How Will Dallas Finish The Season?

[mldardy]

Yes I know. But after finishing 8-8 three years in a row, I'll believe it when I see it.

Get out of this mindset.

 

[Zman5]

Get out of this mindset.

Fool me once shame on you, fool me three times shame on me. Won't be fooled again until we win our 9th game.

 

[Zman5]

No reason to fear anyone on our schedule. We're as good if not better than any team in the league IF we play well.
Bottom line: we have to play good football and we will be fine.

And whoever said Indy is better than we are will find out they're mistaken. We're going to run over the Colts D, and while Luck will have his moments they won't be enough. We're a better team than the Indianapolis Colts.

Teams I don't think we're as good as:

Denver- don't think we can repeat the offensive performance of last season, and I fear Manning would have similar success to that afternoon despite improved Cowboy D

New England- If Brady is on, which he usually is

Teams I think we're no worse than equal to:

San Francisco- Wk 1 not withstanding; no fear of the 49ers on a second attempt whatsoever. Maturing O-Line dominated while Tony worked the kinks out and DeMarco gifted 7 before we even caught our breaths.
Kansas City- quality team. stingy d at times, spotty offense but when they're clicking they are tough.
Seattle- Dominated once, prideful unit will test the Cowboys in second go around.
Green Bay- dead heat with the Cowboys: better passing attack, slightly better D- but Cowboys O-Line might be too much for GB's front 7 over 60 mins.
Indy- as stated before I still think we win for some reason despite Andrew Luck's brilliance

In contention teams I think we're solidly better than:

Philadelphia- IMHO we have their number anyways, now Sanchez is at the helm
Detroit- we win going away at our house if we can get them here
San Diego- appears to have lost a gear in the machine that was weeks 1-6
Baltimore- capable, but too inconsistent.
Cincinnati- a shadow of the team of a few weeks ago

I thought we were going to beat the Deadskins easily too. I can see us going 2-4 as well as 4-2. As they say, that's why they play the game.

 

[jazzcat22]

Last 6 games, all starts against the Giants.....need that win, and then a win against the Eagles.
Then proceed from there. Those are important games.
Bears falling apart, then at Eagles, toughest game. colts will be tough, and I hope the last game at Washington means nothing but a seeding game. It will be tough no matter what.

 

[Beast_from_East]

6-0 would put us at 13-3 and we are probably the number one seed

5-1 would put us at 12-4 and we are probably the number two seed

4-2 would put us at 11-5 and we win the division and probably number three seed

3-3 would put us at 10-6 and probably a wildcard team.

2-4 would put us at 9-7 and maybe a shot at the last wildcard, maybe.

1-5 would put us at 8-8 and this season could officially be considered a giant choke job after starting 6-1 and ending up 8-8

0-6 would put us at 7-9 and a losing season resulting in the entire coaching staff being fired, there is no way to retain a coaching staff that loses six consecutive games to close out a season in which the team started 6-1

 

[mldardy]

6-0 would put us at 13-3 and we are probably the number one seed

5-1 would put us at 12-4 and we are probably the number two seed

4-2 would put us at 11-5 and we win the division and probably number three seed

3-3 would put us at 10-6 and probably a wildcard team.

2-4 would put us at 9-7 and maybe a shot at the last wildcard, maybe.

1-5 would put us at 8-8 and this season could officially be considered a giant choke job after starting 6-1 and ending up 8-8

0-6 would put us at 7-9 and a losing season resulting in the entire coaching staff being fired, there is no way to retain a coaching staff that loses six consecutive games to close out a season in which the team started 6-1

Pretty accurate summary. I still think 11-5 could get you the 2 seed with some tiebreakers in there maybe.

 

[Staubacher]

I think the tough scheduling catches up to us. 3-3 to finish 10-6. Where that get us nobody knows.

I'm hoping for better but I'm skeptical.

 

[cowboys69fan]

Gotta have more confidence in our boys guys, I'm realist too, but given that we have have a bye coming up that gives us all the advantage to come out looking as close to where we were when we were on a roll, I won't accept less than 11-5 because I know we're that good of a team and we're definitely better than anyone in our division including the Dirty birds...it just sucks because we're always a better Team than our freakin record!! Ugh!

