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Last week, the Cowboys depended on its highest-compensated player to rewrite the record books and duel to the finish with one of the best in the history of the sport. Last night, the Cowboys were all asked to do their part and show last year's division champion that this team has more resolve when it counts and will not concede an inch.
And this week's performance left with a very important divisional win over the Washington Commanders, in a game that will not present nearly the awesome highlight segments, but will do a better job of getting this Dallas team where it wants to go.
It was a test of wills last night, and although the Cowboys paid quite a price to enforce theirs - with costly injuries all around - they surely left the stadium with an assortment of players who can feel that they contributed and earned their spots this week. And that is what is often missing from this franchise in recent years. Everyone feeling like they can make a play and then efforting to do so. It is not easy to affect games if you are not one of the focal points, but you every time you step on the field you are either trying to turn the game or you are wasting everyone's time. Thankfully, there are a lot of players who realize that opportunity cannot be wasted in this line of work, and many with stars on their helmets who understand that this is their chance to grab on and to make a name for themselves.
The Cowboys won this game because they received contributions from all over the field and all over the roster. There will be plenty today who complain about lack of yardage and proper statistics like QB rating, or total yards, or total plays, or run/pass balance. I am sure those same people will not remember that they argued that those numbers do not matter just last week when all the statistics in the world were not enough to get a victory.
Read the rest: http://sturminator.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morning-after-dallas-31-washington.html
And this week's performance left with a very important divisional win over the Washington Commanders, in a game that will not present nearly the awesome highlight segments, but will do a better job of getting this Dallas team where it wants to go.
It was a test of wills last night, and although the Cowboys paid quite a price to enforce theirs - with costly injuries all around - they surely left the stadium with an assortment of players who can feel that they contributed and earned their spots this week. And that is what is often missing from this franchise in recent years. Everyone feeling like they can make a play and then efforting to do so. It is not easy to affect games if you are not one of the focal points, but you every time you step on the field you are either trying to turn the game or you are wasting everyone's time. Thankfully, there are a lot of players who realize that opportunity cannot be wasted in this line of work, and many with stars on their helmets who understand that this is their chance to grab on and to make a name for themselves.
The Cowboys won this game because they received contributions from all over the field and all over the roster. There will be plenty today who complain about lack of yardage and proper statistics like QB rating, or total yards, or total plays, or run/pass balance. I am sure those same people will not remember that they argued that those numbers do not matter just last week when all the statistics in the world were not enough to get a victory.
Read the rest: http://sturminator.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-morning-after-dallas-31-washington.html
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