Never before in NFL history

[ActualCowboysFan]

I hear you bro............what I am not getting is some posters saying we can still win the division at 8-8? Don't the Giants have 5 wins already? They are going to lose almost all of their remaining games? Plus, we still have to play Green Bay in Lambeau and the undefeated Carolina Panthers, and the Jets, Bills, and Commanders twice?

Even with a healthy Romo, we don't have the defense to run the table. Our freaking defense was sucking wind in the freaking 2nd quarter last night and posters think we are going to beat Green Bay and Carolina.

Just not happening, I totally agree with your point.

Yeah. A 3-4 record is absolutely losing almost all of them. Do you math bro?

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Because we suck that's why. Because we're a football atrocity. A disgrace to the star. An EMBARASSMENT. We find the most inexplicable ways to lose football games. We can't execute. We can't have an all around game. We can't score enough touchdowns. Can't create takeaways. We give it away too much. We are not a good football team. To subject Romo to this would be cruel and unfair to him.

You must be a riot at parties.

 

[Idgit]

I'm seeing a 'too little, too late' situation by the time Romo gets back on the field. But Garrett will 'rally the troops' and the 'don't stop believin' talk will kick in again, and ultimately, the team will do just enough to totally screw up draft position while the coaches manage to save their jobs under an owner more than happy to keep this exact arrangement.

In summary, just enough to have a mediocre pick in the 2016 draft.

This is what I think will probably happen, too. But I'm going to enjoy it while I can. Offseasons are too long as it is.

The way this season has gone, though, Tony could come back for a series of two and then go down with a back injury again. Knock on wood. But y'all know you could see it happening.

Kudos, OP, though, for a good thread. I'm gonna share the optimism while I can.

 

[KJJ]

The Cowboys situation is so dire they're going to have to do something that's never been done in the history of the league to make the playoffs. If some want to hold on to what is essentially power ball odds in the NFL as hope...cheers! When a team losses 6 straight games their issues are deeper than not having their QB. Just look at the defense you're not going to get far with a unit that can't generate a pass rush when you need it and has a league low in turnovers plus continues not being able to make critical stops. The Cowboys defense one again made an average QB who's been a disappointment for Philly look good. Usually there's one game that comes back to haunt the team and this year there's been 5 games that are sure to come back on them and we still have half the season to go.

The Cowboys held the lead in 5 of their 6 losses and lost them all in the second half and OT. Not easy making the playoffs when you find ways to lose winnable games and you're having to count on every team in your division having to lose games while you're having to win games and a lot of them. The Cowboys would have to get on a lengthy winning streak and hope the Giants collapse to have any chance. Even the unlikelihood of that happening might not be enough if Philly or Washington start stringing some wins together. The Cowboys fate is in the hands of too many teams to hold out any hope they can't even take care of their own business. You could see chinks with the Cowboys and the defense on opening day with Romo having to carry the team on a last ditch drive to pull out the win. I warned that trouble could be ahead watching Romo having to go back to carrying the team again

They've spent a good portion of this season doing what bad teams do finding ways to lose games. Romo is going to have his work cut out having to put up 3-4 TD's every week trying to overcome a defense that can't get a steady pass rush, can't tackle, can't cover or can't force turnovers. Wouldn't surprise me if Winston has his best game of the season next week for the Bucs. Excuses can be made for the offense that's played without Romo most of the season and lost their top rusher from last year but there's no excuse for the defense with our top 2 picks being on defense and adding Hardy. No matter how many players the Cowboys add to the defense we see the same damn issues every year. The bottom line is this is not a good team the Cowboys are what their record says they are.

 

[Stash]

This is what I think will probably happen, too. But I'm going to enjoy it while I can. Offseasons are too long as it is.

The way this season has gone, though, Tony could come back for a series of two and then go down with a back injury again. Knock on wood. But y'all know you could see it happening.

Kudos, OP, though, for a good thread. I'm gonna share the optimism while I can.

I agree. As frustrating as this season has quickly become, it's still better than not having football at all. It's just such a bummer that we waited 7 months for football season to get here, and then, it's effectively 'over' after two weeks.

 

[Proximo]

That's fine, but all I'm asking is for people to address the fact that it is possible. Somebody has to be the first team to break this 2-6 playoff curse.

I won't stop hoping until we're mathematically eliminated, and this team certainly has the ability to be the 1st to break the "2-6 curse".

However, there's a reason no 2-6 team has done this before. It'll be a long shot at this point.

 

[Jstopper]

I won't stop hoping until we're mathematically eliminated, and this team certainly has the ability to be the 1st to break the "2-6 curse".

However, there's a reason no 2-6 team has done this before. It'll be a long shot at this point.

