Is This How Eagles Fans Felt Last Year?

[Jarntt]

One problem. Eagles still more stacked. Also niners.

This is true but with the two trades we are closer to both. I think those were the biggest moves of the offseason. We acquired two really good veterans at two positions that sorely needed upgrading. I know you can't do this and much is different, but add those two players to last years team and I think we beat SF in the playoffs. The biggest problem remains OL depth as OL injuries have struck every year and likely will again. It would make me ecstatic to figure out a way to trade for a veteran backup while these kids develop or sign Pugh

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Yep....apples and oranges.

Eagles last year were more similarr to SanFran last year....both had unexpected great QB seasons from an unknown unproven guy.

Dallas this year more similar to Minnesota from last few years. You know the team is good enough....just a matter of whether Kirk Cousins (who is always statistically good) will ever not flame out in the big games.

Yeah those 8-9 and 7-9 seasons is a lot like Kirk Cousins. Stick to Philly football.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

One problem. Eagles still more stacked. Also niners.

We don’t know that. We assume that because if the young players they have. We assume Nakobe Dean and Jordan Davis are great players. They may be but they haven’t shown it yet. They were bad against the run last year and im not sure if they’ve addressed that.

 

[Deionindahood]

I believe it's up to Dak to lead this team to the SB. Dak has three motivational scenarios to help keep him focused.
1) He has Trey Lance breathing down his neck for the QB job.
2) He has Diggs, who will call him a little bit*h during the game should the need arise.
3) The fans can help with motivation by throwing trash at Dak should he need encouragement.

All in all, It's a recipe for a Lombardi this year. Go Boys!!!

 

[Jimbo123]

I don’t know about you guys, but this team just feels absolutely stacked to me. It feels like a perfect blend of salty veterans, emerging young players, and crazy depth at key positions.

Yes, there’s mystery behind K and some lighter positions (I wish Overshown hadn’t been hurt), but I am weirdly confident in Aubrey. This isn’t just normal preseason excitement for me. This has to be the best team on paper since the 90s.

Here’s hoping Dak has his best year ever, and this defense goes down in history as legendary. This week is going to be the longest week ever. Go Cowboys!

Your heart says absolutory stacked, Vegas says 9.5 wins

 

[KJJ]

That team was overrated in terms of its pro-bowlers (which is a popularity contest) especially on the offensive line, was lacking in depth, and it had an injured and hobbled TO and Jacques Reeves as one of its CBs (which gave up a TD at the end of the half in under 40s after kicking it off), not to mention Captain Cupcake as head coach and Garrett calling the plays around an injured TO, among other issues when it came playoff time. The offense was outstanding when healthy and running on all cylinders, but the defense and pass rush outside of a few bright spots like the future HOF Ware was average. Even if they got to the SB I think the secondary would’ve been smoked by the Pats and Moss.

Those are just excuses. After a 12-1 start everyone was picking the Cowboys to go to the Super Bowl. That was a great team until everyone started reading their press clippings and became complacent. That team beat a 10-1 Packers team that ended up 13-3 and beat the Giants twice. Both those teams made it to the NFC conference title game, with the Giants winning the Super Bowl. The Cowboys ranked 3rd in total offense that season and 9th in total defense. The 2007 season is best remembered for camp cupcake and Cabo. Romo‘s game went completely in the toilet in December and January after having a sensational November. Go compare his passer ratings in November with his passer ratings in December and January. The entire team sputtered out by the playoffs. The team had one and done written all over it. A lot of fans lost confidence in the organization after that season.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Those are just excuses. After a 12-1 start everyone was picking the Cowboys to go to the Super Bowl. That was a great team until everyone started reading their press clippings and became complacent. That team beat a 10-1 Packers team that ended up 13-3 and beat the Giants twice. Both those teams made it to the NFC conference title game, with the Giants winning the Super Bowl. The Cowboys ranked 3rd in total offense that season and 9th in total defense. The 2007 season is best remembered for camp cupcake and Cabo. Romo‘s game went completely in the toilet in December and January after having a sensational November. Go compare his passer ratings in November with his passer ratings in December and January. The entire team sputtered out by the playoffs. The team had one and done written all over it. A lot of fans lost confidence in the organization after that season.

No team becomes “complacent”. That’s just a BS platitude like lack of team chemistry or lack of leadership. The team was overrated, especially on defense and their overrated pass protection offensive line, and eventually got figured out and couldn’t compensate for their lack of depth and injuries, especially to TO and at CB.

