Let's show some class here

[bsheeern]

Tip your hat to the Patriots and Tom Brady for a good game. Show some class and realize what we almost accomplished yesterday.

I understand being upset we lost and there is a lot of work to do to continue to get better. But can we lose a game around here and people just tip their hats and say good game and not act like the world is ending?

I did something yesterday I've never done in my 30 years of being a fan. I turned the tv and set the dvr to watch the coverage of the horrific death of 33 year old Dan Wheldon. It brought me back to reality. His wife & 2 sons were there to witness it live. His Parents were watching on tv. His teammates, co-workers and competitors all watched this horrific 15 car crash in which Dan's car burst into flames, went airborn and smashed against the chain-link fence and concrete wall and finally laid to rest on the track.

I'm sure you've seen it by now but if you haven't it will give you chills.

I'm surely upset we lost yesterday but I'm not foolish enough to not see progress. I see progression even though we are way, way younger than last season.

As a fan that means a lot. Sure we have vets but we are very young along the line and other key positions. I expected us to be 3-2 or 2-3 at this point knowing how hard it would be to beat the Jets at home on Sunday night and the Patriots at home.

I hope our fans see this progression or try to see because it is hard to see. TV skews things so much because you don't get the full view as you do on film. You also have shows and sites that are trying to draw ratings so they need controversy. Because let's face it, people are drawn to it.

Sorry for such a long winded post but yesterday was a different day for me and I'm proud to be a fan today. If for nothing else maybe because I know tomorrow I might not be able to.

Rest In Peace Dan Wheldon 1978-2011

 

[Wolfpack]

Good post. I thought it was a good close game. Both teams played hard and the game was back and forth and then down to the wire.

Brady delivered some amazing throws at the end, lasers into tight coverage, so not much you can do about that.

Its not like they let the other team come back from 24 down like the prior game.

 

[bbgun]

"Moral victories are out. It's time for us to win games," linebacker Bradie James said.

Tell that to the Zone, Bradie. They're still giddy that you kept it "close."

 

[bsheeern]

Good post. I thought it was a good close game. Both teams played hard and the game was back and forth and then down to the wire.

Brady delivered some amazing throws at the end, lasers into tight coverage, so not much you can do about that.

Its not like they let the other team come back from 24 down like the prior game.

Thank you. It was a good game and while I'm upset we lost, I'm still proud of the performance. While frustrating at times we played good on the road against a very good team. I'd like to think if we meet on a neutral field at some point the outcome would be very similar but also different in 1 way. The scoreboard.

 

[goshan]

D played well. Offense didn't.
I hardly feel good about it. We should have won the game.

 

[PullMyFinger]

I will never tip my hat to cheaters, regardless of when the cheating happened

 

[VirusX]

Bottom line, we run the ball better or even "Average" and run blocking is better. We win that game...

 

[1fisher]

"Moral victories are out. It's time for us to win games," linebacker Bradie James said.

Tell that to the Zone, Bradie. They're still giddy that you kept it "close."

I like winning!

 

[shockandroll]

"Moral victories are out. It's time for us to win games," linebacker Bradie James said.

Tell that to the Zone, Bradie. They're still giddy that you kept it "close."

The positive is we're almost as good as the best teams in the league. The negative is we still can't execute well enough to beat them. It's really that simple right now. We have the talent, there are some legetimate reasons we struggle like a young line and some injuries. At the end of the day, we're a more talented team and we did not play up to our abilities on offense.

For me, it comes down to if we will be able to execute and play up to our ability. If we can do that consistently, this can be a SB team right now. If we can't, they won't.

 

[windward]

"Moral victories are out. It's time for us to win games," linebacker Bradie James said.

Tell that to the Zone, Bradie. They're still giddy that you kept it "close."

Nobody's "giddy" about the loss.

 

[Stautner]

Wow, its as if people read the byline only and responded without even knowing what the OP said.

The Op didn't say he was happy about the win, or even that he didn't fell bad or that he wasn't upset. He said he was. What he said was that you also have to be fair to the Patriots.

