"All in" or Consistent Mediocrity?

[Manwiththeplan]

Yup. They could have got Derrick Henry for a future pick too.

A lot of people called it last year in the offseason. This isn't a hindsight thing. Last year was Dallas' window.

JMO, I think they'll be able to run it back with the same roster, minus the dead weight and an improvement or two
But there just won't be a year where all the top teams are as down as they were this year and that's what I was referring to as hindsight

Detroit while I'm happy for them, isn't that good and they had SF on the ropes. KC is a deeply flawed team, the Eagles imploded and Baltimore has it's struggles too

 

[cmoney23]

What would you rather have?

ALL IN - We go all out this offseason acquiring some big time free agents, maybe trade some future draft picks to move up in top 10 and get a guy they really want that will impact this year, keep key pieces like Tank, T smith, Dak. You do this sacrificing the future and maybe we make it to the Superbowl. 1 year all in we either win or we don't, and are a dumpster for a couple years after that with a major rebuild.

OR

Consistent mediocrity - Basically what we have been the past 3 seasons. 10 to 12 win type team, all the hype and hoopla. Team is competitive but lacks something to take them to the next level. The team is great during the regular season but come playoffs we can't seem to get over the hump. Rinse and repeat for as long as they can maintain it. They maintain the cap, and consistently have a competitive team year round. Gives you enough hope to always watch and be talking about the Cowboys.

LOL... 12 wins a year is not "mediocrity"... SMH

This fanbase is something else.

 

[Big_D]

LOL... 12 wins a year is not "mediocrity"... SMH

This fanbase is something else.

If you can't capitalize on that, it ultimately is. How many 12 win teams can't win a wild card game? Losing to the first 7th seed in history to win a playoff game. That's not good.. it's actually kind of sad cause they got embarrassed at home. Certainly not something to be super proud of because they won 12 games in the regular season. If the team is unable to build on those 12 wins, then they're stuck in the exact same spot they've been for decades.

 

[Rogerthat12]

What would you rather have?

ALL IN - We go all out this offseason acquiring some big time free agents, maybe trade some future draft picks to move up in top 10 and get a guy they really want that will impact this year, keep key pieces like Tank, T smith, Dak. You do this sacrificing the future and maybe we make it to the Superbowl. 1 year all in we either win or we don't, and are a dumpster for a couple years after that with a major rebuild.

OR

Consistent mediocrity - Basically what we have been the past 3 seasons. 10 to 12 win type team, all the hype and hoopla. Team is competitive but lacks something to take them to the next level. The team is great during the regular season but come playoffs we can't seem to get over the hump. Rinse and repeat for as long as they can maintain it. They maintain the cap, and consistently have a competitive team year round. Gives you enough hope to always watch and be talking about the Cowboys.

Jerry speak “all in” means sign Lamb, Parsons and Dak then hit the dumpster in free agency like they always do.

 

[john van brocklin]

What would you rather have?

ALL IN - We go all out this offseason acquiring some big time free agents, maybe trade some future draft picks to move up in top 10 and get a guy they really want that will impact this year, keep key pieces like Tank, T smith, Dak. You do this sacrificing the future and maybe we make it to the Superbowl. 1 year all in we either win or we don't, and are a dumpster for a couple years after that with a major rebuild.

OR

Consistent mediocrity - Basically what we have been the past 3 seasons. 10 to 12 win type team, all the hype and hoopla. Team is competitive but lacks something to take them to the next level. The team is great during the regular season but come playoffs we can't seem to get over the hump. Rinse and repeat for as long as they can maintain it. They maintain the cap, and consistently have a competitive team year round. Gives you enough hope to always watch and be talking about the Cowboys.

Jerry has chosen the 2nd option consistently, He's in charge, so what do y'all really expect?

 

[fivetwos]

Same thing every year….

4-5 gaping holes and figure the draft and a couple of cheap career backups are going to fix it….and it never does.

The real problem, and most know what that is, they don’t see as a problem. So how is it ever supposed to be fixed?

 

[GMO415]

They have been all in for 30 years.

 

[cmoney23]

If you can't capitalize on that, it ultimately is. How many 12 win teams can't win a wild card game? Losing to the first 7th seed in history to win a playoff game. That's not good.. it's actually kind of sad cause they got embarrassed at home. Certainly not something to be super proud of because they won 12 games in the regular season. If the team is unable to build on those 12 wins, then they're stuck in the exact same spot they've been for decades.

But that's not "mediocrity". Mediocre literally means: not very good. 12 wins a year, consistently in the top 5 seeds of the conference, and division championships... is not mediocre.

