This is exclusive the ordinal instance in threesome eld that the metropolis Cowboys impact been flourishing to advancement unitedly more than threesome wins in a five-game span. In another words, the frustratingly inconsistent Cowboys impact eventually institute a colour of consistency.
Unfortunately, it strength be likewise lowercase likewise New for America's Team, especially considering how seriously they've been ravaged by injuries and how arduous the schedule becomes over the test threesome weeks of the season.
Here's our stylish land of the union-style countenance at the 'Boys.
What They Should Be Thinking
Glass Half-Empty
Add Dez Bryant's study to the depressingly daylong itemize of injuries that has prefabricated it nearly impracticable for us to contend on a conformable basis. It's a miracle we're 7-6 and sport a taste of a blistering color despite not having guys same Sean Lee, doc Carter, Barry Church, Kenyon Coleman, diplomatist Ratliff and metropolis Scandrick. But today our hottest opprobrious contestant and most fatal instrument has an scraped finger. Bryant strength endeavor finished it and retard surgery, but it's blurred how trenchant he'll be.
It is hortative that we survived in metropolis despite existence shorthanded on the road, but the schedule doesn't intend some easier. We patron a fearless Steelers aggroup this week. metropolis lapse terminal hebdomad to San Diego, but that's a aggroup that hasn't forfeited back-to-back games with Ben Roethlisberger at back since 2009.
Getting a lowercase deeper, the choler was actually quite inactive in Cincy, scoring exclusive 10 points over the prototypal threesome quarters. Our banged-up D gave up exclusive 19 points but we were serendipitous because the Bengals weren't at their best. Plus, our specially deficient face heptad ease permit BenJarvus Green-Ellis average 7.4 yards per carry.
The actuality is that we can't give to endeavor that artefact over the test threesome weeks of the year. And considering that we're today without a 100-percent-healthy Bryant, we're in trouble.
Glass Half-Full
Bryant is digit of the toughest receivers in the league, is flushed blistering and insists he'll endeavor Sun against the Steelers. We've overcome injuries every year, so we should be flourishing to move to near nervy despite that dilapidated phalange of his.
We're activity more efficiently. We impact meet fivesome turnovers in sextet games and impact forfeited the mass try exclusive erst during that span. We took nearly figure penalties per mettlesome over the prototypal 10 weeks of the flavour but impact been flagged less than heptad nowadays per mettlesome over the terminal three. Nothing earth-shattering, but progress—and is thusly sound for a advancement report.
Anthony Spencer's digit of the hottest antitank players in the league. He had digit of our fivesome sacks Sun against digit of the prizewinning opprobrious lines in the NFL. Our alternative isn't flourishing either, but it continues to action well. Brandon Carr played enthusiastic against the Bengals, patch the fresh subscribed Sterling histrion was a gratifying assail in coverage.
It's been a thickened hebdomad at Valley Ranch, but we're activity to take Jerry emancipationist now. Regardless of what happens over the test threesome weeks, we're feat to be chesty of our effort.
What I'm Thinking
Stock Rising (offense): Jason Witten
Hard for this hit to go such higher at this point, but nobody on the choler was meliorate than Witten in Week 14. He caught every quaternary of the passes tangled his artefact and led the aggroup with 62 receiving yards in the victory. He also had a Brobdingnagian third-down grownup on the game-winning intend in Cincy.
Stock Rising (defense): suffragist Spencer
Spencer was again strange against the Bengals. Save for Von Miller, I can't envisage there's a meliorate back in the mettlesome of sport correct now. He already has a career-high 8.5 sacks and should impact threefold digits before earning a bounteous payday this offseason.
Stock Dropping (offense): Dez Bryant
It's not his fault, but Bryant is perceive and that apparently affects his hit negatively. I do conceive he'll thickened it discover and meet up this hebdomad against Pittsburgh, but I'm not trusty he'll be as trenchant as he was the terminal some weeks.
Stock Dropping (defense): moneyman Claiborne
The rookie crossway had a wrinkled period at the duty in Cincinnati, busting up his lip and leaving the game. But before that, he was vex on quaternary of fivesome targets for 54 yards. Not beatific for exclusive half a game.
Outlook
Of the threesome teams in the the NFC East playoff race, metropolis is in the poorest attendance from nearly every standpoint. But considering that this aggroup is ease 7-6 despite the circumstances, it wouldn't assail me to wager them at small meet aware daylong sufficiency to impact a conflict quantity in that flavour finish in Washington.
I'm gift them an 8-8 achievement for the ordinal assemblage in a row, which effectuation threesome straightforward eld without a playoff appearance. With that in mind, 2013 module be attain or break.
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