The One Cowboy Ex-Player You Find It Hard to Forgive

[conner01]

Chaz Green

(snickers}

The single worst performance by a player in history

 

[blueblood70]

Crayton for me. The 3rd down drop could have broke the game open in the 2007 playoff game vs the Giants. Instead, a dropped can of corn resulted in a great return by RW McQuarters on the ensuing punt and the entire game flipped.

sickening loss that is more sickening considering it allowed the giants to win that SB.

yup..hes my #1 with a close second in Jackie Smith

PC ruined a run single handedly..

 

[conner01]

While I have forgave
Jackie smith broke my heart

 

[cowboyec]

Duane Thomas.
HOF talent.
too many voices cut in on him.

 

[sean10mm]

Tony shares the blame. Do you think he had Brady’s leadership or work ethic?

I mean, do you think working your way up from UDFA to Pro Bowl tier NFL starter just happens without doing any work?

Resentful fan perception aside, almost all NFL players work hard, otherwise they get benched.

e: And if your good/bad line is Tom Brady, you're not going to see a whole lot of good anywhere in league history.

 

[Whyjerry]

I mean, do you think working your way up from UDFA to Pro Bowl tier NFL starter just happens without doing any work?

Resentful fan perception aside, almost all NFL players work hard, otherwise they get benched.

e: And if your good/bad line is Tom Brady, you're not going to see a whole lot of good anywhere in league history.

This is an opinion thread. It’s my opinion. I said Tony was a good player. I liked him. He could have been better. Sorry if you are all butt hurt about my opinion.

 

[Joe Realist]

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Danny White, he broke my heart as a boy when fumbling the ball in the ‘82 NFC Championship. It’s the only time I’ve ever cried after a Cowboys loss. The Catch was absolutely shocking. Yet, Pearson catching the 30 yard pass from White, getting to the 49’ers 45, seemed like we might just snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. I was too young to remember Staubach, other than the night I became a Cowboy fan, watching the 1979 SB. Yeah, Danny broke my heart that night at Candlestick. He’ll always be one of my favorite Cowboys, but not sure the sting from ‘82 will ever go away.

Danny didn't fumble. He was hit as he threw and incomplete pass and the refs screwed up the call.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Ken Norton for bailing on the team to go play for the Commie Niners and help them to their lone 1990s Super Bowl that should have been our three-peat.

 

[sean10mm]

This is an opinion thread. It’s my opinion. I said Tony was a good player. I liked him. He could have been better. Sorry if you are all butt hurt about my opinion.

I'm not "butt hurt" about anything, I'm just giving my own opinion back at you.

 

[blueblood70]

Tony Romo - I just think he never reached his potential. The guy could play. The Mexico thing. The conditioning. His lack of leadership. The blow ups in big moments.

Not all his fault but I think he was good but could have been great.

UDFA had no potential he far exceeded a unknown not even invited to combine as a prospect UDFA to owing all our records..

FAR EXCEEDED his potential which was a career mike white type..

 

[cern]

tony romo in every big game that mattered. multiple times.

 

[Canada180]

Jackie Smith (even though I wasn’t alive) or Dez in Green Bay.

Jackie Smith will haunt me till the day I die.

 

[OmerV]

Not that any ex-Cowboy player can only find redemption in my forgiveness, but there are those guys that really could have changed history by one routine play. There are those that were just in the wrong place at the wrong time with enough frequency that they destroyed a season.

The infamous include guys like Jackie Smith.....Phil Pozderic.....Craig Morton.....Joseph Randle......Chaz Green.....Dwayne Goodrich.......Babe Laufenberg.......


Which player is responsible for the gut wrenching loss or wasted season you can never forget? Here are my top 3.

Super Bowl 5 - Craig Morton, pathetic. 12-26-127-1TD-3INT....The 127 yards passing was actually his best performance of the three playoff games that postseason. He could throw long but he had zero touch and absolute zero escapability

Super Bowl 13 - Jackie Smith, no explanation needed.

