DMN: BLOG: How diuretic suspensions hurt the Cowboys

[Cbz40]

How diuretic suspensions hurt the Cowboys

5:09 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Brian Davis

Yes, that headline is crazy. But today's news that six players, including three New Orleans Saints, were suspended for using a diuretic, which could be a masking agent for steroids, does indeed have a back-handed way of hurting the Cowboys.


According to the report, New Orleans will lose running back Deuce McAllister and defensive linemen Charles Grant and Will Smith for the rest of the regular season. If the Saints, or the other teams for that matter, make the playoffs, the players could be eligible to return to the active roster on Dec. 29.


OK, now how does this hurt the Cowboys? The Saints are 6-6, so what's the big deal, right? Well, the Saints face Atlanta this week. The Falcons are currently just ahead of the Cowboys in the playoff race. New Orleans then gets Chicago and Detroit and closes the regular season against Carolina, another team ahead of the Cowboys in the playoff race.



What's a real crusher is that the Saints have the Falcons and Panthers in New Orleans. If you're a Cowboys fan, you need the Saints to win every game possible down the stretch.


Granted, it's asking a lot to think that the Saints-Panthers game in Week 17 will affect the Cowboys playoff positioning. But for those looking for any little speed bump in the road, that could be one right after Christmas.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

I was just thinking about that... Wow Dallas just can't catch a freakin' break! :bang2:

 

[Nav22]

Not to mention Atlanta plays @ Minnesota... the Vikings' DTs (Pat and Kevin Williams) were suspended as well.

 

[percyhoward]

I get the guy's point, but I don't think for one second that any of the Cowboys is relying on the New Orleans Saints for anything (a 6-6 team even with those players). This team will make its own luck.

 

[Hoofbite]

Well, Just need to hope that whoever loses the TB/CAR game this week goes on a drought.

Carolina has a tougher road.

Tampa
Denver
Giants

Tampa has a easier route but Dallas has the breaker

Carolina
Atlanta
SD
Oakland

ATL has a pretty favorable schedule to navigate.


I have got to believe that one of these teams is going to cancel the other out.

 

[Boysboy]

Well, Just need to hope that whoever loses the TB/CAR game this week goes on a drought.

Carolina has a tougher road.

Tampa
Denver
Giants

Tampa has a easier route but Dallas has the breaker

Carolina
Atlanta
SD
Oakland

ATL has a pretty favorable schedule to navigate.


I have got to believe that one of these teams is going to cancel the other out.

Carolina has both Tampa and Denver at home. Tampa isn't a very good road team, and Denver isn't even very good-remember the Broncs lost to the lowly Raiders the week before, and they probably caught the Jets while all the Super Bowl talk started dancing in their heads. They'll lose to the Giants thought at The Meadowlands though.

 

[Hypnotoad]

If a tree falls in the woods, does it hurt the cowboys?

Our opponents wildcard schedules got easier, everyone involved in the cheating was suspended except ATL's Grady Jackson, while we added another player to IR.

The deck is stacked against us for some reason this year. So Yes, yes, it does hurt us.

 

[tyke1doe]

Losers look to others what they should be doing themselves.

Beat the four teams remaining on the schedule, and we don't have to get help from anyone.

 

[Sandman52]

New Orleans' offense can carry them to a win. Really, they are only as good as the offense is moving. Their defense was never there to begin with.

 

[THUMPER]

I don't care what any other team does, we just need to win our games. Win out and 12-4 gets us in for sure.

 

[AsthmaField]

I don't give a ****.

Just win.