The Cowboys are embarrassingly the only NFL team to lose to a No. 7 playoff seed in 5 years

[nalam]

It's not that they lost to a 7 seed. Upsets happen, and 5 years is is a pretty small sample size. So let's keep that part in perspective.

It's that they were heavy favorites and got absolutely dismantled at home to a 7 seed.

It was how they lost ! They got beaten up physically and just folded

 

[Carson]

I swear every year we make the playoffs its 6 juggernauts in the NFC

We dont make it and it’s mid

 

[nate dizzle]

I swear every year we make the playoffs its 6 juggernauts in the NFC

We dont make it and it’s mid

Every one of the teams that are in it this year would have thrashed us. And I mean last year's squad as well

 

[ElGatoGrande]

If this has been posted, apologies, feel free to delete.

Came across this article this morning and found it interesting.

Perhaps a wake up call for Jerry?

Reality is the bigger question is Jerry looks half dead in the picture they used of him.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cowboys-embarrassingly-only-nfl-team-015636472.html

For a billionaire, you think he would actually pay for his hair cut LOL

Yeah,,, but 12 wins yo, and an elite QB, that should count for something.

 

[Carson]

Every one of the teams that are in it this year would have thrashed us. And I mean last year's squad as well

That’s not true. They beat Tampa and should have swept Washington

Philly, Detroit or Minnesota? No.

But 3 of the other 6 yeah

 

[cowboysfan99]

Jerry's record book just keeps filling up with embarrassing stats. To be fair, the Packers put up a fight against the 49ers as well.

 

[tomokawan]

But the great steelers have not won a playoff game since 2016.

 

[nate dizzle]

That’s not true. They beat Tampa and should have swept Washington

Philly, Detroit or Minnesota? No.

But 3 of the other 6 yeah

I have every confidence that in the playoffs, with the pressure turned up, this team would fold like a cheap suit and Dak would have the 1000 yard stare by the end of the first quarter

 

[Teague31]

That game is why MM is gone. Everything else is fluff

 

[NotaCowboysFan]

Dallas had been a front runner in most games they were winning due to the defense consistently generating turnovers and the snowball effect when DQ was the DC. When Dallas got behind 27-0 the game was over, it was over at half time.

In that first half of football Dak turned the ball over in their own redzone to give Greenbay only 19 yards needed for a TD to quickly go up 14-0. Dallas had already punted once before and the boys defense also forced greenbay to punt as well after the opening touchdown drive. After the packers went up 14-0 dallas punted AGAIN, then greenbay drove and scored another touchdown making it 20-0. Without the freebie TD gifted to the packers it would have only been a 14-0 score at that point with 3 mins left in the 1st half. It's playoff football, teams are going to score, you need your offense to score too. But guess what, on the ensuing drive Dak throws a pick 6 to make it 27-0. He ultimately found the endzone at the end of the final drive of the half.

You can point to the second half and the back and forth scoring looking like no defense but realistically the game was over at half time. It's playoff football and 27-7 with 2 quarters left to play. Dak has played well from a leading position but continually faltered when from behind unless in garbage time.

 

[fivetwos]

This is simply par for the course.

First to blow a one seed under the previous format, first to do it twice….

First and only to lose a 2/7 game? Sure why not?

There’s something absolutely ROTTEN about this franchise and I have an idea what it might be.

 

[kwcool619]

It was clear that our players had already checked out to the off season the week before the GB game, That's why they looked so bad.

The problem is that the quitter mind set has become their standard, and that is why so many games this season looked exactly like the GB game no matter who the opponent happened to be.

Should have blown it up because you have to clear out the mind virus infected players, and start all over to get rid of the effects of a team of quitters.

I agree. The mind set and culture must change. Otherwise it will not matter who is hired as HC, as long as the Jones family are running things.

 

[ArtClink]

Jerry has just not been a very good head coach.

 

[Hadenough]

It was clear that our players had already checked out to the off season the week before the GB game, That's why they looked so bad.

The problem is that the quitter mind set has become their standard, and that is why so many games this season looked exactly like the GB game no matter who the opponent happened to be.

Should have blown it up because you have to clear out the mind virus infected players, and start all over to get rid of the effects of a team of quitters.

Problem is they all quit because they knew Dak wasnt going to do anything. He was choking and going 3 and out.

 

[ApolytonGP]

It's sports. Things happen. I still remember some big sportswriter in 1983 saying that it was absolutely impossible for NC State to win the championship, when they were at the Final Four. And then the Wolfpack won it.

Sure, the odds are usually for the higher seed. But Ess happens. That's why you try to get into the tournament. Not tank and say "we are building for a Super Bowl, not one and done." You get your *** in the tournament and try like Hell, Carousel.

I also remember a (relatively) recent Giants Super Bowl win when the fans were bemoaning that they had snuck into the postseason, didn't belong there, and were hurting their draft picks. Then they won it all!

Anyhow, you can't generalize off some random single occurrence statistic. There is an incredible amount of p-hacking going on with how people use stats in sports now. Only rookie to win 4 games with more than 260 yards, in a year divisible by four, with games in the Eastern/Central time zones. And junk like that. You can make almost any inference you want with that amount of post hoc interpretation.

Who the *** cares if MM lost a playoff game? 12-5 is a good record. Well above the average performance...and every single team is trying to win and be above .500. But (in general), only half will do so.

 

[Coogiguy03]

It's not that they lost to a 7 seed. Upsets happen, and 5 years is is a pretty small sample size. So let's keep that part in perspective.

It's that they were heavy favorites and got absolutely dismantled at home to a 7 seed.

Smart fans know anything could happen