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Sturm's Morning After: Tough Opponent Required Deeper Dig
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) passes a touchdown pass to wide receiver Cole Beasley (11) against Baltimore Ravens during in the first half at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on November 20, 2016. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News)
By Bob Sturm, Special contributor Contact Bob Sturmon Twitter SportsSturm
The schedule brings a number of unexpected twists and turns that test a team from numerous angles. This sample size exposes weaknesses and requires a young team that believes it is good to prove it over and over. To answer questions one week that were not asked before. Or, to confirm those answers as repeatable and sustainable.
If there is one description of the 2016 Cowboys that continues to flatter the two rookies at the helm, it seems that "repeatable and sustainable" is about the brightest compliment one could pay.
For that means that there is no fluke to be found. There is no luck. There was no great fortune in finding yourself on the winning side nine times in a row. This certainly doesn't promise future success, but all indicators insist that success seems likely.
We may have to face it: the 2016 Dallas Cowboys are winning in ways that suggest that they have put something together that may be good for a while. Because the way they win week after week does not suggest that they are just riding a wave of fortune.
Yesterday, in a game where they appeared to wake up as the 2nd Quarter was being played (those noon starts are pretty early, you know), they then took the ball away from their opponent and repeated the normal recipe for a Cowboys win.
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) passes a touchdown pass to wide receiver Cole Beasley (11) against Baltimore Ravens during in the first half at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on November 20, 2016. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News)
By Bob Sturm, Special contributor Contact Bob Sturmon Twitter SportsSturm
The schedule brings a number of unexpected twists and turns that test a team from numerous angles. This sample size exposes weaknesses and requires a young team that believes it is good to prove it over and over. To answer questions one week that were not asked before. Or, to confirm those answers as repeatable and sustainable.
If there is one description of the 2016 Cowboys that continues to flatter the two rookies at the helm, it seems that "repeatable and sustainable" is about the brightest compliment one could pay.
For that means that there is no fluke to be found. There is no luck. There was no great fortune in finding yourself on the winning side nine times in a row. This certainly doesn't promise future success, but all indicators insist that success seems likely.
We may have to face it: the 2016 Dallas Cowboys are winning in ways that suggest that they have put something together that may be good for a while. Because the way they win week after week does not suggest that they are just riding a wave of fortune.
Yesterday, in a game where they appeared to wake up as the 2nd Quarter was being played (those noon starts are pretty early, you know), they then took the ball away from their opponent and repeated the normal recipe for a Cowboys win.
***snip***
[content added by staff]
http://sportsday.***BANNED-URL***/d...ms-morning-tough-opponent-required-deeper-dig
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