They don’t win last night’s game a few years ago

[stilltheguru]

Anything better than garrett

 

[KJJ]

Had Justin Herbert not been off the Cowboys wouldn’t have won that game. He missed at least one if not two open receivers for TDs. Both teams had their issues in the game but Herbert’s missed throws really cost the Chargers.

 

[BobSacamano]

The defining characteristics of strong teams are:

• They win a lot of blowouts
• They don't get blown out

They don't win the close ugly games at a particularly high rate: winning percentage for all teams tends toward .500 as the games get closer, which is really just common sense. Teams don't go undefeated, so what kinds of games do the best teams lose? They lose close ugly games where they let inferior teams hang around and a few breaks go against them. The 49ers lost because they missed a FG. The Eagles missed a FG too and gave the ball away 4 times and still lost by only 6. The Giants came within one play of beating the Bills.

Getting blown out is a real red flag. Strong teams just don't lose the way Dallas did to SF and ARI. Okay, maybe once a season or so, but you have a few of those games and you can be certain you aren't that good.

The Vikings racked up a bunch of close wins last year. It got them a gaudy record and a ticket to the playoffs. But they were a bad team that got lucky, and they got exposed by better competition (Dallas) and their luck ran out (NYG).

Modus vivendi…

I think Miami is a strong team even though they got blown out by Buffalo.

 

[Captain-Crash]

I tend to look at strength of opposition when evaluating our team in both wins and losses.

the Chargers had the 31st ranked pass defense in the league and a team that has SB aspirations should be able to hang a lot of yards and points on them

Only 2 touchdowns and needing a last minute field goal to beat a team that had been held to only 17 points doesn’t scream “Confidence” to me.

If a fan is happy with just winning games in the regular season and hanging their hat on that, it’s fine, but some of us here want to see a team capable of contending for a Championship.

Im waiting with bated breath for the 5 game stand we have against the Seahawks, Eagles, Dolphins, Bills and Lions. The rubber meets the road right there, Jack.

exactly

 

[TequilaCowboy]

This was a big win no matter what. 4-2 is always better than 3-3. This team has loads of problems. All NFL teams do to varying degrees. The real question comes down to whether or not this team can get better or just tread the water they’ve been treading.

We as fans tend to look at a game and over value the score difference, the “style points”, the gaudy stats; in short we tend to value the wrong things. Really good football teams that win playoff games (plural) are tough, can impose their will at important moments in a game, can control the los, overcome adversity, learn to play together as a team and not a bunch of individuals, and make and accept zero excuses.

When a Cowboys team can do most of the above, we will know. We haven’t seen it in a long time. We’re all waiting and hoping for it but I haven’t seen it yet.

This Charger team will be lucky to be a 9-8 or 8-9 team at the end, no great accomplishment. Dallas problem has been with the big boys in the NFL....they, and you know who, tend to collapse in those games and at the most vital moments. Nothing new. We all would love to think they have turned the proverbial corner, but not really, still have a way to go. Back to the drawing board.