Common myths and misconceptions about the Dallas Cowboys

Flamma

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Similar to "The Catch" game the Romo fumbled snap did not come in the last seconds of the game. There was around 1:15 left in the game and Dallas still had all of their timeouts. Problem is they let Alexander rip off a 20 yard run from their 2 yard line on the first play.
 

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If Dez's catch in Green Bay was not overturned, we win. The catch occurred with just under 5 min left to play. The greatest 2-min drill QB of all time (or in top 5) had just under 5 min to drive Green Bay far enough to get a FG which would have won it. I would like to have seen what would have happened but our defense wilted immediately and it didn't matter.

The myth is Dez's catch occurred with seconds left to play.

My issue with the play call is Romo audibles out of the called play to throw the bomb on 4th and 2. We had one of the top RBs and the top O-Line and Romo opts to try a very low percentage pass play.

For sure agree. Think we still lose.
 

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● the cowboys havent won crap since the cap started.

They won 2 superbowls after the cap started.
 

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When Parcells was here, he often ragged on Romo to not take so many unnecessary risks. Romo made many great plays but IMO, he missed too many easy plays trying to play hero ball. The 4th and 2 play Dez “no catch” was a good example. He had that 5 yard wide open option to Beasley.

Maybe that's why Romo only won only three wild card games in 10 years, not 3 Super Bowls like many fans think.
 

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● the cowboys havent won crap since the cap started.

They won 2 superbowls after the cap started.

Whatever the timeline, it's been 24 years. Next season will be the silver anniversary of our last championship, an eternity in the parity-happy, free agency, salaray cap NFL. Here's hoping to a deep playoff run this year.
 

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The reason the Niners went three-and-out was because they knew they were sitting on a two-score lead and could play conservative. If the Cowboys had cut their lead to just 38-35, their playcalling would have been different. The events that followed afterwards would have been different as well.

Yeah, yeah, yeah !!!! And IF my dog hadn't stopped to pinch a loaf he'd have caught the rabbit!


That word "IF" is so unpredictable.


Jus sayin
 

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Actually, Romo only won two playoff games, lol.

Wow then it's even worse than I thought. And we are letting a 2-time wild card game winning QB into our elite Ring-of-Honor? Hell if Dak wins a wild card game this year he will have tied Romo's playoff record. Meanwhile there are many Landry-era Cowboys who will never get into the ROH unless the Jones boys lose control of the franchise like Panther's owner did.
 

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I think the number of people who believe that are few and far between. A much greater number believe that we could have made a better run playing Tony.

Note that if Tony breaks again, you go back to Dak. Tony's frailty isn't a reason to prefer Dak. There wasn't much downside to putting Tony back in. He had played his best ball, by far, in 2014. MVP level play. If he could play near that, he's the guy you want in.
I don't even think we make a better run with Romo. I think Romo would have gotten hurt in a game or two.
 

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I watched “The Catch” game in its entirety about 10 years ago and I swear I was in an alternate universe because it looked liked Dallas was going to easily march down the field and score to beat the 49ers even after the catch, and then the fumbled snap happened.....

It wasn't a fumbled snap. White was hit as he threw an incomplete pass. His arm was moving forward; his hand was in control of the ball; the ball few forward. Incomplete pass. The refs screwed that one up. Cowboys should have kept the ball.
 

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The reason the Niners went three-and-out was because they knew they were sitting on a two-score lead and could play conservative. If the Cowboys had cut their lead to just 38-35, their playcalling would have been different. The events that followed afterwards would have been different as well.
That’s nothing but pure speculation on your part. They MIGHT have called different plays, but the results could have been the same.
 

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I'd wager plenty of Patriots players would say they had grown weary of Belichick's overbearing style also. The ones that can't cut it leave, or are traded. The vast majority who would say they are sick of it, stay and play anyway.
 

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  • There is a common belief that if Jimmy Johnson had continued staying on with the Cowboys in the 1990s, that Dallas might have won 4 or 5 Super Bowls, Belichick-style. But the players themselves said (in the Pearlman book, Boys will be Boys) that they had grown weary of Jimmy's overbearing style and that was starting to hurt rather than help. Having Jimmy stay at the helm might have helped in drafting and signing talent, but his coaching style may very well have backfired and worsened things beyond 1993. Also, the salary cap was coming along as well.
  • Deion's pass interference on Irvin hurt the Cowboys in the 1994 title game, but it came when the Cowboys were trailing by a full ten points. Even if Dallas scores a touchdown, it would still have to get the ball back, and score again. Many Cowboys fans talk about that incident as if the interference no-call were the sole deciding difference in victory and defeat that day. It was merely the first out of several things that would have all had to consecutively go Dallas' way for victory that day.
  • "The Catch" in the 1981 title game did not take place in the game's waning seconds; it took place with around a full minute of time still remaining.
  • When Jerry Jones fired Tom Landry, it came at a time when the majority of people in Dallas-Fort Worth were already fed up with Landry and wanted him fired (61% of poll respondents, if I recall correctly.) It was not a case of Jerry flouting public opinion and firing a coach who was still wanted by the fans; most DFW-ers wanted Landry gone.
  • Bonus one: I am not sure, maybe someone could correct me on this one, but - is it true that the Cowboys did not, in fact, guarantee Randy Moss that they were going to draft him in 1998, and that it was more his wrong expectations than an actual broken promise by Dallas?
Bonus two: The Jackie Smith drop in the SB did not cost the Cowboys a victory. It is unknown how the Steelers offense would have responded differently. They did score 35 points against a good Dallas D. People have, erroneously, placed the blame on Smith because of the 4 point difference.
 

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Whatever the timeline, it's been 24 years. Next season will be the silver anniversary of our last championship, an eternity in the parity-happy, free agency, salaray cap NFL. Here's hoping to a deep playoff run this year.

I agree we've only had 5 good seasons since then. I just always thought the same thing that we havent won anything post salary cap. Somebody on here made me aware of this.
 

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I've seen this on Johnson's coaching style before and I would bet those players that were sick of it weren't the best players or any of the leaders on that team.

NFL players want 3 things. To get paid more money, to look good and to win. Johnson did all 3 for them.

Good football players aren't looking for a buddy or a friend in a HC, see Bear Bryant, Lombardi, Grant, Noll, Landry and Saban. They want a man that is going to hold them accountable and help them be the best they can be.

I think the Cowboys win at least 4 with Johnson because intensity was his style and the players knew they won that way. Switzer was more "inmates running the asylum" and no way that team goes into SF that flat. They went into that 2nd against BUF SB flat because they were overconfident and I think he was overconfident as well and might have backed off on his intensity level.

The only players in the NFL that wouldn't want to play for a HC like Belichick are the lazy ones, just picking up game checks. Anyone who want s to be their very best wants a guy like that. They might not like him or the way he does things, but they like the results in themselves and their team.
 
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