Stars not aligning for Dallas

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There seems to be a lot working against our team heading into this weekend's game.

1) Our NFL leading rusher has a broken hand that might cause him to miss a game we need to win against a 10-4 opponent. And on top of that, it's possible that two members of the offensive line that makes this team go will either be sidelined by their ankle injuries or not at full strength.

2) Two of the teams outside of the division we need to lose (Seattle, Detroit) are facing backup QBs with Chicago having benched Cutler and Arizona down to its third-stringer.

3) The foe we're fighting for the division not only faces an easier opponent than us, but the Eagles get to do it against a QB who seems to have lost the organization but is starting by default after Colt McCoy was injured last week.

Those are a lot of odds to overcome, but hopefully Dallas will be able to take care of business this week ... and there's always the possibility in the NFL of a team like Washington pulling off the improbable.
 
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stiletto said:
Make your own destiny should be the team's philosophy. No way can anything else be relied on. They win out, they deserve to be there. Simple as that. They lose well..maybe they shouldn't have lost to the raggedy a55 Commanders at home...
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gimmesix said:
3) The foe we're fighting for the division not only faces an easier opponent than us, but the Eagles get to do it against a QB who seems to have lost the organization but is starting by default after Colt McCoy was injured last week.
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That's not the stars aligning against us. That's us failing to beat WAS when they had their #3 QB playing.
 
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Look at it this way:

If Dallas can't take advantage of the situation and win the next two games when everything is in front of them for the taking AND they have the momentum after a HUGE win in Philly-- then, they simply aren't going to do much in the playoffs anyway.

It's put up or shut up time. No excuses. Other teams have injuries. We need to win 6 games in a row in order to hoist the Lombardi. They've done it already this season.
 
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If the stars don't align, then we're going to have to align them. We've still got a very winnable game in front of us this weekend. Bears weren't going to beat Lions for us, anyway, and I think I"d rather have them bench Cutler and hope for a bounce from the backup.

At the end of the day, we're 10-4. I'm good with that. I can't get too worked up about any of the 4 losses. WAS was obviously the worst collection of talent that we lost to, but the games are about making plays, and they made more plays than we did that day. Same as with the other three losses. Honestly, for me, I think the SF game bothers me more than WAS did. The WAS game got us focusing on handling the interior blitz, which was a weakness that could have gotten us beaten down the road. It's something we had to overcome.

That SF game was just Tony throwing the three first-half picks off of play action. Uncharacteristic, probably related to his injury, and it's one player crimping the entire team's chance to win that important first game of the year. Plus, I live in the Bay Area, and it's ruined my ability to gloat at Christmas parties this season.
 
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Nothing is giving to a football team, they have to go out and earn it.

Does not matter if it looks easy or hard on the schedule...you got to go out and play the games.
 
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gimmesix said:
There seems to be a lot working against our team heading into this weekend's game.

1) Our NFL leading rusher has a broken hand that might cause him to miss a game we need to win against a 10-4 opponent. And on top of that, it's possible that two members of the offensive line that makes this team go will either be sidelined by their ankle injuries or not at full strength.

2) Two of the teams outside of the division we need to lose (Seattle, Detroit) are facing backup QBs with Chicago having benched Cutler and Arizona down to its third-stringer.

3) The foe we're fighting for the division not only faces an easier opponent than us, but the Eagles get to do it against a QB who seems to have lost the organization but is starting by default after Colt McCoy was injured last week.

Those are a lot of odds to overcome, but hopefully Dallas will be able to take care of business this week ... and there's always the possibility in the NFL of a team like Washington pulling off the improbable.
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About three weeks ago, we were a game back of Philly with some tough games (out of only four remaining) coming up. Today, we're in the lead with two games left. The Cowboys control their own conclusion to the season. To me, the stars have aligned in Dallas' favor.
 
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If we want a bye week, the best thing that could happen is Seattle beating Arizona. So in that sense, things have lined up quite nicely.
 
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A week ago, we had to look at scenerios and hope for help.
Now, our destiny is in our own hands; Philly is the team hoping for help to make the playoffs; we don't need help.
We just need to defeat one slightly above average team and one pathetic bottom dweller to win our division.

If we lose and don't make the playoffs, that's on us.
 
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