I'm not sure how this gets fixed

[loublue22]

Blow it up, trade Dak to the Raiders, trade Lamb and Parsons to the highest bidder, hire a good young coach, draft a QB in the first.

Of course none of this will ever happen.

 

[aikemirv]

I know. The problem is, as I explained to @Ranching is that I'm a very passionate horse. I have always been a diehard fan, and, in terms of being a furry, I'm very much passionate about that. I have been credited on many occasions at cons for bringing high energy because I'm always trying to be the best I can be. I've never seen success with this team,.and it angers me that I see such little effort from the FO.

I used to be but I just got tired of it. Tired of it ruining my day and causing me to lose sleep so I just let it go a few years ago. I had a hard time turning it off yesterday but I did. Somewhere in the mid 3rd to beg of the 4th. There is no saving this team with the current structure!

I still watch every game but I can now just move it out of my mind. The problem is it makes the rest of the NFL less enjoyable when you are not invested. I try to root for another team like Buffalo but my heart is not in it.

 

[kevm3]

It doesn't get fixed nor can it because we have no real FO. While other FOs are working around the clock doing everything to better the team and are hiring coaches on performance, our FO is engaged in all kinds of other non-football duties and we hire based on how chummy the coach can be with the owner. When you treat getting to the 2nd round of the playoffs as a superbowl, you'll be much happier.

 

[lukemartin79]

I mean, it'd be one thing if this was just a bad team or if there was a plan forward. Jerry's 82! He's not got much time left probably. There's not really a plan he can have as the sands in his hour glass dwindle.

Good point, you would think Jerry would realize that and want one more championship before he dies. And then go all out to get that, its not like he doesn't have the money to do so. It will be hard though with a salary cap and one guy eating so much of that. And that guy just falls apart against good teams and big games

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I used to be but I just got tired of it. Tired of it ruining my day and causing me to lose sleep so I just let it go a few years ago. I had a hard time turning it off yesterday but I did. Somewhere in the mid 3rd to beg of the 4th. There is no saving this team with the current structure!

I still watch every game but I can now just move it out of my mind. The problem is it makes the rest of the NFL less enjoyable when you are not invested. I try to root for another team like Buffalo but my heart is not in it.

Well, and that's the thing. I suppose if I had another team that I'd cheer for, it would probably be the Broncos or Colts (there should be no surprise why), but it's not the same as the Cowboys in any way.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Good point, you would think Jerry would realize that and want one more championship before he dies. And then go all out to get that, its not like he doesn't have the money to do so. It will be hard though with a salary cap and one guy eating so much of that. And that guy just falls apart against good teams and big games

Exactly, and you'd think he'd want to hire the best possible coaches and football minds possible to make one last push. He will die sometime probably soon. He's already above the expected life expectancy for a male human in the US. You'd think he'd like to make one last real push before he meets his maker.

 

[Creeper]

We could sign a quarterback for $5 million a year and he could do exactly what Dak does and maybe even better.

I was in favor of keeping Andy Dalton over Dak and was ridiculed for it. Oh well, I was right.

I get it. We can get blown out with Dak and without Dak. It is the same thing. But no one is winning a Super Bowl with Andy Dalton anymore.

I can't explain Dak's regression again this year. Some of his INTs in the last few games have been mind-boggling.

 

[tm1119]

Helicopter/Private Jet/Yacht crash. Other than that we are completely screwed as a franchise

 

[LACowboysFan1]

The problem is that Jerry will do whatever he has to in order to avoid records like he had when he bought the team, and just before the bought the team. Those types of records get you high draft picks, so that you can get the Aikmans, etc.
Very hard to build a winning team with having to depend on 4th round draft pick and UDFA quarterbacks.

How did the Cowboys get Aikman? Go 3-13 the year before. How about a Dorsett? Trade for a high pick, didn't lose a lot of games the year before but he was still the no. 2 overall pick. Emmitt? 17th in the first round, still a pretty high pick.

Who is the Lions qb? Goff, no. 1 pick. Gee, wonder why he's been to a SB?

Now sure you can get lucky with a player like Brady, but it's a foolish way to plan your team, those guys rarely turn out great.

Much is made of Jerry trading away Walker for a boatload of picks and players, but he had Aikman and Irvin already, who's to say just the normal draft picks wouldn't have resulted in the same SB wins?

The only way our Cowboys will return to greatness is to have the Jones family totally gone, assuming the new owners don't turn out like Daniel Snyder or such, but that's a far better option than another 30 years of the Jones' running the team...

