M'Kevon;3001864 said:If they lose to KC, I envision a meltdown of epic performance, both with the team, the coaches and the fans.
If Dallas loses to KC, they would be underdogs in every game left on the slate . . .
. . . even against the skins.
Hoofbite;3002330 said:If this team were going to learn from a loss it would have happened a long, long time ago.
superpunk;3002339 said:It's never good to lose.
Unless losing means that Wade Phillips gets fired in the bye week. It's never good to lose.
Me thinks no one leaves a game with the win against a winless team combined with two other wins against winless teams feeling like everything is okay. But that is just me...YoMick;3001853 said:Now, dont get excited. I dont want to lose any games.
But here are possible scenarios.
Team goes into bye after a win. They relax, maybe dont practice as hard. Jerry thinks everything is ok. Wade walks around saying "3-2 is better than 2-3" etc... etc... blah blah
Team goes into bye after a loss. Their world gets turned upside down. They come out of the bye like a man on fire.
The "motivation" behind this thread is for what is best for this team, long term, THIS season.
Thoughts.
Blast away.
Everlastingxxx;3002208 said:YoMick, losing is not an option. No option. Cowboys lose, season is over. The Schedule is too difficult to lose this one.
The season hinges on this game.
Hoofbite;3002330 said:If this team were going to learn from a loss it would have happened a long, long time ago.
YoMick;3002619 said:I dont believe the season hinges on this game. If we lose and go 2-3 its not over. Not with 11 games to go. That just doesnt make sense. Too many teams, year after year, make late season runs or last game of the season runs = win and your in, etc...
That is hard to read. But thus far true.
Maikeru-sama;3002633 said:True, but how many times has "this" team made a late season run? I think Hostile or somebody compiled our W/L record in December dating back to the late 1990s and it was awful.
We may be in the toughest division in the NFL and we don't play our 2nd Division game until Week 9.
If we lose to the 0-4 Chiefs, I believe the season is probably over.
Doomsday101;3002645 said:Are you saying it is a given that we will not play well in dec this year?
YoMick;3002619 said:I dont believe the season hinges on this game. If we lose and go 2-3 its not over. Not with 11 games to go. That just doesnt make sense. Too many teams, year after year, make late season runs or last game of the season runs = win and your in, etc....
Maikeru-sama;3002633 said:True, but how many times has "this" team made a late season run? I think Hostile or somebody compiled our W/L record in December dating back to the late 1990s and it was awful.
We may be in the toughest division in the NFL and we don't play our 2nd Division game until Week 9.
If we lose to the 0-4 Chiefs, I believe the season is probably over.
Doomsday101;3002645 said:Are you saying it is a given that we will not play well in dec this year?
Everlastingxxx;3002676 said:Not only does the season hinge on this game, jobs are on the line this weekend.
So you believe the Cowboys can go 8-2 vs road games against the Giants, Skins, Philly, Saints & Greenbay? Plus homes games against Atlanta and San Diego?
Kudos to you if you have the faith to believe that.
YoMick;3002731 said:Thats what I was refering to. The future is unwritten. I wont run with the "late season runs we die"
I hear ya. It may be a 10-6 entry.... who knows at this point. The NFL season is long and has many twists and turns.
Doomsday101;3002822 said:I agree. What Dallas did last dec or the one before that means nothing what you do now is what matters.
YoMick;3002851 said:Which is why I think this team, Romo has to crash and burn and hit bottom to rise from the ashes. None of this sinewave stuff. A flat out stock market CRASH.
We saw Giants rise from 0-2
We saw Boston Red Sox hit absolute bottom at 0-3 to come out and play loose and win 4 straight.
Etc...
Doomsday101;3002856 said:I think Romo is feeling low enough right now. Dallas is 2-2 and I think the players know they have not been able to put together the type of play they need to do if they want to contend. Right now I think going out putting up 4 good qrts of football will help this team more than anything.
Everlastingxxx;3002208 said:YoMick, losing is not an option. No option. Cowboys lose, season is over. The Schedule is too difficult to lose this one.
The season hinges on this game.