We Haven’t Even Gotten To The NFL Draft, But The Cowboys Dissing Is In Full Swing

[waving monkey]

It is not uncommon for fan bases to feel like their favorite team just doesn’t get any respect. That is certainly true for those of us who follow the Dallas Cowboys. Most of the time, you really just have to write it off as a bit of homerism and the natural defensiveness that comes when you see the team you are so invested in getting criticized.

But over the past few weeks, some things have shown up out there in the interwebs that certainly make it seem that the Cowboys are getting absolutely disrespected. It just isn’t the lack of regard exhibited. It is how recent accomplishments - as in from last season - are completely dismissed.

If it was just one or two isolated things, that would be one thing. But there is a pattern here that all seems to come back to one conclusion: A lot of people think last year was purely a fluke for the Cowboys, and will basically be nearly impossible for them to duplicate.

The most recent bit of evidence is also the most egregious: Pete Prisco’s ranking of all 32 NFL head coaches for CBS Sports. He ranked Jason Garrett at 17th in the league, with this write up.

link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...cowboys-dissing-is-in-full-swing-dak-prescott

 

[CCBoy]

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...cowboys-dissing-is-in-full-swing-dak-prescott

(Good read and thought provocative)

...The Cowboys certainly aren’t going to be sneaking up on anyone this year. But by about week six last year, any team that wasn’t taking them seriously had only themselves to blame.

One thing that really is remarkable is the doubt that Dallas can have any sustained success, when the entire approach the team takes is built for sustainability. Acquiring talent primarily through the draft, valuing youth, locking up key talent on long term but ultimately more affordable contracts - it is all about the long view. The team deliberately eschews the quick fix in favor of a long term strategy.

And all of that goes back to the head coach and the GM (or GMs). Add it all together, and it just looks like a clear case of bias. After the stunning year the Cowboys had despite some one very severe bit of adversity, there is a lot of doubt outside of Dallas that they can carry things over into 2017 (and there are probably a few in Cowboys media that feel the same way)...

 

[cowboyblue22]

until they have playoff success and have consistent winning seasons they will not be taken seriously

 

[big dog cowboy]

The most recent bit of evidence is also the most egregious: Pete Prisco’s ranking of all 32 NFL head coaches for CBS Sports. He ranked Jason Garrett at 17th in the league, with this write up.

Not getting into a debate about Garrett, but Pete Prisco is a lifetime card carrying Dallas Cowboy hater.

 

[CCBoy]

until they have playoff success and have consistent winning seasons they will not be taken seriously

Two 12 win seasons in three seasons...and the sandwich season was without a valid quarterback and the team's top receiver...yea, that really sucks.

 

[JJHLH1]

You can be assured that every opposing team will take the Cowboys seriously this year. Writers and pundits may be a different story, but that comes with the territory when you are the marquis franchise of the NFL.

 

[cowboyblue22]

it is what it is last season they were 13 and 3 and spit the bit in 2014 they were twelve and four and couldn't win a divisional game until the are consistent winners this is to be expected your reputation in the nfl is set up by winning in the playoffs

 

[CCBoy]

it is what it is last season they were 13 and 3 and spit the bit in 2014 they were twelve and four and couldn't win a divisional game until the are consistent winners this is to be expected your reputation in the nfl is set up by winning in the playoffs

Not without a bias, huh?

Which should have been put away about a decade ago...but wonder why some of the media throws up what some of the Cowboys fans have whined about since 1996?

 

[willia451]

Its the Cowboys own fault.

They've proven since the 90s teams that even if they make the playoffs (which has not been very often over the last 20 years), they fail to make a deep run. Even with all the advantages of a bye and HFA in some cases.

They remind me a lot of the Cincinnati Bengals. Sometimes they have a pretty good team that can have regular season success. But cannot translate that regular season success into playoff success.

Until they start having consistent playoff success, the Cowboys won't get much if any respect. But no team really does.

 

[MileyDancer]

So you're mad a mediocre coach got ranked in the middle of the pack?

 

[CCBoy]

So you're mad a mediocre coach got ranked in the middle of the pack?

Ah, didn't bother to read the article or comment about what was presented...

 

[CCBoy]

Its the Cowboys own fault.

They've proven since the 90s teams that even if they make the playoffs (which has not been very often over the last 20 years), they fail to make a deep run. Even with all the advantages of a bye and HFA in some cases.

