These are the new Cowboys; this is your circus

[CowboysFaninHouston]

You see what you want to see.
If you close your eyes you are blind by choice.

So why don't you open your eyes. Are you choosing to be blind?

 

[Nav22]

Yeah, they're .500.
Surprise!

Why do you care what their record is???

Why are you still here???

You're a quitter.

The Cowboys are .500, you're winless forever.

 

[Nav22]

Yet you misrepresent the facts to support whichever narrative suits you; in effect, lying.

Fact: You said you were done with the Cowboys if Dak signed an extension.

Get lost, quitter.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

Lol

 

[KJJ]

Therefore I no longer care about this new franchise.

If you no longer cared you wouldn’t be airing your complaints about the team. You claimed you were done with them, but you continue to go on and on. That’s not the MO of someone who no longer cares.

 

[john van brocklin]

Stop wishing for the real Dallas Cowboys to come to life; they are gone.
This new franchise, this circus, is what Jerry Jones has created.
And this is as good as it gets.
This is what a perennial 8-8 team looks like. Except for playing weak teams and getting help from the officials (see the Detroit game last year- and more like it), these Cowboys are astoundingly mediocre. Not because they lack talent, but because they lack the leadership needed to be better.
Accept it and move on. The Cowboys of the past are gone.
By the way: it was another "miraculous" last second drive in prime time that put the Falcons over the Eagles. Isn't it peculiar how so many primetime games are decided by one score in the final seconds- no matter what teams face each other?
How'd you like the Chiefs/Bengals game? The Chiefs "miraculously" overcame a 4th and 16 to beat the Bengals at the end, keeping Taylor Swift happy and preserving more publicity for the NFL with pics of her cheering from the box.
Wow.

After the debacle that was the Packers loss earlier this year, Jerry proclaimed that he was " ALL IN ".
He then proceeded to do mostly nothing in free agency, while we had a ton of free agents leave.
He then drug his feet most of the off season before signing CD to a fair market value contract.

The cherry on top of this crapfest of an off season was to give a good regular season QB the largest average salary contract in NFL history.

I have said this until I am blue in the face, this team is never having meaningful success until Jerry and and son are no longer in their current front office positions.

The NFL is a very competitive league. We are at a severe competitive disadvantage having two amateurs at the two most important front office positions.

No other NFL team has the lack of accountability in the front office that the Cowboys have.
This dysfunctional set up filters down to the coaches and players.
This is why the team has no heart and folds like a cheap suit the moment they get punched in the mouth.

I am at my limit after 49 years of giving this team my undying loyalty.

So I am stepping back and limiting my involvement with this team.

I am no longer having my Sundays revolve around this teams schedule.

If they are on local TV fine, I will watch. No more trips to the sports bars.

No more rearranging my families plans to accommodate watching games.

Until Jerry gets serious enough about winning to make meaningful changes thats gonna be my strategy.

I am beyond fed up with this poorly run excuse of a football team where the mantra seems to be just staying relevant.

As a side note, I really appreciate the Cowboys Zone. The banter and gameday game threads has kept me more involved with the team
than I otherwise would be.

 

[TheMightyVanHalen]

Accept it and move on. The Cowboys of the past are gone.

Well go on then! Why waste your time here?

 

[atlantacowboy]

There is no way 32 different organizations- with 32 different philosophies- are so evenly matched.
Parody, not parity.
We see it very clearly when officials interfere with an ending and when so-called professional players whiff on an easy tackle.

The most likely explanation is usually the simplest one. Parity means the talent is evenly spread throughout the league. Some teams still have more b/c they draft better. So, It's not surprising at all that so many teams can compete with each other.

Officiating has ALWAYS been a part of the game and no week goes by without questionable calls and that goes for the 40+ years I've been watching NFL games. They could call holding on every play. Not calling it or calling when it doesn't suit your interests doesn't constitute evidence of a gambling conspiracy.

 

[leeblair]

Fact: You said you were done with the Cowboys if Dak signed an extension.

Get lost, quitter.

I am done with them, but it doesn't stop me from bringing the truth to light.
I really think that professional football is no more.
I hate to see gullible fans get their hard earned money taken by a franchise pretending to be something it's not.

 

[Nav22]

I am done with them, but it doesn't stop me from bringing the truth to light.
I really think that professional football is no more.
I hate to see gullible fans get their hard earned money taken by a franchise pretending to be something it's not.

We're here because we enjoy the Cowboys and NFL football.

Just leave if this makes you so unhappy.

 

[bigE79]

