Dallas Cowboys: falling?

Dallas Cowboys: Falling?

As of this moment, I am blogging while the Dallas Cowboys are losing miserably to the St. Louis Rams by the score of 31-7. What in the name of Roger Staubach is going on?

We knew there might be some problems with the injuries and with Adam Pacman Jones getting in trouble (again). But with the games coming up, most folks thought that maybe the Cowboys could get past the Rams… I mean, this is a team with only one win.

But that win came last week, against the Redskins. So suddenly nobody’s laughing at the Rams anymore, if they will end up knocking off two teams of the NFC Division that we all thought would get 3 teams in the playoffs.

If they lose this game, there will certainly be some serious issues with the Cowboys because their next few games are not any easier. If they lose this game (and I am blogging with the idea that they will) then they fall to 4-3, and would have to carry the huge load of embarrassment for another week.

Their next game is against Tampa Bay, which is a lot better than people think, and then they travel TO New York. For a team that was virtually guaranteed a Super Bowl, now you have to wonder if they’ll even make it to the playoffs.

Of the remaining 7 games after those three, their best chances of a win come with Seattle and San Francisco. When you add up the division games against Washington, Philadelphia and New York, there will definitely be some shifting going on. Could it be possible that we may see not THREE, but only ONE team come out of this? None of these teams were that impressive lately, with the Redskins losing to the Rams a week before, and New York losing a Monday Night game against the Browns.

Suddenly, this division isn’t as tough as we thought it was, and this brings the Eagles back in the picture. All of a sudden, Dallas went from a possible 14 win team to MAYBE 10, or 9. Something’s wrong with the Cowboys, and they don’t have a lot of time to fix it.

This is gonna be very interesting because without even seeing the game (since we got the Pittsburgh/Cincinnati game and the New Orleans/Carolina game, we are going to see some fallout from this game, and very likely some implosions. This is a reporter’s dream, although I personally see no joy in pulling out controversial stories in any team. But it’s gonna happen, so get ready for some famous quotes… I am sure the Rams have one about the Cowboys, something Dennis Green once said of the Bears:

“They are who we THOUGHT they were!”

We’ll see what the Cowboys really are after the game, and the next few games.