"You got to lose, you can't win all the time ..."-- George Thorogood George's neo-blues tune might and most likely should be spinning in every Dallas Cowboys followers' head after a featureless 30-16 mid-day in the Jerry Dome. The Denver Broncos clearly set their alarms and also changed effectively to Standard Time, which finished Saturday evening. They brought a spirited game plan on both sides of the field that put on hold Dallas' passing away attack on protection and gashed the Cowboys defense for dynamite plays through the air and on the ground.
The Cowboys, meanwhile, resemble they missed out on the time change as well as avoided means far too late. They ran out sync mentally as well as physically, missing open receivers, blocks as well as takes on, and saw the Broncos race to a 30-0 lead. Two late touchdowns and conversions made the final result a little bit less humiliating, however nobody that enjoyed the competition was ever of the idea the Cowboys stood a possibility.
What then to do? Just how are we to react to this first version of the 2021 McCarthy's to resemble the 2020 version?
Exactly how about, absolutely nothing?
It's stressful to see the Cowboys take the area so badly prepared, yet this competition restored much way too many memories of similar face plants, when driving and in Dallas, by past playoff and champion Cowboys clubs.
As a matter of fact, if you want to run though some Cowboys history with me, we'll see that results like this were widespread during the Landry, Johnson, Parcells and also the Garrett years. (It's simple responsible this all on Jason, however he didn't invent this kind of loss.)
If the past is an overview, today's outcome signals an efficient end of the period. Let's dive into the scorebooks.
Establishing Your Schedule, as well as Planning Your Playoff Journey, by a Landry Letdown
Older fans will remember the mid-season Landry disappointment, typically a road video game, where the Cowboys came out flat and remained flat. In the sixteen periods Landry trained between 1970 as well as 1985, his team endured 15 blowout beats, an average of about one per season.
Fans whined, but trembled them off, since they had little bearing on period outcome. The Cowboys made the playoffs in fourteen of those sixteen projects.
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I don't have area to list them all below, yet what do these losses game in common? 1970: Vikings 52, Cowboys 13; Cardinals 38
, Cowboys 0 1971: Saints 24, Cowboys 14 (New Orleans won 4 video games that year ). 1975: Cardinals 31, Cowboys 17(St. Louis led 28-3 at halftime). 1977: Steelers 28, Cowboys 13 1978: Rams 27, Cowboys 14 Dallas played in the Super Bowl in every season noted right here. The losses suggested nothing. You Can Win This Sunday, We'll Win in January A similar pattern held throughout the Jimmy Johnson period. People will recall those '91 through '96 teams as a few of one of the most dominant Cowboys teams ever before,
but every edition conserve the '94 squad was embarrassed on its means to the playoffs: 1991: Eagles 24, Cowboys 0
1992: Eagles 31, Cowboys 7 1993: Washington 35, Cowboys 16
; Falcons 27, Cowboys 14
1995: 49ers 38, Cowboys 20 1996: Bears 22, Cowboys 6
Picture By USA TODAY Sports © Copyright U.S.A. TODAY Sports Johnson's clubs worked on win streaks. They would reel off six or 7 successive blowout success, then push the pedal the complying with week as well as discover no gas left in their tank. A psychological refill saw them start new touches, which usually finished standing up Lombardi trophies.
Losing Big Is a Part of the Game
The playoff runs have been less regular the last 15 years, yet the blowouts have actually stayed a component of each. It doesn't matter whether the train is Parcells or Garrett, or the quarterback is Carter, Romo or Prescott. Each of them has actually dealt with a blowout Monday:
2003: Dolphins 41, Cowboys 20; Eagles 36, Cowboys 10
2006: Saints 45, Cowboys 17
2014: Eagles 33, Cowboys 10
2018: Colts 23, Cowboys 0
(Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Pictures) If you're wanting to mash the panic button, take into consideration these numbers: 24 of the last 26 Cowboys playoff teams have endured at least one blowout loss on their means to the playoffs.
All eight Super Bowl groups have suffered that destiny.
None of those clubs were stopped from reaching post season. The Dallas McCarthy's are still brand-new to us, and the first edition was terrible, however the head train has a track record prior to Dallas. It has lots of playoff runs in it.
This year's team is just as most likely to shake off the loss as well as move forward than it is to fall into a funk. I would certainly argue that it's much more likely to do the previous than the last.
I encourage, up until tested otherwise that we do what the group will certainly do. Neglect this video game and also focus on the Falcons next weekend break. You'll have history, adequate Cowboys background, on your side.
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