Bobhaze
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It happens every year. Opening day occurs and win or lose, many Cowboys fans either proclaim, “Super Bowl here we come!”, or scream, “This team sucks!”….all after one game.
With our season opening on National TV in a Thursday night matchup with the defending SB champs, all eyeballs will be focused on Tampa Sept 9. I love when the season finally starts because all the speculation and hype about what kind of team and players we have begins to finally be answered. The long off season will finally be over and meaningful football begins. Sept. 9th can’t get here soon enough!
But just remember Cowboys fans- season openers don’t really tell us the whole story of any season. It takes at least 4 to 6 games to really get a decent idea of a team. Let’s look at the recent history of season openers and the first 4 games and whether it really predicted what actually happened in the whole season.
With our season opening on National TV in a Thursday night matchup with the defending SB champs, all eyeballs will be focused on Tampa Sept 9. I love when the season finally starts because all the speculation and hype about what kind of team and players we have begins to finally be answered. The long off season will finally be over and meaningful football begins. Sept. 9th can’t get here soon enough!
But just remember Cowboys fans- season openers don’t really tell us the whole story of any season. It takes at least 4 to 6 games to really get a decent idea of a team. Let’s look at the recent history of season openers and the first 4 games and whether it really predicted what actually happened in the whole season.
- 2020- lost season opener to Rams 20-17, then started 1-3 in one of the few seasons where our start predicted the whole season. Finished 6-10.
- 2019- started the season beating the giants 35-17, and went 3-1 in first four games, and looked unstoppable offensively. Finished 8-8 in Garrett’s last season.
- 2018- lost the opener to the panthers 16-8, went 2-2 in first 4. After 7 games, Jerry traded for Amari Cooper, the defense stiffened, and the team won 8 of its last 10 games to finish 10-6. Won a WC playoff game against the Seahawks before losing to the Rams in divisional round.
- 2017- won the season opener against the giants 17-9, went 2-2 to start. Finished 9-7 in a very disappointing non-playoff season.
- 2016- lost the season opener to the giants 20-19, in Dak and Zeke’s rookie year. A year when Romo went down early and expectations were low. The team proceeded to win 11 straight to capture the #1 seed in the nfc before losing in divisional playoff round one.
- 2015- The Cowboys won the season opener against the giants 27-26 on Sun night football. They went 2-2 in first 4, with Romo looking great- until he broke his clavicle in game 3, and the team finished 4-12.
- 2014- we lost our opener in miserable fashion 28-17 to start a season where expectations were low. The Cowboys then won 7 straight en route to a 12-4 season that included a WC win against Det and a close painful loss to the the pack in the divisional round.