It's like
deja vu all over again.
Just ten days ago MoP wrote all this:
[*]Dallas is heading for disaster this weekend (well, they did find a bonehead way to lose, but I don't think that is what you meant)
[*]injuries to guys like Miles Austin (5-90-TD)
[*]Jason Witten might have to stay in and help block (6-110)
[*]Romo could possibly remain outside the top20 this week (10th - but more like 6th-7th given some of the non-starters (FF) in front of him)
[*]Certainly a guy like Eli Manning would seem to have an easier path
[*]there are other QBs I might even want over him. What about Colt McCoy against Cinci? Fitz against the Chiefs? (1 out of 3 ain't...good)
[*]Kyle Orton, Kevin Kolb, Eli Manning, Jay Cutler...they all seem to have much better match ups on paper (0h-for-four)
You get the point, I won't belabor it. Even the best miss a call once in awhile. You put yourself out there often enough, you're gonna leave yourself open to criticism when you're wrong. Yada yada yada.
I kind of look at the Cowboys situation thusly: it's an up down league. Oh, there are a handful of franchises (mostly AFC of late) who consistently produce excellence. But the far more common theme is up one minute/week/year and down the next. Unless you're an elite team (New England - yes, Detroit - nyet) or really awful (Hello, Kansas City!), it is truly the
Not
For
Long league.
Washington @ home - yeah, punctured lung QB, no Miles, no Felix, gimpy Dez, bad line. But they still got Whitten and Choice and whoever steps up. It's a rivalry game, at home, on MNF. Doubt they're gonna lay an egg.
Detroit @ home - do you think the Lions are going 16-0? Just checking. They're off to a nice start. Six game winning streak; three straight on the road. But just a reminder, this franchise lost 26 games in a row on the road. That streak ended in Week 15 of the 2010 season - nine months ago to the day. If you think it's automatic the Lions whup the Vikings next weekend, then you don't the history of this lopsided '
rivalry'. Oh, it should be easy for Detroit, but somehow nothing ever is for them. 8-35-1 @ Minnesota all-time, 2-7-0 @ Dallas. Sure, means nothing...until doubt starts to creep into young players minds.
That's the NFL. Weird things happen. Like the Cowboys winning two or maybe even three times in the next three weeks. I wouldn't put money on it, but it wouldn't surprise me either.
ASIDE: Love what's happening in Detroit, and love the talent. But I take nothing for granted.