For everyone upset with the schedule

[acheman]

It should go without saying when you are in a tough Divsion then you will have a tough schedule. With little to do with where and whoever else you will play in a season. I personally prefer it this way. If your team is going to contend then it needs to face tough competition. Whoever can come out of the NFC East with the Division crown should be expected to go a long way in the post-season, because they will be well battle-tested. Competition forces clubs to be aggressive in the off-season and the draft in order to simply compete in their own Division. We should all be thankful for the resurgance of the NFC East. If the Boy's can't win because of their schedule, then they should not be considered contenders for the NFC anyway. Because once the playoffs start every team you face will be a"Playoff" team, and you could be on the road three straight games in the post-season (ala the Steelers from this past season, though it pains me to say that). Who knows when we play these games who will be in the line-up for each respective team anyway? "Don't borrow worries from tomorrow, today has enough of it's own".

 

[Eddie]

Please enlighten me as I've been away the past few days.

Why are people upset at our schedule? Is it another NFL conspiracy to bring the Cowboys down?

Did the HoF voters set up our schedule so we have 16 straight road games?

I don't get it. Why would we be upset at our schedule?

Heck, we can't even detail the strength of schedule at this point cus we have no clue how good anyone is at this point.

The Colts can easily to 2-14 and the Cardinals win the Super Bowl. Who's to know???

 

[acheman]

Some are upset with our "lack of a chance" to make the post-season, based on playing three conscutive road games at one point, and playing 6 of our first 9 on the road. Playing the Colts the Sunday before the Bucs on Thanksgiving is a "certain" death knell for the entire season. Who knows what other gloom and doom scenarios folks have already conjured in their imaginations.

 

[5Stars]

It should go without saying when you are in a tough Divsion then you will have a tough schedule. With little to do with where and whoever else you will play in a season. I personally prefer it this way. If your team is going to contend then it needs to face tough competition. Whoever can come out of the NFC East with the Division crown should be expected to go a long way in the post-season, because they will be well battle-tested. Competition forces clubs to be aggressive in the off-season and the draft in order to simply compete in their own Division. We should all be thankful for the resurgance of the NFC East. If the Boy's can't win because of their schedule, then they should not be considered contenders for the NFC anyway. Because once the playoffs start every team you face will be a"Playoff" team, and you could be on the road three straight games in the post-season (ala the Steelers from this past season, though it pains me to say that). Who knows when we play these games who will be in the line-up for each respective team anyway? "Don't borrow worries from tomorrow, today has enough of it's own".

Lot of truth to that...you got to beat the best, to be the best.

 

[5Stars]

Please enlighten me as I've been away the past few days.

Why are people upset at our schedule? Is it another NFL conspiracy to bring the Cowboys down?

Did the HoF voters set up our schedule so we have 16 straight road games?

I don't get it. Why would we be upset at our schedule?

Heck, we can't even detail the strength of schedule at this point cus we have no clue how good anyone is at this point.

The Colts can easily to 2-14 and the Cardinals win the Super Bowl. Who's to know???

Hey, everyone, it's Mr. Happy!

 

[Eddie]

Some are upset with our "lack of a chance" to make the post-season, based on playing three conscutive road games at one point, and playing 6 of our first 9 on the road. Playing the Colts the Sunday before the Bucs on Thanksgiving is a "certain" death knell for the entire season. Who knows what other gloom and doom scenarios folks have already conjured in their imaginations.

I had a feeling it was something like that.

Heck, we haven't started playing and the conspiracy theorists are out in force. Hilarious.

These guys are almost as bad as the ones buying Cowboy Super Bowl tickets.

 

[Hoov]

Funny that a lot of people talked about Gibbs whining about the Commanders schedule, and we have a lot of people here complaining about cowboys schedule.

 

[RCowboyFan]

Hey, everyone, it's Mr. Happy!

 

[Eddie]

Hey, everyone, it's Mr. Happy!

I'm happy it's Friday. :

I'm also happy for the following;
- no Commander threads
- no "this player is better than that player" simply because "this player" is a Cowboy
- no "we're one player from the Super Bowl" threads
- ONLY 1 Hensen sux thread
- no 12-4 season predictions in April

I'm not happy:
- about all the anti-Cowboy conspiracy theories about our schedule
- everyone who writes about the Cowboys in a negative light is a "mediot", but while anyone who writes about the Cowboys positively is "spot on".

 

[austintodallas]

Lot of truth to that...you got to beat the best, to be the best.

 

[acheman]

WOOOO!!! A jet flyin', limosine ridin', kiss stealin', wheelin and dealin' son-of-a-gun. WOOO!!!!

 

[Eddie]

Hey Vince, I need money. I'll **** your **** for free if you let me wrestle for you.

 

[acheman]

Eddie, "don't you blasphemy in my thread, don't you blasphemy in here".

 

[BC IN DC]

Another scheduling thought. Not that I care about the schedule one way or the other right now, I saw on the local news here in DC last night that the Skins' 2nd game against each NFC East foe is at home. I thought this was odd in the fact that schedule makers could/would set them up to have each team visit them in the 2nd meeting.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

It is hard to say for sure if the schedule is soft/hard due to parity in the league.....

