Twitter: Remember Jerry's fascination with Paxton Lynch?

[DandyDon1722]

Some fans in here are censorious cavaliers. Jerry has become their personal Jesus because they are apt to crucify him especially in the off-season after the team has experienced an early post season exit. Jerry at best is a figurehead GM. Good and bad decisions are made by committee consensus.

I'd like to know in what year did Jerry officially vacate his GM role and adopt a GM-by-committee approach?. Was it a committee that gave Dak his contract? Was it a committee that gave Zeke his extension? Was it a committee that let Amari go?

I'm just curious when this incredible sea change with the most valuable and most scrutinized franchise in sports with a 28-year streak of futility took place because I guess the entire national and local media missed it. I mean I would've thought I would see Skip Bayless or Stephen A Smith railing on the committee or Colin Cowherd opening his show with it every day by now. I certainly had no idea this was the case.

I guess I should consider myself a censorious cavalier. I'm kinda proud of that.

Wow! TIL...Today I Learned.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Ahhh memories! I wanted Dallas to trade Romo and draft picks for Andrew Luck.

Trading Romo was a pretty decent idea before his final contract.
His previous contract was kind of weird, where a couple of years voided if he was still on the team. Seemed like an invitation to trade him.

As it turned out, Dak's peak play and peak value was right after his rookie season. Probably could have gotten a legendary haul at that point, and in retrospect, that would have been a good move.

 

[Starforever]

In 2018 The Eye Test QB Entitlement Clan told us Josh Rosen, Baker Mayfield and Sam Danorld were Prototype QBs... Lamar Jackson was a WR and Josh Allen was a inaccurate running QB.

Guess who the Eye Test QBs would have wanted....

Lol, purgatory

 

[Whyjerry]

Jerry also thought Johnny Cocaine > Martin

 

[cowboyed]

I'd like to know in what year did Jerry officially vacate his GM role and adopt a GM-by-committee approach?. Was it a committee that gave Dak his contract? Was it a committee that gave Zeke his extension? Was it a committee that let Amari go?

I'm just curious when this incredible sea change with the most valuable and most scrutinized franchise in sports with a 28-year streak of futility took place because I guess the entire national and local media missed it. I mean I would've thought I would see Skip Bayless or Stephen A Smith railing on the committee or Colin Cowherd opening his show with it every day by now. I certainly had no idea this was the case.

I guess I should consider myself a censorious cavalier. I'm kinda proud of that.

Wow! TIL...Today I Learned.

General managers usually don't finalize contracts on most teams, Jerry as owner does, likely with borrowed heavy hands from Stephen Jones who is the executive vice president, CEO, and director of player personnel. Dare I say Stephen exerts a lot of influence with Jerry - or do you think he just plays pocket billiards?

If you think McClay, McCarthy even coordinators have little influence on keeping, drafting players, targeting free agents for acquisition, you are clueless. It has been reported that the Cowboys run things that way behind the scenes. Makes sense to me as Jerry is now a frigging 80 years old.

Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith are sports show entertainers, Cowherd is a bit more serious. But they all pick and choose their topics to rail about. Jerry loves the limelight, he is a marketer at heart and is NFL larger than life so he comes with a lot of GM and ownership controversy making him sports show easy pickings.

I am no fan of Jerry as a true GM, or even thrilled with him being an owner of the Cowboys, particularly in his later years. I am just not 100% blaming Jerry on all the bad decisions made, nor am I 100% praising him for all good decisions made. Glad you learned something today but you need to work overtime putting things in perspective.

 

[ESisback]

He says this to other posters
I’m just messing with him

Quite a bit of difference—occasional, over the top sarcasm Vs. nonstop, sing-songy Dallas is doomed to fail.

 

[DandyDon1722]

General managers usually don't finalize contracts on most teams, Jerry as owner does, likely with borrowed heavy hands from Stephen Jones who is the executive vice president, CEO, and director of player personnel. Dare I say Stephen exerts a lot of influence with Jerry - or do you think he just plays pocket billiards?

