Dallas Cowboys Will Be Playoff Spectators This Year
by Edgar Antonio Nunez
Source: bleacherreport.com
Dallas Cowboys fans: Don’t get your little spurs jingling and jangling but, although we’re only through the mid-way point of the NFL season, the Cowboys will not qualify for the NFL playoffs this year. The Cowboys are a mess. Here’s why Dallas will add to their ongoing 13-year playoff futility and frustration:
No Guts, No Glory
It’s bad enough that Dallas is now trailing by three-and-a-half games to the NFC East leading New York Giants in the standings, as well as, trailing the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins. That’s the least of the Cowboys problems.
What should be more disconcerting to Cowboys fans about this team is how completely demoralized the players looked in losing to the Giants. Quite simply, the Cowboys gave up. On at least several plays Cowboys defenders didn’t even make the effort to make a tackle. This team has proven that it’s a frontrunning team—when things go bad, they give up. The Cowboys don’t have any guts.
The Dallas Cowboys have been exposed as the paper champions that they are.
Second Most Difficult Remaining Schedule
The Cowboys have to go a minimum of 5-2, to get to a 10-win season, to even have an outside shot at making the playoffs. A 10-win record may not even qualify for the NFC playoffs. Based on strength of schedule, the Cowboys have the second most difficult remaining schedule in the NFL.
Who’s left to go? At Washington, at Pittsburgh, New York, Baltimore and at Philadelphia.
Yikes.
San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks are two wins in the bank. (Although judging by this performance, the Cowboys just aren't good enough to take anything for granted.) The Cowboys need to win three of five against some of the more elite teams of the NFL simply to have a chance at a wild card berth.
Get on the Back of the Line: Too Many Teams Ahead in Wild Card Standings
Who’s the competition for the Cowboys for a wild card berth? Currently the Redskins and Eagles in the NFC East; currently the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North; and currently the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC South. (The NFC West is a one-team division.)
This tally doesn’t include current division leaders in the Giants, Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers.
Six teams right now have better records than the Cowboys, with several other teams playing with a game less than Dallas.
Injuries Schminjuries: Problems Started Before Romo Got Hurt
The problems for the Cowboys started before Tony Romo broke his pinkie finger against the Arizona Cardinals.
An overrated offensive line isn’t opening up holes for the run game as they should and it hasn’t protected the quarterback. Center Andre Gurode is injured all the time, and when he’s in the game, he can’t even snap the ball properly in shotgun formations. Left tackle Flozell Adams is done. I don’t even need to look up how many sacks he’s given up this year—he gets beat almost every other play it seems.
The Cowboys defensive line has proven that in the face of adversity, it consistently whithers away. Outside of play from the nose tackle position, the rest of the D-line aren’t capable of putting consistent pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Where’s Tank Johnson and all his preseason bravado?
As for the secondary, safety Roy Williams is lost for the season, Terence Newman is battling several injuries, and Pacman Jones, well, enough said.
Final Two Words Why the Cowboys Will Watch This Year’s Playoffs on TV
Wade Phillips.
Source: bleacherreport.com
Dallas Cowboys fans: Don’t get your little spurs jingling and jangling but, although we’re only through the mid-way point of the NFL season, the Cowboys will not qualify for the NFL playoffs this year. The Cowboys are a mess. Here’s why Dallas will add to their ongoing 13-year playoff futility and frustration:
No Guts, No Glory
It’s bad enough that Dallas is now trailing by three-and-a-half games to the NFC East leading New York Giants in the standings, as well as, trailing the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins. That’s the least of the Cowboys problems.
What should be more disconcerting to Cowboys fans about this team is how completely demoralized the players looked in losing to the Giants. Quite simply, the Cowboys gave up. On at least several plays Cowboys defenders didn’t even make the effort to make a tackle. This team has proven that it’s a frontrunning team—when things go bad, they give up. The Cowboys don’t have any guts.
The Dallas Cowboys have been exposed as the paper champions that they are.
Second Most Difficult Remaining Schedule
The Cowboys have to go a minimum of 5-2, to get to a 10-win season, to even have an outside shot at making the playoffs. A 10-win record may not even qualify for the NFC playoffs. Based on strength of schedule, the Cowboys have the second most difficult remaining schedule in the NFL.
Who’s left to go? At Washington, at Pittsburgh, New York, Baltimore and at Philadelphia.
Yikes.
San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks are two wins in the bank. (Although judging by this performance, the Cowboys just aren't good enough to take anything for granted.) The Cowboys need to win three of five against some of the more elite teams of the NFL simply to have a chance at a wild card berth.
Get on the Back of the Line: Too Many Teams Ahead in Wild Card Standings
Who’s the competition for the Cowboys for a wild card berth? Currently the Redskins and Eagles in the NFC East; currently the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North; and currently the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC South. (The NFC West is a one-team division.)
This tally doesn’t include current division leaders in the Giants, Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers.
Six teams right now have better records than the Cowboys, with several other teams playing with a game less than Dallas.
Injuries Schminjuries: Problems Started Before Romo Got Hurt
The problems for the Cowboys started before Tony Romo broke his pinkie finger against the Arizona Cardinals.
An overrated offensive line isn’t opening up holes for the run game as they should and it hasn’t protected the quarterback. Center Andre Gurode is injured all the time, and when he’s in the game, he can’t even snap the ball properly in shotgun formations. Left tackle Flozell Adams is done. I don’t even need to look up how many sacks he’s given up this year—he gets beat almost every other play it seems.
The Cowboys defensive line has proven that in the face of adversity, it consistently whithers away. Outside of play from the nose tackle position, the rest of the D-line aren’t capable of putting consistent pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Where’s Tank Johnson and all his preseason bravado?
As for the secondary, safety Roy Williams is lost for the season, Terence Newman is battling several injuries, and Pacman Jones, well, enough said.
Final Two Words Why the Cowboys Will Watch This Year’s Playoffs on TV
Wade Phillips.
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