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I get it. We can get blown out with Dak and without Dak. It is the same thing. But no one is winning a Super Bowl with Andy Dalton anymore.

I can't explain Dak's regression again this year. Some of his INTs in the last few games have been mind-boggling.

I think that the interceptions are in large part because we have no running game. There are only so many route combinations you can run in a game before they become overly predictable. As Tom Brady pointed out yesterday, when you get down into the redzone, you have 11 defencive players guarding less than 20 yards of space. If we can't run the ball, then they can sell out for the pass and just guard the endzone. That makes Dak's job nearly impossible.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

The problem is that Jerry will do whatever he has to in order to avoid records like he had when he bought the team, and just before the bought the team. Those types of records get you high draft picks, so that you can get the Aikmans, etc.
Very hard to build a winning team with having to depend on 4th round draft pick and UDFA quarterbacks.

How did the Cowboys get Aikman? Go 3-13 the year before. How about a Dorsett? Trade for a high pick, didn't lose a lot of games the year before but he was still the no. 2 overall pick. Emmitt? 17th in the first round, still a pretty high pick.

Who is the Lions qb? Goff, no. 1 pick. Gee, wonder why he's been to a SB?

Now sure you can get lucky with a player like Brady, but it's a foolish way to plan your team, those guys rarely turn out great.

Much is made of Jerry trading away Walker for a boatload of picks and players, but he had Aikman and Irvin already, who's to say just the normal draft picks wouldn't have resulted in the same SB wins?

The only way our Cowboys will return to greatness is to have the Jones family totally gone, assuming the new owners don't turn out like Daniel Snyder or such, but that's a far better option than another 30 years of the Jones' running the team...

Look at our defence at the time though with Aikman. That was a really good unit. Does anyone besides maybe Micah Parsons on our current unit even make that defence's practice squad?

 

[lukemartin79]

Exactly, and you'd think he'd want to hire the best possible coaches and football minds possible to make one last push. He will die sometime probably soon. He's already above the expected life expectancy for a male human in the US. You'd think he'd like to make one last real push before he meets his maker.

Yes you would. Makes total sense, It is our only hope as fans really - its going to get worse once he is gone and Little Stevie takes over- we have no chance of seeing a championship then.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Yes you would. Makes total sense, It is our only hope as fans really - its going to get worse once he is gone and Little Stevie takes over- we have no chance of seeing a championship then.

Well, exactly, but then, would Stevie want to deal with all this? When daddy Jerry is gone and he's in charge, is he going to want to become public enemy number one?

 

[ClintDagger]

Blow it up, trade Dak to the Raiders, trade Lamb and Parsons to the highest bidder, hire a good young coach, draft a QB in the first.

Of course none of this will ever happen.

This is exactly what they should do.

 

[ShortRound]

Should have kept Dan Quinn, at least the defense played better.

 

[J_Allen]

I get it. We can get blown out with Dak and without Dak. It is the same thing. But no one is winning a Super Bowl with Andy Dalton anymore.

I can't explain Dak's regression again this year. Some of his INTs in the last few games have been mind-boggling.

We just need to bite the bullet and get rid of these players who keep us mediocre, at best. If that means having a two or three win season then so be it. We'll have a top five pick in each round of the draft and can add the right type of players to get this thing turned around. This team is a trash heap and it needs to be blown up.

And Dak is simply not seeing the field. He can't read defenses well and that's why he throws the same interceptions in year 9 as he did in year 1.

 

[loublue22]

Should have kept Dan Quinn, at least the defense played better.

Not against good teams.

 

[KJJ]

We don’t have the personnel on defense, especially the DL or the running backs. The OL is shaky. If we sit around during the offseason again and are not active in free agency we’re going to get even worse next year. Some of the players we lost are in Washington helping them. Tony Pollard has more yards rushing and TDs than any of our backs. Even the dumbest fans on this board could see we got worse during the offseason. We all knew it wasn’t looking good for the Cowboys heading into this season. The team they have is what we feared.

 

[KJJ]

Should have kept Dan Quinn, at least the defense played better.

He got a head coaching opportunity. He was certainly a better DC than Zimmer, but funny how a lot of fans here tried to spin that Zimmer would be better. I kept repeating over and over I wasn’t thrilled with the hiring of Zimmer but a lot of fans wanted to argue, claiming our defense would be even better with him. lol