DMN Blog: Crayton's eyes remain on '98 Vikings
2:22 PM Fri, Dec 14, 2007
After the Cowboys lit the Giants up for 45 points in the season opener, WR Patrick Crayton said he thought his offense was capable of challenging the single-season league record of 556 points scored, set by the 1998 Vikings.
So where do they stand? With 423 points, Dallas is second off the lead, but has fallen far off the Minnesota pace. They need 134 points in their final three games to break the record. That's an average of 44.7 per. Still, Crayton remains undeterred.
"I still got it in my sights," Crayton said with a sly smile. I’m not sure what we have to get it, but it’s probably about 40 points a game (a little off Pat) ... We might be getting in coach (Jason) Garrett’s ear – look here, we’re not going to run the ball today. Come out like Hawaii and throw like 70 times."
UPDATE BY MacMAHON: Corrected Einstein's math and have asked him to get a copy of this week's stats.
The hay's probably already in the barn on that one, but there are a couple this team still has a shot at.
First, there's the team scoring record of 479 points, set by the 1983 Cowboys. That one's reachable.
And then there's another '98 Vikings standard to chase: Most wins in a regular season, which the Vikings share with the 1984 49ers, '85 Bears and '04 Steelers.
"We’ve already made some history for the Cowboys organization, and 15-1 would set the bar real high," Crayton said. "Just to do that, it would equal the Minnesota Vikings. That was the team we, well, I guess it was just me … I put out there."
The one caveat to all this is that the Patriots are likely to destroy the Vikings scoring record, and could well become the first team to go 16-0. The way Crayton sees it, these types of records can be motivators for everyone, which are good to have when you become the hunted the way the Cowboys have in the NFC and the Patrots are in the AFC.
"I’m pretty sure New England is trying to downplay 16-0, but everybody on that staff, in that building, on that team thinks about 16-0," he said. "They’re going to get (the opponent's) best. They’ve gotten it the last few weeks from teams. And we know we’re going to get the best from teams."
After the Cowboys lit the Giants up for 45 points in the season opener, WR Patrick Crayton said he thought his offense was capable of challenging the single-season league record of 556 points scored, set by the 1998 Vikings.
So where do they stand? With 423 points, Dallas is second off the lead, but has fallen far off the Minnesota pace. They need 134 points in their final three games to break the record. That's an average of 44.7 per. Still, Crayton remains undeterred.
"I still got it in my sights," Crayton said with a sly smile. I’m not sure what we have to get it, but it’s probably about 40 points a game (a little off Pat) ... We might be getting in coach (Jason) Garrett’s ear – look here, we’re not going to run the ball today. Come out like Hawaii and throw like 70 times."
UPDATE BY MacMAHON: Corrected Einstein's math and have asked him to get a copy of this week's stats.
The hay's probably already in the barn on that one, but there are a couple this team still has a shot at.
First, there's the team scoring record of 479 points, set by the 1983 Cowboys. That one's reachable.
And then there's another '98 Vikings standard to chase: Most wins in a regular season, which the Vikings share with the 1984 49ers, '85 Bears and '04 Steelers.
"We’ve already made some history for the Cowboys organization, and 15-1 would set the bar real high," Crayton said. "Just to do that, it would equal the Minnesota Vikings. That was the team we, well, I guess it was just me … I put out there."
The one caveat to all this is that the Patriots are likely to destroy the Vikings scoring record, and could well become the first team to go 16-0. The way Crayton sees it, these types of records can be motivators for everyone, which are good to have when you become the hunted the way the Cowboys have in the NFC and the Patrots are in the AFC.
"I’m pretty sure New England is trying to downplay 16-0, but everybody on that staff, in that building, on that team thinks about 16-0," he said. "They’re going to get (the opponent's) best. They’ve gotten it the last few weeks from teams. And we know we’re going to get the best from teams."
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