NFC Playbook

[adbutcher]

I used to think Playbook was the best football show on television until I realized it's nothing more than a survey show. They don't really analyze the games.

You're telling me Rex Grossman and Jabar Gaffney are the only elements that are going to beat the Cowboys? Let's not even contest that they will. Let's accept it. You're telling me that's the single reason? There are a multiplicity of reasons, and Playbook never discusses them.

Here's why I think the Cowboys will win:

1. Rex Grossman's 59.1 rating against 3-4 teams. Two times, he's been shutout and thrown 3 picks against 3-4 teams. One of those times was against us.

2. The Cowboys have the 2nd ranked rushing defense. The Commanders have the 15th ranked rushing offense. This forces Rex to throw. See Reason 1.

3. The Commanders have the 24th ranked rushing defense. Although we're 32nd in the rushing department, most of that is skewed because we had to abandon the run in order to win the 49ers game. Even if Felix is dinged, Choice and Murray should be good enough to eat clock and give our defense a rest.

All of this is assuming we execute properly and Romo doesn't get injured. But even then, what I listed are primarily defensive statistics. What you're going to see in this game is our defense bring the Commanders offense down a notch. Whether or not that is good enough to win is dependent on how our offense is rolling on Monday night.

Facts don't have place in the sports media any more. NFL network use to be complete gold but their ratings were suffering, enter outlandish controversial talk and mentioning the cowboys every chance they get, instant ratings increase. In addition, throw in some brash ignorant loud mouths who has a penchant to talk loud when they are clearly wrong and now you have a edge that rivals football coverage.

 

[jazzcat22]

I used to think Playbook was the best football show on television until I realized it's nothing more than a survey show. They don't really analyze the games.

You're telling me Rex Grossman and Jabar Gaffney are the only elements that are going to beat the Cowboys? Let's not even contest that they will. Let's accept it. You're telling me that's the single reason? There are a multiplicity of reasons, and Playbook never discusses them.

Here's why I think the Cowboys will win:

1. Rex Grossman's 59.1 rating against 3-4 teams. Two times, he's been shutout and thrown 3 picks against 3-4 teams. One of those times was against us.

2. The Cowboys have the 2nd ranked rushing defense. The Commanders have the 15th ranked rushing offense. This forces Rex to throw. See Reason 1.

3. The Commanders have the 24th ranked rushing defense. Although we're 32nd in the rushing department, most of that is skewed because we had to abandon the run in order to win the 49ers game. Even if Felix is dinged, Choice and Murray should be good enough to eat clock and give our defense a rest.

All of this is assuming we execute properly and Romo doesn't get injured. But even then, what I listed are primarily defensive statistics. What you're going to see in this game is our defense bring the Commanders offense down a notch. Whether or not that is good enough to win is dependent on how our offense is rolling on Monday night.

I never cared much for Playbook either. Just about all the shows have become a joke anymore anyway. I'll have them on, but I also always doing other things, so I don't wate my time watching and hearing their garbage.

 

[adbutcher]

Smoke crack much?

I've pretty much said the same thing breaking down this matchup. Of course I'm right and your high.

Before you get too "high" on your B squad there in DC, take a look at just whom you've actually played.

Giants and Cardinals at home! Giants have half their defense on IR and I wasn't big on them before that. 6-8 wins at best this year. Cardinals have no defense. It may be one of the worst units in football this year. They can't stop the run or rush the passer, but at least they can't cover anyone.

These are the teams you've played and you've played them at home.

Now lets look at whom the Cowboys have played. Jets and Niners on the road. Obviously the Jets are a legit SB contender with a top 2-3 defense. The Niners have a great OL and great defensive front and not much else.

We've been through the meat grinder, you guys haven't. How many sacks did you register at home against these teams. How many have the Cowboys registered against much better OLs on the road.

Our front seven is significantly better and deeper than yours. I wouldn't put either of our OLs in the top half of the league right now. You look at ours and see the names.....Nagy, Costa, Kowalski and think, who are these guys? Well go look at what they did against two of the best defensive fronts in football on the road. And around those guys we just the OTs to handle you edge rushers.

The Giants and Cardinals defenses are nothing....nothing close to what your OL and Grossman we see Monday Night. Good luck running the ball when two of the best running teams couldn't. And good luck keeping Grossman upright. We have 10 sacks in 2 games on the road against better OLs. Now we're at home with the benefit of crowd noise.

Sure you guys have the advantage in the trenches, dream on.

These types of posts clearly separates the zone from all other forums especially that fools paradise better known as extremeskins.

They have the audacity to take our D for granted, they will be in for a rude awakening when they see it first hand.

Bad Rex will be paralyzed with fright, throwing the ball to anyone just to get the ball out of his hands.

Let's recount, two QBs played, two concussions, will there be a third on Monday?

 

[adbutcher]

I never cared much for Playbook either. Just about all the shows have become a joke anymore anyway. I'll have them on, but I also always doing other things, so I don't wate my time watching and hearing their garbage.

Ain't that the truth.

 

[JoeCorrado]

Every analyst on NFC Playbook--Sharpe, Balldinger, Millen, and Theisman--picked the ...

Isn't that kind of like the kiss of death? Had they all picked the Cowboys to win... I would be worried.

 

[adbutcher]

Isn't that kind of like the kiss of death? Had they all picked the Cowboys to win... I would be worried.

:laugh2:

 

[The Emperor]

firehawk350 wrote:

You are succombing to fundamental attribution error. That is, you attribute flaws in yourself to external factors (we were behind and had to abandon the run) while assuming the Skins' rankings are due to internal factors (just aren't good). Either way, statistical analysis means very little when you are drawing from two games, any statistician will tell you as much.

