Pre-Season Game 4: Cowboys vs. Vikings

The Final Preseason game. I just want to remind everyone, these games to really count for squat. Dallas fans are always trying to make a mountain out of a preseason mole hill. And I can't figure out why. Oh well... so long as there are sports, there will be people to watch and criticize.

Anyway, this game should look pretty much like a warm-up the opening day. The Cowboys looked like they were really putting a lot of things together against the Texans. They now have a 1-2 preseason record. They have given up 76 points and only scored 53.

People also make a big hoopla about Romo not winning a playoff game. And do you know what I think of that? I simply say that he will. And he will win several in one post-season. Will it happen this year? Who really knows. It could. "Experts" believe that the Cowboys can take it all. And why would I ever disagree with experts. I mean, they NAILED the NBA Finals.

Anyway, off the soapbox. Minnesota is also 1-2 and has scored 50 points while giving up 61 points. Minnesota lost game 3 of the preseason, while the Cowboys won their first one in game 3. But, you have too think about this: would the Cowboys have won if the game was tied and went into overtime? Tough to say, really. The reserves were playing. And when you think about all that, would it have really mattered? No. It still is preseason.

Forecast: I think the Cowboys are going to win this one. Their first team is better and if the first team plays throughout, which they won't, then the Cowboys will win. The thing to think about here is this is the last game both teams before making the final cuts. They have to audition the players they are looking at to see who to keep and who to cut loose. And that means there will be mismatches out there and those are going to be exploited to the nth degree. And even with that to think about, the Cowboys will still be the favorite in my book, based on the last game the Vikings played (a 12-10 loss to Pittsburgh). Cowboys win this one by a 24-16.

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