Is it just me or is this season one of the most hopeless in recent memory?

[DoctorChicken]

I don't know. I don't know what is going on. I've never felt like this before.

I kind of have zero interest in watching the Cowboys now. When Tony came back, a little glimmer of hope was ignited inside me. And then we won the Miami game and it was full on homer time.

But after the Carolina game, something slipped away. I don't really have any interest in the rest of this season. I don't want to sit there and watch freaking Matt Cassel lead the team to loss after loss. My young, underdeveloped brain cannot handle that.

I'm much more excited about watching tape for the upcoming draft and focusing on my photography career, because I know what lies ahead within this season.

 

[conner01]

How many fans honestly thought we could lose romo for most of the season and make it to the playoffs?
How many teams are able to lose their starting QB for most of the season and still make a playoff run?
You can blame the owner, the staff or who ever you want but can anyone honestly say before the season they thought we or many other teams could make the playoffs without their starting QB

 

[Doomsay]

But, now we're left with a feeling of uncertainty and unfulfilled potential, especially at the QB position where we may end up in a situation where Romo breaks all of the franchise's passing records and has only 2 playoff wins to show for it. .

How damning is that? What an indictment of our coaching staff.

 

[Alexander]

Our team is held hostage at the moment.

It has been held hostage for the most part since Coach Johnson took the money and got out of Dodge. Brief respite during the Parcells era.

 

[JakeCamp12]

One of the issues with the organization that seems to mystify the front office, is we have been TERRIBLE of developing talent. We have never developed another QB to backup Romo, we stink at developing tight ends and wide receivers. Let's not even talk about corners and safeties. We sign players, and it seems that if they are not starting, they just get lost on the roster. We just can't seem to prepare backups to start if necessary. This has been an issue since Jimmy left, and it is one of the reasons we fail to really contend for a Super Bowl.

 

[IrishAnto]

My bad on the record, but the point remains the same. The 2010 season sucked.

True, but to be honest there have been so many over the last 20 years they start to merge.

 

[Alexander]

How many teams are able to lose their starting QB for most of the season and still make a playoff run?

Indianapolis is still in it with Luck missing four starts and maybe more. Palmer went down last year for the last seven games and Arians was somehow able to win a couple to salvage the season.

 

[Tass]

The sense of entitlement and the belief they are better than they are permeates the entire operation.

This.

SO MUCH this.

 

[Junglist]

See i'm (apparently) in the minority as I am still a Jason Garrett supporter and I truly (at least up to this point) believe that JG just got hit with unbelievably bad luck this year with injuries and can and WILL win again, and not just next year but in years to come as well. Call me crazy but I like the fact that the players STILL play hard for JG no matter what the situation is or where the team currently stands and to me, that is a huge positive and determining factor in assessing the legitimacy and validity of a good HC.

Sure, the man has his shortcomings, but what young coach doesn't? I trust JG to get this **** straightened next year with either a healthy Romo or a young 1st or 2nd rd QB like Connor Cook, Jared Goff, or even someone like Cody Kessler. IF Redball can't get it straight next year ESPECIALLY with a healthy Romo, then i will regrettably be forced to give up on the man and admit that I was A) wrong about JG this whole time and B) that it is truly time for a COMPLETE rebuild here in Big D.

The main reason I am willing (and seemingly MUCH MORE willing than many others at the Zone) to keep putting all my eggs in the JG basket is because i just fear a "cleaning of the house" will do nothing but set this franchise back another 3-7 years (if not more) because lets be real: Who the **** are we gonna get to automatically step in and get this team going right away?

Unless we have some type of Gruden-Dungy situation right off the bat, I believe a new coach will mark the definitive end of the Romo-Witten-Lee-perhaps even Dez era, and i'm not ready to start rebuilding literally from straiight SCRATCH....Why do you "Garrett gotta gOoOo!!!" people not understand this? Or are y'all just okay with going back to the Quincy Carter- Dave Campo days of below-average repugnance? Please, I'm not trying to bash the JG haters, i'm just curious as to why yall dislike the Gingerbread ****.

