Stats means Nothing

[Sully]

Well....here we are yet again. The Dallas Cowboys are the looooooooooongest NFC franchise that has not played in the NFC Conference game. We are not talking the winning a Superbowl, getting to a Superbowl or even winning a NFC Conference finals. We are talking JUST GETTING TO THE GAME.
We all know, it is a 30 year drought and will continue for the seeable future.

Dallas fans will use "smoke and mirrors" to deflect for The King Pin of trying to sell water to the dehydrated Cowboys fans is Jerry "Filled with Pride" Jones. Every January, Jerry sells is carefully worded cliches loaded with FOOLS GOLD that Dallas fans line up to buy. Eager to buy this worthless pyrite, the mirage is delivered. This next season will be different. Fans will then join this "BlueLight Special" and deliver individual stats to make you think, "they are close". Then BAM...another decade has come and gone.

So line up, Jerry is filling his bag of cliches, fans will join the sell job with 4,000+ passer, (2) 1,000 WRs, 1000 RB and the accuracy of a kicker and that got you another Jason Garrett Season......enjoy

 

[kumizi]

You understand there are two sides to the ball, right? Now post the defensive stats.

 

[Risen Star]

Who played in the most viewed game and won?

Who displayed their talent in dominant romps on Thanksgiving AND Christmas?

Who defeated the last two Super Bowl Champions in back to back weeks essentially stealing their titles?

What is the value of these other franchises?

Just close the thread. Nobody takes you seriously.

 

[acr731]

Well....here we are yet again. The Dallas Cowboys are the looooooooooongest NFC franchise that has not played in the NFC Conference game. We are not talking the winning a Superbowl, getting to a Superbowl or even winning a NFC Conference finals. We are talking JUST GETTING TO THE GAME.
We all know, it is a 30 year drought and will continue for the seeable future.

Dallas fans will use "smoke and mirrors" to deflect for The King Pin of trying to sell water to the dehydrated Cowboys fans is Jerry "Filled with Pride" Jones. Every January, Jerry sells is carefully worded cliches loaded with FOOLS GOLD that Dallas fans line up to buy. Eager to buy this worthless pyrite, the mirage is delivered. This next season will be different. Fans will then join this "BlueLight Special" and deliver individual stats to make you think, "they are close". Then BAM...another decade has come and gone.

So line up, Jerry is filling his bag of cliches, fans will join the sell job with 4,000+ passer, (2) 1,000 WRs, 1000 RB and the accuracy of a kicker and that got you another Jason Garrett Season......enjoy

Stats are everything to the Stans. EVERYTHING. They don't have anything else to throw in peoples faces, meaningful things like championship games and super bowls, so stats is what we're going to get.

And for the next 6 months we're going to hear over and over how Dak The Great lead the league in passing for the 2025 season. It doesn't do anything for the team, of course, but Dak and his individual stats are the bomb.

 

[acr731]

Who played in the most viewed game and won?

Who displayed their talent in dominant romps on Thanksgiving AND Christmas?

Who defeated the last two Super Bowl Champions in back to back weeks essentially stealing their titles?

What is the value of these other franchises?

Just close the thread. Nobody takes you seriously.

 

[shabazz]

The next steps are clear. If they dont pick up 4 new defensive starters via FA and the draft, this team will not compete for a Championship.

Its really that simple

 

[MyFairLady]

I remember when we used to play in that game almost every year. Now we haven't played in that game in 30 years. Pretty crazy TBH.

 

[john van brocklin]

Well....here we are yet again. The Dallas Cowboys are the looooooooooongest NFC franchise that has not played in the NFC Conference game. We are not talking the winning a Superbowl, getting to a Superbowl or even winning a NFC Conference finals. We are talking JUST GETTING TO THE GAME.
We all know, it is a 30 year drought and will continue for the seeable future.

Dallas fans will use "smoke and mirrors" to deflect for The King Pin of trying to sell water to the dehydrated Cowboys fans is Jerry "Filled with Pride" Jones. Every January, Jerry sells is carefully worded cliches loaded with FOOLS GOLD that Dallas fans line up to buy. Eager to buy this worthless pyrite, the mirage is delivered. This next season will be different. Fans will then join this "BlueLight Special" and deliver individual stats to make you think, "they are close". Then BAM...another decade has come and gone.

