FEATURED A tough day in San Diego deserves perspective, not panic

[Bleu Star]

Bag of chips. Unopened.

Snack size..

 

[Doomsay]

at least you are consistent about being wrong.
OP really showed how blind he is by missing the FACT that Ware got injured

Or believing that we could get something for Spencer who is gone in February.

 

[jnday]

At the risk of condescension, I detest browsing the forums the day after a loss because the know-nothings crawl out from under their rocks and lather the board with nonsensical gibberish. I get more insight from my wife, frankly, who'd rather be watching "The Voice". Valid points are harder to find than Heisenberg.

So let's talk about what REALLY happened yesterday, not the sophomoric drivel of the misguided. Yes, I had the Cowboys winning yesterday, comfortably in fact, but there's a reason they play these games, and yesterday showed exactly why. I was wrong about the Chargers, as were many.

1. Phillip Rivers was outstanding. That throw to Peter Dinklage early for the first score was incredible, perfectly dropped over the perfect coverage. Indefensible. The throw to Gates for the backbreaker, the multiple throws on key third downs, the decisions the whole day....the guy showed why he was once considered one of the best in the game. That's four good games in a row for him, and I'm impressed. Give the man his due. He was really good.

2. Demarcus Ware wasn't outstanding. I take a beating for pointing out that Ware simply disappears far too often in big moments. Against backups, then backups of backups, he was non-existent, until late in the game when he jumped offsides on a key third down. Only time his number was called. Out of the four starting linemen, Ware was the worst, and the pass rush was nil because of it. I know he got a stinger or whatever. Hey, everybody got a boo-boo yesterday, so excuses don't fly. Typical of Ware, he was awesome against the Rams, but when you really need him in a tight game, you can't find him.

3. Can we stop the nonsense about moving on from Miles Austin? He would have made a huge difference yesterday. This team looks entirely different when he is on the field, and it's critical that he can get healthy and be a part of this thing. Harris and Beasley are so far from being in Austin's league in the slot, it's not even worth the discussion.

4. Dropsies killed this team. Dez has got to stop dropping the ball in key moments late in games. The TDs were incredible, but they go for naught when you drop a critical 3rd-down ball late. The Cowboys are 1-6 in games he catches multiple touchdowns, which is odd, but yesterday provides a glimpse of why. But this was hardly Dez' fault alone as Witten, Harris, and Williams each contributed ugly drops on third downs that turned the ball over. If I'm Romo, I'm lighting into guys on the flight home.

5. Bruce Carter was taken out of the game by the coaches because he was getting torched. This was most concerning to me (other than the lack of a pass rush) because he and Lee were getting abused by tight ends all day. No doubt Peyton Manning will notice and he's licking his chops. Pass rush is part of that, but who's feeling confident about that today. Marinelli and Kiffen gotta get busy in the woodshed this morning.

6. I'm getting really concerned about Mo Claiborne. Jerry's favorite draft pick, whom he gave a #2 to swap picks for, looks entirely lost. I'm talking Jacques Reeves lost. I don't see any of the ball skills we were told about. That Wonderlik score suddenly looms large. Mo shouldn't start no mo.

7. I know he's a rookie, but really Williams? You needed two scores regardless, so why take that chance there? I swear, players today are just stupid; you didn't see numbskull plays like that 30 years ago. Trainers must have to tie these players shoes for them these days, because you see this brain-dead crap from players all over the league all the time.


OK, OK, let's get off the ledge and talk about some good, which there was. This wasn't the complete disaster it's being made out to be. It's hard to win in the NFL, especially on the road, and especially when the other team plays well. The Chargers are 30 seconds from being 4-0, and perhaps we should all bare that in mind. Especially me. I was impressed with them, and I think they make the playoffs this year. Suddenly the AFC West is the best division that conference.

1. Romo was good, the offensive line was pretty good, and overall, the offense still looked very promising. The stupid drops were all that got in Dallas' way because it looked like they could go up and down the field all day. The problem was, the mistakes were magnified because they couldn't get back on the field. The offense spent most of the second half just watching the Chargers march down the field.

