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I am a die hard fan for over 50 years. I played high school football and a little in college until I hurt my right knee.

I have a tremendous natural memory bank of Cowboys' teams. My memory never fails me.

I do not care about offensive statistics, as the intelligent people know you can do anything you want with them. A running back who averages 3.2 yards a carry has one run for 55 yards and all of a sudden his average is 4.2. A QB whose teams fall behind by two TD's who wakes up late in the game when the opposing team lets up, puts up big numbers in garbage time and pads his stats.

Here is what I see: a horrible offensive line, not opening holes to give Zeke a chance to get to the second level. Time after time, I see every defense rise to the occsion and stop our running game. It all starts upfront. Our OL is terrible right now.

You all remember Demarco Murray's huge year? Huge holes as wide as a soccer goal net. Romo having 4-5 seconds and sometimes more to find an open receiver. That was a true great OL.

The OL today does not give the Boys a reliable runing game. It is not Zeke's fault. Without the threat of a succesful running game, opposing teams are able to concentrate on defending the pass. That is where Dak's less than stellar QB skills are exposed. He is no Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers does not need a running game. He is better than Brett Favre.

Dak fails so often, it makes me sick. He has some streaks when he is hot, but that is when his OL is dominating. A QB must raise his team, carry his team. Dak cannot do that. He is missing that QB talent. Rodgers has it and is light years better than Dak.

Dak needs to run for first downs. His ankle is stronger than before.

Joe Philbin is the OL coach. He is doing a terrible job. He has no recipe for improving the OL performance. The talent on the OL tells me that it may be the coaching and strategies used are poor.

My eyes see a frightening future this year. There is no chance the Cowboys can beat Green Bay in Green Bay. They have an awesome offensive line, less heralded and less talented than we have, and they are dominating, creating a tremendous running game which can dominate from the start to finish, and close out games. We need an OL performance like Green Bay has right now to be a championship team. If we play them in the playoffs in the cold and wind, it wil be the better OL that prevails. Ours is simply not giving Zeke space. Pollard's superior burst gives us a much better chance, but he is not built for 20+ carries a game.

If the OL of ours can find a way to change their ways and dominate once again, Dak can shine with his less than stellar QB skills. Right now, I see a declined performance in the running game due to the lack of offensive line success.

Without Parsons and Diggs on defense, this team would be 4-9. We were deceived by early succeses offensively this year. The rest of the NFL has shut down our running game and Philbin is clueless what to do. Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson were brilliant strategists who knew how to counter other teams' adjustments. The current coaching staff remains dumfounded.

If we play the Rams, their menacing DL will probably shut down our running game.

We need a Travis Frederick, Nate Newton, Larry Allen, Erik Wiliams' types who would knock down two defenderss, creating huge running lanes. We need our running game badly to enable Dak to be better, to have any chance to beat the Packers and Rams.



That is why he was not drafted higher. The Boys actually tried to draft several other QB's before they settled on him at the end of the 4th round.

Wow, I learned something new today! Since you said "My eyes know what they see" I've since learned that eyes have brains. Thanks for that small and useful piece of info boss :)
 

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This team with a defense that it has now is capable of beating any team any where any time of year

Stop acting like Greenbay is invincible - they have been beat plenty of times at home and if we need to go there in the playoffs we certainly can do the same thanks to the defense

this team is not beating GB in GB in January unless Dak gets his head out of his behind
 

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One point... the 2014-16 OL is never coming back. They were the best in the league at one time but having an OL like that is very much an outlier.

But you should be able to win without a league-best OL. The top QBs are able to do it, so it's no excuse for Dak not to be able to.
 

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I am a die hard fan for over 50 years. I played high school football and a little in college until I hurt my right knee.

I have a tremendous natural memory bank of Cowboys' teams. My memory never fails me.

I do not care about offensive statistics, as the intelligent people know you can do anything you want with them. A running back who averages 3.2 yards a carry has one run for 55 yards and all of a sudden his average is 4.2. A QB whose teams fall behind by two TD's who wakes up late in the game when the opposing team lets up, puts up big numbers in garbage time and pads his stats.

