While we did win....

[The30YardSlant]

Not taking anything away from the 6-3 mark, but we did win a game we should have lost against a clearly inferior foe who didnt play very well themselves. It just worries me for future games

 

[Ashwynn]

Not taking anything away from the 6-3 mark, but we did win a game we should have lost against a clearly inferior foe who didnt play very well themselves. It just worries me for future games

We lost two games we shoulda won, were still due one more just to make it a wash.

 

[DMX690]

Well, we should have won against Washington and Seattle. But we didn't. So it doesn't matter how you look. At the end of the day, winning is the only thing that matters.

 

[mullet]

you know........ lets give some credit to the eagles.
I think there overall 'talent' has been over-rated for years. and, I think that fact is coming to the forefront this year.
but, they are well coached. they play hard.

and, credit where credit is due ---- the Eagles offensive line. they played extremely well in pass protection and run blocking. the Eagles O-line was the MVP (Horse Trailer) until Roy's INT.

 

[tyke1doe]

I don't think the Cowboys are ready to be anointed NFC East champions, but I'm not terribly worried. Games against divisional opponents are tough.
I think the Cowboys game planned for McNabb to pass so they were caught off guard by the Eagles running so much.
We're not going to face too many more mobile quarterbacks.

I'm just wondering why we abandoned the run so much. Does anyone still want to put the ball in Bledsoe's hands passing the other team silly?

I think he's wise we cut back his throws so he doesn't make a bonehead panic move like that interception throw.

It's a win, though. I'll take it.

 

[AdamJT13]

You can't win 'em all by 20 points. Sometimes you just have to settle for winning ugly.

We beat a division opponent on the road when they were fired-up and desperate. And we didn't have to play well to do it. I'll take that.

 

[Fletch]

Not taking anything away from the 6-3 mark, but we did win a game we should have lost against a clearly inferior foe who didnt play very well themselves. It just worries me for future games

I guess you could say that about 3/4 of all the Patriots games as well. Bottom line, good teams find ways to win.

HeavyHitta, you have to realize that we were coming off 14 days of no football. We were rusty and it showed. The Iggles were a rejuvinated team and rallying around each other after the T.O. fiasco.

They had homefield advantage, a battle cry, and rowdy and obnoxious fans backing them up. Cowboys had not won in Philly since 98'. It was on one of the biggest stages of NFL football, Monday night.

You cannot take anything away from that game, or the Cowboys. No if's, and's, or but's about it. It was a win, and the Cowboys deserved to win it exactly the way they did too.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

You can't win 'em all by 20 points. Sometimes you just have to settle for winning ugly.

We beat a division opponent on the road when they were fired-up and desperate. And we didn't have to play well to do it. I'll take that.

I think you have a point, however, I don't think we can expect teams like Atlanta, Carolina or Seattle to do the same kind of things for us. We have to improve but I too will happily take the win.

 

[JohnsKey19]

That was the Eagles team that went to 3 straight NFC title games. They were balanced offensively, McNabb was scrambling around, and defensively they were aggressive and flying around. You can say we played poorly or whatever but you have to give them credit for playing a good game. Somehow, someway, we hung in there and beat a solid team that probably played their best game of the year. And it was on their home field. This was a very good win.

 

[alancdc]

I think with all the TO stuff it would have been difficult for any team to go into Philly last night and look good. Again, I liken it to when New Orleans came here to play the Panthers week one after all the hurricane mess this summer. There was no way anyone was beating the Saints that Sunday. I felt all week the same way about last nights game. See Custers last stand!

 

[Cowchips]

I never have had much use for "glass is 1/2 empty" analyses. We are 6-3 damn it, enjoy it!!

 

[Fletch]

I never have had much use for "glass is 1/2 empty" analyses. We are 6-3 damn it, enjoy it!!

 

[dmq]

we have won 4 of our last 5 games. Close games. I was horrified by what I saw last night for much of the game, but to shift the momentum back to the boys in the last few minutes like they did in a hostile environment being down is HUGE!

 

[AsthmaField]

A few reasosns I'm happy with the win last night:

1. We swept them. In the NFL, unless there's just a clear talent difference, it's hard to win both of the games against a division foe. Looking back at the history of the NFL you can see that the most likely outcome of a home and home series is a split. It just happens more than it doesn't. So getting a sweep of them was hard, but we did it.

2. We played poorly and still won. To me, that is one of the ways you can tell a good team. When a team comes out flat, especially on the road, and still is able to snatch a victory, it lets you know there's talent and heart on that team.

