ESPN Poll: Who wins NFC East?

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Of course I'm a Skins homer, but honestly I just don't see what the Cowboys did last year to justify some of these ridiculous predictions we've heard lately. They seriously stumbled down the stretch last year, losing 3 of their last 4 regular season games, and then of course the first round playoff loss making that 4 of their last 5. Romo was horrible down the stretch as well culminating in the botched snap and overall shitty playoff game performance.

They lose their Hall of Fame coach and now they're Super Bowl favorites??

I'm just totally confused.

Of course I'm a Skins homer as well, and it's hard to be objective about the Skins, but not so much w/the other div. teams.

I think the Cowpokes pick for the div. title & even the super bowl, is a good one. I think their D is going to be much improved due to maturity of the young guys & Phillips cutting the D-line loose more. They already were talented, if Spencer can contribute they'll really be tough. the secondary remains their weakness on D.

Romo looked great for most of his starts & their O-line is not deep, but they have a good left side & center. The wr's are old & like many teams if they get a couple injuries on O you'll see big drop off in talent. Witten is still one of the best TEs in the game.

As for Parcells leaving, I think that's one more reason they'll be good. Look at his 4 years in Dallas; every year they ended poorly. I think that reflects on the coach & his style. Marty's teams & Coughlin's teams have always finished poorly too, whereas Gibbs' teams always played well in Dec. My point is that Parcells' grinding practices & micro-mgmt. is not well suited to today's players & it showed at the end of the year. I see them being much better late this year than last. Sunday night I see Eli getting pummeled many times, maybe getting hurt.

I think we can only get a split this year.