Am I alone? I believe this team will go to the SB if we stay healthy

[KJJ]

I don't believe I'm ever going to see this current core in a super bowl. However I would love to be wrong

I agree our best chance came and went in 2014 with this corp group. There's just too many issues with the coaching and the defense plus Romo is having trouble staying healthy.

 

[KJJ]

Romo has missed 14 games the past three seasons and the Cowboys record is 1-13 without him. We used four different backups QBs and could only come up with one win.

 

[AsthmaField]

4500 yards passing is not unreasonable if we force 7 in the box at all times. No one can stop the passing game with only 4 in coverage. They can't stop the run with 7. Pick your poison.

Every team plays with 7 men in the box pretty much all the time.

But to answer the question: Going all the way with the current defense might be a bridge too far. The offense will be good enough to do it if they have health on their side, but the defense - while I think it might be better than people think - probably won't hold up against playoff caliber opponents well enough to win it all.

 

[AsthmaField]

Romo has missed 14 games the past three seasons and the Cowboys record is 1-13 without him.

He played in every game in 2011.

He played in every game in 2012.

He played in all but one game in 2013.

He played in all but one game in 2014.

He missed all but four games last year.

It isn't unreasonable to think that he will play the vast majority of this year.

 

[JoeKing]

i believe this team will go to the SB is we stay healthy. Zeke may put up Murray type numbers, but I expect Romo to have his best season ever this year.

It all depends on Dez, Witten and whomever plays the 2 WR spot. 4500 yards passing is not unreasonable if we force 7 in the box at all times. No one can stop the passing game with only 4 in coverage. They can't stop the run with 7. Pick your poison.

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[cowboyblue22]

I think this team has a really good offense I think the defense will let them down. No I don't see them as a superbowl team I think they will struggle to just make the playoffs.

 

[Idgit]

Can't see us stopping three or four good offenses in a row. I do think we're talented enough to contend if we're relatively healthy though.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Defense is better then 2014.....don't get the hate. I hear people say last year. ..blah, blah, blah. Nothing in the team was good last year, that's not how offense out defense will play


We will have top 15 and more likely top 10 defense. Offense will be top 5

 

[willia451]

Won't happen. Romo can't last an entire season anymore. Too old. Too broken up. Too injury prone.

I know that's not what everyone wants to hear. But it just is what it is.

We'll see.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

i believe this team will go to the SB is we stay healthy. Zeke may put up Murray type numbers, but I expect Romo to have his best season ever this year.

It all depends on Dez, Witten and whomever plays the 2 WR spot. 4500 yards passing is not unreasonable if we force 7 in the box at all times. No one can stop the passing game with only 4 in coverage. They can't stop the run with 7. Pick your poison.

Somewhere over the rainbow......

 

[KJJ]

He played in every game in 2011.

He played in every game in 2012.

He played in all but one game in 2013.

He played in all but one game in 2014.

He missed all but four games last year.

It isn't unreasonable to think that he will play the vast majority of this year.

It's not unreasonable to think he'll play the "vast majority" of games this year but when he misses a game we usually lose. The odds of Romo missing at least one game this season is pretty high based on his pattern the past 3 years. The one game he missed in 2013 had our entire season on the line and we lost with what many felt was the best backup QB in the league in Kyle Orton. Although Romo played in every game in 2011 and 2012 we still went 8-8 and missed the playoffs due to coaching mistakes and having a mediocre at best defense that can't make critical stops. Romo missing games the past 3 seasons points to his body breaking down due to his advancing age.

When any team loses their starting QB their offense is going to lose some punch so your defense has to step and ours never does. It didn't step up vs Atlanta last season when we had three 14 point leads and it didn't step up vs NO. Our offense never saw the field in OT vs the Saints. The SB teams the Cowboys had in the 90s could win games without Aikman. They won with Jason Garrett and with Steve Beuerlein during the regular season and even in the playoffs vs Chicago.

Those teams had the coaching and the defense that allowed those teams to not miss a beat in Aikman's absence. I've given all the reasons why I don't think we'll ever win a SB with this current corp group. Romo and Witten are aging and we simply don't have the head coach or the defense to go deep in the playoffs. There's simply too many holes defensively that good offenses/QBs can take advantage of.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I think they will struggle to just make the playoffs.

We're good. Trust me.

 

[KJJ]

Defense is better then 2014.....don't get the hate.

We're only in June and you've already come to that conclusion? Based on what? Who's going to provide a pass rush the first 4 weeks with DLaw and Gregory out? DLaw was our leading sacker last season but with Hardy gone and not having to be accounted for that's going to likely limit his effectiveness some. When DLaw returned from injury the second half of the 2014 season he didn't have a single sack during the regular season and that can be attributed to not having Demarcus Ware.

