The Best Loss Possible.

[NorthDalal]

We're never happy after a loss. We don't have any reason to be happy after a season ending playoff loss, But...............

This was the best loss we could have had---hands down. The alternatives...

1. Showing up in Seattle and getting a no-running game, penalty riddled 30-7 never-in-the-game dead on their feet blowout.
2. Repeating the last playoff loss--a no show against Carolina where we showed no potential to even stay in the game.
3. The second last playoff loss---the sleepwalk against the Cardinals in 1998.

So we went up to the defending NFC champs tough home field and established the run, made big plays,stoned Shaun Alexander-- showing a spunky run defense, hung tough in short yardage situations, and came within a fluke FG snap from pulling off the upset.

Now we can go thru the regular season thinking about what might have been if we had an experienced QB ready for primetime--something we might have next year in Tony Romo.

The alternative scenario also includes winning in Seattle and getting to go to Philadelphia or New Orleans and losing again 42-17 or 23-7 as those coaching staffs prove again that they have Parcells/Zimmer 3-4 figured out and Tony Romo isn't experienced enough to overcome Jim Johnson and Gary Gibb's understanding how to make him uncomfortable--he'll learn.

Face it we weren't going to the SuperBowl with the defense that gave up 39 to Detroit at home so a gutty fluke loss on the road in Seattle by 1 point was the best way to lose.

 

[Aikbach]

Losing is vulgar and unamerican, you play to win and win now as well as later.
I hear what you're trying to say but you still can't stomach losing and expect to suddenly have the fight to care at a later date.

 

[CaptainQuint]

Well, it beat the hell out of the Chiefs at Colts game, for drama and incidents.
This was a spectacular loss.


I doubt if either of tomorrow's games could compete, for entertainment(and shock) value.

On Sportscenter, the AFC game got a few minutes, and then we got the whole rest of the hour!

We also get a higher draft choice, I think.

 

[Dale]

I disagree.

Seattle played a stinker of a game today and the Cowboys STILL lost. That, to me, is not encouraging. Seattle was one of the weakest playoff teams going in and, on top of that, they didn't even play well.

There's no positive in, "Well, we almost lost." This wasn't a good team the Cowboys lost to. And it wasn't even a bad team playing well. The Cowboys looked like, well, a team that has lost four of its last five. Again, not encouraging.

Plus, to lose in such crushing fashion isn't a good thing IMO. Games like this can sometimes carry over into the next season.

I really question if Romo and this team will recover.

 

[NorthDalal]

But judging from your sig perhaps you thought Tony Romo was an experienced composed QB who could overcome a defense that had surrendered 42, 23, 28 and 39 the last 4 weeks.

What he is, is the bright future of the Cowboys who emerged at mid-season to save us from Drew Bledsoe's meltdown. Without a new effort from Spears, Canty, James, Ayodele, and yes Roy Williams we could not depend on Romo to carry us thru the playoffs.

I disagree.

Seattle played a stinker of a game today and the Cowboys STILL lost. That, to me, is not encouraging. Seattle was one of the weakest playoff teams going in and, on top of that, they didn't even play well.

There's no positive in, "Well, we almost lost." This wasn't a good team the Cowboys lost to. And it wasn't even a bad team playing well. The Cowboys looked like, well, a team that has lost four of its last five. Again, not encouraging.

Plus, to lose in such crushing fashion isn't a good thing IMO. Games like this can sometimes carry over into the next season.

I really question if Romo and this team will recover.

 

[the kid 05]

Well, it beat the hell out of the Chiefs at Colts game, for drama and incidents.
This was a spectacular loss.


I doubt if either of tomorrow's games could compete, for entertainment(and shock) value.

On Sportscenter, the AFC game got a few minutes, and then we got the whole rest of the hour!

We also get a higher draft choice, I think.

depends on if the giants win tomorrow or not i believe due to them having a lower seed

 

[Dale]

But judging from your sig perhaps you thought Tony Romo was an experienced composed QB who could overcome a defense that had surrendered 42, 23, 28 and 39 the last 4 weeks.

What he is, is the bright future of the Cowboys who emerged at mid-season to save us from Drew Bledsoe's meltdown. Without a new effort from Spears, Canty, James, Ayodele, and yes Roy Williams we could not depend on Romo to carry us thru the playoffs.

Not sure if I follow how my sig, or Romo, relate to my post above.

All I'm saying is I don't think this was a "good" loss for the Cowboys. It leaves a bitter feeling and leaves a cloud of questions hanging over this head.

Who's coming back? Who needs to go? I guess that will be settled in the near future, but right now there are so many more questions than answers.

And my basic point was that on a skill level, I don't think it reflects well on the Cowboys for losing this game. We lost in boneheaded fashion against a bad team playing poorly. Not sure I feel like there's a lot to hang our hat on on this game alone.

I agree Romo's a good building block. But, like I said at the start of this post, I'm not sure how that relates to what I was saying -- because, win or lose, Romo will be more experienced next season. I don't view it as a good loss just because our starting quarterback now has a playoff loss under his belt.