Thoughts/Opinions about last night's loss - a year away?

[Cowboyny]

From what I have seen most of this year, way more than a year away

1) Dallas currently sits 47 million over the cap next year and yes I know some money can be freed up but still they sit dead last in cap space for next year.

2) Despite 2 1st round picks, both of which will probably be in the latter half of the 1st round. They have no 2nd or 3rd round picks.

3) The secondary, LB's and Offensive Line all look like they need help, and despite his disappearing act last night the offense could take a step back if they can't resign Pickens and don't forget Javonte Williams will also be a UFA next year.

4) Terrible DC that both both Dumb and Dumber seem to be intent on keeping around.

5) Dallas are still, for the most part, bargain bin shoppers in free agency.

6) Most importantly, if Jerry is still around it will just be more of the same.

Pay zero attention to that cap number, they can free up over 100 million if they want to. Yes, Eberflus might not be the answer, but the unit definitely has improved after some players returned. Add a few more pieces and they should at least be league average.

 

[Cowboyny]

Pickens is playing hurt and he has been hurt since the end of the Philadelphia game. Defenses are also starting to pay attention to him and play Pickens as a number one as well. That is why CeeDee was about to have a 200 yard receiving game and Flournoy had a breakout game.

If everyone returns next season we have a top 5 offense with upside. I still believe Guyton, Steele, and Thomas are serviceable tackles that are good enough that we don’t need to replace one of them with high pick.

The defense has major holes and let’s be real we have had these holes since Romo was the quarterback. We need a scheme that contain the new age offenses. You Clark truthers needed a reality check. The Cowboys need to move on from him and use his salary space to bring in some dogs for the defense.

The NFC North and NFC West are where the top teams in football reside. We cannot stop those teams defensively. Chicago, Green Bay, Arizona, and now Detroit ran over our defense. It is not just the players it’s the old scheme we run.

When I say the Cowboys have been average since Romo’s prime years, this is what I mean. The Cowboys can beat the bad teams and sneak up then bite an average team. The problem is we can’t compete with elite teams. Against those teams we have a front office and coaching disadvantage. The Joneses have to make themselves uncomfortable and get a real defensive coordinator. Then make some tough decisions in free agency for the Cowboys to get back to the Super Bowl. It’s gonna hurt the budget but sorry guys you have been getting rich for the last 30 years.

I have no idea why you are so against keeping Kenny Clark, he is a very good player, he was the best out of the three last night.

 

[1972COWBOY]

Like Mazi?

Tyron Smith, Fred Beard, and Zack Martin weren't bad picks.

 

[Cowboyny]

.....been saying this all year. We ain't a playoff contender yet.....too many holes to patch up. This team is like an unfinished basement......need drywall, outlets, electricity, and tile before the we can get comfortable. Need to sort out bad play, bad players, and bad coaching before the lights can come on. The defense is priority 1.

This always was suppose to be a transition year for the defense. With the extra cap space and picks, they needed multiple pieces. Now it is up to Jerry to use that cap space to fill out the roster.

 

[Cowboyny]

good points....in the close games you have to limit your mistakes and we made too many, coaches, players, offense and defense. Pickens can't let that ball get to his body. you are big dude, put your hands out and catch that ball. fergi fumbled again, when we are driving down for a score, in a 10-6 game. both of those idiot plays led to 14 points for detroit. we dug ourselves a whole.

they played aggressive defensively. we played passive. the DB backfield is slow. yes, bell was abused all night. he was the target with thosr routes coming across the formation and he was always late and trailing and I could run faster than he is. he is just not athletic.

we had no answer for their jumbo package. we became their b!tches when they ran those formation....campbell should have rubbed it in and just stayed with that all night.

we didn't run the ball effectively. we only ran 17 times!!!! not enough to control the clock or the ball game.

I had been saying it all off season, Tackles are a concern....Steele was abused a couple of times where DE just walked right passed him without being touched...and then Nate Thomas totally missed who he is supposed to block on another play. we gave up 5 sacks and we can't say it was Dak because when the DE just waltzes to the QB without anyone touching him, we have issues.

again, in close games you can't afford too many mistakes and we kept shooting ourselves in the foot....we keptdoing that....too many mistakes to overcome anything.

This team needs to learn how to win on the road. It is a maturation process. This is the next hurdle they have to solve as they really weren't competitive on the road, except against the league worst teams.

 

[nhcowboysfan]

I watched the NFL Network rerun this morning. My observation is that I never thought that the Lions were in trouble of losing this game. The Cowboys never led. They played well enough to keep it within a couple of scores, but this team once again demonstrated that when faced with a challenge against an equally determined team, they will always fall short, especially on the road. Unsurprisingly, Dak had a bad game, prefaced by a slow start. Our $60 million QB should be able to drive us down the field and get us better than 3 field goals in the first half; and those FGs by Aubrey weren't because we were stalling in the red zone. Aubrey was kicking 50+ FGs because our offense couldn't move the ball further than their 40-yard line. Pickens had a bad game too. Bottom line is that you can't turn the ball over 3 times with none produced by the defense and expect to win in December.

