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manicd · 08-21-2005, 02:40 PM

Okay. If we play vanilla against Da Bearz, but still do enough to win, we go into Dallas 1-0, with Dallas not having any real video of us, as we would not show everything against Chicago. If we managed to pull off the win in Dallas, we would go into our bye week 2-0, with Dallas being at least 1-1, maybe 0-2(which is likely if San Diego continues to play like they did last year.) Now, winning a division game is so huge. If we won that game, we 1.)Are top of the division, 2.)hand a division foe a loss, 3.)Get the damn Dallas Cowboy monkey off our back, hence, giving us some much needed mojo. With all that said, is it worth doing enough to squeak by at Fed Ex, week 1, against a team missing their starting QB?

The downside of this strategy is obvious. We lose against Chicago at home, which brings us down, and we go into Dallas and take another drubbing, continuing the trend. We enter the bye at 0-2.

It is a gamble, but do coaches look at things this way? Or do you think the coaches just go one week at a time? I'm just thinking, any leverage we can get against Dallas is huge on so many levels.

Thoughts.

08-21-2005, 02:40 PM	#1
manicd Special Teams Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 155	Thoughts on the strategy for Week 1 Okay. If we play vanilla against Da Bearz, but still do enough to win, we go into Dallas 1-0, with Dallas not having any real video of us, as we would not show everything against Chicago. If we managed to pull off the win in Dallas, we would go into our bye week 2-0, with Dallas being at least 1-1, maybe 0-2(which is likely if San Diego continues to play like they did last year.) Now, winning a division game is so huge. If we won that game, we 1.)Are top of the division, 2.)hand a division foe a loss, 3.)Get the damn Dallas Cowboy monkey off our back, hence, giving us some much needed mojo. With all that said, is it worth doing enough to squeak by at Fed Ex, week 1, against a team missing their starting QB? The downside of this strategy is obvious. We lose against Chicago at home, which brings us down, and we go into Dallas and take another drubbing, continuing the trend. We enter the bye at 0-2. It is a gamble, but do coaches look at things this way? Or do you think the coaches just go one week at a time? I'm just thinking, any leverage we can get against Dallas is huge on so many levels. Thoughts.