History Repeats Itself, The 1980's All Over Again

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Tom Landry, is the guy who said it lol. Danny White does not have a cool bone in his body. Are you calling Tom Landry “baloney you just lost all integrity.
BS on that. UNLIKE YOU I watched all the boys games back then and watched them with good vision.
Just to show how full of crap your posts are, tell me Danny Whites PLAYOFF RECORD compared to Daks.
 

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Danny White wasn’t better than either QB despite his 5 playoff wins. He was had some great teams with most of the core players under 30 when he was handed the team in 1980. Romo and Dak never had the loaded teams White had. White was the main reason those teams couldn’t get over the hump, which is why Landry attempted to trade him and several other players for the rights to draft John Elway.
Tom Landry recognized as virtually everyone else did what a talent Elway was and made a try at getting him.
Tell me what other time he wanted to trade white?
And why did he not try and draft someone high to replace him if your BS claim was true?
 

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Tom Landry recognized as virtually everyone else did what a talent Elway was and made a try at getting him.
Tell me what other time he wanted to trade white?
And why did he not try and draft someone high to replace him if your BS claim was true?
Gil Brandt wanted to draft Joe Montana. Landry and Schramm talked him out of it. Because they had Danny White. They needed a TE so drafted Doug Cosbie.
He said that was the only time he was talked out of selecting a player.
Now would have Joe had the same success in Dallas as he did if SF. Who knows.

Regardless. I would take Danny White over Romo or Prescott, no questions asked.
Now put either of those two on the Teams White had, I would take Romo. But put Danny White on the teams Dallas put out there since 2008. I would take that, as there were some good teams that were wasted.
 

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A top 5 pick, without the Dak contract, would be the absolute time to go after a QB. With that contract, they need to focus on core defenders & WR in this draft and\or trade down & stockpile picks for 2026.

Most likely going to be a several year project to rebuild this team so I would shop CD & Parsons. No need wasting them here. Might as well get younger, cheaper players & get them some experience.
I don't see Parsons not getting paid or a Lamb trade. They rather remain relevant even with no shot in the next 2 years. It's exactly how this team operates. We'll see what the offseason brings with a top 10, possibly top 5.
 

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Some of yall crack me up....yes Danny White was better than Dak. Remember Danny came into the league as a punter and was one of the best in the league during the Roger Staubach years. When Danny took over as QB he never really got the recognition he deserved following in the footsteps of Roger but Danny was a serviceable QB. He won us 20 play off games over his career. Dak sure hasn't did that.
He was not drafted as a punter, he was drafted to understudy Staubach.
 

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Tom Landry recognized as virtually everyone else did what a talent Elway was and made a try at getting him.
Tell me what other time he wanted to trade white?
And why did he not try and draft someone high to replace him if your BS claim was true?
That was Tex and Gil all the way, Landry did not have much to do with that.
 

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BS on that. UNLIKE YOU I watched all the boys games back then and watched them with good vision.
Just to show how full of crap your posts are, tell me Danny Whites PLAYOFF RECORD compared to Daks.
Danny White did not have a cool bone in his body, you seem to forget Landry saying that. I’ve been watching way before you. Cares about Prescott, or Danny White, they are both done. The ******** is you forgot Landry saying that. That final drive.
 

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BS on that. UNLIKE YOU I watched all the boys games back then and watched them with good vision.
Just to show how full of crap your posts are, tell me Danny Whites PLAYOFF RECORD compared to Daks.
Unlike you, I had a satellite dish, and never missed a game. It was a 12 foot dish. What did you have a TV Sears?
 

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If 2024 is 1984, we won't be good until 2031. I'm not going to say who...but...the actuarial tables indicate that Morgoth should be bound in chains by then...never to return to Middle Earth.

Until then...the shroud of the dark side has fallen.
 

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I don't see Parsons not getting paid or a Lamb trade. They rather remain relevant even with no shot in the next 2 years. It's exactly how this team operates. We'll see what the offseason brings with a top 10, possibly top 5.
probably right. I was saying that's how I would do it.
 

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you mean he was on a more successful team he was not better than Romo or dak..man had an upside td-INT ratio in the playoffs and not much better in the RS. Seriously was carried by a HOF coaching staff and surrounding players all facts QBS like him exist today like carson wentz..sorry Daks better but we will never know..

Mark sanchez, bortles all went to and many other average qbs went to Championship games and SBS but weren't better than Dak or Romo simply on better teams..
Danny White is always polarizing. His detractors and there are many, some of which never saw anything more than a highlight reel, always cite the team around him and see to never giver him his due. And unlike Romo, Danny White always showed up to training camp in shape (Romo had a spare tire the latter portions of his career) and he knew how to win big playoff games, something Romo and Dak know nothing about.
 

