The million dollar question...

[CowboyMark]

who says we will beat new york?

Or win 2 out of 3 road games later on.

 

[lewpac]

I think this team could go 12-4, 11-5 easily. @ Carolina is iffy, and closest thing to a big loss out there are the Colts. That's my optomistic side.
The troublesome thing about this season so far is HOW we lose. It's early, but it was early last year too when we lost that Monday Night game to the Skins. And the Seattle game. These are the games really good teams seal the deal and don't end up fighting for their playoff lives in December.
Another couple/three games with the mistakes of last night and we're staring down the barrel of 9-6 and playing the Lions on New Years Eve needing a win or some help to make it. This team the last 5 years has me a nervous wreck.
I think alot of the "knee-jerk" negativism and "jumping off the ranch" talk is that we're so spoiled. I'm looking forward to the days when a "sure-lock" playoff team is back and not biting our nails every December to see what happens. It's the curse of being a Cowboy fan.......we expect more than Eagle fans or Ram fans.
And the two losses this year...........is it the end of the world? No. Is "the season over"? Of course not. But the pattern is developing again slowly and it's worrysome. You're never quite sure what you're gonna' get.
I'm going to accept both these loses for now. The home opener to what is probably going to be a playoff Jacksonville team, and a loss @ the Eagles with all that emotion, the T.O. thing, etc...........they had this game circled since the schedule came out. Fine.
But if they lay an egg against the Giants at home, or @ Washington, the worry-warts will be out in force............and rightfully so.

 

[lspain1]

But the pattern is developing again slowly and it's worrysome. You're never quite sure what you're gonna' get.

Every game against a decent team is going to be a nail biter this season. New York will be the next one.

 

[bysbox1]

I think this team could go 12-4, 11-5 easily. @ Carolina is iffy, and closest thing to a big loss out there are the Colts. That's my optomistic side.
The troublesome thing about this season so far is HOW we lose. It's early, but it was early last year too when we lost that Monday Night game to the Skins. And the Seattle game. These are the games really good teams seal the deal and don't end up fighting for their playoff lives in December.
Another couple/three games with the mistakes of last night and we're staring down the barrel of 9-6 and playing the Lions on New Years Eve needing a win or some help to make it. This team the last 5 years has me a nervous wreck.
I think alot of the "knee-jerk" negativism and "jumping off the ranch" talk is that we're so spoiled. I'm looking forward to the days when a "sure-lock" playoff team is back and not biting our nails every December to see what happens. It's the curse of being a Cowboy fan.......we expect more than Eagle fans or Ram fans.
And the two losses this year...........is it the end of the world? No. Is "the season over"? Of course not. But the pattern is developing again slowly and it's worrysome. You're never quite sure what you're gonna' get.
I'm going to accept both these loses for now. The home opener to what is probably going to be a playoff Jacksonville team, and a loss @ the Eagles with all that emotion, the T.O. thing, etc...........they had this game circled since the schedule came out. Fine.
But if they lay an egg against the Giants at home, or @ Washington, the worry-warts will be out in force............and rightfully so.

And to add fuel to the fire, we have been lossing this way since last year when we lost 4 of the last 6 and barely beat the chiefs . . . .

You're going to lose games, but the pattern is worrysome.

 

[lewpac]

Alot of my initial "anger" if you will is, this is the year I've been "all in" since the spring. I'm always a diehard, but I resist the smack talk and talking big when I'm not sure how we are, or I know we're not that good.
But this year, for the first time in long time, I bought into the hype, the predictions. The defense was great last year, and I felt the the additions, the draft, and the younger guys having more experience would put it all together this year. Julius Jones having the breakout year, etc....
And I'm not the only one. I've been hearing and feeling the buzz since the spring............and NOBODY at Valley Ranch told us to "calm down", "let's see", "hold your horse's", etc.............. I haven't seen this much buzz about a Cowboy team since the last glory run of the '90's.
In that respect, I think alot of Cowboy fans are a little disappointed thus far. I know I am. If this was 5 or 6 years ago, no big deal. I'd even be a little exited at this point. But like I said, I can live with these two losses for now.

 

[cowboyed]

I find it interesting that Sean Payton is doing more with less as a first year head coach in NO compared to Parcells who is doing less with more after 4 years head coaching the Dallas Cowboys.

 

[Frosty]

Then SHUT UP. Why is it that EVERY time we lose, this entire board has to collectively jump off a cliff? It's a 16 game season... some games we'll win and play excellent football for 4 quarters, some games we'll lose and play poorly for much of the game. It's not how you start the season, it's how you finish.

. :starspin

Its How they lose when they lose.

Bledsoe had a bad game (politcally correct) vs Eagles
Bledsoe had a bad game (" ") vs Jags
etc
etc
etc

 

[THUMPER]

WHEN we win our next 2 games (vs. Houston, vs. NY Giants), putting us at 4-2 after 6 games with a 2-1 division record... what will the mood be like here?

We were 4-2 last year and we see how that worked out for us. Nothing is guaranteed simply because we might have a winning record after 6 games. Particularly if we are still making the same kind of stupid mistakes.

Will the season still be in the crapper? Will we still need to bench Bledsoe?

No?

As long as Bledsoe is the QB we will never go anywhere. He is what he is and won't get any better. At least with Romo we have a QB that can avoid the pass rush a little better and give him a chance to throw the ball.

