What must everyone be thinking?

[erod]

Good post overall, Erod.

But I just don't think the NFC East rivals are as terrified of the Cowboys as you believe. The Commander poster above proves the point.

Nobody believes we are the next Patriots just because Dak showed some promise in preseason action.

Not terrified of what they are so much, but what they're becoming. If they knocked out a future QB, elite RB, and star MLB in one draft.....wow.

 

[jday]

I can tell you what one fan of the NFCE is thinking. Nothing at all. No dread, no panic.
Fans of the other teams don't care. Nobody is afraid of Prescott or Elliot.. Elliot will have to be dealt with, but it's not the end of the world. You guys still have skeletor running the team and playing gm, and that's the bottom line. Games will still be competitive, we'll lose some and you guys will lose some but nobody is really afraid Dallas will suddenly become a megapower just because you have a #4 draft pick running back and a 4th round qb who had a great preseason.There is no angst or bitterness.
Yes, Elliot is a good back, and yes you guys have a good run blocking line, but your team is largely irrelevant just like my team has been for the past 20 years. You guys think because you have a good o-line and a good rb that all of the sudden all the team's other woes will be covered up by it?
Do you know how many awesome running backs on crappy teams NFL history is littered with? Brown, Dickerson, Sanders, James, Tomlinson, Thomas, Gurley etc etc. There are tons of awesome runners and running games that amounted to absolutely zilch in the long run. Yes there are exceptions here and there, but by and large one outstanding area doesn't mask sub par ones long term. And you guys think Prescott will be better than your existing borderline HOF qb, based off of one preseason vs. 10+ years of solid work that wasn't able to get over the hump? What is the one common denominator in your 20 years of futility and ours? I'll give you one guess. Ours is changing now that we have a real GM adding talent and depth. It's still a work in progress but a vast improvement over the last 20 years.
Just some food for thought.

This means nothing other than the fact that you lack the gift of foresight...be sure to check in after your team discovers new lows following their next meeting with the Cowboys...I'm looking forward to your change in tone...and should tears accompany the realization that the Cowboys just added 10 years to the futility of your team, bottle them up and sell them on eBay. Tears of Cowboys foes are priceless.

 

[Jinxx13x]

Gotcha.. I guess it's been a while since I was new..
Welcome to the forum. Stick around.

Thanks super glad to be here this community seems really cool and knowledgable

 

[Idgit]

This means nothing other than the fact that you lack the gift of foresight...be sure to check in after your team discovers new lows following their next meeting with the Cowboys...I'm looking forward to your change in tone...and should tears accompany the realization that the Cowboys just added 10 years to the futility of your team, bottle them up and sell them on eBay. Tears of Cowboys foes are priceless.

No Redsk*ns fan can be believed when they say "fans of the other [NFCE] teams don't care." Skins and Eagles fans define themselves by their performances relative to the Cowboys.

Besides, when you live in the basement, you're fascinated with what the people stomping around upstairs are doing. Skinsfan found out last year that somebody left the basement door unlocked. He slunk into the living room and is sitting on the couch pretending he belongs and hoping nobody notices he's there. Eaglesfan is too distracted setting himself on fire and then congratulating himself for putting it out to notice. Giantsfan is thinking about Cowboysfan, and Cowboysfan is thinking about that 1995 Superbowl like it was yesterday, but pretty soon everybody is going to remember, and it's back-to-basement time for Washington.

 

[jday]

No Redsk*ns fan can be believed when they say "fans of the other [NFCE] teams don't care." Skins and Eagles fans define themselves by their performances relative to the Cowboys.

Besides, when you live in the basement, you're fascinated with what the people stomping around upstairs are doing. Skinsfan found out last year that somebody left the basement door unlocked. He slunk into the living room and is sitting on the couch pretending he belongs and hoping nobody notices he's there. Eaglesfan is too distracted setting himself on fire and then congratulating himself for putting it out to notice. Giantsfan is thinking about Cowboysfan, and Cowboysfan is thinking about that 1995 Superbowl like it was yesterday, but pretty soon everybody is going to remember, and it's back-to-basement time for Washington.