 

[Cowboyny]

How long do you think he will be around for and be productive . To be fair, Im not sure how long a good defensive player lasts in the league at elite levels. There is no doubt he anchored the defense. I just he is around at his elite status for at least 4 years for that trade.

He is only 27, in his prime seasons. He should play at a high level in this Dak window of the next 3-4 years before they strip it all down.

 

[Cmac]

This always was suppose to be a transition year for the defense. With the extra cap space and picks, they needed multiple pieces. Now it is up to Jerry to use that cap space to fill out the roster.

The confidence is not good.....because everything relies on Jerry & Front Office to nail it with personnel decisions........that's the concern. No more bad picks (Mazi, Schoonmaker, etc) or shaky coaching changes (Eberflus). Need things to work immediately instead of the "wait until" moments.

 

[Cowboyny]

I watched the NFL Network rerun this morning. My observation is that I never thought that the Lions were in trouble of losing this game. The Cowboys never led. They played well enough to keep it within a couple of scores, but this team once again demonstrated that when faced with a challenge against an equally determined team, they will always fall short, especially on the road. Unsurprisingly, Dak had a bad game, prefaced by a slow start. Our $60 million QB should be able to drive us down the field and get us better than 3 field goals in the first half; and those FGs by Aubrey weren't because we were stalling in the red zone. Aubrey was kicking 50+ FGs because our offense couldn't move the ball further than their 40-yard line. Pickens had a bad game too. Bottom line is that you can't turn the ball over 3 times with none produced by the defense and expect to win in December.

It is all a process of learning how to win on the road against a quality opponent. They have made strides this year, but they must figure this out to be successful.

 

[Cowboyny]

The confidence is not good.....because everything relies on Jerry & Front Office to nail it with personnel decisions........that's the concern. No more bad picks (Mazi, Schoonmaker, etc) or shaky coaching changes (Eberflus). Need things to work immediately instead of the "wait until" moments.

Not worried about the draft, they have had relatively good success, especially in the 1st rd. They also have been pretty good on the trade market, but they have to start spending money in fa to be successful.

 

[TheDude]

almost. a year away from a year away as always....just like 2007, 2014, 2016, 2023.

 

[ksadler1]

Like l said last week, this team is still a couple years away. That's if everything goes well. They need to be aggressive in looking for their future QB. I think our HC will be good if Jerry can stay out of the way, but that's a BIG if.

 

[Cowboyny]

How long do you think he will be around for and be productive . To be fair, Im not sure how long a good defensive player lasts in the league at elite levels. There is no doubt he anchored the defense. I just he is around at his elite status for at least 4 years for that trade.

Williams should be at peak level in this Dak window of 3-4 years, barring injury. Now, you add pieces around him. Been saying for months, the hardest piece will be finding that high level edge rusher, the rest should be far easier to fill.

 

[Cowboyny]

almost. a year away from a year away as always....just like 2007, 2014, 2016, 2023.

This team is now built the right way, they actually invested inside the trenches. Now it is about filling out the skilled positions, which are easier.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Imagine if we had an offensive play maker like Gibbs on this team

Lots of teams in that boat.

 

[Cmac]

Not worried about the draft, they have had relatively good success, especially in the 1st rd. They also have been pretty good on the trade market, but they have to start spending money in fa to be successful.

Can't afford a draft like the Mazi/Schoomaker........two picks that haven't panned out. Agree FA needs to be better.......no more sitting by the curbside collecting leftovers or scraps.

 

[75boyz]

To have the right front office decision makers in charge of accomplishing all the proper moves that need to happen for a successful offseason is what I am most comforted by.

 

[Cmac]

almost. a year away from a year away as always....just like 2007, 2014, 2016, 2023.

Unfortunately.......we've been there. We as fans deserve better.

 

[Whyjerry]

Here’s what I saw…

Dak played fine. Not great but decent.
The tackles were awful. How is Steele still there?
59 is terrible. Should have been cut weeks ago.
Detroit was ready to play. Dallas was not. Shottenheimer is a clown.
Without Aubrey that is more of a blowout.
Schoonamaker needs to go. Lamb has a big play points for a block and 86 stands there. Guy sucks.
DL did nothing. Detroit prepped for it and did it.
Shottenheimer wasn’t aggressive enough early. Old story.
Diggs sitting out again for the biggest game of the year tells you how much of a loser he is.
Pickens was neutralized. Out coached again there.
Dallas is the same soft group. No different.
6-6-1 is a terrible record. They are not a playoff team.
They can not sustain success because the culture sucks.

