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Weeks 9-13 offer Cowboys chance to make run
April, 19, 2011
By Todd Archer
IRVING, Texas -- If you’re looking for a soft underbelly of the Cowboys’ schedule, it comes Nov. 6-Dec. 4. And we say this knowing that predicting future results on past records is a dangerous game. Even more dangerous when you factor in the Cowboys finished 6-10 last season.
But over that stretch the Cowboys play Seattle, Buffalo, Washington, Miami and Arizona. Those teams were a combined 29-51 in 2010. If the Cowboys want to get a jump heading into the final four games of the season, then they must go at least 4-1 (if not 5-0) during that run.
Cowboys Stadium has not proven to be a difficult place to play in its brief history, but the Cowboys will be favored to beat the Seahawks, Bills and Dolphins (even if Tony Sparano’s crew was 7-1 on the road last year). They have lost in strange ways at Washington and Arizona over the last five seasons, so at some point they figure to win a game at FedEx Field and University of Phoenix Stadium in a strange way.
With a strong sprint here, the Cowboys could be in decent shape considering the final four games come against teams that finished 10-6 last year (New York Giants, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia).
If not, then they could be fighting to the finish just to make a wild-card spot.
April, 19, 2011
By Todd Archer
IRVING, Texas -- If you’re looking for a soft underbelly of the Cowboys’ schedule, it comes Nov. 6-Dec. 4. And we say this knowing that predicting future results on past records is a dangerous game. Even more dangerous when you factor in the Cowboys finished 6-10 last season.
But over that stretch the Cowboys play Seattle, Buffalo, Washington, Miami and Arizona. Those teams were a combined 29-51 in 2010. If the Cowboys want to get a jump heading into the final four games of the season, then they must go at least 4-1 (if not 5-0) during that run.
Cowboys Stadium has not proven to be a difficult place to play in its brief history, but the Cowboys will be favored to beat the Seahawks, Bills and Dolphins (even if Tony Sparano’s crew was 7-1 on the road last year). They have lost in strange ways at Washington and Arizona over the last five seasons, so at some point they figure to win a game at FedEx Field and University of Phoenix Stadium in a strange way.
With a strong sprint here, the Cowboys could be in decent shape considering the final four games come against teams that finished 10-6 last year (New York Giants, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia).
If not, then they could be fighting to the finish just to make a wild-card spot.