Washington is great example how quickly Cowboys could turn it around

[IceStar-D7]

All it took was new ownership, new leadership in FO, coaching and of course insert of talent and top drafted QB.

Lions turned it around as well but it took a couple more years.

Washington’s turn around in one season is the new standard but exemplifies it can be done . But major changes are needed from the top down.

Read your first sentence. That put a stake in everything else you said...Nice dream though....

 

[krs1bro]

As long as the Clampets own the franchise it will be more of the same every year unfortunately. It's only gotten worse over the past several years, so no change is happening anytime soon my friends.

 

[jgboys1]

Washington has been getting multiple early 1st round talent. Now, if DAL continues to suck, yes they too could turn it around in approximately three to four years.

I was thinking at least 4 more seasons.
What would be Dak’s type of cap hit if he played out his contract, because if it’s a big one we might not be able to keep as many good young players we pick up during the those years?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I totally disagree. They only won four games last season primarily due to their QB situation. Daniels has been the difference. If they had the same QB situation this season they had last year they would have been sitting home for the playoffs once again.

again, I am not saying QB didn't make a difference. its part of the overall.

but this was a bad franchise for the longest time.

now, if Daniels still owned the team, and meddled like he did. had the same culture as before, would they have won more than 4 games? yes. would they be in NFCCG, most probably not. but to say, the QB is the only reason they succeeded is sticking your head in the sand and not seeing the truth. we had same results with Romo and some here argue he could be considered for HOF, if he won a couple of more playoff games or made it to the superbowl. meaning, he was a really good QB. results. 1-3 in playoffs and bunch of disappointments.

 

[KJJ]

again, I am not saying QB didn't make a difference. its part of the overall.

but this was a bad franchise for the longest time.

now, if Daniels still owned the team, and meddled like he did. had the same culture as before, would they have won more than 4 games? yes. would they be in NFCCG, most probably not. but to say, the QB is the only reason they succeeded is sticking your head in the sand and not seeing the truth. we had same results with Romo and some here argue he could be considered for HOF, if he won a couple of more playoff games or made it to the superbowl. meaning, he was a really good QB. results. 1-3 in playoffs and bunch of disappointments.

Do you honestly believe Washington would have won 12 games this season and be in the NFC title game if they had the same QB situation they had last season? Daniel Snyder would have won games as an owner if he had a QB like Daniels. The best seasons Snyder had as owner were 10 win seasons in 99, 2005 and 2012. His QB in 99 was Brad Johnson who went on to win a Super Bowl with Tampa a few years later. Mark Brunell was his QB in 2005 who was one of the better QBs in the league during his prime. His QB in 2012 was RG3 who had a rookie of the year season. The big difference for Washington this season was at QB. Daniels was an amazing! He’s the total package. He’s the best I’ve seen since Patrick Mahomes entered the league. Daniels might be better.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Do you honestly believe Washington would have won 12 games this season and be in the NFC title game if they had the same QB situation they had last season? Daniel Snyder would have won games as an owner if he had a QB like Daniels. The best seasons Snyder had as owner were 10 win seasons in 99, 2005 and 2012. His QB in 99 was Brad Johnson who went on to win a Super Bowl with Tampa a few years later. Mark Brunell was his QB in 2005 who was one of the better QBs in the league during his prime. His QB in 2012 was RG3 who had a rookie of the year season. The big difference for Washington this season was at QB. Daniels was an amazing! He’s the total package. He’s the best I’ve seen since Patrick Mahomes entered the league. Daniels might be better.

no. I never said they would. and I clearly said, yes, Daniels would lead them to more wins. its not hard to get from 4 wins to higher wins. you have to suck really bad to continuously win 4 games only. by default, you draft higher and you get better players.

but would they be in NFCCG if Snyder was still owning the team? well his 25 years showed they couldn't. I would say, they wouldn't.
our 30 years shows we can't. right now anger towards Dak. I get it. prior it was Romo. never able to get over the hump and according to you and many here, we had some loaded teams.

and there have been teams, with about same level QBs as Dak or Romo who have made it. heck Eagles won with Foles and nobody wanted foles afterwards, even with his performance and ring.

if you don't think company, organization culture has any impact to how that company does, then you have never worked in a corporate world in your life.

