Consistency separates good teams from mediocre

[nobody]

We are due for a win against Denver. As due as any team has been for a win against another.

We've been due for a win against GB but haven't done it since Oct 2016.. Due means NOTHING.

 

[Wildcat711]

We've been due for a win against GB but haven't done it since Oct 2016.. Due means NOTHING.

I know this doesn't mean a lot but..

We were 1 bloody second away from beating them.. arrrggg

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

The Cowboys are 2-2-1 after 5 weeks and they are exactly what their record says they are - mediocre. What makes a team mediocre (besides their record) is the lack of consistency. Not being consistently good or consistently bad.

Good teams are consistently good. Bad teams are consistently bad. Consistency is the key ingredient in determining what a team is. Mediocre teams are good sometimes, not good other times. Mediocre teams often have a lot of young players that can look great one week, then not great the next. So far, that’s us.

Until the Cowboys gain some consistency, they will remain mediocre.

Looking at both sides of the ball, other than the bears game, the offense has been consistently good as the league stats show. Other than most of the jets game, the defense has been consistently bad, ranked at the bottom of the league.

What will ultimately decide whether this team is a playoff contender or not is simple - Can they be more consistent on both sides of the ball?

So true.

 

[kskboys]

It's very hard to be consistent on defense when you're changing coordinators every year.

It's really ridiculous to expect any kind of consistency when the players rotate on and off the team like a turnstile.

Once upon a Time the Doomsday defense had a defensive coordinator who's tenure lasted 15 years.
He coached lineman and linebackers who spent their entire careers here decades.

That is how you establish consistency.
It starts at the top with management hiring the right coaches that can Go the distance.

Especially when your players lack talent on top of that.

 

[Whiskey Cowboy]

True, but I like this team. They're scrappy. They have grit. The defense has its issues and could use an infusion of talent, but I'm really starting to like what I'm seeing from the team as a whole. I didn't expect to be this optimistic coming into this season.

 

[75boyz]

Except in the case of the 3 consistent 12-5 McCarthy seasons and how you want to classify good to mediocre.
Good regular season team.
Not even mediocre playoff team.

 

[Smith22]

Looking at both sides of the ball, other than the bears game, the offense has been consistently good as the league stats show. Other than most of the jets game, the defense has been consistently bad, ranked at the bottom of the league.

I would argue the offense has been consistently elite minus the Bears game. You could also throw in the 2nd of the Eagles game.

I think losing Lamb so early in that Bears game really hurt them. They failed to find a solution on the fly.

Sadly, the defense has been consistently awful. Minus trades, I dont see this defense improving much.

Linebacker play has been bottom of the league bad. So bad in fact, we are mainly relying on Overshown, coming off 2 major injuries, to save the position.

The combo of Bland/Diggs must play better if we are to improve in the secondary. They both have graded poorly through 5 games.

 

[ArtClink]

Bob,
I said a long time ago that Prescott was just good enough to prevent this team from having a high draft pick. Yeah he's playing well and everyone's blaming the defense.
We've already seen in years past or Prescott looks great and then he plays against a good team and doesn't play well and the defense performs pretty good.
But it's just a matter of time and when you look at the schedule the only wins I can see coming up are Carolina, the Raiders and maybe the Giants.

Blaming our defense that has given up an average of 412 yards per game, the worst in the NFL makes it extremely logical to blame the defense. As @Bobhaze has said, we’d be 0-5 without Prescott.

 

[ArtClink]

Except in the case of the 3 consistent 12-5 McCarthy seasons and how you want to classify good to mediocre.
Good regular season team.
Not even mediocre playoff team.

90

Come on. After going toe to toe with GB. A team many on here touted as SB champs after the Micah trade.
And a game Dallas should have won.
So you don't think they can beat Washington at home, or Philly at home another game they should have won. Or very well could have on Philly and GB.
Even Denver and Arizona looks beatable. Heck even getting KC at home.

Now come time to play them, things could be different, if the consistency is not there, and those teams get their consistency together. But as of today. Winning those games is as good as they are to beat us.

We have a very consistent defense, the worst in the league giving up 412 avg per game. Defense wins championships (remember championships?).

 

[Cowboyny]

The Cowboys are 2-2-1 after 5 weeks and they are exactly what their record says they are - mediocre. What makes a team mediocre (besides their record) is the lack of consistency. Not being consistently good or consistently bad.

Good teams are consistently good. Bad teams are consistently bad. Consistency is the key ingredient in determining what a team is. Mediocre teams are good sometimes, not good other times. Mediocre teams often have a lot of young players that can look great one week, then not great the next. So far, that’s us.

