Don Banks CNNSI on Cowboys schedule

[Joe Realist]

this is the 3rd sports writer calling for another December collapse. atleast if they collapse again i'll be prepared this time.

You mean you have not already prepared?. It has only been, what 11-12 straight December dissappointments?!?!?!?!

 

[SMCowboy]

It's really a combo of a tough November / December

The only "easy" game we get is against duh Raiduhs.

They put all the easy games up front and back loaded our schedule.

I don't know, Our schedule in November and December has a TON of question marks to me.

Seattle - What type of team will Seattle have? Can Matt Hasselback stay healthy next year. Can the RB combination of Julius Jones and TJ Duckett give them a decent RB threat. Have the found a way to get any stops on defense, I don't see anything that they have done to fix what was a VERY leaky defense also.

Philadelphia - It is a division game, so it will always be tough. But is Brian Westbrook going downhill, can he stay healthy this year? Can McNabb stay healthy two years in a row?

Green Bay - We know that they have good players at the skilled position, but their D last year was horrible, and they are switching to the 3-4, but have yet to get either the nose tackle that you need, and also have a hole at one of the OLB positions. Not to mention the OT's are question marks for Green Bay as well.....

Washington - Once again, it is a division game, but still no proven threats at WR becides Santana Moss, and the OL is still a question, and the guy signed to fix the D (Hanesworth) has been known to only play big when a contract is one the line, how will he respond now that he has the big money.

Oakland - Well, it is da raiders, what else needs to be said?

New York Giants - Will they have anyone who can replace Plaxico Burress... They went down hill FAST without Burress, can who ever they get, command the respect and keep the passing game going.

San Diego - Which LT will we see next year? Can they get their D straightened out. Getting Merriman back will help, but they had MUCH bigger issues on D last year that just not having Merriman. No doubt that the team has talent, but they have failed to live up to that talent for a few years now.

New Orleans - Can New Orleans ever figure out how to stop ANYONE on defense? Lets not forget for as prolific as their O is/was last season, they still finished last in their division and only had an 8-8 record.

Then Washington and Philly again.....

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I don't blame these people for thinking that. The realistic side of me says we're dead in that run. I could easily see us going 1-4 down the stretch. We've just flat sucked late in the year.

That said if there was ever a year to get the monkey off their backs, so to speak, this is just the type of run to do it. If they could go 4-1 down that stretch it would signal a swift, glorious, end to that late season crap.

That also said I'm pretty worried that if we did somehow come out of that stretch looking good we'll have used up everything we've got to get into the playoffs and it would mean another 1 and done for us.

By the time the season rolls around though I'll be Mr. Positive regardless cause that's just how I roll during the season.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Banks is a serious hater for some reason. Jerry or Wade must have dissed him once or something.

The stupid thing is, we could finish 2-2 against the 85 Bears, 72 Dolphins, 62 Packers, and 89 Niners, and Banks and others would still call it a collapse.

 

[CoCo]

Good I am glad everyone is saying this. Last year at this time they were fitting us for SB rings. Keep it coming. Peter "Donuts" King needs to be next because whatever he says the opposite happens.

Peter King was the writer as I recall that scooped the nation on an emerging Romo at the end of the 2006 preseason.

Much of Cowboy Nation guffawed. Six weeks later...

 

[mldardy]

Peter King was the writer as I recall that scooped the nation on an emerging Romo at the end of the 2006 preseason.

Much of Cowboy Nation guffawed. Six weeks later...

Wow he got one right out of 100. Every Cowboy fan could see that coming because of Bledsoe's inability to move. King is way more wrong than right.

 

[Arch Stanton]

I'd say its hard to get a handle on how a team will perform during the regular season without having the draft, minicamp or tc. I'll wait 'til then.....

 

[NextGenBoys]

Look, there's no doubt that the end of the schedule will be tough, but this team needs that in no other way if it wants to finally face its December-slide issues and turn them around confidently. What better way to enter the playoffs than to face a tough end to the schedule and conquer it? The stage is set quite nicely for this team to finally make a statement; it's now up to them to decide if they want to or not - face the pressure or not. if they do so they'll enter the playoffs with confidence, and that can only help them finlly get a playoff win and them move forward from there.

Exactly. The Steelers had the toughest schedule last year, and won the Super Bowl.

 

[rcaldw]

First off, as someone has already noted, more than ever before an NFL Schedule means NOTHING before the games start being played. A team that looks like the hero in week 1 could be a zero by week 16. We really don't know what December looks like right now and we won't until the season gets rolling.

Second. The only way to stop something you don't like (negative talk in this case) is MAKE IT STOP. If we don't like people talking about all our years without a playoff win, December swoons and all the rest, then the only way to stop it is to change it. Until the team actually does something, this kind of talk will continue to go on.