Sabbatical Year

[Hawkeye19]

So JJ has decided to maintain the status quo with MM while allowing rumors to swirl about Payton— and retaining Quinn at DC, and Moore likely returns at OC.

The handwriting is on the wall for McCarthy. JJ has created a lame duck scenario for Mike… so this is just a wasted year of Dallas treading water.

We will lose some FAs this year due to the cap situation. We likely aren’t signing any FA that will make a difference. Moore and Dak will return with the same offense we have seen. Playing on a 1st place schedule—We will win 8-9 games. Mike will be fired. Quinn will be promoted to HC next year— or Payton will.

So what is the point of watching this year? JJ may be alright with wasting the talent on the roster— but doesn’t mean I’m gonna let him waste my time.

After the clown-show end to this season…. I may just shift into sabbatical mode. Watch a game here or there. Just don’t see them doing anything worth a damn in 2022. Might as well focus on other things for a bit.

Still enjoy this forum and chatting with you all… but this team is up Crap Creek so nothing to do but sit back and laugh at the train wreck JJ has created lol

 

[sunalsorises]

McCarthy will be in year 3 of a 5-year contract. He is not any more of a lame duck than any other coach on the "hot seat." I would say McCarthy's seat isn't even the hottest of the coaches who will be on the hot seat next season. As far as Payton, I don't think he is waiting for the Dallas job. He may have interest if things line up but I don't think he stepped away from New Orleans to put himself in position for the Dallas job.

 

[Flamma]

So JJ has decided to maintain the status quo with MM while allowing rumors to swirl about Payton— and retaining Quinn at DC, and Moore likely returns at OC.

The handwriting is on the wall for McCarthy. JJ has created a lame duck scenario for Mike… so this is just a wasted year of Dallas treading water.

We will lose some FAs this year due to the cap situation. We likely aren’t signing any FA that will make a difference. Moore and Dak will return with the same offense we have seen. Playing on a 1st place schedule—We will win 8-9 games. Mike will be fired. Quinn will be promoted to HC next year— or Payton will.

So what is the point of watching this year? JJ may be alright with wasting the talent on the roster— but doesn’t mean I’m gonna let him waste my time.

After the clown-show end to this season…. I may just shift into sabbatical mode. Watch a game here or there. Just don’t see them doing anything worth a damn in 2022. Might as well focus on other things for a bit.

Still enjoy this forum and chatting with you all… but this team is up Crap Creek so nothing to do but sit back and laugh at the train wreck JJ has created lol

If our defense is as good as it was this year, we'll probably win around 12 games again. But one and done with this offense.

 

[fivetwos]

The innovator and creator of the "special teams draft" has now developed the very first win now team on a 2-3 year rebuild plan.

The man has a golden jacket for a reason.

 

[Hawkeye19]

McCarthy will be in year 3 of a 5-year contract. He is not any more of a lame duck than any other coach on the "hot seat." I would say McCarthy's seat isn't even the hottest of the coaches who will be on the hot seat next season. As far as Payton, I don't think he is waiting for the Dallas job. He may have interest if things line up but I don't think he stepped away from New Orleans to put himself in position for the Dallas job.

Quinn coming back is definitely a torch under Mike’s seat. If we start slow enough— JJ may fire MM mid year and give Dan the reins lol

 

[Hawkeye19]

If our defense is as good as it was this year, we'll probably win around 12 games again. But one and done with this offense.

Exactly. The issue is with this offense. Quinn’s D has some issues too— but Dak and Kellen running it back leaves so much to be desired lol

 

[LACowboysFan1]

So JJ has decided to maintain the status quo with MM while allowing rumors to swirl about Payton— and retaining Quinn at DC, and Moore likely returns at OC.

The handwriting is on the wall for McCarthy. JJ has created a lame duck scenario for Mike… so this is just a wasted year of Dallas treading water.

We will lose some FAs this year due to the cap situation. We likely aren’t signing any FA that will make a difference. Moore and Dak will return with the same offense we have seen. Playing on a 1st place schedule—We will win 8-9 games. Mike will be fired. Quinn will be promoted to HC next year— or Payton will.