1990 season - Babe Laufenberg. The Cowboys had their own destiny in their hands when they peaked late in the 1990 season, Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones's second.

They were on a four game winning streak when they faced the Eagles in game #15. They hit Aikman hard early in the first quarter and he was out. Enter Laufenberg who produced an 8.8 passer rating with a 36% completion rate. The defense held the Eagles to 10 offensive points when Laufenberg saved the worse for last with a pick six.

But this isn't the game that earned him notoriety. The Cowboys still would have clinched a playoff spot with a victory in game #16 against the 4-11 Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons defensive gameplan was simple, load the box against rookie RB Emmitt Smith. Laufenberg took advantage of the Falcons keying on Smith by delivering a 38.4 passer rating including 2 INT's the last one shockingly in the area of Deion Sanders. He returned it 61 yards for a TD. The Cowboys defense held the Falcons to 17 points but the Falcons shut out the Cowboys until the final minutes of the game.

I don’t see that there is anything to forgive them for. To my knowledge they put their best effort into it. That's not to say it didn't hurt when things didn't work out, or that I won't cringe a little any time I hear Jackie Smith's name mentioned. I feel losses as deeply as others, and especially in some of those times when I was younger and more apt to wear my heart on my sleeve. But those things are just the nature of sports.

 

[EGTuna]

I will never forgive Gary Hogeboom for whatever voodoo hypnosis he did on Coach Landry to make Landry think he was in any way a viable NFL starter. Every time I saw #14 on the field in '84 or '85, I wanted to vomit. I was only in middle school, and I knew that dude was hot garbage.

 

[blueblood70]

Mike Jenkins....guy never saw a potential tackle on a RB in the open field he couldn't turn down. He might have been the beginning of the end for me as a hardcore fan. He sure opened up my eyes..that a guy was just in it for the money...an NFL player looking out for himself...and only himself.

neither did deion, your point? CBs most of them dont like tackling nor was it a major concern that they would make business decisions..when a LB or S does it id be concerned J smith come to mind?

 

[glimmerman]

neither did deion, your point? CBs most of them dont like tackling nor was it a major concern that they would make business decisions..when a LB or S does it id be concerned J smith come to mind?

J Smith lead the team in tackles last year.

 

[xwalker]

Not that any ex-Cowboy player can only find redemption in my forgiveness, but there are those guys that really could have changed history by one routine play. There are those that were just in the wrong place at the wrong time with enough frequency that they destroyed a season.

The infamous include guys like Jackie Smith.....Phil Pozderic.....Craig Morton.....Joseph Randle......Chaz Green.....Dwayne Goodrich.......Babe Laufenberg.......


Which player is responsible for the gut wrenching loss or wasted season you can never forget? Here are my top 3.

Super Bowl 5 - Craig Morton, pathetic. 12-26-127-1TD-3INT....The 127 yards passing was actually his best performance of the three playoff games that postseason. He could throw long but he had zero touch and absolute zero escapability

Super Bowl 13 - Jackie Smith, no explanation needed.

1990 season - Babe Laufenberg. The Cowboys had their own destiny in their hands when they peaked late in the 1990 season, Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones's second.

They were on a four game winning streak when they faced the Eagles in game #15. They hit Aikman hard early in the first quarter and he was out. Enter Laufenberg who produced an 8.8 passer rating with a 36% completion rate. The defense held the Eagles to 10 offensive points when Laufenberg saved the worse for last with a pick six.

But this isn't the game that earned him notoriety. The Cowboys still would have clinched a playoff spot with a victory in game #16 against the 4-11 Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons defensive gameplan was simple, load the box against rookie RB Emmitt Smith. Laufenberg took advantage of the Falcons keying on Smith by delivering a 38.4 passer rating including 2 INT's the last one shockingly in the area of Deion Sanders. He returned it 61 yards for a TD. The Cowboys defense held the Falcons to 17 points but the Falcons shut out the Cowboys until the final minutes of the game.

