This team is nowhere ready to contend

[stilltheguru]

Anyone that thinks we can contend w the $60m scrub should be ignored

But you keep trying to give that scrub weapons like he'll use them. He had coop/ceedee. He also had coop and prime zeke. We could have lamb and jettas and niners would still zone him up and we'd score 19ish

 

[Steve007]

Even with the injuries, its not hard to see how far this team is away from being a contender.

Aside from questionable coaching, we have deficiencies all over the roster. We need:

QB
2 WRs
LT
NT
TE
S
RB
LB


Its going to take at least 2 more seasons to rebuild this roster smh

I agree but, the first position that needs to be changed is the GM and we know that's not happening. Jerry is getting worse. He is throwing picks away or maybe it's just forth round picks he doesn't like.

 

[gimmesix]

Even with the injuries, its not hard to see how far this team is away from being a contender.

Aside from questionable coaching, we have deficiencies all over the roster. We need:

QB
2 WRs
LT
NT
TE
S
RB
LB


Its going to take at least 2 more seasons to rebuild this roster smh

Although we have multiple needs, I think your list is an overreaction to this loss.

I'm not a great Dak fan, but he played at a near-MVP level last year. I believe he's a good-enough QB, like many of them out there, if the team is built well (which is our main problem). Philly went to Super Bowls with Nick Foles and Jalen Hurts. Neither of those is any better than Dak.

I think we could get by with one receiver, a No. 2 to Lamb's No. 1. Improve that position and play Turpin more as the No. 3.

I see no reason to get another LT right now. I think if Guyton isn't the answer, then we have other options in Richards and Smith. I would not focus on OL this offseason.

I also would focus on 3-tech instead of NT, although I would add a later-round NT. One reason for our defensive failures over the years IMO is not having a stud 3-tech.

Is TE an overreaction to how Ferguson played in this game? I don't see TE as a need at all.

Even if we let Hooker and Wilson walk, I feel OK about Bell and Thomas, but we need to bring in some competition.

RB is high on the list of needs.

LB may be high on the list with Overshown's injury. I'd rather bring in a short-term vet here, though instead of spending another first- through third-round pick on the position, knowing Overshown will eventually return and Liufau should improve.

I'm not opposed to improving the QB position (both starter and backup), but it would take all our resources to get one, unless we lucked into one like the Vikings did with Darnold. Of course, we tried to luck into Lance but if he's ever going to be a quality NFL starter, it might take him as long as it took Darnold to have success.

 

[gimmesix]

you need a QB to take over for rush & be a insurance of dak never recovering this needs to happen round 2/3 because you need someone that could start a game or 2 this year. you need to draft1 rb for sure and sign a couple of udfa rb. you need a DT and a NT. OL we need to wait a year on, but sign some insurance backups.

i’d draft a rb at 12 if its Jentry if he’s gone drop back pick up more ammo for the later rounds to fill holes. listed above.

I absolutely agree with drafting a QB at some point in the draft.

 

[nobody]

Although we have multiple needs, I think your list is an overreaction to this loss.

I'm not a great Dak fan, but he played at a near-MVP level last year. I believe he's a good-enough QB, like many of them out there, if the team is built well (which is our main problem). Philly went to Super Bowls with Nick Foles and Jalen Hurts. Neither of those is any better than Dak.

I think we could get by with one receiver, a No. 2 to Lamb's No. 1. Improve that position and play Turpin more as the No. 3.

I see no reason to get another LT right now. I think if Guyton isn't the answer, then we have other options in Richards and Smith. I would not focus on OL this offseason.

I also would focus on 3-tech instead of NT, although I would add a later-round NT. One reason for our defensive failures over the years IMO is not having a stud 3-tech.

Is TE an overreaction to how Ferguson played in this game? I don't see TE as a need at all.

Even if we let Hooker and Wilson walk, I feel OK about Bell and Thomas, but we need to bring in some competition.

