apart of me would hate that
another part of me would love to see McCarthy have to experience that as payback for 14.
LOL
what cowboys fans would not want a SB just to get some revenge points
There's a whole lot of psychology wrapped up in your post Couch Coach.
We will win the East simply because we are the best team in the East.
Eagles - players dropping like flies, headed to a contract dispute with their premier OL, but still going to be a tough out. They are really the only other team in the East that could win it, it's a 2 team division right now
Washington - They are still a few years away from seriously competing but that DL is impressive
Giants- While I think they will be very improved over last year, they are an 8-8 team at best this year.
We are headed into the Season and it is really our division to lose. As long as they don't crap the bed like they did last year down the stretch, we should be good to go.
Who would have thought pet shop birds would have escaped and multiplied to such numbers that they're now hunted alongside native birds. 50% larger and just as tasty. Dfw even has a huge population of quackers, pet shop parrots that now number in huge flocks.Oh, so now you are shooting the pet ones with collars on and foreign visitors as well? I hope you had the decency to send the tag and a note to the owners in Europe.
I personally do not hold much of that against McCarthy himself, and her's why. That year's success also directly coincided with a vastly improved defense. One improved by a new GM making agressive signings, something that NEVER occurred under McCarthy's tenure with Ted Thompson.
They need to control the clock.
Keep that defense on the sidelines and limit the other teams scoring opportunities.
Also....red zone...no more constant MFG or even many attempts.
Do those two things (which are easier said than done) and they have a chance to go deep into the playoffs.
The idea of not even APPEARING in an NFC title game in 25 years is embarrassing and needs to be shaken. That's Browns and Lions territory.
4. The New Orleans game couldn’t have illustrated that point any better. That had Garrett’s fingerprints all over it. Ge simply wasn’t a good coach.They totally underachieved last year. Why?
1. Better special teams. We were dead last in 2019. Everything points up from here.
2. No Brett Maher.
3. The best special teams coach in the NFL. Do I need to say more?
4. No Garrett to hold back the offense. Seriously, took the rug under Kellen Moore's playcalling.
5. A new coach on retaining the offense with a few wrinkles.
6. A new coach with authority. Not a puppet on a string like Garrett.
7. Ceedee Laaaaaammbbb!!
8. Zeke Elliott and Pollard
9. No more Witten and his propensity to catch the ball short of the first down.
10. Blake Jarwin down the seam for big plays.
11. A real space eater - Dontarie Poe
12. A better pass rush (Griffen, Aldon Smith and an improve Tristen Hill)
13. Love me some LVE. Welcome back.
14. A defense that more bent on takeaways rather than bend but always breaking.
15. No more Heath!! But not really much improvement there.
16. No more Marinelli to draft projects on the first day of the draft.
17. All around better coaching.
18. Coaches letting the players use their skills.
19. No more stacking good days with good days. Just sick of it.
20. Finally a real coach that knows how to coach.
21. Jerry stepping out of the way.
Let's start with the Curse of the Repeat. No team has won it back to back in 16 years and 16 years is a long time, especially if you just got your driver's license.
Let's add that the last 3 coaching changes resulted in the playoffs in that new HC's first year.
But that's not why they will win the East. This is all about redemption.
Whether you buy into the Cowboys were the most talented team or not, and I do not, I do believe they were the most underachieving team based on their talent. They may have liked their HC but not enough to redeem him. He was not the kind of guy that invited that from players.
Last year's players have been conveniently given the excuse that it was the coaching staff but in order to prove that correct, they must achieve this season. They perform and all fingers continue to point at the coaching staff. They don't and the ?'s turn toward them.
Couple this with they have THE HC in the NFL is need of redemption after getting fired and a first year HC taking his team to the NFCCG with the QB rumored to be the reason he was fired. Think about how seeing that smug QB, already rumored to be having some difficulty with his new HC, all season long while you sit at home unemployed. He's buying a 20M Malibu home with his then girlfriend while you wonder about your future.
The former HC was more like management, the enemy, and this new HC is more like them. He's got a great genuine smile, a blue collar attitude and the type coach a player wants to play his best for because he's pulling for him.
You can't tell me that having a coach under fire and rumors running rampant that as a player you are going to give your all for that guy when the chips are down. Where's the connection with a guy that's part of the Jones family and an Ivy Leaguer and a guy still in training? When did you ever hear of players from other teams calling out the opposing coach for incompetence? Well, they never heard that in the media either.
The perfect storm is in place and the stars aligned because a team in need of redemption got the HC they wanted and the connection was immediate if for no other reason than the common goal they share. They can and will redeem each other, they will win the East, belief will be re-instilled in them and they will play up to potential. How far that can take them is anyone's guess but they will win the East.
Because the rest of the East is garbage and Dallas is completely loaded on offense, outside their mediocre QB with the rest of the currently mediocre QBs in the NFC East, who would look a lot better in this Cowboys offense than our mediocre QB?
just saying. The pain that 14 game caused will last forever. I wish McCarthy came back in washington so I never had to root for him and could enjoy watching him lose.
oh and by the way this place has been filled with "I hope we lose big this year so that Garrett gets fired" for the last 3 years so please unclutch your pearls.