Do not go out on Sunday and make any attempts to beat the Skins

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Bleu Star said:
Do not (I repeat) do not go out on Sunday and make any attempts to beat the Skins. The ability to trade down for value from a top 3 pick is so much more appealing than #7 or 8... We should be resting anyone of value that does not require further evaluation. Guys like Showers should be dressed and ready to take a half of football. This should be treated very much like a preseason game. What do we have to gain here against the Skins? ZILCH!

We already beat the Skins this year when it mattered. Winning this game would suck and I have no doubt Jerry would throw up a little in his throat if, at the final bell, the Cowboys are ahead of the Skins. I would even venture to say some of you will too. Let the backups battle it out for early slotting next year. This isn't tanking 101 here... This is one game with one outcome that has already been determined.

For once coaches, go with a winning strategy.
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The players will try and rightfully so.
 
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Bleu Star said:
I'm sorry that you're sad. You'll quickly be uplifted we we select our next franchise QB with a top 3 pick in a few months.

4 win season? We earned that franchise qb!
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There is no way of telling if anyone selected will be worth a crap or not.
Bleu Star said:
I'm sorry that you're sad. You'll quickly be uplifted we we select our next franchise QB with a top 3 pick in a few months.

4 win season? We earned that franchise qb!
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No way of knowing if anyone selected in the draft will be worth a crap or not at this point. So again, I will take a win everyday all day over a potential player.
 
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gruden is trying to decide whether to play cousins and any other healthy starters.
Does he keep momentum going?
Or does he rest and keep safe guys he needs for the playoff game>??

What to do? either way he can be criticized.
If you rest them, and then lose the playoff game people will say you should have played dallas to win, and keep the momentum going.
If you play them and they especially cousins gets hurt, then you were stupid to play him/ them.

Also keep in mind it affects Commanders draft status too.

Neither team really wants to win, but I think wash would be helped by a win much more than dallas, but then again they know
dallas is going to try and lose.

And neither team can throw the game outright, it would not look good, they have to look like they are trying to win.
I figure they play colt mckoy, but who knows.
 
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Mookie said:
Nobody in the Cowboys team will try to lose this game. They are professionals who are paid to win every single game, and going into the offseason with a win feels much better than losing for draft positioning.
Besides, there really isn't much difference between #5 or #8, in the previous drafts there hasn't been any extreme advantage in picking #4,5 versus picking #7,8.

I say we go out there an beat the crap out of the Commanders and sweep the season series, any other mentality or losing preference deserves no place in a Cowboys locker room.
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Yes because winning a meaningless game the last game of the season really gets you a lot of momentum for the season next year that starts 9 months from then.
 
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Mookie said:
Nobody in the Cowboys team will try to lose this game. They are professionals who are paid to win every single game, and going into the offseason with a win feels much better than losing for draft positioning.
Besides, there really isn't much difference between #5 or #8, in the previous drafts there hasn't been any extreme advantage in picking #4,5 versus picking #7,8.

I say we go out there an beat the crap out of the Commanders and sweep the season series, any other mentality or losing preference deserves no place in a Cowboys locker room.
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I can't pull for the team to lose. I can be OK if it happens at this point because of the better draft position.

On Sunday, I went into the Buffalo game thinking it didn't matter to me if Dallas lost, but I couldn't remove myself from pulling for my team to win. Ultimately, I prefer the draft position over the meaningless victory, but no one can convince me victory is meaningless when my team is playing and I certainly don't want the players to feel that way.
 
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I think the skins could care less about screwing us over a couple draft pick spots, they're thinking solely about their playoff game next week, they're not going to tell players to 'turn it off', we didn't when we played the same game last season.

They will play to build momentum. Hopefully cowboys players will play not to get hurt before the off season
 
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If they sit their players, we need to sit ours.
 
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gimmesix said:
I can't pull for the team to lose. I can be OK if it happens at this point because of the better draft position.

On Sunday, I went into the Buffalo game thinking it didn't matter to me if Dallas lost, but I couldn't remove myself from pulling for my team to win. Ultimately, I prefer the draft position over the meaningless victory, but no one can convince me victory is meaningless when my team is playing and I certainly don't want the players to feel that way.
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I went through the same thing because I know the pick is more important then some meaningless W but I just can't bring myself to root against them. It was an odd predicament to be in but just 1 more week of that and we can concentrate on the draft. :star:
 
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Cowboy4ever said:
There is no way of telling if anyone selected will be worth a crap or not.


No way of knowing if anyone selected in the draft will be worth a crap or not at this point. So again, I will take a win everyday all day over a potential player.
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The higher you pick the better your likelihood of getting the guy YOU want.

Period.
 
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Toruk_Makto said:
The higher you pick the better your likelihood of getting the guy YOU want.

Period.
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So we should not win any games any year then. We could always get the guy we want then. Draft is a crap shoot and hoping for or not trying to win is a disgrace. Period.
 
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That I refuse to root for my team to lose? Yes, that's how my brain works. I think anything else is pitiful.
 
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