They remind me a lot of the Cincinnati Bengals. Sometimes they have a pretty good team that can have regular season success. But cannot translate that regular season success into playoff success.

Until they start having consistent playoff success, the Cowboys won't get much if any respect. But no team really does.

What effects have poor referee calls had on outcomes in the recent playoffs?

But the above implies that the Cowboys were blown out in two within small score losses...yea, that is pretty bleak and completely supportable to frame.

 

[MileyDancer]

Ah, didn't bother to read the article or comment about what was presented...

I don't need to read the article. OP was crying about where Jason was ranked. Go back to your cabal, or Burn barrel, or whatever other stupid sayings you have.

 

[CCBoy]

I don't need to read the article. OP was crying about where Jason was ranked. Go back to your cabal, or Burn barrel, or whatever other stupid sayings you have.

Speak for yourself, but use a porta pottie instead of what that amounted to...as if that displayed a silver tongue.

But don't critique what you don't even bother to know about...

 

[willia451]

What effects have poor referee calls had on outcomes in the recent playoffs?

But the above implies that the Cowboys were blown out in two within small score losses...yea, that is pretty bleak and completely supportable to frame.

You're putting words in my mouth. I'm not implying anything. I'm just describing the evidence as I see it.

Chill out, man. Maybe this will be the year. Go Cowboys!!!

 

[theebs]

I dont care about rankings like this but chuck pagano and Marvin lewis higher than garrett is odd.

at the same time Dallas lost for the second time in three years to an inferior Packers team in the divisional round. Dallas should not have lost at home to the packers last year. Huge Disappointment and something that could haunt them years from now like the giants loss did in 07. The difference is the Giants team was excellent and won the super bowl. Still sucks they lost.

 

[CCBoy]

You're putting words in my mouth. I'm not implying anything. I'm just describing the evidence as I see it.

Chill out, man. Maybe this will be the year. Go Cowboys!!!

I started as a Dallas Cowboys fan, when Murchison arrived at the Cowboy name. But then, unlike today, fans rooted for the team to succeed, and did so for years...until the team 'quit' losing in the playoffs and started to win. No excuses or disappointment handles were needed by us fans. We loved our Cowboys and just took the licks along with the team...but we believed.

 

[cowboyblue22]

the only thing that keeps the cowboys relevant in the nfl today is the fact that they have a huge fan base that watches them regardless and spends lots of money for tickets and merchandise its not any thing that they have done on the field in the last twenty years this is the longest losing streak of mediocrity and their history

 

[Bullflop]

The Cowboys may not be able to match last year's regular season record but another winning season certainly isn't beyond reach. This team had a somewhat soft schedule last year, in comparison to what is generally considered this year to be the toughest schedule in the league. It's also very likely for the defense to take some time to overcome what should be considered a transitional period in 2017.

The pass rush and the secondary is poised to undergo enough changes to require the Dallas defense to make a significant number of needed adjustments. Whether this requires 4 games, 8 games or perhaps more to sufficiently contend for a championship title is anyone's guess.

Despite having the league's most challenging schedule, I believe a 10-6 season might realistically be seen as a fairly reasonable season record. In my opinion, reaching that level or anything beyond might rightfully be deemed as gravy, dissing or no dissing to be had.

 

[theebs]

The Cowboys may not be able to match last year's regular season record but another winning season certainly isn't beyond reach. This team had a somewhat soft schedule last year, in comparison to what is generally considered this year to be the toughest schedule in the league. It's also very likely for the defense to take some time to overcome what should be considered a transitional period in 2017.

The pass rush and the secondary is poised to undergo enough changes to require the Dallas defense to make a significant number of needed adjustments. Whether this requires 4 games, 8 games or perhaps more to sufficiently contend for a championship title is anyone's guess.

Despite having the league's most challenging schedule, I believe a 10-6 season might realistically be seen as a fairly reasonable season record. In my opinion, reaching that level or anything beyond might rightfully be deemed as gravy, dissing or no dissing to be had.

I dont think the schedule was soft at all last year. It was actually pretty difficult. That is the first time they have made the playoffs when playing the afc North/Central since 1994.

Trips to Pittsburgh, Green Bay and the East teams plus Baltimore and a good detroit team at home was difficult.