Some numbers that explain a 7-10 season

[Bobhaze]

The 2024 season is mercifully over.
Below are some of the numbers that explain what happened this year. It isn’t everything, but it does represent a lot of what happened.

• 7-10 (season record)
• 2-7 (home record- worst in NFL)
• 5-3 (road record - 6th best in the NFL)
• 31 (31st in red zone scoring)
• 3 (3rd in total penalties)
• 4 (4th straight year in top 5 of total penalties)
• 1 (1st in number of pre-snap penalties)
• -118 (point differential for 2024; 25th in NFL)
• 16 (Cowboys total offense ranking - amazed it isn’t worse)
• 27 (Cowboys total defense ranking)
• 18 (points per game at home; 31st in NFL)
• 6 (total rushing TDs in 17 games; last in NFL)
• 23 (total TD passes in 17 games; 25th in NFL)
• 33 (total team TDs for the season; 27th in NFL)
• 25 (rushing TDs allowed; worst in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th rushing yards given up)
• 37% (third down conversion rate; 11th in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th in 2024 cap spending)
• 29 (years since this team has won a divisional playoff game and appeared in an NFC championship game)

 

[John813]

The penalty issue is the #1 reason not to bring back MM going off that list. Now, of course the HC will always have to deal with a meddling owner, but it doesn't excuse the penalty issues.

 

[bluemagic4ever]

The 2024 season is mercifully over.
Below are some of the numbers that explain what happened this year. It isn’t everything, but it does represent a lot of what happened.

• 7-10 (season record)
• 2-7 (home record- worst in NFL)
• 5-3 (road record - 6th best in the NFL)
• 31 (31st in red zone scoring)
• 3 (3rd in total penalties)
• 4 (4th straight year in top 5 of total penalties)
• 1 (1st in number of pre-snap penalties)
• -118 (point differential for 2024; 25th in NFL)
• 18 (points per game at home; 31st in NFL)
• 6 (total rushing TDs in 17 games; last in NFL)
• 23 (total TD passes in 17 games; 25th in NFL)
• 33 (total team TDs for the season; 27th in NFL)
• 25 (rushing TDs allowed; worst in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th rushing yards given up)
• 37% (third down conversion rate; 11th in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th in 2024 cap spending)
• 29 (years since this team has won a divisional playoff game and appeared in an NFC championship game)

Definitely arent good numbers except the road games record but this does give good insight if you didnt see it first hand, These are horrible numbers but the redzone scoring, total penalties, years consecutive in top 5 in penalties, Rushing TDS, pass TDs are very reflective of coaching and execution, which shows a culture issue. The cap spending is really an issue bc they try to claim broke all the time and blame paying other players in the media and the reality is they just dont spend money and have it accessible .

 

[big dog cowboy]

I don't need numbers to explain the disaster that was the 2024 season. I already know.

 

[DasTex]

Penalties and redzone failures
Fix those to league average and this team, even minus Dak was in the playoffs

I don't even know what to think about that...

 

[Creeper]

If you add in declined and offsetting penalties, the Cowboys were 1st in the league in flags thrown against them. To me this is just another symptom of poor attention to detail.

As far as the offense and defense are concerned, I think injuries hurt them. Clearly not having Dak hurt their passing and scoring stats. But not having a running game probably hurt more.

The rushing defense has been a persistent problem carried over from last year. When they face a team capable of running the ball they give up a lot of yards on the ground. Unbelievably, after the Packers demolished them last year on the ground, the Cowboys did nothing other than sign Kendricks to solve the problem.

 

[McKDaddy]

The penalty issue is the #1 reason not to bring back MM

Yeah, it's hard to overlook that. Especially since he has supposedly been very focused on penalties his entire tenure.

 

[Zordon]

A lot of those numbers get "fixed" if they simply acquired Henry instead of Zeke. The team would have still been flawed, but it would have improved the record by 2-3 games. That decision along w/ the cap number truly torpedoed the season before it started.

 

[kskboys]

The penalty issue is the #1 reason not to bring back MM going off that list. Now, of course the HC will always have to deal with a meddling owner, but it doesn't excuse the penalty issues.

What does MM have to do w/ our having a terrible D?

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

Numbers, schmumbers! Those numbers are reflective of the lousy job management did with the draft and free agency.

 

[Desperado]

1st in QB spending for an average player.

 

[dupree89]

The 2024 season is mercifully over.
Below are some of the numbers that explain what happened this year. It isn’t everything, but it does represent a lot of what happened.

