The best thing that ever could have happened

[Shadowfax]

This streak of injuries and losses are the best things that ever could have happened to the Cowboys this year. Not only do you give valuable playing time to inexperienced players, preparing them for crucial moments later in the year, but you serve the Boys a big dose of humble pie and take the big target (of best team in the league and crowned Super Bowl champs) off their backs to let the team focus on winning. There is a lot of football to be played this year and we start getting some key cogs back after the break, including Kyle Kozier (whose presence obviously stabilizes the line). I think all of these things will help us in the playoffs, where I believe we will have more success due to what we are going through right now. We will know in a few weeks if I am right or if the wheels have indeed come off of this ultra-talented team. I hope I am right because it is going to be an even longer season if I am wrong.

 

[jimmy40]

This streak of injuries and losses are the best things that ever could have happened to the Cowboys this year. Not only do you give valuable playing time to inexperienced players, preparing them for crucial moments later in the year, but you serve the Boys a big dose of humble pie and take the big target (of best team in the league and crowned Super Bowl champs) off their backs to let the team focus on winning. There is a lot of football to be played this year and we start getting some key cogs back after the break, including Kyle Kozier (whose presence obviously stabilizes the line). I think all of these things will help us in the playoffs, where I believe we will have more success due to what we are going through right now. We will know in a few weeks if I am right or if the wheels have indeed come off of this ultra-talented team. I hope I am right because it is going to be an even longer season if I am wrong.

You may never get another chance as good as this year. Injuries and losses are never a good thing.

 

[JonJon]

This streak of injuries and losses are the best things that ever could have happened to the Cowboys this year. Not only do you give valuable playing time to inexperienced players, preparing them for crucial moments later in the year, but you serve the Boys a big dose of humble pie and take the big target (of best team in the league and crowned Super Bowl champs) off their backs to let the team focus on winning. There is a lot of football to be played this year and we start getting some key cogs back after the break, including Kyle Kozier (whose presence obviously stabilizes the line). I think all of these things will help us in the playoffs, where I believe we will have more success due to what we are going through right now. We will know in a few weeks if I am right or if the wheels have indeed come off of this ultra-talented team. I hope I am right because it is going to be an even longer season if I am wrong.

Here lies the problem: When you don't have heart or a good chin, you can't take a punch in the mouth and come back swinging. You simply go to sleep and await the smelling salts as you awake to realize that the fight is already over.

This team has been missing a chin for a while now. Everytime someone hits us in the mouth, we fold and don't fight back. I don't see that changing anytime soon. BTW, this is coming from someone that posted a similar thread a few weeks ago saying that Romo's injury was a blessing in disguise. I thought the team would rally and elevate their game to cover for the lack of a decent QB and give themselves a fighting chance to win. Boy, was I wrong.

 

[Mansta54]

This streak of injuries and losses are the best things that ever could have happened to the Cowboys this year. Not only do you give valuable playing time to inexperienced players, preparing them for crucial moments later in the year, but you serve the Boys a big dose of humble pie and take the big target (of best team in the league and crowned Super Bowl champs) off their backs to let the team focus on winning. There is a lot of football to be played this year and we start getting some key cogs back after the break, including Kyle Kozier (whose presence obviously stabilizes the line). I think all of these things will help us in the playoffs, where I believe we will have more success due to what we are going through right now. We will know in a few weeks if I am right or if the wheels have indeed come off of this ultra-talented team. I hope I am right because it is going to be an even longer season if I am wrong.

Outstanding post.....:clap2:

 

[TNCowboy]

This streak of injuries and losses are the best things that ever could have happened to the Cowboys this year. Not only do you give valuable playing time to inexperienced players, preparing them for crucial moments later in the year, but you serve the Boys a big dose of humble pie and take the big target (of best team in the league and crowned Super Bowl champs) off their backs to let the team focus on winning. There is a lot of football to be played this year and we start getting some key cogs back after the break, including Kyle Kozier (whose presence obviously stabilizes the line). I think all of these things will help us in the playoffs, where I believe we will have more success due to what we are going through right now. We will know in a few weeks if I am right or if the wheels have indeed come off of this ultra-talented team. I hope I am right because it is going to be an even longer season if I am wrong.

