NBCDFW: National Media Paints Grim Picture For Dallas

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BY Scott Crisp // 2 hours ago

Oh how far we've fallen in the hearts and minds of the national media in a little less than two years.

It is Friday, from all I can tell, which means that it's time for talking heads and prognosticators, barflies and armchair quarterbacks to fire up the argumentative motors and squabble pettily among themselves about the slew of football games this weekend.

They'll yell, demean, deride and, in the case of Philadelphia, very possibly fling large batteries at one another.

Once upon a time not long ago, many of those more visible squabblers would have been vomiting words of praise for Dallas, justified or not, who were for a short time in 2007 the darlings of the national football media. The build-up to this weekend's match-up with Philadelphia, then, tells a tale of their descent.

Take the comments of NBC's Rodney Harrison and Tony Dungy, who, as reported by Barry Horn at the Morning News Sports Media Blog, picked the Eagles with little reservation.

"I like the Eagles," said Harrison. "This is the Dallas Cowboys biggest test yet, especially Tony Romo. He's going to see a host of blitzes. They're going to disguise coverage and come from all over the place. They're going to try and pressure and knock him in the mouth."

Dungy added, "I like Philadelphia because I think Dallas still has some weaknesses in the secondary. You can see a ton of big plays from Philly's receivers this week."


The two analysts are not alone--71% of Sports Illustrated readers chose the Iggles, as did Peter King, Herm Edwards and 80% of ESPN's "expert panel"; hell,even Drew's famed index card, which appears to be the most adept football seer around, has the Eagles emerging triumphant.

Vaguely alarming is not that people believe the Eagles will win--they are a good football team, capable of beating just about anyone in the Linc--but the sheer prominence of this thinking. The Cowboys, it would seem, have no shot; which might be fine. Neither did the Oakland Raiders.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/blue-star/National-Media-Paints-Grim-Picture-For-Dallas-69389152.html
 
Good. Hopefully the players hear this. It'll keep them from letting their egos get too big, and hopefully they'll play even harder to silence the critics.
 
The Eagles beat a Giants team at home that Dallas should've beat but Romo had the worst game of his career.

Dallas could lose this game but ti would be because they didn't show up and not because Philly is dominant, Philly is anything but.
 
WoodysGirl;3059565 said:
BY Scott Crisp // 2 hours ago

Oh how far we've fallen in the hearts and minds of the national media in a little less than two years.

It is Friday, from all I can tell, which means that it's time for talking heads and prognosticators, barflies and armchair quarterbacks to fire up the argumentative motors and squabble pettily among themselves about the slew of football games this weekend.

They'll yell, demean, deride and, in the case of Philadelphia, very possibly fling large batteries at one another.

Once upon a time not long ago, many of those more visible squabblers would have been vomiting words of praise for Dallas, justified or not, who were for a short time in 2007 the darlings of the national football media. The build-up to this weekend's match-up with Philadelphia, then, tells a tale of their descent.

Take the comments of NBC's Rodney Harrison and Tony Dungy, who, as reported by Barry Horn at the Morning News Sports Media Blog, picked the Eagles with little reservation.

"I like the Eagles," said Harrison. "This is the Dallas Cowboys biggest test yet, especially Tony Romo. He's going to see a host of blitzes. They're going to disguise coverage and come from all over the place. They're going to try and pressure and knock him in the mouth."

Dungy added, "I like Philadelphia because I think Dallas still has some weaknesses in the secondary. You can see a ton of big plays from Philly's receivers this week."


The two analysts are not alone--71% of Sports Illustrated readers chose the Iggles, as did Peter King, Herm Edwards and 80% of ESPN's "expert panel"; hell,even Drew's famed index card, which appears to be the most adept football seer around, has the Eagles emerging triumphant.

Vaguely alarming is not that people believe the Eagles will win--they are a good football team, capable of beating just about anyone in the Linc--but the sheer prominence of this thinking. The Cowboys, it would seem, have no shot; which might be fine. Neither did the Oakland Raiders.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/blue-star/National-Media-Paints-Grim-Picture-For-Dallas-69389152.html

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Seriously though, who cares what they :espn: and others say?

I kind of like the fact that many people in the media are over-looking the Boys.

All i care about is this week and after that the next week and the next, etc.......

:eagles:
 
The sports writers are a lagging indicator. They would like us to believe that they know what should happen but instead they only know what DID happen.

They will keep making comments like this until you beat good teams consistently. Then they will pick us each time even if we start losing it. They aren't actually very good at seeing things change so they are usually wrong if a team is getting much better or much worse at any given time.
 
The spread is 3 points for the Eagles and we all know that's about what the home team normally gets.

Vegas beats the pundits week in and week out. If you really want to get an accurate prediction, check with Vegas over the sports writers every time :)
 
I can't wait to come out and punch these guys in the mouth this weekend. With some luck the media will still be against us. Seems like they only ever turn the burn up on Dallas if we start playing well.
 
FLCowboyFan;3059587 said:
The sports writers are a lagging indicator. They would like us to believe that they know what should happen but instead they only know what DID happen.

They will keep making comments like this until you beat good teams consistently. Then they will pick us each time even if we start losing it. They aren't actually very good at seeing things change so they are usually wrong if a team is getting much better or much worse at any given time.
Very astute point.
 
FLCowboyFan;3059587 said:
The sports writers are a lagging indicator. They would like us to believe that they know what should happen but instead they only know what DID happen.

They will keep making comments like this until you beat good teams consistently. Then they will pick us each time even if we start losing it. They aren't actually very good at seeing things change so they are usually wrong if a team is getting much better or much worse at any given time.

That is a perfect description of media reaction. Of course when the tides change, they (media) will find away to spin it like they saw it coming all along.
 
miamicowboy21;3059632 said:
If you guys want pure comedy and laughter tune in to Philly radio.

610 WIP is a riot.

Especially Howard Eskin. He is the biggest clown in all of sports radio. He's so far up Andy Reid's *** it's not even funny.

The funny thing is, he hated the Eagles when Buddy Ryan was the coach because Ryan didn't put up with his crap.
 
Chocolate Lab;3059643 said:
What are they saying?

I'm not tuned in but I'm sure it involves:

--Tony "Homo"
--DeSean Jackson going over 150 yards
--Samuel getting 4 INTs
--Some form of the cow____ insult
--"Remember when..." (Batteries, Michael Irvin, Santa..)
 
187beatdown;3059647 said:
I'm not tuned in but I'm sure it involves:

--Tony "Homo"
--DeSean Jackson going over 150 yards
--Samuel getting 4 INTs
--Some form of the cow____ insult
--"Remember when..." (Batteries, Michael Irvin, Santa..)
Eagles fans are the scum of the earth.
 
FLCowboyFan;3059587 said:
The sports writers are a lagging indicator. They would like us to believe that they know what should happen but instead they only know what DID happen.

They will keep making comments like this until you beat good teams consistently. Then they will pick us each time even if we start losing it. They aren't actually very good at seeing things change so they are usually wrong if a team is getting much better or much worse at any given time.

Very well said ...and true
 
Chocolate Lab;3059643 said:
What are they saying?

Ike resse and eskin are on now. Ike resse said philly beating the cowboys is like beating their little brother. Reese is calling out cowboy fans for not calling. Eskin just admitted he was a Jimmy Johnson fan which made him a cowboys fan.

Man i hope we lay these WR's out, because i didn't get the MEMO that Desean Jackson and Jeremy Macklin had been inducted into the hall of fame.
 
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