 

[KJJ]

Hey buddy, you're trying to bring reality and historical context to a group of people who the majority of which agreed with a post stating "Duece Vaughn could become one of the best NFL running backs of All Time" (after a single training camp, and a Darren Sproles bone-toss comment after getting asked by the media 1000 times "Hey Darren, do you think Duece is good? He's small like you"

Your energy would be better spent trying to teach your dog the Theory of Relativity

If they want to suspend disbelief year after year, might as well let them. Charlie Brown never learned his lesson when Lucy asked him to kick the football....he'd just run full speed every time as she pulled it away.

Not saying this year can't be better....but it's as if the mere POSSIBILITY that history repeats itself once again is the most absurd notion you could conceive of around here. Same QB who led the league in INTs and pick 6 last year (even while missing a 3rd of the games...quite a feat) is still back slinging the ball around this year, but nooooooooo no WAY we could lose games we shouldn't this year too, eek I to the playoffs as a WildCard, and lose 1st or 2nd game.
IMPOSSIBLE!!!!

Every new season brings optimism to a lot of fans, regardless how the previous season ended. That will never change no matter how many times the Cowboys disappoint the fan base. Rather than coming here and pumping sunshine every day, I choose to keep it real. This season could end up being different, but rather than spew phony optimism, I’m going to wait and see what kind of team we have this season. I want to see if we’re going to show up every week or continue to take a week or two off and embarrass ourselves against a lesser opponent. That’s when you start finding out whether the Cowboys are committed to being a championship team or not.

 

[KJJ]

No team becomes “complacent”. That’s just a BS platitude like lack of team chemistry or lack of leadership. The team was overrated, especially on defense and their overrated pass protection offensive line, and eventually got figured out and couldn’t compensate for their lack of depth and injuries, especially to TO and at CB.

Patrick Crayton said the team became complacent. The more success the 2007 team had the more smug they became. After beating the 10-1 Packers, they struggled against a bad Detroit team the following week, barely eeking out a win in the final seconds. The team ended up losing the following week to Philly at home. You could see the team leaking oil right before our eyes. We ended up being embarrassed by Washington in the season finale. By the time the playoffs started the Cowboys were done!

 

[KJJ]

I think he was trying to say pro bowlers don't have to mean your team is stacked. I don't think the 1992 Cowboys had any pro bowlers on the defense that year.

He said the Pro Bowl is a popularity contest. In some ways it is but if a player doesn’t have a real good season, they’re not going to get many Pro Bowl votes. The amount of Pro Bowlers is an indication of how talented you are. The 92 Cowboys had 6 Pro Bowlers all on offense. Three of those players are in the Hall of Fame. Of the 13 Pro Bowlers in 2007, 3 are in the Hall of Fame.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I don’t know about you guys, but this team just feels absolutely stacked to me. It feels like a perfect blend of salty veterans, emerging young players, and crazy depth at key positions.

Yes, there’s mystery behind K and some lighter positions (I wish Overshown hadn’t been hurt), but I am weirdly confident in Aubrey. This isn’t just normal preseason excitement for me. This has to be the best team on paper since the 90s.

Here’s hoping Dak has his best year ever, and this defense goes down in history as legendary. This week is going to be the longest week ever. Go Cowboys!

Difference is that the Eagles had the best Oline in football. This is where we may run afoul. What are the chances that Tyron Smith stays healthy for 20 games?

 

[McMicah]

Difference is that the Eagles had the best Oline in football. This is where we may run afoul. What are the chances that Tyron Smith stays healthy for 20 games?

A fair response, but I’d like to point out that you saying 20 games tells me your subconscious assumes we will get that 1st round bye .

 

[SultanOfSix]

Patrick Crayton said the team became complacent. The more success the 2007 team had the more smug they became. After beating the 10-1 Packers, they struggled against a bad Detroit team the following week, barely eeking out a win in the final seconds. The team ended up losing the following week to Philly at home. You could see the team leaking oil right before our eyes. We ended up being embarrassed by Washington in the season finale. By the time the playoffs started the Cowboys were done!

Crayton can only speak for himself since he wasn't any kind of spokesman for the team, and he was complacent, especially in the divisional playoff game since he screwed up two plays that could’ve helped win the game — dropped a pass right in his hands that could’ve gone for a TD, or at least a substantial 40+ yard gain, and he slowed down for no reason on a pass that would’ve hit him in the hands in the end zone for the score on the 2nd to last play of the game.

