RG3: Cowboys have given critics all the leverage, gotta get back on track

[Coogiguy03]

Agree with 3 100%.....use the next three games reviewing/working on your best plays of the season and throwing out the bad ones ( especially that darn horizontal WR screen). Use a concept similar to preseason.

No way we get rid of the plays with curl routes and throwing to our 3rd WR instead of our #1

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

You could, at least, be factual in your post. They lost to the Eagles, remember; and the Eagles certainly do not have a losing record. Facts can be a stubborn thing.

I said:

"You mad that the media isn't saying a 13-1 team sucks but are saying the Cowboys suck when all their loses are to teams with losing records and THAT team that you're upset the media won't say sucks? lol"

I'm sorry, but did you miss that part of my post? "THAT team" clearly referring to the Eagles.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Agree with 3 100%.....use the next three games reviewing/working on your best plays of the season and throwing out the bad ones ( especially that darn horizontal WR screen). Use a concept similar to preseason.

What does it mean to "give their critics leverage?" "Leverage" to do what, exactly?

 

[plasticman]

The Cowboys will never be consistent until they realized the degree in which other teams hate them.

I guarantee that if each NFL player were asked to list the teams they would love to beat, excluding division rivals, the Cowboys would be at or near the top of every team's list.

They feel that the Cowboys popularity and national games are unearned, the team is spoiled, the owner is a fool, and Cowboys fans are the most entitled of any professional sports team. The love beating the Cowboys.

Cowboys players need to understand that they will get every team's "A" game. Many teams treat a Cowboys game like a Super bowl.

The 90's teams were successful because they embraced the hate. The Cowboys teams in the 90's never believed in mercy. Blowouts were treated like opportunities to pad stats

 

[Streifenkarl]

The Cowboys will but you of all people know that Dallas can be 13-4 and lose to Tampa the pitch forks are coming out.

And rightly so.

 

[Praxit]

.. doesn't matter, you play for the team.
You play for the guy next to you, taking a beating.
You play for the coaches, who burn midnight oil.
Fans are least of importance.

Fixed it for you guys.

 

[JayFord]

teams blow leads and have stretches where they play like crap

it happens

 

[offlimits]

The Cowboys will but you of all people know that Dallas can be 13-4 and lose to Tampa the pitch forks are coming out.

...as they should.

 

[Motorola]

The Eagles lost to Washington at home. Looked horrible against the Colts and Bears. Media says they are the best team in the league. Cowboys lose two close games to elite quarterbacks on the road in overtime they suck.

Reread RGIII's post.

 

[glimmerman]

Agree but we need to know how much Hilton has left, how much can we expect from Gallup or Washington, and how much to play Parsons. Personally. I would sit Parsons the last game, maybe even the last two.

Yeah the games dont matter. I think we are riding into a 5th seed.

 

[BoysForLife]

You could, at least, be factual in your post. They lost to the Eagles, remember; and the Eagles certainly do not have a losing record. Facts can be a stubborn thing.

He did mention the eagles. He said all of our losses are to teams with losing records AND to "that team" that the op is upset the media isn't criticizing

He covered that base. It was an interesting way to word it, I'll admit. But a careful read of his statement confirms accuracy

 

[BoysForLife]

I said:

"You mad that the media isn't saying a 13-1 team sucks but are saying the Cowboys suck when all their loses are to teams with losing records and THAT team that you're upset the media won't say sucks? lol"

I'm sorry, but did you miss that part of my post? "THAT team" clearly referring to the Eagles.

Sorry I didn't see this post before my reply immediately above

Apologies for duplication

 

[BoysForLife]

By the way as to the OP,

RGIII ain't wrong. He pretty much nailed it

Dallas is giving the critics plenty of ammo

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

Agree with 3 100%.....use the next three games reviewing/working on your best plays of the season and throwing out the bad ones ( especially that darn horizontal WR screen). Use a concept similar to preseason.

Two names, Tony Pollard and Ezekel Elliot.

 

[Runwildboys]

What does it mean to "give their critics leverage?" "Leverage" to do what, exactly?

Criticize legitimately?

 

[CT Dal Fan]

I do understand where the posters commenting about the double standard with the media are coming from.

Case in point- three weeks ago the Cowboys outscored the Colts 33-0 in the 4th quarter in a 54-19 blowout win. But I read articles criticizing Dallas for only having a narrow 21-19 lead in the 3rd quarter. They said they "struggled for three quarters" against a bad team, therefore the win wasn't too impressive.

Yet the Eagles had to mount a last minute scoring drive to beat the SAME EXACT Colts team by ONE POINT (17-16) and the media was having a love affair with Philly's "championship level resilience".

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Critics should never have any leverage because smart players totally ignore them. Games are decided by what takes place on the field, not by the evaluations that critics do.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Criticize legitimately?

Again, what "leverage" does that give them? If the team has real problems, then those problems exist whether or not critics point them out, and it's the problems we should be concerned about, not this mysterious "leverage" that critics supposedly gain.

 

[Runwildboys]

Again, what "leverage" does that give them? If the team has real problems, then those problems exist whether or not critics point them out, and it's the problems we should be concerned about, not this mysterious "leverage" that critics supposedly gain.

I believe what he meant was that, while there are plenty of critics already, many of them (like SAS) are pretty much overblowing any little thing to get clicks. If the team keeps going the way they are, it's going to give the critics (even the ones who aren't just hating) legitimate click ammo.

Maybe "leverage" was the wrong word to use, strictly speaking, but the point was made.

 

[john van brocklin]

Agree with 3 100%.....use the next three games reviewing/working on your best plays of the season and throwing out the bad ones ( especially that darn horizontal WR screen). Use a concept similar to preseason.

Yep, we don't want to back into the playoffs.