Tanking sentiment on the board

[Mr_437]

Nobody around to blame anymore. It's Jerry, Stephen, JG, Scotty and Dak's fault. You can only go up the latter so far, and that stops at HC if your a Cowboys fan.

On topic: this group will organically tank, so no worries.

Just hope Zeke takes care of body at this time, and defense plays even better the next few months.

 

[CouchCoach]

I ain't no tanker. I expect my team to give everything they have until the very end. And from just a realist's approach, they're paid to play their best, not to win. And those patrons that pay good money deserve to see a team leave nothing in the locker room.

That is not to say what I think is best for this team. Whatever that loss number is to get a coaching change, I am in favor of that. I am in favor of going for a QB in this draft and Herbert is the guy I want.

The bottom line is I don't think they need to tank, they will lose enough trying to win to put themselves in a position to trade up and get the guy they need to build the offense around.

 

[Sydla]

Tanking sets a culture of losing. You don't try to lose one year and then turn it around the next. This team is young. They should play and practice hard and create a pattern of winning.

Now if you want a high draft pick for a QB, for example, it is better to figure out how to get one without asking your team to quit.

This angle where losing a lot of games in a season breeds a culture of losing is totally ridiculous.

And frankly, I doubt any NFL team would "tank". But the real issue here is whether or not it would be better for this team to just be bad enough to lose a lot of games? There's a good case to be made that it would be better.

 

[SDCowboy]

Wanting the team to tank makes a lot more sense than wanting them to go 8-8.

 

[JonJon]

Lol my gosh. What a bunch of give ups.

Our division is a complete cluster. If the Commanders lose tonight (likely), then we are half a game out of first. The goal is making the playoffs and that is still very much alive.

It had to be done...

 

[cowboy_ron]

No need to "tank"......we do it automatically..........we'll go out "Garrett style".....meaning after we're mathematically eliminated from contention, we'll reel off a few wins just to screw up our drafting order.

 

[Rockport]

Tanking sets a culture of losing. You don't try to lose one year and then turn it around the next. This team is young. They should play and practice hard and create a pattern of winning.

Now if you want a high draft pick for a QB, for example, it is better to figure out how to get one without asking your team to quit.

Exactly. Tanking is just a nice word for being a quitter. Quitters are losers plain and simple. There are tons of them here at CZ.

 

[waldoputty]

I ain't no tanker. I expect my team to give everything they have until the very end. And from just a realist's approach, they're paid to play their best, not to win. And those patrons that pay good money deserve to see a team leave nothing in the locker room.

That is not to say what I think is best for this team. Whatever that loss number is to get a coaching change, I am in favor of that. I am in favor of going for a QB in this draft and Herbert is the guy I want.

The bottom line is I don't think they need to tank, they will lose enough trying to win to put themselves in a position to trade up and get the guy they need to build the offense around.

the problem is that the teams with teams with a worse record all need qbs (giants, bucs)

 

[aria]

i dont think i have ever seen this level of agreement to tank (or let garrett screw up) the rest of the season.

i think most of us, including moi, r finally in agreement that dak is not the answer and need the high draft pick for the qb...

I guess you weren’t paying attention last year around week 8-9.

Tanking is for losers. While I don’t have much hope for the Cowboys this season I sure as hell will never advocate nor support losing on purpose or for the players not giving 100% every play.

 

[DallasEast]

After 22 years, there isn't an 11 game stretch bad enough to make me blink. I can handle it. I hope we don't score another point. But we probably will cause of Swaim. We should cut him. With a SWAT team present.

 

[aria]

I ain't no tanker. I expect my team to give everything they have until the very end. And from just a realist's approach, they're paid to play their best, not to win. And those patrons that pay good money deserve to see a team leave nothing in the locker room.

That is not to say what I think is best for this team. Whatever that loss number is to get a coaching change, I am in favor of that. I am in favor of going for a QB in this draft and Herbert is the guy I want.

The bottom line is I don't think they need to tank, they will lose enough trying to win to put themselves in a position to trade up and get the guy they need to build the offense around.

Well said.

 

[CouchCoach]

the problem is that the teams with teams with a worse record all need qbs (giants, bucs)

And the Raiders, the tricky part is will one of those 3 be in the driver's seat or will the Cowboys end up with the worst record? I can't see them at a 2-14 or 3-13 with this defense but some injuries could affect that.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Taaaaaaaank

 

[Rockport]

Wanting the team to tank makes a lot more sense than wanting them to go 8-8.

No not at all.

 

[waldoputty]

And the Raiders, the tricky part is will one of those 3 be in the driver's seat or will the Cowboys end up with the worst record? I can't see them at a 2-14 or 3-13 with this defense but some injuries could affect that.

as a start, let zeke fully recover from his leg thing. let tfred fully recover.
there goes the offense.

 

[ShortRound]

If it gets rid of Jason Garrett and Linehan I’m all for it.

I don't think it does that's the problem, Jerry is dug in deep.

 

[CPanther95]

The NFL will never allow a team to intentionally tank a season for a high draft pick ...

... unless you can come up with a clever title for the campaign like "Suck for Luck".

 

[Sydla]

No not at all.

No team will "tank" in the NFL.

But it would be silly to argue 7-9 or 8-8 and another non-playoff year is better for this franchise than going say 5-11.

 

[waldoputty]

I don't think it does that's the problem, Jerry is dug in deep.

the real problem is garrett may have dug deeper in jerry...

 

[ShortRound]

I won't root for it because I know the coaching will do it for us anyways.

Remember the meaningless game against philly? Idiots