SI: Are the Cowboys Super Bowl contenders?
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I suggest Football 101 for Housewives available on Amazon.
glimmerman
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Talk to me in a couple of months. Been 1 game.
75boyz
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Yeah, regular season and playoffs is a whole different animal.
Blogging the Boys did a good article pointing out that they historically have not handled a regular season blowout win with a good follow up.
So I'll be in my bracing myself for a let down mode after a dominating win last week.
But at the same time I'll be hoping for any kind of win this week.
jmo
Blogging the Boys did a good article pointing out that they historically have not handled a regular season blowout win with a good follow up.
So I'll be in my bracing myself for a let down mode after a dominating win last week.
But at the same time I'll be hoping for any kind of win this week.
jmo
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They are after Week 1. Stay tuned…
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The season typically starts out with about a half dozen contenders, depending on definition and context.
After the first few weeks a name or two is added to the list while a name or two are subtracted.
Towards the end of the season, a mystery team emerges, one whose momentum in December cannot be ignored.
As the postseason begins, there are the true contenders and there are the "filler" teams that are there because, with 14 teams in the playoffs, somebody has to be there.
There is no series. You win or go home. Any team can lose a single game. Just because a good team is eliminated, it doesn't mean they weren't contenders. Some don't care to admit it, but there is an element of luck involved. The Cowboys and 49ers, for example, were on the bad side of luck last season when they lost key offensive players in the middle of a game.
The arguably best team wins the Super Bowl about 50% of the time, the other 50% fail to make it through the playoff gauntlet.
Thus far, the Cowboys are a contender, previous results count for nothing. These are not accumulative circumstances, every season has it's own story. The Cowboys were generally expected to be a good team and they have done nothing to discourage that perception.
The Jets were contenders. However, unless Zach Wilson goes through some miraculous transformation, they should lose some key games to start the season and they will be eliminated as contenders, perhaps not technically, but for all practical purposes.
If, on the other hand, the Cowboys lose to the Jets, suffer an upset to the Patriots, then lose to the 49ers, then they will be the ones eliminated as true contenders in the minds of most.
Today, the Cowboys are contenders.
After the first few weeks a name or two is added to the list while a name or two are subtracted.
Towards the end of the season, a mystery team emerges, one whose momentum in December cannot be ignored.
As the postseason begins, there are the true contenders and there are the "filler" teams that are there because, with 14 teams in the playoffs, somebody has to be there.
There is no series. You win or go home. Any team can lose a single game. Just because a good team is eliminated, it doesn't mean they weren't contenders. Some don't care to admit it, but there is an element of luck involved. The Cowboys and 49ers, for example, were on the bad side of luck last season when they lost key offensive players in the middle of a game.
The arguably best team wins the Super Bowl about 50% of the time, the other 50% fail to make it through the playoff gauntlet.
Thus far, the Cowboys are a contender, previous results count for nothing. These are not accumulative circumstances, every season has it's own story. The Cowboys were generally expected to be a good team and they have done nothing to discourage that perception.
The Jets were contenders. However, unless Zach Wilson goes through some miraculous transformation, they should lose some key games to start the season and they will be eliminated as contenders, perhaps not technically, but for all practical purposes.
If, on the other hand, the Cowboys lose to the Jets, suffer an upset to the Patriots, then lose to the 49ers, then they will be the ones eliminated as true contenders in the minds of most.
Today, the Cowboys are contenders.
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Osa is most likely a quality rotational type. He has not been dominant up to this point.
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They’re marked.
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Typical New York bias of East coast reporters. “Wow, the Cowboys put a butt-whipping on the Giants. This must be their year.”
It’ll be even worse next week after the Cowboys stomp the Jets. But I’ll wait to anoint the Cowboys until after the games in Weeks 5 & 9 against the Niners and Eagles. If the Cowboys win those two games, I will allow myself to believe this could be their year. Until then, I’m not getting exited about beating down mediocre and bad teams, especially the dumpster trash that passes for New Jersey NFL teams.
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Do we go all out to defeat them in a regular season game or save something for them in the playoffs?
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Early days but we are "paper" contenders and if week 1 is anything to go off we should be in the mix. Personally, I'd want to see a bit more evidence before getting too mouthy around the water cooler. Even then, a bit of luck and a clean run with injuries are still going to be required.
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The Jets' game is in the bag
