The ghosts are back

[Ranching]

A lot of young players are receiving their balloons popped and starting to earn their pay on the Cowboys. Baptism of fire.

Yes sir!! No preseason games for the vets and 5 rookies. Gonna take a little time.

 

[Coogiguy03]

I might add that NO ended our 16 consecutive game regular season wins at home streak…..

thank goodness, so we don't have to keep on hearing about this all season long, waiting and waiting for it to be broken, it was broken early!! lol

 

[Jarv]

Typical soft teams built by FFL type owners who use our beloved team as a hobby vs. other teams that have their jobs on the line week to week.

 

[Ranching]

A lot of young players are receiving their balloons popped and starting to earn their pay on the Cowboys. Baptism of fire.

You played at A&I, I went to school there....what would you think of Al Harris as head coach? Do you think he's ready?

 

[blueblood70]

A lot of young players are receiving their balloons popped and starting to earn their pay on the Cowboys. Baptism of fire.

 

[CCBoy]

You played at A&I, I went to school there....what would you think of Al Harris as head coach? Do you think he's ready?

Yes, he's ready for that and currently reads detail points as they happen. The strongest strength of Gil Steinke, who saw achievement in players and lead them.

Two years and the Hoggies would be in the playoffs. They get gritty talent still.

 

[Bobhaze]

A lot of young players are receiving their balloons popped and starting to earn their pay on the Cowboys. Baptism of fire.

Having 4 rookies in the starting lineup always guarantees there will be some growing pains. Very, very few rookies are completely ready to just plug and play at a very high level.

Cooper Beebe looked pretty good at times, Tyler Guyton had an on and off day, looking good on a play here and there, then gets beat on others. That happens to rookies.

What was more disturbing was watching vets like Terance Steele get whipped consistently, Micah Parsons looking like an average player, and Zeke (who is a year younger than Alvin Kamara) look like he’s running in concrete shoes.

 

[CCBoy]

Having 4 rookies in the starting lineup always guarantees there will be some growing pains. Very, very few rookies are completely ready to just plug and play at a very high level.

Cooper Beebe looked pretty good at times, Tyler Guyton had an on and off day, looking good on a play here and there, then gets beat on others. That happens to rookies.

What was more disturbing was watching vets like Terance Steele get whipped consistently, Micah Parsons looking like an average player, and Zeke (who is a year younger than Alvin Kamara) look like he’s running in concrete shoes.

Let your team sit on their heels being handled, for sure....THAT occurs. Even the veterans looked similar and outsmarted by deeds!

Responsibility always rests upon the tops of chain of command. Rook/snook...how is your team playing together. Fact, not confronting their opponent and winning face to face on team level is the failure. Not just having to identify and train a rook. Someone elses failures.

 

[75boyz]

The hopium crowd will respond in their its only one game and take it one game at a time mindset.

The not so optimistic fanbase will say the writings on the wall and don't need 15 more games to draw their conclusions on this year's team.

Choose which group ya want to be.

 

[bigE79]

On Jan 14, 2024, the second seeded Cowboys in the NFC were completely destroyed by the 7th seed packers 48-32 in what was the worst playoff loss in the storied history of the Dallas Cowboys. Completely dominated at home in the playoffs.

Playoff losses like that can be hard to overcome mentally. They become mental ghosts that haunt a team that is trying to become a better version of itself than the recent evidence. Ghosts that whisper “nothing has changed” in the ears of every Cowboys player and coach who witnessed the beat down in January and yesterday.

Fast forward eight months later, in the Cowboys home opener on the same field as that packers loss, the Cowboys turn in a performance that is amazingly similar. The saints hung 44 on the Cowboys and probably could have put 70 on us if they chose to. And it felt all day like we were watching the same movie from last January.

The last two home games at AT&T, the Cowboys have surrendered 92 points on defense, an average of 46 points per game. That’s almost unbelievable. But this team and more importantly, this front office, better drink some really strong coffee because this team looks hauntingly the same despite a lot of new faces on both sides of the ball.