If you think McClay, McCarthy even coordinators have little influence on keeping, drafting players, targeting free agents for acquisition, you are clueless. It has been reported that the Cowboys run things that way behind the scenes. Makes sense to me as Jerry is now a frigging 80 years old.

Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith are sports show entertainers, Cowherd is a bit more serious. But they all pick and choose their topics to rail about. Jerry loves the limelight, he is a marketer at heart and is NFL larger than life so he comes with a lot of GM and ownership controversy making him sports show easy pickings.

I am no fan of Jerry as a true GM, or even thrilled with him being an owner of the Cowboys, particularly in his later years. I am just not 100% blaming Jerry on all the bad decisions made, nor am I 100% praising him for all good decisions made. Glad you learned something today but you need to work overtime putting things in perspective.

Here's the deal.

I have a problem with any fan, long-term or otherwise, who minimizes the effect Jones has had on the team for 28 years. His ego has paralyzed the organization for decades and set us back years. Maybe you remember him stepping into the draft room and overruling everyone in order to draft Quincy because he thought he was the next Donavan McNabb. Maybe you don't, but there is so much wrong with that on so many levels.

He finally acquiesced with Parcells but only to get the stadium built.

He got lucky with Romo and Dak and they have kept us relevant but that's all. It's like he's waterboarding us. We do just enough to make things interesting. I don't doubt for a second he doesn't want to win but he won't do what we all know it takes to it so it becomes a disingenuous statement that fans buy into.

So...you can bet your *** I will be up his every day because he's earned it. If Charlotte takes over and Stephen would somehow agrees to a GM then I'll change but until then they get everything they deserve. My standards haven't lowered enough to tolerate him. I can't summon a false premise of "the team is run by committee" like that's okay when you and I know both know when it comes right down to it's not. I think you are better than that.

Lastly, I don't like being like this. I would much rather talk about depth at linebacker and next year's schedule. In fact, I used to hate people like me now who were so negative towards the team but I've hit the wall. He has taken the love of my life when I cried as a little kid at the Ice Bowl and who missed school after The Catch because I was so distraught and who has spent thousands of dollars on tickets, travel, and merch over decades and made it an acquaintance. I cannot forgive him for that.

But hey nobody cares. It's my cross to bear. It's a shame but there are worse tragedies happening every day.

 

[Retro88]

Cowboys QBs Drafted since 2000

Carter, Stanbach, McGee, Dak, & Ben DiNucci.

Had to be talked out of drafting Manziel. They tried and failed to get Lynch who just achieved the unique distinction of being benched by every football league in North America. People also forget that the Cowboys ALSO wanted Connor Cook but the raiders drafted him. And this is leaving out the years before where we rolled out Hutchinson, Testaverde, Henson, & Bledsoe.

But you're right. Screw trying to go the non elite QB route like the Rams and a few more teams when they got their rings. I'm sure things will be fine. After all this QB list does nothing but inspire confidence!

 

[Cowboys5217]

I'd like to know in what year did Jerry officially vacate his GM role and adopt a GM-by-committee approach?. Was it a committee that gave Dak his contract? Was it a committee that gave Zeke his extension? Was it a committee that let Amari go?

I'm just curious when this incredible sea change with the most valuable and most scrutinized franchise in sports with a 28-year streak of futility took place because I guess the entire national and local media missed it. I mean I would've thought I would see Skip Bayless or Stephen A Smith railing on the committee or Colin Cowherd opening his show with it every day by now. I certainly had no idea this was the case.

I guess I should consider myself a censorious cavalier. I'm kinda proud of that.

Wow! TIL...Today I Learned.

I don't know how or why some choose to push the obvious and blatant lie that Jerry gave up even one iota of control over the Cowboys.

 

[Calvin2Tony2Emmitt2Julius]

It's all we got.

That's just sad!

