CFZ The reality of our Cowboys

[Potenza]

I’m going to break this up into a few major talking points that are undeniable and can’t get over looked:

- Front office
- Coaching staff
- Roster depth

Front office:

Are you kidding me? Where do I begin? A lot of people keep placing Dak at the helm for ALL of the cowboy’s problems. As much as Dak is to blame for a lot of them, there’s only one team of guys that believes in him and it seems to be the front office crew. Over the years it seems like there’s certain teams that just seem to pick players beyond the 1st round that seem to become phenomenal players as time goes on. Just as a quick reference Malcolm Butler was undrafted in 2014. Why can’t we find anyone like a Malcolm Butler? Why can’t we hire scouts that find these needles in needle stacks? Even a player who’s a one hit wonder and catches a game winning touchdown pass or a game changing catch in a tight game? Why do our 2nd and 3rd stringers lack ability as well?

Your answer: Jerry Jones

I’ve become convinced that it isn’t so much a “curse” that haunts this team, but poor ownership from a man who trusts his own opinion a little too much. In this business for him, it feels like he’s going to sign guys that WILL sell jersey’s ASAP. It feels like he goes after talent with personality over talent with the ability to win.

More jersey’s = more money for Jer Bear, catch my drift?

Coaching staff:

McCarthy I advocated for myself. When I heard Dallas hired him I thought in no way would it be worse than Jason Garrett and while I still don’t believe it’s worse than the Garrett regime I will have to say I’m less than impressed with McCarthy and at times Dan Quinn as well. Everyone’s taking to hating on Dak so much no one seems to be discussing the atrocity that was our defense falling over themselves. Sure, the offense was on the benches more than they were on the field and that hurt the defense A LOT. But I didn’t hear Parson’s number at all. I didn’t see this defensive line swarming the ball on the 49ers. I don’t think this D-Line is as menacing as we all thought. I understand it’s one game, I just think we all expected purdy to have a far more difficult time than he did. We all knew 49ers were going to score, but 40+? Yikes.

Roster depth:

*trigger warning

A huge issue we have that isn’t being addressed besides Dak Prescott is our lack of depth to this offense at all. I don’t think CeeDee Lamb is a takeover receiver. I think he’s a good receiver and having him is better than not having him. But he isn’t a #1 and quite frankly neither is Brandon Cooks.

Our offensive line is DOG WATER. I have never seen that offensive line getting shoved around as much as they have been and how much they did in that game in the time I have been a fan. And because of their inability to pickup key blocks so the running backs can hit wide open gaps, brings the next trigger warning.

Tony Pollard is NOT a #1 running back. TP is great and he’s exciting to watch. But it seems like he did far better when he was used intermittently. Giving him every snap seems to have an adverse effect on his abilities. Oh and by the way, who the heck is Rico Dowdle?


This is not everything wrong with the team, just a brief summary of what I believe is the top 3 issues with this team:


- Poor scouting and selections from our less than mediocre front office leading to issues with our offensive and defensive schemes and off the field behavioral issues that is never addressed

- Lack of ability and scheming from our HC/DC/OC that lead to back breaking blowouts against great teams

- Less than acceptable roster depth that we seem to have scraped together because we put all our eggs in one basket paying Dak


Do you guys agree or disagree?

 

[Risen Star]

Finding a needle in a needle stack doesn't sound that hard.

 

[Potenza]

Finding a needle in a needle stack doesn't sound that hard.

That must be why we can’t do it after 28 years!

 

[Jake]

We are counting on these guys to crack the code after 28 years of trying. That's our reality, and why I've accepted that I've probably seen my last Cowboys Super Bowl.

 

[john van brocklin]

I’m going to break this up into a few major talking points that are undeniable and can’t get over looked:

- Front office
- Coaching staff
- Roster depth

Front office:

Are you kidding me? Where do I begin? A lot of people keep placing Dak at the helm for ALL of the cowboy’s problems. As much as Dak is to blame for a lot of them, there’s only one team of guys that believes in him and it seems to be the front office crew. Over the years it seems like there’s certain teams that just seem to pick players beyond the 1st round that seem to become phenomenal players as time goes on. Just as a quick reference Malcolm Butler was undrafted in 2014. Why can’t we find anyone like a Malcolm Butler? Why can’t we hire scouts that find these needles in needle stacks? Even a player who’s a one hit wonder and catches a game winning touchdown pass or a game changing catch in a tight game? Why do our 2nd and 3rd stringers lack ability as well?

