CoCo
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Romo has a mere 16 NFL games of experience under his belt.
I believe I recall a stat that Dallas is one of the youngest teams in the league despite the age on a couple of key players (Owens, Glenn, Flozell, ?)
You know the names of the rest of the key contributors, their development arrows are much more pointed up, than horizontally, or down.
Consider also that Wade, Stewart & Jason are in their first year of teaching in this organization.
This New England game does not worry me. I'll root my butt off for a win, but I won't be dismayed if we lose or even if we lose big. Stranger things have happened. Perhaps you recall the much hyped 1992 MNF clash between the fast developing Cowboys and the Eagles. We got blown out 31-7. We went on to avenge that loss by routing them in the playoffs and of course became SB champs that year.
This is a gravy game for this team. We are improving. We're, IMO, closer to the 1990/91 Cowboys (discovering how to win, putting the pieces together) than the 1995/96 Cowboys (fueled in part by past glories).
This New England match-up is rightfully a marquee game this week. It absolutely should be. But its not the Super Bowl and we need to be careful not to treat it as such.
Of much greater importance will be the post bye-week stretch of games vs our division rivals.
It'll be fun to see how we measure up, but keep in mind, win or lose, it is only a progress report. There is most certainly more work to be done either way.
I believe I recall a stat that Dallas is one of the youngest teams in the league despite the age on a couple of key players (Owens, Glenn, Flozell, ?)
You know the names of the rest of the key contributors, their development arrows are much more pointed up, than horizontally, or down.
Consider also that Wade, Stewart & Jason are in their first year of teaching in this organization.
This New England game does not worry me. I'll root my butt off for a win, but I won't be dismayed if we lose or even if we lose big. Stranger things have happened. Perhaps you recall the much hyped 1992 MNF clash between the fast developing Cowboys and the Eagles. We got blown out 31-7. We went on to avenge that loss by routing them in the playoffs and of course became SB champs that year.
This is a gravy game for this team. We are improving. We're, IMO, closer to the 1990/91 Cowboys (discovering how to win, putting the pieces together) than the 1995/96 Cowboys (fueled in part by past glories).
This New England match-up is rightfully a marquee game this week. It absolutely should be. But its not the Super Bowl and we need to be careful not to treat it as such.
Of much greater importance will be the post bye-week stretch of games vs our division rivals.
It'll be fun to see how we measure up, but keep in mind, win or lose, it is only a progress report. There is most certainly more work to be done either way.
