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Originally Posted by Clark_Kent
+1. Super Wild Card Weekend. It's a stupid stat, just like most of them. You have to think about what the stat is telling you. The stats that should get more light are how these teams fare against teams over .500 and stratify it by situations (i.e., Red Zone, third down, man vs. zone, simulated vs. standard pressure, personnel groupings, pre-snap motion, etc.) That will tell a lot about a team. The Cowboys, like a lot of teams, have made their bones beating up on bad football teams. The NYG, WAS, and a recently reeling PHI team account for half of your games. And then when they play the better football teams they get pushed around.
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This is it exactly. Dallas is very good at pounding the hell out of bad teams. Thats how you run up your stats.....but just heard that in the last 3 years, Cowboys are 13-15 against teams that finish above .500.
On the other hand, how bout some credit to the teams that won upsets this weekend? Jordan Love was fantastic, so was Stroud in Houston. Both running up scores on "top" defenses. Congrats.