Are the Cowboys still America's Team? I don't think so.
Most of the fans like myself who remember why the Cowboys became the greatest franchise in sports are sick of what we see. Jerry slapped every fan in the face for 13 years and didn't care what we thought while he used the sales from the team to live royally and forced us to endure the incompetence of Jason Garrett.
The Cowboys are more of a punchline nowadays than they are respected. I can only speak for myself, but I am sick of what the franchise has become.
I had hope that with the hiring of McCarthy that the humiliations of the past 13 years would end, but now we are enduring yet another issue in which the Cowboys simply ignore their fans and common sense.
If Jerry pays Dak and Dak doesn't produce, I think many fans like myself will be done.
I think Jerry has wasted all trust that the fans had in him with the insistence of keeping Jason Garrett for 10 years and wasting roster after roster of talent.
By the time Dak's extension is finished, Ezekiel Elliott's prime will be, as well.
And I don't want to hear Stephen using the excuse of "salary cap" limits as a reason for the Cowboys returning to the mediocrity of the Campo era.
Jerry had better get this one right; I don't think the younger fans know the passion with which which us older guys followed the Cowboys.
Jerry could very well be signing the death certificate of the Dallas Cowboys if he ignores the mistakes of the past and jumps right back in to the mess we were in with Garrett.
So Dak's fans should hope he becomes his own franchise.
The fans of the Dallas Cowboys demand much more than the fans of Dak Prescott do from both he and the Cowboys.
LeeBlair,
I agree with you but you need to get even more macro view on this.
We are America's team in name only. We have lived off our reputation for 25 years. When was the last time this team went to a championship game? (January 1996)..... Just think and ponder that point for a few minutes...... I have a couple hundred posts stating how Jerry does not care about winning the SB, he just cares about going between 7-9 & 10-6. As long as we are the top story on First Take, Unidisputed, ESPN, the game gets flex to SNF, Jerry is happy. Guys & Gals that is the absolute truth. He has 3 SB's, HOF, 5 Billion dollar franchise. He has won the game of life. All of our crying wont change a damn thing.
So having said all of that, I don't care about Dak, one way or another. To me I would rather spend my money on Cam (can be had very cheap)& Jameis (gone)before paying 40 million to Dak. But I will be labeled a Dak Hater... which I am not a I felt the same way about Romo. Romo didn't win a lick here in Dallas. He was a good qb in a great QB era. When he retired, I was a bit sad but then realized.. .What are we going to miss?
A fumbled Snap in a playoff game? Gigantic choke against the Gmen? Losing the last game of the season with the playoffs on the line? Two playoff wins? Dak is functionally equivalent to Romo. Do you think the Rams paying Goff was a good move?
The Jags bailed on Foles, The Titans will regret paying Tannehill. Niners paying Jiimmy.?
On one hand the cost of doing business with a QB has substantially gone up, so either we suck it up and pay or move on with it.
Do you think Seattle regrets paying Wilson? No, GB paid Rogers, Mahomes.. Chiefs would pay him 50 if they could, Watson will get paid.