 

[Captain-Crash]

Romo still hurting feelings, What is this 8 years out? lmao, that's where the dak lovers came from....watch them chime in and say they liked Romo.....

 

[AsthmaField]

No team becomes “complacent”. That’s just a BS platitude like lack of team chemistry or lack of leadership. The team was overrated, especially on defense and their overrated pass protection offensive line, and eventually got figured out and couldn’t compensate for their lack of depth and injuries, especially to TO and at CB.

You’re right that the ‘07 team was over rated. The biggest issue, and why they lost to the Giants in the playoffs, was that NY found a ferocious pass rush by the playoffs that year, and one of the biggest areas that Dallas was over rated was their OL.

Obviously, other teams had problems blocking that defensive front because no one was able to stop them… but Dallas specifically was vulnerable to a killer pass rush. Even then, Dallas was close to winning that game and moving on.

Dallas wasn’t without flaws in other areas, but it was their OL specifically matched up against that NY pass rush that doomed the Super Bowl hopes of that team.

* There isn’t much of a chance that the 2007 Cowboys would have beat that New England team to win the Super Bowl. I think the only way that NE loses that year is if you have a tremendous pass rush and you just hit Brady all day long, like the Giants we’re able to do.

 

[SuperBowlz]

This is true but with the two trades we are closer to both. I think those were the biggest moves of the offseason. We acquired two really good veterans at two positions that sorely needed upgrading. I know you can't do this and much is different, but add those two players to last years team and I think we beat SF in the playoffs. The biggest problem remains OL depth as OL injuries have struck every year and likely will again. It would make me ecstatic to figure out a way to trade for a veteran backup while these kids develop or sign Pugh

Could be... 49ers had a great DLine and added a star DT and everything I'm hearing is Jalen Carter looks like he's gonna be a superstar.

 

[honest-observer]

after 25+ years of bumbling coaches, players more interested in vacations than the playoffs, and the rest of it all. I’ll just say this. Show us don’t tell us

 

[KJJ]

Crayton can only speak for himself since he wasn't any kind of spokesman for the team, and he was complacent, especially in the divisional playoff game since he screwed up two plays that could’ve helped win the game — dropped a pass right in his hands that could’ve gone for a TD, or at least a substantial 40+ yard gain, and he slowed down for no reason on a pass that would’ve hit him in the hands in the end zone for the score on the 2nd to last play of the game.

He wasn’t the only one who didn’t play well. Romo hit on only 50% of his passes. He was a far cry from what he was against the Giants the first two times we played them. Marion Barber ran out of gas in the second half after having over 100 yards in the first half. He only had 26 yards in the second half. It was a mistake starting him for the first time all season when he had been a great closer for us. We completely burned him out in the first half by running the ball almost the entire half, which kept the game close. We showed no explosiveness like we did in the first two games against them. Our defense could never make a critical stop. We hardly laid a hand on Eli Manning who was kept comfortable in the pocket all day. He only had just over 100 yards passing and that was all he needed. The Cowboys had everything in their favor heading into that game. They were coming off 12 days of rest and had home field. The entire damn team looked like they spent the week in Cabo. What an incredibly disappointing season.

 

[Jarntt]

Could be... 49ers had a great DLine and added a star DT and everything I'm hearing is Jalen Carter looks like he's gonna be a superstar.

Agree on both but if Hargrave is such a huge positive for SF he has to be a negative for Philly, no? Carter looks like a star (and Smith looks like a player also) but we have to see him being as good as Hargrave before we know there won’t be a drop off and Philly lost a ton of guys that other teams feel are starters not just Hargrave. While all may not have been expected starters for Philly it certainly impacts their depth if nothing else. Purdy has to prove he is a good NFL QB For more than half a season, similar to Hurts but of course Hurts has done it for longer and is thus is much more likely to repeat

 

[mcmvp]

Agree on both but if Hargrave is such a huge positive for SF he has to be a negative for Philly, no? Carter looks like a star (and Smith looks like a player also) but we have to see him being as good as Hargrave before we know there won’t be a drop off and Philly lost a ton of guys that other teams feel are starters not just Hargrave. While all may not have been expected starters for Philly it certainly impacts their depth if nothing else. Purdy has to prove he is a good NFL QB For more than half a season, similar to Hurts but of course Hurts has done it for longer and is thus is much more likely to repeat

Depends - he is costing SF a lot more than he Philly had to pay. Over 30 now. I feel he still has a couple very good years in him. But his strength is interior pass rush - he is a liability vs the run. He is not as well-rounded as his price tag suggests