CFZ Worse Injuries In Cowboys History

[quickccc]

Worse injuries I can think of because of what they represented and impacted, imo:

-Irvin knee his rookie year.
-Galloway knee, first year and first game we traded for him
- Romo- pick a time.
- Dak's leg
-Kevin Smith- 1st game when he was coming into his own.
-Frederick- just horrible.

Dak's and Greg Ellis ankle shatters will always be tops among worst ever Cowboys players injuries.

 

[Cebrin]

The two most painful to watch was Dak's and Allen Hurns.

 

[GORICO]

We would have won the Super Bowl this year.

i like Bland as replacement outside and J-Lew inside....plus i love our DC knowing how to adjust scheme with players he has got

 

[GORICO]

That was a CZ fictional story.

He played 8 total snaps in that game.

mr X----i like Bland as replacement...plus we will move safeties over a bit for help....does not work we got to go rent a player....but all is not lost...so instead

of beatdown we win by 14?

 

[GORICO]

The two most painful to watch was Dak's and Allen Hurns.

they all hurt for me....cowboy baby when it comes to injuries...but we have the depth to overcome

 

[GORICO]

I cant beleive it took this long in this thread to state this.

He was OT game wrecker....He liked to inflict pain on rushers....Erik Williams was such a stud before his accident

 

[GORICO]

My heart which has been ripped out so many times.

32--- i am happy you have a real good heart surgeon to re-attach

 

[plasticman]

He was OT game wrecker....He liked to inflict pain on rushers....Erik Williams was such a stud before his accident

See now, that's a great example of the Cowboys experiencing the good side of luck

That's because no sooner had Erik been hurt when the Cowboys replaced him with a rookie named Larry Allen.

I mean, we thought of Erik Williams as a generational player but how could he be one and get replaced by another "generational" player?

It would seem to contradict the meaning of the word, and yet ....

When Erik Williams came back Larry slid back over to his natural position.

While it's true that Erik wasn't the same dominant player as before, he was playing next to Larry Allen. It worked.

 

[blueblood70]

A different season? I dunno about that. We would all love to believe that, but that season was doomed from the beginning. That season was a classic example of the injury bug on steroids.

To make things even worse, the 2020 Cowboys had a brand new coaching staff but no training camp or preseason games due to the pandemic.

The Cowboys didn't just lose Dak. They lost starting RT La'el Collins before the season. They lost TE Blake Jarwin after the 2nd game.

They lost their starting center for five weeks, Joe Looney. They brought him back after Fredericks retired. They lost LT Tyron Smith after two games. They lost his backup, Cam Erving, after five games. They lost RG Zack Martin after 10 games.

By the 7th game of the season, the Cowboys were starting three rookies on the offensive line, Biadasz, McGovern, and Steele. When Looney comes back, Cam Erving is hurt and they have to replace him with a fourth rookie starter, Bandon Knight.

If Dak had not been injured that season, it would have been the real story.

It's crazy how the Internet and these sports forms allow us to have our own opinions...

That said,

I'm telling you that that is a significant injury in a significant year and I choose to have that as the top of my list as one of the worst injuries in Cowboys history... giving it yeah it was full of injuries all over it derailed our team but look at how he started the year that's my point..​

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he was on fire, MVP type numbers it was Mike Nolan that torpedoed that year,​

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I think we could have overcame some of those injuries had Prescott still been standing the entire year because even at the end of the year.... I believe we won like three straight or maybe 4 or went four and one down the stretch and it's been ascending ever since so Mike McCarthy probably could have done more had he had Prescott the entire year..​

But again if you want to get specific Mike Nolan 's defense ruined that year I mean you can look at the way Prescott started I mean you can't ask a man to put up bigger numbers in those five games and have the defense continue losing games...

 

[ArtClink]

I am creating this thread to give some context and, perhaps, offer a little hope.

We are all disappointed by the sad news that Diggs is lost for the season, particularly since this season's defense was playing at an historic level, not just for the Cowboys but the entire NFL.

However, he is not going to be replaced by some undrafted rookie free agent. When the shuffling is completed, the next starter will be the former starter at the particular position he will be playing. Jourdan Lewis is a 7 year veteran. In his last starting season, Jourdan had 3 INT's, a forced fumble, two recovered fumbles, 1.5 sacks, 47 solo tackles, 3 QB hits, and a tackle for a loss.

There have been far more devastating injuries in Cowboys history.

The 2015 season was certainly disappointing with Tony Romo going down. He was the NFL leader in passer rating the previous season and everyone was excited about the team building on their successful 2014 season.

One of the more devastating injuries in Cowboys history occurred in 1986 when Danny White went down. This was the season that Herschel Walker joined the Cowboys. They had a 1-2 punch of Walker and Dorsett in the backfield. Halfway through the season, they were 6-2 and primed for their 21st consecutive winning season. They looked strong.