We can blame coaches also.

Switzer's lack of discipline likely increased the probability of Erik Williams having the car wreck. The Cowboys likely win the NFC and the Super Bowl in 94 with a healthy EW.

 

[xwalker]

Not that any ex-Cowboy player can only find redemption in my forgiveness, but there are those guys that really could have changed history by one routine play. There are those that were just in the wrong place at the wrong time with enough frequency that they destroyed a season.

The infamous include guys like Jackie Smith.....Phil Pozderic.....Craig Morton.....Joseph Randle......Chaz Green.....Dwayne Goodrich.......Babe Laufenberg.......


Which player is responsible for the gut wrenching loss or wasted season you can never forget? Here are my top 3.

Super Bowl 5 - Craig Morton, pathetic. 12-26-127-1TD-3INT....The 127 yards passing was actually his best performance of the three playoff games that postseason. He could throw long but he had zero touch and absolute zero escapability

Super Bowl 13 - Jackie Smith, no explanation needed.

1990 season - Babe Laufenberg. The Cowboys had their own destiny in their hands when they peaked late in the 1990 season, Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones's second.

They were on a four game winning streak when they faced the Eagles in game #15. They hit Aikman hard early in the first quarter and he was out. Enter Laufenberg who produced an 8.8 passer rating with a 36% completion rate. The defense held the Eagles to 10 offensive points when Laufenberg saved the worse for last with a pick six.

But this isn't the game that earned him notoriety. The Cowboys still would have clinched a playoff spot with a victory in game #16 against the 4-11 Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons defensive gameplan was simple, load the box against rookie RB Emmitt Smith. Laufenberg took advantage of the Falcons keying on Smith by delivering a 38.4 passer rating including 2 INT's the last one shockingly in the area of Deion Sanders. He returned it 61 yards for a TD. The Cowboys defense held the Falcons to 17 points but the Falcons shut out the Cowboys until the final minutes of the game.

Dez.

He had the ball in his hands, took 3 steps with it and then allowed the refs to decide the game because he had to go for the glory and attempt to reach for a TD.

That was pure selfish idiocracy.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Not that any ex-Cowboy player can only find redemption in my forgiveness, but there are those guys that really could have changed history by one routine play. There are those that were just in the wrong place at the wrong time with enough frequency that they destroyed a season.

The infamous include guys like Jackie Smith.....Phil Pozderic.....Craig Morton.....Joseph Randle......Chaz Green.....Dwayne Goodrich.......Babe Laufenberg.......


Which player is responsible for the gut wrenching loss or wasted season you can never forget? Here are my top 3.

Super Bowl 5 - Craig Morton, pathetic. 12-26-127-1TD-3INT....The 127 yards passing was actually his best performance of the three playoff games that postseason. He could throw long but he had zero touch and absolute zero escapability

Super Bowl 13 - Jackie Smith, no explanation needed.

1990 season - Babe Laufenberg. The Cowboys had their own destiny in their hands when they peaked late in the 1990 season, Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones's second.

They were on a four game winning streak when they faced the Eagles in game #15. They hit Aikman hard early in the first quarter and he was out. Enter Laufenberg who produced an 8.8 passer rating with a 36% completion rate. The defense held the Eagles to 10 offensive points when Laufenberg saved the worse for last with a pick six.

But this isn't the game that earned him notoriety. The Cowboys still would have clinched a playoff spot with a victory in game #16 against the 4-11 Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons defensive gameplan was simple, load the box against rookie RB Emmitt Smith. Laufenberg took advantage of the Falcons keying on Smith by delivering a 38.4 passer rating including 2 INT's the last one shockingly in the area of Deion Sanders. He returned it 61 yards for a TD. The Cowboys defense held the Falcons to 17 points but the Falcons shut out the Cowboys until the final minutes of the game.

Quincy Carter was far and away the worst Cowboy in the history of the Cowboys.