This was this team's 1991

[blindzebra]

We need our Haley and some health at LB.

 

[SacramentoKing]

I agree! Very confident about the future.

 

[utrunner07]

I agree! Very confident about the future.

main concern is romo staying healthy..

 

[DragonCowboy]

Hey so every time we've played the Lions in the playoffs we've won the next year.

1970 - beat the Lions 5-0 and 1971 won the super bowl.

1991 lost to the lions, and 1992 won the super bowl.

2014 beat the Lions...2015???

 

[darthseinfeld]

We need our Haley and some health at LB.

People can flame me, but Im going to call for Suh

 

[Kaiser]

We need our Haley and some health at LB.

Just getting Sean Lee back will be huge, and Hitchens being a year better will help as well. Resign McClain and Durant and draft a DeVonte Holloman type and I think our LB's will be fine.

The other thing I think people discount is that McClain was out of football and out of football shape when he came to the Cowboys training camp. Give him a full offseason of conditioning and film room work with the coaches and he isn't going to miss all the practice time with minor injuries that he did this year.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

We need some nasty that's for sure.

 

[bjfrancez]

I agree its like 1991. Draft Defense and one offensive lineman. I don't have a problem letting Murray walk. Romo should have 2 more years in him.

 

[Risen Star]

You guys are so predictable.

 

[YosemiteSam]

We need our Haley and some health at LB.

rofl, I said this prior to the Lion's game. I figured the Cowboys were setup to lose that game, but somehow they came out with the win. I figured they were going to lose to the Lions just like they did in the 91' season.

 

[Gaede]

Go all out on defense and we've got a shot.

I just hope we keep this identity. That's the key to succeeding. Stay aggressive, beat teams up on the ground. Just need the pass rush in the mix now.

I'm worried Jerry will make RB top priority and then draft another backup somewhere and gloss over the lack of talent at every position on the defense.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Just getting Sean Lee back will be huge, and Hitchens being a year better will help as well. Resign McClain and Durant and draft a DeVonte Holloman type and I think our LB's will be fine.

The other thing I think people discount is that McClain was out of football and out of football shape when he came to the Cowboys training camp. Give him a full offseason of conditioning and film room work with the coaches and he isn't going to miss all the practice time with minor injuries that he did this year.

Problem is we can't count on Lee. I forget we even have him some times.

 

[Slim_JD]

Also reminds me of the seahawks in 2012, losing in the div round before their young team exploded the next year.

 

[links18]

Romo is a good bit older today than Aikman was is 1991.

 

[Section446]

Difference being, there will be a lot of turnover on going into next year. We have so many guys going into FA next year, no way we can hold onto all of them.

 

[YosemiteSam]

You guys are so predictable.

What does this mean in this thread? The whining threads are predictable. Most of your posts are predictable, but I don't see how this thread is predictable. Hell, most of my posts should be quite predictable too. A realist who doesn't drink the koolaid, but does like to stir the pot.

 

[Switz]

We need our Haley and some health at LB.

This team isn't close to 1991 stop trying to be cleaver troll

 

[Cowboyz88]

Unfortunately, we don't have our 25 year old Aikman to allow for a large window of success.

We have a 34 year old Romo which greatly reduces our window.

 

[BIGDen]

We need our Haley and some health at LB.

Hope so but these chances don't come around often. Injuries derail seasons all the time. We were the best team in the NFC in '07 and had 2 first round picks in the draft. Everyone had us going to the SB in '08. Romo gets hurt, Brad Johnson was incompetent and that was that.

Like the '07 loss, I don't think I'll ever get over this one. Murray's fumble, Hanna not recovering fumbled return, and Romo to Dez being, incorrectly, taken away. The better team didn't win. I feel sick. The team worked too hard for that call to destroy their season.

 

[Switz]

Unfortunately, we don't have our 25 year old Aikman to allow for a large window of success.

We have a 34 year old Romo which greatly reduces our window.

Time to get a replacement