I'd rather take a chance with a new coach than continue with one that we KNOW (and has proven over and over) has no clue what he's doing. Chip Kelly has more winning seasons than Garrett. But yeah, let's keep making excuses for the guy. Some of y'all already have ever one prepared for 2016.

 

[viman96]

Those seasons saw the chaos after losing Aikman and we started the search to find his replacement. We were only 5 years removed from our last SB win and the dynasty years. It was a trade off and one I would take again today.

But, now we're left with a feeling of uncertainty and unfulfilled potential, especially at the QB position where we may end up in a situation where Romo breaks all of the franchise's passing records and has only 2 playoff wins to show for it. We'll be left with another prolonged search for his replacement which will probably lead to more years of ineptitude. We haven't hit rock bottom yet. Things are far worse now.

It has been a while so perhaps you are thinking of the post 5-11 seasons? At least for me there was nothing worse than the middle of the second 5-11 season because there was no hope. Minimal talent, crappy coaching staff, no money and no 1st rd picks. If Jerry was not building a new stadium he never would have hired Parcels either so IMO we the fans got lucky there.

Today at least we have the salary cap under control, have draft picks and talent (especially compared to the 3 5-11 teams) so for me it is not anywhere near as bleak.

 

[visionary]

Honestly though, could it have gotten any worse after that Thanksgiving day debacle? I literally experienced a COMPLETE and utter 180 in emotion and expectations after the Thanksgiving day obliteration at the hands of the Panthers.

Basically, I went from an extremely optimistic, overly confident/borderline ARROGANT fan after the Dolphins W to an extremely PESSIMISTIC, overly depressed/borderline SUICIDAL fan after the T-giving day disaster.

Tbh, I can't remember a time when I've felt THIS detached from the season THIS early on. For example, I couldn't have watched more than 1-2 hours of football ALL DAY today, an absurdity for myself EVEN on non-Cowboy Sundays. To make matters THAT much worse, the SKINS were up pretty big all game long and are now in first place in the East.

As a Cowboys fan living in the Nations Capital, there is NOTHING and i mean NOTHING worse than having to listen to those Foreskin fans incessantly gloat about a "big win" AFTER we lose in as humiliating a fashion as we did to Carolina on T-Giving. Hearing these pea-brained, imbecilic Foreskin fans revel in their false bravado and new-found confidence after a "big" win is murderously annoying and unfortunately, they could end up WINNING THE NFC EAST!

I cannot WAIT for this season to ******* end. Who else feels the same way?

I agree with you
The hopelessness comes from helplessness. From knowing that a meddlesome football idiot is in control and will keep in place a HC and GM who would not be fit to be the FO/HC of a college team. The hopelessness comes from knowing that the ONLY person keeping this boat afloat (Romo) is on his last legs.

So I'm in the same boat as you regarding hopelessness. The detachment is just a defense mechanism against the helplessness of knowing there is nothing you can do.

 

[visionary]

See i'm (apparently) in the minority as I am still a Jason Garrett supporter and I truly (at least up to this point) believe that JG just got hit with unbelievably bad luck this year with injuries and can and WILL win again, and not just next year but in years to come as well. Call me crazy but I like the fact that the players STILL play hard for JG no matter what the situation is or where the team currently stands and to me, that is a huge positive and determining factor in assessing the legitimacy and validity of a good HC.

Sure, the man has his shortcomings, but what young coach doesn't? I trust JG to get this **** straightened next year with either a healthy Romo or a young 1st or 2nd rd QB like Connor Cook, Jared Goff, or even someone like Cody Kessler. IF Redball can't get it straight next year ESPECIALLY with a healthy Romo, then i will regrettably be forced to give up on the man and admit that I was A) wrong about JG this whole time and B) that it is truly time for a COMPLETE rebuild here in Big D.

The main reason I am willing (and seemingly MUCH MORE willing than many others at the Zone) to keep putting all my eggs in the JG basket is because i just fear a "cleaning of the house" will do nothing but set this franchise back another 3-7 years (if not more) because lets be real: Who the **** are we gonna get to automatically step in and get this team going right away?