So what is the point of watching this year? JJ may be alright with wasting the talent on the roster— but doesn’t mean I’m gonna let him waste my time.

After the clown-show end to this season…. I may just shift into sabbatical mode. Watch a game here or there. Just don’t see them doing anything worth a damn in 2022. Might as well focus on other things for a bit.

Still enjoy this forum and chatting with you all… but this team is up Crap Creek so nothing to do but sit back and laugh at the train wreck JJ has created lol

I have pretty much already got to the point you're at this past year. Have had zero expectations, either for a SB win or a 0-17 season. Not that I don't care anymore, just that I have grown tired of the disappointment and emotional roller coaster year after year. If I don't get all excited when the Cowboys win several games in a row I don't have the let down when they lose the next game, or lose the early playoff game.

But I will still watch all the games I can (don't get to watch some because where I live the Saints get precedence if they're on at the same time and channel as Dallas. Though if the Saints fall way off this year maybe that'll change back to like it was before Payton arrived and the Saints got to be good most years). Just won't be buying or wearing any Cowboys clothing, etc. That's my small protest to Jerry.

 

[cowboyec]

i still think mccarthy finishes his 5yrs.
we'll see.
another 6 win season tho and its over.

 

[cowboyed]

What complicates matters for McCarthy and anyone that steps in as Cowboys head coach that our offensive line is in serious disrepair based on age, physicality and overall talent. We can get by beating weaker or flawed teams but post season caliber, forget about it.

 

[CWR]

So JJ has decided to maintain the status quo with MM while allowing rumors to swirl about Payton— and retaining Quinn at DC, and Moore likely returns at OC.

The handwriting is on the wall for McCarthy. JJ has created a lame duck scenario for Mike… so this is just a wasted year of Dallas treading water.

We will lose some FAs this year due to the cap situation. We likely aren’t signing any FA that will make a difference. Moore and Dak will return with the same offense we have seen. Playing on a 1st place schedule—We will win 8-9 games. Mike will be fired. Quinn will be promoted to HC next year— or Payton will.

So what is the point of watching this year? JJ may be alright with wasting the talent on the roster— but doesn’t mean I’m gonna let him waste my time.

After the clown-show end to this season…. I may just shift into sabbatical mode. Watch a game here or there. Just don’t see them doing anything worth a damn in 2022. Might as well focus on other things for a bit.

Still enjoy this forum and chatting with you all… but this team is up Crap Creek so nothing to do but sit back and laugh at the train wreck JJ has created lol

I feel you brother, and it's what Jerry deserves. That said I think we are sick men, and when the game comes on let's not kid ourselves. We will be watching lol.

 

[Hawkeye19]

i still think mccarthy finishes his 5yrs.
we'll see.
another 6 win season tho and its over.

He will he gone when we don’t win the NFCE in 2022 with all the “talent” JJ has accumulated lol…

JJ will never acknowledge the issues at GM— so HCs will inevitably be the scape goats. Well compensated scape goats mind you— but scape goats nonetheless lol

 

[Hawkeye19]

I feel you brother, and it's what Jerry deserves. That said I think we are sick men, and when the game comes on let's not kid ourselves. We will be watching lol.

Maybe we just watch with a whiskey in our hands and a sick grin on our faces awaiting the inevitable moment things just fall apart?

 

[movaughn88]

A 12-5 season is a train wreck? There's about 25 teams in the league that would trade their entire roster for the Cowboys' straight up.

The doom and gloom on this board is just dramatic nonsense.

Enjoy your sabbatical and whiskey sir!

 

[ThatJerryKid]

So JJ has decided to maintain the status quo with MM while allowing rumors to swirl about Payton— and retaining Quinn at DC, and Moore likely returns at OC.

The handwriting is on the wall for McCarthy. JJ has created a lame duck scenario for Mike… so this is just a wasted year of Dallas treading water.