Your answer: Jerry Jones

I’ve become convinced that it isn’t so much a “curse” that haunts this team, but poor ownership from a man who trusts his own opinion a little too much. In this business for him, it feels like he’s going to sign guys that WILL sell jersey’s ASAP. It feels like he goes after talent with personality over talent with the ability to win.

More jersey’s = more money for Jer Bear, catch my drift?

Coaching staff:

McCarthy I advocated for myself. When I heard Dallas hired him I thought in no way would it be worse than Jason Garrett and while I still don’t believe it’s worse than the Garrett regime I will have to say I’m less than impressed with McCarthy and at times Dan Quinn as well. Everyone’s taking to hating on Dak so much no one seems to be discussing the atrocity that was our defense falling over themselves. Sure, the offense was on the benches more than they were on the field and that hurt the defense A LOT. But I didn’t hear Parson’s number at all. I didn’t see this defensive line swarming the ball on the 49ers. I don’t think this D-Line is as menacing as we all thought. I understand it’s one game, I just think we all expected purdy to have a far more difficult time than he did. We all knew 49ers were going to score, but 40+? Yikes.

Roster depth:

*trigger warning

A huge issue we have that isn’t being addressed besides Dak Prescott is our lack of depth to this offense at all. I don’t think CeeDee Lamb is a takeover receiver. I think he’s a good receiver and having him is better than not having him. But he isn’t a #1 and quite frankly neither is Brandon Cooks.

Our offensive line is DOG WATER. I have never seen that offensive line getting shoved around as much as they have been and how much they did in that game in the time I have been a fan. And because of their inability to pickup key blocks so the running backs can hit wide open gaps, brings the next trigger warning.

Tony Pollard is NOT a #1 running back. TP is great and he’s exciting to watch. But it seems like he did far better when he was used intermittently. Giving him every snap seems to have an adverse effect on his abilities. Oh and by the way, who the heck is Rico Dowdle?


This is not everything wrong with the team, just a brief summary of what I believe is the top 3 issues with this team:


- Poor scouting and selections from our less than mediocre front office leading to issues with our offensive and defensive schemes and off the field behavioral issues that is never addressed

- Lack of ability and scheming from our HC/DC/OC that lead to back breaking blowouts against great teams

- Less than acceptable roster depth that we seem to have scraped together because we put all our eggs in one basket paying Dak


Do you guys agree or disagree?

You have an amateur running the team.
This causes all kinds of problems that trickle down from the top.
See any number of my post for indepth discussion on this topic.

 

[john van brocklin]

We are counting on these guys to crack the code after 28 years of trying. That's our reality, and why I've accepted that I've probably seen my last Cowboys Super Bowl.

Yep, with a Jones in the GM chair for the foreseeable future, I don't think any living Cowboys fan is going to see a SB either.

 

[john van brocklin]

That must be why we can’t do it after 28 years!

Fire that blind squirrel!
He should have found that nut by now!

 

[plasticman]

Every team is going to have that game where they are simply overwhelmed. I would categorize the game more as a reality check. The most talented teams still have to work hard, it's the ones with a specific plan and the proper amount of preparation put into games that play in January.

The 49ers knew the Cowboys O-line was in disarray. Yes, the five starters were there but hadn't played together in 2 years. Their timing and cohesion was really off. The Cowboys ae mostly a young team and they reacted poorly to the Diggs injury. They lost their focus.

Where did the 49ers attack with their gameplan?

I've seen far worse happen to a team that still made it to the Super Bowl.

 

[Potenza]

We are counting on these guys to crack the code after 28 years of trying. That's our reality, and why I've accepted that I've probably seen my last Cowboys Super Bowl.

My dad doesn’t think he’ll see another Super Bowl appearance before his time comes hahaha

 

[KingCorcoran]

Every team is going to have that game where they are simply overwhelmed. I would categorize the game more as a reality check. The most talented teams still have to work hard, it's the ones with a specific plan and the proper amount of preparation put into games that play in January.

The 49ers knew the Cowboys O-line was in disarray. Yes, the five starters were there but hadn't played together in 2 years. Their timing and cohesion was really off. The Cowboys ae mostly a young team and they reacted poorly to the Diggs injury. They lost their focus.

Where did the 49ers attack with their gameplan?

I've seen far worse happen to a team that still made it to the Super Bowl.

Even if you have “seen far worse happen to a team that still made it to the Super Bowl” that doesn’t mean this team as it’s currently constructed and coached will make it to the Super Bowl. An NFL team that reacts poorly to an injury is a poorly coached team. The Dallas Cowboys are a poorly coached team. No trade before the trade deadline is going to change that.

