Rockstar Matt

I know Brady has 7 rings and is the GOAT, but it just feels like we’re watching the eventual greatest QB of all time in his prime when watching Mahomes. He’s unbelievable. Unquestionably solidified himself as one of the two best QB’s ever tonight.

I know I said I wouldn’t watch anymore football, but good lord the Packers did it again. Jordan Love is that next great Packers QB currently in the process of making his leap.

My gut and heart says all of the home teams will win, but that’s no fun to predict. Houston vs. Baltimore Green Bay vs. San Francisco Tampa Bay vs. Detroit Kansas City vs. Buffalo

Lmao this guy. And yet, Pat and Madden called their only prior playoff matchup (also on Fox), which is why I was reminiscing about it.

And you’d be wrong. I should have taken you up on that offer. They’ve done it at least once, 1997 Wild Card game. I barely remember that game as a 6 year old https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997–98_NFL_playoffs EDIT: And once more in 1998, Week 14.

Can’t even enjoy the Eagles completing their legendary collapse because of how bad the Cowboys played yesterday. Though at least, if the Cowboys are trash, then Eagles are too. Here’s to hoping the winner of the battle between the old NFC Central rivals makes it to the Super Bowl! Wish we had Pat Summerall and John Madden on the call for that game too, would have been perfectly nostalgic.

I’d say so, but that was also the consensus from analysts too so I wasn’t alone in thinking that. I wasn’t trying to make it sound like a foregone conclusion but rather that the opportunity was there for the Cowboys, probably the best opportunity than they’ve had since 2007 and they failed miserably.

Weaker NFC than normal, San Francisco would have been avoided until the NFC title game at least, had arguably the best or second best QB in the conference and the fact they were able to play at home (where they had been a dominant 16-0) until that game against either the two 9-8 teams or one of the two they had already beaten in Dallas (Philly and Detroit). Dallas on paper looked like the clear 2nd best team so that had me drinking the kool aid and ignoring the obvious red flags this team had. No more though. I won’t believe this team can make a NFC Championship Game, let alone a Super Bowl, until I actually see it happen.

I really think this loss broke me as a Cowboys fan. I just can’t get myself to care whether or not our coaching staff gets fired and who we may or may not replace them with. Or any other offseason decision now. If they couldn’t reach a NFC title game this year with everything lined up for them, then when will they ever do it? I’m definitely not watching sports for a long while after this.

I’ve had him ignored for a few years now and every comment of his I’ve seen since then has been against my will lol.

Yeah, that would be a terrible. I’m bit sad about that tho because I wanted the Cowboys to be rid of him

There’s no way McCarthy or Quinn survive after this game, right?

You damned fool. Can’t believe I drank the Cowboys kool-aid again. This team will never win anything ever again while Jerry is the owner. Can’t even reach a NFC title game. He clearly made a deal with the devil to win those early Super Bowls but the last 30 years and counting have been the payment for it.

Cleveland vs. Houston Miami vs. Kansas City Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo Green Bay vs. Dallas Los Angeles vs. Detroit Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay

Not too shabby, if I say so myself. Some I nailed right on the head, others I got horrifically wrong. Let’s do it again, playoff edition: Super Wild-Card Weekend Cleveland over Houston Kansas City over Miami Buffalo over Pittsburgh Dallas over Green Bay LA Rams over Detroit Tampa Bay over Philadelphia Divisional Round Cleveland over Baltimore Buffalo over Kansas City San Francisco over LA Rams Dallas over Tampa Bay Conference Championships Buffalo over Cleveland Dallas over San Francisco SUPER BOWL LVIII Buffalo over Dallas See no reason to not only keep up my reputation as a blind Cowboys homer, but also keep my preseason Super Bowl prediction.

I’d step away from watching any sports for a few months if that happened.

For the first time since 1994, the 49ers and the Cowboys are the NFC’s 1 and 2 seeds. Cowboys won 12 games for the 3rd straight season, first time that has happened for Dallas since 1992-1996. Dallas is also the 12th team ever to win 12+ games in at least 3 straight seasons. All other 11 teams made it to at least the NFC or AFC Championship game. Overall, a great season again from Dallas. Locking up the 2nd seed means the Cowboys are guaranteed to avoid San Francisco and play at to also play home where they’ve won 16 straight, so long as they keep winning. This really seems like the year the Cowboys finally make it to a NFC Championship Game and break that dubious streak. Everything is laid out for them to do so. No excuses.

Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore Houston vs. Indianapolis Tampa Bay vs. Carolina Atlanta vs. New Orleans NY Jets vs. New England Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Jacksonville vs. Tennessee Minnesota vs. Detroit Philadelphia vs. NY Giants Dallas vs. Washington Seattle vs. Arizona LA Rams vs. San Francisco Chicago vs. Green Bay Kansas City vs. LA Chargers Denver vs. Las Vegas Buffalo vs. Miami

NY Jets vs. Cleveland Detroit vs. Dallas Tennessee vs. Houston Atlanta vs. Chicago Miami vs. Baltimore New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay New England vs. Buffalo Arizona vs. Philadelphia Carolina vs. Jacksonville Las Vegas vs. Indianapolis LA Rams vs. NY Giants San Francisco vs. Washington Pittsburgh vs. Seattle Cincinnati vs. Kansas City LA Chargers vs. Denver Green Bay vs. Minnesota

I honestly don’t understand it as well. Especially in a year when there isn’t a single QB having a clear cut, standout MVP type season. Lamar, Dak, Purdy and Tua are all having good seasons but nothing “MVP” worthy like Mahomes or Rodgers have had in the last few seasons. This season would be the perfect season to acknowledge the greatness of a non-QB but the MVP voters just have such a hard on for QB’s.

Dak has one less win than Purdy (QB wins are a horrible way to evaluate a QB), and their stats are similar in every way (except Dak has more TD’s and less INT’s). Purdy: 68.8cmp%, 4050 yards, 29 TD’s (31 total), 9.7 Y/A, 11 INTS (13 total TO’s), 71.7 QBR and 112.2 qb rating. *Dak: 68.4cmp%, 3892 yards, 30 TD’s (32 total), 7.5 Y/A, 7 INTS (8 total TO’s), 71.5 QBR and 104.2 QB rating. I just wanted to push back against the notion that Purdy is just vastly outplaying Dak. Also if Purdy is considered to have the better weapons, shouldn’t Dak’s numbers have more value because he’s doing it with less talent around him yet essentially has the same stats (if not better) than Purdy? If the MVP has to go to the QB on the best team, then it has to be Lamar, if it’s the QB who’s played the best throughout the whole season then it’s Josh Allen or Dak. In reality we’re ignoring who should be the true MVP front runners just because the MVP has become a QB only award: Myles Garrett and Tyreek Hill *- need to point out that Dak’s total volume stats would be better if he hadn’t sat the entire 4th quarter, or the majority of the 4th, in over 7 games this season.

This stat is a little disingenuous. (From Twitter): “- All teams win 7% of games in that scenario (98-1337-4) - KC have the best win% (6-14, .300) - GB 2nd best : 7-34 (.171) - SEA 1-38, CAR 1-58, IND 1-36-1 - BLT 2-22, DAL 2-37, NE 3-35 - No one really wins these - Helps to be good at dropback pass - SF scheme weakness/QB weakness is the dropback pass” These stats are from 2017-present day including the regular season and postseason (when Shanahan took over as the 49ers HC). I’m definitely not a 49ers supporter but it’s generally very difficult to win games when you’re already down by 8 or more points with only 15 minutes to go. EDIT: a better stat showcasing their struggles when trailing would be the Shanahan 49ers’ record when trailing by 3+ at the start of the 4th. They’re 1-31 in that scenario.

What a not fun game. This team just cannot get out of their own way man. Way too undisciplined. They might beat Tampa again in the WC, but their ceiling is the divisional round. I have to say too the officials have way too much influence over a game (not the reason why Dallas lost today, just to be clear). The NFL has devolved into just watching for flags after every play is over (or complaining about obvious missed calls). It’s getting unwatchable.

Cowboys defense playing surprisingly well so of course it’s the high flying offense laying another absolute egg on the road. I know this game technically won’t effect anything for Dallas in terms of winning the division so it’s just a get-right/vibes game, but still this is frustrating to watch.

The Dolphins look outstanding. Even pairing it with the black cleats. This needs to be their full time look.