My thoughts 4-1

[fishspill]

The Superbowl will be the real test. If we lose that I'm predicting we go 8-8 again this season.

 

[Frosty]

IM not trashing him. Ive been a big Dez fan his entire career. I've even had contact with him from designs ive done and he's favorited and sent me thank yous in personal emails and twitter dms. But there comes a time when the team moves on because ur time off the field is starting to rival the time ur on the field and being productive. And i agree he makes the offense better, WHEN he's healthy and his head is in the game.

Love how this team has come together under DAK and ZEKE.....it doesnt matter how Romo and Dez play in the near turn, it will make for an interesting off season....Will the Jones build around a young nucleus or stay with the status quo.....Dont get me wrong, I love what Romo and Dez have brought to the Cowboys...but DAK and Zeke bring confidence to a team that we have not seen in years...Good position to be in if your a Cowboy fan

 

[LatinMind]

By the way for those still talking bout a bad DEF in Dallas. They jumped 2 spots to 8th overall in allowed pts per game.

 

[DallasCowboys2080]

How r the bengals??? How r they a test to us

 

[odog422]

Good post OP.

Dungy and Harrison raised an interesting point re Romo/Dak. It is about the team right? So do you risk losing the locker room reinserting Romo and suffer a loss? Or Romo throws one of those "***" INTs? Ready to take that chance?

 

[Cowboy-Down-Under]

What happens if someone offers us a first rounder to trade Romo mid season. Like Denver. That would be interesting even with a late round 1st rounder it helps build a young team around last few years draft. I think they will keep Romo on the sideline until Dak stumbles then insert Romo like Denver inserted manning last year in the playoffs. No controversy then.

 

[Texas_Pete]

We see players time come and go, and sometimes for the better. We can celebrate the career for somebody and be grateful we saw him play for the best team in sports. But when you see somebody who brings a team together when doubt is everywhere thats something special. Thats what i see through my eyes right now. I see a special player in Dak who has just made this team better. It's got nothing to do with Romo because ive rooted for him too. But i just see no way this team can sit Dak. And they shouldnt because he's led this team, and he's not restricted or handcuffed by the coaches. He changing plays as he sees it on the field, and he shows the poise and patience to let a play develop that we really never saw with Romo. Rather than force the ball Dak will wait for the open guy or run. So saying all that im not going to apologize for being so open about how much i dont think this team needs Romo starting anymore. Everybody has an opinion and this is mine.

Dez IMO is another player that Dak is making less important with his ability to run the offense within the offense instead of trying to please a me first player. Or a superstar "passionate" player as most will argue that Dez is. This team just seems to be just that a team without Dez and his limited routes in the game. The team just seems less predictable because u have so many different routes across the field instead of one side dedictated to one guy to run deep. Teams are being forced to cover the entire field opening up mismatches and clearing the way for the run and screens. Again im not going to apoloize about being so open about these views. I'm just seeing something i like about this team now that i didnt when he's on the field.

Elliot is a beast and he's gotten better every week. I would smile when people would say start Morris over him, and i can just shake my head now thinking bout it. And i mean when friends would tell me that. Morris is a good RB but he's not Elliot league. He had minimal carries in preseason and took a couple weeks to adjust. He's killing teams now, and he's the best RB in the nfl. Todd Gurley who?

The OL made a statement today, IMO they had a chip on their shoulder by the outright disrespect they got by media and Cowboy fans hyping the Bengals DL. This was Tyson vs Spinks just two different levels of play. Wasnt even a game out there. I dont see how this team cant see Leary having a future in DAL. If it were my call i would resign him to start at LG and move Collins over to RT. Leary is just a guy who create holes you can drive a semi through. Smith|Leary|Fredrick|Martin|Collins is my starting OL in 2017.

Welcome back Lawrence, the guy was all over the field. Great game inside from McClain, starting to see the Cowboys saw 3 yrs ago. This whole DL is starting to shape out. They are deep and just seem to stay fresh throughout the game.