You decide who represents the Cowboys and who represents the rest of NFCE this season on the following:

 

[Idgit]

You decide who represents the Cowboys and who represents the rest of NFCE this season on the following:

Classic.

 

[CWR]

Ha, awesome. I especially like the part about the media. Sounds about right.

 

[dallasdave]

I'm thinking that my biggest concern is Marinelli.

I also think we've got some decent athletes on the defensive side of the ball.

Can he put them in a position to be successful?

What I would give to have 'ol Wade back right about now.

He did it in Denver !!!

 

[AsthmaField]

Not as excited as I thought I'd be today. Probably the new job. Will have to record pretty much everything and watch later. Not like watching it live.

Dude... I'd quit if I were you.

Priorities, you know.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Dude... I'd quit if I were you.

Priorities, you know.

Lol. I can see me not caring too much about football anymore with this job. No wonder a lot of people here don't watch it anymore. Was going to go home and watch the game but I already know who won.

 

[AsthmaField]

I can tell you what one fan of the NFCE is thinking. Nothing at all. No dread, no panic.
Fans of the other teams don't care. Nobody is afraid of Prescott or Elliot.. Elliot will have to be dealt with, but it's not the end of the world. You guys still have skeletor running the team and playing gm, and that's the bottom line. Games will still be competitive, we'll lose some and you guys will lose some but nobody is really afraid Dallas will suddenly become a megapower just because you have a #4 draft pick running back and a 4th round qb who had a great preseason.There is no angst or bitterness.
Yes, Elliot is a good back, and yes you guys have a good run blocking line, but your team is largely irrelevant just like my team has been for the past 20 years. You guys think because you have a good o-line and a good rb that all of the sudden all the team's other woes will be covered up by it?
Do you know how many awesome running backs on crappy teams NFL history is littered with? Brown, Dickerson, Sanders, James, Tomlinson, Thomas, Gurley etc etc. There are tons of awesome runners and running games that amounted to absolutely zilch in the long run. Yes there are exceptions here and therec, but by and large one outstanding area doesn't mask sub par ones long term. And you guys think Prescott will be better than your existing borderline HOF qb, based off of one preseason vs. 10+ years of solid work that wasn't able to get over the hump? What is the one common denominator in your 20 years of futility and ours? I'll give you one guess. Ours is changing now that we have a real GM adding talent and depth. It's still a work in progress but a vast improvement over the last 20 years.
Just some food for thought.

SMAC had some kind of crappy offseason this year. Poor draft and bad free agents. If Carolina hadn't let Chatterbox Norman go, Scot wouldn't have done much at all to help you guys this year... and anyone can sign a high priced free agent. It isn't genius, that's for sure. More like right place, right time. Terrible. And will Norman even play up to his outrageous paycheck? I have my doubts, but only time will tell there.

Taking Doctson in the first when there were so many impact DL sitting there? So you can prepare for DJAX and Garcon to leave? That is what you guys want everyone to believe? LOL. You Washington fans have gone way out of your way to talk yourselves into thinking that was brilliance.

And taking an average guard last year instead of Leonard Williams in the early first round was lunacy. Giving Scot the benefit of the doubt, I hope that Danny pushed so hard to try to duplicate Dallas' ground game that he made SMAC actually do something as stupid as that.

Smith in the second was a good pick. Based on all of his other picks, I think we can chalk that one up to luck. Matt Jones is garbage, and Crowder only got a lot of snaps because you had **** all in front of him in the slot. He's only average but you Skins fans think he's so good because you guys haven't seen any talent in so long you forgot what it looks like.

So, his draft last year leaves a lot to be desired. I won't even talk about his free agent pick ups last year because they're even worse than what his did this year, and that's pretty damn bad.

So what are you guys crowing about with Scotty Mac for... God only knows why.

And his Draft record for his two year's as San Francisco's GM is total ****. Two terrible drafts in a row before alcoholism got him fired. Look them up. That is the totality of his GM experience prior to Washington, and it is awful.

And Seattle? That was and still is Carroll and Schneider. Not Some ex-drunk like SMAC, lol. They've gotten better at finding guys since he left.

So don't come in here and try to sell us that you have a "real" GM now when the guy has done absolutely diddly-squat to prove anything other than he can take the wrong guy in the first round with the best of them and he can't tell a good free agent from a hole in the ground.

