Biggest disappointment this season (besides Dak)

[America's Cowboy]

I'll help you read the title to help with your MO of making it a Dak thread like you try to do wih every other thread... Sorry about your fapuation with Dak.... "Biggest disappointment this season (besides Dak)
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Adding "besides Dak" in the title pretty much tells you the OP's #1 reason for blame for this season and faulty team. Let's quit messing around with #2s, #3s, etc. We all know who is the #1 blame.

 

[thunderpimp91]

No shortage of candidates this year, but Ill go with Guyton. He was put in a tough spot this year, one he clearly wasnt ready for, but the tape just wasn't that of a starting caliber Tackle in this league. Coming into the year I expected him to struggle and really thought he needed a full year to build his strength up. He had a few moments mid season where he flashed some good play, especially in the SF game, but it wasn't enough for me to stay optimistic on the guy. Coming into play yesterday he was 35th in pressures allowed and 3rd in the league in penalties at Tackle despite being 53rd in the league in total snaps. It would be one thing if he really struggled in one area or against one type of rusher or move, but he needs work across the board. He got beat bad this year with straight bullrushes, outside speed, double moves back inside. He does seem to do well on the gap/power runs, but ultimately its a zone running league these days.

Dont rule him out yet, but I think it would be a mistake to pencil him in as a starter in 2025. He needs to have a legitimate competitor to battle it out with in camp to earn a spot.

 

[baltcowboy]

Zeke was never in any major plans to accomplish anything. As if they had ANY plan to accomplish anything.

Jerry was embarrassed by what happened against the Packers and took it out on the fans. This was a season to get the book in order and make some cash. The injuries blew up in the teams face.

 

[tomokawan]

I think paying Dak what Jerry paid him was nuts because Dak is not a QB who can carry a team. With a great supporting cast he is maybe the 10th best QB in the league.

We'll when you pay him the most of any QB in the league you will not have a strong supporting cast. See Dee is a top 3 Wide Out, but what else do we have on offense? The answer is not much.

We are turning into the old Detroit Lions when they had Megatron and Stafford, except Stafford has arm talent Dak can only dream about. That team won nothing but those two really had some nice stats. Megatron retired with lots of catches and a ton of disappointment. Cee Dee will have a similar wasted career. Maybe he can a ring in his 30s playing on his next team, if his body holds out.

Dak will end up like Romo if he's lucky. Great family and a broadcaster with millions in the bank, but no Super Bowl appearance.

Jerry will just at some point fade away and the team will be sold. The fan base deserves better then this. I am 69 years old. I won't see another championship sadly.

Name me all the QB's that can single handedly carry a team. I will hang up and listen.

 

[Machete]

Jerry still breathing.

 

[HungryLion]

Oh brother. Holy overreaction Batman.

Not really Guyton looked like crap and was mentally soft most of the season.

I know you think it’s a guarantee he turns into a good player. But the reality he is just may not.

 

[HungryLion]

It was delusional to expect Guyton, switching from a RT in college to a starting LT in the NFL to play at a high level in year one.

Yes it was. But there’s also no guarantee he is going to be good period in the NFL.

 

[starfan1]

I don’t ever get too high or too low with this team mainly because big and little Enos they make me sick and have no clue how to build a TEAM.So I’m not terribly disappointed even though I expected a 10 win season

If I were to mark disappointments it would start with entitled, whiny , lack of football knowledge fanbase that hasn’t stopped complaining since the GB game

On to the players
The trenches AGAIN

We will never win without a run game or run defense

Fergy
Diggs
DeMo injury

 

[John813]

The downfall of the secondary.

Wilson got Kearse-itis.
Hooker may of been a hooker during gametime. AWOL
Diggs playing tentative and then fubaring his leg till maybe 2026
Bland being out for most of the year.
Watching Booth cover a receiver 1v1
Carson clearly showing he's a 5th round rookie.

Not seeing Thomas or Bell get more snaps.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

You can take the entire organization and lump it into one massive disappointment for me. It's so disappointing, I don't think it's fair to single out individual disappointments.