Unless we have some type of Gruden-Dungy situation right off the bat, I believe a new coach will mark the definitive end of the Romo-Witten-Lee-perhaps even Dez era, and i'm not ready to start rebuilding literally from straiight SCRATCH....Why do you "Garrett gotta gOoOo!!!" people not understand this? Or are y'all just okay with going back to the Quincy Carter- Dave Campo days of below-average repugnance? Please, I'm not trying to bash the JG haters, i'm just curious as to why yall dislike the Gingerbread ****.

Can't blame you
Most people would keep their eyes closed when about to be hit by a train

 

[Dodger12]

It has been a while so perhaps you are thinking of the post 5-11 seasons? At least for me there was nothing worse than the middle of the second 5-11 season because there was no hope. Minimal talent, crappy coaching staff, no money and no 1st rd picks. If Jerry was not building a new stadium he never would have hired Parcels either so IMO we the fans got lucky there.

Today at least we have the salary cap under control, have draft picks and talent (especially compared to the 3 5-11 teams) so for me it is not anywhere near as bleak.

The 5 and 11 seasons were the result of poor drafting and not having a franchise QB. You have to assume that we will not be very good without one and I expect the same type of drop off when Romo hangs them up unless we try to identify, draft and devlop a QB while he's here (like now).

We are really no different than those 5 and 11 teams but folks don't want to admit it. The only real difference is that we at least had recent success in 2000 as opposed to now where it's going on two decades. It took us 6 years or so from Aikman retiring to having success with Romo. How many years post Romo will this go on?

And I do agree with the salary cap being under control but we'll be hard pressed to win 5 games this season with a team you feel is more talented. I'm not sure how you can come to that conclusion, especially since I think Cassel is arguably a better QB than QC. We haven't drafted well and have gaping holes on D, as well as (arguably) RB and WR. It's bleak......

 

[viman96]

The 5 and 11 seasons were the result of poor drafting and not having a franchise QB. You have to assume that we will not be very good without one and I expect the same type of drop off when Romo hangs them up unless we try to identify, draft and devlop a QB while he's here (like now).

We are really no different than those 5 and 11 teams but folks don't want to admit it. The only real difference is that we at least had recent success in 2000 as opposed to now where it's going on two decades. It took us 6 years or so from Aikman retiring to having success with Romo. How many years post Romo will this go on?

And I do agree with the salary cap being under control but we'll be hard pressed to win 5 games this season with a team you feel is more talented. I'm not sure how you can come to that conclusion, especially since I think Cassel is arguably a better QB than QC. We haven't drafted well and have gaping holes on D, as well as (arguably) RB and WR. It's bleak......

The team is not in salary cap hell like they were then. Assuming they finish 5-11, I highly doubt they will next year. They have the money and draft picks as well more talent on the roster to improve.

 

[DandyDon52]

See i'm (apparently) in the minority as I am still a Jason Garrett supporter and I truly (at least up to this point) believe that JG just got hit with unbelievably bad luck this year with injuries and can and WILL win again, and not just next year but in years to come as well. Call me crazy but I like the fact that the players STILL play hard for JG no matter what the situation is or where the team currently stands and to me, that is a huge positive and determining factor in assessing the legitimacy and validity of a good HC.

Sure, the man has his shortcomings, but what young coach doesn't? I trust JG to get this **** straightened next year with either a healthy Romo or a young 1st or 2nd rd QB like Connor Cook, Jared Goff, or even someone like Cody Kessler. IF Redball can't get it straight next year ESPECIALLY with a healthy Romo, then i will regrettably be forced to give up on the man and admit that I was A) wrong about JG this whole time and B) that it is truly time for a COMPLETE rebuild here in Big D.

The main reason I am willing (and seemingly MUCH MORE willing than many others at the Zone) to keep putting all my eggs in the JG basket is because i just fear a "cleaning of the house" will do nothing but set this franchise back another 3-7 years (if not more) because lets be real: Who the **** are we gonna get to automatically step in and get this team going right away?

Unless we have some type of Gruden-Dungy situation right off the bat, I believe a new coach will mark the definitive end of the Romo-Witten-Lee-perhaps even Dez era, and i'm not ready to start rebuilding literally from straiight SCRATCH....Why do you "Garrett gotta gOoOo!!!" people not understand this? Or are y'all just okay with going back to the Quincy Carter- Dave Campo days of below-average repugnance? Please, I'm not trying to bash the JG haters, i'm just curious as to why yall dislike the Gingerbread ****.

if your going to believe in JG then you sort of deserve this type season and more so the carolina beat down.
JG will always let you down at some point.
It and this season isnt all on JG though, the jones boys threw the wrench in the wheels in off season, and they run the team and JG.
JG wanted to keep murray, but jones boys didnt want to keep him so.....