 

[wssaustin]

Adding the blinded fans, feeding Jones too much money!

 

[plasticman]

Even if you have “seen far worse happen to a team that still made it to the Super Bowl” that doesn’t mean this team as it’s currently constructed and coached will make it to the Super Bowl. An NFL team that reacts poorly to an injury is a poorly coached team. The Dallas Cowboys are a poorly coached team. No trade before the trade deadline is going to change that.

The team certainly has its flaws and I can't prove that the issue isn't the coaching.

However, when did McCarthy become a poor coach? In fact, how much authority does he have to influence the performance of this team? Does Mccarthy select the starters on this team or is this strictly dictated by the amounts on their contracts? Who is the ultimate authority when it comes to discipline issues? Will Jerry back up his coach when McCarthy issues some disciplinary action? Or will he detriment the respect McM should have by siding with a player?

Does McM make his choices on the gameplan while consulting with his OC and DC or is this gameplan influenced, in any way, by someone that is not a coach or player?

These are outlandish questions on any other team but not the Cowboys.

We are all on the outside looking in and it should be very difficult to determine those responsible for this disappointing level of performance because of an unusual chain of command.

 

[noshame]

I agree with a lot of what you're saying, But I've got to say Purdy was throwing darts. you cannot stop darts. The guys were covered and he would throw it in a one foot window where only the receiver could get his hands on it. Then their offensive line is probably the most well coached unit in football. They were making traps and every other type of block flawlessly, we were not prepared. If we did get penetration, he got the ball out to one of those totally covered 10 yd routes that most quarterbacks would never attempt.
Sadly, this week we're facing a quarterback that can do the same thing even deeper down the field, LOL.
Our only hope this week is Pollard runs for a 150 plus yards and we keep the ball out of Herbert's hands, and Daks for that matter.

Jerry needs to find the bottom of a johnny walker bottle and just stay there.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

Finding a needle in a needle stack doesn't sound that hard.

just use a magnet

 

[Bobhaze]

I’m going to break this up into a few major talking points that are undeniable and can’t get over looked:

- Front office
- Coaching staff
- Roster depth

Front office:

Are you kidding me? Where do I begin? A lot of people keep placing Dak at the helm for ALL of the cowboy’s problems. As much as Dak is to blame for a lot of them, there’s only one team of guys that believes in him and it seems to be the front office crew. Over the years it seems like there’s certain teams that just seem to pick players beyond the 1st round that seem to become phenomenal players as time goes on. Just as a quick reference Malcolm Butler was undrafted in 2014. Why can’t we find anyone like a Malcolm Butler? Why can’t we hire scouts that find these needles in needle stacks? Even a player who’s a one hit wonder and catches a game winning touchdown pass or a game changing catch in a tight game? Why do our 2nd and 3rd stringers lack ability as well?

Your answer: Jerry Jones

I’ve become convinced that it isn’t so much a “curse” that haunts this team, but poor ownership from a man who trusts his own opinion a little too much. In this business for him, it feels like he’s going to sign guys that WILL sell jersey’s ASAP. It feels like he goes after talent with personality over talent with the ability to win.

More jersey’s = more money for Jer Bear, catch my drift?

Coaching staff:

McCarthy I advocated for myself. When I heard Dallas hired him I thought in no way would it be worse than Jason Garrett and while I still don’t believe it’s worse than the Garrett regime I will have to say I’m less than impressed with McCarthy and at times Dan Quinn as well. Everyone’s taking to hating on Dak so much no one seems to be discussing the atrocity that was our defense falling over themselves. Sure, the offense was on the benches more than they were on the field and that hurt the defense A LOT. But I didn’t hear Parson’s number at all. I didn’t see this defensive line swarming the ball on the 49ers. I don’t think this D-Line is as menacing as we all thought. I understand it’s one game, I just think we all expected purdy to have a far more difficult time than he did. We all knew 49ers were going to score, but 40+? Yikes.

Roster depth:

*trigger warning

A huge issue we have that isn’t being addressed besides Dak Prescott is our lack of depth to this offense at all. I don’t think CeeDee Lamb is a takeover receiver. I think he’s a good receiver and having him is better than not having him. But he isn’t a #1 and quite frankly neither is Brandon Cooks.

Our offensive line is DOG WATER. I have never seen that offensive line getting shoved around as much as they have been and how much they did in that game in the time I have been a fan. And because of their inability to pickup key blocks so the running backs can hit wide open gaps, brings the next trigger warning.