 

[aikemirv]

I look at it this way , 5 of the last 7 at home.

That is huge IMO. The season is starting to get long and you have most of your games at home. I think that is the best way to have our schedule. Your freshest at the beginning of the year and ready (travel or not). End of the year legs starting to get tired, weary from the long season - nice to be at home.

 

[Doomsday101]

This is unfair we have 8 games at home and 8 games away.

 

[Hostile]

I am quite pleased with the schedule. Here's why.

1. Two of our early road games are Jacksonville and Philadelphia. We have former players of theirs who will be looking to make a splash.

2. As ddh pointed out yesterday teams bond on the road and 6 of our first 9 games are on the road. If this team has any character or chemistry at all it will develop early in the season.

3. Our 3 games on the road before home dates against Indy and Tamp Bay are tough, but thank goodness Carolina starts the 3 game road swing instead of ends it.

4. Arizona is like having a 9th home game. We're going to take over the stadium and baptize it blue and silver.

5. Despite the 6 of 9 on the road start, 2 of our 3 homes games are division foes. I'd much rather start strong in the division against them. The Home fiedl advantage helps.

6. We close the season with 5 of 7 at home and a couple of the games ought to be easier than the early schedule. I'd much rather face Detroit to end the season than Washington.

7. We have games on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. Does it get any sweeter? It's a Holiday season.

8. Nine of our 16 games are Nationally televised. The Sunday Night Game can claim 3 others. That means potentially 12 of our games are National, 9 already are.

I'm psyched. bring on the Draft and let's start Training Camp.

 

[Big Country]

I am quite pleased with the schedule. Here's why.

1. Two of our early road games are Jacksonville and Philadelphia. We have former players of theirs who will be looking to make a splash.

2. As ddh pointed out yesterday teams bond on the road and 6 of our first 9 games are on the road. If this team has any character or chemistry at all it will develop early in the season.

3. Our 3 games on the road before home dates against Indy and Tamp Bay are tough, but thank goodness Carolina starts the 3 game road swing instead of ends it.

4. Arizona is like having a 9th home game. We're going to take over the stadium and baptize it blue and silver.

5. Despite the 6 of 9 on the road start, 2 of our 3 homes games are division foes. I'd much rather start strong in the division against them. The Home fiedl advantage helps.

6. We close the season with 5 of 7 at home and a couple of the games ought to be easier than the early schedule. I'd much rather face Detroit to end the season than Washington.

7. We have games on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. Does it get any sweeter? It's a Holiday season.

8. Nine of our 16 games are Nationally televised. The Sunday Night Game can claim 3 others. That means potentially 12 of our games are National, 9 already are.

I'm psyched. bring on the Draft and let's start Training Camp.

Glass half full... I like it... bring em' all on...:starspin

 

[Manster68]

I am quite pleased with the schedule. Here's why.

1. Two of our early road games are Jacksonville and Philadelphia. We have former players of theirs who will be looking to make a splash.

Something tells me that the schedule makers saw that too.

2. As ddh pointed out yesterday teams bond on the road and 6 of our first 9 games are on the road. If this team has any character or chemistry at all it will develop early in the season.

Dallas has to come out of the gates with every chamber loaded. If the Cowboys come out of the first half of the season with a better than .500 record, then they have set themselves up nicely for a strong stretch run.

3. Our 3 games on the road before home dates against Indy and Tamp Bay are tough, but thank goodness Carolina starts the 3 game road swing instead of ends it.

Very true Hostile, but keep one other thing in mind - Carolina comes off a Bye week as Dallas plays on Monday Night the week before. It's going to be ROUGH!

4. Arizona is like having a 9th home game. We're going to take over the stadium and baptize it blue and silver.

Arizona comes off a Bye week too. (and so doesn't Houston)

Yes, folks, Dallas has THREE games where their opponent comes off a Bye week.

5. Despite the 6 of 9 on the road start, 2 of our 3 homes games are division foes. I'd much rather start strong in the division against them. The Home fiedl advantage helps.

What also is nice is that after Thanksgiving, the Cowboys play only one divisional road game ( @ NYG 12/3 ).

6. We close the season with 5 of 7 at home and a couple of the games ought to be easier than the early schedule. I'd much rather face Detroit to end the season than Washington.

True, but many fans thought Dallas would cruise by St. Louis on the final week of the season.

7. We have games on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. Does it get any sweeter? It's a Holiday season.

If you are a family man, then this could suck as relatives might interfere with our viewing pleasure. Not me though. I told my wife that NFL Sunday's (or Mondays or Thursdays) are my days!

8. Nine of our 16 games are Nationally televised. The Sunday Night Game can claim 3 others. That means potentially 12 of our games are National, 9 already are.

I'm psyched. bring on the Draft and let's start Training Camp.

and WHY do the Cowboys have so many Nationally televised games?

Because the Cowboys bring in ratings and money! Another reason why they are still America's Team!