It‘s way too early for this team to panic. There is plenty of time for this team to rebound. But when there is carryover of the same old problems from one season to the next, it becomes exponentially hard mentally when not much has changed from one season to the next. The ghosts of seasons past are whispering. So the question becomes, can this team block it out and rebound?

The team needs either an exorcist or a ghost whisperer,wheres Jennifer love when you need her...lol

 

[JoeKing]

On Jan 14, 2024, the second seeded Cowboys in the NFC were completely destroyed by the 7th seed packers 48-32 in what was the worst playoff loss in the storied history of the Dallas Cowboys. Completely dominated at home in the playoffs.

Playoff losses like that can be hard to overcome mentally. They become mental ghosts that haunt a team that is trying to become a better version of itself than the recent evidence. Ghosts that whisper “nothing has changed” in the ears of every Cowboys player and coach who witnessed the beat down in January and yesterday.

Fast forward eight months later, in the Cowboys home opener on the same field as that packers loss, the Cowboys turn in a performance that is amazingly similar. The saints hung 44 on the Cowboys and probably could have put 70 on us if they chose to. And it felt all day like we were watching the same movie from last January.

The last two home games at AT&T, the Cowboys have surrendered 92 points on defense, an average of 46 points per game. That’s almost unbelievable. But this team and more importantly, this front office, better drink some really strong coffee because this team looks hauntingly the same despite a lot of new faces on both sides of the ball.

It‘s way too early for this team to panic. There is plenty of time for this team to rebound. But when there is carryover of the same old problems from one season to the next, it becomes exponentially hard mentally when not much has changed from one season to the next. The ghosts of seasons past are whispering. So the question becomes, can this team block it out and rebound?

Nonsense. You're connecting dots that have no business being connected. We're talking about two different defensive schemes, with different points of emphasis from two different defensive coordinators. This is not a continuance of the same personnel perpetuating the same problems. It may feel familiar but it's not because the powers that be have not addressed the deficiencies identified.

 

[nalam]

I might add that NO ended our 16 consecutive game regular season wins at home streak…..

Such statistics have no meaning unless they include playoffs , because there were much similarities to the last game at home and y’day debacle. It was eerily similar

 

[glimmerman]

Let’s see how the team and staff respond. Teams now know we can once again be gashed in the run game. But not all teams have the players to do it. Refs didn’t help us. New week and new game coming. Have Parsons play the ball more and rush the qb less.

 

[Jipper]

Not worried its week-to-week league nothing typically carry's over from one week to the next..

while i agree to a point - the way the defense played is only fixable with new personnel and better coaching - one of those you can fix with some adjustments the other you have to wait until FA/Draft....i just dont see the run defense closing the gap

 

[Hawkeye19]

On Jan 14, 2024, the second seeded Cowboys in the NFC were completely destroyed by the 7th seed packers 48-32 in what was the worst playoff loss in the storied history of the Dallas Cowboys. Completely dominated at home in the playoffs.

Playoff losses like that can be hard to overcome mentally. They become mental ghosts that haunt a team that is trying to become a better version of itself than the recent evidence. Ghosts that whisper “nothing has changed” in the ears of every Cowboys player and coach who witnessed the beat down in January and yesterday.

Fast forward eight months later, in the Cowboys home opener on the same field as that packers loss, the Cowboys turn in a performance that is amazingly similar. The saints hung 44 on the Cowboys and probably could have put 70 on us if they chose to. And it felt all day like we were watching the same movie from last January.

The last two home games at AT&T, the Cowboys have surrendered 92 points on defense, an average of 46 points per game. That’s almost unbelievable. But this team and more importantly, this front office, better drink some really strong coffee because this team looks hauntingly the same despite a lot of new faces on both sides of the ball.

It‘s way too early for this team to panic. There is plenty of time for this team to rebound. But when there is carryover of the same old problems from one season to the next, it becomes exponentially hard mentally when not much has changed from one season to the next. The ghosts of seasons past are whispering. So the question becomes, can this team block it out and rebound?

