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

[CalPolyTechnique]

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.

Agreed.

These selfish players out here always trying to make plays nowadays.

 

[plasticman]

Phil Pozderac - Remember that name.

This right tackle singlehandedly reversed the Dallas Cowboys 20 year dynasty.

He is the one most responsible for the firing of Tom Landry.

He opened the door for the Giant's success in the late eighties to the early nineties, launching the legendary careers of both Bill Parcells and Bill Belicek.

He unleashed the stench of losing Cowboy seasons.

Perhaps I'm exaggerating. You may even think that I'm being rather harsh......You be the judge.

I give you "The Dark Legend of Phil Pozderac".

_____________________________________________________

It's 1986 and the Cowboys have received glorious news. The U.S.F.L. has folded, meaning that the game's most dynamic RB is now free to enter the NFL and play for the team with the foresight to draft him, despite the risk of the new league succeeding. That player is Herschel Walker and the team is the Dallas Cowboys. Paired with Tony Dorsett, the Cowboys now feature a running game with the two best RB's on the planet.

The Cowboys last 20 seasons have all been winning seasons and the acquisition of Walker practically guarantees a continuation of this success. Besides getting Walker, the Cowboys are excited about their new #1 draft pick, a speedy receiver by the name of Mike Sherrard. Both Walker and Sherrard have olympic speed.

Eight games into the season the Cowboys have the #1 offense in points scored, #2 in yards. The defense is #9 in least opponent points, #7 in allowed yards.

Game #9 is against the Giants who are 6-2. The Cowboys are 6-2. After eight games the Cowboy QB, Danny White, is ranked 2nd in passer rating. The Cowboys are firing on all cylinders.

The Cowboys had beaten the Giants earlier in the season 31-28. A victory for the Cowboys would therefore give them a two game lead over the Giants. The Giants are coached by Bill Parcells, his DC is Bill Belicek.

Phil Pozderac, five year Cowboy veteran, is the starting right tackle with a propensity for being penalized. However, in this game, Pozderac takes it to a new level. In fact, as Madden notes, he is the catalyst for an NFL record for penalties in a single drive, the drive that ended up as the most important for the Cowboys that season. Phil Pozderac is the reason that Chaz Green must be listed as only 2nd place in the history of Dallas Cowboy offensive line futility.

Danny White goes down halfway through the 2nd quarter when there is a blitz from Pozderac's side. Keep in mind this is a Giant 3-4 defense. Pozderac did not adjust to the blitz. Danny White is not just lost for the game, he is lost for almost the rest of the season. Enter Steve Pelluar who actually does a pretty decent job....handing the ball to Walker and Dorsett, and passing....to Walker and Dorsett.

Now fast forward to 3 minutes left in the game:

It's 17-14 Giants and the Cowboys manage to bring the ball down to the 35 yard line. Septien is preparing for a field goal just in case. However, the Cowboys execute a perfect swing pass to Newsome who takes it down to the 6. The Cowboys are in business!.....not!.... Phil Pozdeac is flagged for holding and the play is not only erased, but it takes the ball out of field goal range.

The Cowboys fight back all the way to the Giant 25, it looks as though Septien will get his chance to at least make it an overtime game. Nope! Pozderac is flagged again for holding. Then he misses his man, Marshall, and Pelluar is sacked deep....out of field goal range again.

With 35 seconds left, the Cowboys are now without Dorsett and Walker. Dorsett aggravates a previous injury and then Walker gets beat up. The RB's are now Robert Lavette and Timmy Newsome who fight hard enough to where the Cowboys make it to the 35 of the Giants........but Pozderac is flagged a third time in this drive, this time for illegal motion.

The Cowboys were penalized 9 times for 116 yards. Six of the penalties belong to Pozderac. You can also attribute four sacks to him, one was fumbled. The Cowboys had a 150 yard advantage, almost double the first downs, ten more minutes in possession....and they lose.

