Enthusiasm check

[Cowfan75]

I have no expectations at all. Not just because we are a worse team, but because our owners are literally throwing this season away without even pretending to care. Here's James Washington...we good. Blockchain!!!! I hate Jerry Jones with a passion.

 

[john van brocklin]

I feel great. I'm glad that Gregory, Collins, Williams, and Cooper are gone. I'm very excited about the draft. The Cowboys are going to be good again this year. They probably will win the division again. They should have double digit wins again.

It's like a participating trophy
We used to talk about going to the Super Bowl
Now it's a big deal to win our sorry division.
Man how the expectations have fallen around here.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

How’s everyone feeling about the team as of right now?

Personally speaking, I am still finding it really hard to be excited about things. Usually I’ll get pretty amped up for the draft and find a sliver of hope as to how the team can/will be good during the upcoming season. Right now though, I just don’t have it.

I’ve never been this emotionally detached from the Cowboys. I thought the dejection after the 49er game catastrophe would subside, but it hasn’t.

I’ve religiously watched the Cowboys since I was 7 years old, and that won’t change. But I just can’t find it in me to me excited about anything concerning the team or organization. I can appreciate when they play well during the regular season, but at the end of the day, I (and any reasonable fan) want/need more. And as currently constructed, a few good regular season performances is the absolute best we can hope for from this team. Because once January rolls around, we all know how the script plays out.

I don’t know. I guess I wanted to do a general check in with you guys and see where you’re at. And maybe some of you can help me find something to be optimistic or excited about.

Let's see what reality tells us......

Older offline and missing talent this season.
Wr core who is already underachieving with inepto at QB will get much worse without Coop.
A defense who showed promise but mostly against Dog QB and Dog NFC East opponents as stopping the run is still a major factor.
A head coach who is on his way out.
Zeke who also is on his way out and ya he knows it......so expect a very little effort.
A QB who is and let's face it very LIMITED and you can't expect him to carry the groceries let alone the Cowboys.
The Draft propaganda being posted here are fantasy scenarios as any rook (where we are selecting) needs at least a couple of seasons to actually judge his talent base.
Keep the fridge full of beer and the liquor cabinet full as this upcoming season we will once again be debating if we should tank the season ect ect ect....

P.S.If you have an excuse FETISH then you have found your web home here at the CZ!

 

[75boyz]

After last year it became obviously clear.
I can not see how this general manager, head coach and quarterback can combine their so called talents(or lack thereof, lol) to beat 4 consecutive playoff level front offices, coaching staffs and quarterbacks in order to ever win a trophy.

That's kinda my apathetic state that I don't see changing any time soon.

 

[Mannix]

Excited !!! Yes I am. I have been a Cowboys Fans since we lost t the Colts in the Super Bowl
I'm Jacked about Micah , what 's he gonna do for an encore? Ditto Trevon Osi and Neville
I think the WR corps will be a little more exciting actually. I'm excited about the Draft. Will we get an OLineman that will be a player, Another LB, A run stuffer?
It's off season Hope springs eternal

 

[john van brocklin]

Let's see what reality tells us......

Older offline and missing talent this season.
Wr core who is already underachieving with inepto at QB will get much worse without Coop.
A defense who showed promise but mostly against Dog QB and Dog NFC East opponents as stopping the run is still a major factor.
A head coach who is on his way out.
Zeke who also is on his way out and ya he knows it......so expect a very little effort.
A QB who is and let's face it very LIMITED and you can't expect him to carry the groceries let alone the Cowboys.
The Draft propaganda being posted here are fantasy scenarios as any rook (where we are selecting) needs at least a couple of seasons to actually judge his talent base.
Keep the fridge full of beer and the liquor cabinet full as this upcoming season we will once again be debating if we should tank the season ect ect ect....

P.S.If you have an excuse FETISH then you have found your web home here at the CZ!

Lots of truth in that post.

 

[GoCowboysGo]

How’s everyone feeling about the team as of right now?

Personally speaking, I am still finding it really hard to be excited about things. Usually I’ll get pretty amped up for the draft and find a sliver of hope as to how the team can/will be good during the upcoming season. Right now though, I just don’t have it.

I’ve never been this emotionally detached from the Cowboys. I thought the dejection after the 49er game catastrophe would subside, but it hasn’t.

I’ve religiously watched the Cowboys since I was 7 years old, and that won’t change. But I just can’t find it in me to me excited about anything concerning the team or organization. I can appreciate when they play well during the regular season, but at the end of the day, I (and any reasonable fan) want/need more. And as currently constructed, a few good regular season performances is the absolute best we can hope for from this team. Because once January rolls around, we all know how the script plays out.

I don’t know. I guess I wanted to do a general check in with you guys and see where you’re at. And maybe some of you can help me find something to be optimistic or excited about.

I’ve been watching this team since around 1971, watching the SB that year is my earliest childhood memory. The Cowboys made the playoffs every one of the first 18 years of my life. Landry personified the word professional, as did Tex Schramm, who gave this team the identity it has to this day. Now, a drunkard and his son (who aren’t out there evaluating every pro and college player) make draft day decisions even though they don’t know these players.