Many Cowboy fans tend to take these games as if the opponent has no say in the outcome, and that winning or losing is solely on the heads of the Cowboys. The reality is that NE has been a highly successful team for a long time, and they still have one of the most potent offenses in the NFL. They did what they needed to win, and while obviously we could have done some things differently, we played a solid overall game and fell short. That doesn't mean it isn't frustrating, or that we don't need to straighten out some things, and the OP didn't suggest otherwise.

 

[bbgun]

Nobody's "giddy" about the loss.

Few are pissed off or torn up about it, either. Instead, even before the body was cold, we were bombarded with a slew of silver lining/glass half full posts along the lines of "I love this team; I'm not upset about this loss; we played them tough" etc. Again, had this been 1990, some of that moral victory crapola might have made sense, but we're not a young, inexperienced, up and coming team.

Show me a good loser ...

 

[Stautner]

Few are pissed off or torn up about it, either. Instead, even before the body was cold, we were bombarded with a slew of silver lining/glass half full posts along the lines of "I love this team; I'm not upset about this loss; we played them tough" etc. Again, had this been 1990, some of that moral victory crapola might have made sense, but we're not a young, inexperienced, up and coming team.

Show me a good loser ...

I'm upset about the loss, and have been bothered by it since, but I can't say I'm pissed off, and I have spent over 40 years with my mood cycling up and down each Fall with the ups and downs of the Cowboys. Few have invested as much of their emotions in the team as I have. But I just don't see anyone or anything to be pissed off at. Sure we could have done some things differently, for example I thought we were a little too conservative on offense. But there were no blatently game changing screw ups andthere was no blatantly incompetent planning. We came up short, and I don't think coming up short always requires there to be a scapegoat that needss to be tarred and feathered.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Showing some CLass to the Patsies with a capotol "CL"

:moon:

 

[bsheeern]

Wow, its as if people read the byline only and responded without even knowing what the OP said.

The Op didn't say he was happy about the win, or even that he didn't fell bad or that he wasn't upset. He said he was. What he said was that you also have to be fair to the Patriots.

Many Cowboy fans tend to take these games as if the opponent has no say in the outcome, and that winning or losing is solely on the heads of the Cowboys. The reality is that NE has been a highly successful team for a long time, and they still have one of the most potent offenses in the NFL. They did what they needed to win, and while obviously we could have done some things differently, we played a solid overall game and fell short. That doesn't mean it isn't frustrating, or that we don't need to straighten out some things, and the OP didn't suggest otherwise.

EXACTLY. People are to lazy to read I guess or they just want to argue and be negative.

 

[1fisher]

I'm upset about the loss, and have been bothered by it since, but I can't say I'm pissed off, and I have spent over 40 years with my mood cycling up and down each Fall with the ups and downs of the Cowboys. Few have invested as much of their emotions in the team as I have. But I just don't see anyone or anything to be pissed off at. Sure we could have done some things differently, for example I thought we were a little too conservative on offense. But there were no blatently game changing screw ups andthere was no blatantly incompetent planning. We came up short, and I don't think coming up short always requires there to be a scapegoat that needss to be tarred and feathered.

Good post and I agree.

If the Cowboys come out and lay an egg against the Rams..... I'll be really mad!

 

[1fisher]

EXACTLY. People are to lazy to read I guess or they just want to argue and be negative.

They do it every week... even with a win. :

 

[InmanRoshi]

EXACTLY. People are to lazy to read I guess or they just want to argue and be negative.

bbgun thinks of himself as the resident sports messageboard cross between Nietszche and The Fonz rebel who is thinking outside the lines and "tellin it like it is". Let him have his personna, he's certainly invested a lot of time and ego into it.

 

[bbgun]

They do it every week... even with a win. :

And some people accentuate the positive and put a rosy spin on every defeat, which is the equivalent of farting at a funeral. Time and place, my friend.

 

[zrinkill]

They do it every week... even with a win. :

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