Jerry on team being close: We're hanging around the rim

[RFABR]

Man, what an offseason this will be.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Nah. The apt metaphor is: come playoff time, we throw up a bunch of air balls.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

This doesn't surprise me at all..........he is saying we have a team right now that is consistently reaching the playoffs. In his mind, we are not that far off and I agree but something is wrong. Notice his comment about Dak....." we will go as far as he takes us". In other words, we have enough talent and maybe the right coach. I remember teammates used to say the same thing about Eli Manning and Joe Flacko

 

[links18]

Jerry watch out for that rim. It's the rim of a volcano about to spew....

 

[kskboys]

Jerry, we're not. Because you just had to have that TE in the 2nd.

 

[kskboys]

This team has taken on the persona of it's owner.

Are the Cowboys a bad team? No. Bad teams don't go 36-15 over three seasons.

But are they a great team? No. They are simply satisfied with being relevant and don't have the fire or the toughness to stand up to the 49ers or other teams that have equal or more talent.

Fire our toughness? You mean the players to stop the run. Has zero to do w/ fire and toughness.

 

[Big_D]

Fire our toughness? You mean the players to stop the run. Has zero to do w/ fire and toughness.

It definitely goes beyond fire and toughness. They just don't have the D line or LBs to have a quality run defense. A serious run D. Not one that can stop some crappy offense in October. One that can stop playoff teams in January where they usually get run over.

 

[SquidwardTentacles]

OK, to be fair the Cowboys are close in the manner Jerry claims. We aren't the Bears, Falcons, Cardinals, Vikings, Panthers, Commanders, etc.. Those teams are the ones in constant cycles of rebuild and have been spinning their wheels worse than Dallas.

But just look at what the 49ers did, down 24-7 to Detroit, on Sunday. That is what separates the good from the great. And this is what the Cowboys lack.

close enough to keep folks interested but not close enough to win when it counts.

 

[clff15701]

At least he recognized that you have to run and stop the run. Hopefully he focuses on those areas first to improve.

 

[vlad]

We’re about to sign Eric Damper to be the next Rico Gathers

 

[kskboys]

It definitely goes beyond fire and toughness. They just don't have the D line or LBs to have a quality run defense. A serious run D. Not one that can stop some crappy offense in October. One that can stop playoff teams in January where they usually get run over.

I was actually surprised at how hard they kept playing while being run over. They showed massive toughness, but not near enough talent.

 

[Beaker42]

Yeah - the rim of the toilet. What a couple of jagoffs.

 

[Darkhound]

I really really really hope he retires soon

 

[cald0d30s0]

Man, what an offseason this will be.

Wait until Jerry announces hard knocks on Comedy Central.

 

[tunahelper]

Relevance is job number 1 for Jerry because hanging around the rim keeps the Cowboys business flowing.

He does not care about Championships if it risks a few seasons of being relevant.

He just told the world.

 

[khiladi]

We actually ran better and our blocking was better fir multiple years, but we were still in the middle of “QB in training”. This is what you get with “project Dak”.

 

[khiladi]

This team has taken on the persona of it's owner.

Are the Cowboys a bad team? No. Bad teams don't go 36-15 over three seasons.

But are they a great team? No. They are simply satisfied with being relevant and don't have the fire or the toughness to stand up to the 49ers or other teams that have equal or more talent.

The Cowboys are in an incredibly bad division.

 

[Pantone282C]

How do reporters keep from breaking down and laughing in Jerry's face when he says this crap?

 

[Pantone282C]

No fiction writer would dare propose the outrageous crap that goes on around this team. Too unbelievable. I can only laugh at this organization ... Like everyone else.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

 

[The Fonz]

New Cowboys slogan:

Hang Around the Rim