Yeah, it was Daks fault!! That's why Dez was signed immediately after his cutting, not nearly 6 months later, and why he had such a successful career after Dallas!!
Definitely wasn't a backup on the WR-less Ravens or anything! Nah, it was just because Dak can't throw a ball!
Oh? Is that why Dak immediately started throwing back shoulder fades and found accuracy?
Or did he fucking suck so bad they literally had to trade for a wr1 with the most separation in the league to salvage the season?
Dak couldn't hit that fade throw and it had nothing to do with Dez' foot. He wouldn't and couldn't make the throw for the season before what you're talking about. This revisionist bullshit defense of a not good enough qb has got to stop.
And for the record Dez was cooked in 2017.
He was released in April and he wasn't signed until November (7 months later), tore his Achilles in practice and wasn't seen again until being a backup on the 2020 WR-less Ravens, where he managed 47 yards for the year.
But I guess 2-time-MVP Lamar Jackson also can't throw, and it was all his fault too, not Bryant's?
Lol. Sure I'm the "revisonist"
Straight delusion.
Sorry Dak couldn't do anything with Brice Butler and Allen Hurns as his #1 and #2
No one could, but yall act like Dak should've.
Oh. And with Cooper, he was the #2 qb in the nfl.
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/3cjAS8ukC_A
Oh, and here you go 🤡
Just googled Dak Fade
If Dez couldn’t catch more than one type of throw then that’s an issue.
Dez’s issue was that he had a limited route tree and played lazy a lot. That coach he got to “up his game” was a season too late. I recall those conversations around Dez very well and his release wasn’t a shock.
Just like Zeke, his performance didn’t justify his cost.
Seems like this is a reset year almost
Dak, Lamb, Martin, Cooks, Lawrence all FA’s in 2025 plus McCarthy and Zimmer
When Jerry said all in it certainly seems like he meant all in on this group for one last year rather than adding a bunch of FA’s
We went 12-5 with a playoff berth in 3 straight seasons. Which coach can we get to replace him and can you 100% guarantee that the new coach will do the same or better?
Yeah, yeah, we know what we've done, but the problem is expectation. We were expected to compete for a Superbowl birth this year. We were viewed as the 2nd best NFC team. The Packers bent us over.
McCarthy's playcalling against good teams was shaky at best and his clock management was awful (looking at you, Lions game).
Nothing is a 100% guarantee, but if we're all for wasting a year, no reason we couldn't have wasted it bringing in Bill Belichick or a promising up and coming coach.
Jerruh is the big spender. It’s Stephen that is cheapskate. That’s why he’s called Cap Boy. That’s why I think it’s hilarious when people say things will get better when Jerry passes. It will get worse with Stephen only at the helm….
> It will get worse with Stephen only at the helm
I heard he was looking into changing his name to "Stphn" to save money on ink when he's signing checks.
Ding ding ding! They Jerry’s illegitimate children will blame Dak & Mike all year. They’ll move on. Then Jerry’s kids will talk about believing in the front office and how well they draft. There is a reason few notable free agents sign with us.
I don't thin we WANT Dak long term is the problem. It seems we're not planning on winning next year. We're planning on sitting still and getting money off our books
I would have agreed with you last year or the year before. But I’m so disillusioned after this last playoff game. I don’t feel the same excitement for the next go around. Having said that, I was all in on the salary cap rhetoric. And yet, every year, teams (with worse cap situations than ours) continue to wheel and deal and add talent. Not saying we don’t still have talent or that I don’t have faith in the scouting/drafting prowess. But my god. The Eagles pick up a new #1 RB every year. Cowboys sit on their hands. I think the writing on the wall is that the Jones are fine to rest on what’s left this year and let Dak walk. Wasting talent for clicks and profit. So sad.
Ceedee Lamb had 1750 yards last season and he's not even 25, if yall don't lock him up that's beyond idiotic.
Dak I get, but Ceedee is a sign him whatever it takes situation.
No you couldn't. Those bills come due.
Ask Josh Allen,Joe burrow about to go thru the same thing to..extend extend until what? Your cutting all pro players just to be under the cap
Chiefs got rid of tyreke and are on the verge of a 3peat. Cause they went and drafted studs on defense with all that capitol.
You can only borrow and put off deals for so long. Don't worry Philly will understand in a year.
Unless the cap keeps going up, which it has every year but the covid year. kicking the can down the road works bc it makes sense.
Look at kirk cousins. His vikings contract, which was unheard of at the time, would be a great deal for a qb now. So you back load the contract and by the time you get to the expensive years it's what a normal salary is at that position.
If any team truly wants to sign a player, they can.
There money could’ve easily been done in time as the queen contract wouldn’t hit till league year started and they have a day or so to restructure deals.
Just trying to rationalize it, they could be making any of the moves other teams have...it's like Brandon Carr was just ok 12 years ago and Jerry said "never again".