 

[endersdragon]

6-0 would put us at 13-3 and we are probably the number one seed

5-1 would put us at 12-4 and we are probably the number two seed

4-2 would put us at 11-5 and we win the division and probably number three seed

3-3 would put us at 10-6 and probably a wildcard team.

2-4 would put us at 9-7 and maybe a shot at the last wildcard, maybe.

1-5 would put us at 8-8 and this season could officially be considered a giant choke job after starting 6-1 and ending up 8-8

0-6 would put us at 7-9 and a losing season resulting in the entire coaching staff being fired, there is no way to retain a coaching staff that loses six consecutive games to close out a season in which the team started 6-1

I don't see the Eagles getting to 10-6 with Sanchez's arm, it could happen I just don't see it.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

I don't see the Eagles getting to 10-6 with Sanchez's arm, it could happen I just don't see it.

I'm not sure. Foles wasn't exactly tearing it up this year. I think Sanchez is probably better than he looked with the Jets. I think we'll take the division though.

 

[endersdragon]

I'm not sure. Foles wasn't exactly tearing it up this year. I think Sanchez is probably better than he looked with the Jets. I think we'll take the division though.

Sanchez just has never done anything without a great defense. He might not do more bad things than Foles, he just won't do as many good things.

 

[rwalters31]

I think the tough scheduling catches up to us. 3-3 to finish 10-6. Where that get us nobody knows.

I'm hoping for better but I'm skeptical.

10-6 is the correct answer. Only a gift game some place will we get to 11-5. If some of our posters think that Romo can beat a Hassel lead defense (Washington) they are delusional (he has Romo and Cowboys number). We need to have our playoff spot in hand before we play the last game.

 

[Oh_Canada]

I am thinking 10-6 only because I have no idea about the health of the QB.

 

[Oh_Canada]

10-6 is the correct answer. Only a gift game some place will we get to 11-5. If some of our posters think that Romo can beat a Hassel lead defense (Washington) they are delusional (he has Romo and Cowboys number). We need to have our playoff spot in hand before we play the last game.

Ummmmm you do realize they swept that Haslett led defense last year right?

 

[cowboys2233]

Yep.

I'm loving the timing of our bye week this year.

It's right before the stretch run. Can't get any better than that.

Yup, the bye is great. Having a mini bye even later in the year is really good too. Don't forget, after Thanksgiving, we have another Thursday game, giving us a week and a half off right after that.

 

[CrownCowboy]

Yup, the bye is great. Having a mini bye even later in the year is really good too. Don't forget, after Thanksgiving, we have another Thursday game, giving us a week and a half off right after that.

Never thought of that.

We finally caught a break with that aspect of things. Hopefully we can heal up and take advantage of the extra time.

 

[LatinMind]

@ Giants Win 8-3 Giants just got killed for 350 yrds rushing. Murray huge game
Vs Eagles Win They cant handle the run, Foles gone.
@ Bears Win Bears are a mess and Dallas can pound them into the ground with the run this yr
@ Eagles Win they still have a bad defense and no Foles
Vs Colts Aother team who cant handle the run.Win
@ Redskis Win Clinch 2nd seed

Playoffs
1. Cowboys
2. Seahawks
3. Packers
4. Falcons
5. Niners
6. Cardinals

 

[rwalters31]

Ummmmm you do realize they swept that Haslett led defense last year right?

look back at all the Haslett/Romo contest and see who has the advantage.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

never too early screwing around with this GEM enjoy !

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[LandryFan]

I think the tough scheduling catches up to us. 3-3 to finish 10-6. Where that get us nobody knows.

I'm hoping for better but I'm skeptical.

Relative to the competition, our schedule isn't that tough (everyone in the playoff hunt, except San Fran, has a pretty tough remaining schedule). We have the 4th toughest remaining schedule out of 7 teams competing for playoff spots (not counting NFC South...only the Division winner will get in). Philly, BTW has a .507 remaining opponent win % compared to .519 for Dallas.