 

[Kingofholland]

Zeke. That told you all you needed to know what the Cowboys plan was going to be.

I didn't expect a lot from Zeke, but any expectations I did he definitely came up way short.

 

[Havic]

Adding "besides Dak" in the title pretty much tells you the OP's #1 reason for blame for this season and faulty team. Let's quit messing around with #2s, #3s, etc. We all know who is the #1 blame.

#1 to blame doesn’t suit up. Dak gets the most blame because he plays qb and is the highest paid player in the league, the criticism is deserved. And yes, others play a part in the blame but the qb touches the ball 100% of the time.

 

[Kingofholland]

The downfall of the secondary.

Wilson got Kearse-itis.
Hooker may of been a hooker during gametime. AWOL
Diggs playing tentative and then fubaring his leg till maybe 2026
Bland being out for most of the year.
Watching Booth cover a receiver 1v1
Carson clearly showing he's a 5th round rookie.

Not seeing Thomas or Bell get more snaps.

Donovan Wilson was definitely a surprise, however he did get better later in the year. I think he was playing slow trying to understand his role in the Zimmer d.

 

[Cmac]

Talkin' Micah

 

[America's Cowboy]

#1 to blame doesn’t suit up. Dak gets the most blame because he plays qb and is the highest paid player in the league, the criticism is deserved. And yes, others play a part in the blame but the qb touches the ball 100% of the time.

The "qb touches the ball 100% of the time" is the lamest excuse ever heard, because you're wrong. The Center touches the ball 100% of the time.

 

[Whirlwin]

Jake Ferguson.

Had really high hopes for him this year after a solid 2nd season.

But he hasn't done anything all season and hasn't caught a single pass beyond 8 yards it seems.

He's been bad.

All the injuries,

 

[Blue&Silver]

The defense. The offense. Most of the players. The owner. The front office. The draft. Free agency. I guess that's my only grievances about this year. We got one game left. I would like to see our vaunted defense show up and shut down RG 3 2.0, and the Commanders next week. It would be another humiliation to lose to our defensive coordinator of last year.

 

[Havic]

The "qb touches the ball 100% of the time" is the lamest excuse ever heard, because you're wrong. The Center touches the ball 100% of the time.

How am I wrong? The center is an important position but qb is the most importanr

 

[Johannes44]

1. Not participate in Free Agency.
2. Drafting to fill needs instead of best player available.

Both are the responsibility of the Owner, President and GM. I wonder who is responsible for those 3 positions for the Cowboys.

We have fans worried about RB, WR2, DT, etc, etc. We need to be more concerned with who our are President, GM and CEO are.

When you refuse to participate in free agency to augment your roster there is no room for error in your draft picks. Every missed pick is that much more painful

 

[Cmac]

#1 to blame doesn’t suit up. Dak gets the most blame because he plays qb and is the highest paid player in the league, the criticism is deserved. And yes, others play a part in the blame but the qb touches the ball 100% of the time.

We may be the only base that looks for one to blame instead of actually viewing the failures. Since the QB touches the ball, apparently our D gets immunity. We have a roster that is not playoff contention at all, from the beginning, yet that gets dismissed into false hopes every year, including hailing our backup QB into a baffling QB competition or controversy, we have a DE constantly talking "star talk", yet stats say something different. We've had a DB yapping about "Deez Nuts" but running from tackles and now injured. We have a WR group that is completely dependent on 1 WR, we've had injuries like a warzone, yet only one injury has been questioned and even described as quitting, we've had an old RB repeatedly criticized, yet we got two old RBs (Cook), we've had an OL that was bad from the beginning of the season, we let a CB leave (Gilmore) or grab someone when we were shorthanded in the CB group from the beginning, we immediately hype new players despite poor player evaluation/development trends from this franchise. We have an Owner/GM/HC, the only one in the league. We have a "puppet coach", the only one in the league, again. We expect perfect & flawless play through all the flaws from our starting QB, then use the very same flaws to heap as praise justifiers, elsewhere.