Does having a soft schedule hurt us?

[Aulac]

We have had one of the easiest schedule in the last few years, and while it allowed us an easy playoff spot, we end up embarrassing ourselves in the first round.

We are going to play the Cardinals without Hopkins, and a Cardinals team who have imploded with Murray's poor play. If we beat the Cardinals, that doesn't really say much...BUT if we lose to the Cardinals, head will roll.

If we go up against the Bucs, Rams, and Packers, are we battle tested enough to beat them? Beside the Bucs, the latter two teams have had a much harder schedule than us, especially the Rams with their NFCW division.

You need to get your S*** kick in, and learn from it, but we haven't had that experience for a while now. The Rams got better after their embarrassing lost to the 49ers, and the Bucs last year got better after their embarrassing lost to the Saints. No such experience for the Cowboys. Playing the Giants, WFT, and Eagles actually hurt us in the long run, because those teams don't prepare us for the playoff.

We beat these teams and we feel good, but in the end we get molly whopp in the first round of the playoff, because we don't get a chance to play against good teams often.

Thoughts?

 

[CATCH17]

No..

The Patriots made a dynasty of this.

Play easy teams, play home playoff games, win titles.

 

[maryquality]

I think we can pretty much beat anybody in the league. Of course, our offense needs to step up a bit, and we're good.

 

[IheartRomo]

We’ve beaten both the Chargers and Pats on the road. We beat the Vikings on the road without our starting QB. Fought tough games against both SB participants on the road (in the case of TB, should have beaten them if OPI was properly called on Godwin).

Nobody plays a playoff team every week. We’ve proven we can play with anybody with most of the games being played on the road too.

 

[Ranching]

We have had one of the easiest schedule in the last few years, and while it allowed us an easy playoff spot, we end up embarrassing ourselves in the first round.

We are going to play the Cardinals without Hopkins, and a Cardinals team who have imploded with Murray's poor play. If we beat the Cardinals, that doesn't really say much...BUT if we lose to the Cardinals, head will roll.

If we go up against the Bucs, Rams, and Packers, are we battle tested enough to beat them? Beside the Bucs, the latter two teams have had a much harder schedule than us, especially the Rams with their NFCW division.

You need to get your S*** kick in, and learn from it, but we haven't had that experience for a while now. The Rams got better after their embarrassing lost to the 49ers, and the Bucs last year got better after their embarrassing lost to the Saints. No such experience for the Cowboys. Playing the Giants, WFT, and Eagles actually hurt us in the long run, because those teams don't prepare us for the playoff.

We beat these teams and we feel good, but in the end we get molly whopp in the first round of the playoff, because we don't get a chance to play against good teams often.

Thoughts?

You can get your s*** kicking, as you say, all you want....I'll pass. You can learn a lot more from ugly wins!

 

[Nova]

We’ve beaten both the Chargers and Pats on the road. We beat the Vikings on the road without our starting QB. Fought tough games against both SB participants on the road (in the case of TB, should have beaten them if OPI was properly called on Godwin).

Nobody plays a playoff team every week. We’ve proven we can play with anybody with most of the games being played on the road too.

Came here to say this.

Soft schedules do hurt teams, but we haven’t had a soft schedule.

Even this weak stretch featured 3 straight road games.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

We have had one of the easiest schedule in the last few years, and while it allowed us an easy playoff spot, we end up embarrassing ourselves in the first round.

We are going to play the Cardinals without Hopkins, and a Cardinals team who have imploded with Murray's poor play. If we beat the Cardinals, that doesn't really say much...BUT if we lose to the Cardinals, head will roll.

If we go up against the Bucs, Rams, and Packers, are we battle tested enough to beat them? Beside the Bucs, the latter two teams have had a much harder schedule than us, especially the Rams with their NFCW division.

You need to get your S*** kick in, and learn from it, but we haven't had that experience for a while now. The Rams got better after their embarrassing lost to the 49ers, and the Bucs last year got better after their embarrassing lost to the Saints. No such experience for the Cowboys. Playing the Giants, WFT, and Eagles actually hurt us in the long run, because those teams don't prepare us for the playoff.

We beat these teams and we feel good, but in the end we get molly whopp in the first round of the playoff, because we don't get a chance to play against good teams often.

Thoughts?

actually many teams won superbowls with easy schedules. just see New Englang playing Jets, Bills, Miami for years and winning superbowls. the key for playoffs is getting healthy and peaking at the right time. Defense is peaking. we need the offense to get back to where it was earlier in the year.

 

[TwoDeep3]

The 1972 Miami Dolphins played the third easiest schedule in the NFL up to that point. Not just that season but EVER. They went undefeated in the regular season and swept the play-offs.