 

[JW82]

All the salary cap hell stuff and the rebuilding taking 5 years is crap. Take this team as it is currently put together. I am not buying that regardless of the cap, they can't add one dominant DT, would love 2 big DT's, one more OT to start if Guyton and Richards can't do it, a playmaking RB and WR2. You need a great coaching staff, not all world players at every position. Would you like to go 3 deep with pro-bowlers? Sure, but Washington has plenty of holes and is still a game away from the big game. Their free agent additions were our cast offs not tier one high priced game changers.

 

[KJJ]

no. I never said they would. and I clearly said, yes, Daniels would lead them to more wins. its not hard to get from 4 wins to higher wins. you have to suck really bad to continuously win 4 games only. by default, you draft higher and you get better players.

but would they be in NFCCG if Snyder was still owning the team? well his 25 years showed they couldn't. I would say, they wouldn't.
our 30 years shows we can't. right now anger towards Dak. I get it. prior it was Romo. never able to get over the hump and according to you and many here, we had some loaded teams.

and there have been teams, with about same level QBs as Dak or Romo who have made it. heck Eagles won with Foles and nobody wanted foles afterwards, even with his performance and ring.

if you don't think company, organization culture has any impact to how that company does, then you have never worked in a corporate world in your life.

It’s hard to go from 4 wins to 12 wins in one season. Before this season Washington’s last playoff win was the Super Bowl in 1991. Their number one problem the past several decades has been at QB, which is why they burned six first round picks on QBs including three top three picks. They also went through several GM‘s and head coaches. Yes, I believe Daniel Snyder would be in the NFC title game if he was still owner with Daniels as his QB. No one is saying culture and organization doesn’t have an impact but in NFL football you can’t win without a solid QB situation. Despite having a great organization under Kraft, New England has struggled since Tom Brady left.

 

[FVSTONE]

sorry, but you just fell for exactly what the jonses wanted you to do.

Eagles top 6 players account for 193 AAV on their cap. Detroit 170M, cowboys 163M.... so we are handicapped because of couple of contracts, yet those teams go out and sign players that they need. how is that possible?

ask JJ and Stephen and they will tell you its not. they are either lying to you or they are incompetent. there is no inbetween.

Like I said, JJ mismanaged the Cowboy's CAP SPACE by signing TWO players (1st player is overpaid, over hyped and is mediocre at best, 2nd player is worth the money he's being paid) with another player waiting in the wings for his large chunk of the pie! Before the start of the 2025 season there is probably going to be 3 players taking up most of the Cowboys CAP SPACE which isn't leaving much to plug holes in both the offense and defense with game changing FAs. Fortunately for both the Eagles and Lions they have smart GMs running their teams, whereas the Cowboys have this dimwitted idiot who thinks he's smarter than every GM in the league and after more than 30yrs as the Cowboy GM this team isn't any better than it was 30 yrs ago!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[FVSTONE]

100 million.

You could give our GM 200 million and we would still be in the same situation because our GM doesn't have a clue on what it's going to take to turn this team into a great organization, he's too old and clueless!

 

[Sjoseph316]

Oh yeah we could turn things around, but unfortunately we have the Jones’s and Dak so there goes that

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Like I said, JJ mismanaged the Cowboy's CAP SPACE by signing TWO players (1st player is overpaid, over hyped and is mediocre at best, 2nd player is worth the money he's being paid) with another player waiting in the wings for his large chunk of the pie! Before the start of the 2025 season there is probably going to be 3 players taking up most of the Cowboys CAP SPACE which isn't leaving much to plug holes in both the offense and defense with game changing FAs. Fortunately for both the Eagles and Lions they have smart GMs running their teams, whereas the Cowboys have this dimwitted idiot who thinks he's smarter than every GM in the league and after more than 30yrs as the Cowboy GM this team isn't any better than it was 30 yrs ago!!!!!!!!!!!!

and how is this different than other teams contracts?

separate cap management from personnel management and they are different and Jerry sucks at both.

and I agree 30 years of futility because of one person

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

It’s hard to go from 4 wins to 12 wins in one season. Before this season Washington’s last playoff win was the Super Bowl in 1991. Their number one problem the past several decades has been at QB, which is why they burned six first round picks on QBs including three top three picks. They also went through several GM‘s and head coaches. Yes, I believe Daniel Snyder would be in the NFC title game if he was still owner with Daniels as his QB. No one is saying culture and organization doesn’t have an impact but in NFL football you can’t win without a solid QB situation. Despite having a great organization under Kraft, New England has struggled since Tom Brady left.

sorry, I don't believe they would have been here with Snyder. I have worked in/with too many corporations and have seen first hand between good and bad culture and the difference it makes in their success.
was Daniels a big part of it? yes
was he the sole reason to go from 4 to 12 wins and NFCCG? no. absolutely not.