When White was replaced by Steve Pelluer, everything went downfield. They went 1-7 in the 2nd half and Tom Landry and the Cowboys had their first losing season since 1965. They never recovered, going 7-8 in 1987 and then 3-13 in 1988 which ultimately led to Landry's dismissal.

The Cowboys won their first Super Bowl in 1971 with Roger Staubach at quarterback. He was the leading passer in the NFL that season as well as SB MVP. The following year, Roger Staubach was lost for the entire regular season when he was injured during a preseason game. The Cowboys still made it to the playoffs but lost in the NFC championship game. Losing Staubach that season was probably the single most traumatic event in my years as a Cowboys fan.

In the first round of the 1984 draft the Cowboys selected LB Billy Cannon Jr., the son of legendary college player and Heisman trophy winner Billy Cannon. Cannon Jr. broke his neck in the 4th game of his rookie season. It didn't just end his season. It ended his career.

In 1986 the Cowboys drafted WR Mike Sherrard in eh first round. He had a great rookie season and we were all excited to see him build on it during his 2nd season. However, he broke his leg in the preseason. The following year he was jogging on a beach just before the start of the preseason and he broke his leg again.

These are tragic events but they are part of football, a sometimes violent game. Diggs will be back and I'm sure we all look forward to his return next season. In the meantime, this is nowhere near the end of the season and we are fortunate that the Cowboys defensive backfield is one of the deepest units in all of football.

Participating in sports teaches us many things like teamwork, sacrifice, perseverance, and commitment. All the teams will experience adversity at some point in the season and it's the great ones that succeed in overcoming their adversity to reach their goal.

I have no doubt that this Cowboys team has the character, leadership, and unity to overcome and continue an historic and successful season. Go Cowboys!

Excellent post sir. Danny White is a very underrated QB and regularly gets disrespected by idiots who never saw him play. Thx for a great history lesson.

 

[Bobhaze]

In order of greatest impact IMO:

1. The 1972 injury to Staubach the summer after winning our first SB. Imagine Aikman going down for the year in a PS game in 1993 and no back to back SB wins.
2. The 1986 injury to Danny White. Cowboys were 6-2 at mid season when DW went down. They were clicking on offense with Tony D and Herschel W. Then they went 1-7 the second half of the season.
3. Tony Romo’s 2010 and 2015 injuries both happened after playoff seasons where expectations were high. Both seasons were disasters.
4. Dak’s 2020 leg injury. Big Mac’s first season was already challenging with the pandemic going on. Then losing Dak sealed the season as a 6-10 disaster.

 

[blueblood70]

Excellent post sir. Danny White is a very underrated QB and regularly gets disrespected by idiots who never saw him play. Thx for a great history lesson.

I find that interesting in a very sarcastic and confused way people look at him he was on a great team with some of the greatest coaches and players around him and he still found a way to have one of the worst touchdown interception ratios in the history of our starting quarterbacks and that included the playoffs where it was upside down more interceptions than touchdowns and people here will give this dude credit for being on a great team you know the quarterback who needs good players around him to succeed..

And yet because of the Internet because of analytics because of the oversaturation of media and social media we have guys like Tony Romo or Prescott get hated on daily... I'm gonna tell you right now I would take Romo or Prescott over Danny white every day and twice on Sunday..

You all mocked Prescott last year for his 23 touchdowns and 15 interceptions as some kind of pariah and yet we see guys like Danny white have far worse seasons and yet they somehow are remembered as great and underrated no he was not underrated he just happened to be the quarterback on one of the best teams and was carried by those teams and talent around him...

roger

td 153-109 ints Playoffs 24td 19INTs(umm none of those critical LMAO) UMM OK



Troy-

165-141 playoffs 23tds-17 INts(right none critical huh?) no way jimmy would have put up with that



Dwhite

155-132 playoffs 15-17 WOW no way TL puts up with mistakes at critical time LOL



Romo

248-117 playoffs 8 tds 2 INts show me the critical INts hmm his td-int ratio is much better



Dak

166-65 playoffs 11-5ints

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

I’d still say the Joey Galloway injury was pretty devastating.

Folks get caught up in the two first-rounders it cost to acquire but make no mistake, Galloway was an awesome player in Seattle.

He was supposed team up with Aikman and carry the torch from Irvin. He ends up playing less than one game with Aikman after tearing his ACL in Week 1.

I still point out Galloway’s greatness after leaving the Cowboys when he managed to reel off three straight 1,000+ yard seasons when he 34-36.

