We Lost to All 4 Teams Left

[Hostile]

3 out of the 4 teams have quarterbacks that have been to the superbowl, too.

Flacco is the lone ranger.

 

[Hostile]

I'm sure the players are on their couches thinking the same thing right now. :laugh2:

Hopefully we'll get an easier schedule next year so we can get to the playoff again, sincen we can't do it on our own.

It's crazy, why is football so hard?

"It's supposed to be hard. The hard makes it great." --Jimmy Dugan


It's human chess.

 

[Joe Realist]

"It's supposed to be hard. The hard makes it great." --Jimmy Dugan


It's human chess.

Sick sure, especially that last game we lost.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Flacco is the lone ranger.

Without looking it up, but IIRC,

Two of the quarterbacks have won before.

Two of the quarterbacks in the final four have been to the superbowl in the past five years.

Three of the four TEAMS have been to the superbowl within the past decade.

 

[jterrell]

Yep.

We lost to 3 of the 4 remaining teams in December which proves we were nothing but a medicore football team when it mattered most.

Besides, Pittsburgh, I bet we were the favorite in each of those games.

Not sure how you leap logically from we lost to the best 4 teams in the NFL to we were mediocre.

Certainly any team can lose but the quality of competition was absolutely as high as it could get. Make no mistake that the Cowboys were hardly at their best down the stretch and it wasn't based on the whiny sophomoric cries about jinxes or choking or team chemistry... it was because they weren't healthy.

The Giants who finally lost some players also lost a game and weren't as good down the stretch either. Guess they were just mediocre too?

It really is time to but on the big boy pants and realize you aren't going to win them all and some teams are better than you, especially if they are healthier.

 

[guag]

We have alot of talent, but people need to quit acting like we're some all star team. The theme from the fans, the media, and sadly the players, is "the Cowboys are the most talented team in the league" and I dont see that proven very often for it to be a true categorization of our team.

This is probably the most accurate statement I've heard in a while.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

That just makes me sick.

At least it wasn't anything Garrett did!

 

[Bob Sacamano]

and the same cast returns next year!

I wouldn't mind it if the blind and dumb weren't leading the blind and dumb

 

[jterrell]

When the Patriots beat the "Great Show on Turf" Rams in the Super Bowl there is one thing about that game that I remember more than anything else.

The players on Defense declined to be individually introduced to the crowd. Instead they were introduced as the AFC Champion New England Patriots.

I was impressed and when they won the game, I was not shocked. The Rams were by far the more talented players, the Patriots the more together team.

Not to be too contrary here but that Pats team had what potentially 3, 4, 5 Future Hall of Famers on it?

The Pats have been built around the lines and then gifted with Brady. That's about as good a recipe for success as exists.

The Rams were like a lot of offensive teams who struggle when the refs allow defenses to play particularly physical football. They actually created rules to disallow the physicality the Pats showed in that Super Bowl on the corners.

The Pats went out and acquired Randy Moss because they liked his talent, not his camaraderie or leadership. Talent does win games provided you can get it all pointed in the same direction. This team had that heading last year and feel short, this year they fell apart physically first, then mentally.

Wade has to set the course and if he doesn't then we'll probably see more flops but ask Miami how many playoff wins playing together will get you if the talent is light.

 

[Hostile]

Not to be too contrary here but that Pats team had what potentially 3, 4, 5 Future Hall of Famers on it?

The Pats have been built around the lines and then gifted with Brady. That's about as good a recipe for success as exists.

The Rams were like a lot of offensive teams who struggle when the refs allow defenses to play particularly physical football. They actually created rules to disallow the physicality the Pats showed in that Super Bowl on the corners.

The Pats went out and acquired Randy Moss because they liked his talent, not his camaraderie or leadership. Talent does win games provided you can get it all pointed in the same direction. This team had that heading last year and feel short, this year they fell apart physically first, then mentally.

Wade has to set the course and if he doesn't then we'll probably see more flops but ask Miami how many playoff wins playing together will get you if the talent is light.

Brady was an unknown fill in for Bledsoe at that point, not a future HOFer.

They didn't win it all with Randy Moss.

I predicted Miami would flop. I predict they will come back to earth in 2009.

I can talk in circles too.

 

[jterrell]

Brady was an unknown fill in for Bledsoe at that point, not a future HOFer.

Yup. Just means perception then that Pats were so undermanned was in fact wrong. Just odd to see that same perception-based myth perpetuated now when the proof has been made clear.

They didn't win it all with Randy Moss.

Nope they haven't yet. They did go to a Super Bowl and get their undefeated and go 11-5 without their hall of fame QB tho.

I predicted Miami would flop. I predict they will come back to earth in 2009.

So did and do I, which just means you realize at the end of the day it takes talent and they don't have it same as I do.

