My thoughts. Disgusted

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Totally DISGUSTED with this team. They didnt go out Sunday ready to play. They had injuries, they didnt need the game, to hell with all the excuses. They just went and stole Jerrys money for the game.

Dak was the worst i have ever seen him. I understand the guy is handicapped by a lack of coaching, or lack of capable coaching, but he's been in the league for 3 yrs. Suck it up be a professional and get the job done. Dallas is a way better team than the Colts, he and the team just laid a egg plain and simple.

Dallas needs to bring in a Tyrod Taylor or Teddy Bridgewater to Challenge Dak. And Dak needs a QB coach who is gonna get into his face and tell him he's *** it up. Sacks on Dak vs the Colts were 100% on him. He had plenty of time to get the ball off or run. Wether there was somebody open or not, he held onto the ball in the pocket way too long. For the first time in awhile too i saw him just trying to muscle the pass to the spot which put him entirely too much off balance and the throw sailed. You can see him trying to throw at different velocities but you dont get enough practice time during the season to tweak this effectively. Defending this kid on bad throws is getting harder to do. Him turning the ball over so much is a very big problem.

I dont think you give up on him, and no way do you draft another young QB. But i think you challenge him in 2019 with an established vet who if he can beat Dak out let him start.

Elliot is starting to get nicked up, taking too many hits. I think its time to start letting Smith get more snaps. Not only is Elliot carring the ball over 20 times a game, he's also catching the ball on avg of 7 times a game.

I cant wait until this team gets rid of Hurns and Beasley. I haver never seen Beasley run so many lazy routes. And Hurns is a waste of a roster spot. There's a reason Jacksonville never even tried to resign him.

TE is starting to come around, but these guys are still good backups playig a starting role. IM still hoping for a guy like Jesse James in Dallas. A TE who can play the middle of the field and up the seams. But more importantly a TE who can BLOCK. Think we saw exactly why Rico doesnt play on that 4th and 1 Elliot got stopped at the 3. Margus Hunt went right across Rico who whiffed on a attempted block and blew up the play. If Rico barely even touches Hunt thats a TD for Elliot.

All in all the OL played ok. The QB was just horrible vs the Colts. Dont even feel like typing his name. I was actually suprised the OL didnt struggle more vs the Colts with Maertin being out. They gave #4 plenty of time to throw or make a decision to run. The run blocking was good as always. The QB and WRs just didnt execute the way they had been.

ON defense the LBers just got eaten alive by Mack all day long. Vander looked like the rookie we saw in preseason. Looked like a deer with headlight shining right at him on running plays. Jaylon was over running plays. And Lee made no impact on the few plays he was in.

The Colts ran most of time at Lawrence. Think this wore him out. I will say the Colts got away with a ton of holding calls. Nelson was holding on virtually every play. I hadnt seen that much holding since the Packers playoff game.

The secondary was off balance and never got into the game.

Yes, true the Cowboys didnt need this game. But, that doesnt mean you make every mistake you could to lose this game as bad as it looked. Theres gotta be some turnover on coaching this offseason. NO way can you keep this coaching staff intact. Garrett i know will be HC, and they have to keep Richards.
 

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Sigh... yea I think we ALL threw up in our mouths over THIS embarrassment... then we had to live watching that smiling idiot garrett on the field after good grief how much worst can it get... oh wait we still have 2 games left!!!
 
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Sigh... yea I think we ALL threw up in our mouths over THIS embarrassment... then we had to live watching that smiling idiot garrett on the field after good grief how much worst can it get... oh wait we still have 2 games left!!!
That was almost as disgusting as the game itself.

Garrett looked like the happiest guy in the stadium after the game. Proud of what was accomplished.
 

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I think the game has just been over analyzed at this point and we should put the pitch forks away and enjoy the rest of the season.


Dallas lines up and does the same thing every week. Getting outcoached is going to happen when the opposing team knows your every move.

We play under these circumstances every Sunday and all we can hope for is our talent and effort overcome the bottom of the barrel offensive coaching.


Against the Colts the effort was just not there. The team went on the road after being all in on trying to win games for over a month. It caught up with them but I wouldn't expect it to linger.


Beat the Bucs this Sunday and let the key players rest and get ready for the playoffs.










Also, Dak is a bus driver QB. Why is anyone surprised that a bus driver QB didn't carry the team to victory when the overall team was playing awful? Did you think he was going to do something he isn't physically capable of and go win the game by himself?
 

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I seriously wonder how often they go over fundamentals with Dak regarding footwork or is it a slap on the *** and say keep it up champ. Either that or he's getting shell shocked after the first hit or two and he just loses focus on his footwork and what touch is needed on a pass.
 

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The team reflected back the mentality of this board last week: winning this game wasn't necessary, might as well take the week off. I wonder where the team got that from?
I have never really understood that mentality that the game was not a necessary win either. If we take that thought process further, doesn't that mean that this weeks game is not necessary since we still have one more game after that to try and win the division?
 

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The Colts got shut out at Jacksonville. The Patriots have losses at Jacksonville and Miami. Pittsburgh lost at Denver and Oakland. Seattle lost at San Francisco.

This place acts like those things only happen to the Cowboys. I'll be a lot more disappointed if Tampa beats Dallas in Jerryworld, but let's see what happens.
 

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I certainly agree that the Cowboys played like garbage at multiple positions and they generally seemed unprepared to play an NFL game. It was an inexcusable performance of complete garbage.

But...I also think too many Cowboys fans fail to give credit to the Colts for their performance. They are a very talented young team on a run of winning 7 of 8. The colts kicked our butts and deserved to win that game.

Yes- we sucked. But the other team gets paid too.
 

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I'll agree that we stunk and I agree with most of your other points, but in our current state, we are not much better than the Colts. Especially in their dome.

If the Colts somehow sneak into the playoffs, they could do some damage. Who in the AFC, he'll in the league, is playing better than them right now?
 

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I think this was the best thing that could have happened to us. We can't go into the playoffs fat and happy.
 

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Sigh... yea I think we ALL threw up in our mouths over THIS embarrassment... then we had to live watching that smiling idiot garrett on the field after good grief how much worst can it get... oh wait we still have 2 games left!!!
Ya, Garrett smiling on the field after the game was over was irritating (and not normal).
 

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I wrote this in another thread but I’ll put it here too:



All teams have off days. I remember in 1993 when Jimmy Johnson’s team (one that was dominating people) went to play a terrible Atlanta team in their house and just stunk up the joint. They couldn’t do anything right. Jimmy was mad as hell.

It happens to all NFL teams from time to time though. Sometimes the other team is just up for it, and they put together a really good game plan for a particular team.

The fact that Indy is a solid, ascending team only makes it less surprising.

People freaking out about a loss after five straight wins is absolutely the height of lunacy.
 
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BleedinBlue

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I'm over this game , they weren't going to win 11 straight to get to the SB anyways. Might end up being a good wake up call , winning 5 straight again is possible , I'd rather go into the playoffs with out the pressure of a win streak hanging over them.
 

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to many fans bought the cheese. this is STILL the year the COwboys make no noise. accept it.

this was a year to fix the wrongs and we made the wrongs more wron and the rights less right.

we all know what must be done and if its not done no amount of talent is going to get you over a hump the coaches refuses to jump.
 
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