by Cowboys fans sensitive to playing poorly late in the season. But for a slippery, fumbled football, we probably beat Seattle with a field goal late in the 4th quarter. Did we peak too soon and that's why Romo dropped the ball? Really? The most recent seasons are often used as examples of a team “peaking” too soon and I keep seeing fanposts expressing concern that this season will be a repeat of the last two because we might peak too soon.

Can’t a team reach a level of excellence (or just good all-around football) and MAINTAIN it through the rest of a season? When I think on the Cowboys of the 90’s, there was never a worry that they would play too well too soon, and I just think the idea is nonsense. It’s like we are hoping the Boys don’t play too well yet so they will play well later.  Does it work like that? 

Yes teams get hot, on a roll, whatever you want to call it, and it’s nice when that happens late in the season, (ideally you'd like to play your best football when it counts the most) but to suggest that playing well early or midway through a season is something to fear just makes me laugh.  I'm not convinced playing well early in a season means a team therefore won't play well late in the season, as if its "best" play is behind it now. 

IMO, a team doesn’t even have to necessaryily “peak” — they can simply play consistently well all season long and into the playoffs, and crown it all with a Superbowl victory. The Rams and Lions have been consistently bad (did they peak in the pre-season?); likewise, other teams can be consistently good (without this so-called peaking).  I’ve seen that happen 3 times in Dallas in the last decade, with 3 shiny Lombardis to show for it.  I say we have nothing to fear in seeing the Boys play great football at this point in the season.