Gryphon;3228350 said:
By Richie Whitt in Dallas Cowboys
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2010/01/if_the_dallas_cowboys_lose_sun.php
Since I predicted the Dallas Cowboys would win a playoff game this year, to me they haven't over-acheived. Merely achieved.
At 12-5 with an NFC East championship and a playoff win for the first time since 1996, is it enough?
Two questions:
1. If the Cowboys lose Sunday, will you still consider the season a success?
2. If the Cowboys lose Sunday, will you want Wade Phillips back?
...i think Phillips already bought his extension with the [twice] demolition of the Eagles...i'm sure he enjoyed the last two weeks with glee...Jones wants to keep the pressure on Phillips for obvious reasons...even with a close loss at Minnesota, i think Phillips returns for another year...it really gets interesting the following year...Phillips has quietly amassed some pretty good results in Dallas...2 division titles in three years...over 68% winning pct. [33-15] in his tenure...now a playoff win and a defense that's reaching some sort of zenith at precisely the right time...Jones loves how the defense is playing and i think that, and the obvious control issues, makes it very difficult for Jones to want to part with him...one thing about Jerry Jones is once he falls in love with you he has much difficulty letting go...
...i've been a detractor of Phillips this year but there's no denying that the defense has put the lights out since the beginning of December...if they go up to the Met and take care of the Vikings i think he needs to stay for more than just one more year...the emergence of Spencer and perhaps Victor Butler [Jason Williams too] with depth at safety this defense could be good for quite some time and he's shown that once you have the right groceries you can make a good meal...couple this with a still improving Romo and a full season of Jones/Austin then this team really looks formidable for seasons to come...especially if Roy Williams can step up his play because if Dallas had someone like Boldin, Doucet, Meachem, or Henderson then you'd be talking about a team with an offense to fear...
...the Eagles have fallen behind physically and that does'nt go away in one year...i think that the Eagles won't see another championship under the Reid/McNabb combo and changes are coming soon...just my opinion...McNabb rattles too easily and is less accurate in the short passing game...Reid has forgotten that the one thing you absolutely have to be able to do is run the ball in the NFC East and Dallas is on the rise...the ease at which Dallas took them apart is just astounding...i'm still having a hard time digesting it...its like someone rolled the clock back to the nineties, when they'd always rough them up in the divisional round...
...the Cowboys nemesis will once again be the Giants...they play clock-ball and good defense, with good receivers to boot...Shanahan may only be able to do so much with Jason Campbell [he does'nt have a quick release]...that said, there must be plenty of excitement in the Commanders fan-base right now...