 

[rambo2]

You could give our GM 200 million and we would still be in the same situation because our GM doesn't have a clue on what it's going to take to turn this team into a great organization, he's too old and clueless!

I think that they have a clue. I suspect that they have been watching the playoffs which is full of clues.

 

[KJJ]

sorry, I don't believe they would have been here with Snyder. I have worked in/with too many corporations and have seen first hand between good and bad culture and the difference it makes in their success.
was Daniels a big part of it? yes
was he the sole reason to go from 4 to 12 wins and NFCCG? no. absolutely not.

Sorry, but I do believe they would be here with Daniel Snyder with this QB. I’m not saying Daniels is the only reason they went from 4 wins to 12 wins but he was clearly the main reason. No way do they win last week against Detroit if he didn’t have the outstanding game he had. The Lions had no answers for him on 4th down. Daniels completely owned them. He has unbelievable poise with a quick release and great accuracy. Not to mention his great running skills. Like I keep saying, he’s amazing!

 

[CATCH17]

they need the perfect storm of Jerry stepping away and stephen relinquishing control.

until then NOTHING will change.

Mahomes and Allan can actually match their pay grade on the field.

 

[big dog cowboy]

They only won four games last season primarily due to their QB situation. Daniels has been the difference.

Daniels has had an impact. Not made all the difference. The Commanders did sign some free agents.

Austin Ekeler, RB
Bobby Wagner, LB
Marcus Mariota, QB
Zach Ertz, TE
Dante Fowler Jr., DE
Frankie Luvu, LB
Tyler Biadasz, C
Cornelius Lucas, OT
Efe Obada, DE
Jeremy Chinn, S
Dorance Armstrong, DE
Clelin Ferrell, DE
Michael Davis, CB
Jeremy Reaves, S
Brandon McManus, K
Anthony Pittman, LB
Nick Allegretti, OG
Noah Igbinoghene, CB
Jamison Crowder, WR
James Pierre, CB
Olamide Zaccheaus, WR
Tyler Ott, LS
Michael Deiter, C
Jeremy McNichols, RB
Jeff Driskel, QB
Mykal Walker, LB

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Sorry, but I do believe they would be here with Daniel Snyder with this QB. I’m not saying Daniels is the only reason they went from 4 wins to 12 wins but he was clearly the main reason. No way do they win last week against Detroit if he didn’t have the outstanding game he had. The Lions had no answers for him on 4th down. Daniels completely owned them. He has unbelievable poise with a quick release and great accuracy. Not to mention his great running skills. Like I keep saying, he’s amazing!

it also takes a bit of Luck. Detroit scored enough to win the game. they had way too many injuries on defense and became vunerable. and with respect to his win against tampa, keep in mind, Rush and lowly cowboys almost beat them too.

and Daniels is good, but I still don't think they could have done it if Snyder was in charge. he and Jerry somehow screw everything up. bad things happen to bad owners. regardless of who they got on the team. I mean jaguars had Lawrence, but the owner and franchise is so bad, that he can't over come the dysfunction. would Snyder hire the right coach? and bring in the right personnel to help Daniels? not sure if that would have happened. its not a surprise. I mean at one point they had LG3, who is similar to Daniels.....and they failed with him. destroyed his career.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Mahomes and Allan can actually match their pay grade on the field.

no doubt. but that's about it. the rest no so much.

 

[conner01]

All it took was new ownership, new leadership in FO, coaching and of course insert of talent and top drafted QB.

Lions turned it around as well but it took a couple more years.

Washington’s turn around in one season is the new standard but exemplifies it can be done . But major changes are needed from the top down.

They changed with new owners who brought us real football people