Most enjoyable game of 2014?

[DTown214]

If we're talking playoffs also, then easily the Lions game. I was there, it was my first Cowboys playoff game and I had the time of my life.
Regular season... I'll say the second Eagles game, for many reasons. Well first I watched the game in my hotel room in Florida on vacation. But because it was our revenge for the Thanksgiving disaster, we basically eliminated Philly from the playoffs, and watching Dez throw up the X three times in Philadelphia was amazing.

 

[CATCH17]

For me it was the Colts game, two playoff teams going at it and we embarrassed them. Felt unstoppable at that point. Last year really felt like our year. Thats what hurts the most. If we were a Giants team who got hot at the right time then fizzled out against the Packers, hey we had a good run. But this was our time and we were robbed. Dez catches that then we probably run murray in for the TD. Force the packers to throw aggressively and something was bound to go wrong for them. It still hurts.

Same..

Colts were supposed to be a scary team at that point and we absolutely trashed them.

Saints and 2nd Eagles game were lovely as well.

What sparked everything though was when we beat Seattle.

 

[Vanilla2]

Commanders 2nd game.

The stuff I had to put up with after that coupled with how they acted after the game just made that *** kicking all that much better.

Eagles second game is also up there.

 

[PoundTheRock]

Second Eagles game.

 

[ufcrules1]

Does not matter if it meant nothing to the Colts. They didn't lie down and say, meh...we don't care.
We beat them soundly, and if they were healthy, the way we were playing, we still would have beat them.

So if that makes it enjoyable for someone, then it does. There are no excuses for winning games against a healthy team or not. It's a win.
Our own fans criticize us for losses when we weren't healthy for 2 years, but still came to within a win of taking the division for 3 years in a row. And we had multiple starters as well as 2nd team guys missing.
But if we beat a team that are missing a few starters, people say it would have made a difference? Can't have it both ways.

So if we went and played the Commanders with nothing on the line and they beat us then a win is still a win? Come on man. We may have still won the Colts game either way but knowing some of their starters sat and then they pulled their starters early takes a little away from that win.

 

[rynochop]

Certainly Seattle, but that Texans game was pretty sweet. Romo making JJ Watt whiff on that sack is probably a top five Romo play of his career

 

[cej757]

For me it was the Colts game, two playoff teams going at it and we embarrassed them. Felt unstoppable at that point. Last year really felt like our year. Thats what hurts the most. If we were a Giants team who got hot at the right time then fizzled out against the Packers, hey we had a good run. But this was our time and we were robbed. Dez catches that then we probably run murray in for the TD. Force the packers to throw aggressively and something was bound to go wrong for them. It still hurts.

I still don't think we would've beat Brady and the Pats in the Super Bowl , we just didn't have the pass rush last season to get to the elite qb's. Now this season may be something different.

 

[Doomsay]

Bears + Eagles 2

They came back strong after being punched in the mouth by Philly at home and avenged a tough loss from last year in Chicago.
Crushing the front-running Eagles at home proving that the Cowboys were the actual playoff contenders, not the Eagles.
Being at both games back to back and watching the Eagles fans literally start to cry in the 4th quarter was a thing of beauty.

 

[ufcrules1]

Whatever. They had all their healthy starters playing, particularly their "once a generation" quarterback. But it was like playing a college team. We were playing top notch ball down the stretch. That was fun.

I enjoyed the win even though they had some starters out and quit early. I liker the Seattle and 2nd Eagles game a little more... Espeically the Eagles game with so much on the line. They gave us their best and couldn't stop us.

 

[ufcrules1]

I still don't think we would've beat Brady and the Pats in the Super Bowl , we just didn't have the pass rush last season to get to the elite qb's. Now this season may be something different.

I have thought about that a few times. The question I ask myself is if we would have owned the time of possession with our run game? If so, we could have kept Brady off the field giving us a good chance of winning.

 

[AzorAhai]

I have thought about that a few times. The question I ask myself is if we would have owned the time of possession with our run game? If so, we could have kept Brady off the field giving us a good chance of winning.

The Patriots weren't some dominant team last year. They probably should have lost to the Ravens, stomped the Colts, kind of like we did and should have lost the Seattle game. I see no reason we wouldn't have had a good shot at winning that game. GB was the absolute worst match up for this team last year. Dominant OL, dominant passing attack and a very good running game against a dominant home field advantage. Even with the biggest weakness in our DL exposed, it took a series of bad breaks to lose that game. If Hannah recovers the fumble, if Murray isn't stripped by a diving Peppers and if Dez isn't robbed, we win against who I think was the worst possible opponent for us in the playoffs.

