Expectations have turned into a train wreck

[Frosty]

The Dallas Cowboys — a team expected to be Super Bowl contenders — have turned into a trainwreck

The Dallas Cowboys' season is a trainwreck — a slow crash where each car continues to smash into the next in a flaming pile-up.

After a surprising 12-4 season in 2014 that saw the Cowboys come a catch away from the NFC Championship game, many people thought the Cowboys could turn the corner this year and contend for the Super Bowl.

Though they lost running back DeMarco Murray, they re-signed Dez Bryant, had a healthy Tony Romo coming off one of his best seasons, a solid offensive line, and a stout defense.

Instead, on-field and off-field issues have flipped their season upside down.


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dallas-cowboys-team-expected-super-213209030.html

 

[Alexander]

Lose Sunday, I might agree.

This team needs a win in the worst way. It changes all of it.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

I hope we win a game before Thanksgiving.

 

[JDSmith]

I hope we win a game before Thanksgiving.

I hope we win a game before Monday.

 

[links18]

That's what happens when you ride Amtrak to a game. You get in a train wreck. Eventually....

 

[Alexander]

I hope we win a game before Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is facing a pretty good team. If we end up that way, it is just an exercise in cheering to ruin someone else's playoff seeding.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Thanksgiving is facing a pretty good team. If we end up that way, it is just an exercise in cheering to ruin someone else's playoff seeding.

I'm afraid what will happen to this team if we lose and the Giants win. 3 games back and counting.

 

[Alexander]

I'm afraid what will happen to this team if we lose and the Giants win. 3 games back and counting.

Don't let anyone with a slide rule and a shout out about mathematical elimination fool you.

This team is under the biggest microscope in the NFL and with another loss, I have little doubt you will see some players start checking out in the upcoming weeks.

 

[Frosty]

Hard to believe this team has not won a game since September.....thats ludicrous

 

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[PA Cowboy Fan]

Hard to believe this team has not won a game since September.....thats ludicrous

It is unreal that we can't manage one win without our QB.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

I'm afraid what will happen to this team if we lose and the Giants win. 3 games back and counting.

2 and a half.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

2 and a half.

and counting.

 

[Idgit]

It is unreal that we can't manage one win without our QB.

During most of the streak, it hasn't just been the QB. It's been our two best offensive players, on top of the team leader in receptions this year, our best slot corner, our best pass rusher for 4 games, our rookie pass rusher for 4-5 games, our stoner of a MLB, Sean Lee missed some time. In a stretch when we played a bunch of really good QBs.

That sounds like excuses, but what I"m really saying it that it's not just all on Tony. I don't think it's good that it gets characterized as being all on Tony, so I'm going to keep bringing that perspective.

 

[Alexander]

2 and a half.

Half games only count in baseball.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

"The Cowboys shouldn't be allowed to make the playoffs after all of this. Being injury-ravaged, playing poorly, and handling PR poorly shouldn't be rewarded with a postseason berth because the rest of the division plays poorly, too. Give the Rams or the Raiders their spot. The Cowboys would still have to rattle off a small win streak to be in contention, but they're not far off, despite not winning a game since September."

This is why yahoo finance is known for their hard hitting sports takes.

 

[Alexander]

During most of the streak, it hasn't just been the QB. It's been our two best offensive players, on top of the team leader in receptions this year, our best slot corner, our best pass rusher for 4 games, our rookie pass rusher for 4-5 games, our stoner of a MLB, Sean Lee missed some time. In a stretch when we played a bunch of really good QBs.

That sounds like excuses, but what I"m really saying it that it's not just all on Tony. I don't think it's good that it gets characterized as being all on Tony, so I'm going to keep bringing that perspective.

No sounding like it. They are excuses.

Nobody expected a five game skid. Nobody.

There was enough belief that there was enough residual talent on this team that there would be at least a win or two at this point.

Nobody was mentioning Scandrick, Hardy, Gregory, McClain or factoring in the inevitable Sean Lee injury after Romo got hurt.

Now, it is very easy to compile a checklist. I just hope it does not carry over to the offseason, because it will make it a very very long one.

 

[Idgit]

No sounding like it. They are excuses.

Nobody expected a five game skid. Nobody.

There was enough belief that there was enough residual talent on this team that there would be at least a win or two at this point.

Nobody was mentioning Scandrick, Hardy, Gregory, McClain or factoring in the inevitable Sean Lee injury after Romo got hurt.

Now, it is very easy to compile a checklist. I just hope it does not carry over to the offseason, because it will make it a very very long one.

I never said anybody expected it. I'm saying the reasons for it are more complex than just 'Tony is missing.' Although, you're nuts if you think people weren't looking at the absence of players like Dez and McClain and Hardy and thinking it wasn't going to affect our early games. There were tons of threads about each guy when he was suspended or went down. For just that reason. Dunbar going out at the same time, too, was a significant loss.

And I can tell you for one, if we miss the postseason largely because of injuries and you don't like to hear about it, you better get used to it. I'll be leading that parade down Main Street. Because the alternative of pretending it was all on Tony and that the coaches ought to have just 'coached around it' is so simplistically dumb that I won't be able to stand it.

 

[Alexander]

And I can tell you for one, if we miss the postseason largely because of injuries and you don't like to hear about it, you better get used to it. I'll be leading that parade down Main Street.

Well, I never doubted this, so I really don't need to "get used to it".

 

[texbumthelife]

"The Cowboys shouldn't be allowed to make the playoffs after all of this. Being injury-ravaged, playing poorly, and handling PR poorly shouldn't be rewarded with a postseason berth because the rest of the division plays poorly, too. Give the Rams or the Raiders their spot. The Cowboys would still have to rattle off a small win streak to be in contention, but they're not far off, despite not winning a game since September."

This is why yahoo finance is known for their hard hitting sports takes.

Really!

No team controls their injury situation and shouldn't be punished for it or have it held against them. What this team will have to do to even make the playoffs when Romo gets back, if they accomplish it, will be a monumental feat and they will have earned the hell out of it.

Furthermore, it teams with PR issues shouldn't get rewarded with a playoff birth, then NE should have missed the playoffs for the last decade. They've tainted the product and upset the competitive balance on the field where it actually matters. What an absolutely ridiculous take.