Here is what I see: a horrible offensive line, not opening holes to give Zeke a chance to get to the second level. Time after time, I see every defense rise to the occsion and stop our running game. It all starts upfront. Our OL is terrible right now.

You all remember Demarco Murray's huge year? Huge holes as wide as a soccer goal net. Romo having 4-5 seconds and sometimes more to find an open receiver. That was a true great OL.

The OL today does not give the Boys a reliable runing game. It is not Zeke's fault. Without the threat of a succesful running game, opposing teams are able to concentrate on defending the pass. That is where Dak's less than stellar QB skills are exposed. He is no Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers does not need a running game. He is better than Brett Favre.

Dak fails so often, it makes me sick. He has some streaks when he is hot, but that is when his OL is dominating. A QB must raise his team, carry his team. Dak cannot do that. He is missing that QB talent. Rodgers has it and is light years better than Dak.

Dak needs to run for first downs. His ankle is stronger than before.

Joe Philbin is the OL coach. He is doing a terrible job. He has no recipe for improving the OL performance. The talent on the OL tells me that it may be the coaching and strategies used are poor.

My eyes see a frightening future this year. There is no chance the Cowboys can beat Green Bay in Green Bay. They have an awesome offensive line, less heralded and less talented than we have, and they are dominating, creating a tremendous running game which can dominate from the start to finish, and close out games. We need an OL performance like Green Bay has right now to be a championship team. If we play them in the playoffs in the cold and wind, it wil be the better OL that prevails. Ours is simply not giving Zeke space. Pollard's superior burst gives us a much better chance, but he is not built for 20+ carries a game.

If the OL of ours can find a way to change their ways and dominate once again, Dak can shine with his less than stellar QB skills. Right now, I see a declined performance in the running game due to the lack of offensive line success.

Without Parsons and Diggs on defense, this team would be 4-9. We were deceived by early succeses offensively this year. The rest of the NFL has shut down our running game and Philbin is clueless what to do. Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson were brilliant strategists who knew how to counter other teams' adjustments. The current coaching staff remains dumfounded.

If we play the Rams, their menacing DL will probably shut down our running game.

We need a Travis Frederick, Nate Newton, Larry Allen, Erik Wiliams' types who would knock down two defenderss, creating huge running lanes. We need our running game badly to enable Dak to be better, to have any chance to beat the Packers and Rams.



That is why he was not drafted higher. The Boys actually tried to draft several other QB's before they settled on him at the end of the 4th round.

Get a new ophthalmologist because whatever you see doesn't make you a coach, trainer, gm, owner, or even a towel boy in the nfl..
 

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Here is what I see as far as the OLine. The interior C and LG are young and not strong enough with the punch to stop the initial drive of the better 1T/NT in the league. Dallas tried to utilize CWill as a guard and they loved his ability to get to the second level and block in space LB's etc. This works fairly well when teams have average interior DL. CWill to me looks more like a T than a G. He has good feet and seems to have the strength to stop the 260-280lb guys, but not the strength to stop the 350lb guy with massive strength. This causes him to hold when he gets singled up on them, and teams know it. Baidatz is just about as bad. McGovern was supposed to come in and solve some of that issue, but he can't get to the second level and block in space. Collins is starting to round back into shape, but definitely looks a little slower than he used to. Martin looks like he always has. Smith is strong, good feet, good technique, etc but can't seem to stay healthy. Also Zeke has lost a little quickness and just doesn't hit the holes as hard and quick as he used to. And your TE are basically useless as blockers most of the time.

With this said Biadatz will grow stronger with another year and he seems to have ok technique. Steele can handle the RT. Can Collins get quick enough to play LT as needed? Maybe. Can Ball be playing all the minutes Smith misses next year? Martin just seems to be Martin. That leaves the LG position. If they keep CWill for there, he will always be bullied by the better NT. If you leave McGovern there, you will be spending lots of time with teaching him how to block in space and not allow everyone around him.

So in summary they are good oline, but weakness in the C and LG make them average. TSmith being out makes them below average against the better front 7's. The fix is a really strong OG that can block in space, and making sure you have a replacement for TSmith when he is out with either LC or Ball or another option.
 

