Swagger
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How did Rockport get two accounts?
How did Rockport get two accounts?
This guy is too polite to be Rockport, and he also didn't use the word "troll".How did Rockport get two accounts?
It’s nauseating, I think I may actually vomit after scanning through those names. How anyone can say we’re above average at drafting is beyond me. I’ll give them credit for a few nice pick ups on offense but nothing that makes them “that” much better than most other teams.Look at the picks on defense, 2016-2019.
You.Some fans are more devoted than others. Some fans understand the team and the game more than others. Some fans put their personal agenda in front of team success. All different types.
"Should I be a disgruntled Cowboys fan?"
Nah, you got the passive aggressive, I'm "the real" fan thing down pat.
On a serious note .. fan is short for fanatic. Which means anyone who is a fan regardless of what type is irrational about this team. Be it irrationally negative or even irrationally positive.
So you do you and let them be them.
There was and is not anything wrong about the franchise being labeled with the nickname 'America's Team', just as there is nothing wrong with almost every other label commonly associated with teams in every sport. Symbolism is twisted in the minds of some people and the misconstrued thought is subsequently spoken aloud.Not disgruntled. Just never liked that title. Just put a bullseye on us. I am more of an under the radar guy. Of course, there's nothing under the radar about the Dallas Cowboys.
You.
What keeps yall coming back? You can only be burnt so many times, so why come back? Like the abuse? I know for me, if they'd let Dak walk, I was going to be done. Not that Dak is Brady but moreso because he'd earned the extension three years ago and the organization had failed to do the right thing. Really would have lost faith in this organization if we'd gone from a guy who we can win with if they focus on other parts of the team to a rookie.We're the most valuable sports franchise in the world and we haven't been to a NFC champ game in 25 years..u can be whatever u want 2 be. Most all here love the Dallas Cowboys but have went from over zealous hope to realistic expectations until something changes. You can only be burnt so many times
The National Football League was created in the early 1930's. Nicknames were regularly bestowed upon teams with barely a ripple in pubic opinion. .....
Nor do I. And I am just as frustrated about the last 25 years as everyone else. I've been a fan since.1970. I lived through the Super Bowls. But I choose to think that the next signing or next hire or next draft pick will be the one to bring us back to the top. Life is too short to always be miserable.Exactly. There are passionate diehard fans that live and die with each success and failure. Our weeks are ruined after each loss. Then there's this guy, the casual cheerleading fan, who sees unicorns and rainbows, even though they've been a league laughing stock for 25 years. Honestly I envy the casual fans ability to not really pay attention to what's going on, its a lot less stressful existence. I just don't have the casual fan gear.
You are correct. I should have stated early 1920's. That was my brainfart. On a related note, it lengthens the nickname nonsense by a decade.Just to interject my 2 centavos as a Wiki Scholar.......
The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season
Whenever I log on to this board or any other cowboy forum, I encounter the disgruntled Cowboys fan. You know the type. The ones that ask the typical disgruntled questions. Why did they sign this guy? Or why didn't they sign this guy? Why did they draft this player. Or why wouldn't they draft this player instead? How could they not win that game? Or why did they bother to win that game?
And not just that. They have to make fun of the fans that are trying to stay positive. Or bring them down to their belief level. If a fan makes a post asking what we need to do in free agency, they will answer with the equivalent of 'what's the use?' Their answers will infer that whatever they do, it will be the wrong thing.
I get it. We haven't won anything in over a quarter of a century. We have a meddlesome owner. We are known as America's Team (worse thing to ever happen to us.) We have an atrocious defense.We paid Zeke. We paid Jaylon. We drafted Taco. Again, we haven't won anything in over a quarter of a century. God knows that there is reason to be disgruntled.
But I choose not to go that path. As do many of the other board members. We know of our challenges and our weaknesses. But we choose to ponder about what we need to do to overcome those challenges and weaknesses. When they sign a mid-tier free agent, we try to figure out how they will use them rather then complain about the fact that they didn't sign a top-tier player.
There are many ways to skin a cat and the Cowboys choose to do if with drafting well, signing second-level free agents and then turning those players into compensatory picks if they choose to leave. Yeah, we have missed on some draft picks but we are one of the best in the league at picking college talent. That's a fact, Jack.
So I ask the disgruntled fans that stay on these forums and others like it. Why? Why continue to be a Cowboys fan if it is so negative and depressing? Isn't it the conventional wisdom to purge things from your life that make you unhappy? I, myself, will not read, listen or watch anything Cowboys related after a tough loss because it hurts to think about it. So I understand the concept of out of sight, out of mind when it comes to the Boys.
Anyway, I know that this post isn't gonna change any minds or mindsets in regards to the Cowboys. And I know that everyone is allowed to be Cowboys fans, including the Negative Nancys in our group. I live in the Philly area so I see the negativity about the Boys every day. So I'm used to it.
Have a good day, y'all, and How bout them Cowboys!!
Sad way to live. It will eat you up. Just listen to all the haters here. They’re miserable.Be whatever you want to be and let others be what they want to be. Me? I have been optimistic plenty of times only to get burned by Jerra the snake oil salesmen. I will remain pessimistic until they give me something to be optimistic about.