The Truth seems to be really hard for people to understand and/or accept

Calvin2Tony2Emmitt2Julius · Jan 22, 2022

cmoney23 said:
The Bengals are still playing and the Cowboys are at home.

Blast From The Past · Jan 23, 2022

Hawkeye19 said:
Pretty much nailed it. Dak and Kellen have been exposed and they seem unable to figure out how to adjust.

We are playing checkers while the rest of the league is playing chess.

I can't agree on this. If you count the amount of plays called by Kellen that gained yards and were called back by penalties or the plays that pass catchers simply dropped then his checker playing was not as bad as you think of them now. What if the penalties would have been minimal and the receivers would have caught most every ball? The conversation would be different about both Kellen and Dak. Player execution is important to any play caller or QB. The Cowboys simply did not have that last season.

DStar22 · Jan 23, 2022

I won;t say the QB is ALL important, but football is like chess and the QB like the queen. the queen doesn't have to do everything, but against good opposition , you better be able to do the RIGHT things, or you will lose.

Gaede · Jan 23, 2022

DStar22 said:
I won;t say the QB is ALL important, but football is like chess and the QB like the queen. the queen doesn't have to do everything, but against good opposition , you better be able to do the RIGHT things, or you will lose.

That's a good comparison.

starfan1 · Jan 23, 2022

Cboyfan4ever said:
Tampa was loaded w/ talent before Brady.They just needed an upgrade at QB.Gronk certainly helped too.

Don’t argue with facts according to catch all olines suck and it’s all on qbs

CWR · Jan 23, 2022

CATCH17 said:
Stop comparing Dak to QBs who have won things.

It’s only a team sport when the QB isn’t that good.

The teams with the best QBs win more times than not.

Joe Burrow went to one of the worst organizations in not only football but all of sports and he’s 1 game away from a AFC title game behind one of the worst Olines in football.

It’s a QB driven league and it’s not an accident our guy has 1 playoff wildcard win in 6 seasons. He’s just not that good.

Hmm.. I guess that's why Dan Marino had some many superbowls.

Hawkeye19 · Jan 23, 2022

Blast From The Past said:
I can't agree on this. If you count the amount of plays called by Kellen that gained yards and were called back by penalties or the plays that pass catchers simply dropped then his checker playing was not as bad as you think of them now. What if the penalties would have been minimal and the receivers would have caught most every ball? The conversation would be different about both Kellen and Dak. Player execution is important to any play caller or QB. The Cowboys simply did not have that last season.

In my estimation, the penalties and sloppy play are a direct reflection of the coaching staff’s issues— not a defense of their abilities.

How many slow starts have we seen under Kellen’s watch? How many times has he abandoned the run? How many times are good players not included in the game-plan (Coop disappeared, Lamb has disappeared, and Pollard is often an afterthought)?

Yes— at times this offense can roll up yards and points. But when the team needed them to control a game and compete vs a good opponent— Kellen and Co often had no counter or answer and disappeared for entire stretches.

Stats alone don’t mean much. And in the end, player execution is still related to coaching. If they suck at executing— help them correct the issue through teaching, change the scheme to better fit their skillset, put your players in the best position to succeed— or if nothing else works— bench them and put other players out there.

Kellen stayed in his comfort zone and it hurt this team.

starfan1 · Jan 23, 2022

Swagger said:
Far too early to write off Wilson. Darnold could have similar production to Prescott in this offense. We just don't know as he has only bad on bad offenses. Jones...fair enough.

Flip side of the coin is if Prescott had been drafted by the Jets them he would be driving a truck or mowing a lawn by now...i.e. out of the league. No other QB coming into the league since '16 has had as much around them as Prescott.

I am really so over this Dallas is so talented argument. No they ain’t they’re talent is extremely over rated and has been for years

their extremely talented window was 2014-2018 and an argument could be made that all their talent was on 1 side of ball during that timeframe

they have always been undisciplined as well. This argument that gets made about all the talent we have is garbage

our Oline was the reason we had so much success and it has gotten worse with the departure of Leary and Frederick

zekes washed
Cooper disappears
Lamb is a great talent but his untimely drops annoy the crap out of me and he’s my favorite player

and yes Dak is a perennial underachiever but we aren’t getting another qb that isn’t already on roster

Hadenough · Jan 23, 2022

cmoney23 said:
In our current day and age, the Truth seems to be really hard for people to understand and/or accept. I'd like to share with you some truth.

Football is a team game. Some call it the ultimate team game. The media and internet 'experts' try to oversimplify it and tell you that it's the QB... But it's not on him individually. It is one of the most important positions but it's not the key metric to team success. Fantasy football has also helped perpetuate this belief.

I'll give you a couple of examples:
Aaron Rodgers is largely believed to be one of the greatest QBs to ever play the game. He has ONE super bowl on his resume with a lot of playoff failures.
Patrick Mahomes. Often considered the next coming of football Jesus... has struggled mightily when things aren't perfect around him, including the last SuperBowl and an ~8 game stretch this season where the Chiefs had to go way back to the basics and sort of 'reset' their offense around running the ball and fundamentals.
Justin Herbert. Another second coming... missed the playoffs once again.

You might read that and think I'm now blaming those QBs for a lack of success. I'm not. They are examples of GREAT QBs in different stages of their careers that are struggling or have struggled.

The Chiefs got going because the DEFENSE became dominant and they committed to running the ball. Green Bay's big coaching change really just was a coach that committed to the run game. Look at the Rams. They run the ball they win. Stafford had 8 passes at half vs the Cards.

The truth is... Dak is a top 10 QB in this league. The team failed to execute (penalties). The coaches failed to develop consistent game plans that WON football games. They failed to rest injured players and exploit advantages The FO failed to address key position groups. And, at times, Dak failed too. But it's the team.