I kinda did. I posted it in the thread, "Getting upset now when Dak plays poorly is a waste of emotion".
I am no longer a fan of the Dallas Cowboys organization or the team. That ended a week ago on Sunday morning when the news of Dak Prescott's extension was announced. It was confirmation that this is no longer the Cowboys that I grew up loving. I am a fan of the original Dallas Cowboys, and I always will be. But, this organization does not possess the values that make me want to cheer for them.
And, I realized something: Jerry's way of doing things is amateurish, and since Jimmy Johnson's departure and the unraveling of the team he built, what we have seen is another franchise. Jerry's way of doing things will never achieve greatness.
Jerry has used his influence to change the entire NFL from a professional sports league to an entertainment business. More teams are getting new domed stadiums, and PSL's and tax dollars fund most of it. It has, in the short term, made the NFL a booming success.
It will, in the long term, destroy it.
It is no longer about which team is best, but the new NFL is carefully structured to maximize profits. I said before it is naive to believe that billionaires would leave their fortunes to chance.
Now most games are decided in the final seconds by one score, keeping advertisers happy and gambling popular. This would never happen in a real sports league.some games, yes. All or most of them, no.
When the economy weakens, fans will no longer look to the NFL for a break from their everyday pressures. The reality of what it has become will sink in, and fewer will be willing to place bets on a game that is obviously not a true game.
Yes, the athletes run up and down the field and make great plays, but in the end common sense will set in and they will realize that everything is not as it seems.
Like pro wrestling, muscle bound athletes in fancy costumes show their abilities and play for the cheers of the fans, but in the end it's just entertainment. That's why Taylor Swift is so important to the NFL. The NFL doesn't want to lose her fans
That's why individual stats are promoted through fantasy football; fans forget their team stinks and they cheer individual players, regardless of who wins.
This is the new NFL, and these are the new Cowboys.

Truth

 

[zrinkill]

it doesn't stop me from bringing the truth to light.

What a hero ........ you are really silly enough to think that the NFL is scripted like wrestling.

 

[Rockport]

Most would rather see you leave the forum

He promised to:

If the Cowboys extend Dak I am done with them.
I watched them pay Marion Barber and waste Tashard Choice, and watched Jerry coddle Garrett for 13 years.
I'm done with them if they extend Dak.

 

[BoysForLife]

I kinda did. I posted it in the thread, "Getting upset now when Dak plays poorly is a waste of emotion".
I am no longer a fan of the Dallas Cowboys organization or the team. That ended a week ago on Sunday morning when the news of Dak Prescott's extension was announced. It was confirmation that this is no longer the Cowboys that I grew up loving. I am a fan of the original Dallas Cowboys, and I always will be. But, this organization does not possess the values that make me want to cheer for them.
And, I realized something: Jerry's way of doing things is amateurish, and since Jimmy Johnson's departure and the unraveling of the team he built, what we have seen is another franchise. Jerry's way of doing things will never achieve greatness.
Jerry has used his influence to change the entire NFL from a professional sports league to an entertainment business. More teams are getting new domed stadiums, and PSL's and tax dollars fund most of it. It has, in the short term, made the NFL a booming success.
It will, in the long term, destroy it.
It is no longer about which team is best, but the new NFL is carefully structured to maximize profits. I said before it is naive to believe that billionaires would leave their fortunes to chance.
Now most games are decided in the final seconds by one score, keeping advertisers happy and gambling popular. This would never happen in a real sports league.some games, yes. All or most of them, no.
When the economy weakens, fans will no longer look to the NFL for a break from their everyday pressures. The reality of what it has become will sink in, and fewer will be willing to place bets on a game that is obviously not a true game.
Yes, the athletes run up and down the field and make great plays, but in the end common sense will set in and they will realize that everything is not as it seems.
Like pro wrestling, muscle bound athletes in fancy costumes show their abilities and play for the cheers of the fans, but in the end it's just entertainment. That's why Taylor Swift is so important to the NFL. The NFL doesn't want to lose her fans
That's why individual stats are promoted through fantasy football; fans forget their team stinks and they cheer individual players, regardless of who wins.
This is the new NFL, and these are the new Cowboys.

Unfortunately there's an awful lot of truth to this

Money and corporate culture destroyed NASCAR and it's happening to the NFL also, even if some folks won't admit it

 

[leeblair]

Unfortunately there's an awful lot of truth to this

Money and corporate culture destroyed NASCAR and it's happening to the NFL also, even if some folks won't admit it

Bingo!
NASCAR went down quick.

 

[leeblair]

What a hero ........ you are really silly enough to think that the NFL is scripted like wrestling.

There's plenty of evidence to support the theory.

 

[BoysForLife]

Bingo!
NASCAR went down quick.

Sure did.

I wouldn't go so far as to think it's somewhat fixed. On that we probably disagree

But the emphasis is definitely more on the entertainment and so on than the game itself

Your comments about the emphasis on gambling, fantasy football, etc, is watering down what it used to be all about

Money's good for a while. But eventually once you erode the foundation of what made it truly special, it crumbles. And it's headed that way if something doesn't change

 

[leeblair]

He promised to:

If the Cowboys extend Dak I am done with them.
I watched them pay Marion Barber and waste Tashard Choice, and watched Jerry coddle Garrett for 13 years.
I'm done with them if they extend Dak.

Rock, you are a liar.
I never said I would leave the forum. You'd like that so you can spin your lies and not be called out.
But you have won, so quit complaining. Dak got his big contract and didn't have to produce. You can be a fan of Dak and these new Cowboys. You deserve each other.

 

[DUO_CORE]

I don't think you understand me at all.
I've been a fan for about fifty years, but thirteen years of Jason Garrett and then Dak(Garrett 2.0) showed me that Jerry didn't care about the fans.
Therefore I no longer care about this new franchise.

Similar timeframe: I became a fan when my Dad sat me down and asked me to watch Dallas/Minnesota with him; Tarkenton vs Staubach, 3-4 hours before the term “Hail Mary Pass” became a thing.

 

[leeblair]

Why do you care what their record is???

Why are you still here???

You're a quitter.

The Cowboys are .500, you're winless forever.

The victory is already mine. You obviously don't know where the finish line is.