The loss combined with White's injury puts the Cowboys in a slow excruciating tailspin The following week Pelluar is the new starter and he is harassed by the Raider line to the tune of 5 INT's. The Cowboys are penalized 9 times. Pozderac contributes to this stat. The Cowboys lose by 4 points while again leading in yardage and 1st downs.

the Cowboys go on to lose 5 of their last 6 games and end up 7-9, the first losing season in 21 years, the first of three losing seasons that culminate in the sale of the team to Jerry Jones and the subsequent dismissal of Tom Landry.

Meanwhile, the Giants go on to defeat the Commanders in the NFC championship game and then defeat the Broncos to win the 1986 SB.

After the 1987 season Phil Pozderac retired during the strike after only 6 seasons, citing emotional stress.

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[Pantone282C]

Duane Thomas, he was the first Cowboy to get under my skin.
A great talent wasted

Yeah, good talent, bad attitude.

 

[lostar2009]

No, you will stick to the criteron!
You make trouble yes?

I have a list that needs to be vented !

 

[buybuydandavis]

Yep.

This one is easy for me. That 2007 team is the best Cowboys team since 1995 and it’s not even close. Crayton blew that game for the team, a year I am certain that we would have gone to and possibly won the Super Bowl.

If you’ll remember, the Pats ended our unbeaten streak that year but the post game was full of “we’ll see you in the Super Bowl”. Crayton cheated us out of that Super Bowl.

For those of you who don’t remember how close we were, and who can stomach it:

Yep. That was the one. More people seem to remember the earlier drop in the game, but Crayton pulled up on the game winner.

We only lost to the Giants because TO couldn't last the whole game. Squeeze out a win the following week, at home, and TO is probably in good shape for the SB. A SB run probably prevents the backbiting against TO that leads to the Roy disastrous trade the following year that ended the team that Parcells built.

Annoying that I can't save the video to my Cowboys list because it is "made for kids".

Although the bigger disaster was Glenn coming back from a knee injury too early in training camp, only to have his knee go out for good. We had that stupid "tough it out" mentality with injuries.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3009682

"It didn't feel the way it should have felt, but the pressure and the hype of the season starting really got to me, and I was told I could not injure my knee further by going out and just running on it. I wanted to win the game for my teammates because that means a lot to me. But it wasn't ready and now I've injured it even more."​

A healthy Glenn for the playoffs makes Crayton irrelevant. Gives a playoff run and maybe another trophy. And certainly heads off the Roy trade.

Lots of Might Have Been in 2007.

 

[CooterBrown]

Phil Pozderac - Remember that name.

This right tackle singlehandedly reversed the Dallas Cowboys 20 year dynasty.

He is the one most responsible for the firing of Tom Landry.

He opened the door for the Giant's success in the late eighties to the early nineties, launching the legendary careers of both Bill Parcells and Bill Belicek.

He unleashed the stench of losing Cowboy seasons.

Perhaps I'm exaggerating. You may even think that I'm being rather harsh......You be the judge.

I give you "The Dark Legend of Phil Pozderac".

_____________________________________________________

It's 1986 and the Cowboys have received glorious news. The U.S.F.L. has folded, meaning that the game's most dynamic RB is now free to enter the NFL and play for the team with the foresight to draft him, despite the risk of the new league succeeding. That player is Herschel Walker and the team is the Dallas Cowboys. Paired with Tony Dorsett, the Cowboys now feature a running game with the two best RB's on the planet.

The Cowboys last 20 seasons have all been winning seasons and the acquisition of Walker practically guarantees a continuation of this success. Besides getting Walker, the Cowboys are excited about their new #1 draft pick, a speedy receiver by the name of Mike Sherrard. Both Walker and Sherrard have olympic speed.

Eight games into the season the Cowboys have the #1 offense in points scored, #2 in yards. The defense is #9 in least opponent points, #7 in allowed yards.

Game #9 is against the Giants who are 6-2. The Cowboys are 6-2. After eight games the Cowboy QB, Danny White, is ranked 2nd in passer rating. The Cowboys are firing on all cylinders.

The Cowboys had beaten the Giants earlier in the season 31-28. A victory for the Cowboys would therefore give them a two game lead over the Giants. The Giants are coached by Bill Parcells, his DC is Bill Belicek.

