mmohican29
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K gang, for all intents and purposes... this is a playoff game. And the way Favre will attack us WILL look similar to New England, they are going to throw the football until Favre's arm falls off or he goes off the wagon for painkillers to keep it intact.
I think this game will go a long ways to determining 2 things. Which I will get to..
Note- if we lose, we are not out of it by any stretch of the imagination. Our running game will be hugely important in the cold of winter. Parcells built this team for January-s, but only coached them until November. That's ancient history. We are a now an extremely dangerous team every time we step on the field in any climate, any place, against ANYONE. We have far too many playmakers to ever be discounted. So that's good. However:
1) This game will show if, and this an if- our pass rush is to playoff form, and if our secondary has learned anything from week 1.
A miserable performance like the one recently against Washington and we WILL get gunned down in a shootout.
The jury is still out, but there are signs of life. If we get shredded on Thursday, I still believe with 100% CERTAINTY we defeat Green Bay in Lambeau. We are a BETTER road team, and this team plays great on natural grass where speed is neutralized and the size/speed quotient is more important. We are huge and we are fast on D.
2) The other result. If we derail Green Bay we can derail anyone, including New England. A terrific DEFENSIVE performance on Thursday will show us all that this Cowboys team is not only playoff bound, but a VIABLE threat to the Patriots should they go unbeaten.
The game in Arizona is the goal. I think this game won't tell us we "can't make it", because I think we will.
This game will show us if we can WIN it outright. Now... wouldn't that be something?
I think this game will go a long ways to determining 2 things. Which I will get to..
Note- if we lose, we are not out of it by any stretch of the imagination. Our running game will be hugely important in the cold of winter. Parcells built this team for January-s, but only coached them until November. That's ancient history. We are a now an extremely dangerous team every time we step on the field in any climate, any place, against ANYONE. We have far too many playmakers to ever be discounted. So that's good. However:
1) This game will show if, and this an if- our pass rush is to playoff form, and if our secondary has learned anything from week 1.
A miserable performance like the one recently against Washington and we WILL get gunned down in a shootout.
The jury is still out, but there are signs of life. If we get shredded on Thursday, I still believe with 100% CERTAINTY we defeat Green Bay in Lambeau. We are a BETTER road team, and this team plays great on natural grass where speed is neutralized and the size/speed quotient is more important. We are huge and we are fast on D.
2) The other result. If we derail Green Bay we can derail anyone, including New England. A terrific DEFENSIVE performance on Thursday will show us all that this Cowboys team is not only playoff bound, but a VIABLE threat to the Patriots should they go unbeaten.
The game in Arizona is the goal. I think this game won't tell us we "can't make it", because I think we will.
This game will show us if we can WIN it outright. Now... wouldn't that be something?
