News: Gil Brandt: Cowboys have one of NFL's best Super Bowl windows; here's why

[ShiningStar]

This "window" could be about like the "romo" window which is now closed.


lol yeah that is the "process" both 2014 and 16 surprised cowboy fans and got us all excited only to be agains surprised by our defeats
in playoffs, games we could have won with better coaching.
but to be honest, most teams dont have good coaches either, all ex-players, using the same stuff they learned from other coaches.
Parcells called it the "boys club"

Next season is a new one, so what happened this season doesnt mean a whole lot, Carolina is a good example of that.
We do have a window, but getting thru it is another story.

Our team this year was good enough to beat GB, and possibly Atlanta, but they were one and done.
Blame our defense, but GB and Atlanta did not have better players on defense than us, and not exactly known for their defense,
yet one beat us, and the other is in the SB.......why?
Points allowed
Dallas 306
GB 388
Atlanta 406

So the team whose defense allowed 100 points more than dallas has a better defense than Dallas??
I say it all comes down to coaching in playoffs, and sometimes players can make wins happen with great plays, despite the coaching,
but most times it is the coaching.
A example is GB against seattle, in 2014, had the game won, but let up and lost.
That is why Atlanta did not let up against GB this year.

I agree Garrett could be in the SB, you are correct, neither team is dominant nor could beat us handily. Missed gift by the football gods.

 

[ShiningStar]

Holy crap are you drunk?

That wall of text is borderline unintelligible.

I'm not kidding.

And I'm certainly not going to waste my time trying to reason with nonsense.

its ok facts are a tricky thing.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GarrJa0.htm

theres the stats, nothing i said was unfair.

Real simple, we have been mediocre under Garrett, or words you understand we have been "ho hum"

 

[perrykemp]

too late to add it , but seattle defense allowed 292 points and dallas 306
So not much difference.
in NFC,
NYG were # 1 with 284
# 2 Seattle with 292
# 3 Dallas with 306
So our players cant be as bad as some make them out to be.

Points allowed per drive is a much better indicator of the talent/ability of a defense and it's players. In that category the Cowboys ranked #13th -- still a big improvement over previous years but not quite the Top 5 / Top 10 that 'Overall Points Allowed' would indicate.

 

[percyhoward]

too late to add it , but seattle defense allowed 292 points and dallas 306
So not much difference.
in NFC,
NYG were # 1 with 284
# 2 Seattle with 292
# 3 Dallas with 306
So our players cant be as bad as some make them out to be.

Both Seattle and the Giants had offenses that couldn't stay on the field, so their defenses faced a couple more drives per game.

Opponent drives faced (NFL rank)
211 Giants (2nd)
203 Seahawks (7th)
178 Cowboys (24th)

 

[percyhoward]

Points allowed per drive is a much better indicator of the talent/ability of a defense and it's players. In that category the Cowboys ranked #13th -- still a big improvement over previous years but not quite the Top 5 / Top 10 that 'Overall Points Allowed' would indicate.

And we were especially bad against top 10 offenses in points per drive in 2016. These numbers include postseason.

Points Allowed/Drive
Dallas Defense vs. Offenses ranked...
1-10: 2.53 ppd (51 drives, 129 points)
11-32: 1.52 ppd (137 drives, 208 points)

Giants Defense vs. Offenses ranked...
1-10: 1.73 ppd (93 drives, 161 points)
11-32: 1.35 ppd (114 drives, 154 points)

Giving each defense the league average number of drives faced per game...
Points Allowed/Game
Dallas Defense vs. Offenses ranked...
1-10: 28.0 ppg
11-32:16.8 ppg

Giants Defense vs. Offenses ranked...
1-10: 19.1 ppg
11-32: 14.9 ppg

When facing Top 10 offenses, New York's defense gave up 22% more points than their average, while the Cowboys gave up 40% more.

