First Must Win Game?

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OK, calm down, you knew it was coming, just a matter of time but feel free to blast me anyway. Someone already beat me to the punch, stole my thunder and don't think for a minute I have forgotten that.

I guess whether you consider this a must win game depends on where you put your emphasis, on those 3 wins or that 1 loss.

This team is going to see a lot of these "must win" games because of the head to head being the first tiebreaker and the Cowboys are already behind one contender and playing another Sunday. Now, if you think they're going to take the division then it doesn't matter but anyone thinking the Eagles were just going away hasn't watched their resilience. Or maybe you're on "Wentz Injury Watch"?

I think there are "must win" games during the season but also agree the real definition is that game that ends the season is the only real "must win" but might this upcoming game be just that if the Cowboys tie with GB for the WC only to sit home because they lost to them in October, well before the "must win" games usually emerge?

The Saints look to be the frontrunner in the South so that loss may not matter unless the conference record gets applied but the Packers? That North looks to be a 4 team fight and the West is a 3 teamer and add the Eagles to this and that's 9 teams for 2 WC spots, 3 will be division winners so that leaves 6 teams for 2 spots. What a coincidence, the Cowboys have 7 games left against 6 of those contenders and the possibility of head to head tiebreaker with 5 of them.

So, think we can't have a "must win" game this early in the season? You must have more faith in those first 3 games and ability to replicate that than that 1 game showed some weakness. And I didn't even get into the confidence factor of losing 2 in a row. Win and that loss can be chalked up to being an anomaly, lose and that can be a trend against contenders and the record only really counts against contenders and the Cowboys are 0-1.

They'd better treat this game Sunday as a playoff game because they've got a lot of them left on the schedule.
 
CouchCoach said:
OK, calm down, you knew it was coming, just a matter of time but feel free to blast me anyway. Someone already beat me to the punch, stole my thunder and don't think for a minute I have forgotten that.

I guess whether you consider this a must win game depends on where you put your emphasis, on those 3 wins or that 1 loss.

This team is going to see a lot of these "must win" games because of the head to head being the first tiebreaker and the Cowboys are already behind one contender and playing another Sunday. Now, if you think they're going to take the division then it doesn't matter but anyone thinking the Eagles were just going away hasn't watched their resilience. Or maybe you're on "Wentz Injury Watch"?

I think there are "must win" games during the season but also agree the real definition is that game that ends the season is the only real "must win" but might this upcoming game be just that if the Cowboys tie with GB for the WC only to sit home because they lost to them in October, well before the "must win" games usually emerge?

The Saints look to be the frontrunner in the South so that loss may not matter unless the conference record gets applied but the Packers? That North looks to be a 4 team fight and the West is a 3 teamer and add the Eagles to this and that's 9 teams for 2 WC spots, 3 will be division winners so that leaves 6 teams for 2 spots. What a coincidence, the Cowboys have 7 games left against 6 of those contenders and the possibility of head to head tiebreaker with 5 of them.

So, think we can't have a "must win" game this early in the season? You must have more faith in those first 3 games and ability to replicate that than that 1 game showed some weakness. And I didn't even get into the confidence factor of losing 2 in a row. Win and that loss can be chalked up to being an anomaly, lose and that can be a trend against contenders and the record only really counts against contenders and the Cowboys are 0-1.

They'd better treat this game Sunday as a playoff game because they've got a lot of them left on the schedule.
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To early for must wins here but this game will show us what gusto and soul this team has to bounce back.
Personally Zeke needs to run here or this game is a loss for us as many here have seriously underestimated the Packers defense and esp there Def Backs.
This is weird one as it could go big for us or big for the pack I feel no close game with these 2 opp on Sunday!
 
CouchCoach said:
OK, calm down, you knew it was coming, just a matter of time but feel free to blast me anyway. Someone already beat me to the punch, stole my thunder and don't think for a minute I have forgotten that.

I guess whether you consider this a must win game depends on where you put your emphasis, on those 3 wins or that 1 loss.

This team is going to see a lot of these "must win" games because of the head to head being the first tiebreaker and the Cowboys are already behind one contender and playing another Sunday. Now, if you think they're going to take the division then it doesn't matter but anyone thinking the Eagles were just going away hasn't watched their resilience. Or maybe you're on "Wentz Injury Watch"?

I think there are "must win" games during the season but also agree the real definition is that game that ends the season is the only real "must win" but might this upcoming game be just that if the Cowboys tie with GB for the WC only to sit home because they lost to them in October, well before the "must win" games usually emerge?

The Saints look to be the frontrunner in the South so that loss may not matter unless the conference record gets applied but the Packers? That North looks to be a 4 team fight and the West is a 3 teamer and add the Eagles to this and that's 9 teams for 2 WC spots, 3 will be division winners so that leaves 6 teams for 2 spots. What a coincidence, the Cowboys have 7 games left against 6 of those contenders and the possibility of head to head tiebreaker with 5 of them.

So, think we can't have a "must win" game this early in the season? You must have more faith in those first 3 games and ability to replicate that than that 1 game showed some weakness. And I didn't even get into the confidence factor of losing 2 in a row. Win and that loss can be chalked up to being an anomaly, lose and that can be a trend against contenders and the record only really counts against contenders and the Cowboys are 0-1.

