Every Tony Dorsett touchdown

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TB only making the playoffs by default. Brees has retired, NO will not be as good, Panthers and Falcons will struggle some but could be spoilers. Brady is a year older, and a lot of film to dissect on them. I will not count him out though. But I won't go as far as saying repeat at this point.

Not exciting going into this season?. I get excited at the start of any season. Even in 1989, we knew we would not compete for a playoff spot. But didn't think we would be 1-15. I figured 5 or 6 wins at the most if lucky. But I was still excited to see how they would be built, and even more so after the Walker trade. The thing is this year if all healthy, they do have a shot to go deeper into the playoffs, if the defense even improves to average. And they is a good chance at that. Though I want to see it on the field for real. But it is enough to keep me pumped up for the season too start.

I don't have SB aspirations, but each year is different and you never know what will happen. Ask Eli Manning about that. :lmao2:
I wonder if we should consider our situation a baby steps type of get better thing.

It's not as if we are in year one or even two of a rebuilding deal.

MM was brought in to take a team ready to win to the next level.

It sounds a bit lame to say last year should be thrown out, but come on. It was the perfect storm of crap.....and that's been addressed.

I think that once Dallas DOES figures it out, they have as good a shot as anyone in the NFC.

I see no one as unbeatable....including Tampa, who had all the breaks go their way in the postseason. The injured tackles on GB and KC made that defense look much better than it is.
 

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The time goes quick. The first SB I got to see the Cowboys win, I was sled riding with my friends before the game. The last SB I watched them win was from my own house that I purchased several years prior. The next SB I'll be watching from a nursing home!

Yeah, the time really does go by fast. I was 16 and halfway through my sophomore year of high school the last time they won a Super Bowl.
 

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13 years old, I actually wasted a prayer so that Tony Dorsett would be a Cowboy and help Roger Staubach win a Super Bowl. Not only did it happen, they won it in my home town of New Orleans LA again. It confirmed that God answers prayers and the saying about the hole in the roof was true.

In my office I have two posters framed...Roger Staubach and Tony Dorsett.
 

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His power and field vision were Hall of Fame worthy from day one but Dorsett made one thing crystal clear for defenses:

"Speed kills."

And he murdered many of them.
 

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Watching the early highlights where Roger was handing off (and throwing I guess too) the ball to TD brought back some great memories.

Thanks for posting it, that was great and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
 

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Thank you for posting this. Tony was so dynamic and gets over shadowed by Emmitt (who I loved). People forget how big Tony was in the NFL in the early 80s. Did he have a contemporary who he was measured against like Emmitt was with Barry? I don’t remember.

Tony looks like the fastest man on the field. Has another gear. Matt Millen once referred to him “as the slowest walking fast man he had ever met”. Posts like this are the reason I love this forum.

Yes, and unfortunately, he was more dominant. Tony D played at a time in the NFL when there were more truly great RBs then any other time in the History of the game. In his own state, he played and was compared to Earl Campbell, who was the most dominant Offensive player for a period of time, I've ever seen in the NFL. He was just undeniable. In his own division, he played against Wilbert Montgomery, John Riggins, Little Joe Washington, George Rodgers, Joe Morris, Larry Csonka, Terry Metcalf, OJ Anderson, just in the NFC East.

In the entire league:

Walter Payton
Franco Harris
Lawrence McCutcheon
Lydell Mitchell
Chuck Forman
Greg Pruitt
Sam "Bam" Cunningham
Chuck Muncie
Mark Van Eeghen
Turdell Mitchell
Ricky Bell
Wendell Tyler
William Andrews
Billy Simms
Joe Cribbs
Joe Delany
Freeman McNeil
Marcus Allen
Eric Dickerson
Curt Warner
James Wilder
Sammy Winder
Kevin Mack
James Brooks
Gerald Riggs
Charles White
Mike Rozier
Ruben Mayes
Roger Craig

and don't forget, Herschel Walker.

There were so many more really good RBs in the NFL, at that time, then there are now. It's not even close, IMO.
 

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I'll tell you two things that just jump off the page to me when I go back and watch TD.
  1. I feel terrible about this one. I remember, at the time, thinking that TD was a show boat and I guess maybe he was a little flashy for the times but honestly, I watch every TD and it's nothing compared to what you see today. Shame on me
  2. How good those Cowboys teams were as a screen team and how down right crappy we have been for 20 years as a screen team. It's discraceful.
 

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Vision.

I don't think there's a RB in the NFL today that is even close to having TD's vision.

I remember back when HW and him were the Dream Team backfield. They asked HW how many defenders he saw when he carried the ball, he said "1, the one in front of me". They asked TD.. "11".

Probably a bit off on the quotes but you get the point. My all-time favorite Cowboy.
I don't think I have ever seen a back better at seeing the hole and hitting it than TD. And when he hit the backside of the hole...hold your breath....he was gone.
 

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Those were some of my favorite offensive linemen too. When football was real.
Football died in the early 2000s. I watch old footage from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, and everything looks just so much better.

Today's athletes aren't bigger and faster anymore like people say, and the quality isn't there. I don't see a Reggie White today. I don't see a Deion, a Sanders, an Emmitt, a Rice, and there are no teams like the 49ers, Cowboys, and Bills of the 90s or the Steelers and Cowboys of the 70s. The only team that resembled it was the Patriots, and now that's been broken up, too. New England wouldn't have won all those Super Bowls in previous decades because they wouldn't have been the only organization with a clue then.

There are a handful of quarterbacks still today, but most of them are about to retire, and the general talent and quality in the NFL has taken a big step backward. Add to that, they don't practice and they get hurt when you touch them. Tackling is ridiculous, defense is clueless, and the play is sloppy because the majority of the league simply isn't ready to play on Sunday.
 

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What has always amazed and confused me is why this guy is NEVER talked about as one of the all time greats....very seldom mentioned. Even longtime Cowboy fans never seem to bring his name up that often....never see any Dorsett jerseys being worn....why is this???
 

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What has always amazed and confused me is why this guy is NEVER talked about as one of the all time greats....very seldom mentioned. Even longtime Cowboy fans never seem to bring his name up that often....never see any Dorsett jerseys being worn....why is this???
I have a Dorsett jersey in the old lighter blue. Wear to games often when it's not too hot.
 

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One of the big differences between Dorsett and "other" RBs is that he could go the distance, even if he had to juke people 50 yards downfield.
I m a fan of Tony Dorsett, too, but there were other RBs of his time who could go all the way from anywhere on the field, e.g. Earl Campbell.
 

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I m a fan of Tony Dorsett, too, but there were other RBs of his time who could go all the way from anywhere on the field, e.g. Earl Campbell.
I didn't say "all" other RBs. I was mostly taking a shot at a certain RB. ;)
 

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I loved watching that video. It makes me appreciate the history of this franchise and the quality players we used to have. T.D. ran with grace, and loved seeing Danny White in those videos. Highly underrated QB.
 
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