2027 Will Be the Year

[Risen Star]

2027 will be challenging. It is hard to repeat. You spend half the offseason celebrating.

 

[MajesticRey]

I'd say 5-7 wins constitutes "horrible."

What’s the max 1st round draft pick order # that you would consider “high”?

Cause unless GB bombs this season we aren’t picking until the 20s.

 

[zrinkill]

 

[ratkinson]

I am not happy about playing the Giants again on Sunday night to start the season on the road. Why cant we ever get a 1pm home game to start the season. Just lazy scheduling.

Those days are gone. The Cowboys have been playing the big room for some time now.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Why cant we ever get a 1pm home game to start the season. Just lazy scheduling.

It's not lazy scheduling at all. It's the league being smart and realizing what team is their biggest draw.

 

[Flamma]

If 2027 is a banner year, the Quarterback is most certainly gonna be extended. Only way he's not is if both 2026 and 2027 resemble the last 2 years.

I highly doubt it will be. But if it is, you really have to consider what kind of extension you give to a 35 year old QB. Are they going to pay him thank you money, or what they believe he can do for them going forward. You should only pay players for expectations going forward.

 

[Chasing6]

2026 is the year

Not with this schedule.

See how NE is not even considered a favorite for the SB. They had a walk in the park schedule last season.

 

[BigDPlayer]

I would say that "coming together" in 2027 is a pretty quick turnaround from being ranked #32 in 2025.

However, I don't want to negate your optimism. It would be great if you were right and they made a positive impact on the 2026 season.

I think that this class of defensive rookies would have to match the 2005 draft with Ware, Spears, Ratliff, etc.

That 2005 rookie class improved the defense from 27th in 2004 to 12th. It is possible for the present defensive rookie class to match that.

Keep in mind, 2005 was both Parcells and Zimmer's 3rd season as the Cowboys HC and DC respectively.

Excellent points, thank you. I agree it is a big ask for expectations to be in the upper half of the league from the absolute bottom.

That said, a decent number of key players are in their second years. CP has a history of getting the most out of his players and in precisely the biggest area of need for the Boys: secondary. The 5 players for the 1 defender are good quality starters, that cannot be underestimated.

Add in the 'potential' brilliance of Caleb Downs and the 'what can ONLY go up' linebacker position... I don't know man, looks like the makings of a big comeback.

In modern NFL, these turnarounds happen every season. Why not us? Why not now?

Go Cowboys!!

 

[zerofill]

I'm 54 years old, and I have little faith in anything until I see it, when it comes to Dallas.

Dallas is notorious for never getting even play out of both sides of the ball.

 

[SpaceCowboy99]

I'm 54 years old, and I have little faith in anything until I see it, when it comes to Dallas.

Dallas is notorious for never getting even play out of both sides of the ball.

This is the right answer.

They are doing a lot of things right this off-season but we have seen it before. Not sure why fans continue to make posts about optimism or this years going to be great! Maybe to get their post counts up or maybe that's their personalities. Always wearing their heart on their sleeves and gullible.

I'm 30 years jaded and the Cowboys no longer get the benefit of the doubt or optimism from me. Every season is a prove it to me season and at this point, proof is a deep playoff run and not a 12-5 season.

 

[blueblood70]

Is it realistic to expect that a defense composed of 70% rookies and free agents is capable of coming together under a rookie DC?

Even many of the team's previous starters will have to learn a new position in a new defense.

This defense will struggle in 2026. There will be some great plays by these young talented defenders. However, there will be many mistakes whether it is lack of experience or unfamiliarity with the new defense.

Parker, himself, will have to experiment in order to find out what the players can do and whether they fit into the position assigned.

The road for this young defense will not be smooth at first. They will look awkward. They will struggle.

However, they will learn and they will gain invaluable experience with both playing in the NFL and playing with each other.

They will begin to show some improvement in the 2nd half of the 2026 season. The true excitement for this defense will come in 2027, possibly Dak's last season as a Cowboy.

With a 2nd training camp and offseason these rookies, particularly Downs and Lawrence, will break out. Depending on the growth of other defenders like Barham, Overton and Moore, this entire defense could break out.

Of course, the main ingredient will be a year of familiarity with Parker's defense as well as his own coaching talent.

So, let's not be too harsh of a critic this 2026 season if this all comes to pass. This season could be the building block for a decade of defensive dominance. However, part of the building process involves taking their lumps until they learn how to fight as a team.

In 2027 the Cowboys will have an imposing, yet underrated, defense to go along with a lethal offense with an offensive line core that operates like a machine. They will have a dynamic passing attack with two of the best receivers in the league.

