Dallas Week may have returned to Washington, at least for this year anyway.
If you were not around following the Washington – Dallas rivalry of George Allen years, you just don’t know what “Dallas Week” meant. During the Joe Gibbs years, certainly Washington had huge games with Dallas, yes, but the buildup of George Allen (1971-77) remains unmatched. In fact, it was Allen who coined the term, “Dallas Week”.
Today, Dallas coach Mike McCarthy said, “We are going to win this game. I am confident in that. The prep that is going into it; more importantly we want to improve too along the way… They are working hard, we are working hard. But we are clearly planning on going to Washington to win the game. There is no doubt about that.”
Personally, I don’t think he sounded that confident when he felt he needed to explain it.
Yet, it was a sound bite that would attract responses.
WFT coach Ron Rivera responded.
The biggest #WashingtonFootball vs. #DallasCowboys game in years now is even bigger. Ron Rivera dropped a punk card on Mike McCarthy. pic.twitter.com/Tw0G8jRu1t
— Al Galdi (@AlGaldi) December 10, 2021
I certainly agree with Rivera “that is interesting, but it is not important.”You don’t focus on those things; you focus on preparing yourself to play on Sunday”. On the other hand, why then feel the need to explain your response further? Sometimes less is more.
In my personal opinion, Jonathan Allen had the best perspective when he replied, “The only guarantee in this world is death and taxes” (Benjamin Franklin).
Bobby McCain added, “We will let him (McCarthy) focus on being confident. We will focus on winning…”
As J P Finlay reminded Thursday amidst all the “talk”, Dallas’ three best pass rushers Randy Gregory, DeMarcus Lawrence and Micah Parsons could all be together again for the first time since Week 1.
So I am hoping for the WFT to keep their mouths shut, and simply come out and run the ball straight at the speed of the Dallas pass rushers.
Today, words also came to mind my dad told me more than a few times growing up in Berryville, VA, “Boy, there is a good reason why God gave you two ears and one mouth”.
In other words, the wise man is quick to listen and learn and much slower to speak.