Is it Doomsday for Dallas?

by NYG85yrs on Oct 12, 2010 5:07 AM EDT

5: Number of weeks into the 2010 NFL Season

3: Number of teams tied for 1st place in the NFC East (as of Oct 10)

1: Number of Dallas Cowboys victories notched

No time to gloat, and no reason for it. Being a Giants fans must always come with a hefty dose of caution and optimistic skepticism. It should be no surprise, therefore, that when the Giants looked dead and buried 2 weeks ago, every sports writer in our Metropolis dusted off their cynicism and paraded it around like it was September 2007. "Here we go again, fire the coach, dump the quarterback, bring in Cower," the peanut gallery wailed. The Giants defense wasn't a leaking ship: the vessel had already sunk and the survivors were fighting to stay afloat, adrift on the high--and tumultuous--seas of the NFL's unpredictability.

Well surprise, surprise. Unpredictable indeed.

The New York Giants, in consecutive weeks, are on a winning streak after dismantling the two most high powered offenses in the NFL. Convincingly. No Bears meltdown in the Meadowlands where the Giants got lucky. Not Texas two-step by Houston that the Giants feebly capitalized on. These past two Giant victories were great examples of championship play. By a championship team. A Super Bowl team. It was physical domination.

And the Dallas Cowboys? The broken clock theory--picking the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl year after year in the hopes that they might do it, making the experts look like Nostradamus--has been replaced with a broken team. A team putting up big scores. Big yardage. Big plays. Everything's bigger in Texas, except in the win column. And now, with Matt Moseley of ESPN fame saying a loss to the Vikings next week will doom Dallas' post season fantasies, big problems for Jerry Jones' hayseeds.

I personally thought the Giants biggest hurdle to the division crown and a postseason birth was/is the Philadelphia Eagles. Think about it, we beat the birds once last season, we make the playoffs. And the Cowboys, who have had the benefit of being crowned the champs every year it seems, without having to take the field, are finally being called out by the media frauds who allowed such passes in the first place. Perhaps Tony Romo will ask Eli advice on being under the microscope due to poor performances?

The Giants still have to play Dallas twice in four weeks, starting October 26. And nothing, absolutely nothing, is certain in the NFL, especially in 2010. Parity more than ever is the order of the day. The Eagles are in it. Washington's Redskins are a "better,"at least more focused, team with a new QB and HC. The NFC East is an enigma so far, but as Autumn's colors give way to December's frost, we'll have a clearer picture of the contenders, and pretenders, in the NFC East vying for the Division title.

Though at that point, will the Cowboys play any other role than spoiler?

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The thing I've noticed on Dallas is when their backs are truly against the wall

like they’ll probably be this week, they rattle off a few wins and then everyone thinks they’re “back”. They’ll probably end up at like 7-9 at the worst, so yea they’ll be a bit of a spoiler down the stretch.

They play the Vikings, so one of them is gonna be 1-4. We’ll see who really wants to make good on the “experts” predictions.

I think they beat the Favrings next week.

Winning cures all...even stupid

by FreeBradshaw on Oct 12, 2010 9:03 AM EDT reply actions

i dont know

Dallas Oline is in a bad way and as you saw last year the Vikes know how to get after Homo..

by Troy O on Oct 12, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Dallas O line is pretty bad

Another thing I know they have talent on the D side of the ball, but their D never comes up big when it counts, I really don’t think they are that good of a team. They have some nice pieces but as a whole they are not SB material.

by Late for Dinner on Oct 13, 2010 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

The have Ware and Jay Ratliff

And Anthony Spencer is OK, but everyone else is beyond overrated.

The “talent” you always hear abotu Dallas…it doesn’t really exist.

On the O side of the ball you have Romo, Austin and Witten…but who else? Roy Williams? LOL!

Winning cures all...even stupid

by FreeBradshaw on Oct 13, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions

As much as I hate to say it

Roy Williams has been playing really well.

But their o-line is just bad, plain and simple

All you hear about is the past, the past... the past is the !@#$ing past, this is the present.
THIS IS TEMPORARY! A CHAMPIONSHIP IS PERMANENT
-Michael Strahan

by Willgfass on Oct 13, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Roy Will has always been good in spurts

but he’s not Miles Austin who brings it every game.

Winning cures all...even stupid

by FreeBradshaw on Oct 13, 2010 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Won't argue there

All you hear about is the past, the past... the past is the !@#$ing past, this is the present.
THIS IS TEMPORARY! A CHAMPIONSHIP IS PERMANENT
-Michael Strahan

by Willgfass on Oct 13, 2010 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I also think they will beat the Vikes

but, it’s something of a toss-up. God, I just LOVE COWBOY SUCKAGE.

The only thing better than the Cowboys losing is the Cowboys losing in craptacular fashion (i.e. botched FG snap) and the only thing better than that is the Cowboys losing in craptacular fashion TO THE GIANTS. (INT to RWmcQ)

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Oct 12, 2010 9:20 AM EDT reply actions

TO crying

was my favorite moment.

