Cowboys haven't finished below .500 when Prescott is healthy for season

[Diehardblues]

Bold> Your opinion does not align with Jerry Jones' in 2016, when he fully supported the widely accepted plan of a rookie quarterback leading the team to a championship game appearance--a feat that has never occurred in the over half-century-old Super Bowl era.

...and the aging franchise quarterback at that time? He, and his 1% chance of a veteran quarterback doing what all winning and runner-up starting quarterbacks have done since 1967, was riding the bench.

Inside Mad Genius' head, it is better (literally) gambling with zero odds than next-to-no odds. That is the base mentality of the Dallas Cowboys general manager. Yee haw. Go Cowboys.

Yep. It’s a great example to the conflicting interest of having the owner wearing same hat as GM.

He went with the public perception rather than the best or most qualified QB when healthy.

In other words in the public eye Jethro would take less flack if losing in playoffs with a hot handed rookie than losing with a veteran qb which had history of coming up short.

 

[john van brocklin]

I've criticized Dak more than not. But not recently. I've actually warmed up to him. He does have his flaws, make no mistake. But there have been plenty a QBs throughout history that got to championship games and super bowls that weren't as good as Dak. You need a championship roster to go far in the playoffs. Even then sometimes you don't make it. Quarterbacks contribute, they don't have the final say. Look at the Eagles. Wentz/Foles and Hurts won 2 out of 3 super bowls. These are not great QBs. Garoppolo and Purdy got to 2 super bowls. The common theme here is the championship roster with a capable QB at best. Not a single one of those 4 QBs would ever take any of these Cowboys teams to a SB. Not even close. We probably wouldn't even make the playoffs with Garoppolo.

There are QBs like Mahomes and Brady that can do more with less. But they are rare. I think we have a team building problem, not a QB problem.

Truth.
Jerry the GM is our biggest issue.
He just does not have the skill set to roster build a championship team.
This has been proven for 30 years.

 

[Flamma]

Truth.
Jerry the GM is our biggest issue.
He just does not have the skill set to roster build a championship team.
This has been proven for 30 years.

I think his problem is he operates as if our QB is elite, borderline hall of fame. Teams do it with QBs like Rodgers and Manning. How did that work out for Rodgers? One SB appearance in his entire career. Rodgers was always expected to make up the difference. He couldn't.

Montana had a great career when he had championship rosters. When he didn't, '86, '87, '90, he flamed out. He actually choked in '87.

 

[Rayman70]

We finish 8-8-1 which I would say is a losing season. But the homers will argue we are right there and it's a positive that we didn't have a losing record. Soooo close, we will get it next year!

Agreed. But we may finish more like 9-7-1. More likely.

 

[DallasEast]

Yep. It’s a great example to the conflicting interest of having the owner wearing same hat as GM.

He went with the public perception rather than the best or most qualified QB when healthy.

In other words in the public eye Jethro would take less flack if losing in playoffs with a hot handed rookie than losing with a veteran qb which had history of coming up short.

I agree, but with one exception. Jones went with his personal football assessment ability of whom was the best quarterback to accomplish the task. Certainly, Jones can be swayed by public opinion, but he always goes with his gut when it comes to players, coaches, etc.

 

[Diehardblues]

I agree, but with one exception. Jones went with his personal football assessment ability of whom was the best quarterback to accomplish the task. Certainly, Jones can be swayed by public opinion, but he always goes with his gut when it comes to players, coaches, etc.

In effect if he felt that way then he was swayed by the emotions of public perception instead of football acumen which is basis of my argument. Something a real GM wouldn’t be as swayed by.

 

[DallasEast]

In effect if he felt that way then he was swayed by the emotions of public perception instead of football acumen which is basis of my argument. Something a real GM wouldn’t be as swayed by.

Understood. I disagree. Jerry Jones would have made numerous choices atypical of his actual decisions over the past three decades if he had been motivated by his perception of what the public wants. That is normally the opposite reaction of narcissists.

 

[Kwyn]

I predicted six wins in the preseason poll so from here on out it’s exceeding my expectations.

Obviously I always hope to win the division and be in the playoffs at a minimum but with the chaos this preseason and our continued lack of free agent moves, I just didn’t see it.

It is a shame to waste a really good year from our AB though. He and the offense have played well enough to win 10-11 games. Just shows it’s a team game.

 

[Diehardblues]

Understood. I disagree. Jerry Jones would have made numerous choices atypical of his actual decisions over the past three decades if he had been motivated by his perception of what the public wants. That is normally the opposite reaction of narcissists.

Of course. But he isn’t always swayed. Probably not very often. And maybe he let his emotions sway his better judgement getting caught up in the moment.

Narcissistic behavior even in our most powerful leaders can be persuaded by public perception however seldom it may be.

A fan who I highly respect his football acumen and analysis stated years ago which I believe coins it correctly that “Jethro runs Cowboys Football thru the eyes of a fan”.

 

[Diehardblues]

Understood. I disagree. Jerry Jones would have made numerous choices atypical of his actual decisions over the past three decades if he had been motivated by his perception of what the public wants. That is normally the opposite reaction of narcissists.

No doubt his narcissistic tendencies have derailed our football operations this era I’d also add that while Jethro hasn’t been swayed in his control being GM he has over the years been swayed by public pressure and perception. Not usually to the extent we are looking for but whether it’s swaying his decision on a coaching change or player negotiation , etc we have seen some examples where public perception and pressure influenced decisions.