So line up, Jerry is filling his bag of cliches, fans will join the sell job with 4,000+ passer, (2) 1,000 WRs, 1000 RB and the accuracy of a kicker and that got you another Jason Garrett Season......enjoy

Until the fans quit drinking Jerry's Kool aid and hold him accountable, nothing in Dallas changes.
Our fans are like sheep going to their yearly shearing, while Jerry goes happily to the bank.

 

[acr731]

Until the fans quit drinking Jerry's Kool aid and hold him accountable, nothing in Dallas changes.
Our fans are like sheep going to their yearly shearing, while Jerry goes happily to the bank.

Nothing changes in Dallas until this guy comes knocking on Jerry's door......

 

[Verdict]

Stats are everything to the Stans. EVERYTHING. They don't have anything else to throw in peoples faces, meaningful things like championship games and super bowls, so stats is what we're going to get.

And for the next 6 months we're going to hear over and over how Dak The Great lead the league in passing for the 2025 season. It doesn't do anything for the team, of course, but Dak and his individual stats are the bomb.

I’ll never understand why some “Cowboys” fans focus so much on the individual players than the actual team. Many do it with Dak. Some with Parsons.

To me it’s team over individual players. And it’s not even close.

 

[Chasing6]

Well....here we are yet again. The Dallas Cowboys are the looooooooooongest NFC franchise that has not played in the NFC Conference game. We are not talking the winning a Superbowl, getting to a Superbowl or even winning a NFC Conference finals. We are talking JUST GETTING TO THE GAME.
We all know, it is a 30 year drought and will continue for the seeable future.

Dallas fans will use "smoke and mirrors" to deflect for The King Pin of trying to sell water to the dehydrated Cowboys fans is Jerry "Filled with Pride" Jones. Every January, Jerry sells is carefully worded cliches loaded with FOOLS GOLD that Dallas fans line up to buy. Eager to buy this worthless pyrite, the mirage is delivered. This next season will be different. Fans will then join this "BlueLight Special" and deliver individual stats to make you think, "they are close". Then BAM...another decade has come and gone.

So line up, Jerry is filling his bag of cliches, fans will join the sell job with 4,000+ passer, (2) 1,000 WRs, 1000 RB and the accuracy of a kicker and that got you another Jason Garrett Season......enjoy

I think our defense stats mean a lot and tell the entire story.

 

[Redsfan_83]

The next steps are clear. If they dont pick up 4 new defensive starters via FA and the draft, this team will not compete for a Championship.

Its really that simple

You've been here long enough to know that the chances of the next steps happening are zero, zip and nadda. Will we get 1 guy in FA? Maybe....will we draft potential? Likely. Won't do enough to go all in next year and Jr will find the $$$$ reason as to why we couldn't. Wash, rinse and repeat

 

[Kingofholland]

Well....here we are yet again. The Dallas Cowboys are the looooooooooongest NFC franchise that has not played in the NFC Conference game. We are not talking the winning a Superbowl, getting to a Superbowl or even winning a NFC Conference finals. We are talking JUST GETTING TO THE GAME.
We all know, it is a 30 year drought and will continue for the seeable future.

Dallas fans will use "smoke and mirrors" to deflect for The King Pin of trying to sell water to the dehydrated Cowboys fans is Jerry "Filled with Pride" Jones. Every January, Jerry sells is carefully worded cliches loaded with FOOLS GOLD that Dallas fans line up to buy. Eager to buy this worthless pyrite, the mirage is delivered. This next season will be different. Fans will then join this "BlueLight Special" and deliver individual stats to make you think, "they are close". Then BAM...another decade has come and gone.

