First one has to establish a realistic standard to judge a successful team. No, it all isn't just successful unless a Super Bowl or not. That is purely a fan game to place blame without one. That is replacing a credable analysis.
Respectability is not, first, having won a Super Bowl or not. How a team rates going into a playoff or entrance into playoffs is legitimate as a standard for achievement. That has to first be established to even give credability, not even current as to team value, to concepts that are based upon an abstract only within a label of 28 years. That is more of a folklore label.
This was posted by BobHaze:
We could look at the “Jerry years” like this by decade:
- 1989-1999- the Cowboys won 12 playoff games, including 3 NFC championships and 3 SBs.
- 2000-2009- Cowboys won 1 wild card playoff game.
- 2010-2019- Cowboys won 2 wild card games.
- 2020-2023- Cowboys have won 1 wild card game.
So the 4 total decades of the “Jerry years” translates into one great decade.
The Cowboys have been playing the dirty birds over 60 years. In those nearly 7 decades, the two teams have played each other 128 times with the Cowboys holding the edge all time with a 73-55 advantage.
Here’s a look at the rivalry by decade. The records here include playoff games.
- 1960s: 10-9 (Eagles)
- 1970s: 17-3 (Cowboys)
- 1980s: 10-10 (Tie)
- 1990s: 14-8 (Cowboys)
- 2000-2009: 13-8 (Eagles)
- 2010-19: 11-9 (Cowboys)
- 2020-present: 4-2 (Cowboys)
The two teams have met 4 times in the playoffs and the Cowboys lead that 3-1.
Here is a comparison of overall playoff wins of both teams by decade:
- 1960s: Cowboys (1), eagles (1)
- 1970s: Cowboys (14), eagles (1)
- 1980s: Cowboys (5), eagles (2)
- 1990s: Cowboys (12) eagles (2)
- 2000-09: Cowboys (1) eagles (10)
- 2010-19: Cowboys (2) eagles (4)
- 2020- present: Cowboys (1) eagles (2)
Since 2000, the eagles have won 16 playoff games, won 3 conference championship games and 1 SB.
Since 2000, the Cowboys have won 4 wild card games.
(it denotes a direct comparison of achievements between those of Dallas and the Eagles)
I wrote this on the role involved in view of an owner/GM organization:
The two successful GM's/Owners were in Oakland and in Dallas.
Money is not the cause or effect of management. Most Head Coaches try to have GM ability, not for money, but for prestige and being able to direct their own player acquisitions.
In reality, that still boils down to guidance, which here in Dallas is directed by the current coaching staff and acquisitions are first researched and quite accurately by the Scouting staff.
That is still a group project and in Dallas, a team that is very good at player talent and building a team.
To only support a GM led organization is signing off as invalid for specifics that expand in Dallas. This includes to cap control and monitoring continual stability in team cash flows. Stephen has been working with his staff to fully stay on top of getting who coaches want and paying for them in a team setting. That is a good team function and the pair of Jerry and Stephen are pretty good as well as show a present strengthening of the current roster. The players are now good and starting to stay around during peak periods of their respective careers.
Team results are now falling upon the shoulders of Coaches and Scouts. Oh, that is fully functional in the now.
The functional element is the leadership of controlled by the Head Coach and his staff along with the Scouting Department. That isn't just a repeated process...and statistical analysis and staff to review film have been expanded exponentially and really top class and fully in support. The 'franchise' has got currently good and the football is still intensely desired by the Jones Family.
They love the team and not just money. They are so sound there, and money wise could expand money investments and returns.
Just how many GM's are walking around that built a top shelf winner that first didn't 'luck' into a top shelf Head Coach?
Jerry is blessed with not having to do job interviews and team direction and standards for a GM on the basis of a shortened window. And then at the end of a NFL career and have to reestablish schemes and directions as well as having to luck into a fully functional quarterback to even stabilize that window.
Jerry gives stability and selections to his coaching staffs and a very good scouting organization.