Morris Claiborne, is a shut down CB. He embarrassed AJ Green today. We see what Dallas saw when they drafted him. He had injuries and we called him a bust. Its safe to say he's having the last laugh. Guy is playing tremendous football.

Dallas has had one of the best drafts ever this past yr.

Ezekiel Elliot
Maliek Collins
Dak Prescott
Anthony Brown

Thats 4 starters in 1 draft. I add Brown as a starter because he's actually started 2 games with teams starting the game 3 wide.

Then you have Jaylon Smith, who you dont need to introduce
Kavon Frazier who is a key ST guy.
Darius Jackson who Dallas wont even risk putting on the PS because he wont make it. Future backup RB

Then you have Tapper and Rico.

This was a great draft

Cant wait for next weeks game.

If we get anything out of Tapper and Jaylon Smith, this is the best draft in Cowboys history.

 

[Killerinstinct]

I also believe Leary should be resigned. I think RT should be a battle between Collins and Chaz.

Dak is great. I figure the first time he struggles there will be some dissention but I think he deserves to be the starter.

Zeke is a beast. I wanted Ramsey and I was wrong. Then again I didn't expect Claiborne and Carr to play so well.

The play of the DL was a shock today. If tyrone Crawford ever lives up to his hype the DL can be scary good.

This is an exciting team.

I wish I understood how the cap is affected by trades. If Romo was traded does the receiving team take the cap hit?

If so I would try to trade him. Jets maybe. I think I would trade Dez too if the price was right.

Imagine how great the cap would look then.

 

[Ashwynn]

If we get anything out of Tapper and Jaylon Smith, this is the best draft in Cowboys history.

I dont know if it willbeat the dirty Dozen of 75 (or so). But this is shaping up to be a great draft class, no doubt.

 

[roughneck266]

Enjoyed the post man. Always do.

 

[Texas_Pete]

Dak's reaction to this thread:

 

[Satchel89]

I'm with you. I posted on another thread that I'm being a total homer. The O-Line proved it's the best, Especially Frederick, Martin and Leary. They owned the middle of the field. Maybe Dunlap can do something next game because he didn't do anything today. So much for the Cincinnati defense that was so dominant coming into the game. That was beautiful to watch. Dalton was frustrated and so was Green. It was fun to watch Zeke run all over the defense. and The crowd was really into it today. At least it felt like it. I enjoyed that

 

[Gabe]

Enjoyed the post. I agree 100% on Dez and Romo. I've posted on here before that Dak took an average group of players at MSU and took them to the #1 team in the land for 5 weeks in the mighty SEC. Now that he is gone, it is like the air has been let out of the balloon at MSU, feels almost dead. I saw something special in him the first snap he took at MSU 4 years ago.

Now he is doing the same thing with the Cowboys. They would be absolutely insane to bench him at this point. If they want to play favorites, go back to Romo... If they want to win it all this year roll with Dak. He has the incredibly unique ability to pick up an entire team/organization and carry them on his back.

I see it with all you guys. Everyone in Dallas is excited now. I saw it 3 years at MSU. Last year Dallas was an absolute trainwreck, now they are on top of the division screaming of upside potential. I don't want to see this end.

 

[LatinMind]

I also believe Leary should be resigned. I think RT should be a battle between Collins and Chaz.

Dak is great. I figure the first time he struggles there will be some dissention but I think he deserves to be the starter.

Zeke is a beast. I wanted Ramsey and I was wrong. Then again I didn't expect Claiborne and Carr to play so well.

The play of the DL was a shock today. If tyrone Crawford ever lives up to his hype the DL can be scary good.

This is an exciting team.

I wish I understood how the cap is affected by trades. If Romo was traded does the receiving team take the cap hit?

If so I would try to trade him. Jets maybe. I think I would trade Dez too if the price was right.

Imagine how great the cap would look then.

The team that gets the player is responsible for the base salary as its paid in 16 installments. Dallas is responsible for the roster bonus.

 

[DandyDon52]

It definitely gets tougher to go back to Romo after each performance.. I wonder what the internal brass are thinking right now?

