FYI, '95 NFC Championship game
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It may have been on at 3AM and also during the day.
NFLN repeats a lot of stuff. This was like the 3rd time this game has been on in the last 4 months.
I have it on VHS, will eventually convert it to digital. But I still watched some of it anyway.
With all the games, very classic games and video they have. They show the same crap over and over.
Just how many bogus top 10 lists can they come up with, and constantly show 10 times a week.
tired of the constant repears of "a football life" too.
Just pathetic lazy programming.
Goodell [I know he does not run it, but need to get this jab it...LOL...] with all that money he gets from Kraft, Mara and Rooney, you think he could spend some of it on good content.
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Neil O'Donnell
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No kidding. Remember 4th-and-1? There was some ugly football that year.
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Your right. That DC team was hanging on a thread from losing that game and from then on sent to "average" hell for the next 21 years and counting.
I heard that team was a mess preparing for the SB. Most players and even coaches were showing up late to practice, riding around in Limos all night, no focus on the game at all.
The only reason we won was O'Donnell's mishaps and our offensive line had one last drive in them to put Emmit in the EZ. I was more relieved, than excited after that game.
That game was won on talent and repetition alone and they had no coaching or leadership help at all.
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Yep, we barely even got to the game. Erik Williams was able to put his hand inside Reggie Whites face mask all day long. Had that not happened Aikman is on his back all day. Their pick six at the start was also overturned.
In the Super Bowl Pittsburgh outplayed us in the 2nd half. Without the two INTs we lose the game. There was just no fire in that team and we had lost too many pieces. It was not an enjoyable Super Bowl.
In the Super Bowl Pittsburgh outplayed us in the 2nd half. Without the two INTs we lose the game. There was just no fire in that team and we had lost too many pieces. It was not an enjoyable Super Bowl.
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You could tell as the payers walked onto the field before introductions. They acted like it was a scrimmage they were showing up to.
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Neil O'Donnel was our super bowl MVP. Watching these games now it makes me feel like we won purely on the will power of Aikman, Emmitt, Irvin. They refused to lose another year with the talent they had. They underestimated the steelers tho, almost cost them.
I like watching the old games, kind of nostalgic.
I like watching the old games, kind of nostalgic.
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To be fair to the Dallas D though, they claimed they tried to confuse him on the blitz / no blitz deal.
The first time they said they made it seem like an all out blitz when it wasn't, made him release the ball early. And Larry Brown just did what he was supposed to do. They know he wouldn't throw to Deion's side. Larry stayed home at his spot. So either he would get sacked or throw it away, or a bad pass. Well it was a bad pass. LOL.
The 2nd one, well, it worked before, try it again. But this time it was miscommunication between QB / WR. did O'Donnell miss the WR going long or did the WR not run the corect route from the perceived blitz. Anyway, Brown stayed his position again.
People can fault the Steelers all they want, say we got lucky O'Donnell blew it, but however, no one should say Larry Brown was the recipient of luck or bad plays....he did what he was supposed to do..stay home at your assignment. And we won because of it.
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It was a catch!!!
Oh wrong Green Bay game.
Oh wrong Green Bay game.
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What we saw in 2015 was some ugly football. We only wish we could have seen the kind of football in 2015 that we saw from the Cowboys in 95. Although the team was coming down they still went 12-4 doing what good teams do finding ways to win games when not having their best day.
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The team still had a lot of talent and got hot right at playoff time. It looked real shaky for the Cowboys heading into the season finale against the Cardinals and they had their most dominating performance since the opener. That game propelled them through the playoffs and other SB win. They needed that 3rd SB win to solidify themselves as the team of the 90s.
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Free agency robbed the team of a lot of players but our corp group was still together including the triplets which was just enough to squeeze out one more championship. The Cowboys were fortunate they were going up against a very average QB in O'Donnell who had a miserable SB with 3 INT's and a passer rating of 51.3. It was a wonder the Steelers ever reached the SB with him his playoff numbers were awful that season he had 6 INT's and a passer rating of 61.6.
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It doesn't bug me no team ever won 3 SBs in 4 years and it was good enough for the Cowboys to dominate the 90s becoming one of the great dynasties. When I think back to where the Cowboys were in 88 and 89 it was beyond any dream to see the team become as dominate as they became just a few years later.
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They owe Atlanta a big thank you for beating San Francisco in the last game of the season, and to Green Bay for knocking the 49ers off the week before the Championship Game.
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Me neither and that team was running on fumes BIG TIME!
What people forget is that they started December with a loss to the Commanders and then they lost the Philly game where Barry got torched for running the same play back to back.
Then they are about to lose their 3rd game in a row to the Giants at home. The offense sputtered all day and all they could get was field goals. Down 20-18 in the 4th quarter with under 2 minutes to play, its 3rd and 10 at the Giants 38 when Aikman completes a pass to Kevin Williams for 11 yards and a huge first down but Williams makes a spectacular diving catch in the process. Otherwise its 4th and 10 from the 38 and who knows if they make the first down or field goal. As it turned out, they drove to the 17 yard line and kicked a field goal at the end of regulation to seal the 21-20 win and avoid losing 3 in a row and virtually any chance of earning a bye week which was essential for this aging and tired group pf players.
The next week they played Arizona on Monday, Christmas day in what appeared to be a meaningless game as the 49ers have the tie breaker over the Cowboys for home field (because they beat the **** out of the Cowboys at Texas Stadium with friggin Elvis Grbac, it was over at halftime when SF lead 31-7 and coasted home for the 38-20 win) and all the Niners have to do to lock it up and force the Cowboys to play three games to get back to the Super Bowl is beat the Atlanta Falcons on christmas eve.
What a glorious christmas it was as the Falcons upset the Niners which seemed like a shot of steroids to a listless Dallas team that was lucky to avoid losing their last three games. Dallas flew into Arizona and stomped the Cardinals 37-13 (seems like it was the last time they won there) and came home for a much needed week off and rest for the second round of the playoffs.
The power had shifted back to the Niners but Dallas still held over Green Bay so when Green Bay beat the Niners in the Divisional round, the stars seemed to be aligning for yet another week because I'm not convinced the Cowboys would have beaten the Niners and I'm honestly glad we didn't get to find out.
To me that season hinged on two major events. Kevin Williams spectacular diving catch to save the Cowboys against the Giants and SF losing to Atlanta causing them to lose home field advantage to the Cowboys and securing Dallas the much needed week of rest via the bye.
The Super Bowl seemed to reflect how the season went where they started the season strong (8-1) and then faded (4-3), had to hang on for dear life and catch some luck to salvage the win/season.
I told my buddy we had to go to that Super Bowl because it was the last one we'd see as long as jerri is running the show. Glad we did but it was nerve racking as hell in that last quarter, losing the 3rd SB to the stealers would have been my worst nightmare.