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This team with a defense that it has now is capable of beating any team any where any time of year

Stop acting like Greenbay is invincible - they have been beat plenty of times at home and if we need to go there in the playoffs we certainly can do the same thanks to the defense
Not if the team plays at the level it has been playing last five games. Defense can beat up some low level talent (WFT) and they looked good doing it mind you, but the slump Dak is in and the team attitude we saw in first half the year being missing, we may be hard pressed to even show up in playoffs.
Basically if we don't pull it together real quick, this will be just another year of the same
 

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Whole lotta words to tell me Aaron Rodgers is better than dak

Aaron Rodgers' arm is better than EVERY QB, except for maybe Mahomes. Stafford has an arm too, but his decision-making can be suspect. Brady's arm is worse, but his decision-making is surpreme.

Rodgers can make some amazing throws, even throwing off his back foot...with perfect accuracy. That's a rare trait. Green Bay is lucky. Mahomes has rare arm talent too, and Stafford, Herbert and Josh Allen all have really good arms as well.

But ALL of them have struggled at times this season, and in past seasons, especially when their o-line is struggling and/or when they have a non-effective running game.

Hec, if Aaron Rodgers is such a superior QB to Dak and many others, why hasn't he won more than 1 Superbowl????? And A Rod's only been to ONE Superbowl. All this arm talent, and only one? Why? Because his TEAM wasn't as good as others. The defense failed, or his o-line wasn't good enough, or his WRs weren't getting open enough, or there was little running game to assist him...or his OC wasn't great. And it's likely a combination of all of these.

So even the best arm talent in the league needs a better team and/or coaching around him to have sustainable success. Dak is no different. Hec, most QBs are no different. To get to a Superbowl and win it, you need a solid defense (especially a defensive line), a good special teams, good coaching, and some talent. And yes, you need a good QB and an effective offense too.

Coaching matters. Talent matters. The o-line matters. No matter how good your QB is. A Rod hasn't carried Green Bay to multiple titles, and when they did win, the defense was pretty good. And he had a lot of offensive talent around him. Surprise, surprise...
 
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I don't get why people are thinking GB is anything special in the NFC. There's a clear top five teams in the NFC and GB is one of them, as are we. We score 4 more points per game, give up 1 more point per game, and they have one more win than us. Yes they're good, but they aren't the clear cut best in conference.

They have one more W because the Cowboys were never to win the TG game. Was never in play from opening KO.
 

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I am a die hard fan for over 50 years. I played high school football and a little in college until I hurt my right knee.

I have a tremendous natural memory bank of Cowboys' teams. My memory never fails me.

I do not care about offensive statistics, as the intelligent people know you can do anything you want with them. A running back who averages 3.2 yards a carry has one run for 55 yards and all of a sudden his average is 4.2. A QB whose teams fall behind by two TD's who wakes up late in the game when the opposing team lets up, puts up big numbers in garbage time and pads his stats.

Here is what I see: a horrible offensive line, not opening holes to give Zeke a chance to get to the second level. Time after time, I see every defense rise to the occsion and stop our running game. It all starts upfront. Our OL is terrible right now.

You all remember Demarco Murray's huge year? Huge holes as wide as a soccer goal net. Romo having 4-5 seconds and sometimes more to find an open receiver. That was a true great OL.

The OL today does not give the Boys a reliable runing game. It is not Zeke's fault. Without the threat of a succesful running game, opposing teams are able to concentrate on defending the pass. That is where Dak's less than stellar QB skills are exposed. He is no Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers does not need a running game. He is better than Brett Favre.

Dak fails so often, it makes me sick. He has some streaks when he is hot, but that is when his OL is dominating. A QB must raise his team, carry his team. Dak cannot do that. He is missing that QB talent. Rodgers has it and is light years better than Dak.

Dak needs to run for first downs. His ankle is stronger than before.

Joe Philbin is the OL coach. He is doing a terrible job. He has no recipe for improving the OL performance. The talent on the OL tells me that it may be the coaching and strategies used are poor.