Then SHUT UP. Why is it that EVERY time we lose, this entire board has to collectively jump off a cliff? It's a 16 game season... some games we'll win and play excellent football for 4 quarters, some games we'll lose and play poorly for much of the game. It's not how you start the season, it's how you finish.

I don't know that everyone is jumping off the cliff here but many are tired of the same stupid things happening every game. We have a good game against the sorry Titans and suddenly people think everything is fine. Bledsoe should have never started the season or at worst he should have been pulled in the 2nd half of the Jags game. He doesn't have it and isn't suddenly going to "get it" anytime soon. It is time to move on. It is also time to move on from the Parcells era as it hasn't worked the way we expected it to.

WE'RE STILL IN EARLY OCTOBER! Get a freakin' grip, people. I'm just as pissed as anyone else about the loss, but damn... I've never encountered such a bunch of knee-jerk crybabies in my life. 2-2 after 4 games (3 of which were on the road), 1-1 in the division, and you're ready to throw in the towel???

I'm certainly not ready to throw in the towel, not at all! I want us to make the changes that will give us a chance to win some of these games instead of throwing them away like we have. This team has way too much talent to be wasting this opportunity the way we are. I'm crying because we shouldn't be losing these games.

I'm glad none of you work in the front office... we'd go through 10 QBs/year.

You mean instead of a new one every year or so? Actually, if I HAD been the GM we would have traded up for Carson Palmer a few years ago and we wouldn't be worrying about our QB. Now that would mean that we wouldn't have Terrence Newman or Jason Witten but you can find starting quality CBs and TEs a lot easier than franchise QBs.

I also advocated trading up for Matt Leinart this year if he fell to Arizona and would gladly do without Carpenter and Fasano to have him as our QB.

Parcells' stupid assertion that he just needs a bus driver isn't working and hasn't worked. If he's going to go with a bus driver then he should at least have a guy that can avoid traffic accidents. He builds a makeshift O-Line then puts a statue at QB? Not real smart Bill.

Maybe I SHOULD be the GM!

Sorry to be so hard on ya... we'll all feel better after we slap around the Texans next week and get back over .500 (especially if Philly loses at N.O.). Winning cures all. :starspin

Winning only cures all when it is consistent IMO. I don't want to get all excited about beating the lowly Texans only to lose the following week to the Giants after having a lead late in the game. If it is the same old crap then we will continue to struggle against the better teams and won't go very far even if we do somehow make the playoffs.

I would much rather address the problems NOW and have them worked out come playoff time rather than barely making it only to lose the WC game and be in the same position going into next season.

 

[MS17]

Alot of my initial "anger" if you will is, this is the year I've been "all in" since the spring. I'm always a diehard, but I resist the smack talk and talking big when I'm not sure how we are, or I know we're not that good.
But this year, for the first time in long time, I bought into the hype, the predictions. The defense was great last year, and I felt the the additions, the draft, and the younger guys having more experience would put it all together this year. Julius Jones having the breakout year, etc....
And I'm not the only one. I've been hearing and feeling the buzz since the spring............and NOBODY at Valley Ranch told us to "calm down", "let's see", "hold your horse's", etc.............. I haven't seen this much buzz about a Cowboy team since the last glory run of the '90's.
In that respect, I think alot of Cowboy fans are a little disappointed thus far. I know I am. If this was 5 or 6 years ago, no big deal. I'd even be a little exited at this point. But like I said, I can live with these two losses for now.

lewpac, perhaps a lot of us feel similarly. But I think what helps me as a fan is taking a simplistic kind of approach to the season. One game at a time, and Houston's on the clock. Basketball coaches teach players to forget the last play, no matter how special or how poor, and focus on the next one, since it's the present moment that matters. We know what the next five games bring, challenges ahead, sure, but I want the W next Sunday first.
Idealistic, I know. The future's a whole string of nows, kind of thing.

 

[skinsngibbs4life]

the meadowlands is a VERY tough place to play, i wouldnt ink a "W" just yet..

 

[kTXe]

the meadowlands is a VERY tough place to play, i wouldnt ink a "W" just yet..

It's at home.

Now slither away.

 

[canters]

I too expect we will win the next 2 games, only because we are at home.

Trouble is, I expect us to lose to the Panthers, because we are on the road, and will be in blue jerseys.
I expect us to lose on the road in DC and NY as well.
We prolly will lose to the Colts in Dallas.

I expect us to be 7-6 when we go to Atanta. We win there, we go to playoffs because I expect us to beat Philly and the Lions in Dallas (I hope).

 

[skinsngibbs4life]

So, yeah, a victory against them on the road would actually signal a minor turning-the-corner for this team. In my mind, at least.

It's at home.

Now slither away.

only reason why I thought it was away

 

[percyhoward]

Just to clear up any confusion, we have to win these next two games to go 4-2 because the next three are all on the road.

 

[Crown Royal]

I've been in support of benching Bledsoe since game one. Nothing short of a great season ahead and miraculous play will change that.

It's been the same story with him everywhere he's been, and, in my opinion, he just has too many problems. I'm tired of slinking through poor QB play. This team has to have solid QB play once and for all if we are to win.

 

[canters]

Just to clear up any confusion, we have to win these next two games to go 4-2 because the next three are all on the road.

Agree. We can do it, should do it. Both are winnable games.