 

[DandyDon52]

Points allowed per drive is a much better indicator of the talent/ability of a defense and it's players. In that category the Cowboys ranked #13th -- still a big improvement over previous years but not quite the Top 5 / Top 10 that 'Overall Points Allowed' would indicate.

Well true, but all stats have flaws, the overall shows consistency in not allowing a lot of points.
Our offense got away from the dink and dunk, and the long drives and gap in TOP faded.

 

[percyhoward]

Well true, but all stats have flaws, the overall shows consistency in not allowing a lot of points.
Our offense got away from the dink and dunk, and the long drives and gap in TOP faded.

The "overall" makes the defense look better than it was because it includes what the offense did to stay on the field and limit the opponent's number of possessions. Dallas still has a below-average defense.

Although it certainly wasn't a big play offense, we were never "dink and dunk." And the TOP of our average offensive drive was greater in the playoff game (3:21) than it was in the regular season (3:01).

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

well lets take a look, he beat up some bad teams

Ridiculous

We have been drafting better, thats due to Garrett, oh wait, no, its not.

Baseless

we can totally waste some years on them,

Defeatist

e also captialized on a very sub par league. Remember we had a stretch of some very great teams, until they hit the field. True we had a few glorious wins, dont get me wrong. Yet one of these teams we beat, while praising them on not being a suck team, turned around and wailed on us to, something Garrett forgot, onto the next game, because it wasnt regular season.

Gibberish

Did the RKG culture take off? Whos enjoying the perks of that? Am i right.

No

McFadden, was so glad he came here and we wasted a season on him.

Nonsense

Starting Witten also paid off big time. Im still tryign to get the parade info for that. Big win with that

What?

lets hope for a great draft to bail us out

Nonsense

see which useless players we ll keep

Defeatist

Fingers crossed the other teams just keep tehir teams and not bother getting better.

Odd that you'd conclude that a better, younger team doesn't have room for improvement when that's the basis of your entire post.

Heres to taking out the best RB in the league, our own.

Needs google translate

I do love that you've conceded the next season before the current one ends. That foxhole ain't going to empty itself.

 

[ShiningStar]

Ridiculous

Baseless

Defeatist

Gibberish

No

Nonsense

What?

Nonsense

Defeatist

Odd that you'd conclude that a better, younger team doesn't have room for improvement when that's the basis of your entire post.

Needs google translate

I do love that you've conceded the next season before the current one ends. That foxhole ain't going to empty itself.

I need Joe Pesci to stand up "everything that guy said is BS"

LOL, ok now prove me wrong.

Did we not beat up some bad teams? Chicago was good? How good were the browns? Ravens? Vikings? (remember when eveyone was picking them to go to the SB, hahah) That right there, some good easy wins.

Not a sub par league? holy moly who challenged the Patriots? How was GB , Detriot, Jags, the list goes on. Most teams were sub par this year.

How well was McFadden used? Did we get a big dose of EE and McFadden? No. McFadden and EE could have chewed up GB if we stuck to the run.

I said in the begining of the year and kept at it, Starting Witten wasnt going to win us anything. Get the otehr TES involved so we know what we have. Nope, gotta start us some Witten. Lovely. Id rather him be fresher for the play offs.

You dont think this last draft didnt bail us out? Do tell? Do you think if we had Kellen play over Dak we are 13-3? Do tell.

Im going to forgo the rest, i proved my point

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

I need Joe Pesci to stand up "everything that guy said is BS"

LOL, ok now prove me wrong.

Did we not beat up some bad teams? Chicago was good? How good were the browns? Ravens? Vikings? (remember when eveyone was picking them to go to the SB, hahah) That right there, some good easy wins.

Not a sub par league? holy moly who challenged the Patriots? How was GB , Detriot, Jags, the list goes on. Most teams were sub par this year.

How well was McFadden used? Did we get a big dose of EE and McFadden? No. McFadden and EE could have chewed up GB if we stuck to the run.

I said in the begining of the year and kept at it, Starting Witten wasnt going to win us anything. Get the otehr TES involved so we know what we have. Nope, gotta start us some Witten. Lovely. Id rather him be fresher for the play offs.