My eyes see a frightening future this year. There is no chance the Cowboys can beat Green Bay in Green Bay. They have an awesome offensive line, less heralded and less talented than we have, and they are dominating, creating a tremendous running game which can dominate from the start to finish, and close out games. We need an OL performance like Green Bay has right now to be a championship team. If we play them in the playoffs in the cold and wind, it wil be the better OL that prevails. Ours is simply not giving Zeke space. Pollard's superior burst gives us a much better chance, but he is not built for 20+ carries a game.

If the OL of ours can find a way to change their ways and dominate once again, Dak can shine with his less than stellar QB skills. Right now, I see a declined performance in the running game due to the lack of offensive line success.

Without Parsons and Diggs on defense, this team would be 4-9. We were deceived by early succeses offensively this year. The rest of the NFL has shut down our running game and Philbin is clueless what to do. Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson were brilliant strategists who knew how to counter other teams' adjustments. The current coaching staff remains dumfounded.

If we play the Rams, their menacing DL will probably shut down our running game.

We need a Travis Frederick, Nate Newton, Larry Allen, Erik Wiliams' types who would knock down two defenderss, creating huge running lanes. We need our running game badly to enable Dak to be better, to have any chance to beat the Packers and Rams.



That is why he was not drafted higher. The Boys actually tried to draft several other QB's before they settled on him at the end of the 4th round.
Quitters quit. I’m not quitting. You can, it’s your choice.
 

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Rodgers has been in the league since 2005, that's about 16 years and he's accumulated all of ONE Super Bowl appearance and he's the standard? I would use Brady as the standard if you're going to use anyone.
 

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My eyes see Parsons, Gregory, Lawrence, Gallimore, and Osa. That brings a lot of kick *** and wins. Cowboys probably end up with the 1 or 2 spot in the NFC.
 

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Philbin is MMs buddy same way Nolan is.

Jerry didn't force him out of town is the only difference.

There's TWO HALL of FAMERS on this line.

They can't make it work somehow?
 

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Pollard is going to be the guy to turn this around if his foot is ok.

Cramming the ball between the tackles and expecting a lot of success is tough.
How in tarnation is Pollards foot gonna be better this season? Unless it's not what the team claims.
 

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The defense last week was as good as I have seen since 90s

hard to believe the offense can’t get back to early season form. I think they take the training wheels off dak in the playoff and allow him to run. This wil especially help near the end zone and in short yardage.
 

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Aaron Rodgers' arm is better than EVERY QB, except for maybe Mahomes. Stafford has an arm too, but his decision-making can be suspect. Brady's arm is worse, but his decision-making is surpreme.

Rodgers can make some amazing throws, even throwing off his back foot...with perfect accuracy. That's a rare trait. Green Bay is lucky. Mahomes has rare arm talent too, and Stafford, Herbert and Josh Allen all have really good arms as well.

But ALL of them have struggled at times this season, and in past seasons, especially when their o-line is struggling and/or when they have a non-effective running game.

Hec, if Aaron Rodgers is such a superior QB to Dak and many others, why hasn't he won more than 1 Superbowl????? And A Rod's only been to ONE Superbowl. All this arm talent, and only one? Why? Because his TEAM wasn't as good as others. The defense failed, or his o-line wasn't good enough, or his WRs weren't getting open enough, or there was little running game to assist him...or his OC wasn't great. And it's likely a combination of all of these.

So even the best arm talent in the league needs a better team and/or coaching around him to have sustainable success. Dak is no different. Hec, most QBs are no different. To get to a Superbowl and win it, you need a solid defense (especially a defensive line), a good special teams, good coaching, and some talent. And yes, you need a good QB and an effective offense too.

Coaching matters. Talent matters. The o-line matters. No matter how good your QB is. A Rod hasn't carried Green Bay to multiple titles, and when they did win, the defense was pretty good. And he had a lot of offensive talent around him. Surprise, surprise...

aaron Rodgers has won 1 Super Bowl because like........winning a super bowl is really hard. Payton Manning has 2. 1 at tail end of his career. Don’t be fooled by Tom Brady he’s an anomaly. Dan Marino has never won. These things aren’t linear - there’s no magic recipe to win a Super Bowl, it requires incredible luck and incredible skill- being really really good or even great isn’t enough
 
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