Relentless

by Cowboy88 on Oct 6, 2009 11:22 PM CDT

Anyone watching last night's MNF game saw what relentless is all about. Our current Cowboys team needs a reminder what relentless can do for you. Relentless was Brett Favre showing all of his critics why he came back. A relentless desire to play and play well. Relentless was DE Jared Allen and his dogged pursuit of Aaron Rodgers all night. Relentless was the entire Vikings offense line blocking and giving Favre almost 10 seconds on one play to find a receiver, effectively embarrasing a Packers organization at the same time.

Relentless is Jared Allen reminding me of Cowboy favorite, Ring of Honor recipient and hopefully one day Hall of Famer the "Manster" Randy White. Relentless is Favre showing the football world his excellent mechanics of throwing an accurate football and launching it like a rocket. Tight spirals and as the commentators mentioned, "breaking the fingers of his receivers".

Relentless is Marion Barber running through opposing defenders, always putting his head down, driving for that extra yard. Relentless is Keith Brooking on 4th and 1, showing his desire to win by stuffing the Bronco running back backward and then saying "we need to play desperate".

Relentless is putting aside personal stats for team wins. Relentless is putting your best players in the best possible positions in order to make plays that win games. Relentless is making adjustments when the other team has figured out what you are doing and making them play the guessing game again while you are taking the ball down the field for points. Relentless is challenging every play on defense and making them pay for each yard gained.

Relentless is Jason Witten running without his helmet after a catch and then playing with busted ribs and other such injuries last year.

Relentless is doing what it takes to win championships.

Relentless brings the Lombardi Trophy to the display case.

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relentless moved out of dallas in 1998.

by raven on Oct 7, 2009 12:23 AM CDT reply actions

......less

is what this team is all about , except when it comes to screen size.

by El Jofre on Oct 7, 2009 8:29 AM CDT reply actions

Minor correction

Manster is already in the HOF.

by JimmyJohnson on Oct 7, 2009 5:43 PM CDT reply actions

Relentless...

The cowboys seem very much a team that wants to think of itself as professional…

Meaning…they don’t want to talk about mental and motivational things such as passion, grit, killer instinct or RELENTLESSNESS as a reason a team wins a close game. I have heard it so many times from this team that it’s about being accountable and doing your job and executing. They prefer to take the emotion out of their game plan and hope that their professionalism will be more steady than the other teams efforts.

Problem is.. football is an emotional game. It has become trendy to mention these cliches about punching someone in the mouth/going for the throat as one of these things that fans over-hype and don’t really have a bearing on the outcome of a pro game.

I have a few counter examples… ‘09 Jets, Late ’07 Giants, ’09 Ravens, Doomsday defense, The steal current, the 80’s bears teams?

Professionalism keeps you in games…emotion and effort wins you close games against good teams…

Perhaps a mixture of professional AND relentless would go a long way?

Wade Phillips has never won a playoff game as a head coach..he has lost 4 home playoff games.
His longest tenure as head coach was 3 years. His second year with a team only once saw an improved record (by 1 game)

Wade Phillips for DC

by SDTrueblue on Oct 8, 2009 4:20 AM CDT reply actions

well...

I may have overhyped the current Jets team but isn’t their emotion and toughness winning them some games right now? Wouldn’t it be great to see that kinda of effort and fierceness from the Cowboys at some point?

Wade Phillips for DC

by SDTrueblue on Oct 8, 2009 4:22 AM CDT up reply actions