Expectations have turned into a train wreck

[Sasquatch]

I see it as a win-win situation. A victory will give us renewed optimism that maybe we can still win a woeful NFCE. A loss ensures us more fun threads about Greg Hardy, pc run amok, and media/nfl conspiracies against the Boys.

Okay, you're right, I hope we beat the Eagles apart from the fact that they will always reek of the stench of Buddy Ryan.

 

[xwalker]

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

What's funny is that the only reason they've been losing is because Romo and Dez have been out; however, it gives people the opportunity to blame a multitude of people and issues.

The Murray issue would be gone if not for injuries to Romo and Dez. The Cowboys rank 7th in rushing.

 

[dallasdave]

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

 

[dallasdave]

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

The Cowboys can't hear the train cause there stuck in Folsom Prison .

 

[JDSmith]

The Cowboys can't hear the train cause there stuck in Folsom Prison .

You can hear the train from Folsom Prison. Johnny Cash told me so.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Injuries can absolutely cause a team to miss the playoffs. However, even injury-ridden, talent-deprived teams seldom lose five or more games in a row.

 

[JDSmith]

Injuries can absolutely cause a team to miss the playoffs. However, even injury-ridden, talent-deprived teams seldom lose five or more games in a row.

It hasn't been easy.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

It hasn't been easy.

No, it hasn't.

The Cowboys win this weekend. No way they lose six straight. This isn't 1989.

 

[dallasdave]

You can hear the train from Folsom Prison. Johnny Cash told me so.

Ok, maybe the Cowboys can escape and jump on the train this week against the Eagles.

 

[Frosty]

No, it hasn't.

The Cowboys win this weekend. No way they lose six straight. This isn't 1989.

Man I hope so...but the question is when and where will this train stop its losing streak.....before players start jumping ship.....which comes first a win or players abandoning ship

 

[cowboyblue22]

they better win soon or its going to be a really long offseason and rest of the season the media will pick there bones and laugh for a long time.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

they better win soon or its going to be a really long offseason and rest of the season the media will pick there bones and laugh for a long time.

This has been a long week.

 

[Beast_from_East]

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.

Injuries are part of the game.

That is why you have 53 guys on the roster. Now if you can't win one dam game without all your starters, then you totally botched your depth.

That is on the coaches, as much as you want to give them a pass for everything

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Injuries are part of the game.

That is why you have 53 guys on the roster. Now if you can't win one dam game without all your starters, then you totally botched your depth.

That is on the coaches, as much as you want to give them a pass for everything

You could tell this team had no depth during the pre-season.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

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.

Repeat rinse repeat. lol

 

[Idgit]

Injuries are part of the game.

That is why you have 53 guys on the roster. Now if you can't win one dam game without all your starters, then you totally botched your depth.

That is on the coaches, as much as you want to give them a pass for everything

Of course injuries are part of the game. They're the part that can make a good team into a bad one. It's naive to think you're coaching staff is just going to "coach 'em up" and win anyway at a certain point. Not that we haven't been in all of the games but one.

Either way, I'm still content to see how the season plays out, so I'm not excusing anything. I'm just giving the reasonable perspective.

I'm going to ignore the comment about giving the coaching a pass for everything because we both know as much as I explicitly cite what I consider to be coaching limitations and responsibilities, it's going to get ignored by everyone who wants to think coaching is the issue no matter the obvious evidence to the contrary.

 

[Blackspider214]

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

How is it hard to believe? You don't win games with Cassell and Weeden as your QBs. That's been proven in their careers.

 

[KJJ]

Every season the past decade that's had Super Bowl expectations have turned into a train wreck. The best seasons have been the seasons where expectations were low. Entering last season the expectations were the lowest they had been in many years and it turned out to be the best season the Cowboys have had in many years.

 

[KJJ]

Expectations lead to disappointments it has with the Cowboys at least since the late 90s.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Every season the past decade that's had Super Bowl expectations have turned into a train wreck. The best seasons have been the seasons where expectations were low. Entering last season the expectations were the lowest they had been in many years and it turned out to be the best season the Cowboys have had in many years.

Last year after week 1 Keyshawn called us the worse team in the league. I miss that. This team plays better as the underdog.