Tony Pollard is NOT a #1 running back. TP is great and he’s exciting to watch. But it seems like he did far better when he was used intermittently. Giving him every snap seems to have an adverse effect on his abilities. Oh and by the way, who the heck is Rico Dowdle?


This is not everything wrong with the team, just a brief summary of what I believe is the top 3 issues with this team:


- Poor scouting and selections from our less than mediocre front office leading to issues with our offensive and defensive schemes and off the field behavioral issues that is never addressed

- Lack of ability and scheming from our HC/DC/OC that lead to back breaking blowouts against great teams

- Less than acceptable roster depth that we seem to have scraped together because we put all our eggs in one basket paying Dak


Do you guys agree or disagree?

Agree.
To me, the most disturbing aspect of this team year after year after year is their habit of consistently being Charmin soft. Physically and mentally.

Like the owner and his spoiled son, the team talks too much and acts like they have accomplished something they haven’t. They almost never seem focused and even after a game like Sunday’s absolute thrashing the whole organization acts like “business as usual”. That’s all culture and it starts at the top.

Can any of us imagine what a locker room or plane ride home would have been like for a Jimmy Johnson team taking a beating like Sunday night? Someone would have been cut. A message would be sent. Jimmy would be testy with reporters. Players would be uncomfortable.

None of that happens here now. In fact a few years ago after an embarrassing loss, Jerry was asked by a reporter if he was embarrassed- his response- “Embarrassed? Have you seen this stadium?”

 

[shabazz]

I’m going to break this up into a few major talking points that are undeniable and can’t get over looked:

- Front office
- Coaching staff
- Roster depth

Front office:

Are you kidding me? Where do I begin? A lot of people keep placing Dak at the helm for ALL of the cowboy’s problems. As much as Dak is to blame for a lot of them, there’s only one team of guys that believes in him and it seems to be the front office crew. Over the years it seems like there’s certain teams that just seem to pick players beyond the 1st round that seem to become phenomenal players as time goes on. Just as a quick reference Malcolm Butler was undrafted in 2014. Why can’t we find anyone like a Malcolm Butler? Why can’t we hire scouts that find these needles in needle stacks? Even a player who’s a one hit wonder and catches a game winning touchdown pass or a game changing catch in a tight game? Why do our 2nd and 3rd stringers lack ability as well?

Your answer: Jerry Jones

I’ve become convinced that it isn’t so much a “curse” that haunts this team, but poor ownership from a man who trusts his own opinion a little too much. In this business for him, it feels like he’s going to sign guys that WILL sell jersey’s ASAP. It feels like he goes after talent with personality over talent with the ability to win.

More jersey’s = more money for Jer Bear, catch my drift?

Coaching staff:

McCarthy I advocated for myself. When I heard Dallas hired him I thought in no way would it be worse than Jason Garrett and while I still don’t believe it’s worse than the Garrett regime I will have to say I’m less than impressed with McCarthy and at times Dan Quinn as well. Everyone’s taking to hating on Dak so much no one seems to be discussing the atrocity that was our defense falling over themselves. Sure, the offense was on the benches more than they were on the field and that hurt the defense A LOT. But I didn’t hear Parson’s number at all. I didn’t see this defensive line swarming the ball on the 49ers. I don’t think this D-Line is as menacing as we all thought. I understand it’s one game, I just think we all expected purdy to have a far more difficult time than he did. We all knew 49ers were going to score, but 40+? Yikes.

Roster depth:

*trigger warning

A huge issue we have that isn’t being addressed besides Dak Prescott is our lack of depth to this offense at all. I don’t think CeeDee Lamb is a takeover receiver. I think he’s a good receiver and having him is better than not having him. But he isn’t a #1 and quite frankly neither is Brandon Cooks.

Our offensive line is DOG WATER. I have never seen that offensive line getting shoved around as much as they have been and how much they did in that game in the time I have been a fan. And because of their inability to pickup key blocks so the running backs can hit wide open gaps, brings the next trigger warning.

Tony Pollard is NOT a #1 running back. TP is great and he’s exciting to watch. But it seems like he did far better when he was used intermittently. Giving him every snap seems to have an adverse effect on his abilities. Oh and by the way, who the heck is Rico Dowdle?


This is not everything wrong with the team, just a brief summary of what I believe is the top 3 issues with this team:


- Poor scouting and selections from our less than mediocre front office leading to issues with our offensive and defensive schemes and off the field behavioral issues that is never addressed

- Lack of ability and scheming from our HC/DC/OC that lead to back breaking blowouts against great teams

- Less than acceptable roster depth that we seem to have scraped together because we put all our eggs in one basket paying Dak


Do you guys agree or disagree?

