News: Cowboys Know Value Of Losing: Its Name Is 'Troy Aikman'

[Bigdog]

Part of your problem is you keep getting things wrong. The only FOR SURE draft picks the Cowboys have for the 2021 draft is SEVEN, one for each round in the draft. It's POSSIBLE that they can get awarded anywhere from 0-3 compensatory picks, but they have not been awarded yet and to count on something that's not written in stone is foolishness. Next if you weren't trying so hard to make up BS about not signing Prescott because you're a Prescott hater and did a little more research you would know that because of everything that has happened this year the owners have decided for just this coming off season to allow teams to carryover unlimited amount of money instead of the normal 5%. The Cowboys have about 25 mil that they will carryover. Now back on July 15th the last day to sign a player that was tagged to a long term contract in the final hour or so Prescott himself was negotiating and they agreed on the amount, 35 mil a year but couldn't get the length and guaranteed amount worked out so the 25 mil carryover from that 35 mil leaves only 10 mil off next year's cap and that isn't going to cripple the Cowboys and they will still have all that draft capital to fill actual needs they have. Oh and unlike the Prescott haters who keep TRYING to paint this as an all crippled up Prescott next year, the actual doctors and trainers have said he'll be good to go next year and besides that they say he is ahead of schedule on his rehab. The Cowboys as well as just about every team have taken those risks and later wished they hadn't because they turned out to be BAD risks. It's because of all those bad risks that we see so few risks taken because the key word is RISK. Again, thank you God for not letting this guy anywhere close to the Cowboys.

First of all never said I was a Dak hater. I like him but I think Lawrence is better. Second of all a team can get a total of 4 comp picks not 0-3. If we get the 4 we are projected to get in the rounds we are projected to get that would be 1, 2, two 3’s, two 4’s, 5, two 6’s, and two 7’s. That is a total of 11 picks. I bet you wouldn’t even have done the Walker trade because we would be giving away our one true offensive weapon at the time and will be drafting unknowns. Thank God you are not close to the Cowboys because we would probably not win any Super Bowls with your thinking.

 

[Shane612]

https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news...YhMjUCskeDff0QeU4gIFLgHlCwNnO2chfU1mXw4zdD2IU

It's really difficult for pro athletes to intentionally lose a game.
They've trained all their athletic lives to play hard and fight to win. Plus there's too much personally at stake for an athlete to lose.

I can see management tanking, but I can't see players making themselves look bad and throw a game. It's not in their DNA.

 

[Jake]

It's really difficult for pro athletes to intentionally lose a game.
They've trained all their athletic lives to play hard and fight to win. Plus there's too much personally at stake for an athlete to lose.

I can see management tanking, but I can't see players making themselves look bad and throw a game. It's not in their DNA.

Players and coaches NEVER intentionally lose a game. They're concerned about their own jobs - which may be with another team - and don't give a you-know-what about their current team's draft position.

It's hilarious that some "fans" think they care, or should care, and intentionally lose a game.

 

[Shane612]

Lol
When was you diagnosed with Dunning Kruger syndrome?
You listed a bunch of failures and ignored the successes.
You are great at making half an argument.
Unfortunately that's the limit of your debating skills.
You wont touch the other side with a 10 foot poll.

If you were an professional athlete, would make yourself look bad, and throw a game?
Why would you personally care about the draft so much that you would jeopardize your own career to lose a game?

 

[Ranched]

If you were an professional athlete, would make yourself look bad, and throw a game?
Why would you personally care about the draft so much that you would jeopardize your own career to lose a game

 

[Shane612]

Some fools here think winning a 6th game would be noble.

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How would an athlete tank?
Would they intentionally:
miss a block?
miss a tackle?
fumble?
throw an incomplete pass?
drop a sure interception?
miss a field goal?

 

[Shane612]

This article is dead on accurate .
Not even debatable.

Yeah... you're right.
If I were a coach, I would ask my players to play at half speed, ask them to drop a few passes, throw couple of interceptions, miss a half dozen tackles, miss a block, miss a field goal....so we can move up in the draft.
That sounds great, coach.....
-smh....

 

[Bigdog]

Players and coaches NEVER intentionally lose a game. They're concerned about their own jobs - which may be with another team - and don't give a you-know-what about their current team's draft position.

It's hilarious that some "fans" think they care, or should care, and intentionally lose a game.

So true. Athletes and coaches don’t tank. They want to win. It’s in their DNA.