 

[KJJ]

Even with the biggest weakness in our DL exposed, it took a series of bad breaks to lose that game. If Hannah recovers the fumble, if Murray isn't stripped by a diving Peppers and if Dez isn't robbed, we win against who I think was the worst possible opponent for us in the playoffs.

Had Dez's catch held up the Cowboys still would've lost because they wouldn't have been able to keep Rodgers from driving for the winning score. The Cowboys had over 4 minutes to stop the Packers on their final drive and couldn't do it. We didn't have the pass rush or the coverage to stop an elite QB.

 

[JohnsKey19]

How can the answer not be the playoff game vs. Detroit?? Sure the win in Seattle was huge as far as gaining respect and the 2nd game in Philly was essentially an elimination game. But considering the recent playoff history of this team, a gut check comeback playoff win vs a tough opponent was clearly the most enjoyable game of the '14 season.

 

[theogt]

Had Dez's catch held up the Cowboys still would've lost because they wouldn't have been able to keep Rodgers from driving for the winning score. The Cowboys had over 4 minutes to stop the Packers on their final drive and couldn't do it. We didn't have the pass rush or the coverage to stop an elite QB.

I don't think so. That overturn was soul crushing. If we'd scored it would have been the reverse effect.

 

[KJJ]

I don't think so. That overturn was soul crushing. If we'd scored it would have been the reverse effect.

I've heard a few say that but I don't believe it we simply didn't have the defense to stop Rodgers even with him on one leg. We couldn't tackle or mount a pass rush.

 

[AzorAhai]

Had Dez's catch held up the Cowboys still would've lost because they wouldn't have been able to keep Rodgers from driving for the winning score. The Cowboys had over 4 minutes to stop the Packers on their final drive and couldn't do it. We didn't have the pass rush or the coverage to stop an elite QB.

Sure, just completely ignore the rest of the "series of bad breaks" I referred to in my post. You speak in certainties about what would have happened even if Dez wasn't robbed, but I can do the same. If Hannah recovers that fumble on the kickoff and Murray breaks that run instead of the fumble, the Packers wouldn't have had a chance to win. See how easy that is? All THREE of those events easily could have went the other way, which I clearly alluded to it being THREE, as could the Cobb non catch at the end of the 1st half, and the Cobb catch at the end of the game.

 

[SDCowboy]

The Colts game. It got us into the playoffs in spectacular fashion.

 

[KJJ]

Sure, just completely ignore the rest of the "series of bad breaks" I referred to in my post. You speak in certainties about what would have happened even if Dez wasn't robbed, but I can do the same. If Hannah recovers that fumble on the kickoff and Murray breaks that run instead of the fumble, the Packers wouldn't have had a chance to win. See how easy that is? All THREE of those events easily could have went the other way, which I clearly alluded to it being THREE, as could the Cobb non catch at the end of the 1st half, and the Cobb catch at the end of the game.

Bad breaks are part of football they're excuses! Despite the bad breaks the Cowboys still couldn't stop the Packers in the final 4 minutes. The opportunity was there to make stops on two 3rd downs and the Cowboys defense failed which is why we drafted for defense. Even Jerry pointed to the Packers running out the clock on the Cowboys in the final 4 minutes. I'm tired of "if this didn't happened or "that didn't happen" things would have been different. A lot of things could have gone the other way but they didn't that's football! The Cowboys were outplayed by a QB who was hobbling around on one leg. Had Rodgers been healthy the game likely wouldn't have been as close.

 

[Jenky]

I still don't think we would've beat Brady and the Pats in the Super Bowl , we just didn't have the pass rush last season to get to the elite qb's. Now this season may be something different.

There's a good chance we would have ran all over the Patriots. They were TERRIBLE at stopping the run. If Carroll wasn't a moron, the Patriots would be superbowl losers right now.

 

[Jenky]

I enjoyed the win even though they had some starters out and quit early. I liker the Seattle and 2nd Eagles game a little more... Espeically the Eagles game with so much on the line. They gave us their best and couldn't stop us.

They had TY Hilton out. They executed extremely poorly and we made them pay for it. We completely rolled them and I don't care what anyone says. I remember Commander fans telling me the Colts gave up once they found out it had no bearing on playoff seeding. These same Commander fans said we would get killed against the Colts after we rolled Philly @ their own house. I beg to differ. They tried and could have sat Luck any time they wanted. Their TEs dropped numerous catches.