We very likely won't be in the playoffs.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

There more than likely won't be any playoff games for Dallas in 2008...

 

[Mansta54]

Here lies the problem: When you don't have heart or a good chin, you can't take a punch in the mouth and come back swinging. You simply go to sleep and await the smelling salts as you awake to realize that the fight is already over.

This team has been missing a chin for a while now. Everytime someone hits us in the mouth, we fold and don't fight back. I don't see that changing anytime soon. BTW, this is coming from someone that posted a similar thread a few weeks ago saying that Romo's injury was a blessing in disguise. I thought the team would rally and elevate their game to cover for the lack of a decent QB and give themselves a fighting chance to win. Boy, was I wrong.

And you're still wrong. You're right about taking punches tho, we've taking many but didn't have the key ingredients to punch back. You can have all the heart in the world but if you don't have the firepower to fight back, you'll lose most of the time. Well, we get that firepower back after the bye. If you don't think Romo, Kozier, FJ, and TNew is firepower then you're fooling yourself... Enjoy the 2nd half of the season, I will....

 

[Everson24]

This streak of injuries and losses are the best things that ever could have happened to the Cowboys this year. Not only do you give valuable playing time to inexperienced players, preparing them for crucial moments later in the year, but you serve the Boys a big dose of humble pie and take the big target (of best team in the league and crowned Super Bowl champs) off their backs to let the team focus on winning. There is a lot of football to be played this year and we start getting some key cogs back after the break, including Kyle Kozier (whose presence obviously stabilizes the line). I think all of these things will help us in the playoffs, where I believe we will have more success due to what we are going through right now. We will know in a few weeks if I am right or if the wheels have indeed come off of this ultra-talented team. I hope I am right because it is going to be an even longer season if I am wrong.

I've thought about this angle as well. But I think it is crucial that we win the game at Washinton. If we lose that one our season could really go down the tubes fast.

That would be a real shame too because I really want the Cowboys to kill the Steelers.

 

[Mansta54]

There more than likely won't be any playoff games for Dallas in 2008...

Then go route for someone else then. It's midseason man... Geeez!!!!!

 

[links18]

You guys are nuts if you think we are making the playoffs. The team is rotten from the top down and there is no sign that is going to change anytime soon. We have talent at some positions, but the overall talent has been grossly exaggerated going back to last season. Trouble is, Jerry saw 13-3 and went out and resigned everyone to huge contracts. Some people deserved those, but others didn't: Flo and Hamlin to name two. So we are going to be screwed for a while. This organization is mired in a sickness that starts at the top. Sorry to say. Romo will keep us competitive, but we won't win many more games, if we can't run the ball, block the pass rushers and stop the run when we know its coming. Very, very sad the state of this team right now, I am afraid to say......

 

[Aven8]

If you're waiting for the "big white hope" Kosier to save our line you MUST be smoking some really good stuff!

These guys play in the NFL....they should be able to step it up. Jenkins really disappointed me tonight. His "non tackle" to me showed the whole teams heart as a whole.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Then go route for someone else then. It's midseason man... Geeez!!!!!

Why is that when people input rational thinking people try to dismiss it???

 

[Mansta54]

Why is that when people input rational thinking people try to dismiss it???

I'm being rational, it's midseason with alot of football to play and we get real healthy after the bye. I just don't see the doom and gloom that you see.. That's being rational...

 

[links18]

I'm being rational, it's midseason with alot of football to play and we get real healthy after the bye. I just don't see the doom and gloom that you see.. That's being rational...

