The Underestimated posted by Amari Harris
Whenever I think back to this past Sunday’s game against the Vikings, everything just seems blurred. Although the final score read 34-3, I just can’t imagine how things got out of control so quickly. The Cowboys were moving the ball well and playing pretty well on defense initially. Then suddenly, they were getting stampeded. Not by Adrian Peterson. Not even by Chester Taylor. They weren’t even being mauled by Minnesota’s Pro Bowl laden offensive line. So what the hell happened?! Well in review, it was a lot of things but at the same time it was one thing: respect. The Cowboys underestimated and undervalued players on the Vikings and players on their own team. They underestimated the effect of a home field advantage in Minnesota. They also under estimated the amount of desperation that needs to be displayed in every playoff game. Somewhere between beating the Eagles twice and getting demolished by the Vikings, the Cowboys forgot that they were playing the one of the top 2 teams in the conference.
The Cowboys had to hear all of the media hype about how they were the hottest team in the NFC and that Minnesota was having all of these internal problems. So they assumed (as did I) that they were equal to Minnesota and all they had to do was play their game. If the game was played in Cowboys stadium that would have been true, but as Vishante Shiancoe so eloquently stated, “That's the suburbs down there. This is the 'hood. The Cowboys had a solid game plan going in, but they couldn’t adjust to the fierce pass rush and the loud stadium in crucial situations. And the fact that Wade Phillips ultimately put more trust in
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