RB is high on the list of needs.

LB may be high on the list with Overshown's injury. I'd rather bring in a short-term vet here, though instead of spending another first- through third-round pick on the position, knowing Overshown will eventually return and Liufau should improve.

I'm not opposed to improving the QB position (both starter and backup), but it would take all our resources to get one, unless we lucked into one like the Vikings did with Darnold. Of course, we tried to luck into Lance but if he's ever going to be a quality NFL starter, it might take him as long as it took Darnold to have success.

Against garbage opponents, yes. That's his bread and butter. Against Playoff-caliber opponents, not so much. And then look at his MVP performance against GB in the playoff game...oh wait. He needs Pro Bowl caliber players in every other position to be "good enough" and not choke when it matters...and even then he might choke.

 

[gimmesix]

Against garbage opponents, yes. That's his bread and butter. Against Playoff-caliber opponents, not so much. And then look at his MVP performance against GB in the playoff game...oh wait. He needs Pro Bowl caliber players in every other position to be "good enough" and not choke when it matters...and even then he might choke.

You can say the same things about most QBs. Matthew Stafford wasted away in Detroit until he was traded to a ready-made Super Bowl team. In Detroit, Stafford was Prescott, putting up good numbers against mostly bad teams and failing when it counted.

Again, I would have been fine if Dallas had decided to move on from Prescott, but he gets blame as the QB for things that are not completely in his control. The front office is the problem here, and it has remained the problem no matter who we've had at QB. Troy Aikman didn't stop knowing how to play after we won our last Super Bowl (his seventh season in the league). We just didn't have Jimmy Johnson to put a team around him that could get Dallas back to glory. We won one playoff game in Aikman's final five seasons (with the final one marred by concussions), and we know what he is capable of as a QB.

Blaming anyone other than Jerry is just deflecting.

 

[SlammedZero]

Yeah, there are a lot of holes on this team. A retooling wouldn't seem so bad if we weren’t already in year 29 of this mess. Every year feels like another wasted chapter of our lives, watching these clown shoes attempt to play GM. Now we’re stuck in a four-year hole thanks to this atrocious Dak contract. Honestly, it’s all just really depressing.

 

[Creeper]

With that scrub behind center? Nah

We just watched two backups on the Eagles blow out the Cowboys and you think teams cannot win unless they have elite QBs?

Dak is not elite but he is a good QB. Don't judge him by the ridiculous salary Jerry paid him. That is Jerry's fault.

But the Eagles showed if you have a solid team you can win with anyone at QB. It starts with the offensive line. Look at the Eagles yesterday. How about the Lions. Their offensive line makes Goff look like an MVP. Both teams have solid OLs and excellent skill position players. That's how you win. In the meantime, look at the Cowboys skill position players. We have CeeDee. The rest are average or worse.

I think it is stupid to spend $60 million on a QB. The answer is still to build a complete roster making the QB less important.

Does anyone really think Goff could win with the Cowboys roster? Or Jordan Love, for that matter. Love gets better protection than anyone in the league. How about Sam Darnold?

Dak can win a lot of games for Dallas, but not with the collection of JAGs Jerry has assembled.

 

[Creeper]

Diggs is an awful cover corner, and even when healthy he was leading the league in allowing yards per catch. Now with him having several major injuries, I wouldn't trust his ability to cover anyone, much less Smith and Brown. He's an absolute liability going forward.

Diggs is a lot better than Booth. He would have helped.

 

[DillusionalFans]

It certainly appears that way from today's game but I don't think it is quite that bad.

The injuries hurt. Take today's game. The Eagles picked on Booth all day and he was never up to the task. He was playing for Diggs. Diggs would not have allowed all those plays to succeed I am pretty sure.

I think Sam Williams would be better at DE than anyone Dallas played there. And of course Lawrence would help a lot too. I even think having Overshown would have helped with stopping Barkley. All those injuries hurt the defense a lot. Of course on offense, we did not have CeeDee Lamb or Dak.