Who knows, perhaps they will have three of them.

2027 seems like the target season, not to say that they won't try to prove me wrong in 2026. I encourage it.

watching.. Believe this will age well.. You predict the Cowboys are only going to win three games you won't get a lot of support...

 

[Reid1boys]

Is it realistic to expect that a defense composed of 70% rookies and free agents is capable of coming together under a rookie DC?

Even many of the team's previous starters will have to learn a new position in a new defense.

This defense will struggle in 2026. There will be some great plays by these young talented defenders. However, there will be many mistakes whether it is lack of experience or unfamiliarity with the new defense.

Parker, himself, will have to experiment in order to find out what the players can do and whether they fit into the position assigned.

The road for this young defense will not be smooth at first. They will look awkward. They will struggle.

However, they will learn and they will gain invaluable experience with both playing in the NFL and playing with each other.

They will begin to show some improvement in the 2nd half of the 2026 season. The true excitement for this defense will come in 2027, possibly Dak's last season as a Cowboy.

With a 2nd training camp and offseason these rookies, particularly Downs and Lawrence, will break out. Depending on the growth of other defenders like Barham, Overton and Moore, this entire defense could break out.

Of course, the main ingredient will be a year of familiarity with Parker's defense as well as his own coaching talent.

So, let's not be too harsh of a critic this 2026 season if this all comes to pass. This season could be the building block for a decade of defensive dominance. However, part of the building process involves taking their lumps until they learn how to fight as a team.

In 2027 the Cowboys will have an imposing, yet underrated, defense to go along with a lethal offense with an offensive line core that operates like a machine. They will have a dynamic passing attack with two of the best receivers in the league.

Who knows, perhaps they will have three of them.

2027 seems like the target season, not to say that they won't try to prove me wrong in 2026. I encourage it.

the Seahawks were +6500 odds to win the SB. This is why 55-70% of the league goes into the seaosn thinking they have a legit shot.

This isnt the 70s and 80s NFL.

 

[Reid1boys]

No one expected a Seahawks/Patriots Super Bowl this time last year..........I will leave it at that

Stop using logic in here. The Seahawks were +6500 to win it last year. But to each their own. Be miserable all season until AFEr we win a SB, then stand up and be happy......smh

 

[visionary]

If 2027 is a banner year, the Quarterback is most certainly gonna be extended. Only way he's not is if both 2026 and 2027 resemble the last 2 years.

Did you go by the name DakAttack or RonnieT24 previously? Your posts resemble theirs in their blind Dak jock sniffing so i thought id ask

 

[DarkVader33]

I highly doubt it will be. But if it is, you really have to consider what kind of extension you give to a 35 year old QB. Are they going to pay him thank you money, or what they believe he can do for them going forward. You should only pay players for expectations going forward.

He’s already received his thank you for nothing money.

 

[DarkVader33]

watching.. Believe this will age well.. You predict the Cowboys are only going to win three games you won't get a lot of support...

I don’t think he meant 3 wins. Not even the biggest skeptics here think that. Well maybe a couple.

 

[blueblood70]

I don’t think he meant 3 wins. Not even the biggest skeptics here think that. Well maybe a couple.

The point I met him being though positive won't fly if he made a bad prediction this will be 60 page long with agreements instead it'll be 60PAGES long with eye rolls and negativity..lol

 

[Flamma]

He’s already received his thank you for nothing money.

He, like many other QBs was paid for a lack of a better choice. That's sounds harsh, or even insulting, but it's the truth.

 

[plasticman]

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the Seahawks were +6500 odds to win the SB. This is why 55-70% of the league goes into the seaosn thinking they have a legit shot.

This isnt the 70s and 80s NFL.

Seattle didn't have the 32nd ranked defense in 2024. They had the #11 ranked defense so going from #11 to #1 isn't the gigantic leap some expect from the Cowboys next season.

Their DC, Aiden Durde was in his 2nd season in 2025 which helps to prove my point. The 2027 season will be Parker's 2nd as Cowboy DC.

The Seattle defense had one rookie starter. The Cowboys will start at least three rookies on defense in 2026.

The Seahawk's situation was in no way similar to what the Cowboys will be trying to do.

The Seahawks didn't exactly "rise from the ashes" in 2025. Their 2024 record was 10-7.

You are right about the game being different from the 70's and 80's. They didn't have the stack of rules designed to keep players safe while increasing the scoring.

In the 70s and 80's the Pro Bowl featured the best in the NFL playing an actual game of genuine football and pee-wee league flag football.

 

[TheSport78]

This team won't go anywhere with Schottenheimer and/or Dak. There is no "year" until both of them are gone.