Until the Cowboys gain some consistency, they will remain mediocre.

Looking at both sides of the ball, other than the bears game, the offense has been consistently good as the league stats show. Other than most of the jets game, the defense has been consistently bad, ranked at the bottom of the league.

What will ultimately decide whether this team is a playoff contender or not is simple - Can they be more consistent on both sides of the ball?

The hope is the defense improves as the season progresses and they get more comfortable with the scheme. Fix the communication issues can go along way in improving this unit. They also need some of their injured players to return and play well.

 

[Kwyn]

The Cowboys are 2-2-1 after 5 weeks and they are exactly what their record says they are - mediocre. What makes a team mediocre (besides their record) is the lack of consistency. Not being consistently good or consistently bad.

Good teams are consistently good. Bad teams are consistently bad. Consistency is the key ingredient in determining what a team is. Mediocre teams are good sometimes, not good other times. Mediocre teams often have a lot of young players that can look great one week, then not great the next. So far, that’s us.

Until the Cowboys gain some consistency, they will remain mediocre.

Looking at both sides of the ball, other than the bears game, the offense has been consistently good as the league stats show. Other than most of the jets game, the defense has been consistently bad, ranked at the bottom of the league.

What will ultimately decide whether this team is a playoff contender or not is simple - Can they be more consistent on both sides of the ball?

It’s getting to the point where I can almost hit like on one of Bob’s posts before I even read it.

Can’t only say that for a very small number of posters on the site.

Thanks, Bob.

 

[75boyz]

90

We have a very consistent defense, the worst in the league giving up 412 avg per game. Defense wins championships (remember championships?).

Good call.
I can barely remember them(championships), lol

 

[blueblood70]

90

We have a very consistent defense, the worst in the league giving up 412 avg per game. Defense wins championships (remember championships?).

Actually, complete teams pretty much win championships even if the defenses were better on some of those teams like the Bears and Ravens they still had a complementary team strong offensive line strong run game to go with the defense and most of them had a legendary like hall of fame coaching staff..

Those are the ones that typically do well... That's why it's a team game it's not just about defense if you don't have much of an offense I get it some of those defenses back then we're holding teams to under 13 points for the entire season makes it easy on the offensive not make critical mistakes but they still have to offer something got to be able to move the ball eat some clock keep the defense off the field so it can eat when it gets back on the field..

But let's not get it twisted This is why the Rams had a very good defense hell they had a very good team they didn't feel Jerry Goff can get it done they bring over matthew stafford he doesn't play defense but he was the missing piece to the team capital T E A M....

We all know that Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach had much better assembled teams and yes they had really good defenses but they sure get a lot of credit Even though the run game in the offensive line were more to do with the heartbeat of the team when they went well it all went well..

This is why I don't like any part of the team being signaled out good or bad it's a total team effort... That is why playoff records needs to be stopped hanging those on on quarterbacks and coaches I mean literally I can think of all kinds of positional players that I can blame for losses or I can point out for positives this is again why it's a team game..

 

[ArtClink]

Good call.
I can barely remember them(championships), lol

LOL, I know, right?

 

[75boyz]

I would argue the offense has been consistently elite minus the Bears game. You could also throw in the 2nd of the Eagles game.

I think losing Lamb so early in that Bears game really hurt them. They failed to find a solution on the fly.

Sadly, the defense has been consistently awful. Minus trades, I dont see this defense improving much.

Linebacker play has been bottom of the league bad. So bad in fact, we are mainly relying on Overshown, coming off 2 major injuries, to save the position.

The combo of Bland/Diggs must play better if we are to improve in the secondary. They both have graded poorly through 5 games.

Good accurate post.

 

[ArtClink]

Actually, complete teams pretty much win championships even if the defenses were better on some of those teams like the Bears and Ravens they still had a complementary team strong offensive line strong run game to go with the defense and most of them had a legendary like hall of fame coaching staff..

Those are the ones that typically do well... That's why it's a team game it's not just about defense if you don't have much of an offense I get it some of those defenses back then we're holding teams to under 13 points for the entire season makes it easy on the offensive not make critical mistakes but they still have to offer something got to be able to move the ball eat some clock keep the defense off the field so it can eat when it gets back on the field..

But let's not get it twisted This is why the Rams had a very good defense hell they had a very good team they didn't feel Jerry Goff can get it done they bring over matthew stafford he doesn't play defense but he was the missing piece to the team capital T E A M....

We all know that Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach had much better assembled teams and yes they had really good defenses but they sure get a lot of credit Even though the run game in the offensive line were more to do with the heartbeat of the team when they went well it all went well..

