A fried of mine (I should say nemesis since he is currently beating me on NFL football picks) wrote about the myth of the Minnesota Vikings in showing that their record this year is mostly against below average teams. While that is valid, the same thing can be said about the Cowboys.
In looking at the 8 victories the Cowboys have had this season, only two teams (Atlanta and Philadelphia) currently have wining records and the combined record of the opponents they have beaten is 31 wins and 57 losses. In terms of wins that only comes to 35% and it took the Cowboys overtime to defeat a 3 and 8 Kansas City team on the road and a last final drive to defeat a 3 and 8 Redskin team 7 to 6 at home. The other disturbing sign is that the Cowboys losses are to the New York Giants, Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers and as the season has gone on it has become clear that none of those teams at this point has demonstrated that they belong with the current elite teams of the NFL like New Orleans and Indianapolis.
The month of December will show if the Cowboys are a team that can make a push for the superbowl or be like the Chan Gailey coached teams that would play decent in the regular season and get humiliated by a superior team early in the playoffs. The games they have against San Diego and New Orleans in December will give a good indication as to what type of team the Cowboys have.
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