Are the Cowboys just a better defense away from being contenders?

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CowboyRoy said:
So I guess you no longer want to tear the team apart, cut Dak and start over anymore?

Do you still think this team would be better off with Dalton at 10 million?
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Dallas is no different with Dak than Dalton.. Neither guy is a difference making player.

Id up grade from both. Fields, whom I’m not a a huge fan of, would be better than both because of upside and cap number.
 
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Diehardblues said:
We had a top offense last year with Dak and have secured our franchise QB and multiple weapons with a proven OL if it can stay healthy .

But what must improve is a defense which was statistically one of the worst in our franchise’s history

How much better does our defense need to be for this team to become more of a contender ? Will average be enough assuming our offense is top 5? Your thoughts !!
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We are a QB away.
 
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Walker said:
Getting a better defense gives the ball to our offense a couple more times.
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We need a defense which at least makes the other team to punt a few times, otherwise whole world offense cant help the boys !!!
 
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If the oline holds up and our defense is average we can get in playoffs
To get thru the playoffs we gonna need a little more from the defense
But it appears we are gonna have a few young guys playing and they should get better the more they play
 
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Assuming our offense can continue averaging 30+ with a healthy Dak/OL, yes.

If our defense is just top 20 with that offensive output we should win 11-12 games in this division.
 
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CATCH17 said:
Dallas is no different with Dak than Dalton.. Neither guy is a difference making player.

Id up grade from both. Fields, whom I’m not a a huge fan of, would be better than both because of upside and cap number.
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Except the offensive production was dramatically different last year with Dak vs Dalton.

At this point I have to assume stubborn pride is what keeps you posting this nonsense. Otherwise seek help.
 
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Haven't seen dallas as a contender since 2007. Still think they're 2-3 years away. Just hoping for a good season.
 
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StarBoyz83 said:
Haven't seen dallas as a contender since 2007. Still think they're 2-3 years away. Just hoping for a good season.
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They were 13 and 3 just a few years ago and they certainly were a contender in the Dez catch game a couple of years before that.
 
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rambo2 said:
Lol, really? Who do you like Jones, Hurts, or Fitzpatrick? The Cowboys are going to have the best qb in the division for yeas to come.
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Do you want to have to say anything inside the division or do you actually want to win a meaningfull championship ?
 
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Jake said:
Will people please give the "average" defense thing a rest?

The last 9 SB winners were top 10 in scoring offense AND scoring defense - not average. The same is true of all 5 Cowboys SB winners.

If you want to lose in the playoffs, "average" will get that done. If you want another Lombardi, "average" is merely a step in the right direction.
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You’re confusing contending with winning championships.
 
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rambo2 said:
The 25 years cry babies don't admit to this.
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Yeah I mean they can sit here and tell me that same crap again about how we've sucked for 25 years and we shouldn't expect to compete this year but F that. We should. Not only should we win the NFC East but we should expect a NFC Championship run AT LEAST. These fans aren't going to convince me that we can't do it because I know most of them are trolls or fans of other teams.
 
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TWOK11 said:
Except the offensive production was dramatically different last year with Dak vs Dalton.

At this point I have to assume stubborn pride is what keeps you posting this nonsense. Otherwise seek help.
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Because we were down 3 scores against pass defenses that sucked at defending the pass.

Dak had high volume against those bad pass defenses when they had a comfortable lead.

Your stats have context that you have to ignore.

Plus.. We have an entire career of Dak to go off of as well as Dalton and Dalton to start his career is just Dak on a worse team.
 
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We lost our last 3 playoffs games because of our defense folding at the end in 2014, and 2016. And letting the Rams run at will in 2018.
 
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