Agree…….the problem is at the head and trickles down..

The best roster this GM can build is one that can get to a divisional round and die.

will continue to be a fan and will continue to see the good, bad and the ugly

No big expectations = No big disappointments

 

[big dog cowboy]

You have an amateur running the team.

 

[jazzcat22]

There are football people and there are business people.

It is obvious we have business people running a football team like a business and not like a football team.

After Jerry is gone, then we still have Stephen, after he is gone there will be Jerry Jr, or Spaulding.
At best we may get Charlotte, who may hire a real GM. Or heck she may run the show herself.

But this team will never be out of the Jones' control.
The KC Chiefs been in the Hunt family since 1960. And it took them 50 years to win, or even get to another SB. Who knows how many GM's they went through.
However, they had real GM's. So is that really any different?

The 90's SB architect is in Florida sitting on his boat without being in the ROH. Rowdy appears in 1996. We all know the rest.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Correct. We'll eventually move on to the next qb and the next HC but the bozo's at the top will remain and they are the real problem.

 

[Ussdelavan]

I’m going to break this up into a few major talking points that are undeniable and can’t get over looked:

- Front office
- Coaching staff
- Roster depth

Front office:

Are you kidding me? Where do I begin? A lot of people keep placing Dak at the helm for ALL of the cowboy’s problems. As much as Dak is to blame for a lot of them, there’s only one team of guys that believes in him and it seems to be the front office crew. Over the years it seems like there’s certain teams that just seem to pick players beyond the 1st round that seem to become phenomenal players as time goes on. Just as a quick reference Malcolm Butler was undrafted in 2014. Why can’t we find anyone like a Malcolm Butler? Why can’t we hire scouts that find these needles in needle stacks? Even a player who’s a one hit wonder and catches a game winning touchdown pass or a game changing catch in a tight game? Why do our 2nd and 3rd stringers lack ability as well?

Your answer: Jerry Jones

I’ve become convinced that it isn’t so much a “curse” that haunts this team, but poor ownership from a man who trusts his own opinion a little too much. In this business for him, it feels like he’s going to sign guys that WILL sell jersey’s ASAP. It feels like he goes after talent with personality over talent with the ability to win.

More jersey’s = more money for Jer Bear, catch my drift?

Coaching staff:

McCarthy I advocated for myself. When I heard Dallas hired him I thought in no way would it be worse than Jason Garrett and while I still don’t believe it’s worse than the Garrett regime I will have to say I’m less than impressed with McCarthy and at times Dan Quinn as well. Everyone’s taking to hating on Dak so much no one seems to be discussing the atrocity that was our defense falling over themselves. Sure, the offense was on the benches more than they were on the field and that hurt the defense A LOT. But I didn’t hear Parson’s number at all. I didn’t see this defensive line swarming the ball on the 49ers. I don’t think this D-Line is as menacing as we all thought. I understand it’s one game, I just think we all expected purdy to have a far more difficult time than he did. We all knew 49ers were going to score, but 40+? Yikes.

Roster depth:

*trigger warning

A huge issue we have that isn’t being addressed besides Dak Prescott is our lack of depth to this offense at all. I don’t think CeeDee Lamb is a takeover receiver. I think he’s a good receiver and having him is better than not having him. But he isn’t a #1 and quite frankly neither is Brandon Cooks.

Our offensive line is DOG WATER. I have never seen that offensive line getting shoved around as much as they have been and how much they did in that game in the time I have been a fan. And because of their inability to pickup key blocks so the running backs can hit wide open gaps, brings the next trigger warning.

Tony Pollard is NOT a #1 running back. TP is great and he’s exciting to watch. But it seems like he did far better when he was used intermittently. Giving him every snap seems to have an adverse effect on his abilities. Oh and by the way, who the heck is Rico Dowdle?


This is not everything wrong with the team, just a brief summary of what I believe is the top 3 issues with this team:


- Poor scouting and selections from our less than mediocre front office leading to issues with our offensive and defensive schemes and off the field behavioral issues that is never addressed

- Lack of ability and scheming from our HC/DC/OC that lead to back breaking blowouts against great teams

- Less than acceptable roster depth that we seem to have scraped together because we put all our eggs in one basket paying Dak


Do you guys agree or disagree?

It starts and ends with the top. The Jones have failed for 28 years and nothing will change the outcomes regardless of who is QB!