Sturm: Morning After - Cardinals 28, Cowboys 17

[Sturm1310]

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I assume just about every die-hard Cowboys’ fan knew a few weeks ago that things were going too smoothly. It was a suspiciously smooth 7 weeks of football for a team that had just thrown aside the New York Giants with ease after a win in Seattle that told the football world that Dallas must be taken seriously. 6-1 was a start that shocked even the most committed apologist and it was nothing but blue skies ahead. Talk of playoff seeding had begun and good times were back again.

Of course, that had to make a lot of people nervous. Especially the experienced football fan that understands that there is almost no such thing as a season without a significant storm or seven. Football is a sport that tests the resolve of every team, and if that team is to do something memorable or remarkable, the way they defeat adversity along the way is generally the theme of that chapter in the history books.

And the storm clouds have certainly arrived in full intensity. Now, a stretch of games that included 3 straight home contests in games where the Cowboys would surely be favored and then an international battle against one of the worst teams in the league now can only be saved with a win in London to put that stretch at 2-2.

 

[WV Cowboy]

The only game that bugs me is the skins game. With good coaching we would have won that game and Tony would not have gotten hammered.

Losing yesterday against a good team without Tony is not too upsetting.

We should be 7-2.

 

[Crown Royal]

The only game that bugs me is the skins game. With good coaching we would have won that game and Tony would not have gotten hammered.

Losing yesterday against a good team without Tony is not too upsetting.

We should be 7-2.

I'm getting a little warn out liking your posts. Stop it.

 

[30yrheel]

The only game that bugs me is the skins game. With good coaching we would have won that game and Tony would not have gotten hammered.

Losing yesterday against a good team without Tony is not too upsetting.

We should be 7-2.

That's going to bite us in the backside at the end of the season.

 

[Wayne02]

The only game that bugs me is the skins game. With good coaching we would have won that game and Tony would not have gotten hammered.

Losing yesterday against a good team without Tony is not too upsetting.

We should be 7-2.

That's true to a certain extent, but we can never play the "we should be this" game because we would have to look at the other side of it where we probably "should" have lost to Houston and definitely to St. Louis.

 

[WV Cowboy]

That's true to a certain extent, but we can never play the "we should be this" game because we would have to look at the other side of it where we probably "should" have lost to Houston and definitely to St. Louis.

Never second guess a win. LOL

 

[Doomsday101]

The only game that bugs me is the skins game. With good coaching we would have won that game and Tony would not have gotten hammered.

Losing yesterday against a good team without Tony is not too upsetting.

We should be 7-2.

It happens heck Rams beat the 9ers yesterday people need to figure out there are no gimmes in the NFL, should we have beaten the skins? on paper sure we should have just as on paper the 9ers at home should have blown the Rams out but it does not work that way.

 

[WV Cowboy]

It happens heck Rams beat the 9ers yesterday people need to figure out there are no gimmes in the NFL, should we have beaten the skins? on paper sure we should have just as on paper the 9ers at home should have blown the Rams out but it does not work that way.

I know all of that, .. I still don't like losing to a team that we are better than.

I've watched football long enough to know that it happens, .. but we overlooked them, took them lightly, got beat, .. and now we will have to live with the consequences.

Even though it has happened before, .. it doesn't sit well with me.

 

[punchnjudy]

Before the season, the biggest question marks were whether this defense could get off the field and whether Tony would stay healthy.

9 weeks later we have the same questions but at least 6-3 offers more promise than the majority of us felt at 0-0.

If Tony is even 80%, this offense won't look that impotent again. There may be games where turnovers squash momentum (ie. Washington), but I think the offense will generally be fine if Tony is in good health. But this trend with the pass defense will have to stop if they're going to do anything significant.

 

[Doomsday101]

I know all of that, .. I still don't like losing to a team that we are better than.

I've watched football lomg enough to know that it happens, .. but we overlooked them, took them lightly, got beat, .. and now we will have to live with the consequences.

Even though it has happened before, .. it doesn't sit will with me.

