The Double Standard

[shabazz]

I won't make excuses for why they played like they did today but people have to come to grips what comes with that whole "America's Team" title. It means you won't get the worst of everyone. Everyone plays up against the Cowboys. So the Cowboys don't have the chance to come out flat. They have to play big and can't beat themselves. Cowboys will never a bad teams worse always their best.

one of the reasons that we are getting strange takes on the game is because several of our fellow posters are desperately trying to defend Daks performance. They literally have to watch a game and must dread having to prop up their personal hero and make excuses. Ergo this thread and several others

the fact of the matter is that MANY on the team poorly. Many of us who are unbiased get to watch a game and evaluate the players on how they actually played….not on how we desperately wish they would have played and feel no impulse to prop up anybody

this team played like crap today and anybody who says different is full of it.​

 

[FVSTONE]

Staubach had 23 come from behind wins in his career. Of those, 17 were in the last two minutes.

This is not comparing Staubach and Dak, but to point out even the ones we admire play games like the one today.

But where the double standard comes in is the people whining today are the same ones who say Dak can't come from behind and put together the winning drive.

You just saw it. They all played flat. Read the headlines. Saw the Vegas line and thought this was in the bag. Mistakes all over the field.

But they got the ball back and drove 98 yards to win the game. It took a defensive stand, and an offensive drive to beat this team.

I have seen every season where Dallas ended up in the Super Bowl The only one I did not see, I was cooling my heels in Vietnam. Every season where they played in the NFC Championship game had games like this.

Is it too much to have a little perspective? Evidently for some it is.

WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING??????? Prescot looked and played horrible against a DOUBLE DIGIT DOG! Look for Tennesse and Jacksonville to take to Prescot, he's a lousy QB who is way over hyped and insanely overpaid! There is nothing good about this idiot of a QB! Look for the Eagles to destroy this Kurt Cousin clone on Christmas Day! Whoever voted for this club to be a top 10 team in this league should slap themselves silly!

 

[America's Cowboy]

Prospective is recognizing the quality of the team they barely beat. If it was a 500 or better team it would have been more palatable. Prospective

Eagles almost lost 3 or 4 games to much lesser teams, yet you Dak haters keep worshipping them. But you call yourselves Cowboys fans???

Yeah, riiiiiiight...

 

[RS12]

Sigh. How bout a little more perspective. One of the reasons Roger had so many come from behind wins was because he and his receivers just spent just spent 60 minutes getting pounded on by thug defenses of the 70s when thug rules were allowed. He retired because of concussions with of all the hits he took. The Dak apology threads get sadder by the week but any comparison to one of the 50 greatest NFL players all time should be prohibited.

 

[CATCH17]

Eagles almost lost 3 or 4 games to much lesser teams, yet you Dak haters keep worshipping them. But you call yourselves Cowboys fans???

Yeah, riiiiiiight...

If Prescott had a background of winning things then he would be scrutinized as much.

It’s his fault for not ever winning anything. Not fans.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

one of the reasons that we are getting strange takes on the game is because several of our fellow posters are desperately trying to defend Daks performance. They literally have to watch a game and must dread having to prop up their personal hero and make excuses. Ergo this thread and several others

the fact of the matter is that MANY on the team poorly. Many of us who are unbiased get to watch a game and evaluate the players on how they actually played….not on how we desperately wish they would have played and feel no impulse to prop up anybody

this team played like crap today and anybody who says different is full of it.​

If you saw that game and thought Dak was why they struggled on special teams and defense then yeah you can't call yourself "unbiased".

If someone says Dak and the defense were bad today ya'll consider that "propping" up Dak lol.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

If Prescott had a background of winning things then he would be scrutinized as much.

It’s his fault for not ever winning anything. Not fans.

This is the dumbest reasoning i've heard yet. So your logic is that you hold a guy who has a ring to a lesser standard than you would someone like Dak who doesn't have won. What type of silly *** logic is this lol?

So you hold Carson Wentz to a higher standard than Pat Mahomes using this logic lol.

 

[GINeric]

Staubach had 23 come from behind wins in his career. Of those, 17 were in the last two minutes.

This is not comparing Staubach and Dak, but to point out even the ones we admire play games like the one today.

But where the double standard comes in is the people whining today are the same ones who say Dak can't come from behind and put together the winning drive.

You just saw it. They all played flat. Read the headlines. Saw the Vegas line and thought this was in the bag. Mistakes all over the field.

But they got the ball back and drove 98 yards to win the game. It took a defensive stand, and an offensive drive to beat this team.

I have seen every season where Dallas ended up in the Super Bowl The only one I did not see, I was cooling my heels in Vietnam. Every season where they played in the NFC Championship game had games like this.

Is it too much to have a little perspective? Evidently for some it is.

There's always double standard when it comes to Dak. My favorite one is "Dak won one playoff game in his first 5, 6 years". Then I say, "Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and a few others only won one playoff game in their first 5, 6 years".

Theie response - "well that's different for them"

Oh here's another favorite double standard, hypocritical moment by the low IQ, cowardly crowd....

"Great quarterbacks supposed to elevate the talent around them. Dak doesn't do that".

My response - "Matt Stafford didn't win his first playoff game until his 11th or 12th year in the league. His current record vs winning teams is like 11-70. You guys said that great quarterbacks supposed to elevate the talent around them"

Their response - (crickets)

 

[DenCWBY]

Prospective is recognizing the quality of the team they barely beat. If it was a 500 or better team it would have been more palatable. Prospective

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[Chuck 54]

Prospective is recognizing the quality of the team they barely beat. If it was a 500 or better team it would have been more palatable. Prospective

Agreed, but I know one thing. That wasn’t the defense of a 1-10-1 team. They played the best zone coverage I’ve seen all year. They kept their eyes in the backfield and came hard vs the run and really punished our receivers. I place much blame on both coordinators. Quinn ran too many blitzes and silly overloads against a team that wasn’t interested in throwing downfield to its receivers. Today, he should have played much more zone. Moore forgot about our 3 TE package, and we didn’t even see those guys till the fourth quarter. We didn’t use all the motion from last week either, and worst, he wasn’t running enough combo routes to the same side, allowing those LBs to get deep drops and get in the throwing lanes. Had he used Pollard much more in the passing game, it would have kept the backers in closer.

