Why "they're" picking the Niners

[DaveRowe]

Sportswriters and sportscasters are paid to be read and heard respectively not right. If I were either any place other than Dallas, I would pick the Niners too for although we are -3 because of the home field, I think the Niners have an advantage because they have a better running attack. It's going to be a game of ball control. If the Niners can control the ball, it's game over.

 

[CouchCoach]

Aside from the spot-on content, I would give you a hundred likes if I could just for how excellent a writer you are.

Thank you, JC, I do get wordy but I can't take them with me. Posters have just given up on the TL;dr's.

 

[CWR]

Dallas finished the season 5-1, but that does not figure into to their agenda's.

Yeah the media and far too many "fans" are down on this team. Besides that our losses have all been tight, minus Denver. They have also been littered with crap officiating.

I feel like we jumped out so far ahead that we let off the gas. With the pedal to the floor we can be dominant.

You can acknowledge the opposition without gushing over them. I've grown real sick of that. Just get out and play our game, play clean, execute and move forward. We are in a good spot. Keep counting Dallas out, it will only lite a fire.

 

[JoeKing]

I don't care why "they" are picking the 9ers, "they" are stupid. Just saying.

 

[fivetwos]

The media needs contrast and this game probably has the most perceived contrast but I also think a lot of that is wishful thinking because they get tired of being forced to talk about the Cowboys.

The media didn't start this "tough talk", McVay did. They just picked up on what he said about his team getting tougher because the Niners have had their number.

This Baytown Bullies is all fabricated. They do not hit any harder than a number of other teams I've seen, including the Cowboys. The Raiders are still a bunch of hatchet men. Want tough, Maxx Crosby, meaner than a PMS rattler.

True as well.

They all can't pick the same team.

Then again....its not outrageous.

Our massive weakness is stopping the run, yes?

SF strength is the running game.

There's 400 other factors that we all here probably know better than these national folks.

We shouldn't as much as pay any sort of attention. It means zero other than maybe motivating us.....the exact opposite of what has worked against us in the past several times when the team buys its own headlines.

It's a major challenge for any HC that would ever be here to overcome with Jerry pumping sunshine in front of every mic he can find.

Garrett or Phillips had no shot at getting past that and the jury is still out on MM.

 

[CWR]

The media needs contrast and this game probably has the most perceived contrast but I also think a lot of that is wishful thinking because they get tired of being forced to talk about the Cowboys.

The media didn't start this "tough talk", McVay did. They just picked up on what he said about his team getting tougher because the Niners have had their number.

This Baytown Bullies is all fabricated. They do not hit any harder than a number of other teams I've seen, including the Cowboys. The Raiders are still a bunch of hatchet men. Want tough, Maxx Crosby, meaner than a PMS rattler.

Ever seen Tyron Smith with his shirt off? He's a chiseled up beast of a tackle. Gallimore is a mountain of a man, Osa has freakish strength for his size. His lifting stats are off the charts for his size and age. Kearse is a big, physical safety. Parsons is a prolific specimen. Zeke is a mauler and Dak is a tank.

Don't bother telling me the guys can't hang physically. It's flat stupid.

 

[Diehardblues]

Aside from the spot-on content, I would give you a hundred likes if I could just for how excellent a writer you are.

Yea , CC has writing skills. Very entertaining. I agree with much of his content. And his attitude on many subjects.

 

[b0xZZ]

'They' are picking against us because of how many times we have come up small in these spots.

I tend to agree with "them" on this one. I don't think we have what it takes.

 

[CouchCoach]

For the life of me, I'll never get why people care who the media picks to win. It means literally nothing, and it's not like any of us are on the team...so who cares?

We always seem to care what anyone says about the Cowboys, it's like we have family playing for them.

My main point in this thread about that is what they have latched onto as to why the Niners will win. This is the first time I think I have ever seen the word "tough" used so much as a reason. Not even when the 85 Bears and 00 Ravens D's were playing did I see it used like this and they sure had enough reason back then.

SD, this seems a little personal form some of these talking heads to me and I have my suspicions why as I said in the opening post.

I think about what's in these players' minds as they depart for the stadium and leave their loved ones behind with all of this "toughness" swirling around this game. They know they don't believe it but still, this has never come up like this before that I can recall. Not even in the Ice Bowl, Dallas was doubted because of the elements they were not accustomed to but no one ever said the Packers were tougher. And there wasn't a Packer on that field that day that thought they were tougher after that game.

 

[Typhus]

'They' are picking against us because of how many times we have come up small in these spots.

They are talking heads that can pick the games without playing the vegas line.
How easy is that, we would all be millionaires...

 

[TexasBoys2288]

Fact is that Tommy boy Brady and Aaron Rodgers dominate the sports shows much more than the Dallas Cowboys. Sick of those two clowns.

 

[CWR]

Agree, that will be the case if they lose.

Jake, I do not recall a game with this much chatter about "toughness" before. The heads might have thought it before but they didn't make that the difference. They used to use the word "finesse" as the synonym for toughness. And Landry hated that word.