So line up, Jerry is filling his bag of cliches, fans will join the sell job with 4,000+ passer, (2) 1,000 WRs, 1000 RB and the accuracy of a kicker and that got you another Jason Garrett Season......enjoy

I guess at the end of the day 30 years since the last championship appearance is just a stat too. Statistically speaking it seems hard not to get there if everyone else has. Maybe it's bad coaching, poor front office team building, conspiracy in the NFL holding the Cowboys back, or just bad luck. Whatever it is, there have probably been 6 or 7 Cowboys teams over the span that underachieved and should have been able to get there.

After 96 up until Parcells got here in 2003 the Cowboys were in decline and poor team building and management were really to blame. Then talent started to come in under Parcells and wasted the next 13 years with subpar coaching(Phillips, Garrett) and imperfect defensive building. Then McCarthy arrived, who was probably the best coach we've had since Parcells and despite having some really good teams the gm chose to not load up and built flawed defenses.

 

[pansophy]

You understand there are two sides to the ball, right? Now post the defensive stats.

Yeah, stats don't matter but they do help tell the story. The defensive stats certainly seem to tell our story this year.

 

[Sully]

You understand there are two sides to the ball, right? Now post the defensive stats.

Don't care about either side of the ball. What matters is WINS which both side of the ball should be wanting but money is far more important to the players, not winning

 

[Rockport]

Well....here we are yet again. The Dallas Cowboys are the looooooooooongest NFC franchise that has not played in the NFC Conference game. We are not talking the winning a Superbowl, getting to a Superbowl or even winning a NFC Conference finals. We are talking JUST GETTING TO THE GAME.
We all know, it is a 30 year drought and will continue for the seeable future.

Dallas fans will use "smoke and mirrors" to deflect for The King Pin of trying to sell water to the dehydrated Cowboys fans is Jerry "Filled with Pride" Jones. Every January, Jerry sells is carefully worded cliches loaded with FOOLS GOLD that Dallas fans line up to buy. Eager to buy this worthless pyrite, the mirage is delivered. This next season will be different. Fans will then join this "BlueLight Special" and deliver individual stats to make you think, "they are close". Then BAM...another decade has come and gone.

So line up, Jerry is filling his bag of cliches, fans will join the sell job with 4,000+ passer, (2) 1,000 WRs, 1000 RB and the accuracy of a kicker and that got you another Jason Garrett Season......enjoy

Wash, rinse, repeat. Insanity.

 

[JayFord]

If anyones believing what Jerry is selling then i have some tropical beach front properties in the middle of brooklyn to sell you

Jerry cares about winning a superbowl yes, but only on his own terms……and if attention clicks and views don’t outweigh the superbowl then he doesnt want it……winning the superbowl is silence is useless to him

 

[JayFord]

I remember when we used to play in that game almost every year. Now we haven't played in that game in 30 years. Pretty crazy TBH.

When i was a kid i thought this was standard cowboys football and in 96 i wasnt mad we lost to Carolina in the playoffs i was confused because i just thought “hey, ummm Dallas is supposed to win these games”

 

[pansophy]

I guess at the end of the day 30 years since the last championship appearance is just a stat too. Statistically speaking it seems hard not to get there if everyone else has. Maybe it's bad coaching, poor front office team building, conspiracy in the NFL holding the Cowboys back, or just bad luck. Whatever it is, there have probably been 6 or 7 Cowboys teams over the span that underachieved and should have been able to get there.

After 96 up until Parcells got here in 2003 the Cowboys were in decline and poor team building and management were really to blame. Then talent started to come in under Parcells and wasted the next 13 years with subpar coaching(Phillips, Garrett) and imperfect defensive building. Then McCarthy arrived, who was probably the best coach we've had since Parcells and despite having some really good teams the gm chose to not load up and built flawed defenses.

Jerry just never adjusted to the cap. He is still trying to field the most talented team and the only way to do that in the salary cap era is to find bargin guys with high upside, whether it is aging stars, drafting talented guys with medicals, behavioral issues, etc.

Not enough of these guys hit / stay on the field for this approach to work. The fundamental way Jerry builds the team is what has failed.

 

[Pass2Run]

The next steps are clear. If they dont pick up 4 new defensive starters via FA and the draft, this team will not compete for a Championship.

Its really that simple

They need 5 or 6. We need help everywhere.