We will lose some FAs this year due to the cap situation. We likely aren’t signing any FA that will make a difference. Moore and Dak will return with the same offense we have seen. Playing on a 1st place schedule—We will win 8-9 games. Mike will be fired. Quinn will be promoted to HC next year— or Payton will.

So what is the point of watching this year? JJ may be alright with wasting the talent on the roster— but doesn’t mean I’m gonna let him waste my time.

After the clown-show end to this season…. I may just shift into sabbatical mode. Watch a game here or there. Just don’t see them doing anything worth a damn in 2022. Might as well focus on other things for a bit.

Still enjoy this forum and chatting with you all… but this team is up Crap Creek so nothing to do but sit back and laugh at the train wreck JJ has created lol

Do what I did. Put $5,000 on the Cowboys to win the NFC East to keep 2022 interesting. It kinda makes the division our Super Bowl and we are the Super Bowl favorites.

 

[Bullflop]

I wouldn't be surprised if we finished with around a 10-6 record or less next year, with a tougher schedule. If we see another swoon in the playoffs or don't even qualify for them, Dan Quinn will, quite possibly, be retained as our HC. Much remains to be determined with MM as our HC in 2022. I anticipate less than equal results than what this Cowboys' team produced in 2021. Perhaps we might improve offensively if Kellen Moore is replaced but that's a highly indefinite circumstance to anticipate.

 

[Miller]

Part of me thinks this season will be a dumpster fire with MM staring out from the sideline dreaming of a rack of ribs. But part of me thinks maybe cutting some dead weight from the past in FA and retooling one more time gets us a surprise season.

 

[CWR]

Maybe we just watch with a whiskey in our hands and a sick grin on our faces awaiting the inevitable moment things just fall apart?

No lie man, they murdered a part of my fanhood this year.

I knew we were in trouble when the run game stopped working, but I hoped against hope we'd make adjustments. Then inserting Cwill back into the line up helped, at least initially.

I knew we had lost to higher caliber teams and gotten alot of easy wins vs poor teams. It's was deceptive though. We lost close games to good teams and beat the ever loving crap out of bad teams. Consequently I thought maybe we could catch fire and make a run.

Nope they proved to be frauds. The run game was non-existent, the oline sucked, the qb fell apart AND KM never adjusted. Even worse, MM refused to help bring up a struggling, inexperienced coordinator. The demise was inevitable.

Which is why if Jerry is going to force MM on us again and he doesn't at least replace the offensive coordinator and line coach I will be waiting to fail all season. Wake me up for the playoffs. It would be great to field a winning team in consecutive years, but it's a task not accomplished in recent memory.

 

[CWR]

Do what I did. Put $5,000 on the Cowboys to win the NFC East to keep 2022 interesting. It kinda makes the division our Super Bowl and we are the Super Bowl favorites.

I dig your style.

 

[bonafidebanter]

So JJ has decided to maintain the status quo with MM while allowing rumors to swirl about Payton— and retaining Quinn at DC, and Moore likely returns at OC.

The handwriting is on the wall for McCarthy. JJ has created a lame duck scenario for Mike… so this is just a wasted year of Dallas treading water.

We will lose some FAs this year due to the cap situation. We likely aren’t signing any FA that will make a difference. Moore and Dak will return with the same offense we have seen. Playing on a 1st place schedule—We will win 8-9 games. Mike will be fired. Quinn will be promoted to HC next year— or Payton will.

So what is the point of watching this year? JJ may be alright with wasting the talent on the roster— but doesn’t mean I’m gonna let him waste my time.

After the clown-show end to this season…. I may just shift into sabbatical mode. Watch a game here or there. Just don’t see them doing anything worth a damn in 2022. Might as well focus on other things for a bit.

Still enjoy this forum and chatting with you all… but this team is up Crap Creek so nothing to do but sit back and laugh at the train wreck JJ has created lol

Really? An 80 year old Jerruh Jones is willing to just throw a season away and wait until he's 81 to figure it out? Ok. Got it.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

MM will be fired if he fails to win in the playoffs next season. If he gets us to the NFC Championship he’s keeping his job regardless of Payton.