Albert Breer: The Cowboys think this is their time and it better be

[Hawkeye0202]

Their confidence is pretty amazing considering all the issues going

https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys-their-time-and-ibetter-be-jerry-jones-mike-mccarthy


The Cowboys Think This Is Their Time, and It Better Be
There’s a sense of urgency in Oxnard, Calif., where the story of the NFL summer is unfolding at Dallas’s training camp.

I’ve been covering Dallas Cowboys training camp every summer—with a one-year blip in there due to COVID-19—since I went on that beat with the Dallas Morning News in 2007. And maybe it was just me, but I noticed something Friday that I don’t think I’d seen before on the dusty fields of Oxnard, Calif., about an 1 ½ hour drive north of Los Angeles.

No one lingered.

 

[big dog cowboy]

The Cowboys think this is their time. It feels like, in a lot of ways, it better be.

This season kind of feels like a tipping point. It better be their time. If the bottom falls out, uh oh! I'm not sure what gives the brass so much confidence. Especially after what happened when they played good teams last year including their final game of the year. They might change their tune if the Cowboys get out of the gate slowly.

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

I do not know why anyone on this team would be more confident today than they were a year ago.

 

[Sydla]

Our time.

And yet, after a disasterous early playoff game, we let talent run off, didn't sign anyone of really any large value in FA and made no changes to the staff on our own - only having to replace the DC because he decided to leave.

They say this every year. It's our time. But their actions would suggest they are full of it (or they just have a ridiculously high opinion of their roster which wouldn't be surprising).

 

[cristglo]

He is delusional WE did NOTHING in FA
Did Mazi get replaced and I just didn't see it?

 

[nate dizzle]

Their confidence is pretty amazing considering all the issues going

https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys-their-time-and-ibetter-be-jerry-jones-mike-mccarthy


The Cowboys Think This Is Their Time, and It Better Be
There’s a sense of urgency in Oxnard, Calif., where the story of the NFL summer is unfolding at Dallas’s training camp.

I’ve been covering Dallas Cowboys training camp every summer—with a one-year blip in there due to COVID-19—since I went on that beat with the Dallas Morning News in 2007. And maybe it was just me, but I noticed something Friday that I don’t think I’d seen before on the dusty fields of Oxnard, Calif., about an 1 ½ hour drive north of Los Angeles.

No one lingered.

The first 7 weeks will be the litmus test of what this team is made of. They will either demonstrate they are for real or the wheels all come flying off. Real big boy defenses and running games in that stretch.

 

[Corso]

Interesting that Steph specifically said they tried to get CeeDee last year to sign and he himself didn't want to.
Can't make a horse drink water even if the river is right there sometimes.

 

[JBS]

Every July it feels different

Unfortunately, every January it turns out the same

 

[removed_20241105]

Al B must’ve had a deadline. This article is pure manure. One could easily find a dozen Cowboys camp articles like this from the past and each of them meant exactly doo doo.

 

[ShortRound]

This article could have been written 5, 10 or 20 years ago about the Cowboys. Same story every year.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

The "issues" bother fans. Players don't care about them, nor do they make overstated assumptions based on 1 game.

They are bringing back a 12-5 team and have plenty of room for young guys to develop from last year. Plus, none of the other NFC heavyweights have gotten any better either.

Whether they truly feel confident or are giving lip service - as every team in professional sports does - who knows. But of course there is plenty to be confident aobut.

 

[Flinger]

Last years failure was "mostly on the team".

This years failure will be " fully on the Jones".

Unless there is success.

 

[Sydla]

The "issues" bother fans. Players don't care about them, nor do they make overstated assumptions based on 1 game.

They are bringing back a 12-5 team and have plenty of room for young guys to develop from last year. Plus, none of the other NFC heavyweights have gotten any better either.

Whether they truly feel confident or are giving lip service - as every team in professional sports does - who knows. But of course there is plenty to be confident aobut.

Technically, they are not. Some key players left. Pollard wasn't great last year but he's a better option than what we have now. With Williams being hurt, not having Armstrong or Fowler looms somewhat large unless their draft pick makes an immediate impact. We have a new DC that honestly, no one knows will be any better than the one who left. There are way more questions this offseason heading into the 2024 season than last year.

And the idea that no one else in the NFC got any better seems odd. Philly addressed some very clear issues in FA, for example. Will it work out? That's why you play the games but to say definitively that no other NFC got better seems more wishful thinking than reality.

 

[HungryLion]

lmao. It’s not the cowboys time.

 

[maryquality]

If anything, "their time" was LAST season....and we all know how that ended.

 

[Chasing6]

Their confidence is pretty amazing considering all the issues going

https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys-their-time-and-ibetter-be-jerry-jones-mike-mccarthy


The Cowboys Think This Is Their Time, and It Better Be
There’s a sense of urgency in Oxnard, Calif., where the story of the NFL summer is unfolding at Dallas’s training camp.

I’ve been covering Dallas Cowboys training camp every summer—with a one-year blip in there due to COVID-19—since I went on that beat with the Dallas Morning News in 2007. And maybe it was just me, but I noticed something Friday that I don’t think I’d seen before on the dusty fields of Oxnard, Calif., about an 1 ½ hour drive north of Los Angeles.

No one lingered.

The Cowboys brain trust is unbelievably stupid.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

Technically, they are not. Some key players left. Pollard wasn't great last year but he's a better option than what we have now. With Williams being hurt, not having Armstrong or Fowler looms somewhat large unless their draft pick makes an immediate impact. We have a new DC that honestly, no one knows will be any better than the one who left. There are way more questions this offseason heading into the 2024 season than last year.

And the idea that no one else in the NFC got any better seems odd. Philly addressed some very clear issues in FA, for example. Will it work out? That's why you play the games but to say definitively that no other NFC got better seems more wishful thinking than reality.

The talent out vs. talent in is basically a wash for Dallas. You can't hindsight losing Armstrong because Williams got hurt and Pollard...wasn't great.

I didn't say nobody in the NFC - I said none of the NFC heavyweights. Philly didn't address anything - they replaced average players with average players except Saquon, but they lost Kelce. They are rolling back the same team. SF, GB, and LAR are all flat from last year. DET is marginally better on the DL, but nothing too noteworthy. Sure, the Falcons and probably Commanders got better, but they're not in the contender category.

Dallas had the same offseason as all the other good teams in the NFC did as far as personnel movement.

 

[Praxit]

...yep, this team at this point in time. Is a cornered dog.

McCarthy dead man walking. Can he get Dallas to playoffs with at least one win?
CD pockets will be mighty heavy. Can he capitalize?
Parsons deal will have huge clause, depending how this year ends.
Dak will be $60 million dollar man. Can he get over that hump?

Stay tuned Bat friends, Same Bat Time, Same Bat channel

 

[silver]

For some reason this story sounded familiar and lo and behold here's an article from 12 years ago that basically says the same.

https://www.nfl.com/news/jerry-jone...-dallas-cowboys-qb-tony-romo-09000d5d82a6b00e

 

[Chasing6]

...yep, this team at this point in time. Is a cornered dog.

McCarthy dead man walking. Can he get Dallas to playoffs with at least one win?
CD pockets will be mighty heavy. Can he capitalize?
Parsons deal will have huge clause, depending how this year ends.
Dak will be $60 million dollar man. Can he get over that hump?

Stay tuned Bat friends, Same Bat Time, Same Bat channel

Not with GM Jethro.