Jinxx13x
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We sit here after 2 weeks of the emotional rollercoaster which is Cowboys football, and this forum is filled with optimism, hope, pessimism, belief, mixed with animosity, and sometimes anger. The Coaches have been slammed for their game planning, the O-line for their Blocking, EE for being a wasted 4th round pick and fumbling 2 times, Dez not getting the ball, the defense looking like swiss cheese. Yet here we are at 1-1 and I will argue we could easily be 2-0 since IMO we gave that game to the Giants with our 2 dropped TD's but thats another story.
In the same breath i can see the argument that we could just as easily be 0-2 which is true to an extent. I would just argue that we as Cowboys fans have more to be hopeful for then most teams around the league here is my reasoning behind this thinking.
1) Dak - Is the real deal and we have i believe found our future replacement for Romo when he hangs them up. He has set a NFL record! beating Warren Moon's 72 pass attempts without an interception and he played i think 6 years in the CFL before he took a snap so i would argue he wasn't a rookie. Dak is already at 75 and going strong with Chicago coming up. Great Job Rookie.
2) Our defense will get a nice boost when we get Lawrence and Gregory back after week 4. Skins and Giants were basically at full strength when we played and we beat one and could have sealed the deal in the other.
3) The defense with all its faults as held 2 high powered passing attacks to 23 points and 20 points - we kept OBJ, Reed, Garcon, all in check from having big days. The defense is bending but also not breaking. They are keeping us in every game without a Romo led offense attack and missing our 2 best defensive lineman. Not to mention the improved play of the secondary.
4) I dont know about most of you but last year i knew we were gonna lose every week without Romo and Dez, now i feel way different this year because each week Dak is improving.
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Now having said this above i would like to point out a few things ! IMO only one team as clearly played head and shoulders good enough to be 100% 2-0 that team would be the Steelers they dominated the Skins and easily dispatched the Bengals yesterday! Props to them.
I would also give credit to the Panthers who lost a game they probably should have won in Denver but they came back in week 2 to demolish the 49ers. Cardinals lost a close one to the Pats but annihilated the Bucs in week 2.
I will also argue that here IMO are all the teams that could also easily be 0-2 just like we could be:
Packers ( Jacksonville had that game in week 1 and they lost to Vikes)
Raiders ( huge gamble week 1 for the win and lost this week )
Chiefs ( massive comeback in week 1 lost week 2)
Bengals ( should have lost to the jets in week 1 lost to steelers in week 2)
Cowboys ( could have blown the skins game and did lose week 1 to the gmen)
Rams ( destroyed week one could have easily lost the Seahawk game )
Giants ( they are 2-0 but both games were edge of your seat thrillers could have went either way)
Lions ( wild close win week 1 vs colts and 3 called back td's due to penalties in week 2 in their loss)
Colts ( could have beaten the lions week 1 and lost clearly to the broncos)
Falcons ( got destroyed week one vs bucs and held on vs the raiders could have lost that one )
Seahawks ( could easily have lost week one got lucky end of the game lost week 2 to rams )
Take the flip side of the argument and there are alot of teams that could easily be 2-0
Cowboys ( had the giants )
Packers ( close game vs vikes )
Chargers ( blew massive lead vs chiefs )
Panthers ( blew close one in Denver)
Broncos ( are 2-0 )
Lions ( 3td's called back to penalties vs the titans they gave the game away)
Giants ( are 2-0 )
Saints ( lost 2 close games )
Jets ( lost to bengals but shouldn't have )
Looking at the other teams and the way games around the league have unfolded:
Lion Penalties crippling offenses
Risks taken by teams that worked out raiders
Rams not scoring any td's yet
Seahawks offense looks horrible
Chargers D blowing huge leads
Broncos D still looks great
Jags look great vs packers lay an egg in week 2
Vikes getting decimated by injuries yet D keeping them in it.
etc etc
After looking at everything around the league some of these other teams have just as many problems as us but also don't have the same luxuries we do!
