Neither Cowboys playoff scenarios are ideal

[TequilaCowboy]

If we stay at the 5th seed then we must go to Tampa and face the GOAT. Even with Tampa down this year the QB we have never beat has shown some sparks of greatness down the stretch.

And if Egirls lose , assuming Whiners don’t lose then we’d end up with 2nd seed and most likely face the Packers and Rodgers at home . Another matchup we’d rather not see even with GB down this year but playing well down the stretch.

Reaching the #1 seed is least likely scenario . We’d need the current top seeds to both lose today.

My hunch is both current top seeds win today. And Packers fill #7 seed with with only change in current standings .

GB goes to SF
NY at Minn
Dall at Tampa

I'm ok with that. As long as Dallas didn't get a bye.....they are terrible coming off byes. Rusty, unprepared, catatonic, lethargic, zombie-like, unfocused...should i go on.?

 

[Blackspider214]

Dallas' path to the super bowl would likely be
at Tampa
at Philly (with them having a week to rest and prepare)
at SF

That's pretty brutal. This is why the 1 seed matters.

And that's why you don't blow 2 and 3 score games to average teams in GB and Jax. Even just win one of those, we get the 1 seed with a win today and let all the other 6 teams beat up on each other next week. Win both as we should have, this week means zero as we already have the 1 seed locked.

We will be the 5 seed playing Tampa on the road. Rest up today and go get them next week. Giants already conceding this week. No reason in going all out today

 

[john van brocklin]

Looks like all 4 of our losses will be to playoff teams.

The bigger story this season is winning 4 games without our starting QB.

That was surprising and welcomed.
Ps green bay is not a playoff team yet.

 

[Cowboy-33]

If we play Brady they have to bracket and/or double Evans. Stop the big plays and I think we grind out a win.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

In this scenario, the Pack would play the Eagles and we get the GMen…I think.

Yes. Home playoff game.

 

[starfan1]

I like our scenario better than Washington’s

 

[john van brocklin]

I like our scenario better than Washington’s

Ya think?
Lol

 

[Diehardblues]

That was surprising and welcomed.
Ps green bay is not a playoff team yet.

And why I said “ looks like all 4 losses are against playoff teams “. Looks like is key.

 

[john van brocklin]

And why I said “ looks like all 4 losses are against playoff teams “. Looks like is key.

Sorry , my bad

 

[Diehardblues]

And that's why you don't blow 2 and 3 score games to average teams in GB and Jax. Even just win one of those, we get the 1 seed with a win today and let all the other 6 teams beat up on each other next week. Win both as we should have, this week means zero as we already have the 1 seed locked.

We will be the 5 seed playing Tampa on the road. Rest up today and go get them next week. Giants already conceding this week. No reason in going all out today

But that’s assuming the Egirls don’t bring back Hurts earlier if they needed to lock up division.

Which is arguably only reason we had a shot .

 

[nightrain]

Never count out the heart of a Champion. Especially the GOAT. And no shame in losing.

No shame in losing? Pretty embarrassing what we are seeing on the field today. They can't beat a 4th round rookie.

 

[kskboys]

If we play Brady they have to bracket and/or double Evans. Stop the big plays and I think we grind out a win.

Hitting/pressuring Brady is much much more important than any other factor.

 

[Diehardblues]

No shame in losing? Pretty embarrassing what we are seeing on the field today. They can't beat a 4th round rookie.

No shame in losing to the GOAT.

Yes, today was ugly but wasn’t our topic of discussion.

 

[kskboys]

No shame in losing to the GOAT?

Today was shameful. The first game of the season was shameful.

 

[nightrain]

No shame in losing to the GOAT?

His body of work is GOAT status, he is not at that level anymore and not who will end the year for the Cowboys. The Cowboys are not going to be able to get anything going against that Bucs defense with the blocking we saw today.

 

[Diehardblues]

Today was shameful. The first game of the season was shameful.

Yes, today was ugly but wasn’t our topic of discussion.

 

[charron]

We can go all the way if Our Defense can get some stops. Out offense can score 30+ on anyone at this point.

Except washington

 

[Diehardblues]

His body of work is GOAT status, he is not at that level anymore and not who will end the year for the Cowboys. The Cowboys are not going to be able to get anything going against that Bucs defense with the blocking we saw today.

If you’ve watched him in recent weeks you’d see he’s still capable.

 

[nightrain]

If you’ve watched him in recent weeks you’d see he’s still capable.

He is still a good player, but is he even a top 5 QB in the playoffs.

 

[Mannix]

If I thought we had ANY chance in hell at Tampa Bay, I'd be cheering for Green Bay tonite so SF had a shot at losing next week....but seeing us today, I am cheering for GB to lose tonite and send their cuddly wuvable wittle fans home in tears.