Where the Cowboys need to add talent is on the defensive line, inside, and at RB. The offensive line is young and should get better next year just by developing the players they have. I wouldn't be against drafting OL, but they have to fix the interior DL, the edges and get a real RB. Rico got a 100 yards but so what? He leaves a lot of meat on the bone and no one is afraid of him.

With a bit of a commitment from Jerry Jones this team could be ready to beat the Eagles next year.

I think you mean “With Jerry being committed this team could be ready to beat the Eagles next year”.

 

[DillusionalFans]

We have 8 starters on IR. Kind of a big deal.

Typical Cowboy fan excuse — we were average with everyone playing including our “great” QB.

 

[WillieBeamen]

We just watched two backups on the Eagles blow out the Cowboys and you think teams cannot win unless they have elite QBs?

Dak is not elite but he is a good QB. Don't judge him by the ridiculous salary Jerry paid him. That is Jerry's fault.

But the Eagles showed if you have a solid team you can win with anyone at QB. It starts with the offensive line. Look at the Eagles yesterday. How about the Lions. Their offensive line makes Goff look like an MVP. Both teams have solid OLs and excellent skill position players. That's how you win. In the meantime, look at the Cowboys skill position players. We have CeeDee. The rest are average or worse.

I think it is stupid to spend $60 million on a QB. The answer is still to build a complete roster making the QB less important.

Does anyone really think Goff could win with the Cowboys roster? Or Jordan Love, for that matter. Love gets better protection than anyone in the league. How about Sam Darnold?

Dak can win a lot of games for Dallas, but not with the collection of JAGs Jerry has assembled.

Imagine comparing beating this Cowboys team to beating the actual other contenders

 

[kskboys]

I keep repeating it. This is just year one. I think it's going to get worse.

Me too. As usual, a Jerry-built team is falling apart right before our eyes, and Jerry hasn't even noticed. As usual, Jerry is paying our own guys a king's ransome which leads to major weaknesses elsewhere. As usual our poor drafting is not filling holes and Jerry doesn't even understand this. Next draft, CB's and WR's and an injured LB or 2. Bank on it.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Don't judge him by the ridiculous salary Jerry paid him. That is Jerry's fault.

many of his critics are struggling with this.

 

[kskboys]

Don’t forget corner.

Diggs career is most likely over and Lewis is a FA.

Jerry will take any excuse/reason to acquire CBs and WRs. Meanwhile, we still lose because we can't stop the run.

 

[Surfguy]

My question is will we even make the playoffs in any of the next four seasons given the ascension of WSH along with PHI? We might become the #3 team in the Division for a while. Granted, the situation is fluid. lol

 

[kskboys]

My question is will we even make the playoffs in any of the next four seasons given the ascension of WSH along with PHI? We might become the #3 team in the Division for a while. Granted, the situation is fluid. lol

I doubt it.

And Jerry won't be smart enough to plan for the future by dumping salaries/trading assets/drafting for the future.

 

[WillieBeamen]

My question is will we even make the playoffs in any of the next four seasons given the ascension of WSH along with PHI? We might become the #3 team in the Division for a while. Granted, the situation is fluid. lol

Another factor the fanboys and stans arent considering.

Washington was a guaranteed two wins every year because they could never get their qb situation right

 

[MikeT22]

Lol niners were in the bowl with Jimmy. Dak needs an elite defense. It could be done but Jerry is dumb. But yes, I know the only chance we have is an elite defense with 4 under center

Jimmy G wasnt great, but he also wasnt a deer in the headlights in the playoffs either.

 

[stilltheguru]

Jimmy G wasnt great, but he also wasnt a deer in the headlights in the playoffs either.

He beat green bay passing for 131 yards 0 tds and 1 int. Can yall just stop and think without emotions for once?

My point is Dak and Jimmy need elite defenses. Do you disagree with that or not? Good lord