3. The atmosphere was almost one of a playoff game. The Eagles and their fans were desperate for a win. They just had to have it, and their spirits were boosted because both NY and Washington lost, so they knew with a win they could be right back in the middle of the NFC East race. They also knew a loss would just about do it for their season. So they were like a cornered animal and had 100% of the emotion on their side. Everything was just perfect for an Eagles win. Yet we hung tough. Despite our adversity and apparently really missing on the gameplan, we won anyway.

4. We took their best shot. That was about as well as the 2005 Eagles could play. They came out and just hit us in the mouth. Staggered us. Yet we showed what we're made of, hung in there, in the end made a couple of big plays when we had to, and swept the Eagles. The nation got to look into the Dallas Cowboys hearts last night, and they saw the character and determination that makes up a champion.

One more thing: We won without Anthony Henry... arguably our defensive MVP. Yes Henry is good, but so is Aaron Glenn. It was clear last night that Glenn does a terrific job as our third corner. Reeves and Jones scared me to death when they were in there. We have 3 very good corners on this team, and that luxury is a big reason why we've been as good as we have been all year on D. The opposing QB just doesn't have anywhere to go with the ball a lot of the time.

So yeah, I'll take the win. But I'm also taking away the realization that what this team is made of is much, much greater than it has been lately. That's a very good group of players we have, talent wise. They're also great in their hearts and confidence... that could very well take us a long, long way toward where we want to be.

 

[Fletch]

Excellent post as always AsthmaField. That is exactly how I feel about the win.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

That's a good post AsthmaField. I agree with much of what you said.

Nice job.

 

[InmanRoshi]

There is a formula that was invented by the Bill James disciples in baseball called the Pythagorean Theorem to the actual winning percentage that is used to determine whether a team's W & L record accurately reflects how they've been playing. Its translated well to other sports as well. Its not highly precise, but its a good quick & dirty and holds up remarkably well. Its interesting to see at the end of the year how accurately it reflects a team’s actual winning percentage (and consequently used frequently by gamblers on Vegas over and unders on projected wins).


Winning % = (Points Scored)2 / (Points allowed)2 + (Points scored)2

Using this formula, Dallas winning percentage is about 58%, which 9 games into the season translates into somewhere between 5-6 wins.

We're neither luky or unlucky this season. We're exactly where we should be.

 

[AdamJT13]

There is a formula that was invented by the Bill James disciples in baseball called the Pythagorean Theorem to the actual winning percentage that is used to determine whether a team's W & L record accurately reflects how they've been playing. Its translated well to other sports as well. Its not highly precise, but its a good quick & dirty and holds up remarkably well. Its interesting to see at the end of the year how accurately it reflects a team’s actual winning percentage (and consequently used frequently by gamblers on Vegas over and unders on projected wins).


Winning % = (Points Scored)2 / (Points allowed)2 + (Points scored)2

Using this formula, Dallas winning percentage is about 58%, which 9 games into the season translates into somewhere between 5-6 wins.

We're neither luky or unlucky this season. We're exactly where we should be.

I get 62.3 percent, which would be 5.6 wins right now.

Also, in the NFL, each 30-point net scoring differential at the end of the season should equal one victory or loss -- ie., if you've outscored your opponents by 30 points at the end of the season, you should have gone 9-7. By 60, you should have gone 10-6. If you were outscored by 90, you should have gone 5-11. Using that formula, our winning percentage right now should be 66.667 percent -- which is precisely 6-3.

 

[DLCassidy]

*Philly did a GREAT job on us defensively. It's obvious they prepared well. They won the battle of the LOS, shut down our run game and blanketed Glenn and Whitten. The scary part is they just gave the rest of the league the blueprint of how to beat the Cowboys. We need to be ready for that.

*The part I didn't like is we didn't seem to have any answers offensively for what they were doing. What did we talk about at halftime? Where was the hurry up? Why did we see so little of Price? Where were the screens? When a team comes with pressure as much as Philly did last night you need to spread them out and throw over the top of them with screens and sweeps. I was disapointed in the lack of adjustments.

*The Eagles played with a lot of energy and desperation- they needed the game more than we did and it showed. The crowd really got into the game after the Bledsoe int, that was a pivotal play. Bledsoe showed some toughness on the Glenn TD drive- I wouldn't have been surprised if he drove us to another TD is Phiily had chosen to just run 3 times. Drew looks great in the 2 minute offense, I wish we had gone to it sooner.

*Parcells had just buried his brother and he looked like it- I can't imagine how tough a day that was for him. I doubt he was as into the game as he would have been normally.

 

[Cowboys&Caps]

hey WE SPEPT THE FREAKIN EAGLES