We didn't even have a chance for the "perfect season", but we did have the perfect ending.

by GAgiantfan on Oct 12, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions

OH yeah, also

their remarks that “the better team lost” lmao

We didn't even have a chance for the "perfect season", but we did have the perfect ending.

by GAgiantfan on Oct 12, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Don't be so sure about that.

The Vikings D is balling, their offense is very inconsistant. Dallas O line is a joke I could see the Vikings doing the same thing they did last year in the playoffs to Dallas. The real question will be can Dallas’s D rise to the occasion and Match the Vikings D stop for stop.

by Late for Dinner on Oct 13, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions

it's not doomsday

it’s not good, but it’s not doomsday.

I remember very recently Washington and Philly having very up and down seasons….heck even last year was pretty screwy for us. rattling off 5 wins and than tanking.

"We need to get him some more game experience and see him make decisions on the run. But I think he's earned the opportunity." - Eli Manning
"If I'm curt, then I apologize" - Newman

by andiamo708 on Oct 12, 2010 10:00 AM EDT reply actions

Who would have guessed that

the Redskins are giving up 410 yrds a game. thats worse in the NFL. good for them they only give up 18 pts.

by Troy O on Oct 12, 2010 12:54 PM EDT reply actions

Randy Moss will destroy Jenkins

by Nfpdawg on Oct 12, 2010 2:56 PM EDT reply actions

Doomsday in Dallas

See N, that’s what gets me, every year the Cowboys are the favourite before the season starts, they win nothing and next year they’re the favourite again. It has been the same script the last 4 years. In 2007 they were supposed to go on to play the Patriots, they had to play the Giants in the 2nd round but that was just a premilimary…
I agree with you about the Eagles, they beat us twice last year, and 4 of 5 over 2; while though we missed the playoffs and Dallas took the East we beat Dallas both games.

by Mike Sax on Oct 12, 2010 3:54 PM EDT reply actions

Anytime the Cowboys lose

My day is automatically better by default.

Lions fans deserve better than being the laughing stock of the NFL. Lets all hope they are heading in the right direction finally.

by joshsun on Oct 12, 2010 8:09 PM EDT reply actions

Im really worried about the Cowboys game

they just seem to match up well against us this year.

by mclaren_is_the_best on Oct 12, 2010 8:09 PM EDT reply actions

They do match up well

but as of right now, our defense is pretty stout, their offense isn’t, and with a little pressure Romo could become our biggest asset.

We didn't even have a chance for the "perfect season", but we did have the perfect ending.

by GAgiantfan on Oct 12, 2010 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions

To be sucsessful the Cowboys need better coaching

Watch a Cowboys game on any given Sunday and you will see a ludicrously undisciplined team. Cowboys have not lost 3 games because of lack of talent, but lack of coaching and determination. If I was a Boys fan (GOD FORBID!!!!) I would want to take Wade Phillips and shake him until that dumbfounded look of stupidity was erased from his face. If Dallas ever gets good coaching, we should be worried. But while Wade is at the helm, they will be a screwed due to lack of discipline

by #56 4life on Oct 12, 2010 9:58 PM EDT reply actions

agreed

Jones likes Wade as his coach because he rolls over for Jones and plays nice when Jones is frisky.

Lions fans deserve better than being the laughing stock of the NFL. Lets all hope they are heading in the right direction finally.

by joshsun on Oct 13, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

To be SB succesful they need to get rid of their GM too.

Parcells built this team but he has been gone for 4 years now. That’s enough time for JJ to screw things up they are headed back down to the mediocrity that was the Cowboys before Parcells arrived

by Late for Dinner on Oct 13, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

They are sloppy and undisciplined. Last year, even the TV analysts were talking about how execution begins in camp, with hard work and attention to detail; you can’t be lazy and sloppy in your preparation and then turn it on during a game.
The first problem is Phillips, the “players’ coach”. He loves his players and they love him back, but there are no standards and no accountability. The second problem is Jerry Jones, because everyone knows that it’s his opinions that count, not those of Wade Phillips. Jones insists on being, and on being seen as, the mover and shaker, and in doing so undermines his coach.

Compare that with the Giants. People mock Coughlin for some of his rules – being five minutes early for meetings, for example – but he understands that taking your job seriously starts with the details. Reese and Mara have the power to overrule Coughlin, but during the season they stay out of the way and let him do his job. When was the last time either Reese or Mara had a press conference or made a statement in front of a camera? Jones is on TV all the time.

To quote Bill Parcells, “Your record says what kind of team you are”. The Cowboys are what Phillips and Jones have made them. Phillips should also be aware of another Parcells quote, “Success is never final, but failure can be”.

Mickey C

by Mickey C on Oct 13, 2010 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions