Dallas is now 6-2 and in sole possession of 1st place (1 Viewer)

[Ministry of Pain]

They beat the Eagles last night. The running game was completely non existent so the game was really won on the backs of their defense and also Romo getting some very well timed big plays...did he go for 300 last night?

Not a Dallas fan, but they were thrown under the bus after 4 games and going 2-2...now they are 6-2 and possibly are the 2nd or 3rd best team in the NFC.

So what say you Dallas fans? How far are they going to go?

 

[Bankerguy]

They beat the Eagles last night. The running game was completely non existent so the game was really won on the backs of their defense and also Romo getting some very well timed big plays...did he go for 300 last night? Not a Dallas fan, but they were thrown under the bus after 4 games and going 2-2...now they are 6-2 and possibly are the 2nd or 3rd best team in the NFC. So what say you Dallas fans? How far are they going to go?

Honestly it's pretty hard to say. On one hand we've seen this before where Dallas has a great Oct/Nov. Romo is known as Mr. November (13-0 in his last 13 games in Nov.) I'm not too worried about the lack of run game last night. We have shown that we can run the ball in previous games and they did it effectively to close the game out.It's obvious to even the most jaded of Cowboys fans that something seems different this year. I see some passion, leadership and gut this year which has been sorely missing from this team in years past. No more "me's and way more "we's". By no means does that guarentee them anything. However, they have 3 very winnable games coming up with GB, Wash and Oak. There is no reason to think they won't at worst be a wildcard team with a good shot of winning the East. Both Philly and NY have brutal schedules coming.The offense is much more diverse and Jason Garrett (I hate to admit) has been calling good games. You can't just take away one player and stop this team. On defense, this team has added a ton of new players who are fitting in nicely. The best part is that they are getting better each week. The secondary in particular is on the rise. ST's have been much improved all year. I think they make the playoffs and win at least 1 game. I'm a though.

 

[Breesisdaman]

If the Cowboys stay healthy (Including MBIII) I expect they will win the NFC East and then be eliminated early in the playoffs.

 

[simmonjm]

If Dallas gets past the Packers this week (not a given) then they face Washington and Oakland. Dallas would then be 9-2 and face San Diego, Eagles, Giants, Skins, and Saints. I could see them finishing anywhere from 10-6 or 12-4. I am reluctant to annoint the Cowboys as anything more then the NFC East division leader.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly.

But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

 

[KCC]

Right now, I would put them in back of New Orleans (obviously), Minnesota, and Atlanta in the NFC. To me they belong on the same NFC tier as Arizona. Like Arizona, they seem to be an NFC team who rolls over other teams when everything is clicking, but you're always waiting for the wheels to come off the wagon. Romo has been avoiding turnovers lately, but I don't think a lot of people would be surprised to see that trend end. FWIW, there are also a lot of AFC teams ahead of them (especially in the East and North divisions), but with their schedule they didn't - and won't - play many of them this season. Their schedule has a few easy games (Oakland, Washington, Green Bay) mixed with some tough matchups (New Orleans, NYG, Philly, and San Diego) so to me a playoff appearance for them is better than the odds of a coin flip, but not by a whole lot. If they do make it into the post season, I would be very much surprised to see them win more than one game.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Right now, I would put them in back of New Orleans (obviously), Minnesota, and Atlanta in the NFC. To me they belong on the same NFC tier as Arizona. Like Arizona, they seem to be an NFC team who rolls over other teams when everything is clicking, but you're always waiting for the wheels to come off the wagon. Romo has been avoiding turnovers lately, but I don't think a lot of people would be surprised to see that trend end. FWIW, there are also a lot of AFC teams ahead of them (especially in the East and North divisions), but with their schedule they didn't - and won't - play many of them this season. Their schedule has a few easy games (Oakland, Washington, Green Bay) mixed with some tough matchups (New Orleans, NYG, Philly, and San Diego) so to me a playoff appearance for them is better than the odds of a coin flip, but not by a whole lot. If they do make it into the post season, I would be very much surprised to see them win more than one game.

They beat Atlanta!!!Not picking on you, the rest of the post is well thought out, nice job.

 

[trogg78]

If the Cowboys stay healthy (Including MBIII) I expect they will win the NFC East and then be eliminated early in the playoffs.

ditto.

 

[djcolts]

Right now, I would put them in back of New Orleans (obviously), Minnesota, and Atlanta in the NFC. To me they belong on the same NFC tier as Arizona. Like Arizona, they seem to be an NFC team who rolls over other teams when everything is clicking, but you're always waiting for the wheels to come off the wagon. Romo has been avoiding turnovers lately, but I don't think a lot of people would be surprised to see that trend end. FWIW, there are also a lot of AFC teams ahead of them (especially in the East and North divisions), but with their schedule they didn't - and won't - play many of them this season. Their schedule has a few easy games (Oakland, Washington, Green Bay) mixed with some tough matchups (New Orleans, NYG, Philly, and San Diego) so to me a playoff appearance for them is better than the odds of a coin flip, but not by a whole lot. If they do make it into the post season, I would be very much surprised to see them win more than one game.

I guess I'm not as impressed with Atlanta as you are. I think the Cowboys are better than Atlanta. Atlanta's receivers outside of Gonzalez and White are really questionable, I don't think Ryan is a better QB than Romo at this point, and I'd take Dallas' D over the Falcons' D. Plus, the Cowboys beat Atlanta pretty easily at Dallas recently.

 

[Chaos Commish]

They beat the Eagles last night. The running game was completely non existent so the game was really won on the backs of their defense and also Romo getting some very well timed big plays...did he go for 300 last night?

Not a Dallas fan, but they were thrown under the bus after 4 games and going 2-2...now they are 6-2 and possibly are the 2nd or 3rd best team in the NFC.

So what say you Dallas fans? How far are they going to go?

Honestly it's pretty hard to say. On one hand we've seen this before where Dallas has a great Oct/Nov. Romo is known as Mr. November (13-0 in his last 13 games in Nov.) I'm not too worried about the lack of run game last night. We have shown that we can run the ball in previous games and they did it effectively to close the game out.It's obvious to even the most jaded of Cowboys fans that something seems different this year. I see some passion, leadership and gut this year which has been sorely missing from this team in years past. No more "me's and way more "we's". By no means does that guarentee them anything. However, they have 3 very winnable games coming up with GB, Wash and Oak. There is no reason to think they won't at worst be a wildcard team with a good shot of winning the East. Both Philly and NY have brutal schedules coming.

The offense is much more diverse and Jason Garrett (I hate to admit) has been calling good games. You can't just take away one player and stop this team. On defense, this team has added a ton of new players who are fitting in nicely. The best part is that they are getting better each week. The secondary in particular is on the rise.

ST's have been much improved all year.

I think they make the playoffs and win at least 1 game.

I'm a though.

This team will win a playoff game I agree with the above except for the running game part. As correct as it is to compliment Garrett for play calling, Wade's defensive game planning since the bye has been excellent and also deserves praise, last night in particular.

The Cowboys are very well coached. Go figure?

But.

And I mention this every week in the team thread.

The running game has basically been stuffed for four out of the last five weeks. The sprint draw that Barber ran several times for decent yardage to close the game is not indicative of a healthy running game, or the way he was closing games with power traps and off tackles in seasons past. It's their biggest problem at the moment. Two 200+ yard rushing games in weeks 2 and 3 are skewing reality (statistically). Denver stuffed them (Barber 41, Choice 33). Atlanta stuffed them (Barber 47, Jones 37). Seattle stuffed them (Barber 53, Jones 39). And last night Philly stuffed them (Barber 50, Choice and Jones 23. Most of Barber's on delayed draws with fake passes). These are not horrible numbers, but they're not good enough. Choice almost got 100 against KC and Barber's habitual 50 made that a decent running day, but it's been awhile since they've looked effective on the ground, including that game, imo. They may have an excuse with Barber and Felix both dinged for part of this, but just watching tells me the OLine isn't getting it done.

New Orleans looks like the class of the conference. Minnesota looks like a complete team. After those two I would rank Arizona and Dallas 3 a and b with all of them having a chance to get hot and make a run at this. Dallas is 5-10 after November with Romo as a starter, so we'll see if those issues continue or not. My guess is 'a little less' than previous seasons and this team will win a playoff game.

 

[Tanner9919]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly.

But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

OF COURSE they'll fade in December, its their M.O.like every year, the Cowboys look great, on paper..they're going to implode at some point, Romo will struggle in December..he'll choke once again...

Dallas will win the NFC East..but that isn't going to mean much when they're one-n-done in the postseason ( par for the course with Romo)

 

[switz]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly.

But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

OF COURSE they'll fade in December, its their M.O.like every year, the Cowboys look great, on paper..they're going to implode at some point, Romo will struggle in December..he'll choke once again...

Dallas will win the NFC East..but that isn't going to mean much when they're one-n-done in the postseason ( par for the course with Romo)

This is the first year without the TO distraction down the line... one has to wonder what effect that had on the team morale as a whole. I'm not sure you blame it all on Romo...

 

[B-Deep]

MAn, I hope this is the start of something great. There are 3 very winable games coming up, could put them in a great spot.

But, I just have no faith in Wade's ability to keep this team focused. I fear they are starting to think they are good, maybe even great, and they'll tumble for it.

I hope I am wrong, I am usually optimistic about this team, but something about them just makes me fear the worst this year. And that something is wade.

 

[B-Deep]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly.

But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

OF COURSE they'll fade in December, its their M.O.like every year, the Cowboys look great, on paper..they're going to implode at some point, Romo will struggle in December..he'll choke once again...

Dallas will win the NFC East..but that isn't going to mean much when they're one-n-done in the postseason ( par for the course with Romo)

This is the first year without the TO distraction down the line... one has to wonder what effect that had on the team morale as a whole. I'm not sure you blame it all on Romo...

The entire team has faded every year, no one player's fault.

 

[CentralPA]

The only thing holding the Cowboys back I think is obviously Wade Phillips but the sky is the limit, last night's win against the Eagles was huge.

 

[switz]

The running game has basically been stuffed for four out of the last five weeks. The sprint draw that Barber ran several times for decent yardage to close the game is not indicative of a healthy running game, or the way he was closing games with power traps and off tackles in seasons past. It's their biggest problem at the moment. Two 200+ yard rushing games in weeks 2 and 3 are skewing reality (statistically). Denver stuffed them (Barber 41, Choice 33). Atlanta stuffed them (Barber 47, Jones 37). Seattle stuffed them (Barber 53, Jones 39). And last night Philly stuffed them (Barber 50, Choice and Jones 23. Most of Barber's on delayed draws with fake passes). These are not horrible numbers, but they're not good enough. Choice almost got 100 against KC and Barber's habitual 50 made that a decent running day, but it's been awhile since they've looked effective on the ground, including that game, imo. They may have an excuse with Barber and Felix both dinged for part of this, but just watching tells me the OLine isn't getting it done.

I'm not sure that's accurate. Sure the yardages you mention are correct, but that's not the real story. Barber has been dinged, so that's part of the picture, but why do they keep running him so much? That's where they are getting stuffed, Barber isn't getting anything going on the ground.The ATL game you refer to, Jones had 4.6 YPC, but only got 8 carries. Barber was running at 3.4 YPC, but got almost twice as many carries, and Choice didn't even touch the ball! In the SEA game, Felix had 4.9 YPC, they couldn't stop him, but again, only 8 carries. Barber 3.8 YPC, and again almost twice as many carries.Last night, Felix got 4 touches (4,4,2,0). His overall YPC looks bad, but it was a lack of opportunities that did him in. Barber up until the last drive was 13-30 (2.3 YPC). Choice got a few carries, but was mostly used in a gimmick offense, direct snaps.The problem with the DAL running game is over-reliance on Barber, who is too hurt to be effective. Sure, I love his enthusiasm, and the way he pops up after every run like he just killed someone. But truth is, the kid just can't run well right now.The 200+ yard rushing games came when Barber was healthy, and in retrospect, against some pretty bad rush defenses. Barber's NOT healthy, Jones has a knee brace on, and they are barely using Jones and Choice.If the Cowboys want to go deep in the playoffs, they'll need to use Jones and Choice more, and just save Barber for the 4th quarter.

 

[kylechoffman]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly. But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

What you said - the boys have a much easier road to the playoffs than the birds. They have 3-4 tough matchups (@GB, @NYG, vs SD, @NO) before hosting the Eagles in week 17. They could win 2-3 of those 4 games and the rest. Birds dont have it so easy but I hope they are tied going into the final week so that matchup will be highlighted in primetime.

 

[two_dollars]

Win the #3 seed, lose to the #6.. 1st round exit.

 

[Chaos Commish]

I hope I am wrong, I am usually optimistic about this team, but something about them just makes me fear the worst this year. And that something is wade.

I have been pessimistic since Parcells was there (and rightly so if you check the results) and now I'm feeling optimistic. Missing pieces are slowly coming together. This team is a long way from peaking/fading, imo. There will be struggles and there will be gnashing of teeth along the way, but the big picture hasn't looked this good in a long time from my perspective.

 

[BigDave]

I'm very happy they're at 6-2. I think a few weeks ago everyone would have told you 5-3 or 4-4.

That said, they need to get the running game going as stated in this thread.

I believe Barber is still not 100%.

Felix "fragile" Jones is no Chris Johnson on the corners and needs to break one or more soon to scare the crap out of defenses. When you have a gamebreaker RB, you use him.

Finally Choice is a great RB. The kid does nothing but run hard! Maybe he's not picking up blitzes which can be the kiss of death for a young RB so his touches are limited?

You would think that the red head would figure out how to be effective witht he 3 headed monster to put fear into the opponent. Right now, every defense is worried about our passing game and not the running game. There needs to be a balance.

I see Dallas at 11 wins this year, doingbetter in Dec. than years past.

I do feel they win their first playoff game this year. Not sure how far they can go. Hoping they get on a roll like the Giants did, peaking at playoff time.

 

[buster c]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly.

But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

OF COURSE they'll fade in December, its their M.O.like every year, the Cowboys look great, on paper..they're going to implode at some point, Romo will struggle in December..he'll choke once again...

Dallas will win the NFC East..but that isn't going to mean much when they're one-n-done in the postseason ( par for the course with Romo)

This is the first year without the TO distraction down the line... one has to wonder what effect that had on the team morale as a whole. I'm not sure you blame it all on Romo...

say what? 1st year without the TO distraction?They haven't won a playoff game since 1996!

 

[KCC]

Right now, I would put them in back of New Orleans (obviously), Minnesota, and Atlanta in the NFC. To me they belong on the same NFC tier as Arizona. Like Arizona, they seem to be an NFC team who rolls over other teams when everything is clicking, but you're always waiting for the wheels to come off the wagon. Romo has been avoiding turnovers lately, but I don't think a lot of people would be surprised to see that trend end. FWIW, there are also a lot of AFC teams ahead of them (especially in the East and North divisions), but with their schedule they didn't - and won't - play many of them this season. Their schedule has a few easy games (Oakland, Washington, Green Bay) mixed with some tough matchups (New Orleans, NYG, Philly, and San Diego) so to me a playoff appearance for them is better than the odds of a coin flip, but not by a whole lot. If they do make it into the post season, I would be very much surprised to see them win more than one game.

They beat Atlanta!!!Not picking on you, the rest of the post is well thought out, nice job.

No offense taken, MoP and thanks for the compliment. I do think however, that Atlanta is a better team (and I'm not an Atlanta homer). As pointed out by a few others, the Cowboys running game is not what it once was while Atlanta's is rolling and the jury is still out on Romo's ability to perform in high pressure games.

 

[culdeus]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly.

But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

What you said - the boys have a much easier road to the playoffs than the birds. They have 3-4 tough matchups (@GB, @NYG, vs SD, @NO) before hosting the Eagles in week 17. They could win 2-3 of those 4 games and the rest.

Birds dont have it so easy but I hope they are tied going into the final week so that matchup will be highlighted in primetime.

That's not possible because Dallas already has their max allotment of primetime games with a SNFx2 MNF TGiving and a Saturday game IIRC.

 

[djcolts]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly.

But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

What you said - the boys have a much easier road to the playoffs than the birds. They have 3-4 tough matchups (@GB, @NYG, vs SD, @NO) before hosting the Eagles in week 17. They could win 2-3 of those 4 games and the rest.

Birds dont have it so easy but I hope they are tied going into the final week so that matchup will be highlighted in primetime.

That's not possible because Dallas already has their max allotment of primetime games with a SNFx2 MNF TGiving and a Saturday game IIRC.

I think 6 is the maximum # of prime-time games per team per season.

 

[culdeus]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly.

But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

What you said - the boys have a much easier road to the playoffs than the birds. They have 3-4 tough matchups (@GB, @NYG, vs SD, @NO) before hosting the Eagles in week 17. They could win 2-3 of those 4 games and the rest.

Birds dont have it so easy but I hope they are tied going into the final week so that matchup will be highlighted in primetime.

That's not possible because Dallas already has their max allotment of primetime games with a SNFx2 MNF TGiving and a Saturday game IIRC.

I think 6 is the maximum # of prime-time games per team per season.

5 is the max. I'm sure of that. Wasn't sure they had a saturday game on the schedule this year or not, and they do.Plus even if they could pull the game, I would doubt Fox lets that one go. They won't have to protect many games because the SNF schedule is actually pretty good. Incidentally, the Thursday schedule is an abortion again this year.

 

[djcolts]

That's not possible because Dallas already has their max allotment of primetime games with a SNFx2 MNF TGiving and a Saturday game IIRC.

I think 6 is the maximum # of prime-time games per team per season.

5 is the max. I'm sure of that. Wasn't sure they had a saturday game on the schedule this year or not, and they do.Plus even if they could pull the game, I would doubt Fox lets that one go. They won't have to protect many games because the SNF schedule is actually pretty good. Incidentally, the Thursday schedule is an abortion again this year.

We're both right. Sort of LINK:

However, the NFL allows three teams to play up to six prime-time games provided one of those appearances is on the NFL Network.

 

[Dt's Mules]

Washington twice

Oakland

GB

SD

Should be no worse than 3-2

NO

Phil (at home)

NYG

Should be no worse than 1-2

So I see no worse than 10-6 and a wildcard spot

Upside is 5-0 and 2-1 with a 13-3 record and possibly a 1st round bye.

My guess at this moment would be 4-1 over the weak sisters in group A and either 1-2 or 2-1 vs group B which would put them at 11-5 or 12-4. That probably wins the division, but doesn't get a 1st round bye. Minnesota's schedule is just too easy.

That would put them hosting someone like atl,philly,nyg,gb (hope for anyone but philly) in the 1st round which I'm predicting they will win at home. It's important to finish better than Arizona so that they won't have to play the Saints in the 2nd round.

My guess is win the 1st round playoff game (unless it's against Philly then all bets are off), beat Min in conference Semi finals and lose to Saints in NFC Championship game.

I just hope the giveaway games in Denver and round 1 against the Giants don't have them getting the Eagles in the 1st round of the playoffs. I think the Eagles will probably be WC1 though and Atl will be WC2.

 

[Reacher]

On paper the Cowboys are in the driver's seat, leading the division and having an easier remaining schedule than NYG and Philly.

But in recent years, they've tended to fall off in December. We just don't know whether they will do that again.

OF COURSE they'll fade in December, its their M.O.like every year, the Cowboys look great, on paper..they're going to implode at some point, Romo will struggle in December..he'll choke once again...

Dallas will win the NFC East..but that isn't going to mean much when they're one-n-done in the postseason ( par for the course with Romo)

This is the first year without the TO distraction down the line... one has to wonder what effect that had on the team morale as a whole. I'm not sure you blame it all on Romo...

say what? 1st year without the TO distraction?They haven't won a playoff game since 1996!

Well before TO got here the last time that we actually had enough talent to have an impact in the post season was 96 when we lost to the Panthers. I am not one to blame our losses on TO distractions but our team is a much more cohesive unit without him and few other past players that I could mention. The main problem with TO last season is that we dependend on him too much and he just wasn't good enough to carry the load last season.

This team went out of it's way to get some good guys this off season. Guys who liked Wade Phillips and more importantly were team players. It has really helped them this seaon.

This is a team that is good already but really hasn't even reached it's potential. It's a team that is building momentum and getting better each week.

If I had to pick a top 3 in the NFC I would rank them:

1. Saints

2. Vikings

3. Cowboys

Philly and Arizona are right there at 4 and 5.

That being said I think the Saints and the Vikings are good but I think the Saints have already peaked and the Vikings are close. By Playoff time I expect us to be the better team.

 

[money.never.sleeps]

Right now, I would put them in back of New Orleans (obviously), Minnesota, and Atlanta in the NFC. To me they belong on the same NFC tier as Arizona. Like Arizona, they seem to be an NFC team who rolls over other teams when everything is clicking, but you're always waiting for the wheels to come off the wagon. Romo has been avoiding turnovers lately, but I don't think a lot of people would be surprised to see that trend end. FWIW, there are also a lot of AFC teams ahead of them (especially in the East and North divisions), but with their schedule they didn't - and won't - play many of them this season. Their schedule has a few easy games (Oakland, Washington, Green Bay) mixed with some tough matchups (New Orleans, NYG, Philly, and San Diego) so to me a playoff appearance for them is better than the odds of a coin flip, but not by a whole lot. If they do make it into the post season, I would be very much surprised to see them win more than one game.

They beat Atlanta!!!Not picking on you, the rest of the post is well thought out, nice job.

