There are winners in life and there are losers in life. This team is a loser in life. DET@DAL

i dont follow gridiron in any way,shape or form,scalabrine...just watching from the sidelines and playing devils advocate here a bit.....but doesnt detroit have a more talented,well-rounded(tho limited offensively to be fair)team than they have had at almost any time in their history??thereby making their losing history a moot point to at least some degree??

This mush fraud is the worst capper on Covers

Thank you for having a pick instead of sitting on the fence fiddling with your sausage. I hope you stay true to your words and even if you lose not say shi*t like "the bet was with a third party I withdrew before the game".

Having said that, as always most of us will be fading your play.

thx god something to fade

Wait, I haven't read a single post in this thread yet, but have to chime in.  As a life long Dallas Cowboy fan, I am so thankful to play a team in the playoffs that actually takes the focus off of how big of a loserish cross-section of society that Dallas Cowboy fans are. 

Because this post MUST be about how Detroit Lions are just a franchise mired in mediocrity (on their good years), right?  I'm serious, I didn't read it yet. 

Either way, calling either team a "loser" is probably pretty accurate. 

I am going to read it now...........

OK, here is a question to the Forte vs. Murray comparison.

Which of the two RB's have Jay Cuntler and no offensive line, and which have solid QB play, and a solid O-Line, not to mention some real playmakers running routes to take some focus off?   Which one?

Who the F*&&K cares about Forte.  He plays on the Bears.  The Bears suck, who cares how Detroit did vs. the Bears. 

OK, as I stated, I am a Dallas fan, but I'm old enough now to not get too worked up if they win or lose.  But Detroit is blah.  What have they really done this year?  Stafford will have success, but will make enough mistakes to keep Dallas in control. 

I don't always agree with Scals methods or write ups.  Obviously a lot of it is to garner attention.  Nothing wrong with that really.  I've agreed with some of his pick, disagreed with others, argued with him about this or that.  I don't like how Scal gets uber-defensive after the fact, and perhaps he does make excuses sometimes.  But the bottom line is he puts his thoughts/plays out there and he doesn't run from the results if they aren't in his favor. A lot more than most of the trollio-$hitbags around this place. 

BOL all................

And again, thrilled that the Cowboys are not the "loser" in the conversation for once lately!!

Detroit is the Cleveland of the NFC!!!! 

Scal, I don't see Dallas losing here and I've tried discussing it with those on Detroit. History plays a part, and those counting on Dallas to choke can't tell us why (for the love of god) Detroit (the biggest losers in the NFL, as you point out) are ready to win a playoff game. Not to mention, that o-line is fantastic and I think Romo gets time and Murray gets holes tomorrow. I still don't like that number, however. Especially not when I can tease it with almost any 76ers or knicks game (god do I love tanking) and get a guaranteed cover! 

Fair enough.  Apologies if I read it wrong. 

Every time I feel great (like now) about the Cowboys and want to bet them they sh!t the mess kit.

Bingo!  Or 9 out of 10 times. 

Dude, NO TEAM IN HISTORY OF ANYTHING HAS WON ALL OF TIME! 

IF the Cowboys win and cover, I will be back here on Monday to congratulate you. You know that.

As always, it was a very good read. But I think you were missing a few things when comparing the seasons of both teams and comparing Tony Romo/Matthew Stafford:

1. The Detroit Lions had injury troubles all season long. Their #1 RB had just 72 carries this season while their #1 WR and probably best WR in the league has been injured for a few games and has obviously been dealing with that injury in terms of lack of form/fitness. Yet they were playing in the "AFC North Title Game".

2. Tony Romo has a MUCH better o-line than Matthew Stafford and his offense was at complete strength during the whole season when I remember right. He - probably - had the best running game of all teams taking pressure off him. Nevertheless, he posted an interception rate (interceptions/attempts) of 0.1% worse than Matthew Stafford.  With the interception rate of 2.0%, Matthew Stafford is #6 in the league.

3. You mentioned that Stafford came down from his INTs but had fumbled the ball more often. Well that's most likely a product of having a mediocre o-line and how much pressure you get from the opposite d-line. When talking about fumbles, we have to focus on the whole offense, and look there: The Detroit Lions have an offensive fumble percentage of 1.9%, just 0.1% better than the Cowboys. Want a comparison between both QBs ? Tony Romo fumbled the football six times this season, compared to Stafford's eight, while playing one game less and having 167 pass attempts less to face pressure by the d-line.

Nice write up as always Scal.

Nice responses BB, messingo, bk alta and others

Anyone else have comments on the game itself? If not please stop posting you pond scum. I come on here to find winners not waste time trading through your internet tough guy garbage

BOL to those in this thread with a brain

Can you get another streak going, your one game win streak ended quicker than i could finish off a bag of popcorn.  

The real question is which Dallas defense shows up?I personally do not think they have a good one. 

Love seeing a Scal write-up that isn't Jets or Giants. You are on the right side here my man, Dallas wins by 17 or so today.

 

If you had a brain you wouldn't be looking for  him to do the work for you box  .I think the guy could be a useful tool  ,if he wasn't being such a tool posting all the fluff .Maybe he would post more than a occasional winner if he put his head to it and stop believing he is entertaining us ,... I read every post on a game for or against the team I like ,so that's why Im here  .Im here to win money not bragging rights or some need to be right with strangers on a forum .

As for the game I think Dallas is the hottest team going into the playoffs .I think Romo is a lot better QB .I think Murry is still one of the top backs in football .Dez Bryant .Ill take every day over Calvin .Dallas defense has done enough to keep there offense and the best offensive line with the most protection in football  in  most games . IMO these two teams put up point son each other ,hence why I like the over 48 also . I don't see how Detroit is going to out score the Cowboys to win .  I  have  Cowboys winning  7-10 points . and over 48 (liking that even more)

I like Dallas for the simple reason that Detroit gives up a lot of points against teams with decent QBs. Throwing the first Det/GB away, the teams with crap QBs..Chi, Minn, TB etc. Yeah Detroit did well. What did NE, GB, NO do to them? I argue that Detroits numbers are inflated. Dallas can score even against good defenses (no game under 10) while detroit struggles (three games they score less then 10) Couple that with a hot Romo and the last time Detroit won a playoff on the road was in 57, this is ano brainer.

Holy sh it I think you're finally gonna hit one

Fade this fool!