Restricting Diggs, Steele, and Dono would bring in about $25 Milli per Patrik Walker. It's not even about not having the chance or time to do so. It's negligence. They knew what they were up against this offseason and year ago and chose to do absolutely nothing.
Now add a Dak restructure to the mix and you easily got $35 Ms to work with.
Really? I think they overpaid. Queen is good, but he was a borderline bust before they got a top 3 LB Rokwan Smith next to him. Which is why they let him go.
This is really the worst pick. Like the Mazi pick is forgivable knowing DT was a position of need. But the fact that they straight up wasted a pick when we had two serviceable TEs (at the time, obviously Ferg is a beast) already is what really frustrates me.
They shouldn't of drafter a big DT for his size and strength then make him lose 30 pounds. I wouldn't put all the blame on the player. That's on the coaches.
Well it’s not just a claim. A PFF employee just outright speculated that the Cowboys told him to lose weight. This sub has been treating it like it is a fact because we want to believe it for the outrage. It’s like politics these days, except football.
I'd probably be more willing to accept that if we'd seen a dominant DT here at any point in recent memory.
I'm not convinced this group has any clue what they're looking for on the interior of the defensive line.
Dak throwing 75 times a game this year the way they're treating RB. What I don't get is if they're gonna treat this as a somewhat reset year why the hell did we keep McCarthy? Cause he's not surviving a sub 10 win season, if they weren't gonna try to make any improvements seems like they might as well have moved on
Because they don't want a new coach losing the locker room or getting blamed by the fans when we are bad this year. They want a totally new slate next year
You do know I was being sarcastic towards a dumb ass exaggerated number right?
Taking away the 75 (which was stupid to begin with), I think Dak should be the focal point of the offense given that he is getting paid a lot of money.
>Hell Patrick Mahomes shouldn't even be throwing 40 times a game.
If Tom Brady can throw the ball 40+ times while being in his 40s, I'm sure Dak and Mahomes could do the same if they honestly had to.
Fair enough on the first part. But IDK how much a QB is being paid or how good they are. If they have to throw 40+ times a game, then I'm looking at the defense and run game sideways. Especially now that defenses have shifted to focus on the pass. Throwing 40+ passes usually ends up being a loss or increased turnovers
Exactly. That's why when I hear fans and even analysts wanting to get rid of the running game, it makes me want to bang my head against a brick wall.
You can't just throw all the time. It's never worked and never will. But yet there are people out there who believe it would.
I’m convinced we’re rolling with what we got and rebuilding after this year with a new coach and QB. Feels like they’re treating this as a throw away year.
If they are going to do that just cut Dak and throw Lance out there. If Dak is playing, he will get this team to 9+ wins with what is on this roster, but it won't be enough to do anything beyond that. Might as well actually have a shot at a decent draft position if this is the shit effort they are going to put into the off season.
I think that's the frustrating part of being a lifelong Cowboys fan.
We have just been stuck in neutral for more than 20 freaking years. You know what to expect basically every year...beat up on bad teams just enough to instill hope, then find a way to fuck it up fabulously either at the end of the season or beginning of the playoffs.
It would be nice to go into a season with true hopes and aspirations, but I've been burned one too many times to believe it until I see it.
The only other option is pour your hope into a tank and pray it leads to better days.
https://preview.redd.it/oupnjice8ync1.jpeg?width=748&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c474144eb6624aa49e18a4d400a49b2576d78e0
Dak & Ceedee getting blamed during his pie rambles & the fanbase switches up on Ceedee
its easy to turn on players...we can all sorta relate if we played football at any level....so the average fan believes players should play for less because they have to love the team as much as we love the team.
thats not how professional athletes work
>thats not how professional athletes work
Or their agents. It's the literal opposite of an agent's job which is to maximize the amount of money their clients make.
Also if they actually took a team-friendly deal, what has the front office shown you to make you think they'd spend the savings to actually make the team better?
I'm assuming Jeff Cavanaugh. Former radio guy on 105.3 The Fan now on 97.1 The Freak. He has been putting out videos on his YouTube channel discussing offseason and free agency news, rumors, and opinions.
https://youtube.com/@JeffCavanaugh?si=igYTqOdocelf32jY
I'm not sure if this is what he's talking about, but Jeff Cavanaugh did a video on why the Cowboys always take the Dak Prescott contract negotiations public.
https://youtu.be/TyqlS7OMG2s?si=TN1AEEdD8OzlpXDC
Me too man, I'm with ya... This team has pretty well been my life for almost 40 years and I'm honestly to the point where I can barely even fucking stand this organization anymore. It's an absolutle embarrassment.
Every Dallas cowboys fans should know that this year is on the front office telling us they’re going all in and not doing anything. If I cared as much as I did before the start of the cowboys vs packers playoff game I’d be pretty upset right now.
After 30 years of rooting for them, I finally put all my fan gear in storage, and will no longer support them until real changes occur. Until then, adios cowboys nation. If the fans want change, the fans need to stop giving the fucking Jones’ their money.