This is why I don't like any part of the team being signaled out good or bad it's a total team effort... That is why playoff records needs to be stopped hanging those on on quarterbacks and coaches I mean literally I can think of all kinds of positional players that I can blame for losses or I can point out for positives this is again why it's a team game..

Agreed it is a team effort, but with a top ranked (or near top ranked) offense and the worst defense in the NFL for yards allowed per game, it's very clear which side of the ball is a total liability.

 

[kskboys]

It’s getting to the point where I can almost hit like on one of Bob’s posts before I even read it.

Can’t only say that for a very small number of posters on the site.

Thanks, Bob.

X a zillion.

 

[kskboys]

I would argue the offense has been consistently elite minus the Bears game. You could also throw in the 2nd of the Eagles game.

I think losing Lamb so early in that Bears game really hurt them. They failed to find a solution on the fly.

Sadly, the defense has been consistently awful. Minus trades, I dont see this defense improving much.

Linebacker play has been bottom of the league bad. So bad in fact, we are mainly relying on Overshown, coming off 2 major injuries, to save the position.

The combo of Bland/Diggs must play better if we are to improve in the secondary. They both have graded poorly through 5 games.

W/o Lambs dropped passes, that's a different game.

 

[blueblood70]

Agreed it is a team effort, but with a top ranked (or near top ranked) offense and the worst defense in the NFL for yards allowed per game, it's very clear which side of the ball is a total liability.

But we're talking about championships, it doesn't need to be just about defense,

Yes we've seen strong defenses be the catalyst for Super Bowl champions, but they had to offer something on offense as well.

The 85 Bears could run the damn football and Jim Mcmahon was an average quarterback but he got it done in the crunch time he wasn't great and I believe they did have a couple solid receivers, I mean we act like we ignore the fact that the Ravens also had a great run game and a decent quarterback to go with the defense, now you don't need to be dynamic and the greatest show on turf on offense, But even that team was better on offense than defense, but they needed a defense and like I said the Rams we're very well balanced team with Matthew Stafford had really good defense..

but they needed the quarterback in their minds was the missing piece it they already had a strong defense, and Jared Goff why did they need a change if defense wins championships, they had a championship level defense...?

Just bringing the flip side of the coin in here yes you need a good defense to go with a great offense or a great offense to go with the average defense we need some kind of defense yes.

Cowboys haven't had a championship style defense since the 90s and even them they were not the doomsday defense but they are well put together group,

They had the technical stuff down they did their assignments near perfectly but they didn't have a an elite group on defense they had a couple elite players but overall It was just a very well balanced team...

I realize right now we have a great offense but it's not the first time we've been going through this since Romo our offenses have always been better than our defenses the last 20 years and even when our defense is good it's not great enough to beat the better offenses That is more so why we failed in the playoffs is is defense But you have to have the offense as well or at least one side of your ball needs to be close to elite and yes we have that now but man our defense is far away from being ready for the playoffs if they can get to ranked around eighteenth I'd be impressed...

 

[ArtClink]

But we're talking about championships, it doesn't need to be just about defense,

Yes we've seen strong defenses be the catalyst for Super Bowl champions, but they had to offer something on offense as well.

The 85 Bears could run the damn football and Jim Mcmahon was an average quarterback but he got it done in the crunch time he wasn't great and I believe they did have a couple solid receivers, I mean we act like we ignore the fact that the Ravens also had a great run game and a decent quarterback to go with the defense, now you don't need to be dynamic and the greatest show on turf on offense, But even that team was better on offense than defense, but they needed a defense and like I said the Rams we're very well balanced team with Matthew Stafford had really good defense..

but they needed the quarterback in their minds was the missing piece it they already had a strong defense, and Jared Goff why did they need a change if defense wins championships, they had a championship level defense...?

Just bringing the flip side of the coin in here yes you need a good defense to go with a great offense or a great offense to go with the average defense we need some kind of defense yes.

Cowboys haven't had a championship style defense since the 90s and even them they were not the doomsday defense but they are well put together group,

They had the technical stuff down they did their assignments near perfectly but they didn't have a an elite group on defense they had a couple elite players but overall It was just a very well balanced team...

I realize right now we have a great offense but it's not the first time we've been going through this since Romo our offenses have always been better than our defenses the last 20 years and even when our defense is good it's not great enough to beat the better offenses That is more so why we failed in the playoffs is is defense But you have to have the offense as well or at least one side of your ball needs to be close to elite and yes we have that now but man our defense is far away from being ready for the playoffs if they can get to ranked around eighteenth I'd be impressed...

You mk some good points.