No two plays, series, quarters, games, or seasons are alike. But a precedent has been set.

 

[JBS]

We’ve played

@kc
@ne
@la
@tb

no to mention

@min
@no

You have the nerve to say we played a cupcake schedule? Are you stupid or do you just pretend?

 

[BlueNSilver88]

Idk what season you've been watching but we've played a lot of good teams this year.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

There's enough good teams on the schedule to provide a reality check. They know that their current level isn't good enough and they know what they need to work on. I'm a little disappointed on the coach's lack of adjustments,,,, or at least their lack of successful adjustments. Putting Connor Williams back in looks like a step in the right direction though so maybe this running game can pick up

 

[Walker]

Easy schedule? Must be on the wrong team forums.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

"Easy schedule" is a fan/media thing...........any NFL player, coach or team know they can lose on any given day. Pretty sure they will tell ya, there are no easy schedules in the NFL.....you play against the best players every game.

 

[John813]

Outside of this division the Cowboys have had a tough schedule. The AFC West is competitive, Tampa Bay for the opener and at New england is no pushover. The Saints with Hill were limited but Sean Payton is a great schemer.
Vikings aren't contenders but at the same time they are competitive.

Edit: when the Cowboys beat the Commanders, Washington was coming off some impressive victories so they weren't some roadkill team we beat.

 

[darthseinfeld]

We have had one of the easiest schedule in the last few years, and while it allowed us an easy playoff spot, we end up embarrassing ourselves in the first round.

We are going to play the Cardinals without Hopkins, and a Cardinals team who have imploded with Murray's poor play. If we beat the Cardinals, that doesn't really say much...BUT if we lose to the Cardinals, head will roll.

If we go up against the Bucs, Rams, and Packers, are we battle tested enough to beat them? Beside the Bucs, the latter two teams have had a much harder schedule than us, especially the Rams with their NFCW division.

You need to get your S*** kick in, and learn from it, but we haven't had that experience for a while now. The Rams got better after their embarrassing lost to the 49ers, and the Bucs last year got better after their embarrassing lost to the Saints. No such experience for the Cowboys. Playing the Giants, WFT, and Eagles actually hurt us in the long run, because those teams don't prepare us for the playoff.

We beat these teams and we feel good, but in the end we get molly whopp in the first round of the playoff, because we don't get a chance to play against good teams often.

Thoughts?

There are only so many 10+ win teams available for you to play. When the season is over, we will probably have 5 games on the schedule VS. 10 win teams. Right now we are 2-2 against those team, with Arizona next week

 

[Praxit]

..soft schedule?? ..lol.. Dallas?

 

[gmb1]

Did Tampa Bay have a soft schedule last year? What does this have to do with the playoffs?

 

[gmb1]

We’ve played

@kc
@ne
@la
@tb

no to mention

@min
@no

You have the nerve to say we played a cupcake schedule? Are you stupid or do you just pretend?

Not to mention dealing with a whole Panorama Omarion virus at the same time. We've dealt with it about as well as any other good team.

 

[Majic]

We have had one of the easiest schedule in the last few years, and while it allowed us an easy playoff spot, we end up embarrassing ourselves in the first round.

We are going to play the Cardinals without Hopkins, and a Cardinals team who have imploded with Murray's poor play. If we beat the Cardinals, that doesn't really say much...BUT if we lose to the Cardinals, head will roll.

If we go up against the Bucs, Rams, and Packers, are we battle tested enough to beat them? Beside the Bucs, the latter two teams have had a much harder schedule than us, especially the Rams with their NFCW division.

You need to get your S*** kick in, and learn from it, but we haven't had that experience for a while now. The Rams got better after their embarrassing lost to the 49ers, and the Bucs last year got better after their embarrassing lost to the Saints. No such experience for the Cowboys. Playing the Giants, WFT, and Eagles actually hurt us in the long run, because those teams don't prepare us for the playoff.

We beat these teams and we feel good, but in the end we get molly whopp in the first round of the playoff, because we don't get a chance to play against good teams often.

Thoughts?

I think there is something in this. At the end of the day all you can do is beat the team in front of you. But the Cowboys have not been tested in their last 3 games and the 2 before that when they were they lost.

They will be tested in Weeks 17 and 18 so that should help get us ready for the play-offs.

 

[VaqueroTD]

No..

The Patriots made a dynasty of this.

Play easy teams, play home playoff games, win titles.

I just wish we had a cold, windy, snowy home stadium with crazy chowdah heads to welcome them too!

Talk about homefield advantage. Coming to AT&T is like playing in Disneyland.