Our team is playing steady and i believe we have more to look forward to, because help is coming since we are getting some of our best players back in a few weeks not to mention we have some very winnable games coming up which could put Romo in a great position going forward.
NFL Parity at its finest ! So looking at the big picture i really like where the cowboys are at. Having a really good defensive leaning draft in 2017 is gonna go a long way!
GO BOYS
In the same breath i can see the argument that we could just as easily be 0-2 which is true to an extent. I would just argue that we as Cowboys fans have more to be hopeful for then most teams around the league here is my reasoning behind this thinking.
1) Dak - Is the real deal and we have i believe found our future replacement for Romo when he hangs them up. He has set a NFL record! beating Warren Moon's 72 pass attempts without an interception and he played i think 6 years in the CFL before he took a snap so i would argue he wasn't a rookie. Dak is already at 75 and going strong with Chicago coming up. Great Job Rookie.
2) Our defense will get a nice boost when we get Lawrence and Gregory back after week 4. Skins and Giants were basically at full strength when we played and we beat one and could have sealed the deal in the other.
3) The defense with all its faults as held 2 high powered passing attacks to 23 points and 20 points - we kept OBJ, Reed, Garcon, all in check from having big days. The defense is bending but also not breaking. They are keeping us in every game without a Romo led offense attack and missing our 2 best defensive lineman. Not to mention the improved play of the secondary.
4) I dont know about most of you but last year i knew we were gonna lose every week without Romo and Dez, now i feel way different this year because each week Dak is improving.
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Now having said this above i would like to point out a few things ! IMO only one team as clearly played head and shoulders good enough to be 100% 2-0 that team would be the Steelers they dominated the Skins and easily dispatched the Bengals yesterday! Props to them.
I would also give credit to the Panthers who lost a game they probably should have won in Denver but they came back in week 2 to demolish the 49ers. Cardinals lost a close one to the Pats but annihilated the Bucs in week 2.
I will also argue that here IMO are all the teams that could also easily be 0-2 just like we could be:
Packers ( Jacksonville had that game in week 1 and they lost to Vikes)
Raiders ( huge gamble week 1 for the win and lost this week )
Chiefs ( massive comeback in week 1 lost week 2)
Bengals ( should have lost to the jets in week 1 lost to steelers in week 2)
Cowboys ( could have blown the skins game and did lose week 1 to the gmen)
Rams ( destroyed week one could have easily lost the Seahawk game )
Giants ( they are 2-0 but both games were edge of your seat thrillers could have went either way)
Lions ( wild close win week 1 vs colts and 3 called back td's due to penalties in week 2 in their loss)
Colts ( could have beaten the lions week 1 and lost clearly to the broncos)
Falcons ( got destroyed week one vs bucs and held on vs the raiders could have lost that one )
Seahawks ( could easily have lost week one got lucky end of the game lost week 2 to rams )
Take the flip side of the argument and there are alot of teams that could easily be 2-0
Cowboys ( had the giants )
Packers ( close game vs vikes )
Chargers ( blew massive lead vs chiefs )
Panthers ( blew close one in Denver)
Broncos ( are 2-0 )
Lions ( 3td's called back to penalties vs the titans they gave the game away)
Giants ( are 2-0 )
Saints ( lost 2 close games )
Jets ( lost to bengals but shouldn't have )
Looking at the other teams and the way games around the league have unfolded:
Lion Penalties crippling offenses
Risks taken by teams that worked out raiders
Rams not scoring any td's yet
Seahawks offense looks horrible
Chargers D blowing huge leads
Broncos D still looks great
Jags look great vs packers lay an egg in week 2
Vikes getting decimated by injuries yet D keeping them in it.
etc etc
After looking at everything around the league some of these other teams have just as many problems as us but also don't have the same luxuries we do!
Our team is playing steady and i believe we have more to look forward to, because help is coming since we are getting some of our best players back in a few weeks not to mention we have some very winnable games coming up which could put Romo in a great position going forward.
NFL Parity at its finest ! So looking at the big picture i really like where the cowboys are at. Having a really good defensive leaning draft in 2017 is gonna go a long way!
GO BOYS
