Cowboy fans re-learning how to be great

[HoustonSucks]

That's what I've been saying all along. It's not the team that's the problem, it's your brain.

You gonna get whoooooped one day.

 

[Hardline]

I am gonna keep tapping the brakes until I know for sure this team is great again.
So they had a great year last year. Greatness is consistently being great.

 

[JDSmith]

I am gonna keep tapping the brakes until I know for sure this team is great again.
So they had a great year last year. Greatness is consistently being great.

I don't see the point in tapping the brakes. There is nothing I can do to affect the outcome, so I might as well just hang on and enjoy the ride.

 

[5Stars]

You gonna get whoooooped one day.

Chorizo...now I'm getting hungry!

 

[Hardline]

I don't see the point in tapping the brakes. There is nothing I can do to affect the outcome, so I might as well just hang on and enjoy the ride.

I am tapping the brakes on declaring this team great. As far as we know last year could have been a fluke.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

I don't see the point in tapping the brakes. There is nothing I can do to affect the outcome, so I might as well just hang on and enjoy the ride.

I never understood the tap the breaks mantra. There's nothing wrong with being optimistic about a team that was 12-4 last year. If not for being robbed by the refs, who knows how far the Cowboys could've gone, even with the suspect defense? Tapping the breaks just keeps you from enjoying the ride. What's the worst thing that can happen? You'll be wrong about your favorite team? What's new? Only one team reaches the ultimate goal at the end of each season. Have fun pulling for yours. Enjoy the ride.

 

[JDSmith]

I am tapping the brakes on declaring this team great. As far as we know last year could have been a fluke.

That's true. I'm not saying they're great, but I'm sure going to have fun finding out.

 

[5Stars]

My take is...other teams that the Cowboys play...they better come with some new brake pads. Their going to need them!

The Cowboys are coming with fast.

 

[Blackspider214]

Wait until you read the posts about our vanilla offense and generic defense we play Thursday night.

By games end you will wonder how we could beat a high school team.

I've gave up on trying to decide if we are any good based on preseason. Last year we looked terrible. And other years, we have looked good. And the results in the season were totally opposite. Starters don't play week 1 or 4. In week 2 and 3, they probably play a total combined of 3 quarters or so. Hard to get a read. And teams are doing nothing to show their hand. Defenses are as vanilla as you can get. Nothing exotic from either side of the ball.

It's all about the fundamentals. And just praying you get through with as little injuries as possible.

 

[JDSmith]

Last time I paid attention to the preseason was in 1989. We won 3 (I think) and lost the last 1 on a last minute field goal. I thought we were going to kick butt in the first game - maybe against New Orleans? I believe we got shut out, absolutely crushed. I think the score was 24 - 0 or something like that. It's all from memory so the details might be off because it's been a VERY long time since I thought there was a correlation between the preseason and the regular season.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I've gave up on trying to decide if we are any good based on preseason. Last year we looked terrible. And other years, we have looked good. And the results in the season were totally opposite. Starters don't play week 1 or 4. In week 2 and 3, they probably play a total combined of 3 quarters or so. Hard to get a read. And teams are doing nothing to show their hand. Defenses are as vanilla as you can get. Nothing exotic from either side of the ball.

It's all about the fundamentals. And just praying you get through with as little injuries as possible.

Someone has it figured out.

 

[windward]

I'm looking forward to the meltdowns if Philip Rivers drives the Chargers into FG range.

Shades of last year when Rivers drove down the field twice with their starters vs our backups.

 

[KingLerxst]

I've gave up on trying to decide if we are any good based on preseason. Last year we looked terrible. And other years, we have looked good. And the results in the season were totally opposite. Starters don't play week 1 or 4. In week 2 and 3, they probably play a total combined of 3 quarters or so. Hard to get a read. And teams are doing nothing to show their hand. Defenses are as vanilla as you can get. Nothing exotic from either side of the ball.