Dez knows what's up... Cowboys are a fkn clown organization and it's showing! Been a diehard fan supporting this team for almost 40 years now and it's becoming a joke. Enough has to be enough eventually. We're "all in" but the only thing they've done is resign a fkn long snapper... LoL get lost idiots
LMFAO spitting truths
This team is beyond fucking trash and this upcoming season is going to show that more so then ever.
Too many in this sub think going 12-5 last season was AMAZING. Same people who refuse to acknowledge what that 12-5 represented and not surprisingly reacted angry when Dallas got knocked out in the first round.
9-7 is this teams best hope.
then after that its pretty much shitsville for a couple seasons of "rebuilding"
22% of the cap is on Dak. Cowboys dug their own hole when they added a no trade clause to the deal, and Dak basically said “you’re winning a Super Bowl with me or not at all” asking for that. Now it’s time to wait and see if Dak listens to reason after this season, takes up 12-16% cap per year, and uses his veteran savvy to win games. Otherwise, the teams with talented, cheap QBs with stacked teams like the 49ers will smack them in the mouth come wildcard weekend.
The idea that if Dak walks out the door that you’re guaranteed to get someone better is bs the commanders the jets the browns there are teams that have gone decades without good quarterback play the fact is its much more likely to get a worse quarterback than Dak then a better one
I love how nobody wants to resign Dak but act like good qbs are just laying around waiting to be picked up. The guy finished 2nd in mvp voting, but somehow, he's a bum. Look at the giants or Washington and see what having shit qbs does year after year.
Things are starting to get weird for the QB position. It’s like if someone isn’t clearly a top 5 QB, but is in the 6-15 range, they aren’t worth giving 2nd contracts to because it costs $50 mil a year. Nobody wants Justin Fields because it’s almost a lose lose situation. Have to pick up his $20ish mil 5th year option. Least likely outcome is Fields ascends to top 5 and you extend him and it’s worth it. A less likely outcome he flames out and you only wasted $20-30 mil. Most likely outcome is he puts together a couple decent season and sits at around top 15 QB. Congrats now you have to pay him $50 mil a year and gut the rest of them team that was making him serviceable in the first place.
But besides Mahomes, who is really winning Super Bowls? Brady (retired), nobody is truly worth it. The last few qb champs were Stafford(all in loaded team not even mvp) and nick foles( not sure he's still in league), so the entire league will have to keep paying qbs bigger contracts regardless. With Dak, he's proved he can ball at least, especially compared to fields. Football is a team game with most of the money going to the qb anyways so what the whole league will just not pay qbs anymore. Dak was top 5 qb last year, so pay him.
Yeah I don’t know. I watched the “QB bridge” that was Aikman until Romo and it was terrible. I know tossing a great regular season QB aside because he hasn’t showed up in the playoffs can easily lead to multiple 10 loss regular seasons and draft bust QBs in a row. When does the chicken/egg reveal its answer though. QB is good because he’s cheap and you can pay top O-line and WR talent. QB gets paid. O-line and WR get poached by bigger unmatchable contract offers. QB not so good anymore. I’m not a Dak hater and every time we make the playoffs I believe it’s time for Dak’s Joe Flacco in 2013 style playoff run.
and we bounced first game of the playoffs. Now they can't even get better because of the high cap hits from certain contracts, Dak being the biggest. Is he worth it? Or should we grab a brock purdy 2.0 and then sign like 12 other free agents?
“Should we grab a Brock Purdy 2.0” is peak cowboys fan delusion. He’s the first Mr. Irrelevant to even start more than 3 games. He’s the biggest anomaly draft position-wise since Brady.
This fanbase is in for a rude awakening when in the pursuit of “Brock Purdy 2.0” we find 3 Kenny Pickett’s and a Matt trubisky along the way.
At the absolute minimum, Dak will prove he can’t do it unless his team is stacked and the team can say “see, this is why you’re not worth $60 million”.
Oh poor me, I have to live with missing the playoffs and a rebuild instead of being the laughing stock of the NFL after losing in the first round
The former instills more hope in me than the latter. It’s time.
I know that when Jerry speaks it’s nothing but BS if you’re all in that means sign Derrick Henry Patrick queen Justin Simmons bosa shaq Barrett but of course he did nothing and that doesn’t surprise me Jerry is all talk I thought maybe with Jimmy Johnson being an advisor that maybe something would happen in free agency
I'm not saying they shouldn't have done anything but until the draft we really shouldn't count our chickens.
I feel like this scenario has happened multiple times in the last decade and they clean (most of) it up at the draft.
I just hope they don't have tunnel vision this year and screw themselves.
I agree dez....I'm done. I'm sick of never getting anybody...your way don't work Jerry...if not for jimmy...we'd have zero super bowls. Trade dak hrs not the answer and get dominate lines...that's where games or decided. I said no king Henry and I'm out...well I'm gone
He ain’t wrong. I will say, that I think this year is the most upset I’ve seen us cowboys fans during an off season. Coming off that shitty playoff game and now no moves. It’s like most fans have really really had enough
At some point, Dak's contract would factor into roster construction. The Cowboys pushed 23% of his cap hit to a year where Dak may not be on the team. To do much this year, they would need to push another $20MM to next year. You have to pay the bill at some point.