 

[Diehardblues]

https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news...YhMjUCskeDff0QeU4gIFLgHlCwNnO2chfU1mXw4zdD2IU

Yes but 1989 was a strategic tanking process similar to Miami last year by trading away talent for draft picks.

And Jimmy intentionally didn’t play some of the players acquired cause it would have cost him more compensation picks.

The team still played hard. I attended 12 of the games that year. We were 0-11 heading into Washington and upset them.

We didn’t tank individual games . We tanked the entire season trading our best player and then not playing some talent we acquired . Big difference.

And we probably should have done same thing this year after Dak went down trading some of our Cap heavy stars for draft capital which would have been a strategic move to tank rest of the season for additional cap space and picks.

 

[Rockport]

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How would an athlete tank?
Would they intentionally:
miss a block?
miss a tackle?
fumble?
throw an incomplete pass?
drop a sure interception?
miss a field goal?

They don’t. Neither do the coaches. Only fans who’ve quit throughout their lives hope the team loses.

 

[Shane612]

that Walker trade legend is so overrated. Sure it helped but none of the players they got made an impact and people always love to say they got Emmit with one of the picks when they did not, they took one of those picks, combined it with one of their own high picks and used the combination of the two to trade up for a new spot that they used to get Emmit. so half of Emmit is from the Walker trade.

I don't think anyone ever said Aikman alone won them super bowls, how could anyone suggest that

Asking a player to not play their best is ridiculous.
If a coach asked that of me, I'd tell him, and the GM, to go #&$& themselves.

 

[Flamma]

How many QBs picked in the top 10 over the last 10 years not named Mahomes impresses anyone today? Might as well not waste the first round pick and pick one in the second and cross your fingers.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

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How would an athlete tank?
Would they intentionally:
miss a block?
miss a tackle?
fumble?
throw an incomplete pass?
drop a sure interception?
miss a field goal?

I dunno. You so genius you figure it out or ask yo mana.

 

[Diehardblues]

I haven’t ran data on this recently but a couple years ago I researched and while about 50% of 1st rd QB bust , about 80% of all starting QB’s are drafted in 1st or 2nd rd .

So, it’s still best place to find your next franchise QB. And why so many teams gamble and reach for their next franchise QB in 1st rd.

2021 is expected to be a rich QB draft with potentially 6 QB’s taken in 1st round. Too bad we don’t need one.

 

[Silverstar]

The Cowboys haven't drafted a QB in the 1st round since Aikman.
I'd sure like to see that trend change and maybe, just maybe the Cowboys luck will change too.
It seems like Jerry has tried just about everything else since Aikman left.
Pull the damn trigger already Jerry....DO IT!

 

[Diehardblues]

The Cowboys haven't drafted a QB in the 1st round since Aikman.
I'd sure like to see that trend change and maybe, just maybe the Cowboys luck will change too.
It seems like Jerry has tried just about everything else since Aikman left.
Pull the damn trigger already Jerry....DO IT!

Don’t forget we drafted Walsh 1st in supplemental draft same year as Troy. And later recurved 3 picks for him.

And probably why Jimmy thinks we should sign Dak and still draft a QB. In either case would most likely gain more draft capital moving forward with more security at most important position.

 

[Silverstar]

Don’t forget we drafted Walsh 1st in supplemental draft same year as Troy.

No I didn't forget....was still over 30 years ago.

 

[Diehardblues]

No I didn't forget....was still over 30 years ago.

I understand but I only added cause you said we hadn’t use a 1st Rd pick on a QB since Aikman which we did that year .

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

None of those should’ve been picked in the 1st round. Get it?

I don't know about that but when it comes to drafting QBs one in the hand is worth two in the bush. Plenty of QBs get overdrafted in the first but the market is what it is due to scarcity. If you want a shot at a QB you have pick early and he is at best an even shot to bust.

If you already have one then it is poor risk management to go fishing particularly if you don't get first shot.

 

[Rockport]

I don't know about that but when it comes to drafting QBs one in the hand is worth two in the bush. Plenty of QBs get overdrafted in the first but the market is what it is due to scarcity. If you want a shot at a QB you have pick early and he is at best an even shot to bust.

If you already have one then it is poor risk management to go fishing particularly if you don't get first shot.

Totally agree. My point is that it’s not guaranteed that picking a QB in the 1st round, no matter the pick, is going to lead to a SB like so many here believe.