 

[Calvin2Tony2Emmitt2Julius]

Always funny to me how jerry gets more hate for not trading up for Paxton Lynch than the team that actually did. He still gets more hate about Johnny manziel than Cleveland does too.

Yeah! Funny how that works

 

[Calvin2Tony2Emmitt2Julius]

Jerry also thought Johnny Cocaine > Martin

And yet we got Martin!!!

 

[Calvin2Tony2Emmitt2Julius]

Either Jerry is all powerful and runs the Cowboys or someone in the building has veto power. Every one touts his LOVE of Johnny Manziel, yet Johnny Goof ball never played a snap in Dallas.

Which is it ?

 

[Whyjerry]

And yet we got Martin!!!

Is that you Jerry?

 

[Haimerej]

That's just sad!

Such is the life of a Cowboys fan.

 

[Calvin2Tony2Emmitt2Julius]

Such is the life of a Cowboys fan.

Naw actually, the life of a Cowboys fan is kinda schweet ! 12-4 two years running. Playoffs two years running. Improvement two years running. Every time those idiot talking heads need a bump, they bring up My Team

So na! Life as a Cowboys fan is pretty schweet. Unless you're a ring Chaser that is.

I can see how that would suck

 

[Haimerej]

Naw actually, the life of a Cowboys fan is kinda schweet ! 12-4 two years running. Playoffs two years running. Improvement two years running. Every time those idiot talking heads need a bump, they bring up My Team

So na! Life as a Cowboys fan is pretty schweet. Unless you're a ring Chaser that is.

I can see how that would suck

It's more fun when they're champions. At least, that's how I remember it.

 

[Calvin2Tony2Emmitt2Julius]

That's my point my man, that's you. I'm not casting dispersions at you my dude. I'm pointing out a difference in how people see things. You say it was more fun when they're champions, ok fine, nobody can fault you for that.

It's just not how I see things. I don't even disagree with your take. I'm stating my position and that is , it's always fun to be a Cowboys fan. It was fun when we were 1-15, Less fun then Super Bowl Years, hell yeah but still fun. That made

winning Super Bowls even more fun, the s@# I talked to the Commander fans (This place is littered with them) when we won the Super Bowl was crazy. But I get your point, you want a Super Bowl. But it doesn't mean I'm less of a Cowboys fan

because winning a Super Bowl is not my ultimate goal.

It's more fun when they're champions. At least, that's how I remember it.

 

[eromeopolk]

Is he the only GM guilty of misjudging QB’s? Clearly not. At the end of the day his last two QB’s were Dak and Romo and neither cost a premium draft pick so I can’t really rag on him here. You can claim he’s been lucky but the same goes for every GM. He, or people he put in place, ultimately have managed to find some pretty good QB’s with very limited resources.

Revisionist history. Jerry Jones did not get Romo. That was Sean Payton and Parcells. Jerry did not want Dak. That was Wade Wilson (RIP), Scott Linehan, and convincing Garrett.

He is the only GM that traded for a franchise tag player that never made a Pro Bowl giving up 2 no.1 draft picks, he would not give a contract to the leading rusher in the NFL after the 1992 season who became the leading rusher in NFL history, he passed on Randy Moss (with a scout in Rand VA with plane tickets to Dallas), he fired 2 Hall of Fame Head Coaches, one after winning back to back Super bowls, and ran off another Hall of Fame Head Coach. He traded a no.1 pick for a WR the 0-16 Lions were going to cut, traded away a top five draft pick WR that got them to the 2018 playoffs, multiple Pro Bowls, and let the team in playoff TDs and catches for swap of 5th round picks, and without Parcells or Will McClay he has had some of the worst drafts in Cowboys history (see 1997-2001, and 2009). Did I say he passed on RANDY Moss?

To say Jerry Jones hits on drafting players is incredulous.

 

[Rockport]

Remember when we didn’t have social media and didn’t have to put up with these kinds of posts?