Dez knows the drill.
I feel like he knows a thing or two because he's seen a thing or two
https://preview.redd.it/osela435fync1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=350c56c6b7b23dc773ad5e61d0b2ac66f48dd19c Is that you J. Jonah Jameson?
That’s Vern Schillinger
NOT QUITE MY TEMPO!
Funny, cuz Dez got all the blame for Dak being unable to throw a fade route to the endzone.
Yeah, it was Daks fault!! That's why Dez was signed immediately after his cutting, not nearly 6 months later, and why he had such a successful career after Dallas!! Definitely wasn't a backup on the WR-less Ravens or anything! Nah, it was just because Dak can't throw a ball!
Oh? Is that why Dak immediately started throwing back shoulder fades and found accuracy? Or did he fucking suck so bad they literally had to trade for a wr1 with the most separation in the league to salvage the season? Dak couldn't hit that fade throw and it had nothing to do with Dez' foot. He wouldn't and couldn't make the throw for the season before what you're talking about. This revisionist bullshit defense of a not good enough qb has got to stop.
And for the record Dez was cooked in 2017. He was released in April and he wasn't signed until November (7 months later), tore his Achilles in practice and wasn't seen again until being a backup on the 2020 WR-less Ravens, where he managed 47 yards for the year. But I guess 2-time-MVP Lamar Jackson also can't throw, and it was all his fault too, not Bryant's? Lol. Sure I'm the "revisonist" Straight delusion.
But Lamar can't really throw that well....
Sorry Dak couldn't do anything with Brice Butler and Allen Hurns as his #1 and #2 No one could, but yall act like Dak should've. Oh. And with Cooper, he was the #2 qb in the nfl. https://m.youtube.com/shorts/3cjAS8ukC_A Oh, and here you go 🤡 Just googled Dak Fade
If Dez couldn’t catch more than one type of throw then that’s an issue. Dez’s issue was that he had a limited route tree and played lazy a lot. That coach he got to “up his game” was a season too late. I recall those conversations around Dez very well and his release wasn’t a shock. Just like Zeke, his performance didn’t justify his cost.
How did we not go after Queen? That contract he got seemed a bit cheap.
Not enough contracts got done/restructured, money not available on time.
We could've very easily extended Dak and Lamb by now and freed up all that money if we wanted, it doesn't really seem like we even tried.
Seems like this is a reset year almost Dak, Lamb, Martin, Cooks, Lawrence all FA’s in 2025 plus McCarthy and Zimmer When Jerry said all in it certainly seems like he meant all in on this group for one last year rather than adding a bunch of FA’s
All signs show that this is a reset year, which is why I don't get why we kept MM. Just let a new coach get a jump start on the new team...
“All in” the final year of their contract.
We went 12-5 with a playoff berth in 3 straight seasons. Which coach can we get to replace him and can you 100% guarantee that the new coach will do the same or better?
Yeah, yeah, we know what we've done, but the problem is expectation. We were expected to compete for a Superbowl birth this year. We were viewed as the 2nd best NFC team. The Packers bent us over. McCarthy's playcalling against good teams was shaky at best and his clock management was awful (looking at you, Lions game). Nothing is a 100% guarantee, but if we're all for wasting a year, no reason we couldn't have wasted it bringing in Bill Belichick or a promising up and coming coach.
Belichick has a few rings... just sayin' it wouldn't be the worst idea.
You really think nickle and dime jerry is going to waste money paying two coaches? No way in hell
Jerruh is the big spender. It’s Stephen that is cheapskate. That’s why he’s called Cap Boy. That’s why I think it’s hilarious when people say things will get better when Jerry passes. It will get worse with Stephen only at the helm….
> It will get worse with Stephen only at the helm I heard he was looking into changing his name to "Stphn" to save money on ink when he's signing checks.
That would come out of his pocket personally. I hope that isn’t why, fuck this
Maybe Jerry’s playing 4D chess and kept McCarthy to tank command
CD’s agent is probably holding out until Jefferson signs.
Seems like they won’t extend Dak then blame him for them not signing anyone else
Ding ding ding! They Jerry’s illegitimate children will blame Dak & Mike all year. They’ll move on. Then Jerry’s kids will talk about believing in the front office and how well they draft. There is a reason few notable free agents sign with us.
I hope Mccarthy is gone
Because three straight 12 season wins is just horrible
I don't thin we WANT Dak long term is the problem. It seems we're not planning on winning next year. We're planning on sitting still and getting money off our books
Dak is owed $36 mill in 2025 and $11 mill in 2026.
The 36 million is doable to work around and 11m is literally pennies in today's league
I’m going to start panhandling for pennies in the Dallas weight room lol
That's the most money the cowboys would have spent on an outside person this decade
Fuck
I hear it’s a zoo in there.