You dont think this last draft didnt bail us out? Do tell? Do you think if we had Kellen play over Dak we are 13-3? Do tell.

Im going to forgo the rest, i proved my point

Your point was to concede the 2017 season. That's far from proven or logical.
You're literally using good drafting as a negative. If that doesn't expose your bias I don't know what to tell you.

 

[ShiningStar]

Your point was to concede the 2017 season. That's far from proven or logical.
You're literally using good drafting as a negative. If that doesn't expose your bias I don't know what to tell you.

So what if i concede, thats my opinion. What i am saying is im not going to get excited. Garrett has proven he doesnt handle the post season as well as the regular season, that impressive stat being 2 regular seasons. Ok, so we are so doused in mediocrity that we get all excited over that, fine ill accept that. His post season being 1-2, yea calm it down, i know its awesome, but lets consider the fact its not.

so we have 2 good seasons under Garrett....3 8-8 seasons, (of whiich most cowboys fans want to whoop it up on). and lets be honest, 1 tanked season. And im supposed to get excited over this? oh yea i ll be waving my Dallas flag for next year. Sorry i dont get excited for ho hum.

I wasnt impressed or overly excited this season because i knew Dallas wasnt going to make noise as many proclaimed. Shocking how that ended up. I am happy with Dak, as i was on board for playing him. I was luke warm on EE, but cant deny that talent. Taking the team and breaking it down vs what we have at the helm tho is two different things. The team i can believe in, the coach i cant. Sorry if the facts back me up.

NExt year will be next year, and we ll see what the other teams do, i dont think they will be static. I also dont believe the Cowboys will receive another gift. We ll just have to see what happens. Again am i going to get excited? nope. First lets see what we do with FA and the draft, since i can no longer get excited that another coach or head coach will come in and work around the core we are going to have. So now we have to waste at least one season in my view. Yes id rather have a new coach, implement this coaches and system right now, than have the draft and FA to get the players to set this team up to do what it should have been doing since 07.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

So what if i concede, thats my opinion. What i am saying is im not going to get excited. Garrett has proven he doesnt handle the post season as well as the regular season, that impressive stat being 2 regular seasons. Ok, so we are so doused in mediocrity that we get all excited over that, fine ill accept that. His post season being 1-2, yea calm it down, i know its awesome, but lets consider the fact its not.

so we have 2 good seasons under Garrett....3 8-8 seasons, (of whiich most cowboys fans want to whoop it up on). and lets be honest, 1 tanked season. And im supposed to get excited over this? oh yea i ll be waving my Dallas flag for next year. Sorry i dont get excited for ho hum.

I wasnt impressed or overly excited this season because i knew Dallas wasnt going to make noise as many proclaimed. Shocking how that ended up. I am happy with Dak, as i was on board for playing him. I was luke warm on EE, but cant deny that talent. Taking the team and breaking it down vs what we have at the helm tho is two different things. The team i can believe in, the coach i cant. Sorry if the facts back me up.

NExt year will be next year, and we ll see what the other teams do, i dont think they will be static. I also dont believe the Cowboys will receive another gift. We ll just have to see what happens. Again am i going to get excited? nope. First lets see what we do with FA and the draft, since i can no longer get excited that another coach or head coach will come in and work around the core we are going to have. So now we have to waste at least one season in my view. Yes id rather have a new coach, implement this coaches and system right now, than have the draft and FA to get the players to set this team up to do what it should have been doing since 07.

I think the primary issue is that you're unable to differentiate fact from opinion. No one is asking you to be excited. Just trying to tease some sense out of your position. But barring that, these incoherent rants are great. Keep em coming.

 

[ShiningStar]

I think the primary issue is that you're unable to differentiate fact from opinion. No one is asking you to be excited. Just trying to tease some sense out of your position. But barring that, these incoherent rants are great. Keep em coming.

anything i say not factual? please share?

just to be clear

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GarrJa0.htm