Pre-preseason power rankings

[ActualCowboysFan]

Super Bowl odds aren't really the same as power rankings, because money lines always skew towards big names early on. I doubt (but don't know) that there has not been a year in the last decade that the Cowboys weren't high on the SB odds charts.

On the OddsShark Page it is the live page for their power rankings link, but I also don't see a date on the page. The games listed on the side are, however, today's games. Maybe you could link to the other power rankings you saw, I tried to show the ones I found regardless of where they put the teams.

I find it hard to believe any power ranking type layout would put any NFC East team in the top 10 (top 15 is a stretch)

You literally posted 2015 odds and are critiquing me? Dallas is favored by Vegas across the board.

Wins Over Under
Dal 9
NYG 8
Was 7.5
PHI 7

Super Bowl Odds
Dal 18 to 1
NYG 18 to 1
Was 40 to 1
PHI 80 to 1

Odds to win the East
Dal 7 to 4
NYG 9 to 4
PHI 15 to 4
Was 15 to 4


It's relatively meaningless. But it's a dang sight more meaningful than Elliott Harrison's opinion or some biased Commanders reject trolling a Cowboys board with odds from last season.

 

[SkinsFan28]

You literally posted 2015 odds and are critiquing me? Dallas is favored by Vegas across the board.

Wins Over Under
Dal 9
NYG 8
Was 7.5
PHI 7

Super Bowl Odds
Dal 18 to 1
NYG 18 to 1
Was 40 to 1
PHI 80 to 1

Odds to win the East
Dal 7 to 4
NYG 9 to 4
PHI 15 to 4
Was 15 to 4


It's relatively meaningless. But it's a dang sight more meaningful than Elliott Harrison's opinion or some biased Commanders reject trolling a Cowboys board with odds from last season.

Look, I'm not trying to be obnoxious, I was just posting the live links from both sites I looked at to show information that matched what another poster( a cowboys fan) on here had said.

I agree it's all meaningless. With all that said, the initial discussion was about pre-season power rankings, which are a different animal (and probably 100 times more meaningless) then Vegas odds.

No need to reply - I get your point, I doubt you will objectively see my point.

 

[Verdict]

It's not negative goggles. It's called reality. This team has so many holes that it's pretty impossible to say with certainty that this team is definitely better than say the Chiefs, who won 11 games last year or the Vikings, who also won 11 games last year.

You have no idea if this defense will be better than the 2014 one.

1) Our two best DEs are out for four games, on a team that already had serious pass rush problems.

2) We returned basically the same secondary that was like 26th in the league in opposing passer ratings. Oh yeah blame the pass rush. See #1.

3) LB depth is a concern and we don't have McClain.

The only thing you can point to with certainty IMO is that the interior DL looks strong and has depth. Other than that, it's questions all over the defense. Maybe they put it all together. But there is a decent chance our defense will be no better than last year's defense.

There are so many unknowns on this team that their win total could be anywhere from 11 wins to 6 wins IMO. And because of that, it's silly IMO to claim that the Cowboys are without a doubt much better than the Vikings, for example.

You are correct, no one knows for sure, so your default setting is "Negative Nancy"!! Got it!!

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

Look, I'm not trying to be obnoxious, I was just posting the live links from both sites I looked at to show information that matched what another poster( a cowboys fan) on here had said.

I agree it's all meaningless. With all that said, the initial discussion was about pre-season power rankings, which are a different animal (and probably 100 times more meaningless) then Vegas odds.

No need to reply - I get your point, I doubt you will objectively see my point.

You don't have a point. You tried to correct someone using obviously erroneous information. Instead of admitting your error, you're making excuses and blaming semantics.