Ditka on Mon. Night Countdown: Cowboys are snakebit

[cajuncocoa]

I think he's right.

 

[Concord]

Cobra bit.

 

[gimmesix]

I think he's right.

To an extent. Dallas is a foot (Baltimore) and a couple of inches (Giants) from being 5-2, but the Cowboys also have created enough of their own problems to make themselves 3-4.

When you put yourself in tight situations, you give yourself a chance to be snakebit. When you couple that with mistakes such as time management that would have allowed Dallas to line up a better FG attempt against the Ravens and the receiver making a brilliant catch, but foolishly putting his hand down (considering where he was) against New York, you make yourself a losing team.

I'm not saying just those plays made a difference (there have been a lithany of problems), but those are the ones that make people view the team as snakebit.

 

[Future]

To some extent yea. Seems like every bad throw is picked. Most big calls go the other way.

BUT, those snakebitten moments are intensified by the fact that this team makes a lot of its own bad mistakes that lead to those moments on little, simple things. A lot of those moments could be avoided by being more fundamentally sound and disciplined.

 

[lane]

Cobra bit.

fierce snake bit

 

[utrunner07]

Low football IQ, inconsistent, and overrated does not equate to snake bit. Hard to make the snake bit argument when you turn the ball over 6 times in a game.

 

[CowboyChris]

to clarify what Ditka said..."they're snakebit and the snake is them."

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

The reason this team is snakebit is because if finds itself constantly tripping over its own two feet into the snake pit.

 

[tecolote]

To an extent. Dallas is a foot (Baltimore) and a couple of inches (Giants) from being 5-2, but the Cowboys also have created enough of their own problems to make themselves 3-4.

When you put yourself in tight situations, you give yourself a chance to be snakebit. When you couple that with mistakes such as time management that would have allowed Dallas to line up a better FG attempt against the Ravens and the receiver making a brilliant catch, but foolishly putting his hand down (considering where he was) against New York, you make yourself a losing team.

I'm not saying just those plays made a difference (there have been a lithany of problems), but those are the ones that make people view the team as snakebit.

Agree. That or competent coaching.

 

[Frozen700]

Our offense always finds a new way to kill us.