What Would You Consider A Successful 2014 Season For The Cowboys?

[RonSpringsdaman20]

This is a great question - because by sifting through the responses a definite difference between people who simply look at wins and losses and people who see the big picture will be established. In terms of mediot and general public perception, a successful seasons means a winning season. But if you look at the fact that the Cowboys, despite what the top brass is willing to admit to, has been rebuilding particularly on the defensive side of the ball and in especially this past offseason, a winning season is not something we can exactly bank on; but that doesn't mean the team did not experience success.

So to answer the question at hand, for me, a successful season would be one where Jason Garrett does a much better, if not perfect job of in-game management, we see several youngsters make a leap in understanding and performance (Claiborne, Carter, Crawford, Wilcox, Dunbar, Holloman, Williams, etc.), the rookies prove they belong in the NFL, the players with injury red flags are able to stay healthy, the Free Agents prove to be valuable additions to the team, and both new coordinators are able to maximize the talent of the players at their disposal, fitting their scheme to the players as opposed to trying to fit their players to the scheme. Truth be told, if we see all of those things, then a winning season is not completely out of the question. But, in reality, we have to expect that at least a few of those won't come to fruition and even if all of them do, that doesn't mean the Cowboys best will be good enough to beat every team they face this year.

I'll tell you what, those things will lead to a winning season, and a better outlook....
Its called chemistry. It starts at the top. Coaching,Management, game planning, training, discipline, developing leadership skills within younger players who show the ability to, Recognizing talent that fit your scheme, having a scheme, and managing the money to fill the gaps as far as depth..... Which is tricky because of the cap.

The team is showing to some degree that they are managing the cap better than they have in the past, we're all hoping this continues. The last draft was successful, and this one has a chance to be as well. Now if the coaching can catch up to speed, and we stay reasonably injury free, there may be light at the end of the tunnel. Tony's back is also a major concern, hopefully he still has several good years left of at the least accuracy and leadership, at the most, the ability to still be a consistent 4000 yard performer, be on the field the majority of the snaps, and still drive defenses nuts with improvisation, while also becoming more efficient while doing so.

If we have this synergy, 11-5 isn't out of the question.........but neither is 9-7, or another 8-8, which than may point to a weakness , if all doesn't come together. As a fan you recognize when you see a team going in the right direction, this is a crossroads season.

 

[jday]

I'll tell you what, those things will lead to a winning season, and a better outlook....
Its called chemistry. It starts at the top. Coaching,Management, game planning, training, discipline, developing leadership skills within younger players who show the ability to, Recognizing talent that fit your scheme, having a scheme, and managing the money to fill the gaps as far as depth..... Which is tricky because of the cap.

The team is showing to some degree that they are managing the cap better than they have in the past, we're all hoping this continues. The last draft was successful, and this one has a chance to be as well. Now if the coaching can catch up to speed, and we stay reasonably injury free, there may be light at the end of the tunnel. Tony's back is also a major concern, hopefully he still has several good years left of at the least accuracy and leadership, at the most, the ability to still be a consistent 4000 yard performer, be on the field the majority of the snaps, and still drive defenses nuts with improvisation, while also becoming more efficient while doing so.

If we have this synergy, 11-5 isn't out of the question.........but neither is 9-7, or another 8-8, which than may point to a weakness in the synergy, if all doesn't come together. As a fan you recognize when you see a team going in the right direction, this is a crossroads season.

As of right now, I like the direction; but that's easy to say when we haven't actually seen the results on the field yet. Even if everything I'm looking for happens, if Romo get's hurt and Weeden steps in for any significant amount of time, we could still see a losing season...as I said in my response, though, that doesn't mean I won't see success overall.

Since the Dynasty days for the Cowboys, my expectations have admittedly been tempered. I no longer expect a playoff berth every year. I've learned to enjoy the ride, no matter what it brings...though last your really tested my patience - that was a ride in a Model T over a field of basketball-sized pebbles.

 

[Chuck 54]

With a horrible defense, injuries, new players, rookies, new coordinators, and a tough schedule during what is clearly a rebuilding period, I believe 8-8 would be a successful season---8-8 would mean we won all the games we should win and 2-3 that we weren't supposed to win.

If we win 9-10 games or more, it would be "wildly successful" and mean that a lot of defensive players and rookies came out of nowhere to overachieve and become really effective, that our coaching on both sides of the ball vastly improved during the week and during the games, that our offense performed, controlled the time of possession, and scored points like a top offense in the league, and that we managed to suffer no significant injuries to any of our key players during the season.

I think we're still another off-season with more cap room from being much more than an 8-8 team, and it will be much more difficult to hit 8-8 this year than it was last season when 8-8 should have been better....just my opinion.

 

[Clove]

I think an 11 win season and an NFC birth. You have a vet QB, who's been here a decade and considered a top-tire QB. No reason we shouldn't be competing for championships year after year.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Playoff win or Bryce Petty sweepstakes.. Sick of the in between mediocracy.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I know that there are some eager beavers out there who read nothing more than the title of this post and are now itching to tell the world that "In Dallas, success is measured in Super Bowls," and that anything less is unacceptable. Dear Mr. Eager Beaver, please spare us that entitled nonsense.

For most NFL teams coming off four consecutive years without a winning record, simply finishing with a winning record would be considered a success. And if that winning record translated into making the playoffs, the season would probably be considered not just a success, but a triumph.


But that is not necessarily the case in Dallas. What endears us Cowboys fans so much to the rest of the NFL fanbase is our collective ability to hold on to successes from 20 years ago and derive some sort of expectation and relevance from it for today. Yet here we are, with one playoff win to show for the la
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Playoffs........................nothing less.

Time for Garrett to show that he belongs in the big leagues.

 

[waving monkey]

Playoffs........................nothing less.

Time for Garrett to show that he belongs in the big leagues.

Yea time is near no doubt but if he/Cowboys don't make the play-offs in a sloppy way, that's a problem
If the Cowboys don't make the play-offs in a hard fought well executed fashion and good play calling, then his my man.

 

[cmoney23]

10-6 record, a trip to the playoffs and a competitive game in the playoffs, doesn't have to be a win, but to get there!

 

[starfrombirth]

Superbowl victory or a 2002-level humbling of Jones that forces him to hire his third franchise-worthy coach.

I wonder if all the people who have gone along with this line of thinking (myself included sometimes) realize that if this does indeed happen then we will again lose our d-coordinator, whom for the most part, we all respect and want to keep..... What about that?

 

[Super_Kazuya]

I think an 11 win season and an NFC birth. You have a vet QB, who's been here a decade and considered a top-tire QB. No reason we shouldn't be competing for championships year after year.

You can tell who the Garrett/Romo haters are pretty easily. Pretty much every early season prediction out there has us between 3 and 7 wins, the GM has supplied a brittle team with even less depth (that consistently has catastrophic injuries to boot) and we play the NFC West... yet some Junior Einsteins on this board somehow think that adds up to 11-5.

 

[DCBoysfan]

Winning record and in the playoffs one victory .

I here with this, winning record and a playoff victory would be big.