Interesting Fact

[grogan6314]

Our record versus teams that were 8-8 or better, 1-8. We were 7-0 against teams with losing records. That pretty much says it all.

 

[ufcrules1]

Our record versus teams that were 8-8 or better, 1-8. We were 7-0 against teams with losing records. That pretty much says it all.

Yup, that does say it all. We had an easy schedule this year and a bad team. I was hoping they could still pull it out against the Giants because their team does not have a good defense either.

 

[yentl911]

Yep. I am so tired of "one player away" or "on the cusp" BS. We are several players away and the coaching staff and front office needs to be changed a bit.

We need a full time OC. I would love to have Sparano back to coach these young o-lineman and take some load off Garrett.

I luv Jerry but we need a real GM.

 

[NinePointOh]

Our record versus teams that were 8-8 or better, 1-8. We were 7-0 against teams with losing records. That pretty much says it all.

This was a lousy, misleading statistic the last time somebody mentioned it, and it still is.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Man I hate it when I have to agree with the Dallas media, but this team has been way too average for way too long, Just enough talent to tease and show promise, but not enough to reach a higher level in the league or fall into a top five pick in the draft.

I'm not a big Jerry basher, but GMs just don't keep their jobs after so many years of nothing.

 

[The Natural]

There's nothing "interesting" about an average football team beating teams with losing records, and losing to teams with winning records. Thats what 8-8 football teams do

 

[yentl911]

There's nothing "interesting" about an average football team beating teams with losing records, and losing to teams with winning records. Thats what 8-8 football teams do

Winner winner chicken dinner!!!

 

[brickman]

You are what your record says you are. We were not a very good team.

 

[kmp77]

Our record versus teams that were 8-8 or better, 1-8. We were 7-0 against teams with losing records. That pretty much says it all.

Do yourself a favor and DO NOT look at next years schedule.

 

[ufcrules1]

Do yourself a favor and DO NOT look at next years schedule.

Haha... well.. at least we don't get Greenbay and SF next year. Our schedule is already brutal enough.

 

[The Quest for Six]

This team reminds me so much of the 1998 Dallas Cowboys, went 8-8, lost to Arizona in the playoffs and Jerry started all the patch work trying to make a final playoff run and ended up with three 5-11 seasons and alot of dead money against the cap, this team is one or two years away from the 5-11 seasons unless jerry gets it in his head to overhaul this team and take your lumps now for a year and purge this team of the dead weight high priced contracts.........the window for this team has passed

 

[ilovejerry]

Yep. I am so tired of "one player away" or "on the cusp" BS. We are several players away and the coaching staff and front office needs to be changed a bit.

We need a full time OC. I would love to have Sparano back to coach these young o-lineman and take some load off Garrett.

I luv Jerry but we need a real GM.

I luv you too.

 

[kmp77]

This team reminds me so much of the 1998 Dallas Cowboys, went 8-8, lost to Arizona in the playoffs and Jerry started all the patch work trying to make a final playoff run and ended up with three 5-11 seasons and alot of dead money against the cap, this team is one or two years away from the 5-11 seasons unless jerry gets it in his head to overhaul this team and take your lumps now for a year and purge this team of the dead weight high priced contracts.........the window for this team has passed

This. 13-3 was our superbowl. We missed whatever shot we had years ago. It's time to rebuild or replace half the team. Some of our good players are going to be wasted

 

[basilhayden]

This was a lousy, misleading statistic the last time somebody mentioned it, and it still is.

Sure. Misleading to a delusional lemming.

It is a great statistic considering Seattle is the only team we beat to finish their last 5 with a winning record and the Jets are the only team to have a losing record in the last 5.
Everyone else who beat us finished strong and the teams we beat got worse.

What more do some of you clowns want as a stat?

 

[The Quest for Six]

This. 13-3 was our superbowl. We missed whatever shot we had years ago. It's time to rebuild or replace half the team. Some of our good players are going to be wasted

the playoff loss in Minnesota was the turning point for me with this team, the offensive line was manhandled by the vikes and Jerry took the same old, patch work trying to make a playoff run and this is where you end up...

 

[Cowboyz88]

I luv Jerry

Why? (not you specifically, but in general)

Seriously, why do guys love Jerry?

He's run off or alienated every good coach we've had, deservedly or not, and hired cream puffs that no one else would.

He's drafted guys that no one would dream of drafting in undeserved spots.

Every year, he feeds his fan base rubbish in terms of team expectations only to have it blow up in everyone's faces.

He's completely lucked into a franchise QB (both times), while whiffing badly when he drafts any.

For the most part, he's terrible at drafting in rounds 2-6.

He willingly hands out extensions to marginal players as if he's giving out Halloween candy, which eventually comes back to bite us on the cap.

And on and on...

But the biggest problem with Jerry is that he refuses — flat our refuses — to fix the biggest problem with the team, himself.

Had Jerry Jones, the GM, been here in '89, Jerry Jones, the owner, wouldn't have waited two seconds to fire him because he's so bad at his job.

Based on this alone, I'd like to put to an end the notion that he's one of the best owners in sports, because he simply isn't.

 

[2233boys]

You are right Cowboyz88, but it will get ignored here, the Jerrah love is strong.

 

[NinePointOh]

Sure. Misleading to a delusional lemming.

It is a great statistic considering Seattle is the only team we beat to finish their last 5 with a winning record and the Jets are the only team to have a losing record in the last 5.
Everyone else who beat us finished strong and the teams we beat got worse.

What more do some of you clowns want as a stat?

Charming, but wrong. It's lousy methodology for anyone who knows what the numbers actually represent. It's okay to look at strength of schedule, but only if you calculate it in a way that actually makes sense.

You shouldn't punish yourself for beating a team, and you shouldn't reward yourself for losing to them. So when you calculate strength of schedule, the only method that makes sense is to exclude your own head-to-head games -- otherwise you're just building a tautology. Of those 8 losses against "good" teams, 6 came against teams that would have been below .500 if we'd won. If we'd won those games, the OP would disregard them because they came against "bad" teams. But because we lost, those count as "good" teams. Calculated in this way, it's a nonsensical statistic that provides very little useful information.

Besides, what's the logic here? Would we be a better team if our 8 losses had come against bad teams? Our problem was that we lost 8 games, obviously. Beating New England and losing to St. Louis wouldn't have made me any happier and wouldn't make us a better team.