Your being blind as a bat. If the team was playing well before the injuries then your hope might be warranted, but it wasn't. It hasn't played consistently well since the Green Bay game last year. The attitude has just gotten worse--Jenkin's blatant give up play, the team basically giving up on the game twice (St. Louis and the Giants). And the level of play has declined further as well--the OL is now officially terrible and the defense surrenders the run when it counts like a sieve. Time to hold this organization accountable and stop pretending "we will be fine." :bang2:

 

[Doomsday]

I think they hav had a few too many slices of that humble pie.

 

[Shadowfax]

There more than likely won't be any playoff games for Dallas in 2008...

I would be shocked if we didn't make the playoffs. A more likely scenario is that all these negative posts change to praises and Super Bowl guarentees by the very ones predicting doom right now.

I remember chuckelling at the beginning of the year when there were posts of an undefeated season. Let's just get everyone back and see how the season plays out instead of mailing it in before Thanksgiving. Parcells always said you couldn't evaluate a team until after Thanksgiving, and I agree.

 

[NextGenBoys]

This streak of injuries and losses are the best things that ever could have happened to the Cowboys this year. Not only do you give valuable playing time to inexperienced players, preparing them for crucial moments later in the year, but you serve the Boys a big dose of humble pie and take the big target (of best team in the league and crowned Super Bowl champs) off their backs to let the team focus on winning. There is a lot of football to be played this year and we start getting some key cogs back after the break, including Kyle Kozier (whose presence obviously stabilizes the line). I think all of these things will help us in the playoffs, where I believe we will have more success due to what we are going through right now. We will know in a few weeks if I am right or if the wheels have indeed come off of this ultra-talented team. I hope I am right because it is going to be an even longer season if I am wrong.

You should preface that with IF. IF we make the playoffs, then it is good.

Otherwise, its a wasted season due to our lack of metal toughness, with a heavy does of bad luck with injuries.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I think we will go at LEAST 5-2 down the stretch and make the playoffs but I'm actually going to believe in 6-1 with the one loss being to Pittsburgh so that it doesn't hurt us in terms of making the Wildcard in the NFC.

Everyone in the media will leave us for dead, quite a few of the 'fans' on this board will jump off the bandwagon and give us no shot, at all, of getting any shot at the playoffs but I'll hold belief that with Romo, Felix, Newman, and Kosar all returning from injuries that we'll see our secondary play better and our offense start getting the nearly 30 points per game again and we'll go on the run we need to and make the playoffs.

 

[Shadowfax]

I think we will go at LEAST 5-2 down the stretch and make the playoffs but I'm actually going to believe in 6-1 with the one loss being to Pittsburgh so that it doesn't hurt us in terms of making the Wildcard in the NFC.

Everyone in the media will leave us for dead, quite a few of the 'fans' on this board will jump off the bandwagon and give us no shot, at all, of getting any shot at the playoffs but I'll hold belief that with Romo, Felix, Newman, and Kosar all returning from injuries that we'll see our secondary play better and our offense start getting the nearly 30 points per game again and we'll go on the run we need to and make the playoffs.

Man, Braveheart is my favorite movie. I agree with your assessment, but I think we beat Pittsburgh. I am more worried about the Commanders with that being Romo's first game back. After that, the last three games will be challenging, but I believe we will go into the playoffs on a roll and make everyone forget about the playoff misery. It goes back to my original post. I think the circumstances are making us a better team.

 

[links18]

Man, Braveheart is my favorite movie. I agree with your assessment, but I think we beat Pittsburgh. I am more worried about the Commanders with that being Romo's first game back. After that, the last three games will be challenging, but I believe we will go into the playoffs on a roll and make everyone forget about the playoff misery. It goes back to my original post. I think the circumstances are making us a better team.

You can't be serious? We have faced this set of circumstances for at least 3 weeks now. Has it made us any better? We are committing as many boneheaded penalties as we have all year. Why do you think that is going to change? Who is going to change that? Players? Coaches?