Since Jimmy’s stamp on this team faded, it seems like they’re trying to win by using super stars at the glamour positions of QB, WR, DE, and RB, instead of building the trenches first. They also seem to downplay the importance of excellence from the top down, and setting the team atmosphere from the HC down.

Since around 1999 it feels like so many non-serious people have had so many important positions, some for way longer than they should’ve been allowed to stay, and nepotism is one of the first signs of non-professionalism.

I have never felt worse about this team than I do now, what sucks is that it could very easily become way worse if an important player, like Tyron is injured after the draft. What would happen to the LB corps if Parsons gets hurt because a lack of good interior DL-men that can’t keep him clean?

This team was so lucky with injuries last year, and that luck never happens twice in a row. But our crypto kids will be out there selling the team like used car salesmen. And I’ll be there like always, hoping to buy.

 

[Pantone282C]

After last year it became obviously clear.
I can not see how this general manager, head coach and quarterback can combine their so called talents(or lack thereof, lol) to beat 4 consecutive playoff level front offices, coaching staffs and quarterbacks in order to ever win a trophy.

That's kinda my apathetic state that I don't see changing any time soon.

Cowboys seasons for 26 years are like finding an empty treasure chest.

 

[rambo2]

It's like a participating trophy
We used to talk about going to the Super Bowl
Now it's a big deal to win our sorry division.
Man how the expectations have fallen around here.

They can win the Super Bowl just like every other team in the playoffs. This is the modern NFL. The odds are against every team. They play 20 games. It cracks me up the comments that everybody makes about these players that we have no idea who will be healthy at the end of the year and who will be knocked out each and every week.

 

[rambo2]

I’ve been watching this team since around 1971, watching the SB that year is my earliest childhood memory. The Cowboys made the playoffs every one of the first 18 years of my life. Laundry personified the word professional, as did Tex Schramm, who gave this team the identity it has to this day. Now, a drunkard and his son (who aren’t out there evaluating every pro and college player) make draft day decisions even though they don’t know these players.

Since Jimmy’s stamp on this team faded, it seems like they’re trying to win by using super stars at the glamour positions of QB, WR, DE, and RB, instead of building the trenches first. They also seem to downplay the importance of excellence from the top down, and setting the team atmosphere from the HC down.

Since around 1999 it feels like so many non-serious people have had so many important positions, some for way longer than they should’ve been allowed to stay, and nepotism is one of the first signs of non-professionalism.

I have never felt worse about this team than I do now, what sucks is that it could very easily become way worse if an important player, like Tyron is injured after the draft. What would happen to the LB corps if Parsons gets hurt because a lack of good interior DL-men that can’t keep him clean?

This team was so lucky with injuries last year, and that luck never happens twice in a row. But our crypto kids will be out there selling the team like used car salesmen. And I’ll be there like always, hoping to buy.

The NFL is totally different now. The have it set up for every team to be in the mix and they play way too many games to keep players healthy.

 

[Big D]

I'm always hyped for the season. Wether the team is stacked or rebuilding. It gets frustrating sometimes but it's all in the name of fun.

 

[Beast_from_East]

How’s everyone feeling about the team as of right now?

Personally speaking, I am still finding it really hard to be excited about things. Usually I’ll get pretty amped up for the draft and find a sliver of hope as to how the team can/will be good during the upcoming season. Right now though, I just don’t have it.

I’ve never been this emotionally detached from the Cowboys. I thought the dejection after the 49er game catastrophe would subside, but it hasn’t.

I’ve religiously watched the Cowboys since I was 7 years old, and that won’t change. But I just can’t find it in me to me excited about anything concerning the team or organization. I can appreciate when they play well during the regular season, but at the end of the day, I (and any reasonable fan) want/need more. And as currently constructed, a few good regular season performances is the absolute best we can hope for from this team. Because once January rolls around, we all know how the script plays out.

I don’t know. I guess I wanted to do a general check in with you guys and see where you’re at. And maybe some of you can help me find something to be optimistic or excited about.

Could literally care less about this team right now.

Use to spend an hour a more a day on this site, now its 5-10 mins tops. Used to watch every Draft Show podcast, have not watched a single one this year.

Used to go to all the mock draft sites and had a list of who I wanted the Boyz to draft, have not even been to a single site or looked at a single mock draft. I cant even think off the top of my head who is even in the draft this year, seriously.

So yeah, I am about as emotionally detached from this team and organization as you can get.

 

[nobody]

They can win the Super Bowl just like every other team in the playoffs. This is the modern NFL. The odds are against every team. They play 20 games. It cracks me up the comments that everybody makes about these players that we have no idea who will be healthy at the end of the year and who will be knocked out each and every week.

What you said has some merit, but there is a little tidbit you're leaving out. The Cowboys were every bit as talented as the 49ers. One team showed up with the will to win. One team thought they could show up and win by default because they're the Cowboys. One team played hard. One team was soft mentally.

