A big dose of reality

erod · Jan 23, 2017

The two most celebrated wins from this season were probably Green Bay and Pittsburgh.

Both got absolutely steamrolled yesterday. The NFL is horrible right now. Very little quality.

Let's not kid ourselves, there's a lot of work to be done.

KingintheNorth · Jan 23, 2017

Ehhh. Atlanta showed me yesterday that we definitely need playmakers and athletes in the secondary. A pass rush (against Atlanta) almost doesn't matter since the QB gets rid of the ball so quickly.

I still want pass rush. We just can't have slowpokes like Barry Church and guys who are always a step behind the WR (Carr and Byron) all over our secondary. Need a guy of two with real ball skills.

Toruk_Makto · Jan 23, 2017

Who exactly is/was saying that there was little work to do?

Having said that I spoke all season long about our schedule being soft. There was a lot of negativity around that sentiment. Shrug.

Cowboy4ever · Jan 23, 2017

The NFL is, was and always will be a week to week league. Yes there are clearly dominant teams each year.. but each one loses and usually to an inferior team for whatever reasons. There is a reason only 1 team has gone undefeated. Everyone has bad days.. just depends on when you have yours. But yes, there is a lot of work to do and it will be done. And as a whole, the NFL sucks now compared to when I was a kid.

Nightman · Jan 23, 2017

erod said:
The two most celebrated wins from this season were probably Green Bay and Pittsburgh.

Both got absolutely steamrolled yesterday. The NFL is horrible right now. Very little quality.

Let's not kid ourselves, there's a lot of work to be done.

Or not a lot

We could beat ATL and NE without any miracles

erod · Jan 23, 2017

bkight13 said:
Or not a lot

We could beat ATL and NE without any miracles

Disagree.

Atlanta would be Dallas 19 out of 20 times. They would score at will.

CanadianCowboysFan · Jan 23, 2017

Toruk_Makto said:
Who exactly is/was saying that there was little work to do?

Having said that I spoke all season long about our schedule being soft. There was a lot of negativity around that sentiment. Shrug.

Not like Atlanta played anyone during the season either.

Both teams that lost were massively due to lose as they were what 4-6 at one point and hadn't lost yet.

coult44 · Jan 23, 2017

erod said:
The two most celebrated wins from this season were probably Green Bay and Pittsburgh.

Both got absolutely steamrolled yesterday. The NFL is horrible right now. Very little quality.

Let's not kid ourselves, there's a lot of work to be done.

If there is very little quality it should be easy to stay at the top. We can't have it both ways. The NFL either sucks and it will be easy to be at the top. Or, it's the same as it always is and we have to keep getting better.

robjay04 · Jan 23, 2017

erod said:
Disagree.

Atlanta would be Dallas 19 out of 20 times. They would score at will.

No they wouldn't. We would score at will as well.

Anyways, who cares if two of the most storied franchises got whooped? I wanted both of them to lose.

erod · Jan 23, 2017

coult44 said:
If there is very little quality it should be easy to stay at the top. We can't have it both ways. The NFL either sucks and it will be easy to be at the top. Or, it's the same as it always is and we have to keep getting better.

It sucks, so it's easy to be in the top echelon, but that doesn't mean championship worthy.

This Cowboys team would be 8-8 a decade ago.

SDCowboy · Jan 23, 2017

While we're on the subject of reality, it's obvious that anything can happen week to week. And who is saying this team doesn't have work to do?

CATCH17 · Jan 23, 2017

Chris in Arizona said:
Ehhh. Atlanta showed me yesterday that we definitely need playmakers and athletes in the secondary. A pass rush (against Atlanta) almost doesn't matter since the QB gets rid of the ball so quickly.

I still want pass rush. We just can't have slowpokes like Barry Church and guys who are always a step behind the WR (Carr and Byron) all over our secondary. Need a guy of two with real ball skills.

Someone understands this!

I hear people yelling for a pass rush all the time.. Meanwhile Eli takes 2 steps back and releases over and over and over and over.

We do need pass rushers but we need DB's that can press as well and stop all of these short passes from happening.

You can't get to the QB if you give WR's free release and they are only trying to get a few yards on a play.

DFWJC · Jan 23, 2017

If you include everything between players, execution, coaches and scheme...I think Atlanta is currently better than Dallas on both offense and defense.
Both teams are young, so this could end up being an NFC tug of war in the coming years.

CATCH17 · Jan 23, 2017

Cowboy4ever said:
The NFL is, was and always will be a week to week league. Yes there are clearly dominant teams each year.. but each one loses and usually to an inferior team for whatever reasons. There is a reason only 1 team has gone undefeated. Everyone has bad days.. just depends on when you have yours. But yes, there is a lot of work to do and it will be done. And as a whole, the NFL sucks now compared to when I was a kid.

The Patriots are the only team that's got this thing figured out.

The rest of the teams, like Atlanta, could go from being Superbowl caliber to not even making the playoffs within a year.

Vanilla2 · Jan 23, 2017

So what you're saying is my super bowl 52,53,54 three peat super bowl champion tattoo was a bad idea?

robjay04 · Jan 23, 2017

CATCH17 said:
The Patriots are the only team that's got this thing figured out.

The rest of the teams, like Atlanta, could go from being Superbowl caliber to not even making the playoffs within a year.

Well Andy Reid does at least have the regular season figured out!

CATCH17 · Jan 23, 2017

DFWJC said:
If you include everything between players, execution, coaches and scheme...I think Atlanta is currently better than Dallas on both offense and defense.
Both teams are young, so this could end up being an NFC tug of war in the coming years.

I'll take our roster over Atlantas. I'll take their coordinators over ours.

Also, we never saw Atlanta have to take that offense on the road in the playoffs. They are a great home team.

But they got a banged up and not very good Seattle team and they got a decimated Packers team at their house.

No disrespect to Atlanta but to act like they are some amazing team is ridiculous. They're very good but they could go right back to where they were pretty quick.

Nightman · Jan 23, 2017

erod said:
Disagree.

Atlanta would be Dallas 19 out of 20 times. They would score at will.

No flippin way

We need to improve on D but that is ludicrous

LocimusPrime · Jan 23, 2017

DFWJC said:
If you include everything between players, execution, coaches and scheme...I think Atlanta is currently better than Dallas on both offense and defense.
Both teams are young, so this could end up being an NFC tug of war in the coming years.

Q

MichaelWinicki · Jan 23, 2017

CATCH17 said:
Someone understands this!

I hear people yelling for a pass rush all the time.. Meanwhile Eli takes 2 steps back and releases over and over and over and over.

We do need pass rushers but we need DB's that can press as well and stop all of these short passes from happening.

You can't get to the QB if you give WR's free release and they are only trying to get a few yards on a play.

Exactly.

Yes more/better defensive end play is needed, but a more athletic secondary is needed also.

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