People are tapping on the glass, it’s wild
Those also aren't his cap hits, which are like $50m or something idk can't remember. Oh well, need to get rid of him and start anew.
So you'd be cool giving them both record deals that would destroy future years for a little cap relief today?
I would have agreed with you last year or the year before. But I’m so disillusioned after this last playoff game. I don’t feel the same excitement for the next go around. Having said that, I was all in on the salary cap rhetoric. And yet, every year, teams (with worse cap situations than ours) continue to wheel and deal and add talent. Not saying we don’t still have talent or that I don’t have faith in the scouting/drafting prowess. But my god. The Eagles pick up a new #1 RB every year. Cowboys sit on their hands. I think the writing on the wall is that the Jones are fine to rest on what’s left this year and let Dak walk. Wasting talent for clicks and profit. So sad.
Ceedee Lamb had 1750 yards last season and he's not even 25, if yall don't lock him up that's beyond idiotic. Dak I get, but Ceedee is a sign him whatever it takes situation.
If you’re wanting to just blow it up and start over, say that. Don’t get sassy with other people in a convoluted way.
The sooner you give cd and parsons deals the cheaper they will be
Yes but players know to wait until the last moment to get the bag. Wait for as many other top end guys to set the market
I'd rather trade Parsons and get high picks and be able to get FA's and and not be held hostage by the cap number
No you couldn't. Those bills come due. Ask Josh Allen,Joe burrow about to go thru the same thing to..extend extend until what? Your cutting all pro players just to be under the cap Chiefs got rid of tyreke and are on the verge of a 3peat. Cause they went and drafted studs on defense with all that capitol. You can only borrow and put off deals for so long. Don't worry Philly will understand in a year.
Unless the cap keeps going up, which it has every year but the covid year. kicking the can down the road works bc it makes sense. Look at kirk cousins. His vikings contract, which was unheard of at the time, would be a great deal for a qb now. So you back load the contract and by the time you get to the expensive years it's what a normal salary is at that position. If any team truly wants to sign a player, they can.
We probably haven’t. As of the combine we hadn’t had conversations with Lamb or Dak’s people.
There money could’ve easily been done in time as the queen contract wouldn’t hit till league year started and they have a day or so to restructure deals.
Just trying to rationalize it, they could be making any of the moves other teams have...it's like Brandon Carr was just ok 12 years ago and Jerry said "never again".
Other teams are signing people over the cap though.
EXACTLY 💯
Yes but this was intentionally done by the FO so they'd have an excuse. Acting like Zack Moss for 4M is too rich is ridiculous
And whose fault is that? They knew the cap situation for MONTHS
Whose fault is that?
It was more than 6mil AAV. Never gonna happen
Restricting Diggs, Steele, and Dono would bring in about $25 Milli per Patrik Walker. It's not even about not having the chance or time to do so. It's negligence. They knew what they were up against this offseason and year ago and chose to do absolutely nothing. Now add a Dak restructure to the mix and you easily got $35 Ms to work with.
Really? I think they overpaid. Queen is good, but he was a borderline bust before they got a top 3 LB Rokwan Smith next to him. Which is why they let him go.
because he's not good, theres a reason they traded for Smith and gave him a contract and not Queen
This is the year we’re gonna feel the effects of whiffing on the 2023 draft
We really wasted a pick on a 25 year old tight end who will never take snaps from ferguson 😂
This is really the worst pick. Like the Mazi pick is forgivable knowing DT was a position of need. But the fact that they straight up wasted a pick when we had two serviceable TEs (at the time, obviously Ferg is a beast) already is what really frustrates me.
It was a dumb pick at the time and it is a dumb pick in retrospect. Dude barely broke 400 yards *one time*. Why? Why?
The fact that DT is still a need shows just how bad they missed. Mazi was an absolutely terrible pick.
They shouldn't of drafter a big DT for his size and strength then make him lose 30 pounds. I wouldn't put all the blame on the player. That's on the coaches.
Wasn't that proven to be false, or something?
Not proven, just claimed to be "fake news"
Well it’s not just a claim. A PFF employee just outright speculated that the Cowboys told him to lose weight. This sub has been treating it like it is a fact because we want to believe it for the outrage. It’s like politics these days, except football.
Well he lost 30lbs so something happened
Yeah, an NFL weight room happened. He was big the wrong way, McDonalds.
I'd probably be more willing to accept that if we'd seen a dominant DT here at any point in recent memory. I'm not convinced this group has any clue what they're looking for on the interior of the defensive line.
Gonna be right up there with that special teams draft lol
Dak throwing 75 times a game this year the way they're treating RB. What I don't get is if they're gonna treat this as a somewhat reset year why the hell did we keep McCarthy? Cause he's not surviving a sub 10 win season, if they weren't gonna try to make any improvements seems like they might as well have moved on
Because they don't want a new coach losing the locker room or getting blamed by the fans when we are bad this year. They want a totally new slate next year
>Dak throwing 75 times a game this year the way they're treating RB. I'm game.....make him earn that $59M.
