Dan Orlovsky: 2-3 years before the Cowboys are relevant again

[KingCorcoran]

The path we are taking is baffling. This team needs a reboot. There has never been a better time to gut this roster, trade away assets, and rebuild. We aren't catching the Eagles anytime soon and the Commanders look firmly entrenched behind them. The draft is deep at QB next year. Trade Dak for 2 first round picks. Trade Micah for 2 first round picks. Trade CD for a first. That's 5 #1 picks to add to our own giving this team the ammunition and cap flexibility it's going to need to build a contender. We will suck in 2025 but so what? We have no shot anyway.

No team is trading a first unless they’re getting a first in return in the same draft. No team’s ownership group is going to leave their fans out of the draft extravaganza. In addition, 1st and 2nd round picks are the best way to acquire talent that is cost controlled for four years so you can afford to pay your stars. Certainly not going to trade into a situation where you immediately have to sign a guy for ver $30 million per season. Jalen Carter has two years left on his rookie deal and no team would give up a 2nd for the guy. Better to draft in an effort to build.

The reason you suggest trading expensive talent to build a better future is the same reason why the other 31 teams won’t do it. Might see a deal where teams swap firsts, but draft hauls including 1st’s and 2nd’s have gone the way of the dodo bird.

 

[jterrell]

Relevant enough for goofy Dan to reach in his backside and pull out a take.
No one knows what the Cowboys will do this off-season yet and making any assumptions about their product for next year is just guessing.

As infuriating as last off-season and the expected trash season that followed were, this team won 12 games 3 seasons in a row leading into that.

Dallas could be good in 2025 or bad until 2031. Both are equally possible.
What's not possible is talking heads to shut up about them.

 

[OGSixshooter]

The path we are taking is baffling. This team needs a reboot. There has never been a better time to gut this roster, trade away assets, and rebuild. We aren't catching the Eagles anytime soon and the Commanders look firmly entrenched behind them. The draft is deep at QB next year. Trade Dak for 2 first round picks. Trade Micah for 2 first round picks. Trade CD for a first. That's 5 #1 picks to add to our own giving this team the ammunition and cap flexibility it's going to need to build a contender. We will suck in 2025 but so what? We have no shot anyway.

Dak doesn't even get 1 #1...but I agree with your overall sentiment. Nothing to salvage from this junkyard.

 

[CowboyFanInLexKy]

Precisely..... It will be when Daks contract expires again as long as they don't renew it... He's not wrong......

 

[Kevinicus]

Eh, people thought similar after 2013 and 2020.

2014 they were tied with the best record in the league and 2016 the team had the best record in the NFC.
2021-2023 the team had 12 win seasons, won the division twice (once as the #2 seed - tied for best record in the NFC).

Crazy turns happen, especially when there were a lot of injuries (doesn't help that some from 2024 look to carry over into 2025).

We'll see.

 

[kumizi]

He's not wrong.

The front office has already admitted we're in the middle of a reset and to expect another largely inactive offseason like last summer. I imagine that's why they hired Schottenheimer. Last time they hired a HC with a SB on his resume because they were looking to win right away.

 

[Nova]

The path we are taking is baffling. This team needs a reboot. There has never been a better time to gut this roster, trade away assets, and rebuild. We aren't catching the Eagles anytime soon and the Commanders look firmly entrenched behind them. The draft is deep at QB next year. Trade Dak for 2 first round picks. Trade Micah for 2 first round picks. Trade CD for a first. That's 5 #1 picks to add to our own giving this team the ammunition and cap flexibility it's going to need to build a contender. We will suck in 2025 but so what? We have no shot anyway.

You might get a 1st for Dak, and I'd like to keep Ceedee as the next guy's safety blanket, but I'm on board.

Also, I think we're going to suck in 2025 anyway

 

[ICP]

So...... he knows when Jerry is going to die? Oh, wait a minute, there's still Stephen

 

[CCBoy]

Blog of the century! lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol.

Who cares what you got if you are not having any fun?

 

[slick325]

2-3 years?? It’s going to be much longer than that.

Would anyone bet against Philly breaking down their entire team and building it back again before Dallas finds its way to an NFCCG? I wouldn’t.

Nope

 

[Carson]

Doesnt make them relevant on the field though

They won 12 games threes years in a row. Had a ton of injuries last season.

We fans think they are irrelevant and know they will choke come postseason. But players think differently

 

[MikeT22]

They won 12 games threes years in a row. Had a ton of injuries last season.

We fans think they are irrelevant and know they will choke come postseason. But players think differently

They werent winning 12 games last year if they stayed healthy.

 

[Gameover]

How are they stuck in mediocrity, you piece of trash?

My tweet back to him

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Man! That loss and especially the FO response in the 2024 offseason were devastating.

It's hard to imagine any GM could have sabotaged this team more even if it were intentional.

 

[CoachD]

I would say that's giving the Cowboys way too much credit!

 

[jazzcat22]

I agree we have needs much bigger needs with our PREMIUM picks than to waste it on a QB, but if they DO hawk, they're telling us something (if he didn't have the huge contract, it would REALLY be telling) if we drafted a QB with a premium pick!

I have no problem getting one in the 5th-7th hell look at Purdy??? lol, I also don't want a QB who's just a pocket passer, he has to be able to move around and run if need be

Purdy showed he is not what fans in here think he is.
They had as many injuries as Dallas did, He did not carry the team.
He too needs a lot of surrounding talent, including a strong defense.

 

[jazzcat22]

They werent winning 12 games last year if they stayed healthy.

And they weren’t going to lose 10 games either.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

What you and I define as relevant is completely different than what JJ/SJ define as relevant.

 

[MikeT22]

And they weren’t going to lose 10 games either.

I know. But they still were going to be worse than the previous years either just missing the playoffs or going one and done again.

 

[MikeT22]

What you and I define as relevant is completely different than what JJ/SJ define as relevant.

Yep. Jerry was content with three straight 8-8 non-playoff seasons early in Garretts tenure because we were still alive and in a win and get in game the final week.