You're succumbing to the assume error. You're assuming I said the Commanders' rankings are due to the fact they're not that good. So you're making an at-money out of yourself. As if being a Commanders fan wasn't enough.

Where did I list you guys were bad? I'll admit that I said our rankings blow because we've had to give up on the run. It's true, because I examine my team closely and I can tell. But I never inferred you guys were bad. Maybe your unconscious fears about your own team are surfacing, because you're the only one that thinks a 15th ranked rushing offense is bad.

Yeah, go ahead and discount statistics again like the other schmuck Commanders fan in this thread. I guess sacrificing three human fetuses and sprinkling their blood on Danny Schnyder's eyeglasses is a better way to gauge what's going to happen Monday night than using science and reason.

Like another Cowboys fan -- sonnyboy, I believe -- stated: if you guys were in the top five in any statistical category, we wouldn't hear the end of it 'til Gabriel sounded his horn. Even then, he'd have to blow his horn five or six guys to get you guys to shut up and realize you're in the middle of living eschatology.

You don't like a two game sample size? Try this then: in the 6 games Rex Grossman has played against a 3-4, he's got a 59.1 passer rating. Two times, he's been blanked and thrown three picks. One of those times was against us in 2007 when we had Brian Stewart as our defensive coordinator.

Just think of what Rob Ryan's going to do to him.

Whatever, sminchiato. I'm glad we've got our Sturmabteilung agents like yourself monitoring our every post this week so we all fall in line with the party line. I wish I was still up there to see the bandwagon putzes with their Commanders jerseys. You're the same microcephalics who cursed Danny Schnyder. Now, you're shills again. Feh.

 

[The Emperor]

I never cared much for Playbook either. Just about all the shows have become a joke anymore anyway. I'll have them on, but I also always doing other things, so I don't wate my time watching and hearing their garbage.

Jamie Dukes used to be a credible analyst. He came on in the 2006 season. And while he was still objective, I liked him because he was very expressive. But then when they started letting him talk at the big screen TV like an indignant man at a bar, he started to become more of a personality and less of an analyst. Now, it's just getting worse with all of them.

And the worst part is Rich Eisen doesn't even do Gameday Final anymore. It's that comatose Fran Charles with the ear. Why even have a network at that point?

 

[The Emperor]

Facts don't have place in the sports media any more. NFL network use to be complete gold but their ratings were suffering, enter outlandish controversial talk and mentioning the cowboys every chance they get, instant ratings increase. In addition, throw in some brash ignorant loud mouths who has a penchant to talk loud when they are clearly wrong and now you have a edge that rivals football coverage.

Exactly! That's why on my show, I want to talk to the fans. In the age of the internets, I've noticed fans have better, more attuned insights into their teams than the mediots themselves.

This is even true in the Metroplex mediocy. The Little Ball of Fat? The guy who looks like a Bronx dentist from the 1940s with a pink neck? The Mace Windu wannabe? The schmuck with the goatee making believe he's 22 years old still? What do they know? Zilch. The only mediot that can talk about the game is Bob Sturm. That's it, and it's sad.

Ah, whatever. If they were doing their job, we wouldn't need to do ours.

 

[morasp]

Every analyst on NFC Playbook--Sharpe, Balldinger, Millen, and Theisman--picked the Commanders to win on Monday night, and not one of them cited the Cowboys' growing injury list as an impetus for his decision. In fact, they completely ignored the injury situation.

Instead, they raved about the Commanders' offense and how the Cowboys defense will be completely impotent against the onslaught of Sexy Rexy and Jabar Gaffney.

Admittedly, a Commander win wouldn't surprise me in the event that Austin, Bryant, and Romo don't play. It will be extremely difficult to cobble together any sustained offense with Jon Kitna throwing to Ogletree and Holley.

Injuries are part of the game. I quit saying woulda coulda shoulda about five years ago.

 

[Mansta54]

Injuries are part of the game. I quit saying woulda coulda shoulda about five years ago.

Sure injuries are part of the game but when you have that many at key positions it makes a HUGE difference. You're fooling yourself if you think otherwise. There's a reason you have starters and then backups, the backups generally aren't as good. It's not an excuse, it's fact..

 

[morasp]

Sure injuries are part of the game but when you have that many at key positions it makes a HUGE difference. You're fooling yourself if you think otherwise. There's a reason you have starters and then backups, the backups generally aren't as good. It's not an excuse, it's fact..

What's your point. I don't think I disagree with anything you just said. I didn't say it doesn't make a difference and I didn't say that backups are better than starters. Jimmy Johnson used to try to control as many aspects of the game as possible including injuries and we did have injuries but we sure didn't have this many.

 

[adbutcher]

Exactly! That's why on my show, I want to talk to the fans. In the age of the internets, I've noticed fans have better, more attuned insights into their teams than the mediots themselves.

This is even true in the Metroplex mediocy. The Little Ball of Fat? The guy who looks like a Bronx dentist from the 1940s with a pink neck? The Mace Windu wannabe? The schmuck with the goatee making believe he's 22 years old still? What do they know? Zilch. The only mediot that can talk about the game is Bob Sturm. That's it, and it's sad.

Ah, whatever. If they were doing their job, we wouldn't need to do ours.

This is especially true in the Metroplex, imo, they are the worst of all.

 

[Romo_To_Dez]

The Times when all of the "Experts" pick against the Cowboys is what makes it sweeter when the Cowboys win.

 

[adbutcher]

The Times when all of the "Experts" pick against the Cowboys is what makes it sweeter when the Cowboys win.

Yep, hamstrings will be shredded after all of the backpedaling that will be going on Monday night.