Scenario - Would you take this record heading into the bye?

[Bowdown27]

8-2 or 7-3. No shot I wanna go into the bye only winning 2 more games.

 

[erod]

That would be disappointing.

Got to be 8-2 or 7-3 at the worst. Tough stretch on the road to finish.

 

[dstovall5]

No I would not take that.
Why do people think we lose to the giants at home. Yes it can happen, but I just don't see it. Maybe i'm in the minority. We should come out of those games no worse than 3-2, but no reason we can't go 4-1. I'mn not afraid of the Cardinals at home either.

Don't drink the kool-aid or eat the cheese? Well that goes for other teams too. Some don't buy we can win, but they buy the other teams can? These aren't juggernauts like Seattle seems to be.

I never said I think that's the record we'll be, or that I myself think we'll lose to the Giants at home. It was just a hypothetical scenario, "would you take it"? Me personally, I think we'll be 4-2 or 5-1 in the division.

 

[Zman5]

It depends on injuries. If both Ro and Carter is going to be out for more than a game our defense is going to struggle.

Having said that, I am expecting 7-3 or better.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I expect Dallas to win some hard game, games that some feel they can't win. That is when you will know this team is for real. I believe in them. If at the bye we are 6-4 I will take it and hope they can fight through it but losing 3 of 5 would be a disappointment. Frankly I expect guys to work and improve week to week not taking steps backwards

Wouldn't be disappointing yet. It's how you start, you don't winning anything at mid season point.

Like it or not. They will take steps backward.

Doesn't matter right now... It's how you finish.

 

[Wayne02]

My initial prediction: I had the Cowboys at 5-5 before the BYE, and ending at 7-9.

I now think that 8-8 is more likely with a shot at 9-7.

 

[Doomsday101]

Wouldn't be disappointing yet. It's how you start, you don't winning anything at mid season point.

Like it or not. They will take steps backward.

Doesn't matter right now... It's how you finish.

No you don't win anything at the beginning of the season but you certainly can put yourself in a position so that you are not having to depend on others to lose or have to come down to week 17 to see if you can make it to post season. If Dallas is 6-4 losing the next 3 out of 5 well that is not something I would be thrilled with. I find it funny it is those who have the least expectation who question those who have a bit more faith in this team.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

No you don't win anything at the beginning of the season but you certainly can put yourself in a position so that you are not having to depend on others to lose or have to come down to week 17 to see if you can make it to post season. If Dallas is 6-4 losing the next 3 out of 5 well that is not something I would be thrilled with. I find it funny it is those who have the least expectation who question those who have a bit more faith in this team.

There are many "position" changes/controls that are still to be had as late as 2nd to last game of season. In many cases the last game.

Too much is made of this early on.., even mid season.

Has nothing to do with faith. Too much is made of games early on... Mid season.

 

[Wayne02]

No I would not take that.
Why do people think we lose to the giants at home. Yes it can happen, but I just don't see it. Maybe i'm in the minority. We should come out of those games no worse than 3-2, but no reason we can't go 4-1. I'mn not afraid of the Cardinals at home either.

Don't drink the kool-aid or eat the cheese? Well that goes for other teams too. Some don't buy we can win, but they buy the other teams can? These aren't juggernauts like Seattle seems to be.

Because they have beaten the Cowboys more times at home than the Cowboys have beaten them.

 

[Doomsday101]

There are many "position" changes/controls that are still to be had as late as 2nd to last game of season. In many cases the last game.

Too much is made of this early on.., even mid season.

Has nothing to do with faith. Too much is made of games early on... Mid season.

All games count and often it is the early loses to conference and divisional opponents that keep you out of post season. Look at Cards they went 10-6 last season going 6-2 over the last 8 games including beating Seahawks in Seattle and missed post season. 4 and 4 over the 1st 8 games hurt and cost them. Great they finished strong not good enough.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

No I would not be happy losing 3 of 5 games especially one in division.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Look at Cards...

Look at the cowboys... Do or die last game of year how many times now?

