Number 1 seed

[Don Corleone]

I am going to be naughty and enjoy this number 1 seeding this week.

 

[tyke1doe]

Only if you choose to make it meaningless.

I think I was pretty clear.

 

[tyke1doe]

You mean you didn't think about marriage with your first girlfriend? Come on now ..... Come clean my friend!!

No. Did you?

 

[DallasEast]

I think NFL.com should stop its annual, all-season long practice of publishing playoff projection articles, etc. It's irrelevant and depressing. Why would football fans care about such information on a professional football website? Please. We "care" about seeing beer banners and the What Marcia Brady Looks Like Now Will Shock You ads littering the bottom of its webpages. Besides, knowing the current status of any team's win-loss record kills kittens.

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Dang it! Everyone STOP talking about winning streaks, divisional leaders, etc! Just stop already! FOR GOODNESS SAKES! Do it for the kittens!!!

 

[DC Cowboy]

All I know is that I live and work in hardcore skins country (DC), and today I can say to my fellow cow-orker skins fan, "Hey buddy, you're looking kind of glum today." Cow-orker: " Yeah..... rough day yesterday" Me: "Yeah, I'm feeling a little out of sorts as well. Think I'll go look at the NFL standings to cheer up" lolol

live and work in the DMV as well, all Skins fans at work are REALLY quiet today.

 

[dogunwo]

No, that's not it. Seeding comes near the end of the season and pertains to the playoffs.
If we were 1-5, we wouldn't be needing to talk about seeding because it wouldn't be certain we'd even make the playoffs.

Second, few, if any, here are trying to temperor enthusiasm. All of us appear to be enthusiast. But talking about seeding is premature. It's like being an elementary student who gets a girlfriend for the first time and talking about marriage. There are too many years, too many girls, too many changes with you and her to be talking about marriage.

I get that, and largely agree. The situation appeared to be a fan showing excitement by saying "It feels great, if the playoffs started today, we'd be the number 1 seed! That's how well we are doing!"; and the response to him is "Well shut-up, its not the end of the season."

We did all that "wait till the end of the season to get hype" in 2014. I don't want to deal with that again. As we know, these great winning streaks and seasons don't happen often, so lets enjoy the ride. If a few happy fans get extreme, so be it, they've been shouted down for quite sometime as it is, LOL.

 

[Longboysfan]

That's right, take a look at the standings, your Dallas Cowboys are the #1 seed in the NFC.

Woot, woot!

Call me on December 27th.

 

[Trouty]

@Proof

Get em brotha

Number 1 seed, 7 weeks in, and we shouldn't be excited?

Like seriously?

Take your cautious optimism and leave this damn thread if fans getting giddy upsets you.

#1 seed, baby!!!!!!!

 

[MRV52]

Let's just say that up to now all the stars in the universe are lining up for us. I love what I am seeing with this team and the potential is there to do great things this year. However, there is a lot of football left and potential injuries is what concerns me the most on where we have to get to.

 

[MRV52]

Call me on December 27th.

Sorry I can't that day. I am planning my Super bowl party.

 

[Trouty]

Let's just say that up to now all the stars in the universe are lining up for us. I love what I am seeing with this team and the potential is there to do great things this year. However, there is a lot of football left and potential injuries is what concerns me the most on where we have to get to.

For sure, rat, but rejoice! Number 1 seed lol

 

[JJHLH1]

That's right, take a look at the standings, your Dallas Cowboys are the #1 seed in the NFC.

Woot, woot!

I'm confused. The Cowboys and Vikings are tied with the best conference record at 5-1. Both have lost to an NFC opponent, but the Cowboys loss was to a division opponent whereas the Vikings' loss wasn't. Doesn't that give the tie-breaker #1 seed to the Vikings? I'm just curious. It's way too early to be thinking about this. We just need to play well on Sunday night against the Eagles.

http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures

 

[MRV52]

For sure, rat, but rejoice! Number 1 seed lol

I have to show that my feet are on the ground to these young folks in here. Really I am higher than a kite at the moment.

