Cowboys or Eagles. Who Recovers the Fastest?

[MetalMike]

My feelings are that the Cowboys need to hire a consultant (a football lifer that specializes in trade structure) and trade whatever dead weight and Trey Lance to the Bears for their 1st round pick. Then they should draft Jayden Daniels of LSU and build a team around him like Jimmy did with Troy.

Daniels is smart, has mobility, knows how and when to run, is extremely accurate and can even throw the ball away when the play is totally broken. If LSU had a top ten defense instead of a bottom ten, they would've easily won the college football championship this year instead of Michigan. Nothing against them or Jim Harbaugh (who I think would be a very good fit in Dallas). It's past time for the Cowboys to let Dak know that they are moving on. His inability to compete against top teams and especially in the playoffs should be the final nail. Not only were we the only home team to lose in the WC round, we got embarrassed.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Eagles for sure. They're not scared to make changes. If the Cowboys lost in the SB last year and went 0-17 this year, it wouldn't matter to Jerry. He would keep everyone for 10 more years and put Dak and McCarthy in the Ring of Honor immediately just for making it to the SB.

 

[charron]

The eagles will be more aggressive in making player personnel changes trying to correct their weaknesses.

 

[Whirlwin]

No joy in being the tallest midget at the party.

It’s all the fun, what do you mean?

 

[StarOfGlory]

It’s all the fun, what do you mean?

I know it's all fun, I'm just fed up with watching the team step up to the mic for a final performance and suddenly forget the song lyrics.

 

[beware_d-ware]

Philly is in a real hole with Hurts and Sirianni. Hurts is a limited system quarterback with a $50M/yr contract, and Philly let the guy who knew how to manage him, Steichen, walk out the door last year. Sirianni showed that he wasn't the brains of the operation for sure. Brett Kollmann described Sirianni's playbook as a faint photocopy of Steichen's, and defenses figured it out in about 2 months.

Hurts is unmovable in the near term, but Howie will likely will move aggressively to fire Sirianni and then start courting Belichick. All bets are off after that.

 

[Streifenkarl]

Hate to say it but Eagles.

Eagles have won a SB.. rebuilt again, made the SB.. and then wheels fell off this year.. all that in the same time as Dak has led us to continued failure.

I have no doubt that Eagles will make the right changes and be right back at the pointy end next season.

Meanwhile I think JJ does fire MM but he extends Dak.. they feel that a few tweaks and a couple of players will get them there. Rinse and repeat for the next 6 years.

Great post! The difference between the Cowboys and the Eagles in a nutshell. They are constantly willing to change, so they have their ups and downs. But that also mean they can cope with an epic crashdive like in those last couple of weeks.

We have been staying in no mans land forever. Always "good" enough to not feel the need to change a thing but always failing when it counts.

I don't need the rollercoaster ride the Eagles fans have to endure all the time but heck, winning a Superbowl or even Superbowl appearances is worth alot of **** shoveling in between.

 

[kevm3]

Eagles. They have an FO that is actually wiling to make changes and they have a legitimate GM, not an owner/gm.

 

[Blue&Silver]

Injuries, age, and incompetence took down the Eagles. I know I don't have a popular opinion, but I don't see that as a problem here. We will be a better team next year than they are if we don't blow things up this off-season. Free agency, and the draft can fix us, and prepare us for the future. Invest in a high pick at QB for the future. Keep Prescott for another year, and the coaches that don't leave, and replace those that do.

I wanted them to win last night because by losing they significantly increased their draft position for the better. Unfortunately that didn't happen, and they'll be drafting before us.

 

[exciter]

The Eagles fell apart the last part of the season. They started losing and their hot shot QB played poorly. They reportedly had locker room dissention. They seemed to get worse and worse as the season wore on. It ended last night with a 32-9 blowout loss to an average TB team.

The Cowboys like the Eagles had high hopes at season start. But when faced with good competition they struggled and took a few real beat downs. GB blew them away in Dallas in the play offs 48-32. Their QB continued to play well against poor teams and not so well against the better ones. There were even reported rumblings from some players of dissatisfaction the way things were going.

Both teams have issues far beyond the QB play. Indeed the QBs may not even be the real problem.

