TheRomoSexual
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90s. I miss the 90s in general.
To add on to your post...Beyond the obvious of the Jerry/ Jimmy disaster, The team was ravaged with talent loss via the new FA...The teams of the 70's were able to keep all their talent and not have to worry about FA...Imagine if Dallas could have kept their guys...Harper, Maryland, Stepnoski, Gogan...etc...Those quickly eroded the team...
Context is important...
Without zero hesitation - 70's...
Because, the 70's team was at the center of the late 60's and early 80's team. All under Landry. 25 years of winning. Every single year, a chance to go the distance.
90's? 4 and done... All under Johnson.
Now? 25 years of ineptitude... All under Jones.
So sorry for you folks that never have been able to understand the excellence that was the Dallas Cowboys for so long and that has been made a joke by Snake Oil Jones.[/QUOTE
exactly...no Shante Carvers and Kavika Pittmans...Maybe Randy Moss...buts that's a discussion for a whole other post.Had it not been for the break up between Jimmy and Jerry and the loss of so many key free agents those 90s teams would’ve dominated for a long time.
exactly...no Shante Carvers and Kavika Pittmans...Maybe Randy Moss...buts that's a discussion for a whole other post.
Having been around for both decades and a fan since 1962/63 and admired both Landry & Staubach and those 70's teams I don't think any of the 70's team could beat the 92 or 93 team. They were earth movers on the line and Emmitt was well, Emmitt. The Defense came in waves and Aikman would have carved up the secondary. JMHOThe Baby Boom generation got to see both the 70s era and the 90s era. The 70s gave us the consistently dominating - but sometimes disappointing - Cowboys that won 2 of 5 Super Bowls and established the great tradition we enjoy today. The 90s gave us the brash and dominating Cowboys who talk trashed and backed in up on the field.
So which era do you think is the best?
With all due respect to Tom Landry, who I respect and had the privilege of interviewing prior to his death, I have to give it to 90s Cowboys.
The 70s teams could pull a victory out of the grips of defeat, but could also lose a winnable game as well.
The 90s teams were simply dominating and feared in a way I don't think the 70s Cowboys were. I never expected them to lose. I always felt they would find a way to win. Too bad the era was short-lived.
What say ye?
Having been around for both decades and a fan since 1962/63 and admired both Landry & Staubach and those 70's teams I don't think any of the 70's team could beat the 92 or 93 team. They were earth movers on the line and Emmitt was well, Emmitt. The Defense came in waves and Aikman would have carved up the secondary. JMHO
Jerry was pushing free agency as much as anyone. I don’t think he understood exactly what FA is or how it effects teams.Agreed... IMHO, it is the advent of Free Agency that began the decline of the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones has never figured it out. And, still doesn't.
I posted this the other day in response to a similar question.
With out a doubt, the 70s teams were more dominating and the players from then fill our Hall of Fame in Canton.
I loved Troy and the boys of the 90s and how they rebuilt the Franchise..
but the 70s. team built our reputation.
Watch.
Good boy.Actually, I got the idea from your post.
Good boy.
You are smarter than the average bear.
Absolutely awesome journey as a fan.I agree. The 70s were basically 2 different eras of football themselves. The early 70s team that won SBVI and the late 70s team that won SBXII were comprised of mostly different players. Only a few(i think 2 of offense and 2 on defense) of guys were starters in both games. Of course one was Roger Staubach. The 70s era team began in the late 60s. Even though they didn't win it all until 1971, they were in the hunt each season for a few years prior to winning it. Same at the end of the 70s era. They were contending into the early 80s.
I don’t believe you meant 1996 Patriots. 2006? Even then, I’m not so sure the 2006 Patriots would beat the 92 or 93 Dallas teams. Those two eras were no where near as different as the 70’s compared to the 90’s. The players in 2006 were no bigger than the ones in the 90’s.This is true with any comparison of completely different eras though. The 1996 Patriots would sweep every Cowboys, Steelers and Dolphins team of the 1970s, even though they were a marginal Super Bowl team of the 1990s.
I prefer the 90's mainly the jimmy years.The Baby Boom generation got to see both the 70s era and the 90s era. The 70s gave us the consistently dominating - but sometimes disappointing - Cowboys that won 2 of 5 Super Bowls and established the great tradition we enjoy today. The 90s gave us the brash and dominating Cowboys who talk trashed and backed in up on the field.
So which era do you think is the best?
With all due respect to Tom Landry, who I respect and had the privilege of interviewing prior to his death, I have to give it to 90s Cowboys.
The 70s teams could pull a victory out of the grips of defeat, but could also lose a winnable game as well.
The 90s teams were simply dominating and feared in a way I don't think the 70s Cowboys were. I never expected them to lose. I always felt they would find a way to win. Too bad the era was short-lived.
What say ye?