Assuming Dallas doesn't get into SB 60 (very sobering)

[DallasEast]

Wins are relevant but what is the ultimate goal of any team- or individual-oriented sport, at the high school, college and professional level?

Answer: Championships.

Winning is always important. One win in a 17-game season is better than none. ~This post brought to you by a non-tanker~

However, the very nature of competition is striving to be the best of the best. Striving to be the very best can be filled with stumbling but the underlying drive is there waiting for the focus and determination to take hold before opportunity vanishes.

Examples like 2007, 2014 and 2016 can be cited but those teams lacked the necessary ingredients to compete. To beat the best of the best. This is why the OP is beyond dispute.

The ongoing Super Bowl era's second half has never birthed a single Cowboys team that stood any chance of winning a Lombardi trophy. Those few Dallas teams (that some fans state otherwise) were pretenders that wilted within the heat of championship-level competition.

They did not have what it took to win it all. There has never been the right mix of assembled coaches and players during this span.

It is the responsibility of a general manager to make it happen. The ones that do not are generally discarded for someone else who might.

This era has been sobering. Unquestionably. It is the era of Jerry Jones. The buck stops with him. Jones has shown he does not have what it takes to make it happen. For decades. So. What can Jones do that will make it happen now or in the future?

Dude should buy every adult fan a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. The least he can do is end the sobriety of everyone who loves this franchise in the only way his billions CAN buy.

/rant

 

[phildadon86]

Just a fact, Jack

this is why they get paid the big money for those games and not the fraction they get for the mythical 'post season'

Mythical is right. If you’re a cowboy fan.

 

[TwentyOne]

Dallas makes 0 appearances.

What percentage is that? My math ain't that strong?

0: 100% fail rate.
0: the amount of money you have left after you went All-In.

 

[MikeT22]

you dont get to the prize games without winning enough participation trophies bozo

You can’t get to a SB until you win a Conference championship game. And you cant do that without winning a divisional playoff game. And we havent even done that since 1995.

Jerry and his family and their football philosophy has all been an absolute failure for nearly 30 years.

 

[Chasing6]

The team won’t invest in drafting QBs at the top of the draft. That is the #1 problem with this franchise.

What do you mean, we traded for Trance.

 

[chagus]

Assuming? At this point, its inevitable.

 

[Gameover]

You can’t get to a SB until you win a Conference championship game. And you cant do that without winning a divisional playoff game. And we havent even done that since 1995.

And you have to win guaranteed games to get to those games

 

[Gameover]

Jerry and his family and their football philosophy has all been an absolute failure for nearly 30 years.

This is a falsehood. Jerry and his families philosophy has the Cowboys a top 10 the past 20 seasons(prior to this one) and likely a top 5 team since 2014

Wallow away

 

[Gameover]

Wins are relevant but what is the ultimate goal of any team- or individual-oriented sport, at the high school, college and professional level?

Answer: Championships.

Disagree

 

[Gameover]

Mythical is right. If you’re a cowboy fan.

Cowboys have been there plenty. Hope they win at least 10 in 25, so we can get there again!

 

[StarBoyz83]

Assuming? Lol

 

[Nova]

Wins are relevant but what is the ultimate goal of any team- or individual-oriented sport, at the high school, college and professional level?

Answer: Championships.

Winning is always important. One win in a 17-game season is better than none. ~This post brought to you by a non-tanker~

However, the very nature of competition is striving to be the best of the best. Striving to be the very best can be filled with stumbling but the underlying drive is there waiting for the focus and determination to take hold before opportunity vanishes.

Examples like 2007, 2014 and 2016 can be cited but those teams lacked the necessary ingredients to compete. To beat the best of the best. This is why the OP is beyond dispute.

The ongoing Super Bowl era's second half has never birthed a single Cowboys team that stood any chance of winning a Lombardi trophy. Those few Dallas teams (that some fans state otherwise) were pretenders that wilted within the heat of championship-level competition.