You need to go sell that **** to your Commander buddies while you sing kumbaya sitting around and roasting marshmallows.

And if you really think Washington wins the East last year if Dallas and Philly hadn't fallen apart... then you know less about football than I even give you credit for.

 

[AsthmaField]

Lol. I can see me not caring too much about football anymore with this job. No wonder a lot of people here don't watch it anymore. Was going to go home and watch the game but I already know who won.

You have to learn to avoid all information at all costs before you can go watch the game.

You gotta be like, "Nope, don't talk to me bro. I'm unavailable for comment before tomorrow morning. Honestly, don't say anything."

And if your buddy doesn't get his feelings hurt exceptionally easy (not that there's anything wrong with that) he should be totally cool with it. If it does hurt his feelings, then you need new buddies anyway.

Now, chicks are another matter but such a small fraction actually know anything about football and talk about it that really, it is just a chance you gotta take. I mean, some know a lot... but most don't care.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Lol I tried but people kept talking about it. Oh well. I can still enjoy every other sunday. Guess it saves me from watching a boring blowout though lol. Knew it would be like this but I'm more bummed now that football actually started.

 

[waving monkey]

These are interesting times indeed. What a mystery awaits on Sunday. Nobody really knows what to expect. Positive and negative vibes flow simultaneously as hope springs, yet disappointment threatens at the same time. Vegas has it as a pick-em. Nobody knows diddly.

It ain't just us wondering what all this means. Everybody. Coaches, players, opponents, media....the football world wonders what this Sunday's peak into Cowboys future will look like.

What must they be thinking?

NFC East: Dread, sheer dread. If the #@&*# Cowboys just nabbed their starting backfield for the next 10 years in a single draft, the haters will physically convulse. How many quarterbacks have the Commanders had to rifle through since Mark Rypien? How many have the Eagles before and after McNabb? And this running back behind THAT offensive line? Good gosh, if Dallas builds a defense, this is going to be a long decade. You can feel the angst and sense the bitterness. Meredith, Staubach, White, Aikman, Romo, and now 10+ years of another one? Son of a _________! And that's just from Mara, Lurie, and Snyder. The fans will have to drink another decade away.

Tony Romo: I'd certainly give more than a penny for his thoughts. My guess is, he now knows he's got to let it rip when he gets back, assuming Prescott is adequate or better these next few games. That's both comforting and threatening to a QB who desperately wants to win before he's gone, but also is accustomed to knowing nothing sits behind him if he falls. I'll bet we see an aggressive and spirited Romo upon his return. His window is now smaller not just because of father time and injuries, it's smaller because of what looms in waiting. Prescott isn't fully ready, but it also won't be all that long. Two years tops. Just like us, Romo must be anxious to find out how he holds up, and if his magic still exists because a reasonable performance by Prescott, and a QB controversy looms next offseason. This time, it won't just be non-thinking whims of casual know-nothings. The debate will be real, and it'll be spectacular.

Jason Garrett/Scott Linehan: Time to take the gloves off with Romo. When he's ready to come back, call the game to win alone, not to protect him. Let the chips fall where they may. If he's the same Romo as they hope and expect, then awesome! But if not, this time there's not a paneled station wagon collecting dust on the other side of the garage in waiting. This time, there's a DeLorean with a flux capacitor ready to take us to the future, record be damned this year.

McClay and the Joneses: What a lucky coup this would be. After failing to pull off trades to grab Paxton Lynch or Connor Cook, they "settled" for a QB they would no doubt rather have now than those two. If this is real, it's like a Romo miracle all over again, and boy does that set up immediate possibilities next offseason. Imagine a key defensive free agent signing, the addition of a healthy Jaylon Smith, and four consecutive defensive picks to start the draft. With an offense solidly in place with young studleys, a defense could be crafted and stacked in short order with 6-7 players.