• 7-10 (season record)
• 2-7 (home record- worst in NFL)
• 5-3 (road record - 6th best in the NFL)
• 31 (31st in red zone scoring)
• 3 (3rd in total penalties)
• 4 (4th straight year in top 5 of total penalties)
• 1 (1st in number of pre-snap penalties)
• -118 (point differential for 2024; 25th in NFL)
• 16 (Cowboys total offense ranking - amazed it isn’t worse)
• 27 (Cowboys total defense ranking)
• 18 (points per game at home; 31st in NFL)
• 6 (total rushing TDs in 17 games; last in NFL)
• 23 (total TD passes in 17 games; 25th in NFL)
• 33 (total team TDs for the season; 27th in NFL)
• 25 (rushing TDs allowed; worst in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th rushing yards given up)
• 37% (third down conversion rate; 11th in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th in 2024 cap spending)
• 29 (years since this team has won a divisional playoff game and appeared in an NFC championship game)

Bob, if you still have the source open, where was denver in: A) red zone scoring and B) number of total penalties.
In another thread there were guys saying Sean Payton and MM were the same coach. I wanna know where Sean paytons team ranked in these 2 important categories.

 

[WillieBeamen]

All you needed was one number, bob

$60m

 

[maryquality]

The 2024 season is mercifully over.
Below are some of the numbers that explain what happened this year. It isn’t everything, but it does represent a lot of what happened.

• 7-10 (season record)
• 2-7 (home record- worst in NFL)
• 5-3 (road record - 6th best in the NFL)
• 31 (31st in red zone scoring)
• 3 (3rd in total penalties)
• 4 (4th straight year in top 5 of total penalties)
• 1 (1st in number of pre-snap penalties)
• -118 (point differential for 2024; 25th in NFL)
• 16 (Cowboys total offense ranking - amazed it isn’t worse)
• 27 (Cowboys total defense ranking)
• 18 (points per game at home; 31st in NFL)
• 6 (total rushing TDs in 17 games; last in NFL)
• 23 (total TD passes in 17 games; 25th in NFL)
• 33 (total team TDs for the season; 27th in NFL)
• 25 (rushing TDs allowed; worst in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th rushing yards given up)
• 37% (third down conversion rate; 11th in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th in 2024 cap spending)
• 29 (years since this team has won a divisional playoff game and appeared in an NFC championship game)

Those are some sad and pathetic statistics.

 

[erod]

The penalty issue is the #1 reason not to bring back MM going off that list. Now, of course the HC will always have to deal with a meddling owner, but it doesn't excuse the penalty issues.

Coaches can't be blamed for false starts and defensive holding. Any more than Dak's wildly errant passes or inability to read a defense.

Players have to be accountable as professionals at some point.

 

[John813]

Coaches can't be blamed for false starts and defensive holding. Any more than Dak's wildly errant passes or inability to read a defense.

Players have to be accountable as professionals at some point.

Penalties are bound to happen. But, when they are top 5 in penalties for 4 years it's not just the players.
I believe it's a mix of dumb players and coaching not stressing and or fixing repeat issues.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

The 2024 season is mercifully over.
Below are some of the numbers that explain what happened this year. It isn’t everything, but it does represent a lot of what happened.

• 7-10 (season record)
• 2-7 (home record- worst in NFL)
• 5-3 (road record - 6th best in the NFL)
• 31 (31st in red zone scoring)
• 3 (3rd in total penalties)
• 4 (4th straight year in top 5 of total penalties)
• 1 (1st in number of pre-snap penalties)
• -118 (point differential for 2024; 25th in NFL)
• 16 (Cowboys total offense ranking - amazed it isn’t worse)
• 27 (Cowboys total defense ranking)
• 18 (points per game at home; 31st in NFL)
• 6 (total rushing TDs in 17 games; last in NFL)
• 23 (total TD passes in 17 games; 25th in NFL)
• 33 (total team TDs for the season; 27th in NFL)
• 25 (rushing TDs allowed; worst in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th rushing yards given up)
• 37% (third down conversion rate; 11th in NFL)
• 28 (ranked 28th in 2024 cap spending)
• 29 (years since this team has won a divisional playoff game and appeared in an NFC championship game)

I all honesty, it's a wonder they managed to win 7 games with those numbers.

 

[RS12]

Wanna buy a jersey?

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Most of the year starting backup QBs is the most important one.

I'm no Dak fan, but the season was done for good the minute he was hurt. I'm amazed when I see people acting like the team should have made the playoffs with Cooper Rush or Trey Lance at QB.

 

[gimmesix]

I think the injury numbers are the key ones to explain 7-10.

Now, without the injuries, we still did nothing to overtake the teams already better than us, but considering we had so many injuries to try to work through, and to major parts of this team, 7-10 seems about right.