The question here is which team recovers fastest and gets better? When you consider the GM and management and their track records I say the Eagles are more likely to find the fix first. Howard Roseman has been successful in the past. That does not guarantee he can repair this Eagle team but given his track record I feel the Eagles are in the better position.

The fastest way for Philadelphia to get back is getting rid of Roseman. He ran their cap like a child with instant gratification issues prorating contracts of multiple downside of their careers players trying to buy a SB. Those players were gassed back quarter of the season and not surprisingly they collapsed! He’s got a decent number of picks and a good OLine currently but they’ll struggle to pay them in a couple of years because long gone Kelce, Cox and Graham are still counting against their cap. Their secondary is hot garbage and 2 of the 3 Dline picks are borderline bust. They have nothing at LB and zero depth behind old tired starters. And it seems their best player is a mental case!

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

Oh boy.

This is like asking who's likely to become President of the United States first:

Barney Fife, or Roscoe P. Coaltrain.

Coot coot coot!

 

[kevm3]

The fastest way for Philadelphia to get back is getting rid of Roseman. He ran their cap like a child with instant gratification issues prorating contracts of multiple downside of their careers players trying to buy a SB. Those players were gassed back quarter of the season and not surprisingly they collapsed! He’s got a decent number of picks and a good OLine currently but they’ll struggle to pay them in a couple of years because long gone Kelce, Cox and Graham are still counting against their cap. Their secondary is hot garbage and 2 of the 3 Dline picks are borderline bust. They have nothing at LB and zero depth behind old tired starters. And it seems their best player is a mental case!

Why would they got rid of someone who won them a Superbowl and then got them to another one not too long after?

 

[Sydla]

One other thing to note. Not sure if it was later refuted, but some of the radio hosts here were saying that AJ Brown, who was out with a knee injury, didn't even bother to make the trip and be with the team. This after he apparently scrubbed his social media of all Eagles references.

If there is some friction there, Philly won't hesitate to cut bait.

 

[removed_20241105]

One team can reach Super Bowl, the other can’t. Easy answer.

 

[tomokawan]

Eagles won a Super Bowl in 2017, rebuilt the team quick and went back to the Super Bowl 5 years later. It’s time to admit how bad the Dallas Cowboys are.

That was pure luck. The Giants and a SF with no QB. Even Dallas could have done that. LOL

 

[tomokawan]

Philly has to rebuild more of its roster. They’ll be taking more than a few steps back. I doubt they’ll make the playoffs next season, regardless of who they may manage to attract to be the new head coach. Their only advantage is their owner does not consider himself knowledgeable about football on the playing field level.

According to Philly fans here. The owner has got into the meddling business in Philly. They don't like it.

 

[tomokawan]

Why would they got rid of someone who won them a Superbowl and then got them to another one not too long after?

It's a Philly fan thing. the fans are a violent bunch.

 

[KingCorcoran]

According to Philly fans here. The owner has got into the meddling business in Philly. They don't like it.

He has a GM that made decisions. When those decisions look like they were poor ones my guess is he probably gets involved. If Roseman doesn’t have a convincing plan going forward he knows his job will be on the line. If not now, in the next 24 months. If Roseman doesn’t want Lurie meddling, he only needs to win. Sort of how it should be and is with 31 of the 32 NFL franchises.

 

[Rowdy1]

Eagles because their front office knows how to win and knows when to cut bait. Within a year or two they will win the NFCE again.

 

[Thorn]

The Eagles fell apart the last part of the season. They started losing and their hot shot QB played poorly. They reportedly had locker room dissention. They seemed to get worse and worse as the season wore on. It ended last night with a 32-9 blowout loss to an average TB team.

The Cowboys like the Eagles had high hopes at season start. But when faced with good competition they struggled and took a few real beat downs. GB blew them away in Dallas in the play offs 48-32. Their QB continued to play well against poor teams and not so well against the better ones. There were even reported rumblings from some players of dissatisfaction the way things were going.

Both teams have issues far beyond the QB play. Indeed the QBs may not even be the real problem.

The question here is which team recovers fastest and gets better? When you consider the GM and management and their track records I say the Eagles are more likely to find the fix first. Howard Roseman has been successful in the past. That does not guarantee he can repair this Eagle team but given his track record I feel the Eagles are in the better position.

Eagles, GM and football operations will do what is needed. No way Jerry hired a GM and stays out of football operations.