Phil Pozderac, five year Cowboy veteran, is the starting right tackle with a propensity for being penalized. However, in this game, Pozderac takes it to a new level. In fact, as Madden notes, he is the catalyst for an NFL record for penalties in a single drive, the drive that ended up as the most important for the Cowboys that season. Phil Pozderac is the reason that Chaz Green must be listed as only 2nd place in the history of Dallas Cowboy offensive line futility.

Danny White goes down halfway through the 2nd quarter when there is a blitz from Pozderac's side. Keep in mind this is a Giant 3-4 defense. Pozderac did not adjust to the blitz. Danny White is not just lost for the game, he is lost for almost the rest of the season. Enter Steve Pelluar who actually does a pretty decent job....handing the ball to Walker and Dorsett, and passing....to Walker and Dorsett.

Now fast forward to 3 minutes left in the game:

It's 17-14 Giants and the Cowboys manage to bring the ball down to the 35 yard line. Septien is preparing for a field goal just in case. However, the Cowboys execute a perfect swing pass to Newsome who takes it down to the 6. The Cowboys are in business!.....not!.... Phil Pozdeac is flagged for holding and the play is not only erased, but it takes the ball out of field goal range.

The Cowboys fight back all the way to the Giant 25, it looks as though Septien will get his chance to at least make it an overtime game. Nope! Pozderac is flagged again for holding. Then he misses his man, Marshall, and Pelluar is sacked deep....out of field goal range again.

With 35 seconds left, the Cowboys are now without Dorsett and Walker. Dorsett aggravates a previous injury and then Walker gets beat up. The RB's are now Robert Lavette and Timmy Newsome who fight hard enough to where the Cowboys make it to the 35 of the Giants........but Pozderac is flagged a third time in this drive, this time for illegal motion.

The Cowboys were penalized 9 times for 116 yards. Six of the penalties belong to Pozderac. You can also attribute four sacks to him, one was fumbled. The Cowboys had a 150 yard advantage, almost double the first downs, ten more minutes in possession....and they lose.

The loss combined with White's injury puts the Cowboys in a slow excruciating tailspin The following week Pelluar is the new starter and he is harassed by the Raider line to the tune of 5 INT's. The Cowboys are penalized 9 times. Pozderac contributes to this stat. The Cowboys lose by 4 points while again leading in yardage and 1st downs.

the Cowboys go on to lose 5 of their last 6 games and end up 7-9, the first losing season in 21 years, the first of three losing seasons that culminate in the sale of the team to Jerry Jones and the subsequent dismissal of Tom Landry.

Meanwhile, the Giants go on to defeat the Commanders in the NFC championship game and then defeat the Broncos to win the 1986 SB.

After the 1987 season Phil Pozderac retired during the strike after only 6 seasons, citing emotional stress.

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In Pozderac's defense, one of the Giant players later admitted that they were intentionally hooking their arms inside Pozderac's and leaning on him to make it look like he was holding them.

 

[Pantone282C]

Phil Pozderac - Remember that name.

This right tackle singlehandedly reversed the Dallas Cowboys 20 year dynasty.

He is the one most responsible for the firing of Tom Landry.

He opened the door for the Giant's success in the late eighties to the early nineties, launching the legendary careers of both Bill Parcells and Bill Belicek.

He unleashed the stench of losing Cowboy seasons.

Perhaps I'm exaggerating. You may even think that I'm being rather harsh......You be the judge.

I give you "The Dark Legend of Phil Pozderac".

_____________________________________________________

It's 1986 and the Cowboys have received glorious news. The U.S.F.L. has folded, meaning that the game's most dynamic RB is now free to enter the NFL and play for the team with the foresight to draft him, despite the risk of the new league succeeding. That player is Herschel Walker and the team is the Dallas Cowboys. Paired with Tony Dorsett, the Cowboys now feature a running game with the two best RB's on the planet.

The Cowboys last 20 seasons have all been winning seasons and the acquisition of Walker practically guarantees a continuation of this success. Besides getting Walker, the Cowboys are excited about their new #1 draft pick, a speedy receiver by the name of Mike Sherrard. Both Walker and Sherrard have olympic speed.

