On the defensive side of the ball I don't think SD has that much more talent than Dallas does. The one thing SD has that Dallas doesn't is a true dominant nose tackle in Williams. But other than that it's pretty even and I'd give the edge in the secondary to Dallas where Newman is clearly superior to anybody SD has.
The difference as the article say is Gaffney\Caldwell vs Moss\Stallworth\Welker.
Dallas will never win a SB with Phillips no matter how much talent they have because he makes the same errors the Bengals, Chargers and other wannabes make.
1. They don't give their opponents credit, aka their opponents were lucky, let's not look at our own mistakes.
2. They make excuses such as blaming the refs, the calls weren't even, we played great.
3. Denial, we would do it the same all over again in place of figuring out what we did wrong.
If you look at the teams who have won championships they figured out accountability.
As much as I hated the Bucs because of Sapp, although I still rooted for them given the alternative of the Raiders, I really enjoyed their Americas Game story and how there was a great divide in the locker room because the defense didn't think the offense was carrying their weight. Sapp and Lynch tell the story of Gruden saying hey if you're really as good as you think you are you need to score a touch down every game.
Pushing them to the next level not allowing them to have an excuse like blaming the offense.
Phillips is letting his team off the hook. A BB, Shanahan, Gruden.....would be pushing them.
That's a loser mentality and thus.........he's a (sore) loser.
