Are the Cowboys really the laughing stock of the NFL

[Idgit]

Speak for yourself.

Hate the QB, Stadium is awesome besides the tv gets in the way, hate the coach, hate the owner, hate the defense, not just the pass defense. We are by far the most ridiculed. Sportscenter will begin today with What is going on with the OC Coaching drama. Just one more chance for everyone to laugh, because it is a joke, and they should laugh. Jerry might as well hire unicorns and three headed monkeys to work the sidelines instead of Rowdy. It is flat out honestly a friggin circus sideshow.

How depressing the football season must be for you. I'd buy you a beer if we were having this discussion IRL.

 

[DeaconMoss]

Depressing no. Boring, yes. Guess what? Dallas will go 8-8 next year and miss the playoffs. Romo will throw a pick to lose 2-3 games. 2-3 marquis players will get hurt and we have no backup plan because of cap mismanagement and awful drafting. Dallas will lose 2-3 games because JG is an ***hat. and there you have your 8 wins and 8 losses. See there? I saved you countless hours of couch time. You are welcome.

And you don't think that is a laughing stock?

 

[Idgit]

Depressing no. Boring, yes. Guess what? Dallas will go 8-8 next year and miss the playoffs. Romo will throw a pick to lose 2-3 games. 2-3 marquis players will get hurt and we have no backup plan because of cap mismanagement and awful drafting. Dallas will lose 2-3 games because JG is an ***hat. and there you have your 8 wins and 8 losses. See there? I saved you countless hours of couch time. You are welcome.

And you don't think that is a laughing stock?

I don't think what you're describing is close to what's going on, so, nope.

 

[DeaconMoss]

I don't think what you're describing is close to what's going on, so, nope.

Are you watching the Dallas Desperados or the Mavericks? Because that is exactly what is happening to the Dallas Cowboys.

Three years in a row of the same old crap. Lose the same way. Win the same way. Choke the same way. Draft the same way.

 

[HappyOnions]

Not even remotely. Love the Qb, love the stadium. Love the coach. Hate the heartbreak, but am capable of recognizing the problem as poor pass defense. I don't think we're close to the most ridiculed or mocked team in the NFL, and, if we were, it would be unwarranted.

I think our fans have entitlement issues, generally, and a subset of them suffer from low self-esteem for reasons I can't quite fathom. We've been the most consistent team in the NFCE the last three seasons, for example, and yet they act like we're cellar dwellers. We should be able to distinguish between 'not anywhere near where we want to be' and 'laughingstock.' Really, we should. There's a huge difference between those things. And yet, for whatever reason, we are, collectively, not.

Well, you say consistent as if it was a good thing....three 8-8 seasons in a row with no playoffs to show for it isn't my idea of the good kind of consistency. We've lost "win or go home" games to all three divisional rivals. Our stadium is constantly packed with louder fans from the opposing team. Whenever someone on this team farts, it's on First Take, Around the Horn, PTI, etc.

We're the laughing stock because we're over hyped and our talent does not meet our expectations. The media and fans always pencil this team in the Super Bowl every single year and we never come close...

I can't fathom how you can't see we're the most ridiculed and mocked team in the NFL. We're the team with the most exposure and the most epic collapses in the NFL. If the Browns or Bills were doing this, well no one would really care because they don't have "a roster loaded with talent" they don't have a QB with a penchant for messing up the most important moments, they don't have an owner who refuses to let someone with more football expertise run his team, and they don't have a billion dollar stadium where they constantly lose and get out-cheered by opposing fans.

I fully know that we're the most hated team in the NFL and due to that fact, I don't see why we just don't embrace it. Bring in guys with character issues, bring in hated coaches, and bring in guys who are going to cause a stir because as long as we're winning, people can't say anything about it. Those 90s Cowboys teams were probably ranked last in terms of "class" but they were certainly ranked first in terms of football.

If we're going to be the Miami Heat/New York Yankees of football, then we need the talent to go along with it.

 

[big dog cowboy]

And you don't think that is a laughing stock?

If we were drafting in the top 3 or top 5 each year I would answer yes.

 

[koolaid]

cleveland is the laughing stock
we are just irrelevant, unless you are talking about teams with the most pole dancers

 

[jobberone]

If I say yes will this thread go away?

 

[HappyOnions]

we are just irrelevant, unless you are talking about teams with the most pole dancers

We're absolutely not irrelevant...and we're also not good and have a tendency to blow games in the most embarrassing way possible.

Being relevant/overexposed + underachieving = laughing stock and ridicule.