I get your point. But often times there are won and you are situations. Often times. Often.

 

[Doomsday101]

Look at the cowboys... Do or die last game of year how many times now?

I get your point. But often times there are won and you are situations. Often times. Often.

Those games matter it also matters to win ball games be it first half of the season so that you tend not to be faced with so many do or die games. Hell skins was a do or die for Dallas we won but had to go backup QB vs Philly. Fact is Dallas had chances to put the east away much earlier they lost some conference games that pretty much sealed our fate at any chance of a wildcard.

 

[FLcowboy]

No way we will lose to the Giants at home. I wouldn't give the Cardinals game away either. I think we could be 7-3, or 8-2 at the break. So, no I want better than 6-4

I would not concede the Giants game in Dallas, but probably the Giants in NJ. Arizona in Dallas is a tossup. Dallas could go into the bye at 8 and 2. If they are legit, the Giants and Cards in Dallas should be wins. Just how have the Eagles impressed anybody. Even their coach is down on his offense. Cowboys split that series. Commanders give up 2 to Dallas, and the Giants split. Chicago and the Colts are wild teams. Colts have the easiest division to play in, and the Bears aren't impressing anybody at this point. Right now, I'm only conceding the Seahawks game.

 

[DFWJC]

Given the ugly schedule after the break--Dallas could possibly be underdogs in all 6 games--I think the better be 7-3 going in.

The only game we've won so far that was a of a surprise was the New Orleans game...at least for many.

 

[Clove]

We go as far as the Health of the OL takes us. We can honestly beat any team as long as we have this OL intact. The minute we start seeing injuries in the OL, that's when the season will be over IMO.

I 100% agree with this. And I'll add that this is a championship offensive line. And if we can work around this alone, we can go far. But now I'm getting spoiled with this line. This is something NE has done since BB has come to town. He always keeps his offensive line in tact. We need to keep drafting linemen for back up. If someone gets hurt on this line, we're finished. Houston should have been a blow out by us based on the ease at which we moved the ball. So now that we have a great RB/QB & WR with TE, a solid defense, it's time to start crushing teams.

 

[reddyuta]

we need to be 7-3 at the bye to have a shot at the division,the giants are not better than us at all even though they seem to have fixed their oline problems.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

I hate this respect for the Giants . They are crap , we are going to beat them down badly just like last year. They have NObody scary on that cheap team .

 

[Carolina Cowboy]

Uhm ,yeah I'll take it because I have no control over it, but will I like it? Hell no. We're 4-1 so you're saying we're going 2-3 after what we've shown so far. Oh HELL NO.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Week 1 L 49ers (28) Cowboys (17)
Week 2 W Cowboys (26) Titans (10)
Week 3 W Cowboys (34) Rams (31)
Week 4 W Cowboys (38) Saints (17)
Week 5 W Cowboys (20) Texans (17)
Week 6 L Seahawks (45) Cowboys (24)
Week 7 L Giants (27) Cowboys (21)
Week 8 W Cowboys (31) Commanders (14)
Week 9 L Cardinals (31) Cowboys (28)
Week 10 W Cowboys (17) Jaguars (7)

So we'd be 6-4 heading into BYE, having Rolando and Carter back 100% healthy for the 2nd part of the season. Would you take that record if you could?

Remaining Games

Week 12 @ Giants
Week 13 Eagles
Week 14 @ Bears
Week 15 @ Eagles
Week 16 Colts
Week 17 @ Commanders

Chances are, to make the playoffs we'd have to finish 9-7 or better. So if we're 6-4 heading into BYE, that means we have to at worst split the final remaining games (3-3). And 4 of the final 6 games will be divisional rival games looking to spoil our season, 3 of which will be played on the road.

Honestly, if we head into the BYE at 6-4 we may be in for trouble. I'd feel much better sitting at 7-3 or better. I know we still have 5 weeks to go until the BYE, but this is just hypothetical and it doesn't hurt anything so what the heck.

No I wouldn't take that . We will be better than that . F the Giants we are going to dominate them.