2. The defense wasn't lost so much as it was tired. It was hot on the field, and they just got gassed. Yes, they brought much of it on themselves, but the offense put them back on the field with short notice too much, and it got to them. That's football, and that's what ball possession does. This wasn't a huge step backward as much as just a lesson in good football from the Chargers. That is predicated, however, on the return of the pass rush. Marinelli has to re-discover it.

3. In all the ugliness, the Cowboys were inside the five with 4 minutes to go and three time outs and a chance to make it a 30-28 game. This wasn't Denver-Philly or Giants-Chiefs. This was a winnable game until the dumb rookie mistake (which Miles wouldn't have made). Even with all that went horribly wrong, Dallas was right there in the end.

4. Let's take some inventory. The Falcons are 1-3. The Texans look awful and are 2-2. The 49ers, Giants, Packers, Steelers, Commanders, Ravens, Bengals....all off to disappointing starts. Dallas is not alone.


This was not a catastrophe. It was a tough loss, and with Denver looming on the horizon, it certainly dampens the optimism of a week ago. My 11-5 prediction is admittedly more comfortable in the 10-6 or 9-7 range now.

But this team is still in first place, and will be next week no matter what happens. And it be just like this team, and this league for that matter, for the Cowboys to jump up and surprise us against the Broncos. Romo is undefeated against Peyton Manning, for the record. It'll be a white-knuckler come Sunday at the Death Star.

Let's just tip our caps to San Diego, put our big-boy pants on, and march on. A very long way to go, and time to right the ship, especially in this division.

How many more years of false hope are you willing to take before absorbing the reality of the situation? This team underperforms year after year , but every year posters defend the team until the Cowboys let them down again. The team has some major organizational flaws that keeps them average. They are not going to win until some major changes take place.

 

[RS12]

At the risk of condescension, I detest browsing the forums the day after a loss because the know-nothings crawl out from under their rocks and lather the board with nonsensical gibberish. I get more insight from my wife, frankly, who'd rather be watching "The Voice". Valid points are harder to find than Heisenberg.

Just so I am clear anybody that doesnt agree with your points of view is a know nothing? Got it. Inflated sense of self worth much?

 

[Bleu Star]

Just so I am clear anybody that doesnt agree with your points of view is a know nothing? Got it. Inflated sense of self worth much?

lol

 

[slomoxn]

C'mon now, this is extremely way off base and is uncalled for

At least get the comparison right! Freddy ended after nine shows, the real killer made it to 12 I believe, Jason

LOL, I know bro I quit watching after three. My point was just that it is always the same story over and over just with different people. As always the only thing not changing is Freddy (Dallas), same schtick different people.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

+1 for the Peter Dinklage crack. Other than unnecessarily baiting the unhappy masses at the outset, and missing the back injury to Ware (that point is well-taken, otherwise), I pretty much agree with all of this. Maybe not with the Miles point so much, where I think we miss what he brings, but that we can compensate with what we had. We just had too many drops on offense yesterday, the one critical turnover at the 1 yard line, and then got out ToP'd because we couldn't adjust to the SD passing offense. It sucked. Other weekends this year are going to suck, probably about as many as don't suck. I'm prepared for it, though I do have to admit that this one was worse than the loss to the Chiefs. We got more clearly out played by a team I don't think is as good as the Chiefs were.

How does one miss what they never had?

 

[Dave_in-NC]

After thinking about it, after Sunday would be a much better time to panic.

 

[erod]

How many more years of false hope are you willing to take before absorbing the reality of the situation? This team underperforms year after year , but every year posters defend the team until the Cowboys let them down again. The team has some major organizational flaws that keeps them average. They are not going to win until some major changes take place.

You obviously don't know my history.

This is the first season I've felt genuinely optimistic about the present and future in a long, long time.

 

[erod]

After thinking about it, after Sunday would be a much better time to panic.

They'll be in first place after Denver no matter what. If they lay an egg after Washington, then it's time to talk about doom, despair, and agony.

 

[erod]

Just so I am clear anybody that doesnt agree with your points of view is a know nothing? Got it. Inflated sense of self worth much?

I'm talking about that onslaught from out-of-nowhere "fans" that just pop up after a loss, not the frequent folks like you.

 

[JBond]

How does a position like this get 20 "likes."

