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Five Words to sum up '09-'10




The window is now open...

Most teams don't win the superbowl after their first playoff victory in 13 years. The monkey of the playoff victory has hung heavy in everyone's head (and ears) for many years now and it's great to see it gone.

The Cowboys looked great until this week. But, really I (and I assume most of you) didn't believe this was a GREAT team this year. All I wanted was a better attitude, some cathartic mental victories and progress. I'd say certainly with the division championship, slaying their biggest oppressors this decade two weeks in a row to win the division and a first playoff game, this team has progressed.

Reasons to be excited for next year include..Mike Jenkins, Tony Romo, Felix Jones, Miles Austin, Jason Witten, D Ware, Anthony Spencer, Jay Ratliff...etc etc etc. This team has great potential to get better again next year just as they did this year. If you need some encouragement and historical validation look to your 91 Cowboys playoffs.. 38 - 6 loss to the lions in the divisional round. Then remember what they did in 1992...

What I see in this team now is progress and upside. Long gone is the feeling that swept over me for 7 months of offseason after 44-6. Progress and upside.

At the beginning of this year if we'd all been asked if we thought this team would be great nearly every one of us would have said no. But next year, seeing the progress of this year and know how another camp will only help young guys improve, it's got to be a reasonable conclusion that this team has the potential to be great with a few tweaks here and there.

No we didn't win a championship. No we can't be assured of next year. But, what we can be sure of is that this team's potential for greatness has really improved from last offseason to this one. Are they champions? No. But is the possibility ripe and ready after what we've seen this year? You betcha.

Window...consider yourself opened.

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