 

[acr731]

Staubach had 23 come from behind wins in his career. Of those, 17 were in the last two minutes.

This is not comparing Staubach and Dak, but to point out even the ones we admire play games like the one today.

But where the double standard comes in is the people whining today are the same ones who say Dak can't come from behind and put together the winning drive.

You just saw it. They all played flat. Read the headlines. Saw the Vegas line and thought this was in the bag. Mistakes all over the field.

But they got the ball back and drove 98 yards to win the game. It took a defensive stand, and an offensive drive to beat this team.

I have seen every season where Dallas ended up in the Super Bowl The only one I did not see, I was cooling my heels in Vietnam. Every season where they played in the NFC Championship game had games like this.

Is it too much to have a little perspective? Evidently for some it is.

You say you are not comparing Dak to Staubach but that is exactly what this thread does......

 

[GINeric]

Prospective is recognizing the quality of the team they barely beat. If it was a 500 or better team it would have been more palatable. Prospective

So what do you say when the Commanders beat Rodgers and Brady led teams a couple of time throughout the last couple of seasons??? The same Washington team that Dak only loss to one time in his whole career? I never hear these things about other starting quarterbacks who lose these type of games.


And everybody knows games like this happen.

 

[CATCH17]

This is the dumbest reasoning i've heard yet. So your logic is that you hold a guy who has a ring to a lesser standard than you would someone like Dak who doesn't have won. What type of silly *** logic is this lol?

So you hold Carson Wentz to a higher standard than Pat Mahomes using this logic lol.

No I hold Pat Mahomes to a higher standard but he also gets the benefit of the doubt because he’s proven he can win things where Wentz doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt because he’s won nothing.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

No I hold Pat Mahomes to a higher standard but he also gets the benefit of the doubt because he’s proven he can win things where Wentz doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt because he’s won nothing.

Ok. It doesn't make sense but its your logic not mind lol.

 

[shabazz]

So what do you say when the Commanders beat Rodgers and Brady led teams a couple of time throughout the last couple of seasons??? The same Washington team that Dak only loss to one time in his whole career? I never hear these things about other starting quarterbacks who lose these type of games.


And everybody knows games like this happen.

The Bucs and Packers aren’t good teams and the way they played lately has shown that. Brady is not playing at a high level either…..the Cowboys and Dak didn’t play well today……what’s so hard to comprehend about that?

last week they played great, this week they didn’t…..this isn’t rocket science, son

 

[CATCH17]

Ok. It doesn't make sense but its your logic not mind lol.

It’s easy to follow. Guys who have proven they can win things tend to get the benefit of the doubt when they fail because they are proven. I feel like this is standard.

 

[DenCWBY]

Agreed, but I know one thing. That wasn’t the defense of a 1-10-1 team. They played the best zone coverage I’ve seen all year. They kept their eyes in the backfield and came hard vs the run and really punished our receivers. I place much blame on both coordinators. Quinn ran too many blitzes and silly overloads against a team that wasn’t interested in throwing downfield to its receivers. Today, he should have played much more zone. Moore forgot about our 3 TE package, and we didn’t even see those guys till the fourth quarter. We didn’t use all the motion from last week either, and worst, he wasn’t running enough combo routes to the same side, allowing those LBs to get deep drops and get in the throwing lanes. Had he used Pollard much more in the passing game, it would have kept the backers in closer.

Lovey Smith was the best coach on the field today. He just drew up another defensive strategy to rattle our QB/offense with lesser player talent.

 

[tyke1doe]

As I've said before, Dak is only going to validate his worth beyond bus-driver level in the playoffs.
The regular season matters, but it really doesn't.
Dak is judged more harshly because he plays for the Cowboys, and our quarterbacks' eliteness has been determined in the post-season.
Sorry, but that's the way it is.

 

[Mk2_Cowboys]

Staubach had 23 come from behind wins in his career. Of those, 17 were in the last two minutes.

This is not comparing Staubach and Dak, but to point out even the ones we admire play games like the one today.

But where the double standard comes in is the people whining today are the same ones who say Dak can't come from behind and put together the winning drive.

You just saw it. They all played flat. Read the headlines. Saw the Vegas line and thought this was in the bag. Mistakes all over the field.

But they got the ball back and drove 98 yards to win the game. It took a defensive stand, and an offensive drive to beat this team.

I have seen every season where Dallas ended up in the Super Bowl The only one I did not see, I was cooling my heels in Vietnam. Every season where they played in the NFC Championship game had games like this.

Is it too much to have a little perspective? Evidently for some it is.

Dak was the reason we were down in first place. He’s a good game manager that flashes on occasion however for Cowboys to have post season success , which we’ll define with at least getting to the conference championship game , they need to play perfect defense and special teams to carry Dak. Cowboys can beat the Bucs in post season but i’m not sure they will win 2 playoffs games .

 

[GINeric]

The Bucs and Packers aren’t good teams and the way they played lately has shown that. Brady is not playing at a high level either…..the Cowboys and Dak didn’t play well today……what’s so hard to comprehend about that?

last week they played great, this week they didn’t…..this isn’t rocket science, son

The Commanders beat Brady during his Buccaneers superbowl season.....