Most helpless moment as a Cowboys fan

[Sarge]

Jackie Smith

 

[JohnsKey19]

Also the Dickerson playoff game where he rushed for a trillion yards against us.

I knew the Landry era was officially over watching that game.

 

[plasticman]

I'm assuming by "helpless" you mean a game in which the Cowboy seemingly had no answer to what the opponent was doing.

I'll go with the 1972 NFC championship game that the Cowboys lost to the Washington You-know-whos. The Cowboys lost 26-3 due mostly to the fact that Cowboys cornerback Charlie Waters got hurt and Landry refused to use HOFer Herb Adderly, instead using former 13th round draft choice Mark Washington.

The game was tied 3-3 before Charlie Waters was hurt. Mark Washington had to cover HOFer Charlie Taylor who had 7 catches for 146 yards and 2 TD's

 

[Grevus]

That 1998 Thanksgiving game against Randy Moss and the Vikings...still haunts me to this day. The most disgusted I ever felt as a Cowboys fan. Watching the most dominant performance against the Cowboys I had ever seen. Knowing there was nothing they could have done to stop him on that day. Knowing that he could have and should have been a Cowboy.

Other moments contend, like the 44-0 shutdown against the 85 Bears. But the Moss game is the one that still hurts the most.

Yes. I'll add the 2013 Calvin Johnson 329 yard game.

 

[Jarntt]

Jackie Smith made me cry...and little me didn't like to cry...

 

[Aven8]

Could not stop the Vikings in '98. That's the same year we lost to the Broncos in similar fashion, except it was Davis that killed us. He took it the distance on two consecutive handoffs. That's not something you see too often.

They wanted no part of tackling that monster that day. Davis I mean. That dude was a train.

 

[Nova]

A big one for me was Danny White breaking his wrist.
6-2, Walker, and Danny White with the best QB rating of his career. All over with the snap of a wrist.
And he was never the same after that.

Tony "scrambling" like an old man in a *preason* game, getting crushed from behind, and that was it for 2016 and his career.
Even as I saw him just *starting* to scramble:

Oh man, yeah when I saw Tony scrambling and about to get tackled from behind, I knew he was going to be hurt.

I wouldn't say it was a dirty tackle, but it definitely was unnecessary to tackle him that way. Makes me question what the intent was.

 

[fivetwos]

Agree with most of these, mine hasn’t been mentioned….

Probably has a lot to do with being in the building, but losing to the Texans in their first game, and taking crap from the fans on the endless spiral ramp exit was humiliating.

It also confirmed that we still very much stunk, which I was hoping we were moving away from.

 

[TexasHillbilly]

Easy the 95 playoff loss to the niners….easy four straight titles never to be matched

omgosh. 21-0 in the first quarter. I was sick.

 

[TexasHillbilly]

Enduring the Jones family since 1996

Your endurance better be strong because they ain't goin anywhere.

 

[TheDuke]

Your endurance better be strong because they ain't goin anywhere.

I ain’t either. I’m here.

 

[aikemirv]

That 1998 Thanksgiving game against Randy Moss and the Vikings...still haunts me to this day. The most disgusted I ever felt as a Cowboys fan. Watching the most dominant performance against the Cowboys I had ever seen. Knowing there was nothing they could have done to stop him on that day. Knowing that he could have and should have been a Cowboy.

Other moments contend, like the 44-0 shutdown against the 85 Bears. But the Moss game is the one that still hurts the most.

Oline performance in the 09 Playoffs against Minn.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

The 2000 season opener when the Cowboys had such high hopes and the Eagles flattened them from start to finish.

Any lingering thoughts Dallas had another run with Aikman and Emmitt ended that day and we knew we were in for a LONG rebuild.

 

[rambo2]

Mine would be the worst decision in the history of the Cowboys which was Roy Williams from Texas. They actually kept him for an extra year after he already showed that he couldn't play in the NFL anymore. They made Romo play with an arm tied behind his back with a receiver who could only run around 4.7 in his Cowboy days. Where is Roy Williams these days? I was furious.

 

[CowboyRoy]

That 1998 Thanksgiving game against Randy Moss and the Vikings...still haunts me to this day. The most disgusted I ever felt as a Cowboys fan. Watching the most dominant performance against the Cowboys I had ever seen. Knowing there was nothing they could have done to stop him on that day. Knowing that he could have and should have been a Cowboy.

Other moments contend, like the 44-0 shutdown against the 85 Bears. But the Moss game is the one that still hurts the most.

For the 10 years that Garrett was head coach no doubt about it. Or during the Quincy Carter era.

 

[dsudawg06]

For me, it has to be Rodgers to Cook in the 2017 Divisional Playoffs. I will still never understand how Rodgers didn’t fumble the ball when Jeff Heath absolutely railed him on the previous play. And then Crosby’s kick looked like it was sailing wide left and it hooked in at the last possible second. My heart sunk lower than I think it ever has. The guys I was watching the game with said it was over at 21-3 and I kept telling them they were gonna come back and they did just to lose in the most painful and agonizing fashion to maybe my most hated football player ever given the amount of individual trauma he has caused.

One that is honorable mention is the Eagles Super Bowl win. My wife is an Eagles fan and I have lived my whole life in Eastern Pennsylvania. Went my first 33+ years convinced I would never ever see them win it. It was indeed our calling card that their trophy case was empty. Talk about a helpless feeling when that Brady Hail Mary dropped to the turf.

 

[blueblood70]

all playoff exit games but the most frustrating is the Seattle game with romo as holder and fumbled the snap..ball looked greased with oil , he was sweating and panting and not sure why the flip hes out holding for a kick.. its not what a starting QB should be doing that used to be backup or punter etc.. so mad about tat because the play before i feel Witten got that 1st down at the goal line and the refs denied it.. kick would have never happened and of course the dez catch... maybe equally mad at Crayton for those 2 boneheaded plays..

 

[bewp7]

“cowboys sign dak prescott to 4 year 160,000,000 dollar extenson”

 

[stuckindc]

omgosh. 21-0 in the first quarter. I was sick.

Not just that but we should have had a legit shot at the complete comeback. The non pi was beyond disgusting

 

[Big_D]

The Garrett years!