Why are all the "experts" saying Dallas is gonna suck?

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What am I missing? Everyone is slobbering over the Commanders, while forgetting the Matt Cassell lead Cowboys beat them last year. While we are still facing the Romoless issues I think we are better on defense with Scandrick, more depth at DT and Byron Jones moving the FS. Better on offense as well with Zeke and a healthy Dez.
 
They must not know about Dak, They must not know about Dak :D
 
dstew60105 said:
What am I missing? Everyone is slobbering over the Commanders, while forgetting the Matt Cassell lead Cowboys beat them last year. While we are still facing the Romoless issues I think we are better on defense with Scandrick, more depth at DT and Byron Jones moving the FS. Better on offense as well with Zeke and a healthy Dez.
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In all fairness Matt Cassel has done a lot more in the NFL than Dak has. Cassel and Weeden had both faced NFL defenses with game plans and disguised coverages and blitzes. Dak hasn't done those things yet, and until he does people will assume he's going to fail - because most rookies do. Add to that the fact that our D (particularly at the DE position) is looked upon as being suspect by the most optimistic of pundits. So the thought is that we were going to win games by outscoring people, not really by stopping them. Winning 35 - 30 is harder with a rookie than a top veteran like Romo.

I think we'll be fine, because I'm a Cowboys fan and I always think we'll be fine. But I can't honestly get indignant that outsiders are looking at our situation and not predicting Super Bowl right now.
 
Because we have a rookie QB and a suspect D. Dak may be great some day, but Ryan Leaf was awesome in his first pre-season. Just sayin......
 
dstew60105 said:
What am I missing? Everyone is slobbering over the Commanders, while forgetting the Matt Cassell lead Cowboys beat them last year. While we are still facing the Romoless issues I think we are better on defense with Scandrick, more depth at DT and Byron Jones moving the FS. Better on offense as well with Zeke and a healthy Dez.
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Who said we're gonna suck?
 
Gameover said:
Better in the 2nd, and I'll give you the interception.
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And while the stats weren't as good, the coaches loved what Dak did at Seattle. Came into the game with zero notice and led two scoring drives against a top defense in a difficult stadium.

I know it's "only" preseason. But that was still the Legion of Boom out there he was playing against.
 
What's the track record of teams starting rookie quarterbacks, especially ones drafted in the bottom of the fourth round?

Pundits are simply going on historical precedent. That doesn't make them right since the NFL is impossible to predict on a team-by-team basis, but I can understand their reasoning.
 
ScipioCowboy said:
What's the track record of teams starting rookie quarterbacks, especially ones drafted in the bottom of the fourth round?

Pundits are simply going on historical precedent. That doesn't make them right since the NFL is impossible to predict on a team-by-team basis, but I can understand their reasoning.
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All true, but I choose not to get into where Dak was drafted. Russell Wilson was a third, Tom Brady was a sixth, Romo was undrafted. A lot of teams had second and third round grades on Prescott; but teams give more players those grades than there are picks in each round.
 
Proximo said:
"Experts"

I can remember when, after the 1st game of the 2014 season, they were calling us the worst team in the league.
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Yes. USA Today said the 2014 Cowboys would go 3-13 and have the first pick in the draft. Oops.
 
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