The Skid (in context)

[percyhoward]

Last night on the Cowboys' radio broadcast, Brad Sham said before the game that teams other than the Cowboys were 5-15 without their starting QB this year. What he didn't say was that teams (again, other than Dallas) that made the playoffs last year are 4-3 in that situation this year, and non-playoff teams are 1-12. The assumption is that good teams are better equipped to withstand the loss of their QB and/or other key players.

I went back over the last 10 seasons, and found that, excluding this year's Cowboys, teams that made the playoffs are 71-81-1 (.467) the following season in games in which the QB who led that team to the playoffs the previous year did not play due to injury. This includes Indy's "Suck for Luck" year whey they went 2-14 after the season-ending injury to Manning.

The 0-6 skid is unusual for team that made the playoffs the previous year. Some of it is that Dez also missed a lot of time (and there have been other injuries of note), some of it is the starting QB we had to face, and some of it is horrible turnover luck. But when you go 0-6 under any circumstances, to quote Denzel Washington (a Cowboy fan) from Glory: "we all covered up in it. Ain't nobody clean."

2006 (9-9)
Pit 1-0
Jax 5-5
Car 1-2
Sea 2-2

2007 (4-3)
NYJ 0-1
Bal 2-1
Chi 2-1

2008 (15-14)
NE 10-5
Ten 1-0
Dal 1-2
TB 0-1
Sea 3-6

2009 (12-12)
Mia 7-6
Pit 0-1
Phi 1-1
Car 4-1
Atl 0-2
Ari 0-1

2010 (6-8)
Dal 5-5
Min 1-2
GB 0-1

2011 (7-21)
Pit 1-0
Ind 2-14
KC 3-3
Chi 1-5

2012 (3-2)
Pit 1-2
SF 2-0

2013 (4-5-1)
Hou 0-1
GB 2-4-1
Min 2-0

2014 (7-4)
KC 1-0
Phi 4-4
Car 2-0

2015 (4-3)
Pit 2-2
Ind 2-0
Det 0-1

 

[perrykemp]

Percy:

What an incredibly insightful while also being utterly damning indictment of the coaching staff and front-office.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Yep, unless we all got bamboozled by last year, this team is not 6 games in a row bad.

 

[cowboyblue22]

you are what your record says you are parcells used to say

 

[jazzcat22]

you are what your record says you are parcells used to say

And Parcels played it too close to the vest too many times, and cost us games.
He was the reason our record was what it was. Not saying a different coach would have been better. but he could have been better.
So that statement may be true, but also need to take it in context.

 

[Zordon]

 

[TheDude]

And Parcels played it too close to the vest too many times, and cost us games.
He was the reason our record was what it was. Not saying a different coach would have been better. but he could have been better.
So that statement may be true, but also need to take it in context.

Parcells never lost 6 in a row.He lost 5 in a row to end the Vinny year, but never 2 in a row at any other time. Campo never lost more than 4 in a row. in fact only 3 other times in the team history has it lost 6 or more games in a row. 1960, 1988 and 1989

 

[daveferr33]

Really nice OP.

It appears that the historical answer is that we are the Colts--a franchise consistently mediocre to bad in the coaching and front office departments that had an elite qb carry them on their backs. And once the elite qb went down...

 

[DenCWBY]

Parcells never lost 6 in a row.He lost 5 in a row to end the Vinny year, but never 2 in a row at any other time. Campo never lost more than 4 in a row. in fact only 3 other times in the team history has it lost 6 or more games in a row. 1960, 1988 and 1989

Wonder if JJ knows any of these facts above and what Percy drew up. Even if he did, I doubt he wants the hassle of trying to "train" a new HC? The old dogs who are qualified with skins on the wall never end up in JJ's lap (with exception to Wade) and the new dogs are too unproven for JJ's time line.

 

[ufcrules1]

It's all Jerry Jones's fault. 20 years of this and one common denominator.

 

[fifaguy]

you are what your record says you are parcells used to say

yes, and this includes being 1-4 at "home."