -

Think it could be tied to our lack of offense to overcome anymore than two or more turnovers during that timeframe?

 

[percyhoward]

Percy -

Think it could be tied to our lack of offense to overcome anymore than two or more turnovers during that timeframe?

Not defending the lack of aggressiveness, just explaining it.

 

[ghst187]

There is a chance only because KC and Rams are struggling on defense (especially against the run) and stat wise NO is bad against the pass but great against the run. However, earlier in the season against Cleveland, it has shown that NO is suspect to a balance attack and playing good defense.

We couldn’t pull away from one of the worst defenses in the league this past week.
I’m not sleeping on Colt and Wash in two days, Colt beat us and cost us home field in the playoffs a few years back. Our D is good but not great. It’s not Ray Lewis-Ed Reed Ravens good but O is almost as bad as theirs was. We’re not good enough to sleep on ANY team. So if we don’t beat Wash in two days all this playoff talk will go out the window.
But the biggest problem with us against the best four teams right now and the biggest most glaring disparity between us and NO, NE, LA, and KC is at the QB and HC/OC positions.
And huge disparities at those positions are really hard to overcome. Otherwise, I’d like our chances.

 

[Idgit]

If Dak were playing like 2016, and we had a decent OC, we'd be a good team. But Garret's game management will always limit how far we can make it in the playoffs.

Disagree there. It was the pass defense that tubed that team in the playoffs, and not the offense or the 'game management' at all.