They'd better treat this game Sunday as a playoff game because they've got a lot of them left on the schedule.
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As long as we go 5-2 into the BYE week, we will be fine. A loss against GB, & then wins against Jets & Eagles is a good sign.

Of course, winning against GB would be awesome. Its time to get revenge on Rodgers.
 
I don't know if it's a must win or not, but a loss firmly establishes that we can beat bad goods, then lose to good ones. We win the occasional game against good teams, but not nearly consistently enough to challenge anybody in the playoffs, where all you do is face good teams.

In other words, no real change from the last decade.
 
Yes. It is a must win. Problem is, it's also a must win for the Packers. It's actually more of a Must Win for them due to a tougher division (Bears and Lions all look pretty decent/good. Vikings look okay, but they aren't a walk in the park team). We really only have to worry about the Eagles. However, we have a way tougher schedule. We cannot afford to lose to GB when we have to play the Pats, Rams (who may or may not be slightly overrated as of right now, but we said that last year and got whooped), Bears, Bills, and the Eagles twice. Dallas needs to get it together quick because this schedule does not get better.
 
cowboygo said:
As long as we go 5-2 into the BYE week, we will be fine. A loss against GB, & then wins against Jets & Eagles is a good sign.

Of course, winning against GB would be awesome. Its time to get revenge on Rodgers.
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Agree......Eagles win is wayyyy more important than Packers.
 
AmariChill said:
Yes. It is a must win. Problem is, it's also a must win for the Packers. It's actually more of a Must Win for them due to a tougher division (Bears and Lions all look pretty decent/good. Vikings look okay, but they aren't a walk in the park team). We really only have to worry about the Eagles. However, we have a way tougher schedule. We cannot afford to lose to GB when we have to play the Pats, Rams (who may or may not be slightly overrated as of right now, but we said that last year and got whooped), Bears, Bills, and the Eagles twice. Dallas needs to get it together quick because this schedule does not get better.
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I agree because there will be numerous must win games because of the bunching of the NFC contenders. There are going to be some good teams, with winning records, on the outside looking in. They could afford a loss to the Saints because I think they'll take the South but the NFC North division is the best one in the NFL right now.
 
Yep

Losing to the Saints made this more of a must win game. Most critics said we needed to win one of these.

If not then we are reduced to being in the rest of the pack in NFC.
 
Hawkeye0202 said:
Agree......Eagles win is wayyyy more important than Packers.
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Yes, for the division and the tiebreaker for the playoffs will start with the head to head, division record and then conference record. But that doesn't make this GB game not a must win but that PHL game will be a definite must win. It's at home and the rematch is there in late December, we do not want that game to be the ultimate must win game and it could be for both teams.
 
At least 5-2 at the bye.

Anything less with toughest stretch beginning in Week 10 makes the playoffs a much tougher goal not to mention the division.
 
CouchCoach said:
OK, calm down, you knew it was coming, just a matter of time but feel free to blast me anyway. Someone already beat me to the punch, stole my thunder and don't think for a minute I have forgotten that.

I guess whether you consider this a must win game depends on where you put your emphasis, on those 3 wins or that 1 loss.

This team is going to see a lot of these "must win" games because of the head to head being the first tiebreaker and the Cowboys are already behind one contender and playing another Sunday. Now, if you think they're going to take the division then it doesn't matter but anyone thinking the Eagles were just going away hasn't watched their resilience. Or maybe you're on "Wentz Injury Watch"?

I think there are "must win" games during the season but also agree the real definition is that game that ends the season is the only real "must win" but might this upcoming game be just that if the Cowboys tie with GB for the WC only to sit home because they lost to them in October, well before the "must win" games usually emerge?

The Saints look to be the frontrunner in the South so that loss may not matter unless the conference record gets applied but the Packers? That North looks to be a 4 team fight and the West is a 3 teamer and add the Eagles to this and that's 9 teams for 2 WC spots, 3 will be division winners so that leaves 6 teams for 2 spots. What a coincidence, the Cowboys have 7 games left against 6 of those contenders and the possibility of head to head tiebreaker with 5 of them.

So, think we can't have a "must win" game this early in the season? You must have more faith in those first 3 games and ability to replicate that than that 1 game showed some weakness. And I didn't even get into the confidence factor of losing 2 in a row. Win and that loss can be chalked up to being an anomaly, lose and that can be a trend against contenders and the record only really counts against contenders and the Cowboys are 0-1.

They'd better treat this game Sunday as a playoff game because they've got a lot of them left on the schedule.
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It is a must win. Have to win at home.
 
The other element of this is getting that monkey off their back. There is no QB considered more of a Cowboys killer than Rodgers. He's in their head and they need to slay that dragon to move past doubt. Exorcise that demon and his little butt buddy agent.

And nothing fixes a loss better than a win but lose two in a row and those three wins will be nothing. We will be back to that Cowboys against teams with winning records which has been a fact, it's not just negative vibe, it is fact.

I think this loss brought a lot of fans back to earth but some crashing and going overboard, this is a good team, a talented team so there's no reason to be overreacting to losing in one of the toughest venues in the game.
 
I say Green bay. It's at home and for me all home games are must wins. Especially this year. Eagles may have awoken and the Giant's got a quarterback now. It aint gonna be no walk in the park from here on out. Starting Sunday.
 
Far from a must win, but 4-1 would be nice.
 
Too early for a must win, but it's going to get very ugly if we lose.
 
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