This season went exactly as I would have expected. We saw what Green Bay did to Dallas and came away with a clear plan to fix what's broken and make another run. Of course no one can predict injuries, but the weaknesses GB exploited were not fixed in the off season. In fact, they got worse. We let Pollard go and did not sign anyone near as capable. We let Armstrong, Fowler, Hankins, and Gallimore go and signed Joseph and Carlos Watkins, and drafted Kneeland to replace them. Instead of upgrading those positions, we downgraded. When Sam Williams got hurt it was the clincher. Dallas couldn't stop the run again, and got worse running the football.
We didn't see Dak's awful season coming. But would it have mattered? The blowout loss to the Saints told the story of the rest of the season. Don't forget, Jerry let CeeDee wait until the season almost began before signing him to a new contract. For what purpose? Looking at the WR group, how do you let your only real WR threat sit out the preseason and training camp? And then pay him $34 million anyway? What did that accomplish?
This season had disaster written all over it from the beginning. IMO, given the injuries and everything else, McCarthy pulled off a minor miracle to win 7 games.
This team is in crisis folks. It is starting off even worse than in 2024. Jerry and Stephen have already started whining about CAP space so expect 2025 to be worse than 2024. Maybe that's the best thing for this team. Lose lots of games, get a high draft pick and maybe there is a game changing QB in the board when we draft in 2026.