Jerry Jones worried it might be too late to save Cowboys' season

[Nightman]

Jerry's right and I respect that he's outright saying it.

I would like to hear that there are some contingencies though. It's obvious we have to play better across the board.

It's obvious we have to take some chances across the board too.

Yes, we need to create turnovers and give up less. That's everyday football. We get that.

But spark special teams up. Use some trick plays. Get some play action in there. Take a chance on defense to get us back in the game if need be instead of bend but don't break.

If we're down and we need to attempt an onside kick coming out the half then do it. Take some chances on offense and when you do, go deep so if we turn the ball over it's in territory where they should get the ball.

I'm no pro coach or at any level but there are ways to pick your spots at taking much needed chances. Do them before they are much needed and the other team knows it.

Your defense plays lights out in the 1st half because they are fresh and they are the strength of the team currently. Well take these chances in the start, try to get ahead and run the ball. Keep the defense fresh for the game and the running game an important variable.

Become aggressive.

Because without ball control 6 points, not even 20 points is going to do it when your defense is tired and depth depleted.

Amen.

Go down fighting and not just hoping to make it through.

 

[dallasdave]

glad it's getting to him how hopeless our situation is with weeden at quarterback.

 

[SultanOfSix]

That play was such a fluke. We had 3 receivers and only 2 defenders. Yet Witten and Beasley run into each other and the ball slips out of Romo's hand.

He knew it was a quick release and tried to hold up when he saw the defender right there.

Instinct is to dive for it, except for the Eagle LB who landed right on Romo.

The team sure seems to suffer a lot of "flukes" though.

 

[Nightman]

The team sure seems to suffer a lot of "flukes" though.

Indeed. We used up all of our karma in the 90's.

 

[reddyuta]

cmon Jerry,we cant beat NFC east teams.

 

[Idgit]

They would beat NO and Brees probably doesnt finsish the game. Atlanta was iffy.

That's about what I think, too.

And I know it doesn't mean diddly. Really just framing the next five or so games with Romo still out. Worst-case scenario, we'll be a better team going forward, which doesn't mean we'll win, but it also gives us reason to suspect we won't lose them all, either.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

It will take a few more weeks, but the season is over. Giants have major revenge game as does Seattle and Philly. 2-7

Harder.

 

[Bungarian]

This season has not been much fun so far.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

They would beat NO and Brees probably doesnt finsish the game. Atlanta was iffy.

Both of those teams made hay when Lee was out. The downgrade from Lee to Gachkar is much higher than Lee to Hitch.

 

[Dodger12]

The New Orleans game is and was a downer. It was an opportunity. We didn't get that one. That one, in my mind, needed to be there. Let's mark that up to real expectation and lost opportunity.

Jerry is another one that didn't get the memo. Hey Jerry, we're playing with a back-up QB. We're not supposed to win. You obviously know nothing about football...or at least that's what some folks here think.

 

[Zekeats]

Win division games wins you the division. Plain and simple. Start Cassell and C-Mike to accomplish this. No need to overreact. Just start a new QB and RB. Everything else will take care of itself.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

Win division games wins you the division. Plain and simple. Start Cassell and C-Mike to accomplish this. No need to overreact. Just start a new QB and RB. Everything else will take care of itself.

Team is 11-3 against the division in the last 3 years. Tony was injured in two of the losses fwiw.

 

[Dodger12]

"I don't know that nine wins can get you in the tournament,' Jones said in the Cowboys' locker room Sunday evening. "However you want to count them, you have to ask: How realistic is it for Romo and Bryant to come back and then we win all of them? It's not. We really do need to be playing better than we are playing. If we don't do that, then it might be too late."

Dang it Jerry....just shut the hell up with your 3rd grade view of football. What would NE do without Brady? GB without Rodgers? NY without Eli? Weeden has a 100 QBR. We're playing great. Look at the all-22 for goodness sake.

 

[slick325]

Mr. Jones is right about that New Orleans game being one the team needed to put in the bank. However, that is one game. Can't have it back. Now they need to steal a game back somewhere later on the schedule. Be it the Seahawks or at Green Bay or at Buffalo or even at the Giants right out of the bye.

 

[burmafrd]

we need to get 2 wins before Romo gets back. That is the absolute minimum.

 

[Junglist]

Win division games wins you the division. Plain and simple. Start Cassell and C-Mike to accomplish this. No need to overreact. Just start a new QB and RB. Everything else will take care of itself.

Isn't overall record more important than division record?

 

[Staubacher]

I said when Tony went down we absolutely had to win either ATL or NO. We blew both those games.

Jerrah is right. We'll be out of it before Romo gets back.

Obviously I'm rooting for a surprise but objectively I know this season is circling the drain.

Painful to watch, slow torture week after week.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Knowing he'd be without Dez Bryant and Tony Romo for an extended period of time, Jerry Jones projected in his mind how many wins the Cowboys would need until those two stars returned.

According to the Cowboys owner and general manager, they're currently one victory behind where he was hoping entering the bye week.

Jones shared his thought process Tuesday morning.

"Kind of with your fingers crossed, I had hoped that we could compete against Atlanta, and we did," Jones said on 105.3 The Fan's Shan and RJ show [KRLD-FM]. "We were very disappointed that we tailed-off near the end, but the way Atlanta is playing, we can see that we were up against some pretty good competition. The New Orleans game is and was a downer. It was an opportunity. We didn't get that one. That one, in my mind, needed to be there. Let's mark that up to real expectation and lost opportunity.

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Jerra half gone to QB draft mode. A 8-8 season might gift him that. And dream off that RB in tthe second round.
Holla

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

The New Orleans game is and was a downer. It was an opportunity. We didn't get that one. That one, in my mind, needed to be there. Let's mark that up to real expectation and lost opportunity.

If we had bothered to sign a decent backup QB making that a priority rather than being impressed with how pretty the thrown balls are we might not have lost that opportunity Jerrah.

 

[DallasCowboys2080]