It's all about the fundamentals. And just praying you get through with as little injuries as possible.

Bingo.
All I take from the pre season is how some of the individual rookies and 2nd year players performed. If we come away from the first 4 games relatively injury free. And a couple of young players impressed. I'm good to go. Could care less about the outcomes.

 

[DallasEast]

The thread title is unsettling.

 

[cowboyblue22]

i hope every one is right I hope they make the playoffs and win there and go on to the superbowl,but this league is such a year to year league I am just going to watch week to week and hope they can win enough games to make the playoffs and then see if they can win there.

 

[erod]

I never understood the tap the breaks mantra. There's nothing wrong with being optimistic about a team that was 12-4 last year. If not for being robbed by the refs, who knows how far the Cowboys could've gone, even with the suspect defense? Tapping the breaks just keeps you from enjoying the ride. What's the worst thing that can happen? You'll be wrong about your favorite team? What's new? Only one team reaches the ultimate goal at the end of each season. Have fun pulling for yours. Enjoy the ride.

It's not the 12-4. It's how they got to 12-4.

This wasn't Tony Romo and his magic carpet last year. This was a team with multiple ways to win offensively, and a somewhat reasonable defense.

If the defense is bolstered, it's now a complete team, not a mirage.

If Romo gets hurt.....of course. But that's the case for every team.

 

[DallasEast]

Wouldn't a more appropriate thread title be, "Cowboy fans witness team re-learning how to be great"? I mean... I read "Cowboy fans re-learning how to be great" and ask myself whether I retired as a fan of the team? Or was I forced into solitary confinement and sensory deprivation? Or was I in a coma, woke up, and just completed six months of intensive rah-rah "Kraken! Kraken! He's our man! If he can't do it no one can!" therapy?

Just my opinion but I think fans are always up-to-speed so to speak. Sure, some fans may be inherently crankier than others but I'm not sure any fan has re-learned anything simply because the team has returned to prominence.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Last time I paid attention to the preseason was in 1989. We won 3 (I think) and lost the last 1 on a last minute field goal. I thought we were going to kick butt in the first game - maybe against New Orleans? I believe we got shut out, absolutely crushed. I think the score was 24 - 0 or something like that. It's all from memory so the details might be off because it's been a VERY long time since I thought there was a correlation between the preseason and the regular season.

JD - you took the words right out of my keyboard. We beat Houston in the Governor's Cup on a 55 yard FG by "Who Framed Roger Ruzek" with no time left to go 3-1 in the preseason. The team rushed the field, Cowboy Stadium went crazy and we we're going to be off and running with Jimmy, Troy and Michael.

I remember like it was yesterday going to Sneakers Sports Bar in Orlando, getting my beer and holding my breath knowing that we we're back.

Final score New Orleans 28 Dallas 0 -- and it wasn't even that close.

This wasn't the Saints of today either. I was crushed and like you, it was the last time I really thought the pre-season meant something.

And now we know...

 

[erod]

Wouldn't a more appropriate thread title be, "Cowboy fans witness team re-learning how to be great"? I mean... I read "Cowboy fans re-learning how to be great" and ask myself whether I retired as a fan of the team? Or was I forced into solitary confinement and sensory deprivation? Or was I in a coma, woke up, and just completed six months of intensive rah-rah "Kraken! Kraken! He's our man! If he can't do it no one can!" therapy?

Just my opinion but I think fans are always up-to-speed so to speak. Sure, some fans may be inherently crankier than others but I'm not sure any fan has re-learned anything simply because the team has returned to prominence.

No, I'm referring to the fans, not the team. Cowboys fans are having trouble grasping on to this newfound legitimacy.

That was the point of the whole post.

 

[DallasEast]

No, I'm referring to the fans, not the team. Cowboys fans are having trouble grasping on to this newfound legitimacy.

That was the point of the whole post.

Some fans or all fans? I 100% disagree if it's the latter.