I've become such a cynical Cowboys fan

[ESisback]

Words to live by.

AFG....Authentic Frontier Gibberish!

 

[dallasdave]

AFG....Authentic Frontier Gibberish!

 

[jsb357]

Garrett speak will do that to you...

 

[Melonfeud]

FOGHORN LEGHORN,a cocky rooster possessing exemplary motivational skills of which I've kept securely held under my bed in captivity fer' years!,,,
I have been laughing for 30 minutes !!!!!!

I've still got a headache from that whiskey session

 

[Jake]

We're the Cleveland Browns now. Just with a richer and more storied past. But the past is fading into time. Into the fog. As you put it.

The Browns have a storied past, too. You just have to go back further than ours to find it.

 

[xwalker]

........feels like Groundhogs Day, the same gyrations year after year. I hate it!

Am I in a fog, am I missing us getting closer?

The entire Jerry mode of operation since Jimmy departed has slowly been changed over the past few years by Stephen and McClay.

• They've moved away from high risk trades.
• They drafted Martin over Manziel.
• Dak being a good 4th round pick was not random. They evaluated him extensively prior to the draft.
• Jerry wanted to overpay to trade up for the QB Lynch in 2016 but they didn't do it.
• They have not made big high risk free agent signings like the 50M contract to Brandon Carr.
• They've let previous star players move on instead of paying them big money until all the way to retirement.
• They've quit operating as if they were 1 or 2 players away from the Super Bowl.
• Jerry in the past would have paid big money to retain the mediocre DBs that they allowed to depart last year.
• Jerry drafted players based on recommendations from people that didn't work for the Cowboys (Quincy Carter).
• Parcells had nobody to keep his ego in check and drafted Barbie Carpenter and Jacob Rogers because their Dad's were coaches and/or played in the NFL.
• Jerry traded two 1st round picks for Joey Galloway because Seattle got him into an ego driven situation similar to how an amateur poker player will go all-in based on ego over common sense or skill.

Obviously Jerry still injects himself into some moves like Randy Gregory and probably Jaylon Smith.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

The entire Jerry mode of operation since Jimmy departed has slowly been changed over the past few years by Stephen and McClay.

• They've moved away from high risk trades.
• They drafted Martin over Manziel.
• Dak being a good 4th round pick was not random. They evaluated him extensively prior to the draft.
• Jerry wanted to overpay to trade up for the QB Lynch in 2016 but they didn't do it.
• They have not made big high risk free agent signings like the 50M contract to Brandon Carr.
• They've let previous star players move on instead of paying them big money until all the way to retirement.
• They've quit operating as if they were 1 or 2 players away from the Super Bowl.
• Jerry in the past would have paid big money to retain the mediocre DBs that they allowed to depart last year.
• Jerry drafted players based on recommendations from people that didn't work for the Cowboys (Quincy Carter).
• Parcells had nobody to keep his ego in check and drafted Barbie Carpenter and Jacob Rogers because their Dad's were coaches and/or played in the NFL.
• Jerry traded two 1st round picks for Joey Galloway because Seattle got him into an ego driven situation similar to how an amateur poker player will go all-in based on ego over common sense or skill.

Obviously Jerry still injects himself into some moves like Randy Gregory and probably Jaylon Smith.

I agree with most of that but Jerry paid that for Galloway because Seattle had franchised him before we signed him.

 

[CowboyRoy]

The entire Jerry mode of operation since Jimmy departed has slowly been changed over the past few years by Stephen and McClay.

• They've moved away from high risk trades.
• They drafted Martin over Manziel.
• Dak being a good 4th round pick was not random. They evaluated him extensively prior to the draft.
• Jerry wanted to overpay to trade up for the QB Lynch in 2016 but they didn't do it.
• They have not made big high risk free agent signings like the 50M contract to Brandon Carr.
• They've let previous star players move on instead of paying them big money until all the way to retirement.
• They've quit operating as if they were 1 or 2 players away from the Super Bowl.
• Jerry in the past would have paid big money to retain the mediocre DBs that they allowed to depart last year.
• Jerry drafted players based on recommendations from people that didn't work for the Cowboys (Quincy Carter).
• Parcells had nobody to keep his ego in check and drafted Barbie Carpenter and Jacob Rogers because their Dad's were coaches and/or played in the NFL.
• Jerry traded two 1st round picks for Joey Galloway because Seattle got him into an ego driven situation similar to how an amateur poker player will go all-in based on ego over common sense or skill.

Obviously Jerry still injects himself into some moves like Randy Gregory and probably Jaylon Smith.

Couple things.............they haven't moved away from high risk trades, they just don't bother attempting them at all. And don't give me the FB trade.

They also haven't moved away from high risk FA signings, they barely use FA at all. And both of things they did simply because they were terrible at them.

And no chance they have quit operating like they are one or two players away from the SB. That is their MO every year.

 

[xwalker]

I agree with most of that but Jerry paid that for Galloway because Seattle had franchised him before we signed him.

Teams that Franchise players can trade them for less than two first round picks.

Jerry's underlings thought that Seattle had agree in principal to trade him for a 1st and a late round pick. Jerry got on the phone and when he came out it was a done deal for two 1st rounders.

That is the story by Broaddus, Mickey and that guy that was a scout and tried to get into the media like Broaddus but was only around on the radio for 2 or 3 years.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Teams that Franchise players can trade them for less than two first round picks.

Jerry's underlings thought that Seattle had agree in principal to trade him for a 1st and a late round pick. Jerry got on the phone and when he came out it was a done deal for two 1st rounders.

That is the story by Broaddus, Mickey and that guy that was a scout and tried to get into the media like Broaddus but was only around on the radio for 2 or 3 years.

Sorry I don't buy your hearsay. I've been burned too many times.

 

[xwalker]

Sorry I don't buy your hearsay. I've been burned too many times.

Broaddus has told the story many many times.