On first getting the Cowboy matchup, I was thinking they would smite us. Some of the pundits are saying it could be a blowout. The cowboy offense is awesome and the Packer defense stinks. But I took a look at the Cowboy season and came away with a different take and some renewed hope.
Here are their results:
Giants 40 -0
Jets 30-10
Cards 16-28 Loss
Pats 38- 3
49ers 10-42 Loss
Chargers 20-17
Rams 43-20
Eagles 23- 28 Loss
Giants 49-17
Panthers 33-10
Command 45-10
Sea 41-35
Eagles 33-13
Bills 10-31 Loss
Dolphins 20-22 Loss
Lions 20-19
Command 38-10
So 7 wins came against some poor teams with losing records (# of wins).
2x Giants(6), 2x Commanders (4), Jets (7), Pats(4), Panthers (2), Chargers (5)
The other bad team they played they Lost
Cardinals (4)
Of the good teams they played Lions, 49ers, Bills(11), Dolphins(11),Rams(10), Seattle(9) - So they went 3-3 against good teams. Some would argue they lost to the Lions, but oh well.
They lost to the Eagles when the Eagles were playing good, and beat them when they became a bad team. My wife BTW is an eagles fan so I watch them when they are on. Night and day. I don’t think I have ever seen a team look so good and then a couple weeks later, look so bad. Something happened in that locker room.
I came away less than impressed with the Vowboys and now believe we have a shot. They don’t play well against decent teams. We are getting hot. If our defense continues to play like they have, which I am expecting now that MLF is taking spending more time focusing on.
Common recent opponent Lions - we smoke em and the cowboys eeked out a win. Barely.
Prediction:
We surprise them. Cowboys are going to be looking at the defense from 4 weeks ago and licking their chops. Dak gets pressured and dropped a few times in the 1st quarter. Packers move the ball through the air with surprising ease. Love has his best game ever: 28-35, 360/3/0 - Packers win 27-25.