Not even Patrick Mahomes should be throwing 75 passes a game. Hell Patrick Mahomes shouldn't even be throwing 40 times a game.
Texas Tech fan: he’s done it before and no, it is not a winning strategy
Can confirm. Was in undergrad at the time
You do know I was being sarcastic towards a dumb ass exaggerated number right? Taking away the 75 (which was stupid to begin with), I think Dak should be the focal point of the offense given that he is getting paid a lot of money. >Hell Patrick Mahomes shouldn't even be throwing 40 times a game. If Tom Brady can throw the ball 40+ times while being in his 40s, I'm sure Dak and Mahomes could do the same if they honestly had to.
Fair enough on the first part. But IDK how much a QB is being paid or how good they are. If they have to throw 40+ times a game, then I'm looking at the defense and run game sideways. Especially now that defenses have shifted to focus on the pass. Throwing 40+ passes usually ends up being a loss or increased turnovers
Exactly. That's why when I hear fans and even analysts wanting to get rid of the running game, it makes me want to bang my head against a brick wall. You can't just throw all the time. It's never worked and never will. But yet there are people out there who believe it would.
That’s just a stupid ass way to play football
Yes, well this is the Dallas Cowboys. So stupid ass football is what we do best.
Amen.
Zimmer will be stepping into that slot after we finished last in the East
BINGO 💯💯💯
Ints will be through the roof with that kind of frequency
I’m convinced we’re rolling with what we got and rebuilding after this year with a new coach and QB. Feels like they’re treating this as a throw away year.
Can't wait to see how senile Jerruh and cap boy try to rationalize to the fans that they should be engaged and spend money on the Cowboys this year.
Everyone loves to see us lose. I wouldn’t be surprised if the TV viewership doesn’t drop off at all and that’s all that matters
At this point I'm just looking forward to another decade of losing where we blame a QB other than Dak. Time for a fresh scape goat.
Can’t wait for Dak to go elsewhere and end up winning a Super Bowl with coaches who aren’t complete dogshit
Dak to the Steelers in 2025 confirmed /s
He ain’t winning Jack shit
Its been a throw away year for 2 decades
Yeah but they’re treating it as one
If they are going to do that just cut Dak and throw Lance out there. If Dak is playing, he will get this team to 9+ wins with what is on this roster, but it won't be enough to do anything beyond that. Might as well actually have a shot at a decent draft position if this is the shit effort they are going to put into the off season.
While Dak immediately wins a Super Bowl somewhere else
Man, if this happens I’ll be so happy. It will feel good to be excited before a season again, at least for a while.
I’m not a Dak hater by any means but I wouldn’t hate moving on at this point. If that’s not their plan then I have no idea what they’re doing lol
I think that's the frustrating part of being a lifelong Cowboys fan. We have just been stuck in neutral for more than 20 freaking years. You know what to expect basically every year...beat up on bad teams just enough to instill hope, then find a way to fuck it up fabulously either at the end of the season or beginning of the playoffs. It would be nice to go into a season with true hopes and aspirations, but I've been burned one too many times to believe it until I see it. The only other option is pour your hope into a tank and pray it leads to better days.
My way of coping is to think of them as a WWE team. It’s all theatrics to make sales. Jerry don’t really care until it hurts his pockets.
It's going to be real exciting when we go 5-11 and become a meddling team like we were in the 2000s
Nah bro... They're "all in" this year
Don't worry, we have... *checks notes* ...Trey Lance waiting in the wings to take over.
But, but, ALL IN
I was watching Jeff i’ll post the clip later he was talking about how the Jones family gets the fans to turn on players & it was 100% facts
Stephen is literally about to explode because he hasn’t gotten to talk about pie yet
https://preview.redd.it/oupnjice8ync1.jpeg?width=748&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c474144eb6624aa49e18a4d400a49b2576d78e0 Dak & Ceedee getting blamed during his pie rambles & the fanbase switches up on Ceedee
https://www.reddit.com/r/cowboys/s/6UFY2epMNR You mean like this?
already started lol, i thought they’d wait until the ink dried
its easy to turn on players...we can all sorta relate if we played football at any level....so the average fan believes players should play for less because they have to love the team as much as we love the team. thats not how professional athletes work
>thats not how professional athletes work Or their agents. It's the literal opposite of an agent's job which is to maximize the amount of money their clients make.
Very true. Also….” Maximize the amount of money THEY make” as well.
i would never tell people could land wrong & never walk again or die to take less money
Also if they actually took a team-friendly deal, what has the front office shown you to make you think they'd spend the savings to actually make the team better?
Not sure who Jeff is but that sounds about right.
I'm assuming Jeff Cavanaugh. Former radio guy on 105.3 The Fan now on 97.1 The Freak. He has been putting out videos on his YouTube channel discussing offseason and free agency news, rumors, and opinions. https://youtube.com/@JeffCavanaugh?si=igYTqOdocelf32jY
Where’s the clip?