Last years team and philosophy are gone, and they may never get that going again.
This team may be back to 8-8 again next year.

I believe a new coach will mark the definitive end of the Romo-Witten-........ not really, they would still be playing for another year or 2.
I think their chance for a SB or even getting to NFC champ game went out the door with Murray and Callahan and some of the other
off season moves the jones boys made.

 

[Everson24]

Honestly though, could it have gotten any worse after that Thanksgiving day debacle? I literally experienced a COMPLETE and utter 180 in emotion and expectations after the Thanksgiving day obliteration at the hands of the Panthers.

Basically, I went from an extremely optimistic, overly confident/borderline ARROGANT fan after the Dolphins W to an extremely PESSIMISTIC, overly depressed/borderline SUICIDAL fan after the T-giving day disaster.

Tbh, I can't remember a time when I've felt THIS detached from the season THIS early on. For example, I couldn't have watched more than 1-2 hours of football ALL DAY today, an absurdity for myself EVEN on non-Cowboy Sundays. To make matters THAT much worse, the SKINS were up pretty big all game long and are now in first place in the East.

As a Cowboys fan living in the Nations Capital, there is NOTHING and i mean NOTHING worse than having to listen to those Foreskin fans incessantly gloat about a "big win" AFTER we lose in as humiliating a fashion as we did to Carolina on T-Giving. Hearing these pea-brained, imbecilic Foreskin fans revel in their false bravado and new-found confidence after a "big" win is murderously annoying and unfortunately, they could end up WINNING THE NFC EAST!

I cannot WAIT for this season to ******* end. Who else feels the same way?

I hear ya. I live in Steelers country andur waste of a season is killing me. I get so sick of hearing about how great Ben is and how Antonio Brown is the best WR in the game. I have zero comebacks for the Steelers fans this year. A couple of years ago I thought we were a year or two ahead of them in the rebuilding process and now they are already ahead of us. I hate having no hope left before December even gets here.

 

[kiheikiwi]

Like the majority here, this is one of the worst. I wanted Garret fired the day after the 2013 season (and during) but was pleasantly surprised last year. Thought he had turned the corner, plus with the draft we had .....
And what is it with this team ! As Cowboys fans we all know the crap we put up with from other team fans, but we - I'm like, they just don't know. Then every nationally televised game, esp. Thanksgiving - they are getting blown out and there they all go again. 3 of the last 4 years they have been humiliated on national TV. 3 for 3 in losing the final play in games over the last for years.
It's depressing. We have squandered " The Romo years" And I don't trust this FO or the team to get things turned around as long as this coaching staff stays intact.

 

[Junglist]

How many fans honestly thought we could lose romo for most of the season and make it to the playoffs?
How many teams are able to lose their starting QB for most of the season and still make a playoff run?
You can blame the owner, the staff or who ever you want but can anyone honestly say before the season they thought we or many other teams could make the playoffs without their starting QB

Cardinals last season. Patriots with Matt Cassell (the guy we can't get a win with). Colts have won FOUR games with a backup now, and every team this season with a backup (besides us) has won a game. While making the playoffs with a backup is a longshot, we couldn't even win ONE GAME. The injury excuse only goes so far.

 

[Tabascocat]

Cardinals last season. Patriots with Matt Cassell (the guy we can't get a win with). Colts have won FOUR games with a backup now, and every team this season with a backup (besides us) has won a game. While making the playoffs with a backup is a longshot, we couldn't even win ONE GAME. The injury excuse only goes so far.

Looks like Denver isn't going to skip a beat as well after losing one of the best QB's in NFL history

 

[Junglist]

Looks like Denver isn't going to skip a beat as well after losing one of the best QB's in NFL history

Yep. It's amazing how people still use injuries as an excuse. They just knocked off the patriots, who are more than likely getting another ring.