Eight games into the season the Cowboys have the #1 offense in points scored, #2 in yards. The defense is #9 in least opponent points, #7 in allowed yards.

Game #9 is against the Giants who are 6-2. The Cowboys are 6-2. After eight games the Cowboy QB, Danny White, is ranked 2nd in passer rating. The Cowboys are firing on all cylinders.

The Cowboys had beaten the Giants earlier in the season 31-28. A victory for the Cowboys would therefore give them a two game lead over the Giants. The Giants are coached by Bill Parcells, his DC is Bill Belicek.

Phil Pozderac, five year Cowboy veteran, is the starting right tackle with a propensity for being penalized. However, in this game, Pozderac takes it to a new level. In fact, as Madden notes, he is the catalyst for an NFL record for penalties in a single drive, the drive that ended up as the most important for the Cowboys that season. Phil Pozderac is the reason that Chaz Green must be listed as only 2nd place in the history of Dallas Cowboy offensive line futility.

Danny White goes down halfway through the 2nd quarter when there is a blitz from Pozderac's side. Keep in mind this is a Giant 3-4 defense. Pozderac did not adjust to the blitz. Danny White is not just lost for the game, he is lost for almost the rest of the season. Enter Steve Pelluar who actually does a pretty decent job....handing the ball to Walker and Dorsett, and passing....to Walker and Dorsett.

Now fast forward to 3 minutes left in the game:

It's 17-14 Giants and the Cowboys manage to bring the ball down to the 35 yard line. Septien is preparing for a field goal just in case. However, the Cowboys execute a perfect swing pass to Newsome who takes it down to the 6. The Cowboys are in business!.....not!.... Phil Pozdeac is flagged for holding and the play is not only erased, but it takes the ball out of field goal range.

The Cowboys fight back all the way to the Giant 25, it looks as though Septien will get his chance to at least make it an overtime game. Nope! Pozderac is flagged again for holding. Then he misses his man, Marshall, and Pelluar is sacked deep....out of field goal range again.

With 35 seconds left, the Cowboys are now without Dorsett and Walker. Dorsett aggravates a previous injury and then Walker gets beat up. The RB's are now Robert Lavette and Timmy Newsome who fight hard enough to where the Cowboys make it to the 35 of the Giants........but Pozderac is flagged a third time in this drive, this time for illegal motion.

The Cowboys were penalized 9 times for 116 yards. Six of the penalties belong to Pozderac. You can also attribute four sacks to him, one was fumbled. The Cowboys had a 150 yard advantage, almost double the first downs, ten more minutes in possession....and they lose.

The loss combined with White's injury puts the Cowboys in a slow excruciating tailspin The following week Pelluar is the new starter and he is harassed by the Raider line to the tune of 5 INT's. The Cowboys are penalized 9 times. Pozderac contributes to this stat. The Cowboys lose by 4 points while again leading in yardage and 1st downs.

the Cowboys go on to lose 5 of their last 6 games and end up 7-9, the first losing season in 21 years, the first of three losing seasons that culminate in the sale of the team to Jerry Jones and the subsequent dismissal of Tom Landry.

Meanwhile, the Giants go on to defeat the Commanders in the NFC championship game and then defeat the Broncos to win the 1986 SB.

After the 1987 season Phil Pozderac retired during the strike after only 6 seasons, citing emotional stress.
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He is my new enemy number 1. It was Crayton.

 

[Pantone282C]

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.

Hell of a list. Hard to top it. I won't list Jackie Smith, though he certainly broke Cowboy Nation's heart.

Patrick Crayton - woulda, coulda, shoulda... makes me wonder if he was paid off.
Phil Pozderac - Singlehandedly lost a season and a good QB for us.

Craig Morton - Not a championship guy.

 

[dckid]

Good lordy. Some of those comments are true short bus material.
You don't think Romo was great ...even in 2014?
That says it all.
There is nothing else you could ever say on the subject that would be objective if you can't even acknowledge that.