They did not have what it took to win it all. There has never been the right mix of assembled coaches and players during this span.

It is the responsibility of a general manager to make it happen. The ones that do not are generally discarded for someone else who might.

This era has been sobering. Unquestionably. It is the era of Jerry Jones. The buck stops with him. Jones has shown he does not have what it takes to make it happen. For decades. So. What can Jones do that will make it happen now or in the future?

Dude should buy every adult fan a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. The least he can do is end the sobriety of everyone who loves this franchise in the only way his billions CAN buy.

/rant

The 07 Cowboys definitely had the right mix to compete for a super bowl.

They just unfortunately ran into a buzz saw... and early, too.

But that team, as you know, was still littered with Parcells talent.

Jerry doesn't even deserve credit for that team.

 

[Nova]

Cowboys had more wins in the games that are guaranteed

I

C'mon guy

This is ridiculous.

Obviously it's great to win regular season games, but championships matter a hell of a lot more and you know it.

 

[DallasEast]

Disagree

 

[MikeT22]

This is a falsehood. Jerry and his families philosophy has the Cowboys a top 10 the past 20 seasons(prior to this one) and likely a top 5 team since 2014

Wallow away

Zero Super Bowl appearances in 29 years. Zero NFCCG appearances in 29 years (only NFL team not to be in the NFCCG in that period).

Jones and his family suck at this.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

The 07 Cowboys definitely had the right mix to compete for a super bowl.

They just unfortunately ran into a buzz saw... and early, too.

But that team, as you know, was still littered with Parcells talent.

Jerry doesn't even deserve credit for that team.

No because he pushed Parcells out and replaced him with coach cupcake. That team was weak..

 

[DandyDon52]

The first 30 Super Bowls (Super Bowls 1-30, 1966-67 to 1995-96):

Dallas makes 8 SB appearances, wins 5 titles. Appeared in 27% of SBs, won 17%.

The second 30 Super Bowls (Super Bowls 31-60, 1996-97 to 2025-26):

Dallas makes 0 appearances.

So not only do I feel old that just about another entire set of 30 SBs have passed since Dallas just won their last title, it feels even worse when considering we've lost 30 of our lives waiting until their next appearance. I mean, they couldn't even luck into the title game, like the Raiders did 20+ years ago against Tampa Bay.

Wow.

everyone needs to forget the past and just look at this CENTURY !! LOL
Dallas jones boys have
0 NFC Champ game appearances, not wins lol but appearances !!!!!!!!!!
0 SB appearances, not wins lol but appearances !!!!!!!!!!

This is what our great GM jerry has done this century, and he still thinks he is a great GM.

I like the shot hire, but I feel for shot, as his GM does not use FA !! lol

 

[Nova]

No because he pushed Parcells out and replaced him with coach cupcake. That team was weak..

They were never going to win the Super Bowl because of the Patriots, but that was a pretty strong team.

I just think our perception of the Giants never correctly changed over time, and we all still think the Cowboys choked.

The Giants were really, really good.

 

[cowboyed]

The team won’t invest in drafting QBs at the top of the draft. That is the #1 problem with this franchise.

Well that isn't the easiest thing to do on a number of fronts, particularly when there are a multitude of teams in better draft position and quarterbacks taken in the Top Ten first round are a 50-50 winner or loser proposition. That stated, going back to the 90s who have we drafted in the first round at the quarterback position and also an elite running back in earlier rounds?

 

[cowboyed]

They were never going to win the Super Bowl because of the Patriots, but that was a pretty strong team.

I just think our perception of the Giants never correctly changed over time, and we all still think the Cowboys choked.

The Giants were really, really good.

Parcells didn't get pushed out by the Cowboys, he was worn out being a head coach. Where did Parcells go to head coach after leaving the Cowboys - it was Team Nowhere. He wanted to get into an upper management role and became executive vice president of the Miami Dolphins for several years, thereafter in an advisory role with the Cleveland Browns.