 

[Trouty]

I'm confused. The Cowboys and Vikings are tied with the best conference record at 5-1. Both have lost to an NFC opponent, but the Cowboys loss was to a division opponent whereas the Vikings' loss wasn't. Doesn't that give the tie-breaker #1 seed to the Vikings? I'm just curious. It's way too early to be thinking about this. We just need to play well on Sunday night against the Eagles.

http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures

It isn't too early to be happy about this, but I think you are right, JJ.

#2 seed, lol!!!

 

[dogunwo]

Only if you choose to make it meaningless.

Who is the best Calvin alter ego?

Spaceman Spiff
Stupendous Man
Tracer Bullet

LOL

 

[CATCH17]

I get that, and largely agree. The situation appeared to be a fan showing excitement by saying "It feels great, if the playoffs started today, we'd be the number 1 seed! That's how well we are doing!"; and the response to him is "Well shut-up, its not the end of the season."

We did all that "wait till the end of the season to get hype" in 2014. I don't want to deal with that again. As we know, these great winning streaks and seasons don't happen often, so lets enjoy the ride. If a few happy fans get extreme, so be it, they've been shouted down for quite sometime as it is, LOL.

And I've been one of those shouting down.


Whats different about this Cowboy team that gives me so much confidence.. We have something you just can't stop.

It's not like a great passing attack that requires rhythm.

Our gameplan is to lineup and run it down your throat and we are soooooo good at it that it forces you to sell out on it to try to stop it and then the passing game just becomes too easy.

Also.. Zeke Elliot is a champion and he will show that if we get him to the post season.

Ezekiel Elliot is a big game player as seen in College when he took over games against Alabama and Oregon and won his team a National title when nobody expected it.

Get excited folks..

 

[dogunwo]

And I've been one of those shouting down.


Whats different about this Cowboy team that gives me so much confidence.. We have something you just can't stop.

It's not like a great passing attack that requires rhythm.

Our gameplan is to lineup and run it down your throat and we are soooooo good at it that it forces you to sell out on it to try to stop it and then the passing game just becomes too easy.

Also.. Zeke Elliot is a champion and he will show that if we get him to the post season.

Ezekiel Elliot is a big game player as seen in College when he took over games against Alabama and Oregon and won his team a National title when nobody expected it.

Get excited folks..

Remember how when Romo first took over for Bledsoe, even when it was 3rd and 17 you just felt like he could engineer a play so you weren't that worried about it? I finally feel like that again myself with Dak and Zeke. Probably would feel the same way when/if Romo comes back, but you are right the offense feels like a well oiled machine.

 

[CATCH17]

Remember how when Romo first took over for Bledsoe, even when it was 3rd and 17 you just felt like he could engineer a play so you weren't that worried about it? I finally feel like that again myself with Dak and Zeke. Probably would feel the same way when/if Romo comes back, but you are right the offense feels like a well oiled machine.

I said in another thread that everytime Zeke touches the ball you feel like it could be a big play..

It reminds of when Felix Jones first came onto the scene but with him it was fools gold and with Zeke it's for real.

 

[dfense]

It only takes a week or two for everything to change. Three weeks ago, the Eagles were going to take the division. Four weeks ago, the Giants were. Did the Vikings look like an undefeated team to you yesterday?

 

[tyke1doe]

I get that, and largely agree. The situation appeared to be a fan showing excitement by saying "It feels great, if the playoffs started today, we'd be the number 1 seed! That's how well we are doing!"; and the response to him is "Well shut-up, its not the end of the season."

We did all that "wait till the end of the season to get hype" in 2014. I don't want to deal with that again. As we know, these great winning streaks and seasons don't happen often, so lets enjoy the ride. If a few happy fans get extreme, so be it, they've been shouted down for quite sometime as it is, LOL.

It appears that when someone disagrees it's interpreted as raining on people's enthusiasm.

That's being too sensitive. As we've said several times, we are excited about the Cowboys 5-1 record. But saying as of today we're the number 1 seed is meaningless because of the reasons I said previously.

I can't help if some of us like to be precise with words and meaning and others don't.

But if you want to enjoy the fact that we're the number 1 seed now even though that's still to be determined, have at it.