He was good in 2014, and he was reeled in. Why do you think Murray had the number of yards and carries he did that year?
JG was tire of Romo hero balling us to 8-8. I think he went too far as any critical situation meant 3 straight runs and hope you can hold them.
I put out a laundry list of why I thought Romo was someone who let this franchise down, you just pick the one year where I didn't bow down to his statue.
Romo was a very good player, I acknowledge that. I defended him to a fault when he was our starter. Very likable, fun guy to root for. Didnt take him self too seriously. But the bottom line is when he retired, it was no heartbreak. Did not feel him retiring would prevent future success. He was what he was. A very good QB in an era of great elite QB's. Nothing to be ashamed of, he made a metric ton of money, part of the Jones family. Fans who have Stockholm syndrome based on his near misses. Wake up Romo lovers, he was who he was.. nothing more, nothing less.

 

[plasticman]

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.

I see you're into that humanitarian, forgiving, understanding, sensitive philosophy of living your life. How sweet.

How in the realm of Hades does that apply to being a sports fan? I have no time for your intelligent, rational. logical, common sense approach.

As far as I'm concerned it's all been a series of conspiracies to deny my team of their rightfull championships and fist pumping recognition. From the draft to the referees to vengefull players to the hate filled broadcasters to the Hall of Fame, my Cowboys have been categorically cheated.....I've been cheated.

Now if you are finished with your intolerable niceness, I have some bitter, selfish, unfair, fingerpointing resentments to pull out of the deep recesses of my poisened mind........you will forgive me, apparently.

 

[DFWJC]

He was good in 2014, and he was reeled in. Why do you think Murray had the number of yards and carries he did that year?
JG was tire of Romo hero balling us to 8-8. I think he went too far as any critical situation meant 3 straight runs and hope you can hold them.
I put out a laundry list of why I thought Romo was someone who let this franchise down, you just pick the one year where I didn't bow down to his statue.
Romo was a very good player, I acknowledge that. I defended him to a fault when he was our starter. Very likable, fun guy to root for. Didnt take him self too seriously. But the bottom line is when he retired, it was no heartbreak. Did not feel him retiring would prevent future success. He was what he was. A very good QB in an era of great elite QB's. Nothing to be ashamed of, he made a metric ton of money, part of the Jones family. Fans who have Stockholm syndrome based on his near misses. Wake up Romo lovers, he was who he was.. nothing more, nothing less.

I think you're completely off base on so many levels.
Romo, by all accounts from those who actually knew him, was OBSESSED with getting better.
And everything you mentioned in your previous thread was the ultimate cherry-picking short bus stuff.
Mention a failure and ignore multiple successes.
Rinse, repeat.

And JG didn't handcuff Romo in 2014. The guy audibled whenever he wanted. He just finally had a strong oline and run game, so he leaned on it more. That line was amazing.
He then proceeded to lead the NFL in passer rating in both regular season and playoffs....and had the best December in NFL history.

Sure, he made mistakes. Of course. But you are so off base.

You really don't deserve my replies or attention.

Btw, I'm not in the Tony will make HOF camp.

 

[OmerV]

I see you're into that humanitarian, forgiving, understanding, sensitive philosophy of living your life. How sweet.

How in the realm of Hades does that apply to being a sports fan? I have no time for your intelligent, rational. logical, common sense approach.

As far as I'm concerned it's all been a series of conspiracies to deny my team of their rightfull championships and fist pumping recognition. From the draft to the referees to vengefull players to the hate filled broadcasters to the Hall of Fame, my Cowboys have been categorically cheated.....I've been cheated.

Now if you are finished with your intolerable niceness, I have some bitter, selfish, unfair, fingerpointing resentments to pull out of the deep recesses of my poisened mind........you will forgive me, apparently.

That’s not it at all. These aren’t bad people that need redemption for their bad deeds or people that have screwed up their lives and families and are trying to get their lives in order. They are simply athletes who didn’t perform as others AND themselves would have liked.

if your son is earnest, hard working and gives his best effort, but still strikes out in the bottom of the 9th with bases loaded are you going to tell him it will take time before you can forgive him? How would you feel if a teammate or a fan told him that?

In these cases, the players gave their best, it didn’t work out, and it hurt to watch because we, as fans, wanted it to go differently. And that happens to some degree in every football game ever played. It’s how sports works.

