Actually, no.
The Commander fans are in full panic right now. They didn't have a good camp, and they haven't looked good at all in preseason.
The Giants could barely manage a first down against the same Dolphin team Dallas toyed with.
And Eagle fans are bracing for a 4-win season. They've already put Green-Beckham in the starting lineup because Aghalor looks like a bust. The offense is putrid because the offensive line is horrendous.
Yeah, that's definitely not the case around here. Depth is improved in many areas of the team, and the team and fans are optimistic that they can continue to build off of last year.
RB is the only big concern, and in that regard they have not looked good this year, but along the same lines, they didn't last year either, so it's a push so far. This team made it's bones by throwing last year, and that doesn't seem likely to change with guys like Jackson, Reed, Crowder, Garcon, Davis, Ross and Doctson (eventually)
The defense should be massively improved with a 1-2 punch of Norman and Breeland, plus upgrades at safety, ILB and DL
Gallette being lost for the year sucked, but he hadn't done anything for us previously so you can't miss what you never had.
WR depth is great, and we don't even have to worry about rushing Doctson onto the field, because he'd be a #4 with this group at first anyway.
All the OL starters are back this year which is good, if injury were to strike the backups have shown they're capable at the very least.
Assuming everyone stays healthy for the long haul, there's no reason to expect less than last year, simply because the overall talent level has increased. I will say this, there is certainly alot less if's about the Commanders than op proposes about your Cowboys team.
IF Romo stays healthy
IF Elliot is what he was drafted to be and the DV allegations are untrue
IF Lawrence and Gregory can pull their heads out of their backsides and stay off the bong
IF Smith fully recovers and is productive
IF Prescott is the real deal and not a preseason mirage (Although I'll admit, he looked poised and threw well in his first 2 games)
IF all the unprovens along the DL actually pan out (statistically, those are long odds)
to be honest with you, Nobody around here is afraid of dallas, with or without Romo, with or without Bryant. As a whole, Bryant hasn't been a world beater against us, Romo has at times, but he's also been the one to lose games to us, by throwing picks late at the end of the game.
Don't get all upset about this, because it's not directed at you, but while your guys OL is great (I'll admit that) It's not a giant cause for concern, because you guys are so deficient in many other areas. Nobody here really thinks you guys are a threat to win anything because of your historic underachievement. even that 12-4 season is looked at around here as an anomaly as opposed to the norm. (when looking at the records of the last 5-10 years, statistically it was)
Now I'm not claiming the Commanders have been sooo great the last decade, because they have flat out sucked for the most part. But the team is light years away from the disorganized mess it was 2 years ago.
We were like you guys are, right now completely dependent on starters staying healthy and if one goes down, the whole house of cards collapses because the backups were mostly worthless.
We are digging our way out of that, and we're not there yet but are much improved from a few years ago in that regard.