Why do lots of fans say we can beat any team

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Guess because we went toe to toe with the Broncos and lost 51 to 49 a close game and 99 points. We lost a close one to Detroit and Kansas City, so people feel we have the ability to win games.

Moral Victories.

 

[Beast_from_East]

The truth is that so far, under Garrett, the Cowboys can beat any team in the league, as long as they are under .500. We have a 16-1 record agains bad teams. But when Dallas faces a good team (over .500), we are 4-19. Now, it's obvious you do worst against better competition, but Dallas is 28th in the league when doing so under JG.

So looking at the numbers, since Garrett was hired, we haven't been able to beat any team in the league.

Exactly.

The bottom line is that since Garrett has been the head coach, the team almost never loses to bad teams (16-1) and has a very difficult time beating any of the good teams (4-19). Those are the numbers, there is nothing to dispute, there is nothing to discuss, there is nothing to explain. Those are the actual on the field results under Garrett since he was named head coach.

 

[Corso]

SEA's backups on their DL are Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, and Jordan Hill. CIN's are Wallace Gilberry and high draft picks Devon Still, Brandon Thompson and Marquis Hunt. MIA has 1st-round picks Dion Jordan and Jared Odrick coming off their bench. All 9 of those guys could either start for any team or at least have the pedigree of being high draft picks. So yeah, a few teams could actually overcome losing some of their top DL thanks to using strange foreign obscure methods like "good drafting" which translates to "good drafting" in English and/or "smart FA signings" which translates to "smart FA signings" in English.

DAL on the other hand has low-ceiling draft picks like Crawford and Wilber and a bunch of street FA's backing up it's aging 30-year old+ starters on the DL. See the difference?

Good point.

 

[TheSport78]

Watch the Denver game.

 

[Kevinicus]

The truth is that so far, under Garrett, the Cowboys can beat any team in the league, as long as they are under .500. We have a 16-1 record agains bad teams. But when Dallas faces a good team (over .500), we are 4-19. Now, it's obvious you do worst against better competition, but Dallas is 28th in the league when doing so under JG.

So looking at the numbers, since Garrett was hired, we haven't been able to beat any team in the league.

Wait...so there were 4 wins? So it CAN happen?

 

[Sarge]

Because it's the salary cap era where the difference from top to bottom isn't as glaring and the best teams are nowhere near as good as the best teams of the non-cap era. The bottom line is, if you have a .500 team, you have a far greater chance of beating the best team(s) nowadays than you did in the non-cap era.