Cowboys off season grade in NFC East from Bleacher Report

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“We'll look back a year from now and clearly see that 2021 was the team's best chance to win a Super Bowl in a long time.”

Many of us can see that already. 2021 was another incredible opportunity squandered.

And the depressing thing is that "best chance" was no chance at all. We got curb stomped at home in the first round of the playoffs. That's how good we are. At our *best*.
 

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And the depressing thing is that "best chance" was no chance at all. We got curb stomped at home in the first round of the playoffs. That's how good we are. At our *best*.

With a more talented team in extremely good health. We likely won’t see that good fortune again for several years at least.
 

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I will just say
1. lost A Coop and his stunning 869 yards per season
2. lost Collins and his suspensions and scandals
3 lost Gregory (Who I liked) and his Mental and Weed issues

1. Cee Dee can easily replace amari's paltry contributions
2. Anyone with a pulse or Rookie can replace Collins. Best ability is Availability
3. Fowler can give Us what Randy did. Randy felt disrespected by the FO and that is that

All the hand wringing a calamity calls, come on girls your slips are showing I don't care how tough you sound

Especially those KIttens over at the Landry Hat
 

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IMO, it’s still too early to give a grade on the off-season before the draft has taken place.

BUT- having said that It would be hard for even the rosiest of Cowboys fans to call this a successful off-season. Unless of course you think “Block-chain” is going to somehow help us get better on the field results.

agree. This grade is like a draft grade. We’ve seen “A”s given to teams on draft days but we never see retractions on those grades after those players bust. I don’t disagree with people here that don’t like the moves so far but I’m willing to wait and see…..and then hammer them like chopped meat later
 

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I will just say
1. lost A Coop and his stunning 869 yards per season
2. lost Collins and his suspensions and scandals
3 lost Gregory (Who I liked) and his Mental and Weed issues

1. Cee Dee can easily replace amari's paltry contributions
2. Anyone with a pulse or Rookie can replace Collins. Best ability is Availability
3. Fowler can give Us what Randy did. Randy felt disrespected by the FO and that is that

All the hand wringing a calamity calls, come on girls your slips are showing I don't care how tough you sound

Especially those KIttens over at the Landry Hat

a strong argument for all of this. Hopefully CeeDee can actually be a true #1. If so, it bodes well
 

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Players lost

Jarwin - Starting #2 te
Cooper Starting #1 wr
Wilson - #4 wr
Collins- Starting rt
Williams- Starting Lg
Gregory- Starting DE

Gallop- Starting #2 wr lost for min the start of the season
Joseph- projected Starter possibly lost

Were gonna be a dumpster fire this year but look on the bright side Schultz will catch a 100 to 110 checkdown screens for 5 tds. Lmao
 

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A "D" is very generous.

Basically, Jerruh and The dumb son have decided to go into rebuilding mode after paying a QB + RB top dineros and then decide to gut the team. Dumb Dumb.

I would rate this as an "F-"

Why would you rate anything when its 1/3 over?

But if I had to rate the first 1/3 of the offseason it would be a straight B.
 

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That's what I really don't understand. You have to add pieces to get better, can't be draft alone. Even the 90's teams added players like Haley, Deon, and Novacek. You can't get everyone through the draft.

I get that maybe Cooper needed to go, but no real attempt was made to replace him with a #1 WR. I get Parsons was awesome last year, how about getting a stud DE to help with the pass rush ?

Jerruh is just going to milk this thing with zero commitment to winning.

See, thats your problem right there. You DONT have to add pieces to get better. This is the problem with some posters, they dont understand football.

Cooper has already been replaced with Lamb. We replaced him 2 years ago. Its perfect timing.

We did sign another DE and then we haven't had the draft yet. I am willing to bet we get one in the first two rounds.

Nothing you said here made any sense at all.
 

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Yeah, I would prefer to wait until training camp honestly to see where we stand.

In the early portion of free agency, we definitely lost. And the Cowboys handling of both Cooper and Collins was ridiculous. Telling everyone we are going to let them go if we don't trade them. I honestly can't remember ever seeing another team do that. I was on board with signing Gallup and letting Cooper go...before Gallup blew out his knee. So, I was prepared to lose Cooper anyway, so maybe getting a 5th rounder is a little consolation in that regard. But signing Gallup for significant money when we have no idea how he will be is disturbing. He should have been signed to a one year deal that provided some safety for the team and gave him a chance to make good money. We are stuck with paying him 23m guaranteed over the next two years even if he doesn't fully recover. The loss of Collins is still bizarre. How we just gave him away for nothing is beyond me. His cap hit wasn't terrible and could have been reduced. Putting him at G would have been the best move possible. He has the strength to deal with the beasts.

