Why it's good Philly and Washington are in the NFC Championship Game!

[Johannes44]

.....you mentioned some of the things that make everything well.....you missed on struggling OL early....but when our starting QB got injured......we replaced him with subpar QBs despite the Fan Club banter.

We replaced one subpar QB with another subpar QB. The results pretty much were the same, beat the bad teams, struggle against the good teams. That narrative did not change from Dak to Rush.

 

[KingCorcoran]

Jalen Hurts is also 26 years old vs. Dak at 31. The Dallas Cowboys made a subpar QB who is on the downside of his career the highest payed player in the NFL and effectively destroyed any chance of this team being competitive for the next 4 - 5 years. Maybe even beyond because I suspect that Jerry is going to move that 240 million over more years thereby furthering the misery of having said subpar QB. I suspect the next few years are going to make the Campo years look good in comparison.

What”s going to be interesting is what the Giants and Eagles do knowing that Washington has a superior NFL quarterback. Now it’s the Commanders playing for a new stadium. They are probably better than the Eagles right now. Jerry Jones doesn’t have the ability to respond to the challenges the Cowboys face. And the NFCE plays tough schedules next season.

 

[Cmac]

We replaced one subpar QB with another subpar QB. The results pretty much were the same, beat the bad teams, struggle against the good teams. That narrative did not change from Dak to Rush.

.....but we've been in this mess for almost 30 years......why all the heartbreak........contract?........QB selection?........what's out there at QB?........do we recognize we don't have a playoff contender?......do we not recognize ALL the shortcomings of this team?....do we not recognize our GM has wrecked this team?........ What is it?

 

[diamonddelts]

You attack me, and my home because of an opinion and then I'm the backward thinking one....Austin isn't weird, people like you, are.

Austin was weird. Now it is a commercial terraformed dump full of overpriced homes and homeless people running rampant.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

This should tell Jerry it’s time to make big changes!
We have not made an NFC Championship game in almost 30 years BUT 2 teams from our division make the NFC Championship game this year, after having losing records the year before!!!!

Change can happen quickly if an organization makes good decisions. This includes, picking the right coaches and coordinators, drafting well, good trades, smart Free Agent moves, and smart salaries (Not over paying a mediocre QB who consistently losses to good defenses).

We need to start with Deion and 2 smart coordinators!

We have a 1-8 chance to make the nfccg every year


To not make it for 30 years is solid proof our management is a joke

 

[Ranching]

Austin was weird. Now it is a commercial terraformed dump full of overpriced homes and homeless people running rampant.

We agree on that....it's a shame....I gave up my season tickets and other than an EDC training and visiting a friend at the Capitol, I have not been there in 4 years.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Beat up bad teams and looks lost when playing good teams - I'd say that's the very definition of an "average QB"

It gets tiresome proving you haters wrong every time. Y'all are going to continue spewing your damn lies.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Hurts is 5 yrs. $255 million or $51 million AAV. $9 million per season less than Dak’s gaudy $60 million per season.

oh, my mistake. but the same is 9 M the difference between NFCCG and 7-10?

and how is it that philly has 193M in AAV for their top 6 players....and we have 163M and we are paralyzed on the cap? how is they are able to sign so many FAs and improve the team and we have excuses.

stephen and jerry aren't managing the cap. they are managing the books for increased profitability.

 

[KingCorcoran]

oh, my mistake. but the same is 9 M the difference between NFCCG and 7-10?

and how is it that philly has 193M in AAV for their top 6 players....and we have 163M and we are paralyzed on the cap? how is they are able to sign so many FAs and improve the team and we have excuses.

stephen and jerry aren't managing the cap. they are managing the books for increased profitability.

I suspect both teams regret those deals. I think $50 million plus per season deals for QBs will become less common going forward. Philly will have tough decisions on who to keep and who they cannot afford soon enough. Jerry Jones is an enigma. No way he doesn’t know what he can and can’t do within the parameters of the league’s cap rules.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I suspect both teams regret those deals. I think $50 million plus per season deals for QBs will become less common going forward. Philly will have tough decisions on who to keep and who they cannot afford soon enough. Jerry Jones is an enigma. No way he doesn’t know what he can and can’t do within the parameters of the league’s cap rules.

I think the salaries are keep going to go up. I think it maybe slowing down, but its not going to be less. there are 9 that make 50M+.
there are 15 that make 40M plus. the need for QBs is going to continue and the market will keep paying.
then there is a few of the youngsters who are coming up in the next couple of years.

and I don't disagree. every team at some point has to pay. there is a window of 3, 4 years. unless you have a mahomes or brady, then the window is longer, but those are generational talents.
then every team starts cutting, taking dead money, wait a couple of years and then do it again.

Jerry knows the cap, he just doesn't care. we had the 6th most cap space this year. we were 29th in dead money (which means we keep players to the end of their contracts regardless of performance to avoid paying twice for same position). we were 15th in cash spent, and that was after CD and Dak contracts, prior to that we were 30th. we are closer in cap to the cap floor, than the cap ceiling (27th). these are all indications that cowboys are focused on profitability and money than spending where they can and winning.

 

[Captain43Crash]

You almost had it all correct. Dak is not an average QB. He is much better than that. But I do agree on not overpaying ANY QB.

When the games count the most, in the playoffs, Dak has been below average!
You disagree with this?