 

[plasticman]

I find that interesting in a very sarcastic and confused way people look at him he was on a great team with some of the greatest coaches and players around him and he still found a way to have one of the worst touchdown interception ratios in the history of our starting quarterbacks and that included the playoffs where it was upside down more interceptions than touchdowns and people here will give this dude credit for being on a great team you know the quarterback who needs good players around him to succeed..

And yet because of the Internet because of analytics because of the oversaturation of media and social media we have guys like Tony Romo or Prescott get hated on daily... I'm gonna tell you right now I would take Romo or Prescott over Danny white every day and twice on Sunday..

You all mocked Prescott last year for his 23 touchdowns and 15 interceptions as some kind of pariah and yet we see guys like Danny white have far worse seasons and yet they somehow are remembered as great and underrated no he was not underrated he just happened to be the quarterback on one of the best teams and was carried by those teams and talent around him...

roger

td 153-109 ints Playoffs 24td 19INTs(umm none of those critical LMAO) UMM OK



Troy-

165-141 playoffs 23tds-17 INts(right none critical huh?) no way jimmy would have put up with that



Dwhite

155-132 playoffs 15-17 WOW no way TL puts up with mistakes at critical time LOL



Romo

248-117 playoffs 8 tds 2 INts show me the critical INts hmm his td-int ratio is much better



Dak

166-65 playoffs 11-5ints

And in between there were so many rule changes that favored the passing game that I sometimes wonder why anyone would want to play on defense in this league. The QB ratings and completion percentages and INT to TD rates have increased gradually over the years because of these rule changes, not because QB's today are better.

Many QB's today wouldn't last in the 70's or 80's. Those guys played with rubber vests protecting cracked ribs and metal braces protecting half a knee. The defensive tackles would meet at the QB and treat him liked a turkey wishbone. Defensive backs would launch themselves at WR's in midair.

Defensive lines had nicknames that implied they were doing some pretty nasty things to other human beings, the Purple People Eaters, the Fearsome Foursome, the Doomsday Defense, the Sack Pack, the Steel Curtain.

By the end of the 1982 season, Danny White had taken the Cowboys to three consecutive NFC championship games and he was the second highest rated QB in NFL history.

 

[ArtClink]

And in between there were so many rule changes that favored the passing game that I sometimes wonder why anyone would want to play on defense in this league. The QB ratings and completion percentages and INT to TD rates have increased gradually over the years because of these rule changes, not because QB's today are better.

Many QB's today wouldn't last in the 70's or 80's. Those guys played with rubber vests protecting cracked ribs and metal braces protecting half a knee. The defensive tackles would meet at the QB and treat him liked a turkey wishbone. Defensive backs would launch themselves at WR's in midair.

Defensive lines had nicknames that implied they were doing some pretty nasty things to other human beings, the Purple People Eaters, the Fearsome Foursome, the Doomsday Defense, the Sack Pack, the Steel Curtain.

By the end of the 1982 season, Danny White had taken the Cowboys to three consecutive NFC championship games and he was the second highest rated QB in NFL history.

This. 1000x times this.

 

[blueblood70]

And in between there were so many rule changes that favored the passing game that I sometimes wonder why anyone would want to play on defense in this league. The QB ratings and completion percentages and INT to TD rates have increased gradually over the years because of these rule changes, not because QB's today are better.

Many QB's today wouldn't last in the 70's or 80's. Those guys played with rubber vests protecting cracked ribs and metal braces protecting half a knee. The defensive tackles would meet at the QB and treat him liked a turkey wishbone. Defensive backs would launch themselves at WR's in midair.

Defensive lines had nicknames that implied they were doing some pretty nasty things to other human beings, the Purple People Eaters, the Fearsome Foursome, the Doomsday Defense, the Sack Pack, the Steel Curtain.

By the end of the 1982 season, Danny White had taken the Cowboys to three consecutive NFC championship games and he was the second highest rated QB in NFL history.

I don't wanna hear the excuses I just showed you all the other ones like even Roger you cannot have 17 interceptions and only 15 touchdowns in the playoffs I'm sorry I don't care if he played in the NFC championship games so did Trent dilfer Nick Foles even Jim McMahon was a spare part Flacco all these dudes Brad Johnson you're giving him credit 4 what the team was around him so I don't care I don't I do not agree with you I do not agree with people who thinks he's underrated he is rated exactly where he's supposed to be he's Baker Mayfield that's who he is if he played today that's who he would be.. i don't wanna Hear it, I don't wanna hear about the ERA nonsense it's just excuses about the hearing nonsense it's just excuses....

 

[1972COWBOY]

When Emmet Smith pulled his hamstring on San Fran's wet soggy field during the Conf. Championship.

 

[dogberry]

Billy Cannon

 

[perrykemp]

Mike Sherrard

 

[LatinMind]

Jimmy smith, can only wonder what could've been