No offense taken, MoP and thanks for the compliment. I do think however, that Atlanta is a better team (and I'm not an Atlanta homer). As pointed out by a few others, the Cowboys running game is not what it once was while Atlanta's is rolling and the jury is still out on Romo's ability to perform in high pressure games.

For those who didnt watch the ATL @ Dallas game.. the Falcons were dominated.I just cant agree that ATL is better considering they're 1-2 last 3 and 3-2 last 5 along with getting there butts whipped by the team you think isnt as good recently?!?!

 

[Manster]

They beat the Eagles last night. The running game was completely non existent so the game was really won on the backs of their defense and also Romo getting some very well timed big plays...did he go for 300 last night? Not a Dallas fan, but they were thrown under the bus after 4 games and going 2-2...now they are 6-2 and possibly are the 2nd or 3rd best team in the NFC. So what say you Dallas fans? How far are they going to go?

didnt read past your original question. i'll add my .02first of all, HUGE win last night! they won the games they were supposed to win. this one was a favored division rival, on the road.i am cautiously optimistic. love where we're at, but understand it's a LONG road ahead. ultimately, this team has folded late in the season. we all know it, it's well documented.barring key injuries, and keeping the momentum on the upward swing, this team can be in any game, against any opponent.some keys to the Cowboys being successful:1) DEFENSE. Ware is heating up. Ratliff is a handful for anyone. Brooking is VERY solid in the middle. Sensabaugh has played solid at safety. 2) the O-line has been pretty solid. less penalties/mental mistakes.3) Terrell who? obviously Austin is an emerging star. but beyond that, Romo has been efficient, and spread the ball around to multiple targets. i loved how he got rid of the ball quickly, for the most part, last night. conservative, and then go for the dagger when it's there. 4) Roy was more involved last night, and i like the way they tried to get him the ball. hit him on slants all day long. he should have had a TD, but his arm was held and he couldnt make the one handed catch. no call, oh well, we still won. i like what Romo said after game about Roy. basically, he keeps working hard, and will have big games. the effort is there.5) i'd like to see Felix more involved. screens, and such. lets get him the ball in space.the million dollar question is, what is this team gonna do come December? I HOPE the Cowboys can get over the hump this year. theres a lot of football left, and things can change in a hurry in the NFL. so, for now, i'm just going to enjoy where we're at, and hope they continue to improve.

 

[bryan215]

They beat the Eagles last night. The running game was completely non existent so the game was really won on the backs of their defense and also Romo getting some very well timed big plays...did he go for 300 last night? Not a Dallas fan, but they were thrown under the bus after 4 games and going 2-2...now they are 6-2 and possibly are the 2nd or 3rd best team in the NFC. So what say you Dallas fans? How far are they going to go?

didnt read past your original question. i'll add my .02first of all, HUGE win last night! they won the games they were supposed to win. this one was a favored division rival, on the road.i am cautiously optimistic. love where we're at, but understand it's a LONG road ahead. ultimately, this team has folded late in the season. we all know it, it's well documented.barring key injuries, and keeping the momentum on the upward swing, this team can be in any game, against any opponent.some keys to the Cowboys being successful:1) DEFENSE. Ware is heating up. Ratliff is a handful for anyone. Brooking is VERY solid in the middle. Sensabaugh has played solid at safety. 2) the O-line has been pretty solid. less penalties/mental mistakes.3) Terrell who? obviously Austin is an emerging star. but beyond that, Romo has been efficient, and spread the ball around to multiple targets. i loved how he got rid of the ball quickly, for the most part, last night. conservative, and then go for the dagger when it's there. 4) Roy was more involved last night, and i like the way they tried to get him the ball. hit him on slants all day long. he should have had a TD, but his arm was held and he couldnt make the one handed catch. no call, oh well, we still won. i like what Romo said after game about Roy. basically, he keeps working hard, and will have big games. the effort is there.5) i'd like to see Felix more involved. screens, and such. lets get him the ball in space.the million dollar question is, what is this team gonna do come December? I HOPE the Cowboys can get over the hump this year. theres a lot of football left, and things can change in a hurry in the NFL. so, for now, i'm just going to enjoy where we're at, and hope they continue to improve.

Dallas is going to probably end up playing Arizona or Phili in the WC playoffs ( NYG won't make it). If they get past either they will lose to Minni/NO.I see them as slight fav vs. Phili and slight dog vs. Arizona.In the end its all going to come down to Romo - if he plays mistake free football then they are normally going to win.Also Andy Reid lolbad decision making/play calling also helps a ton.