 

[Kilyin]

The problem with NFL playoffs is the whole one and done concept. Sadly, and as always, in the NFL (even before the cap) the best team doesn't always win.

 

[Hostile]

Yup. Just means perception then that Pats were so undermanned was in fact wrong. Just odd to see that same perception-based myth perpetuated now when the proof has been made clear.



Nope they haven't yet. They did go to a Super Bowl and get their undefeated and go 11-5 without their hall of fame QB tho.

So did and do I, which just means you realize at the end of the day it takes talent and they don't have it same as I do.

They have some talent. Just not enough to do more than have a fluke year. Sparano is hardly the genius he's being portrayed as here.

This is the same guy these whining Johnny Come Latelies were cussing when he did interviews during our bye week last year. He's a flavor of the month.

 

[Hostile]

The problem with NFL playoffs is the whole one and done concept. Sadly, and as always, in the NFL (even before the cap) the best team doesn't always win.

I love the one and done though. It makes it so much better.

 

[jterrell]

we don't have near the best 22 players...

can i have what you are smoking?

We didn't even have the best 22 players in Dallas.

Hard to call Barber even present, Felix was on IR, Kosier was on on IR and his friggin backup was as well. But more importantly Tony Romo looked like an old man the last 6 weeks of the season. That's exactly opposite of how he plays. Making stupid mistakes is one thing but barely being able to move and just tossing up ducks is altogether different. He wasn't gambling, he was tossing up prayers.

If Dallas the last 5 weeks again they wouldn't be favored in any of them and shouldn't be because they weren't more talented than those teams once you factor in who was on the field and not who is on the roster.

You know how Philly went from all but done to where they are? Health. They got guys back like Westbrook and DeSean Jackson and Kevin Curtis. They actually have more talent now than they did earlier in the year and it shows.

Dallas had a ton of key injuries on offense and then lost the pro bowl level punter. The defense was healthier and not surprisingly played better. But you don't lose 2 phases of each game and win very often.

There is a reason teams go from out of the playoffs to the Super Bowl and vice versa. Because health and schedule are such a big part of this parity league.

 

[jterrell]

They have some talent. Just not enough to do more than have a fluke year. Sparano is hardly the genius he's being portrayed as here.

This is the same guy these whining Johnny Come Latelies were cussing when he did interviews during our bye week last year. He's a flavor of the month.

No argument from me there.

Its just perception. They took an easy schedule, zero expectations and added a vet QB who was healthy all year for the first time in quite a while and made a good run except when thney played really good teams.

That makes one a genius.

Dallas took a Super Bowl expectation, a really tough schedule, a ton of key injuries and everyone associated with the team should be shot.

Its just silly but what can you do, fans are notoriously emo and the media feeds off that and drives it.

The irony is the media will almost always get around to saying what I have it will just be months later after they got their pound of flesh. End of the day maybe it is a good thing. Maybe everyone spitting on this team will help it next year.

 

[Kilyin]

I love the one and done though. It makes it so much better.

Best of 3 IMO, I don't expect anyone to agree but that is tournament rules.

 

[Future]

We didn't even have the best 22 players in Dallas.

Hard to call Barber even present, Felix was on IR, Kosier was on on IR and his friggin backup was as well. But more importantly Tony Romo looked like an old man the last 6 weeks of the season. That's exactly opposite of how he plays. Making stupid mistakes is one thing but barely being able to move and just tossing up ducks is altogether different. He wasn't gambling, he was tossing up prayers.

If Dallas the last 5 weeks again they wouldn't be favored in any of them and shouldn't be because they weren't more talented than those teams once you factor in who was on the field and not who is on the roster.

You know how Philly went from all but done to where they are? Health. They got guys back like Westbrook and DeSean Jackson and Kevin Curtis. They actually have more talent now than they did earlier in the year and it shows.

Dallas had a ton of key injuries on offense and then lost the pro bowl level punter. The defense was healthier and not surprisingly played better. But you don't lose 2 phases of each game and win very often.

There is a reason teams go from out of the playoffs to the Super Bowl and vice versa. Because health and schedule are such a big part of this parity league.

We were down to like our 4th string safety...and yet played better. Something changed on that defense that didn't change on offense, regardless of injuries.

Our offense that last two or three weeks still had the talent to play with anybody. Kosier was the only injury that really hurt us because we still got a ton of production from Choice.

Normally, I think injuries are a very valid excuse for teams. Had the Pats only gone 8-8 or something, you could point squarely to Brady being out. We went 1-1 without Romo and the loss was to a team in Stl that some colleges could compete with.

This team lacked confidence, swagger, comfort and a killer instinct. Every player in the league should have that. We have all the talent, but none of that stuff.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Well at least everyone knows that Dallas was overrated to begin with.

 

[Hostile]

Best of 3 IMO, I don't expect anyone to agree but that is tournament rules.

Naw, that would suck.