Wash rinse repeat…

 

[blueblood70]

We lost a turnover game The Cowboys made all the mistakes they made almost zero, They lost in the trenches on both sides of the ball,

This is how the Cowboys have lost all their big games and guess what you hear too many people say oh the quarterback regressed he had a bad game no he didn't...

Anybody on here try to put even part of the blame on Prescott not using actual football IQ in common sense meaning he was under duress almost from the first snap until the last snap last night literally running for his life the offensive line did not do their job they did not even open holes there was no run game they made our offense one dimensional and covered our guys pretty well and prescott did all he could.

Best mistakes were made from the offense,

1st off, I’m sick and tired of people calling interceptions that are in the body, and in the hands of receivers, both those interceptions was on George Pickens and RyanF.

They literally had the ball hit them in the hands or the body. They literally are not interceptions, to my opinion, those go on the receivers.

I called those fumbles, even though technically it’s not a fumble, should not go on the résumé of the quarterback, frigging ridiculous, people talk about the quarterback regressed last night, really??

Dak was under duress all game, There was no run game, The offensive line was terrible, There was no defense, and his two interceptions hit the receivers in the hands, and that’s on Prescott?? That’s what everyone saying he regressed, no, the team regressed!!

This is how Cowboys lose big games.


So when the team sucks,


causal fans blame the quarterback. It’s insane, the man was under heavy pressure all right from the first to the last series, he still got the ball into the hands of its receivers, and then they let them turn into interceptions, Furgeson fumbles, AGAIN , and it’s on Prescott, man give that nonsense a break.



This did come down to the mistakes, a couple of missed calls, a couple of bad calls, but it’s inexcusable to have these receivers, have the ball hit them in the hands, and then it turns into interception, especially Ryan in his stomach ,and gets it pulled out before he secured it ,the fumble by Furgueson, I mean the O shot themselves in the foot....

And that’s not even the worst part,

I mean 3 of those clearly not on Prescott , and yet they’re blaming him for the offense being bad, but getting the ball into the hands of his players to try to make plays, bringing his team back within 3, just to have a defense , yes the defense again looks like the old defense, I’m gonna give up 44 points with little resistence.

Ho hum Matt is dumb, I Mean all the nightmares stuff that happened to the team, came back again, bad defense, got your butt beat in the trenches i.e. they couldn’t block for they couldn’t open up the run game, and then all the key players made mistake mistakes.

You can’t have that, and by the way, it’s not the first time Furgeson fumbles. He got lucky. The other ones rrolled out of bounds in the last couple of games. This has been happeni ng even George Pickens, This is the second time this year he Ghad a ball hit him in the hands and it turned into an interception, He’s also fumbled twice that they got lucky to recover it,

They’ve been sloppy, and they’ve been lucky to win these last 3 games, but it all came to pass last night,

But Still, they put up 30 points and could’ve won that game had the defenses bowed up a little bit after they got it within 3 ie 30-27, it was new game ,lots of time left, immediately just give up 7 points, like it’s a charity, like they were donating to a good cause.

Yes, it looked very similar to the Green Bay Packer playoff loss, lots of people making mistakes, and seemingly ,and I know it was in the heat of the moment, people are blaming the quarterback, saying he could have played better..

I don't think he could have, not in that situation under duress all game, did you not notice how fast he had to get out of the pocket and still had guys in his face either direction on rollouts, it was like the Lions defensive line were playing on our side of the line of scrimmage all night,

he did what he could to salvage any of those series, those plays, etc...

If you want to chalk this up to a team loss that's fine but it starts with the defense then it circles getting beat in the trenches once again on both sides Can't run can't stop the run mistakes by your key players and then if you want to finally get to Prescott and say you wish he would have been a little bit more clean I don't know how you can say that but if you want to put him 5th on the list on the reason we lost that's fine and that's usually the case with our quarterbacks when you go look at the game the real game from the inside out the quarterback couldn't have done much more..

Guy said when it became 30 to 27 it was a new game and our topped it back up our players just fumble it back to the other team I don't see how prescott could have changed that.

Asking a player once again to play perfect and that is wrong to expect that he did the best he could with what he had in front of him which wasn't much...

And lastly,

I didn't even mention Lamb was our best player on offense goes out almost the last 20 minutes of the game or whatever it was that's no excuse but maybe he doesn't fumble that ball II don't know maybe it doesn't bounce off his hands....

I mean, I get it it's frustrating ,you want to find a single thing to blame but really they just made too many mistakes And I'm not talking about the quarterback the entire team did not play well it makes the quarterback's job three times as hard but again you want to put his name on there that's fine but you put it way down the list like I am...

to add insult to injury, during the game, I'm thinking I'm hearing my toilet running, and when I track it down, I believe I have a foundation leak somewhere, at least it's not flooding my house, and I have an appointment today to hear some more bad news just pile on...UGHH

Rant over...