The Dallas players haven't been called out as players, they've been called out as men. Think they like their family and friends hearing this dribble? They have added incentive to shut them up.

Absolutely those thinking the players don't care about what is being said are dead wrong.

In fact I guarantee after we win some of the players will mention those comments post game.

It's one thing to question if a team can win, it's another ball park to question their manhood.

 

[Batman1980]

Absolutely those thinking the players don't care about what is being said are dead wrong.

In fact I guarantee after we win some of the players will mention those comments post game.

It's one thing to question if a team can win, it's another ball park to question their manhood.

I want to see La'El Collins pancake Nick Bosa on the first play!

 

[fivetwos]

I tend to agree with "them" on this one. I don't think we have what it takes.

That's a fair take, although you can expect to get roasted for that around here.

If they go out there and stink it up against a good team, it's gonna be tough to defend a certain narrative.

Then again, if they can win two games and get into the CG, it's tough to claim we will never win with Prescott.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Who cares what the talking heads think? They are paid to have opinions..... the sum total of which mean nothing.

 

[johneric8]

I see a lot of concern over the media, talking heads and anyone else picking against the Cowboys. I do not get it because they will actually settle this on the field tomorrow so why should we care what anyone else thinks?

This is the perfect matchup for many of these ex coaches and players because they're just human. Think they do not get tired of the "must discuss" Dallas Cowboys all the time? To them, the tail is wagging the dog. Some begin to hate the Cowboys because they dislike being forced to talk about them more than any other team.

I mean, c'mon, ask yourself this. The defending champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers, do they get discussed nearly as much as the Cowboys? Did Tom Brady, the QB that has thrown for more TD's and yards than any other this season, get discussed as much as Dak Prescott's slump? He is having a MVP season and gets more coverage in a Subway commercial. Think that doesn't wear on those ordered to talk about Dak and the Boys? It sure as hell would wear on me and I'd take my shots when I could. Like now.

This isn't a football team; it is its own reality show complete with the obligatory shot of the owner in every game and it doesn't matter where that game is played. He is the only owner in history that gets that.

The team is a poster child for marketing and promotion but that does not sit well with the ex footballers that are still about the game and not the show business game.

So, on one hand you have the forever hyped glitz and glamour Dallas Cowboys with stars a plenty and on the other this blue collar rabble from the land of wine and cheese perceived to be the old Packers or Steelers, so much tougher of body and mind than the Hollywood Dallas Cowboys.

This is a gift to them, it is two polar opposites, or at least they're trying to make it seem that way and the Bay Area Bullies are coming to teach the softer Cowboys a lesson in tough football. Ridiculous.

But they forget one thing, the uniform does not make the player. Inside those Cowboys uniforms are men just as tough as the tough guy Niners. They hit with the same authority and resolve and once that first kickoff starts sailing through the air, it is no longer about any of this chatter, and much from people we've never heard of before, it is a football game.

I don't care who they pick, I don't care who you pick or even who I pick. Tomorrow we return to the playoffs. The playoffs I took for granted for so many years as a right because we were the Cowboys. I bought in too.

The most interesting part of all of this is that the Cowboys aren't being called out as a team, their manhood is being questioned. Football is a tough man's game and to insinuate one man is not tough enough to beat the other, he lacks that most necessary ingredient required of a professional football player is absurd. A player cannot help it if another is bigger, faster, stronger or just more talented than he is, but he can match toughness.

This isn't the old Cowboys-Niners rivalry; this is the old Cowboys-Steelers rivalry of the 70's when blue collar steel mill grit played against Hollywood glitz and glamour. And toughness did not defeat those Cowboys, a couple of plays did.

If the Cowboys lose this, it will not be because they were not tough enough. They will be every bit as tough as the Niners. It will all come down to which team makes the plays when they need them the most.

And while this is about the media talking heads, two of the Niners tough guys, Bosa and Kittle, have talked and that can be a mistake. Players expect that from the media but tend to take it personally when coming from a player. I think Shanahan would have preferred them to be tough guys that don't talk.

This game is like the weather, everyone talks about it but no one does anything about it. Except those players wearing your colors will do something about it in less than 30 hours. They've been called out and not just by the media. They will respond.

Tomorrow the toughest team in the playoffs emerges much to the dismay of the talking heads. This just isn't a game, it is the first step and these men will be asking "who's next"?

While I appreciate your long winded and spirited post (that reminds me of something from a 90's Star telegram)

The bottom line is I've not seen a game where the cowboys were dismissed by so many, and called out so feverishly in such an unwarranted manner.

I'll be the first to accept the cowboys portrayed as underdogs, but this piling on by the media might punch our ticket to the super bowl ..

 

[CouchCoach]

I tend to agree with "them" on this one. I don't think we have what it takes.

Fair enough, that is your opinion. And you could be right, maybe they come up short, we are so used to that we've come to expect it.

And I admit of a little "self-selling" on my part but there is one major difference between you and me about this one thing at this one time, I am happier than you are because I am anticipating a win.