They said during the game there is no "target date" for romo to come back.
To me that means they are going to roll with dak as long as he is winning, and playing good.
The fumble today, the guy knocked it out, and in a close game that would be bad.
He needs to learn from that.

people keep saying he has to have a bad game, but Dak works hard to prepare for each game and do the best he can,
so he may not have a bad game.
He may lose another game, but I dont think he will have a bad game.

Dak is all in, he doesnt even want to do ads for money, he said it would take away from his time to prepare for games!
He is serious about winning, and like I said early on, he has been out to take the job from tony, not a easy thing to do,
almost impossible, but it is slowly happening.
Dak is totally dedicated to winning and playing as good as he can, and this is what is having a effect on the rest of the team.

No more losing and watch the tape and get better, Dak likes to watch the tape and just win and on top of that get better too~!

28-0 (at one point) over the bengals who were favored over dallas at home, it doesnt get better than that.

Now come 2 more statement games, I felt today was a statement game too.
GB is a tough nut to crack in GB, I think they beat dallas and with Romo the last 3 times we played them.
With Tony they couldnt beat GB with a one legged rodgers, and now he is mobile again!

So our defense will be tested, as much as dak will be, I dont know if our defense can handle GB, but I think I may still
pick dallas to win.

 

[DFWJC]

Some good stuff.

As always, completely blind and wrong regarding Romo. Almost ruins any credibilty.
Same guy who wantd him out before 2014.

Nevertheless, some good stuff in there.
So give credit where its due.

 

[Risen Star]

yup just shows you why they get paid for what they do for the cowboys and we dont huh lol

Yeah but haven't those same people been right more than the Cowboys the last 20 years?

OMGLOLz.

 

[gimmesix]

We see players time come and go, and sometimes for the better. We can celebrate the career for somebody and be grateful we saw him play for the best team in sports. But when you see somebody who brings a team together when doubt is everywhere thats something special. Thats what i see through my eyes right now. I see a special player in Dak who has just made this team better. It's got nothing to do with Romo because ive rooted for him too. But i just see no way this team can sit Dak. And they shouldnt because he's led this team, and he's not restricted or handcuffed by the coaches. He changing plays as he sees it on the field, and he shows the poise and patience to let a play develop that we really never saw with Romo. Rather than force the ball Dak will wait for the open guy or run. So saying all that im not going to apologize for being so open about how much i dont think this team needs Romo starting anymore. Everybody has an opinion and this is mine.

When we had a similarly built team in 2014, Romo was in the running for league MVP.

I'm all for playing Dak until he falters, but Romo has shown how he can perform in similar circumstances. If he's healthy in a few weeks and Dak is still playing like he's been then we should feel extremely fortunate to have two quarterbacks who've shown they can win with a strong running game and suspect defense (which has had a good couple of games).

I don't believe in making a change while you're winning, but I'll certainly have no problem if we turn to Romo if Dak hits a slump. Right now, I'm just amazed by how well he's playing and hope he can keep it up. It's hard to believe we could return to our 2014 success without Romo, but it's been impressive that Prescott could step in for him and the team not miss a beat.

 

[Gabe]

When we had a similarly built team in 2014, Romo was in the running for league MVP.

I'm all for playing Dak until he falters, but Romo has shown how he can perform in similar circumstances. If he's healthy in a few weeks and Dak is still playing like he's been then we should feel extremely fortunate to have two quarterbacks who've shown they can win with a strong running game and suspect defense (which has had a good couple of games).

I don't believe in making a change while you're winning, but I'll certainly have no problem if we turn to Romo if Dak hits a slump. Right now, I'm just amazed by how well he's playing and hope he can keep it up. It's hard to believe we could return to our 2014 success without Romo, but it's been impressive that Prescott could step in for him and the team not miss a beat.

Very level headed analysis. I would agree with most of this.

 

[links18]

At some point some defenses are going to slow down this running game. Going to need to go downfield a little more when that happens.