Dallas Cowboys at Buffalo Bills: Schedule Reveals Who's the True 'Juggernaut'
FRISCO - "We need to beat Buffalo,'' Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said, citing the team's desire to control what it can control in a push to the top of the NFC, adding that this week's opponent the Bills are "a juggernaut.''
Big Mike's got it half-right.
The Cowboys' jousting with Philadelphia Eagles and with the San Francisco 49ers, too, as all three powers are 10-3, leaves little room for Dallas error in the final month of the NFL regular season.
And that "little room'' continues with a trip to Buffalo on Sunday, outdoors in what figures to be windy (but not frigid) conditions.
"This is gonna be a great environment to play in - outdoors, northern climate, all of those things,'' McCarthy said. "I think this is what you need as part of that opportunity to win and grow. ... So to play in these types of games, I feel, is a great preparation for playoff football."
All true. But about that "juggernaut'' thing. ...
The Bills have a winning pedigree; they've topped the AFC East for three straight years. But at 7-6, they are in fact a stop-and-go and up-and-down group, having sputtered their way through about as many failures and controversies as they have wins. To wit, here are Buffalo's last 10 outcomes ...
Beat Miami. Lost to the Jags.
Beat the Giants. Lost to the Patriots.
Beat the Bucs. Lost to the Bengals.
Lost to the Broncos. Beat the Jets.
Lost to the Eagles. Beat the Chiefs.
That's quite remarkable. But a "juggernaut'' it's not.
Meanwhile, the 10-3 Cowboys, riding a five-game winning streak after crushing the Eagles? As NFL teams go at this moment, the juggernaut around here is ...
The Dallas Cowboys.