But, b0xZZ, I invite you to try a little self-selling yourself and at least be a happy idiot for the next 27 hours.

I used to think altering my anticipation would deflect the disappointment at least a little but it did not. I was not any less unhappy than the fan who anticipated a win. And they had the edge on me because they had at least some happiness leading up to it. Took me 64 years to learn that the reward of optimism is not the destination but the journey.

 

[fivetwos]

They are talking heads that can pick the games without playing the vegas line.
How easy is that, we would all be millionaires...

Ha right....but it's still not all that easy.

If you've played survivor or whatever it's called....

 

[FiveSuperBowls]

I see a lot of concern over the media, talking heads and anyone else picking against the Cowboys. I do not get it because they will actually settle this on the field tomorrow so why should we care what anyone else thinks?

This is the perfect matchup for many of these ex coaches and players because they're just human. Think they do not get tired of the "must discuss" Dallas Cowboys all the time? To them, the tail is wagging the dog. Some begin to hate the Cowboys because they dislike being forced to talk about them more than any other team.

I mean, c'mon, ask yourself this. The defending champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers, do they get discussed nearly as much as the Cowboys? Did Tom Brady, the QB that has thrown for more TD's and yards than any other this season, get discussed as much as Dak Prescott's slump? He is having a MVP season and gets more coverage in a Subway commercial. Think that doesn't wear on those ordered to talk about Dak and the Boys? It sure as hell would wear on me and I'd take my shots when I could. Like now.

This isn't a football team; it is its own reality show complete with the obligatory shot of the owner in every game and it doesn't matter where that game is played. He is the only owner in history that gets that.

The team is a poster child for marketing and promotion but that does not sit well with the ex footballers that are still about the game and not the show business game.

So, on one hand you have the forever hyped glitz and glamour Dallas Cowboys with stars a plenty and on the other this blue collar rabble from the land of wine and cheese perceived to be the old Packers or Steelers, so much tougher of body and mind than the Hollywood Dallas Cowboys.

This is a gift to them, it is two polar opposites, or at least they're trying to make it seem that way and the Bay Area Bullies are coming to teach the softer Cowboys a lesson in tough football. Ridiculous.

But they forget one thing, the uniform does not make the player. Inside those Cowboys uniforms are men just as tough as the tough guy Niners. They hit with the same authority and resolve and once that first kickoff starts sailing through the air, it is no longer about any of this chatter, and much from people we've never heard of before, it is a football game.

I don't care who they pick, I don't care who you pick or even who I pick. Tomorrow we return to the playoffs. The playoffs I took for granted for so many years as a right because we were the Cowboys. I bought in too.

The most interesting part of all of this is that the Cowboys aren't being called out as a team, their manhood is being questioned. Football is a tough man's game and to insinuate one man is not tough enough to beat the other, he lacks that most necessary ingredient required of a professional football player is absurd. A player cannot help it if another is bigger, faster, stronger or just more talented than he is, but he can match toughness.

This isn't the old Cowboys-Niners rivalry; this is the old Cowboys-Steelers rivalry of the 70's when blue collar steel mill grit played against Hollywood glitz and glamour. And toughness did not defeat those Cowboys, a couple of plays did.

If the Cowboys lose this, it will not be because they were not tough enough. They will be every bit as tough as the Niners. It will all come down to which team makes the plays when they need them the most.

And while this is about the media talking heads, two of the Niners tough guys, Bosa and Kittle, have talked and that can be a mistake. Players expect that from the media but tend to take it personally when coming from a player. I think Shanahan would have preferred them to be tough guys that don't talk.

This game is like the weather, everyone talks about it but no one does anything about it. Except those players wearing your colors will do something about it in less than 30 hours. They've been called out and not just by the media. They will respond.

Tomorrow the toughest team in the playoffs emerges much to the dismay of the talking heads. This just isn't a game, it is the first step and these men will be asking "who's next"?

The only way to know if someone truly believes what they say is when they lay money on the line, otherwies it means nothing. So what are the Vegas odds, Vegas does not like to lose. Guess who they have favored -Dallas.

 

[Batman1980]

Fair enough, that is your opinion. And you could be right, maybe they come up short, we are so used to that we've come to expect it.

And I admit of a little "self-selling" on my part but there is one major difference between you and me about this one thing at this one time, I am happier than you are because I am anticipating a win.

But, b0xZZ, I invite you to try a little self-selling yourself and at least be a happy idiot for the next 27 hours.

I used to think altering my anticipation would deflect the disappointment at least a little but it did not. I was not any less unhappy than the fan who anticipated a win. And they had the edge on me because they had at least some happiness leading up to it. Took me 64 years to learn that the reward of optimism is not the destination but the journey.

We could lose, we could win. Most of these players weren't alive in 1994 but they know how important this is. I think it will either be a close Cowboys win, a close 49ers win or a Cowboys blow-out. Jimmy G is a bus driver that doesn't scramble, fluster him and get up early and you force them to stop feeding Deebo Samuel and Eli Mitchell.