TLH: Was Sunday's Loss A Sign of Things To Come

[NeonDeion21]

Typically, I don’t get too down after losses. I tend to be an optimistic fan that always believes the team isn’t out of the hunt until they are mathematically eliminated. It’s a long season and no one loss is worth more than another. But Sunday’s lost to the Saints just may have been the most depressing loss for me in some time. And it has almost nothing to do with the outcome and the pathetic score, but more about what’s to come. If you follow a team closely for some time, certain games allow you to “peek through keyholes” to see what the future might hold for a team. And I’m not a psychic, but you should be worried if you are a Cowboy fan for the short term, but even more so for the long term. Here are some of the reasons why it might get worse for the Cowboys before it gets better.

The defense is incredibly banged up and losing Sean Lee for even a few games is going to severely handicap this team. Other than Tony Romo, there isn’t a more important player on this Cowboys team. The defense has set franchise game records for points allowed at home (51), points in a fourth quarter (24), total yards (625) and 1st downs (40) in three separate losses. Injuries have devastated this defense, but what’s new? Last season we saw a bunch of players lost for the year as well. But sometimes, the coaches and players need to step up when their defensive stars have fallen. Whether it’s bad luck, or just bad defense, the Dallas Cowboys can’t stop anyone right now.

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[Rockport]

This team has been on the decline ever since Jimmy Johnson walked out the door and Jerry decided to run EVERYTHING his way. Nothing new from the Saints game. Just more of the same futility we've seen in many years past.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Dallas will play a tighter game with some other teams, but my belief is they will lose to all the East teams and the Bears and possibly the Packers, only beating the Raiders and go 6-10.

Some of that is injuries. Some of that is poor play calling. Some of that is coaches not utilizing different formations and movement to get Dez one on one. Even Romo sees that.

But all of it falls on the shoulders of The Architect and neglecting the two areas teams need to win.

Offensive and defensive lines.

And paying for past performance and not for future returns.

 

[jnday]

I still can't understand why anybody would put their hopes on the Cowboys winning this game. Their defense is the worst in the NFL. The Saints have one of the better offenses in the league, do what did fans expect the result to be? The only positive that came from this game was that some fans woke up and seen the reality of the situation. A reality that many of us has seen for a while.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Sign of things to come? or sign that nothing's changed?