If you don't have a viable pass rusher that has to be accounted for it's pretty tough to mount a consistent pass rush unless you have at least 2 pretty solid pass rushers and a big nasty DT who can stir it up inside and collapse the pocket. Our sack totals in 2016 could be one of the lowest in franchise history if we don't have some players step up.

 

[KJJ]

No team ever stays "healthy" every team suffers injuries but the best coached teams have players that step up. Several teams last season lost their QBs for part of the year including Denver and still made the playoffs. Injuries hit the Cowboys every season and no one ever steps up. Injuries are used as an excuse for this team practically every year.

 

[Jstopper]

i believe this team will go to the SB is we stay healthy. Zeke may put up Murray type numbers, but I expect Romo to have his best season ever this year.

It all depends on Dez, Witten and whomever plays the 2 WR spot. 4500 yards passing is not unreasonable if we force 7 in the box at all times. No one can stop the passing game with only 4 in coverage. They can't stop the run with 7. Pick your poison.

I'm with you brother. People who are so down on our defense will be eating crow soon enough. The offense as long as everybody stays healthy could be the best in the league. I believe we could recreate the winning formula the 2009 saints did. Super offense with a defense that gives up yards but gets timely turnovers

 

[Hardline]

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[JBS]

Is we win the nfc championship we will go to the Super Bowl

 

[AsthmaField]

It's not unreasonable to think he'll play the "vast majority" of games this year but when he misses a game we usually lose. The odds of Romo missing at least one game this season is pretty high based on his pattern the past 3 years. The one game he missed in 2013 had our entire season on the line and we lost with what many felt was the best backup QB in the league in Kyle Orton. Although Romo played in every game in 2011 and 2012 we still went 8-8 and missed the playoffs due to coaching mistakes and having a mediocre at best defense that can't make critical stops. Romo missing games the past 3 seasons points to his body breaking down due to his advancing age.

When any team loses their starting QB their offense is going to lose some punch so your defense has to step and ours never does. It didn't step up vs Atlanta last season when we had three 14 point leads and it didn't step up vs NO. Our offense never saw the field in OT vs the Saints. The SB teams the Cowboys had in the 90s could win games without Aikman. They won with Jason Garrett and with Steve Beuerlein during the regular season and even in the playoffs vs Chicago.

Those teams had the coaching and the defense that allowed those teams to not miss a beat in Aikman's absence. I've given all the reasons why I don't think we'll ever win a SB with this current corp group. Romo and Witten are aging and we simply don't have the head coach or the defense to go deep in the playoffs. There's simply too many holes defensively that good offenses/QBs can take advantage of.

You could be right on all of that... and you're certainly correct that we've been losing the games that Romo has missed.

It is just a pet peeve of mine when it is assumed that Romo is going to be injured all season (not saying you said that). So many fans (particularly Washington, Philly and NY fans) act like it is a foregone conclusion that Tony is going to be hurt most of this season. His back is better than it has been in a long time and last year was a collar bone... not exactly something that is a recurring injury (unless you rush back like Tony did last season). That is without mentioning that he had a Mumford procedure so the collar bone won't be an issue going forward.

If they want to argue that Tony is in his mid 30's and so is a little more brittle than he was 10 years ago... then I can at least understand that argument, although they'd have to say the same thing for Brady, Brees, Eli, Rivers, etc.

Football fans are notorious for looking at recent events and thinking that's how things are going to be going forward. Just because Tony missed last year and is in his mid 30's, they think he's going to stay injured. Nevermind that it was a collar bone and he had the procedure to make sure it doesn't happen.

Like I said... just a pet peeve of mine really.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

We're only in June and you've already come to that conclusion? Based on what? Who's going to provide a pass rush the first 4 weeks with DLaw and Gregory out? DLaw was our leading sacker last season but with Hardy gone and not having to be accounted for that's going to likely limit his effectiveness some. When DLaw returned from injury the second half of the 2014 season he didn't have a single sack during the regular season and that can be attributed to not having Demarcus Ware.

If you don't have a viable pass rusher that has to be accounted for it's pretty tough to mount a consistent pass rush unless you have at least 2 pretty solid pass rushers and a big nasty DT who can stir it up inside and collapse the pocket. Our sack totals in 2016 could be one of the lowest in franchise history if we don't have some players step up.

Dude seriously go sit in a corner somewhere. Doesn't matter what anybody says you ain't changing what you think. I believe what I want you believe what you want. Tired of going in circles with you

 

[fortdick]

Blimey! I am checking on this startling revelation and will report back on this soon.

Do you realize your affectation is annoying?