LarryCanadian
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What I'm getting at........
I know the 'Boys haven't looked as dominant as many fans are expecting/wanting over the last 3 weeks, but I think it's important to remember that for Detroit, Phili, and now Carolina, each of them were playing with their backs against the wall, with THEIR SEASONS ON THE LINE.
Each team had an outside chance at the playoffs with a victory. So we got their best shot. Particularly Detroit played much harder and much more focussed with far fewer mistakes than in many games when they played us.
Phili is a very familiar divisional opponent. Carolina has a decent D and just beat a very HOT Seattle team last week, and still had an outside shot at playoffs.
None of these teams were completely "fork stuck in them" done. So we got good efforts and focus against us. Not only that but once again the Dallas team is a measuring stick for a teams ability and manliness, so teams are giving us a good effort.
Yes, we'd like to scare other teams more, but we certainly have not looked IMHO as if ANY team truly was a superior team to ours at any point this season. Even against the Patriots IMHO.
Yes, we'd like to dominate and go into playoffs playing mistake free and very sharp football, BUT we are overcoming obstacles each game. The Defense has stepped up the last 2 weeks, which was the main shortcoming the last 2 or 3 Decembers when the team went down the toilet. This year, the last 2 games our Defense has really stepped up (ok there are 2-3 plays per game where you go "how'd that happen" but there are also, huge big plays from our guys).
Every week is tough in NFL. These last 3 game were against teams that had everything on the line, and we had pretty much wrapped up a bye, yet we were focussed and deep enough to pull off 2 wins.
Not perfect, but BETTER than the last few years and I think we don't give enough credit to our last 3 opponents.
LarryCanadian
I know the 'Boys haven't looked as dominant as many fans are expecting/wanting over the last 3 weeks, but I think it's important to remember that for Detroit, Phili, and now Carolina, each of them were playing with their backs against the wall, with THEIR SEASONS ON THE LINE.
Each team had an outside chance at the playoffs with a victory. So we got their best shot. Particularly Detroit played much harder and much more focussed with far fewer mistakes than in many games when they played us.
Phili is a very familiar divisional opponent. Carolina has a decent D and just beat a very HOT Seattle team last week, and still had an outside shot at playoffs.
None of these teams were completely "fork stuck in them" done. So we got good efforts and focus against us. Not only that but once again the Dallas team is a measuring stick for a teams ability and manliness, so teams are giving us a good effort.
Yes, we'd like to scare other teams more, but we certainly have not looked IMHO as if ANY team truly was a superior team to ours at any point this season. Even against the Patriots IMHO.
Yes, we'd like to dominate and go into playoffs playing mistake free and very sharp football, BUT we are overcoming obstacles each game. The Defense has stepped up the last 2 weeks, which was the main shortcoming the last 2 or 3 Decembers when the team went down the toilet. This year, the last 2 games our Defense has really stepped up (ok there are 2-3 plays per game where you go "how'd that happen" but there are also, huge big plays from our guys).
Every week is tough in NFL. These last 3 game were against teams that had everything on the line, and we had pretty much wrapped up a bye, yet we were focussed and deep enough to pull off 2 wins.
Not perfect, but BETTER than the last few years and I think we don't give enough credit to our last 3 opponents.
LarryCanadian
