Jerry: I'm reluctant to bet it all for just one year

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T-RO said:
Going all in would be mega-mega-mega stooooopid. I know lots of you are thinking with your hearts, but it makes zero sense.

Dak isn't an elite qb. Zeke is dead. Tyron Smith near the end end.

Truthfully a 1-year reset would be far better if you want a championship in the next few years. Clear the books, go 3-14 and draft a QB.
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Stephen: Dak may be our QB for the next 10 years.
 
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T-RO said:
Going all in would be mega-mega-mega stooooopid given current situ. I know lots of you are thinking with your hearts, but it makes zero sense.

Dak isn't an elite qb. Zeke is dead. Tyron Smith near the end end.

Truthfully a 1-year reset would be far better if you want a championship in the next few years. Clear the books, go 3-14 and draft a QB. The disappointment is that Jerry does just enough to keep things competitive and interesting, but only half measures. 1-year-rebuild is in order.
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Dak not being an elite QB is actually a bigger reason to get as much talent as you can on the team.
 
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If he’s thinking long term, it begs the question… how **** long does he think he’s got left on this planet :huh:
 
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Those of us desiring to be happy fans in the long-term need to adjust to being less than a consistent playoff success or follow another team. I know that might not be acceptable to a major portion of the members here, although expecting more just isn't realistic. Jerry and his son, Stephen, are set in their managerial ways for the most part. Expecting them to morph into a FO that goes "all in" is just futile. It's sad but true.
 
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I take it back, this is the biggest pile of BS in that interview.

The Eagles won a SB in 2017 and did so loading up on vets, etc. They followed that up by giving a huge contract to Wentz and it didn't work out. Now according to Jerry, the smartest GM in football, when Wentz failed and all those vets from the 2017 Eagles team started weighing the team down and they had to tear it apart, it should have been a "long way back".

And yet, here are the Eagles back in the SB five years later (and they have two first round picks to boot). I wish people who interview Jerry would call his *** out when he pushes total lies and BS like this.

I can't tell if he's stupid or just a liar.
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The Rams and Eagles got very lucky in 2017 and last year. Somehow the Eagles were able to win it in 2017 with Nick Freaking Foles and beat a very very good Pats team to do that.

Last year the Rams were a Jaquarsky Tarte dropped int from falling short of the Super bowl and being in the doldrums they are in now.

The Eagles also lucked out this year, albeit with a more talented team this year than 2017, that they ended up playing no one in the playoffs and topped it by beating a team that couldn't forward pass.

If they fall short in the big game, they will have a hard time putting it all back together next year as they will have to let go of a lot of very good players.
 
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Risen Star said:
"There's been a lot of change here over the last 25 years the same way there would have been had you changed GMs and Owners. I have to change in my mirror. I want to emphasize that."
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Ken said:
The Rams and Eagles got very lucky in 2017 and last year. Somehow the Eagles were able to win it in 2017 with Nick Freaking Foles and beat a very very good Pats team to do that.

Last year the Rams were a Jaquarsky Tarte dropped int from falling short of the Super bowl and being in the doldrums they are in now.

The Eagles also lucked out this year, albeit with a more talented team this year than 2017, that they ended up playing no one in the playoffs and topped it by beating a team that couldn't forward pass.

If they fall short in the big game, they will have a hard time putting it all back together next year as they will have to let go of a lot of very good players.
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Lets say the Eagles lose and do have a hard time re-signing a lot of their players. What makes you think the Eagles won't rebuild and be back?
 
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No one will want to hear this but the Cowboys have changed direction significantly over the past 10 years and particularly in the last 7 years or so.

The Cowboys’ method of doing business is mostly sound. The exception to that statement is that the Cowboys have overpaid for in-house talent (or lack thereof). Sean Lee, Witten, Dez, Tank, Schultz, Zeke are some of those examples.

Great players in their own right but far overpaid those guys at the ends of their careers. If the Cowboys had paid outside free agents those cap dollars (on significant free agents) we could have performed a bit better.

Jerry seems to be learning to spend some money on the defense. Hopefully that includes a stud DT.
 
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jwitten82 said:
Lets say the Eagles lose and do have a hard time re-signing a lot of their players. What makes you think the Eagles won't rebuild and be back?
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Maybe they will but they will have to wait at least a couple of seasons most likely.

Plus there are no guarantees.

I actually do think the cowboys will be more aggressive this year than they have been in a long time. We shall see.
 
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jwitten82 said:
I wouldn't mind a few down seasons if we won a Superbowl, their way so far is better than ours
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Most wouldn't.

Normally though...things happen and these teams that go all in fall apart before they get there. Recently, their luck has been better. Rams this year got hit with injuries and they have no depth so they were done.
 
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For any of you hoping for an active offseason.
15:25 mark of the video. Jerry is asked after watching the Rams and Eagles approach to the Super Bowl what is the Cowboys plan. He says he knows how to do what those teams have done but if you miss it's a long way back. He's reluctant to go all in for a year. He thinks long term.



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As an added bonus you can go back to the 13:25 mark and hear how they didn't mismanage the WR position by trading Cooper for nothing. It was relying too much on Jalen Tolbert that was the mistake. How do you address it this year? "We need Tolbert to come on as a young player".

And lastly back to 17:35 you can hear Jerry's sales pitch to you for 2023 when asked how he gets fans excited for next year.

"Dwell on the fact that we have some of the best personnel in the NFL. Dwell on the fact that you have Dak. Focus on that."

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And one more gem right after. The yearly man in the mirror talk.

"There's been a lot of change here over the last 25 years the same way there would have been had you changed GMs and Owners. I have to change in my mirror. I want to emphasize that."
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He’s comparing his all in years when he waaay overspent or over-drafted certain players. Too many and too high of picks for one player. Too much money spent on certain players with injury history. Mismanagement in short. Also, when he’s doubled down on these stupid decisions it has cost the teams several years to rebuild. He does not want to say what is evident. Howie Roseman is several orders of magnitude better at managing NFL teams than Jerry Jones. The proof is playing out on national television.
 
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