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He was not drafted as a punter, he was drafted to understudy Staubach.
No he was drafted by Dallas in the 3rd round in the 1974 draft to be the punter so Danny instead signed with the World Football League and played both punter and QB. When the league folded in 1976 he signed with Dallas as the punter but also the back up QB after the Clint Longley incident. Even when he started as the number 1 QB he still was the Cowboys punter also. He was the last starting QB in the league to start at a different position
 

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Danny White is always polarizing. His detractors and there are many, some of which never saw anything more than a highlight reel, always cite the team around him and see to never giver him his due. And unlike Romo, Danny White always showed up to training camp in shape (Romo had a spare tire the latter portions of his career) and he knew how to win big playoff games, something Romo and Dak know nothing about.
Disagree they won despite him I'm sorry he was OK but I'm not putting him in my list in my top five ahead of Romo or Prescott you have not seen them play with a team like that are you kidding me one of the best coaching staff to ever be assembled he got to play with some of the best run game in offensive line and defenses ever assembled and they still couldn't win the Super bowl.... His number speak for themselves what do you mean his detractors you can't have an upside down touchdown interception ratio meaning more interceptions and touchdowns in the postseason I don't even know if they kept fumble stacked but I guarantee he actually was the reason we didn't win more Super Bowls that's why Jerry has three titles and Landry only has two because he stayed with Danny white Danny white yes a very good quarterback I don't put him on my list ahead of Romo and dak I'm sorry you put back on those teams or robo with those run games and that coaching staff they've been farther along in their career I promise you...
 

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No he was drafted by Dallas in the 3rd round in the 1974 draft to be the punter so Danny instead signed with the World Football League and played both punter and QB. When the league folded in 1976 he signed with Dallas as the punter but also the back up QB after the Clint Longley incident. Even when he started as the number 1 QB he still was the Cowboys punter also. He was the last starting QB in the league to start at a different position
Danny was not drafted in the 3rd round as a punter, he was drafted as a QB. Yes Danny was a punter but he was scouted as a QB and he was drafted as a QB. He would have been drafted higher but he signed with a WFL team prior to the nfl draft thus dropping him down. The only other notable qb of that draft was Steve Bartkowski who went #1.
 

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Gil Brandt wanted to draft Joe Montana. Landry and Schramm talked him out of it. Because they had Danny White. They needed a TE so drafted Doug Cosbie.
He said that was the only time he was talked out of selecting a player.
Now would have Joe had the same success in Dallas as he did if SF. Who knows.

Regardless. I would take Danny White over Romo or Prescott, no questions asked.
Now put either of those two on the Teams White had, I would take Romo. But put Danny White on the teams Dallas put out there since 2008. I would take that, as there were some good teams that were wasted.
agree. The other huge mistake Gil said he made was when he decided not to draft Mike Singletary because he was one half inch under their minimum height for a LB
 

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Danny White is always polarizing. His detractors and there are many, some of which never saw anything more than a highlight reel, always cite the team around him and see to never giver him his due. And unlike Romo, Danny White always showed up to training camp in shape (Romo had a spare tire the latter portions of his career) and he knew how to win big playoff games, something Romo and Dak know nothing about.
so a spare tire is that important to you? BP said how he had to chase Tony out of the film room and Wade said the same thing but you have your agenda and nothing else matters

by the way I never saw Peyton Manning or many other QBs with a six pack.
 

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it took a few seasons for the 1980's Cowboys team to corrode.

1984 - 9-7
1985 - 10-6
1986 - 7-9
1987 - 7-8 (strike shortened)
1988 - 3-13

The team of the 2020's?

2021 - 12-5
2022 - 12-5
2023 - 12-5
2024 - 3-6?

This team crumbled overnight.

"4. Old in the tooth management losing touch."

People love to claim this. And yet, half of what you still see in NFL football today was invented by Tom Landry. They thought he lost touch after the 1974 season when they didn't make the playoffs for the first time in 9 years. In 1975 they went to the Super Bowl.

The team of the 80's was the team of the 60's and the team of the 70's. The real issue was 20 consecutive years of selecting players in the bottom quarter of every draft.

Eventually, everything that goes up must come down. Landry's last three seasons with a combined 17-28 record came much, much later than anybody expected. Even Belichick couldn't top 20 consecutive winning seasons.
 
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