Don’t see them being able to do much this year.

The only thing that could possibly have restored some confidence after January would have been to fire MM.

“Running it back” because we were “hanging around the rim” was pretty much the worst decision as it reinforces the zero accountability culture while simultaneously failing to inspire anyone to change.

The organizational flaws are running so deep, that for the first time in my 40+ year journey as a fan, I am seriously considering disengaging from the Cowboys until Jerry is gone.

 

[McKDaddy]

Hey, Mr. One Vote told you to move on. Of course it's easier to forget when you can go roll around in piles of Jerry's money.

 

[McKDaddy]

wheres Jennifer love when you need her.

she's never been where I needed her!!

 

[DallasEast]

The ghosts are back​

There is only ONE way to deal with the ghost problem.

JERRY JONES BEETLEJUICE! JERRY JONES BEETLEJUICE! JERRY JONES BEETLEJUICE!

...did it work?

DANG IT TO HECK!

Wait! Proton packs!

No. The danger of crossing the streams is too great.

DANG IT TO HECK! ​

 

[Hadenough]

On Jan 14, 2024, the second seeded Cowboys in the NFC were completely destroyed by the 7th seed packers 48-32 in what was the worst playoff loss in the storied history of the Dallas Cowboys. Completely dominated at home in the playoffs.

Playoff losses like that can be hard to overcome mentally. They become mental ghosts that haunt a team that is trying to become a better version of itself than the recent evidence. Ghosts that whisper “nothing has changed” in the ears of every Cowboys player and coach who witnessed the beat down in January and yesterday.

Fast forward eight months later, in the Cowboys home opener on the same field as that packers loss, the Cowboys turn in a performance that is amazingly similar. The saints hung 44 on the Cowboys and probably could have put 70 on us if they chose to. And it felt all day like we were watching the same movie from last January.

The last two home games at AT&T, the Cowboys have surrendered 92 points on defense, an average of 46 points per game. That’s almost unbelievable. But this team and more importantly, this front office, better drink some really strong coffee because this team looks hauntingly the same despite a lot of new faces on both sides of the ball.

It‘s way too early for this team to panic. There is plenty of time for this team to rebound. But when there is carryover of the same old problems from one season to the next, it becomes exponentially hard mentally when not much has changed from one season to the next. The ghosts of seasons past are whispering. So the question becomes, can this team block it out and rebound?

Jerry deserves this!

 

[MysteryIceGuro]

On Jan 14, 2024, the second seeded Cowboys in the NFC were completely destroyed by the 7th seed packers 48-32 in what was the worst playoff loss in the storied history of the Dallas Cowboys. Completely dominated at home in the playoffs.

Playoff losses like that can be hard to overcome mentally. They become mental ghosts that haunt a team that is trying to become a better version of itself than the recent evidence. Ghosts that whisper “nothing has changed” in the ears of every Cowboys player and coach who witnessed the beat down in January and yesterday.

Fast forward eight months later, in the Cowboys home opener on the same field as that packers loss, the Cowboys turn in a performance that is amazingly similar. The saints hung 44 on the Cowboys and probably could have put 70 on us if they chose to. And it felt all day like we were watching the same movie from last January.

The last two home games at AT&T, the Cowboys have surrendered 92 points on defense, an average of 46 points per game. That’s almost unbelievable. But this team and more importantly, this front office, better drink some really strong coffee because this team looks hauntingly the same despite a lot of new faces on both sides of the ball.

It‘s way too early for this team to panic. There is plenty of time for this team to rebound. But when there is carryover of the same old problems from one season to the next, it becomes exponentially hard mentally when not much has changed from one season to the next. The ghosts of seasons past are whispering. So the question becomes, can this team block it out and rebound?

It would take an extreme cataclysmic like event to send this team in the right direction. It’s been like this for 25+ years. We’d need a big bang, a rapture—something on that scale for the cowboys to go all the way at this point.