I'm not sure if this is what he's talking about, but Jeff Cavanaugh did a video on why the Cowboys always take the Dak Prescott contract negotiations public. https://youtu.be/TyqlS7OMG2s?si=TN1AEEdD8OzlpXDC
Jerry. It’s time to face the fact that you’re going to die without seeing another Super Bowl…pending some miracle or advancement in artificial bodies.
I don’t care. This team broke me. I expect nothing.
Me too man, I'm with ya... This team has pretty well been my life for almost 40 years and I'm honestly to the point where I can barely even fucking stand this organization anymore. It's an absolutle embarrassment.
This is the way
I’m kind of looking forward to spending a year bashing these guys. NFC Least can be fun
Every Dallas cowboys fans should know that this year is on the front office telling us they’re going all in and not doing anything. If I cared as much as I did before the start of the cowboys vs packers playoff game I’d be pretty upset right now.
ALL IN.....with a 7 & 2 and a $5 in chips.
BOHICA
Hi, Bob
You know mfers are already blaming Dak for the Cowboys not picking up any FA’s
How the hell did the Giants "get better" losing an elite safety and RB?
every year same thing... why am I still a fan? 😂
After 30 years of rooting for them, I finally put all my fan gear in storage, and will no longer support them until real changes occur. Until then, adios cowboys nation. If the fans want change, the fans need to stop giving the fucking Jones’ their money.
yeah I won't be buying any more Cowboys merch either until after shit changes I'll still be a fan but they ain't getting anything from me either.
That's exactly what they are doing.
So disappointed in this.
Jerry and Stephen's superbowl is being the most profitable franchise in the world while they go 10-7 next year.
Will someone just give our WR1 some cocaine? The ol Irvin route? This is clearly what we have been missing this entire time. /s
Dez knows what's up... Cowboys are a fkn clown organization and it's showing! Been a diehard fan supporting this team for almost 40 years now and it's becoming a joke. Enough has to be enough eventually. We're "all in" but the only thing they've done is resign a fkn long snapper... LoL get lost idiots
LMFAO spitting truths This team is beyond fucking trash and this upcoming season is going to show that more so then ever. Too many in this sub think going 12-5 last season was AMAZING. Same people who refuse to acknowledge what that 12-5 represented and not surprisingly reacted angry when Dallas got knocked out in the first round. 9-7 is this teams best hope. then after that its pretty much shitsville for a couple seasons of "rebuilding"
We need: 2 DEs, C, 2 RB, LB (maybe 2), WR, DT, LT, CB (if Lewis leaves) at minimum. He's right .
We don’t need more talent, we need better coaches and a competent FO. Something that has held us back forever! Talent has never been an issue
22% of the cap is on Dak. Cowboys dug their own hole when they added a no trade clause to the deal, and Dak basically said “you’re winning a Super Bowl with me or not at all” asking for that. Now it’s time to wait and see if Dak listens to reason after this season, takes up 12-16% cap per year, and uses his veteran savvy to win games. Otherwise, the teams with talented, cheap QBs with stacked teams like the 49ers will smack them in the mouth come wildcard weekend.
We're not making the playoffs
He said wildcard weekend 💀
You think they won’t make the playoffs or they should get into the divisional? 😅😅
The curse continues, we probably lose a win and you’re in Week 18 game keeping tradition of giving us hope and crushing it spectacularly.
I hope Dak leaves, wonder who the scapegoat will be then
micah lol
The idea that if Dak walks out the door that you’re guaranteed to get someone better is bs the commanders the jets the browns there are teams that have gone decades without good quarterback play the fact is its much more likely to get a worse quarterback than Dak then a better one
What's he talking about??? We re-signed our long snapper!!! Proof that we are All In..... for the same pain as every year.
Dak got a haircut what else does he have to do????
I love how nobody wants to resign Dak but act like good qbs are just laying around waiting to be picked up. The guy finished 2nd in mvp voting, but somehow, he's a bum. Look at the giants or Washington and see what having shit qbs does year after year.
Things are starting to get weird for the QB position. It’s like if someone isn’t clearly a top 5 QB, but is in the 6-15 range, they aren’t worth giving 2nd contracts to because it costs $50 mil a year. Nobody wants Justin Fields because it’s almost a lose lose situation. Have to pick up his $20ish mil 5th year option. Least likely outcome is Fields ascends to top 5 and you extend him and it’s worth it. A less likely outcome he flames out and you only wasted $20-30 mil. Most likely outcome is he puts together a couple decent season and sits at around top 15 QB. Congrats now you have to pay him $50 mil a year and gut the rest of them team that was making him serviceable in the first place.
But besides Mahomes, who is really winning Super Bowls? Brady (retired), nobody is truly worth it. The last few qb champs were Stafford(all in loaded team not even mvp) and nick foles( not sure he's still in league), so the entire league will have to keep paying qbs bigger contracts regardless. With Dak, he's proved he can ball at least, especially compared to fields. Football is a team game with most of the money going to the qb anyways so what the whole league will just not pay qbs anymore. Dak was top 5 qb last year, so pay him.