No insight offered. No analysis. No Perspective.

Only here on Cowboyszone.

Simple really. Many Cowboys fans understand the biggest problem has not been resolved. Nor will it be anytime soon.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Simple really. Many Cowboys fans understand the biggest problem has not been resolved. Nor will it be anytime soon.

I don't know...just from a random sampling of threads the Cowboys:

1) Need to never kick no man's land field goals.
2) Need to unkill Romo's Magic.
3) Need to trade Anthony Spencer for a six pack and take whatever we can get for Ware the Invisible man.
4) Need to Bench Mo who is already benched.
5) Need to fire JG and bring back Tony Sporano and TO
6) Need to hire Lane Kiffin/Mike Tomlin/Bill Cowher/Lovie Smith/Jon Gruden all at once and let them fight to the death for the head coach position.
7) Need to throw it to Dez no matter what even though we raved all offseason about the plethora of weapons we have.
8) Need to do nothing but run the ball and throw bombs.
9) Need to trade every draft pick but 1 for Clwoney.
10) Need to use that lone draft pick to draft Johnny Football who Romo will back up.

I don't see how any one change can fix all these issues. I really don't.

 

[JBond]

I hear your pain. I understand your anguish.

 

[T-RO]

erod...wasn't he the guy a week ago who told us we'd turned a corner and were headed for glory? Or was that another of the plastic homers around here?

 

[Idgit]

erod...wasn't he the guy a week ago who told us we'd turned a corner and were headed for glory? Or was that another of the plastic homers around here?

It might have been him *and* one of the plastic homers. There's more than one person here who thinks we're headed in a good direction. There are some of us who also don't think the season's in the crapper here at 2-2, T-RO.

 

[TimHortons]

erod...wasn't he the guy a week ago who told us we'd turned a corner and were headed for glory? Or was that another of the plastic homers around here?

It was AsthmaField who wrote a big post on how he loves the direction of the team

 

[starfrombirth]

I wont give up on my team.... never have, never will.... BUT it is so frustrating. I am starting to understand the mediots point of view on things with this team. You see so much talent but the only time they seem to play well is when we all have them with a stuck fork in them. Every time and I mean EVERY time we and the media start to believe in them they put up one of these frustrating games where they look like one of the wost teams in the league instead of one of the most talented.

 

[erod]

I don't know...just from a random sampling of threads the Cowboys:

1) Need to never kick no man's land field goals.
2) Need to unkill Romo's Magic.
3) Need to trade Anthony Spencer for a six pack and take whatever we can get for Ware the Invisible man.
4) Need to Bench Mo who is already benched.
5) Need to fire JG and bring back Tony Sporano and TO
6) Need to hire Lane Kiffin/Mike Tomlin/Bill Cowher/Lovie Smith/Jon Gruden all at once and let them fight to the death for the head coach position.
7) Need to throw it to Dez no matter what even though we raved all offseason about the plethora of weapons we have.
8) Need to do nothing but run the ball and throw bombs.
9) Need to trade every draft pick but 1 for Clwoney.
10) Need to use that lone draft pick to draft Johnny Football who Romo will back up.

I don't see how any one change can fix all these issues. I really don't.

You spew that much nonsense and question another post's likes?

LOL

 

[5Stars]

I don't know...just from a random sampling of threads the Cowboys:

1) Need to never kick no man's land field goals.
2) Need to unkill Romo's Magic.
3) Need to trade Anthony Spencer for a six pack and take whatever we can get for Ware the Invisible man.
4) Need to Bench Mo who is already benched.
5) Need to fire JG and bring back Tony Sporano and TO
6) Need to hire Lane Kiffin/Mike Tomlin/Bill Cowher/Lovie Smith/Jon Gruden all at once and let them fight to the death for the head coach position.
7) Need to throw it to Dez no matter what even though we raved all offseason about the plethora of weapons we have.
8) Need to do nothing but run the ball and throw bombs.
9) Need to trade every draft pick but 1 for Clwoney.
10) Need to use that lone draft pick to draft Johnny Football who Romo will back up.

I don't see how any one change can fix all these issues. I really don't.

So, I take it that you don't play Madden?