Also, we were a 12 win team last year that WON a road Wild Card Game. It's funny how people forget that because it doesn't fit the narrative.

Winning in the playoffs is HARD!!!

 

[advent11]

The goal is not to win the Super Bowl. It is to be in a position to compete year after year.

 

[ATXSRT]

LOL... 12 wins a year is not "mediocrity"... SMH

This fanbase is something else.

It's the definition of mediocrity when you consistently can't win big games when it counts the most.

 

[Big_D]

But that's not "mediocrity". Mediocre literally means: not very good. 12 wins a year, consistently in the top 5 seeds of the conference, and division championships... is not mediocre.

Also, we were a 12 win team last year that WON a road Wild Card Game. It's funny how people forget that because it doesn't fit the narrative.

Winning in the playoffs is HARD!!!

They beat a team on their last leg, not exactly a powerhouse. They won 13 games in 07 and completely failed to capitalize on that. No one cares 17 years later that they won those 13 games.. Doesn't mean much of anything when you consistently fall apart in the playoffs. They have done exactly that and keep doing it. They write that narrative. Hard to win? that's funny cause the good teams are actually winning and the Cowboys are sitting home every year. Jordan Love made them look ridiculous and very mediocre.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Rams did it, won the SB, and now made it to the playoffs after supposedly being faced with “salary cap hell”.

Bucs did it, won the SB, and now made it to the playoffs after supposedly being faced with “salary cap hell”.

But please, tell me more why you subscribe to the Jones school of persuasion and propoganda.

 

[plasticman]

Jerry already bought a championship. Let's not forget what followed:

I for one have no interest in repeating the three Campo 5-11 years of caphell.

 

[1942willys]

But that's not "mediocrity". Mediocre literally means: not very good. 12 wins a year, consistently in the top 5 seeds of the conference, and division championships... is not mediocre.

Also, we were a 12 win team last year that WON a road Wild Card Game. It's funny how people forget that because it doesn't fit the narrative.

Winning in the playoffs is HARD!!!

won a playoff game over a losing team is nothing to boast about
but those content with being relevant and AFRAID to go for it all do that sort of thing

 

[1942willys]

Jerry already bought a championship. Let's not forget what followed:

I for one have no interest in repeating the three Campo 5-11 years of caphell.

IF we were to win a SB I would swallow three bad years afterwards as long as we were building for another run
BUT when your owner/GM only wants to be relevant then you will NEVER sniff the SB again

 

[TequilaCowboy]

The Jones propaganda machine just wants to say the words fans want to hear, give them hope, belief and trust there is a plan in place. Just to instead give the s.o.s.. and the same disappointments every year for the past three decades. You would think most fans would have found out for themselves this is PT Barnum reincarnated leading this team. The "ALL IN" part just means only up to where they feel it is comfortable, which is just rearranging the chairs on the Titanic kind of thing. They are not genna do the R word (rebuild), lord no way is that allowed to be said in the FO. Let's just move this table over there, those chairs over here, the band plays more uptempo music and never mind the same stupid captain and assistants guiding the ship.

Anyone hoping to see a parade in Dallas anytime soon, will need to settle for the NY day parade, or hope the Rangers are back in it. The only parade Jerry has in his future will be the one we all dread because we are the guests of honor and it's headed to the cemetery.

 

[plasticman]

IF we were to win a SB I would swallow three bad years afterwards as long as we were building for another run
BUT when your owner/GM only wants to be relevant then you will NEVER sniff the SB again

It's not about relevance, it's about opportunity.

The more times they make the playoffs the higher the odds that make it to the SB.

This is the tried-and-true method used by every team that has won more than a single SB during a specific span of time.

Teams that win multiple SB's and teams that win back-to-back SB's don't gamble their future.

Jerry Jones is not a team builder; he has always been a team destroyer. If he tries to go "all in", he will fail and the Cowboys will come away with nothinbg.....followed by those three bad years, regardless.

 

[CATCH17]

Rams did it, won the SB, and now made it to the playoffs after supposedly being faced with “salary cap hell”.

Bucs did it, won the SB, and now made it to the playoffs after supposedly being faced with “salary cap hell”.

But please, tell me more why you subscribe to the Jones school of persuasion and propoganda.

To be fair his name is twisted logic.

 

[CATCH17]

Also, you have to go get a Super Bowl.

It’s not just going to fall in your lap.

 

[ICP]

I think we will see that 'All In' means something very different to this front office than most here think it means