This is true. However how many of those 2-6 teams got an allpro wr and allpro qb to come back for those last 8 games?

 

[Proximo]

This is true. However how many of those 2-6 teams got an allpro wr and allpro qb to come back for those last 8 games?

That's the thing. Everyone around here loves to quote the almighty Parcells "you are what your record says you are" line, but our circumstances are certainly unique.

It truly is a game of inches, and we are not a squad that gets blown out every week. It'd be hard for someone to convince me that Romo's presence wouldn't have been enough to lift us over the Saints, Giants, and Eagles. That alone would put us at 5-3.

I just HOPE we're not too far gone. And I hope the locker room still believes.

 

[dallasdave]

Put the season tickets to bed and think draft and the offseason.

I hope we lose out now. 2-14. 1st overall pick. Best CB in the draft.

 

[TwentyOne]

Has a #6 seed went on to win the superbowl (broken in 2005 and 2010 by the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers)

Has a team gone 5 straight weeks without scoring a TD, and won a superbowl (broken in 2000 by the Baltimore Ravens)

Has a player held out of games, and still won a rushing title (broken in 1993 by our own Emmitt smith, on the way to a superbowl no less)

Has the superbowl mvp gone to a player on the losing team (broken by Chuck Howley of our very own Dallas Cowboys)

Has a team gone an entire season without a wr catching a TD (broken last year by the Kansas City chiefs)

There are plenty more examples, but the point I'm trying to make is that there are always records that have never been broken and things that have never happened in nfl history, until somebody actually does it. So yes while it's true no team has ever went to the playoffs at 2-6, at some point it has to happen right? Why not us? Why not our cowboys?

Can't be true. If it has never been that way then it can never be else because: History doesn't lie.

Or heres another one: If it aint broke dont fix it.

 

[KJJ]

I hope we lose out now. 2-14. 1st overall pick. Best CB in the draft.

We drafted what was rated as the best CB in the draft 4 years ago with the 6th overall pick and look how that turned out. I wouldn't take a CB with the first overall pick unless they were gauranteed to be the next Deion Sanders and there's no gaurantees with the draft.

 

[TwentyOne]

Put the season tickets to bed and think draft and the offseason.

I hope we lose out now. 2-14. 1st overall pick. Best CB in the draft.

Good idea.

And we could also lose all games the following year so we can get the best QB avaiable.

And we could lose all games the following year too so we can get the BPA.

And we could lose again all games the following year so we can get another BPA.

Man we should do that year in and year out. Just figure what kind of talent we would be able to assemble.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Good idea.

And we could also lose all games the following year so we cant get the best QB avaiable.

And we could lose all games the following year too so we can get the BPA.

And we could lose again all games the following year so we can get another BPA.

Man we should do that year in and year out. Just figure what kind of talent we would be able to assemble.

Oakland's come close to that and after 13 years they're back.

 

[TwentyOne]

Oakland's come close to that and after 13 years they're back.

They didnt do it the right way. They should have stick to it for the next 500 years. They would be impossibe to beat then.

 

[waving monkey]

during the game I pull for a win
between games I'm searching draft material

 

[Alexander]

Oakland's come close to that and after 13 years they're back.

I always chuckle when I see people disparage the Raiders

Yes, they have been a pathetic mess since Al Davis lost his mind.

Since 1995, they have been to as many Super Bowls as we have and four playoff wins versus our two.

Let that sink in.

 

[Risen Star]

Good idea.

And we could also lose all games the following year so we can get the best QB avaiable.

And we could lose all games the following year too so we can get the BPA.

And we could lose again all games the following year so we can get another BPA.

Man we should do that year in and year out. Just figure what kind of talent we would be able to assemble.

How clever.

I'd always subscribe to doing that when the games become meaningless.

Unless you can tell me how a 6th or 7th win could possibly help the team win a championship going forward like a top draft pick could.

 

[Alexander]

How clever.

I'd always subscribe to doing that when the games become meaningless.

Unless you can tell me how a 6th or 7th win could possibly help the team win a championship going forward like a top draft pick could.

Stop talking about real success. We grade in terms of relevance these days.

 

[TwentyOne]

I always chuckle when I see people disparage the Raiders

Yes, they have been a pathetic mess since Al Davis lost his mind.

Since 1995, they have been to as many Super Bowls as we have and four playoff wins versus our two.

Let that sink in.

I think you have to judge success by understanding what the interests of our franchise are.

http://www.cityam.com/224354/most-v...id-leapfrogged-dallas-cowboys-forbes-top-spot

 

[Alexander]

I think you have to judge success by understanding what the interests of our franchise are.

http://www.cityam.com/224354/most-v...id-leapfrogged-dallas-cowboys-forbes-top-spot

One step ahead of you. See above post.