For those who think the Cowboys are going to get beat big Sunday...

[percyhoward]

DALLAS is +4 in turnover margin. 19 take aways (10 ints 9 fumble recoveries) and 15 turnovers (12 ints 3 fumbles). Of coarse most of the turnovers came in the losses. Most of the giveaways are on Bledsoe, so hopefully that wont be a repeating pattern this week.

Turnover Margin vs. Winning Teams.

The Cowboys are -5 vs winning teams and +9 vs losing teams.

The Colts are +10 vs winning teams and -2 vs losing teams, and that is one bizzarre statistic.

 

[Doomsday]

Turnover Margin vs. Winning Teams.

The Cowboys are -5 vs winning teams and +9 vs losing teams.

The Colts are +10 vs winning teams and -2 vs losing teams, and that is one bizzarre statistic.

Gotcha! Pretty much tells the whole story of the season doesnt it. Maybe next time I should read all the info and not just the highlighted stats. Guess Im -1 in the turnover department today.

 

[percyhoward]

People keep saying this, but it's not true to say that teams do not throw against them.

It's an exaggeration, I'll admit.

Teams do throw against the Colts, they just have fewer pass attempts against them than any other team, with opposing QB's compiling a rating of 81.0 as opposed to the Cowboys' defensive rating of 70.0

Edit: fixed the link

 

[Darkhound]

Despite a win or a loss, this game will be fun and entertainng to watch. I will focus my opinions on Romo and see how well he does, and how he deals witha bigger team.

It is very likely that the Colts will score on us and fast, this means ROMO will have to be comming from behind. He will be against Peyton, and Romo needs to be himself and not try to match or equal what Manning does.

I see this game muore of a test for Romosapien than the game itself. A win will definatley be awesome, just i see more to it.

 

[ndanger]

Point taken.

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Thanks for acknowledging

 

[YosemiteSam]

It's an exaggeration, I'll admit.

Teams do throw against the Colts, they just have fewer pass attempts against them than any other team, with opposing QB's compiling a rating of 81.0 as opposed to the Cowboys' defensive rating of 70.0

Edit: fixed the link

I suspect the Cowboys will test their passing defense come Sunday. While I don't expect Romo to drop 350 yards, I expect it to end up somewhere around his avg of 270.

 

[percyhoward]

Gotcha! Pretty much tells the whole story of the season doesnt it. Maybe next time I should read all the info and not just the highlighted stats. Guess Im -1 in the turnover department today.

That was a good point though, about Bledsoe being responsible for most of our turnovers. He's credited with 9 of the team's 15. And four of the other six were Romo in his first 3 quarters of work.

This current version of the Cowboys does not turn the ball over, which I think gives a good chance against Indy. Then again, those winning teams Indy has a +10 advantage over don't normally turn it over either. They're all on the plus side for the season.

Again, strange, strange statistic that might have some more to do with the mental playing field than with the physical. Teams think they have to score, score, score to keep up with the Colts so they take more risks and it results in a turnover. I hope we have cooler heads than they did.