Of course it's a team game but its no secret that the team usually goes as far as the QB can take it. There are a few exceptions of defenses carrying the team but in general the team lives and dies at the QB position. The better the QB the better the chances of making the playoffs. The better the QB the better the chances of winning in the playoffs. Every QB has weaknesses but the more weaknesses the more they get exposed against better competition. That's what we have Dak.

doomsday9084 · Jan 23, 2022

Want the absolute truth?

Football is a team game and everyone has the same salary cap. The team that gets the most value out of the money they spend wins. Paying a QB $40m per year makes it hard to win if you have the best QB in the NFL. If that guy is the 10th or 15th or whatever? That's really problematic.

Last year, Dallas could have used a big free agent acquisition to either shore up the O or D line. It certainly would have helped. They couldn't afford it due to all of the big contracts. This upcoming year is going to be awful in that regard. Cowboys fans are about to be reminded that salary decisions have consequences. Dallas' cap is going to be a boat anchor around its neck for a few years.

The only thing that can save the team is absurdly good drafting.

Just for emphasis here, Garrapolo, Bosa and Williams have a combined cap hit this year of $43m. Rogers was $46m.

NumOneQB · Jan 23, 2022

Today’s NFL is a pass driven league, so the QB has more influence now than ever. Dak is paid like a QB that should impact a game as an elite player. He didn’t perform to those standards in the playoffs and has earned his criticism for the offseason. Now, football is the ultimate team sport and way more happened than any elite QB can overcome like penalties, bad offensive scheme, and horrible interior offensive line play. But Dallas had multiple chances in the end to win and Dak didn’t deliver with a memorable play. I feel like had he completed that 4th down pass to Wilson on that zero blitz, Dallas would be playing Tampa today. But he barely missed and we saw the season end on a head scratching QB draw……

cmoney23 · Jan 23, 2022

Hadenough said:
Of course it's a team game but its no secret that the team usually goes as far as the QB can take it. There are a few exceptions of defenses carrying the team but in general the team lives and dies at the QB position. The better the QB the better the chances of making the playoffs. The better the QB the better the chances of winning in the playoffs. Every QB has weaknesses but the more weaknesses the more they get exposed against better competition. That's what we have Dak.

Rodgers, Aaron

terra · Jan 23, 2022

CATCH17 said:
It’s easy to ignore when Tom Brady hops over to a team who hasn’t won anything in a long time and goes right in and wins his 7th trophy.

It’s a QB sport. The salary cap has turned it into a parity league and if anything our roster was one of the better rosters in football this year.

Next year will be year 7 for Dak and he’s won nothing. Elite QBs really don’t go that long only having a single wildcard win. It’s actually pathetic all things considered.

Tom Brady very carefully picked a team that pretty much had EVERYTHING but a top QB. A good coach as well.

So once again you fail in your claim to be any kind of sage.

Gangsta Spanksta · Jan 23, 2022

The truth is: Quarterbacks who have won superbowls have proven themselves. Dak is a good quarterback who can win in the regular seasons, but he hasn't shown, yet, the leadership needed to win in the playoffs. Don't try to downplay that the Cowboys have a culture here that keeps us from going deep into the playoffs, where unlike the 90's you don't have players who hunger for championships. This team has no true leaders that will get into other players faces and have a talk when the team comes out flat to make sure they get back into focus and play up to their potentials. It is absurd to think that just because Greenbay lost yesterday that it somehow makes the Cowboys pitiful effort in the playoffs look any better.

Brax · Jan 23, 2022

MountaineerCowboy said:
The truth is we were just a QB away from winning a Super Bowl this year.

Actual this year it was a head coach away, has been that way for a long time.

Gangsta Spanksta · Jan 23, 2022

CATCH17 said:
HAHAHAHHA Burrow is still playing and Dak is at home watching him HAHAHAHAHA

It's like all of the sudden Dak didn't make any mistakes Last Week and wasn't part of the reason we lost the game.

Now someone is going to tell us that Dak was Clutch.

Gangsta Spanksta · Jan 23, 2022

rnr_honeybadger said:
Ah yes, another "It's not Dak's fault" post. Gonna be a long off-season.

Another Aaron had a bad game means that Dak had a good game in his loss post.

DogFace · Jan 23, 2022

CATCH17 said:
It’s easy to ignore when Tom Brady hops over to a team who hasn’t won anything in a long time and goes right in and wins his 7th trophy.

It’s a QB sport. The salary cap has turned it into a parity league and if anything our roster was one of the better rosters in football this year.

Next year will be year 7 for Dak and he’s won nothing. Elite QBs really don’t go that long only having a single wildcard win. It’s actually pathetic all things considered.

He hand picked that team because they had a really good D and a lot of weapons on offense. He didn’t simply go there and carry them.

I have no idea, but has Tom ever won without a really good top 10 type D? Maybe he has? Seems like not.

Jarv · Jan 23, 2022

plasticman said:
The truth is that it all starts at the top. You must have a GM with a vision, a plan on exactly how he is going to build a winning team. You must have a group of executives bought into the plan, executives that are experienced, innovative and dedicated to one thing only and that is winning Super Bowls.

The Cowboys have the Clampetts, rich but niave when it comes to the NFL.

I don't think you're being fair to Jerry. He built a beautiful stadium, his wife add some fantastic artwork. He does a ton of planning and marketing to lease the stadium for lots of events.

Whenever he has a little free time he also plays as a part time, incompetent GM.

So he has a lot on his plate, give him a break.

Captain-Crash · Jan 23, 2022

CATCH17 said:
Good thing they don’t have Dak cause the Bengals would be at home and we’d still be playing if we had Burrow.

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