The National Media: Yep, this stock of ninnies are as scared as the divisional opponents. Mind you, these are mostly a collection of paste-eating dorks who grew up in the northeast despising the pretty Cowboys. They play "expert" and fake objectivity, but they're all just Stephen A. Smith in disguise. If you look close enough, you can see their Patriots and Giants underwear sticking out of the top of their pants. They have nightmares of Romo leading this team to a championship already, and now they've got another QB to take the baton and run through another football generation? I'm telling you, they're scheming as we speak in case Dak can really play. They're petrified. They lavish the times when Dallas is bad, and this does not bode well.

Me: I don't know what to think or what I want. The perfect scenario is a healthy Romo by Week 5 and an encouraging run by Prescott. Then a season for Dak to watch and learn and work on his craft. Winning this season will require experience in those late-game scenarios against the likes of Pittsburgh and Green Bay. That's when the elite QBs earn their stripes. Romo is the guy for that right now, not Dak, and imagine how good that would be for Dak to witness first hand as Romo's understudy. What a boost to his development that would be. That's what I most hope for, a strong finish for Romo and an accelerated learning curve for Prescott. Perfection.

There will be two utterly fascinating games to watch this season: this Sunday, and the first game Romo plays. And what an amazingly interesting and captivating season this will be, win or lose, good or bad, healthy Romo or not.

I'm giddy.

Love these thoughts Erod. Agree all the way. I really like thew Garrett/ Linehan entreat "let the chips fly and fall where they may" damn right. Someone said,[Strume?]
We have a punchers chance to really do some damage .That might be Romo's only hope of sniffing the ring.

 

[Floatyworm]

These are interesting times indeed. What a mystery awaits on Sunday. Nobody really knows what to expect. Positive and negative vibes flow simultaneously as hope springs, yet disappointment threatens at the same time. Vegas has it as a pick-em. Nobody knows diddly.

It ain't just us wondering what all this means. Everybody. Coaches, players, opponents, media....the football world wonders what this Sunday's peak into Cowboys future will look like.

What must they be thinking?

NFC East: Dread, sheer dread. If the #@&*# Cowboys just nabbed their starting backfield for the next 10 years in a single draft, the haters will physically convulse. How many quarterbacks have the Commanders had to rifle through since Mark Rypien? How many have the Eagles before and after McNabb? And this running back behind THAT offensive line? Good gosh, if Dallas builds a defense, this is going to be a long decade. You can feel the angst and sense the bitterness. Meredith, Staubach, White, Aikman, Romo, and now 10+ years of another one? Son of a _________! And that's just from Mara, Lurie, and Snyder. The fans will have to drink another decade away.

Tony Romo: I'd certainly give more than a penny for his thoughts. My guess is, he now knows he's got to let it rip when he gets back, assuming Prescott is adequate or better these next few games. That's both comforting and threatening to a QB who desperately wants to win before he's gone, but also is accustomed to knowing nothing sits behind him if he falls. I'll bet we see an aggressive and spirited Romo upon his return. His window is now smaller not just because of father time and injuries, it's smaller because of what looms in waiting. Prescott isn't fully ready, but it also won't be all that long. Two years tops. Just like us, Romo must be anxious to find out how he holds up, and if his magic still exists because a reasonable performance by Prescott, and a QB controversy looms next offseason. This time, it won't just be non-thinking whims of casual know-nothings. The debate will be real, and it'll be spectacular.

Jason Garrett/Scott Linehan: Time to take the gloves off with Romo. When he's ready to come back, call the game to win alone, not to protect him. Let the chips fall where they may. If he's the same Romo as they hope and expect, then awesome! But if not, this time there's not a paneled station wagon collecting dust on the other side of the garage in waiting. This time, there's a DeLorean with a flux capacitor ready to take us to the future, record be damned this year.

McClay and the Joneses: What a lucky coup this would be. After failing to pull off trades to grab Paxton Lynch or Connor Cook, they "settled" for a QB they would no doubt rather have now than those two. If this is real, it's like a Romo miracle all over again, and boy does that set up immediate possibilities next offseason. Imagine a key defensive free agent signing, the addition of a healthy Jaylon Smith, and four consecutive defensive picks to start the draft. With an offense solidly in place with young studleys, a defense could be crafted and stacked in short order with 6-7 players.