They will NEVER win another SB unless they fix that culture.

 

[Jipper]

I’m somewhere between enthusiasm to watch a WNBA game and the Summer Olympics.

 

[Hadenough]

How’s everyone feeling about the team as of right now?

Personally speaking, I am still finding it really hard to be excited about things. Usually I’ll get pretty amped up for the draft and find a sliver of hope as to how the team can/will be good during the upcoming season. Right now though, I just don’t have it.

I’ve never been this emotionally detached from the Cowboys. I thought the dejection after the 49er game catastrophe would subside, but it hasn’t.

I’ve religiously watched the Cowboys since I was 7 years old, and that won’t change. But I just can’t find it in me to me excited about anything concerning the team or organization. I can appreciate when they play well during the regular season, but at the end of the day, I (and any reasonable fan) want/need more. And as currently constructed, a few good regular season performances is the absolute best we can hope for from this team. Because once January rolls around, we all know how the script plays out.

I don’t know. I guess I wanted to do a general check in with you guys and see where you’re at. And maybe some of you can help me find something to be optimistic or excited about.

I'm excited! The train wreck is coming.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

I'm excited! The train wreck is coming.

But but but we have so much TALENT esp at QB!!!!!

 

[Hawkeye19]

How’s everyone feeling about the team as of right now?

Personally speaking, I am still finding it really hard to be excited about things. Usually I’ll get pretty amped up for the draft and find a sliver of hope as to how the team can/will be good during the upcoming season. Right now though, I just don’t have it.

I’ve never been this emotionally detached from the Cowboys. I thought the dejection after the 49er game catastrophe would subside, but it hasn’t.

I’ve religiously watched the Cowboys since I was 7 years old, and that won’t change. But I just can’t find it in me to me excited about anything concerning the team or organization. I can appreciate when they play well during the regular season, but at the end of the day, I (and any reasonable fan) want/need more. And as currently constructed, a few good regular season performances is the absolute best we can hope for from this team. Because once January rolls around, we all know how the script plays out.

I don’t know. I guess I wanted to do a general check in with you guys and see where you’re at. And maybe some of you can help me find something to be optimistic or excited about.

I feel exactly as you do. It’s not just that we lose— but more the way we continue to lose that is so disheartening:

Mistakes
Self-inflicted wounds
Penalties
Bad execution
Poor coaching
Excuse making
Under-achieving production from key players

Followed by a front office that:

-Stubbornly insists on the status quo
-Refuses to risk upgrading the roster in FA
-Sits on their hands while other teams improve
-Arrogantly continues to overvalue their “guys”
- Reinforces a country club atmosphere
- Displays a culture of zero accountability

 

[Carson]

I feel exactly as you do. It’s not just that we lose— but more the way we continue to lose that is so disheartening:

Mistakes
Self-inflicted wounds
Penalties
Bad execution
Poor coaching
Excuse making
Under-achieving production from key players

Followed by a front office that:

-Stubbornly insists on the status quo
-Refuses to risk upgrading the roster in FA
-Sits on their hands while other teams improve
-Arrogantly continues to overvalue their “guys”
- Reinforces a country club atmosphere
- Displays a culture of zero accountability

Pretty much how I feel and is spot on

I love hearing things like McCarthy focusing on cleaning up penalties and clock management. I mean it seriously took you an entire season to realize this?

 

[Silver N Blue]

How’s everyone feeling about the team as of right now?

Personally speaking, I am still finding it really hard to be excited about things. Usually I’ll get pretty amped up for the draft and find a sliver of hope as to how the team can/will be good during the upcoming season. Right now though, I just don’t have it.

I’ve never been this emotionally detached from the Cowboys. I thought the dejection after the 49er game catastrophe would subside, but it hasn’t.

I’ve religiously watched the Cowboys since I was 7 years old, and that won’t change. But I just can’t find it in me to me excited about anything concerning the team or organization. I can appreciate when they play well during the regular season, but at the end of the day, I (and any reasonable fan) want/need more. And as currently constructed, a few good regular season performances is the absolute best we can hope for from this team. Because once January rolls around, we all know how the script plays out.

I don’t know. I guess I wanted to do a general check in with you guys and see where you’re at. And maybe some of you can help me find something to be optimistic or excited about.

Right there with you. The only difference for me is this has been my opinion since the face plant in 2016.

 

[75boyz]

I feel exactly as you do. It’s not just that we lose— but more the way we continue to lose that is so disheartening:

Mistakes
Self-inflicted wounds
Penalties
Bad execution
Poor coaching
Excuse making
Under-achieving production from key players

Followed by a front office that:

-Stubbornly insists on the status quo
-Refuses to risk upgrading the roster in FA
-Sits on their hands while other teams improve
-Arrogantly continues to overvalue their “guys”
- Reinforces a country club atmosphere
- Displays a culture of zero accountability

Just a spot on summary of team reality.
Totally agree. Great post.