You're an optimist. I'm not a pessimist, nor an optimist. I'm a realist. Who cares what we are early on? We could be 2-3, 3-2, 3-1. We can't really be sure what we have that early on. Teams change as the season progresses. I've seen teams look really bad in the first 2 weeks, then finish 12-4. Also the other way around. Look really good early on and trail off, like we usually do.
Yea, this. 1-3 or 3-1 doesn't really matter much.
That's fine. In the 90s did we care who we played? You have to step up if you want to be a contender. If we lose to the good teams then it doesn't matter.
I mean yea but it isn't the 90s and cap parity is very real.
Player acquisition is real too. This Cowboys front office doesn't act the same. They are super conservative. As opposed to other teams that push money forward to win now. The cap cannot stop spending. It stops future spending. You could theoretically stack a team and pay later. The Cowboys are not willing to do that.
Well I agree, but that wasn't the case in the 90s;.
wouldnt it be a nice reversal of fortune to scrap our way through the regular season, being underrated, and clicking come playoffs? one can only dream.
Yep I'd much rather start the year with a loss than end it with one
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I'll go 3-2. Good enough for the optimists to be proclaiming Super Bowl. Bad enough for the pessimists to say we need to tank.I still wonder why most are fearing the Browns.
They are a good team, but not a great team. Watson is not all that great of a QB. Though since he came into the NFL many act as if he is. But he has shown flashes.
Same for Baltimore. Their defense can be scored on. They are not the 2000 Ravens defense, they are not the Steel Curtain or an old Doomsday Defense.
Jackson is not all that great either, though at times he can be. Keep him contained.
Saints and Giants. We will be favored. And should win.
Steelers, they really do not have a QB. Wilson is washed up, but still capable of having a good game. Their defense was not all that great last year either. They were up and down.
Still we do not know enough about our own team with all the changes. But we do know we should be close to as usual or a little better.
We could be anywhere from 4-1 to 2-3. I just can't say 5-0 as much as I want to for the
A 2-3 start does not mean it will be a bad season. Just that they need to get more in sync since they had no PS game activity for most of the starters.
Assuming the Eagles will win games.
Awhile back someone posted the team salary back when we won two straight SBs. It was mid range at the time.