No body likes losing to teams that you feel you are much better but it happens and it happens on a weekly basis in the NFL including Cowboys. I learned along time ago there are no gimme games, every game is a game within itself, stats and record mean nothing once the ball is kicked off. These are all professional who are capable of going out and performing. That is why even teams like the Jags should not be viewed as some give me game.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Sturm hits on the reason I'm not too upset yet. Most teams, even the good ones, run into adversity at some point in the year. How they respond to it generally determines how well they do late in the season.

Admittedly, adaptation has not been a strong suit of Garrett, but I believe he can learn and I am waiting to see how it plays out.

 

[WV Cowboy]

No body likes losing to teams that you feel you are much better but it happens and it happens on a weekly basis in the NFL including Cowboys. I learned along time ago there are no gimme games, every game is a game within itself, stats and record mean nothing once the ball is kicked off. These are all professional who are capable of going out and performing. That is why even teams like the Jags should not be viewed as some give me game.

Like I said, I know all of that, .. I agree with all of that. Maybe our coaches and players should have thought about that before overlooking the skins.

It still is the game that bugs me, .. what can I say?

 

[Doomsday101]

Well I guess all the tal

Like I said, I know all of that, .. I agree with all of that. Maybe our coaches and players should have thought about that before overlooking the skins.

It still is the game that bugs me, .. what can I say?

How much they overlooked I can't say, I do know Skins came in ready to play and brought the heat all game long. Coaches and players are responsible for it but then I have seen even Landry coaches teams go into game people felt were easy and end up losing. It happens it sucks you hope guys learn from it. Yesterdays game that is a good team and Dallas did not play well enough to win it simple as that

 

[Stash]

"They must get a win against 1-8 Jacksonville to keep the bye week from being 14 days of chaos."

This line rings most true for me.

 

[cowboys1981]

I'm just glad Weeden didn't lose it the way Kap did lol. Can you imagine losing the game when you could've tied it??

 

[Stash]

I know all of that, .. I still don't like losing to a team that we are better than.

I've watched football long enough to know that it happens, .. but we overlooked them, took them lightly, got beat, .. and now we will have to live with the consequences.

Even though it has happened before, .. it doesn't sit well with me.

I saw it more as being 'outcoached' than I did anyone "overlooking" them.

I saw a less-talented team being better prepared and having a much better gameplan that allowed them to defeat a more-talented group.

 

[Eddie]

The only game that bugs me is the skins game. With good coaching we would have won that game and Tony would not have gotten hammered.

Losing yesterday against a good team without Tony is not too upsetting.

We should be 7-2.

A great catch by Dez in OT against the Texans, and the 3rd and 20 against the C-Hoks. Remove those and we're 4-5.

We should be 4-5 right now.

 

[WV Cowboy]

I saw it more as being 'outcoached' than I did anyone "overlooking" them.

I saw both.

A 2-5 team with their 3rd string QB beats us, .. when we were a 6-1 team.
And then that team turns around and loses to a 3-5 team with their 1st string QB returning.
They are not a good football team.

We took them for granted, we weren't prepared, and it cost us.

We should have won that game, .. and then losing yesterday without Romo is not that bad.

 

[WV Cowboy]

A great catch by Dez in OT against the Texans, and the 3rd and 20 against the C-Hoks. Remove those and we're 4-5.

We should be 4-5 right now.

I don't know about should be, but yes we could be.

Take away our stars being stars and yes, we could lose, .. I agree with that.

 

[Idgit]

The only game that bugs me is the skins game. With good coaching we would have won that game and Tony would not have gotten hammered.

Losing yesterday against a good team without Tony is not too upsetting.

We should be 7-2.

A great catch by Dez in OT against the Texans, and the 3rd and 20 against the C-Hoks. Remove those and we're 4-5.

We should be 4-5 right now.

We should be 6-3. And the close wins and losses ought to be a reminder to us that the line between 4-5 and 7-2 is a handful of plays in this league. That goes for everybody, and not just the Cowboys.