For that matter, it’s how fandom works. Fans don’t have a right to see their team win every time, or to have every player perform flawlessly every time. Accordingly, there is nothing to forgive when it doesn’t happen. You weren’t screwed out of anything you had a right to.

 

[Chuck 54]

That was a heartbreaker. But I forgive him for it. You are telling me.....that when he started at QB...there was NOBODY else on the team to go out and hold? What starting QB holds for FG's?

Stupid! That is a coaching error for me. Get your QB on the sidelines and under the headphones. Someone else can hold the dman snap.

Murray's GB fumble for me. Although it wasn't a final game-winning/losing play....I felt we had seized momentum.....about to go up and just bust QB in the chops. Fumbled away, GB scores, then scores again to open the 2nd half.
It completely changed the game. He was in open field and got surprised....just not putting the rock away.

Jackie Smith a close 2nd. I think I actually DID bawl on that one!

After that bumble, they did replace him, but he had been the holder before he won the starting job, so they didn’t make the change because he was good at it, didn’t want to mess with the kicker’s mind, and almost zero chance of injury. He just choked.

 

[DFWJC]

same game he dropped the 3rd down pass wide open @5:52 smh.

Crayton's two horrible plays (that one plus the even worse one with about 20 seconds left) were so brutal, plus he had another lessor drop and muffed a punt.

The Dallas special teams were awful.....basically gave up 14 points.

 

[visionary]

Jason Garrett

if he had never played for us he would not have become our HC and wasted 10 years of the lives of millions of fans and the careers of many many great players

 

[HanD]

Crayton's two horrible plays (that one plus the even worse one with about 20 seconds left) were so brutal, plus he had another lessor drop and muffed a punt.

The Dallas special teams were awful.....basically gave up 14 points.

yep. i lay that whole game on his shoulders. he was put in position to be a hero and choked away a great team season.

 

[the_h0wey]

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.

Patrick Crayton

 

[plasticman]

That’s not it at all. These aren’t bad people that need redemption for their bad deeds or people that have screwed up their lives and families and are trying to get their lives in order. They are simply athletes who didn’t perform as others AND themselves would have liked.

if your son is earnest, hard working and gives his best effort, but still strikes out in the bottom of the 9th with bases loaded are you going to tell him it will take time before you can forgive him? How would you feel if a teammate or a fan told him that?

In these cases, the players gave their best, it didn’t work out, and it hurt to watch because we, as fans, wanted it to go differently. And that happens to some degree in every football game ever played. It’s how sports works.

For that matter, it’s how fandom works. Fans don’t have a right to see their team win every time, or to have every player perform flawlessly every time. Accordingly, there is nothing to forgive when it doesn’t happen. You weren’t screwed out of anything you had a right to.

I know.

I kinda hoped that my post was sarcastic enough to indicace this.

Yes, they tried their best, I suppose. So what? I'm bored. This thread was just another way of recognizing, as a fan, the opposite cirumstances of a playmaker breaking out and contributing to the history of the Cowboys. For every Aikman there is a Laufenberg. For every Mel Renfro there is a Dwayne Goodrich. For every plasticman there is an OmarV.....lighten up, I'm joking.

 

[cowboyec]

I see you're into that humanitarian, forgiving, understanding, sensitive philosophy of living your life. How sweet.

How in the realm of Hades does that apply to being a sports fan? I have no time for your intelligent, rational. logical, common sense approach.

As far as I'm concerned it's all been a series of conspiracies to deny my team of their rightfull championships and fist pumping recognition. From the draft to the referees to vengefull players to the hate filled broadcasters to the Hall of Fame, my Cowboys have been categorically cheated.....I've been cheated.

Now if you are finished with your intolerable niceness, I have some bitter, selfish, unfair, fingerpointing resentments to pull out of the deep recesses of my poisened mind........you will forgive me, apparently.

 

[32BellyOption]

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

Easily Jackie Smith for me. We likely won’t that SB if he makes that catch. Not sure what you’d be upset with Dez in the GB game. He made a spectacular play. Too bad the refs took that win away from us.