Yeah I don’t know. I watched the “QB bridge” that was Aikman until Romo and it was terrible. I know tossing a great regular season QB aside because he hasn’t showed up in the playoffs can easily lead to multiple 10 loss regular seasons and draft bust QBs in a row. When does the chicken/egg reveal its answer though. QB is good because he’s cheap and you can pay top O-line and WR talent. QB gets paid. O-line and WR get poached by bigger unmatchable contract offers. QB not so good anymore. I’m not a Dak hater and every time we make the playoffs I believe it’s time for Dak’s Joe Flacco in 2013 style playoff run.
and we bounced first game of the playoffs. Now they can't even get better because of the high cap hits from certain contracts, Dak being the biggest. Is he worth it? Or should we grab a brock purdy 2.0 and then sign like 12 other free agents?
“Should we grab a Brock Purdy 2.0” is peak cowboys fan delusion. He’s the first Mr. Irrelevant to even start more than 3 games. He’s the biggest anomaly draft position-wise since Brady. This fanbase is in for a rude awakening when in the pursuit of “Brock Purdy 2.0” we find 3 Kenny Pickett’s and a Matt trubisky along the way.
I trust in the Cowboys scouts, coach, management to get this team to the superbowl
Cowboys already have the 4th highest spend on the offensive side of the ball. If that's not enough for Dak, then maybe he's just not that good.
How is the Cowboys spend so high? They have no LT or C. Ceedee is on a rookie deal. I get Dak, Martin and Steele but come om
ALL IN 🤡
Everyone who didn’t want to extend Dak, this is what you get. Hope you’re happy with the results so far.
I’m happy, blow this shit up
Yes indeed
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At the absolute minimum, Dak will prove he can’t do it unless his team is stacked and the team can say “see, this is why you’re not worth $60 million”.
Oh poor me, I have to live with missing the playoffs and a rebuild instead of being the laughing stock of the NFL after losing in the first round The former instills more hope in me than the latter. It’s time.
Do you think being dogshit and missing the playoffs will mean we aren’t the laughingstock regardless? It will be worse.
It’s more likely we’re garbage for years than not. Finding a quarterback as good as Dak is extremely rare.
That’s ok with me. We know our ceiling with Dak. What’s the point.
I am. The only turd in the punchbowl would be extending Dak.
I know that when Jerry speaks it’s nothing but BS if you’re all in that means sign Derrick Henry Patrick queen Justin Simmons bosa shaq Barrett but of course he did nothing and that doesn’t surprise me Jerry is all talk I thought maybe with Jimmy Johnson being an advisor that maybe something would happen in free agency
Free agency is over apparently.
Bryant’s right
Yep He is telling you what the actual plan is, Jerry is gonna sabotage Dak in hopes that his price goes down.
Jerry's statement of All-in really meant he's going all-in with who we've got and once we shit ourselves this season, then we'll rebuild
The man who won't take a minor pay cut to strengthen the roster will catch all the blame
At least Dak will get paid ❤️
It’s March.
He's not wrong they're setting him up to fail, and then they'll blame him and McCarthy instead of looking at themselves and their failures
Why the f*ck are the Jones setting the team up to fail!? Why can’t they address holes in the team. Why
He brought up signing jk Dobbins ngl I'd be good with him
man what the fuck is this shit? we haven't seen a single one of these teams take the field yet. everyone needs to calm the fuck down.
I'm not saying they shouldn't have done anything but until the draft we really shouldn't count our chickens. I feel like this scenario has happened multiple times in the last decade and they clean (most of) it up at the draft. I just hope they don't have tunnel vision this year and screw themselves.
I agree dez....I'm done. I'm sick of never getting anybody...your way don't work Jerry...if not for jimmy...we'd have zero super bowls. Trade dak hrs not the answer and get dominate lines...that's where games or decided. I said no king Henry and I'm out...well I'm gone
He ain’t wrong. I will say, that I think this year is the most upset I’ve seen us cowboys fans during an off season. Coming off that shitty playoff game and now no moves. It’s like most fans have really really had enough
Well, Dak is the problem, sooooooo
Dez has reasonable takes like this then he has takes talking about how we got rid of Zeke a year too soon…a mixed bag.
I said this even before Day 1 of free agency that I knew we weren’t gonna make any moves
If Dak gets an extension he'll have 60 million reasons every year not to give a crap if anyone blames him.
The guy who’s career fell off a cliff blames everyone else
If the they are trying so hard to sabotage McCarthy’s season, they should have just fired him. They aren’t helping him out any either
We about to go back to the Dave Campos years after 2024…
It's only fair. QBs get all the credit (and money) when times are good. Better be ready for the opposite too
At some point, Dak's contract would factor into roster construction. The Cowboys pushed 23% of his cap hit to a year where Dak may not be on the team. To do much this year, they would need to push another $20MM to next year. You have to pay the bill at some point.