Hostile;3852653 said:
This is a crock. New England was a good team in 2010. They got knocked out in the first round of the playoffs. It happens to every team, yet is an indictment of ours.
It is past ridiculous.
C'mon New England has won 3 SB's and have been to 4 since the Cowboys won their last SB in 95.
The Cowboys have only won a couple of playoff games since 95. How could NE being knocked off in the PLAYOFFS last season compare with the heavily hyped Cowboys going 6-10 and missing the playoffs?
NE went 14-2 no one predicted they would be that strong last season everyone was on the Jets bandwagon. Go back and review the predictions heading into last season.
If anything NE overachieved last season.
NE got knocked off in the playoffs but check their history the past 9 years and compare that with the Cowboys.
NE doesn't underachieve every season like what we've seen with the Cowboys because they have great coaching and great drafting.
It's silly comparing what happened to NE last season with what happened to the Cowboys last season and the previous seasons.
NE simply had a bad day and got beat in the playoffs like you said it happens. They weren't folding heading into that game like the 07 Cowboys were heading into the Giants game.
After the unexpected 13-3 season the Cowboys had in 07 with 13 pro bowlers most everyone thought after they folded down the stretch that 08 would be their season.
They were heavily hyped heading into the 08 season with everyone talking SB and they ended up missing the playoffs with one of the most lopsided defeats in franchise history.
With the expectations low heading into 09 with some predicting the Cowboys would miss the playoffs they responded with an 11-5 season and their first playoff win in 13 years.
After the success of the 09 season expectations were enormous heading into the 2010 season with many predicting the Cowboys would represent the NFC in the SB bowl and they ended up missing the playoffs in humiliating fashion with a 6-10 season.