The National Media: Yep, this stock of ninnies are as scared as the divisional opponents. Mind you, these are mostly a collection of paste-eating dorks who grew up in the northeast despising the pretty Cowboys. They play "expert" and fake objectivity, but they're all just Stephen A. Smith in disguise. If you look close enough, you can see their Patriots and Giants underwear sticking out of the top of their pants. They have nightmares of Romo leading this team to a championship already, and now they've got another QB to take the baton and run through another football generation? I'm telling you, they're scheming as we speak in case Dak can really play. They're petrified. They lavish the times when Dallas is bad, and this does not bode well.

Me: I don't know what to think or what I want. The perfect scenario is a healthy Romo by Week 5 and an encouraging run by Prescott. Then a season for Dak to watch and learn and work on his craft. Winning this season will require experience in those late-game scenarios against the likes of Pittsburgh and Green Bay. That's when the elite QBs earn their stripes. Romo is the guy for that right now, not Dak, and imagine how good that would be for Dak to witness first hand as Romo's understudy. What a boost to his development that would be. That's what I most hope for, a strong finish for Romo and an accelerated learning curve for Prescott. Perfection.

There will be two utterly fascinating games to watch this season: this Sunday, and the first game Romo plays. And what an amazingly interesting and captivating season this will be, win or lose, good or bad, healthy Romo or not.

I'm giddy.

Wow...Drink much?

I still think we are screwed until Jerry crashes his new ride into the star trying to replicate Dez's catch in Green Bay

 

[Rogerthat12]

I can tell you what one fan of the NFCE is thinking. Nothing at all. No dread, no panic.
Fans of the other teams don't care. Nobody is afraid of Prescott or Elliot.. Elliot will have to be dealt with, but it's not the end of the world. You guys still have skeletor running the team and playing gm, and that's the bottom line. Games will still be competitive, we'll lose some and you guys will lose some but nobody is really afraid Dallas will suddenly become a megapower just because you have a #4 draft pick running back and a 4th round qb who had a great preseason.There is no angst or bitterness.
Yes, Elliot is a good back, and yes you guys have a good run blocking line, but your team is largely irrelevant just like my team has been for the past 20 years. You guys think because you have a good o-line and a good rb that all of the sudden all the team's other woes will be covered up by it?
Do you know how many awesome running backs on crappy teams NFL history is littered with? Brown, Dickerson, Sanders, James, Tomlinson, Thomas, Gurley etc etc. There are tons of awesome runners and running games that amounted to absolutely zilch in the long run. Yes there are exceptions here and there, but by and large one outstanding area doesn't mask sub par ones long term. And you guys think Prescott will be better than your existing borderline HOF qb, based off of one preseason vs. 10+ years of solid work that wasn't able to get over the hump? What is the one common denominator in your 20 years of futility and ours? I'll give you one guess. Ours is changing now that we have a real GM adding talent and depth. It's still a work in progress but a vast improvement over the last 20 years.
Just some food for thought.

Your "Real" GM is too busy cheating on his wife with local reporter talent and who really is afraid of the dork Cousins who will regress this year!

 

[Diehardblues]

Not terrified of what they are so much, but what they're becoming. If they knocked out a future QB, elite RB, and star MLB in one draft.....wow.

That's still to be determined .

 

[CowboyRoy]

And that's where Jerry will come into play with his Romo friendly crap.

We'll see . I suspect while Dak might bring some promise there will stil be some struggles not to mention our defense could still cost us games but I truly can't imagine any scenario where Romo doesn't return if he thinks he's ready.

I agree. I think Dak would have to be 7-1 or 6-2 type to have any shot of Romo not getting his job back. Its almost like Carrot. Doesnt matter what happens he will still be our head coach.

 

[the_showstopper]

SMAC had some kind of crappy offseason this year. Poor draft and bad free agents. If Carolina hadn't let Chatterbox Norman go, Scot wouldn't have done much at all to help you guys this year... and anyone can sign a high priced free agent. It isn't genius, that's for sure. More like right place, right time. Terrible. And will Norman even play up to his outrageous paycheck? I have my doubts, but only time will tell there.

Taking Doctson in the first when there were so many impact DL sitting there? So you can prepare for DJAX and Garcon to leave? That is what you guys want everyone to believe? LOL. You Washington fans have gone way out of your way to talk yourselves into thinking that was brilliance.

