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Michael IrvinMichael Irvin

A dynasty ends the moment a team stops expecting to win by 30 and starts wondering if they can win at all

I remember the moment the dynasty ended. Deion [Sanders] came to me and we were talking about something. I said to Deion, 'It's over.' We were not having that feeling where we walk in and say, 'How many points are we winning by?' Now we were going into these games saying, 'Okay, can we win these games?'

This is a psychological observation from a player who lived it; the Cowboys never returned to the Super Bowl after this period, validating his feeling.

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Oct 28, 2020
#3534
Big CatBig Cat

Patrick Mahomes would have been a bust if he were drafted by the Chicago Bears

This is why I've always said when everyone's like well, we could have Patrick Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes would have got hit by a bus if he had been a Chicago Bear. There is just it's never going to be in the cards for the Bears to be able to move the football.

While hypothetical, Mahomes' elite talent suggests he would have likely succeeded regardless, though the Bears' history of QB development supports Big Cat's point.
Loss
Oct 28, 2020
#3535
Big CatBig Cat

The Bears might get lucky and beat the Saints on Sunday

I'm still not gonna apologize for five and two... I'm running the luck train. The Bears are they have one very lucky games this year. They're not a very good team. But sometimes the NFL you'll just get the lucky bounce and just ride it. So I'm not going to apologize for five and two and I think they might even beat the Saints on Sunday.

The Saints beat the Bears 26-23 in overtime on November 1, 2020.
Void
Oct 28, 2020
#3536
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Rams play 'Mickey Mouse' football with their excessive pre-snap motion

I agree with your take that they're playing too fast. That's gonna be Mickey Mouse football when Sean McVay gets in his huddle and then he has his players shift around like it's a game of three-card monte at a carnival just to confuse the defense.

This is a subjective stylistic critique of Sean McVay's coaching philosophy.

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Michael IrvinMichael Irvin

The 90s Cowboys would have won five straight Super Bowls if Jimmy Johnson stayed

We often talk about we would've could've won five straight, [with Jimmy Johnson] but it didn't happen that way.

Counterfactual history that cannot be proven.
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Michael IrvinMichael Irvin

The Cowboys family dynamic, not just skill, is what's missing for a Super Bowl run

They've always had the skill. It's just I need the collective will. Those three years we went 12 and 5, we had a good enough team... They had the skill, it was just not the collective will when we got to the playoffs. Hopefully that comes together.

Subjective analysis of team chemistry.
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Michael IrvinMichael Irvin

George Pickens will be a phenomenal talent for the Cowboys playing with Dak Prescott

Phenomenal talent [George Pickens]... imagine what he must feel like Right now with a Dak Prescott at quarterback. Yeah.

Subjective evaluation of fit/talent.

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