 

[Captain43Crash]

Beat up bad teams and looks lost when playing good teams - I'd say that's the very definition of an "average QB"

Exactly!

 

[America's Cowboy]

When the games count the most, in the playoffs, Dak has been below average!
You disagree with this?

Absolutely. Do the research.

Other than the last 3 playoff losses (2 against 49ers, 1 against Packers), Dak has actually played very well. That is 3 bad playoff game performances against 4 very good performances. 4 versus 3 proves you wrong.

If you don't believe me, go do some research.

 

[CTcowboy203]

Seeing the coaches he hired make it this far just makes him think he knows football

 

[foofighters]

This should tell Jerry it’s time to make big changes!
We have not made an NFC Championship game in almost 30 years BUT 2 teams from our division make the NFC Championship game this year, after having losing records the year before!!!!

Change can happen quickly if an organization makes good decisions. This includes, picking the right coaches and coordinators, drafting well, good trades, smart Free Agent moves, and smart salaries (Not over paying a mediocre QB who consistently losses to good defenses).

We need to start with Deion and 2 smart coordinators!

Jerry's not gonna listen. Just wait a few weeks for him to announce the HC. Jerry believes he knows what he's doing.

 

[StarOfGlory]

I was born in the Philly region. I sometimes really wish I never watched a cowboys game when I was younger, my adult sports life would be a lot more fun lol. I’m also a sixers fan which is basically cowboys light LOL.

Josh Harris is a managing partner of the 76ers and Commanders. Philly fans are angry that he got the Commanders into the NFCCG in one year while not getting the 76ers past the second round, lol.

 

[StarOfGlory]

In the modern NFL you need, consistent run game and at least 2 stellar WR's or a WR, TE tandem. Or you need a QB who is competent enough to overcome some limitations to talent. The guys who elevate their receivers. We have one really good receiver, no RB and a subpar QB.

Start with the offensive line. Ask Joe Burrow how it feels to play with two excellent receivers, a good pass-catching TE, a decent RB, and an o-line that is utter garbage.

 

[Captain43Crash]

bull crap. Goff's contract is only 5M less than Dak. Hurts contract is 7M less. over all Philly top 6 contract is 193M. dallas top 6 is 153M..... yet they were able to sign FA, extend players and hand a large contract to their QB.

you are just repeating a Joneses mantra of we don't have cap, because of your bias against Dak....the contract is not the issue when everyone else is doing it.

and this is not a defense of Dak to say he deserved the contract, just that the contract is not the problem. Jerry and stephen are.

so your very last statement is the key to all of this

Dak’s contract is a problem.

Absolutely. Do the research.

Other than the last 3 playoff losses (2 against 49ers, 1 against Packers), Dak has actually played very well. That is 3 bad playoff game performances against 4 very good performances. 4 versus 3 proves you wrong.

If you don't believe me, go do some research.

Thanks, you just proved my point for me!

Dak has played bad over the last 3 years in his last 3 playoff games. Dallas was favored to win 2 of those 3 games too! Dak is not getting better in playoff games!

I’m afraid when Dak comes back he’ll be worse. Dak needs to use his legs to convert 3rd downs on occasion. He almost never did it before the injury, now he won’t be able to do it because of the injury.

All the QB’s left in the playoffs consistently use their legs to convert 3rd and 4th downs! Dak is not capable of this!!!!!!

 

[BoysForLife]

.....you want Cooper or Lance tossing to him on a regular basis? No question Cee Dee is worthy but.......(fill in the rest).

Lamb's stats weren't really worse with Rush than Dak this year.

Honestly I think we can do a lot better at QB than anyone currently on our roster

Lamb with a legit QB would be awe inspiring

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Dak’s contract is a problem.

Thanks, you just proved my point for me!

Dak has played bad over the last 3 years in his last 3 playoff games. Dallas was favored to win 2 of those 3 games too! Dak is not getting better in playoff games!

I’m afraid when Dak comes back he’ll be worse. Dak needs to use his legs to convert 3rd downs on occasion. He almost never did it before the injury, now he won’t be able to do it because of the injury.

All the QB’s left in the playoffs consistently use their legs to convert 3rd and 4th downs! Dak is not capable of this!!!!!!

all large contracts are a problem. welcome to the capped NFL and QB market.

how is it that other teams with similarly large contract can manager, ala Detroit, Philly, GB, SD, but one contract and all of a sudden the entire team is paralyzed. can't move forward any more...

manage the cap and Joneses aren't good at that. why? because they don't want to. we were 27th in cap this year. we were 15th in cash spent and 29th in dead cap space, 6th in available cap space with 23M. all of which means they are not spending and spending right to make this team better. they want to make money. spend less cash. don't cut players so you don't take on dead cap and spend as little as possible to get above cap floor.

and Dak is bad, but its Jerry's fault for cornering himself yet again....three QBs on the roster, none of them were under contract for 25 and then instead of closing the deal in off season, he literally waited until last hour to get contract signed. Jerry doesn't care about winning championships. its not his top priority. his priority is to make more money and make franchise more valuable. its become the game to him. and btw, he was worried at 3-7, taking lot of negative heat and no positve and then 7-10 and he is happy, why? because the yay sayers and nay sayers are talking cowboys. we are in the media. at 7-10 and as bad as we were, cowboys were 2nd most watched. let that sink in. Detroit was tops. KC was behind cowboys.

as long as Jerry owns the cowboys, we will not be in another championship game again.