Losing Gregory sucks...but I don't have a problem with how it went down. If I was investing millions on a player, I would want some safeguards when the guy is a known knucklehead....and especially after giving him all the leeway we did. The thing is that everyone talks about him being a premier pass rusher....but come on, he has never lived up to it. Ever. Fowler has had three years better than any that Gregory has put up, and Gregory is two years older. Fowler had a great season in 2019 so maybe he can do it again. Hell, Robert Quinn had a great year with us after some down years, then put up a stinker before having another good year. I just don't automatically assume that Fowler will be worse overall than Gregory would be.

They point out the loss of Cedric Wilson as being big, but James Washington has put up similar numbers over his career. His numbers were down last year but Big Ben was pretty much trash last year.

Losing Cooper and Collins definitely big loss. Gregg and Wilson, not sure it is a big deal. Losing Joseph would be pretty significant, because I believe the expectation was he would take an outside spot, Brown and Lewis would compete for the slot.

We still have the draft which hopefully will inject some juice at a couple spots, and then I am sure we will pick up a guy or two to fill holes after the draft. Then we can completely judge. Best part is, no matter what we think...it will all get determined on the field one way or another.

Losing Gregory isnt really that big of a deal. Losing Lawrence would have been worse. I agree losing Joseph would really suck.

Losing Collins is no loss at all. Steele is as good with more upside. 15 million saved makes the team better. Cooper was a luxury we didnt need. `100% the right call. Money will be better spent elsewhere.
 

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IMO, it’s still too early to give a grade on the off-season before the draft has taken place.

BUT- having said that It would be hard for even the rosiest of Cowboys fans to call this a successful off-season. Unless of course you think “Block-chain” is going to somehow help us get better on the field results.
They cut some talent, that is correct, but it feels like they truly believe in some of their young players. If these kids play to their potential we will be fine. Take the best oline or DT at 24. Continue to pack the defensive line during the draft and hope we find a true FS. The honey badger is still available. He would bring the much coveted "leadership" to the secondary.
 

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Dallas didn’t even have an off season!!!!


What is there to grade??
 

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F to the Bleacher Report for thinking Moore coming back is a win.
 

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With a more talented team in extremely good health. We likely won’t see that good fortune again for several years at least.

Other than Jerry, my money is on Philbin as the biggest anchor holding the team back last year.

Everyone was healthy for the playoffs. And still bleh. Even had a productive gimmick blocker in McGovern.

And now we've driven off Collins to play the T That Philbin Built with no Ts behind the starters.
 

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See, thats your problem right there. You DONT have to add pieces to get better. This is the problem with some posters, they dont understand football.

Cooper has already been replaced with Lamb. We replaced him 2 years ago. Its perfect timing.

We did sign another DE and then we haven't had the draft yet. I am willing to bet we get one in the first two rounds.

Nothing you said here made any sense at all.

Huh ? Without adding Charles Haley, Novack you think we win a super bowl in 92 ?
See, thats your problem right there. You DONT have to add pieces to get better. This is the problem with some posters, they dont understand football.

Cooper has already been replaced with Lamb. We replaced him 2 years ago. Its perfect timing.

We did sign another DE and then we haven't had the draft yet. I am willing to bet we get one in the first two rounds.

Nothing you said here made any sense at all.

You think we beat SF in the 1992 NFC Champ Game without the addition of players we didn't draft such as Haley, Novack and others ? Doubtful. To play with the top tier teams you need an edge, we don't have one. I'd go watch the 1992 NFC Champ game and see if it makes sense.
 

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IMO, it’s still too early to give a grade on the off-season before the draft has taken place.

BUT- having said that It would be hard for even the rosiest of Cowboys fans to call this a successful off-season. Unless of course you think “Block-chain” is going to somehow help us get better on the field results.
The draft is the most important part of the off season and FA is not over. There will be even more players cut after the draft and there are still decent additions out there now
 

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As Kurt Warner pointed out, Dak had plenty of WRs running around open. It’s not Moore’s fault Dak can’t go through his progressions.
 

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BWAHAHAHAHAHA. Did they watch the second half of the season or the Cowboys vs teams that had a defensive clue? Moore was hopelessly outclassed. Yes, I know that a team has to execute, but when you see them failing to execute, you're supposed to make adjustments. It looked like Garrett was running the offense again.

I give them an F.

Agreed.
 
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