And taking an average guard last year instead of Leonard Williams in the early first round was lunacy. Giving Scot the benefit of the doubt, I hope that Danny pushed so hard to try to duplicate Dallas' ground game that he made SMAC actually do something as stupid as that.

Smith in the second was a good pick. Based on all of his other picks, I think we can chalk that one up to luck. Matt Jones is garbage, and Crowder only got a lot of snaps because you had **** all in front of him in the slot. He's only average but you Skins fans think he's so good because you guys haven't seen any talent in so long you forgot what it looks like.

So, his draft last year leaves a lot to be desired. I won't even talk about his free agent pick ups last year because they're even worse than what his did this year, and that's pretty damn bad.

So what are you guys crowing about with Scotty Mac for... God only knows why.

And his Draft record for his two year's as San Francisco's GM is total ****. Two terrible drafts in a row before alcoholism got him fired. Look them up. That is the totality of his GM experience prior to Washington, and it is awful.

And Seattle? That was and still is Carroll and Schneider. Not Some ex-drunk like SMAC, lol. They've gotten better at finding guys since he left.

So don't come in here and try to sell us that you have a "real" GM now when the guy has done absolutely diddly-squat to prove anything other than he can take the wrong guy in the first round with the best of them and he can't tell a good free agent from a hole in the ground.

You need to go sell that **** to your Commander buddies while you sing kumbaya sitting around and roasting marshmallows.

And if you really think Washington wins the East last year if Dallas and Philly hadn't fallen apart... then you know less about football than I even give you credit for.

You're flat out wrong or so off base on so many levels I don't even know where to begin... so here goes.
SM will always draft BPA vs need, unless the two are rated evenly. Doctson was the highest rated guy available at the pick, so he was the one. Not that hard to understand. Drafting for need gets you in trouble, and that's a formula the skins have followed for a long time and it got us nothing.
That "average" guard he drafted last year played all but one play last year, and that was because his shoe fell off. He gave up 2 sacks, and was good run blocking, vs a dl who graded out great against the run, but accounted for 3 sacks and 30 tackles when it was all said and done. Really big lopsided score there.. He couldn't have gone very wrong with either pick. Keep in mind that 4/5 of the offensive line was new after losing out starting LG week 2 and the C later. And I seriously doubt that the desire to emulate dallas ONE outstanding rushing season was the rationale behind the pick.. but keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.

as for drafting, you're completely off base. He was a senior executive with the seahawks from 2000-2004, and had a hand in drafting guys like Marcus Trufant, Steve Hutchinson, Floyd Womack, Shaun Alexander, Michael Boulware, Koren Robinson.. you know, guys who helped them reach their first superbowl in 2005.
San Francisco, Joe Staley, Patrick Willis, Vernon Davis, Frank Gore, Dashon Goldson, Delanie Walker, Michael Crabtree, Tarrell Brown, Ahmad Brooks, and signing Justin Smith.. you know, guys who helped them get to 3 straight NFC Championship games and a SB?
Then Seattle again, where even if he only gets half credit as a senior personnel executive at least had a hand in guys like Richard Sherman, Bobby Wagner, Russell Wilson, Byron Maxwell, Jeremy Lane.. you know, guys who helped them get to 2 superbowls?? see a trend here?
to claim those seattle players were only Schneider/Carroll with absolutely zero input from the senior personnel exec is asinine... I guess he was just sitting around collecting a paycheck for no reason.

Crowder is average.. ok.. he was only the 2nd ranked rookie receiver behind Cooper.. but a scrub like Beasley is the real deal?
and this is the best one.. "So don't come in here and try to sell us that you have a "real" GM now when the guy has done absolutely diddly-squat to prove anything other than he can take the wrong guy in the first round with the best of them and he can't tell a good free agent from a hole in the ground."

a cowboys fan says he took the wrong guy in the first round so it must be true. ooookkkkk.

 

[etw926]

I agree. I think Dak would have to be 7-1 or 6-2 type to have any shot of Romo not getting his job back. Its almost like Carrot. Doesnt matter what happens he will still be our head coach.

That would mean Romo would be out for 10 weeks. I doubt that.