2021 schedule release

Also, behold the quarterback gauntlet:

vs. LAC
vs. NYG (TNF)
@ BUF
@ ATL
vs NO
vs KC Mahomes
@ GB Rodgers
@ DEN
*BYE*
vs TB Brady
@ CAR
vs SEA (MNF) Wilson
@ LV
vs DAL
@ PHI
@ DAL (SNF)
vs. PHI Hurts hahaha sike
@ NYG Dimes hahaha sike

What , not counting DAK in your QB gauntlet? Seems that Rodgers might be in Denver for our Opener. Don't sleep on DD this year!:biggthump

Also, behold the quarterback gauntlet:

vs. LAC
vs. NYG (TNF)
@ BUF
@ ATL
vs NO
vs KC Mahomes
@ GB Rodgers
@ DEN
*BYE*
vs TB Brady
@ CAR
vs SEA (MNF) Wilson
@ LV
vs DAL
@ PHI
@ DAL (SNF)
vs. PHI Hurts hahaha sike
@ NYG Dimes hahaha sike

Yep, also don't forget Prescott (as much as I hate to admit it). Josh Allen can be difficult to contain due to his ability to move around/run. This year is going to be a big test for our defense - if the defense manages to control or stop the listed QBs in 2021, we will be top #2 defense in 2022.

What , not counting DAK in your QB gauntlet? Seems that Rodgers might be in Denver for our Opener. Don't sleep on DD this year!:biggthump

Prescott is not in the upper tier of QBs...only in the media's eyes because he has a star on his helmet.

Has he had some good games? Yes.

Has he proved he can sustain it? No. Plus, the rest of the team is trash, thanks in part to the money they have tied up in him and the fumble-machine Zeke. If Dak plays out his 4-year contract is is paid-in-full, he'll make more in those 4 years than Mahomes! Plus, they paid him $31.4 million playing on the tag. Stupid contract for a player they were talking about moving on from a year ago.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/09/dak-prescott-will-make-66m-in-first-year-of-cowboys-contract/

Gotta start 2-0. Give us some protection when we get to the hard parts of the schedule.

Weeks 3 through 12 looks pretty daunting.

3 winnable games with Atlanta, NO and either GB or Denver, where ever Aaron Rodgers is NOT playing...but the rest are tough. Buffalo, KC, TB, Rodgers' team, Seattle.

Thankfully the rest of our division has the same teams except for Buffalo as well.

I think we will show ourselves to be the best team in the division this year, but the three games that are different for each team will ultimately swing us to either wild card or no playoffs.

We have Seattle, Buffalo, Green Bay (i am assuming Rodgers will ultimately play for the year), Seattle
NY has LAR, Miami, Chicago
Dal has Arizona, NE, Minnesota

Those will be critical games

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Prescott is not in the upper tier of QBs...only in the media's eyes because he has a star on his helmet.

Has he had some good games? Yes.

Has he proved he can sustain it? No. Plus, the rest of the team is trash, thanks in part to the money they have tied up in him and the fumble-machine Zeke. If Dak plays out his 4-year contract is is paid-in-full, he'll make more in those 4 years than Mahomes! Plus, they paid him $31.4 million playing on the tag. Stupid contract for a player they were talking about moving on from a year ago.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/09/dak-prescott-will-make-66m-in-first-year-of-cowboys-contract/


Prescott was averaging something like 425 yards a game last year before he got hurt. It was a function of a porous defense and a running game that was pretty anemic and so he had to sling it a ton (and they have good receivers, it must be admitted). He’s definitely a good QB. Is he great? Time will tell. We just need Sweat and Young to be all over him and then we’ll see. Dallas will be better defensively- they could really only improve there - as they have better players and Quinn is a solid defensive coach. But by how much?

The Giants are an improved team too and will have Barkley back. They added two excellent WRs which was a serious weakness. The O line is still suspect and their skills players will hopefully be very limited by it.

The Eagles will be crap, I think.

The end of our season could be a lot of fun - consequential division games against teams we love to hate. Bring it.


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It’s weird but I’m not as worried about our schedule as others are. We aren’t going 15-2 or anything.....but we almost beat Seattle last year with Haskins playing, we’ve beat the Packers before with Rodgers at QB. Tampa beat us in the playoffs, but they didn’t destroy us, we had the ball close to the end with a chance to tie. KC isn’t unbeatable and Mahomes is coming off foot surgery and they are replacing half their O line....what if they aren’t any good? Just too many unknowns to just say we are in trouble. We seem to have made many decent to really good upgrades.

A funny scenario to think about 8 months before the last games. Imagine somehow Philly and us being in the run for the division title with NYG in the spoiler role. How funny would it be if they tanked against us just to keep Philly out. Very unrealistic I know but with the NFC East, anything can happen! Philly's last seven games are against opponents that were under .500 so they could make a late season run.

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Prescott was averaging something like 425 yards a game last year before he got hurt. It was a function of a porous defense and a running game that was pretty anemic and so he had to sling it a ton (and they have good receivers, it must be admitted). He’s definitely a good QB. Is he great? Time will tell. We just need Sweat and Young to be all over him and then we’ll see. Dallas will be better defensively- they could really only improve there - as they have better players and Quinn is a solid defensive coach. But by how much?

The Giants are an improved team too and will have Barkley back. They added two excellent WRs which was a serious weakness. The O line is still suspect and their skills players will hopefully be very limited by it.

The Eagles will be crap, I think.

The end of our season could be a lot of fun - consequential division games against teams we love to hate. Bring it.


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The Giants are clearly our biggest in-division threat, their offense really improved but their defense will not compete with ours.

Last year - 12th ranked D, We were 2nd.

https://www.footballdb.com/stats/teamstat.html?group=D&cat=T

I see some chatter out there whining about the last stretch of games all in the division. I see that as an awesome opportunity to make a season ending run to finish strong. Those games will either make us or break us.