One of my favorite writers here (I like how you break stuff down), and you always seem to post within minutes of me getting off work. Works out perfectly.. lol

I do agree, for the most part. The ’Boys seem to be getting back to basics. There are quite a few similarities, and I like how it seems a lot of the kinks are being straightened out.

I don’t care what anyone says. I’ll take a team with great chemistry & at least average athletic ability over a team of ‘superstars’ ANY day. “I can honestly see it in the distance.”

I was satisfied with simply reliving childhood memories of the 90’s Cowboys, but then you go and and make comparisons between now and then, and it gave me goosebumps. Hadn’t looked at it like that before. Very well done.

IMO it was the greatest dynasty in the history of pro football. I’m convinced those teams could beat the 60s Packers, 70s Steelers, 80s 49ers and this decades Patriots, no question in my mind.

However, the odds of the Cowboys ever having another team like that is slim to none, that was truly a once in a generation team.

Comparing this team or any other future Cowboys team to the 90s teams simply is not fair.

Well done Carl. Your writing brought back some clear images. Thanks

You just can’t picture the magic of Roger Staubach. The man who chose to serve his country first, then play football later. Imagine the way Tony Romo runs around behind the LOS, making plays. Now imagine those plays carrying your team to Super Bowl victories. You’re just now beginning to understand the magic of Rodger the Dodger. Even in his Super Bowl losses, with one minute left on the clock there was no quit. He was throwing bombs for touchdowns, trying to will his team back. But it was more. Tony Dorsett slicing through the line and sprinting up the field. Drew Pearson and Bob Hayes shredding the competition. I think there was at least (2) 12-2 seasons. Try going deep into the playoffs every year. A defense full of nationally known stars. A defense that called upon a playbook no one else was running. A coach that was an American icon. A team that belonged to America. With these few words I have done no justice to what we had back then.

I hated the swagger… Especially the off the field stuff…

I liked the fact Emmit never made a big deal of scoring. I still remember Haley coming around the corner in the superbowl about to crush (was it Elway?). He was playing with a pretty serious injury at the time and Haley just put his arms around him without a punishing hit. We had already wrapped up the game and didn’t need to end a career or anything.

I did love Bill Bates though… Guy played with everything he had every snap.

I met the Playmaker on an escalator going opposite ways early in the wee hours in Houston during SB weekend a few years back and he waited for me at the top of the escalator to say hello after I flagged him down for an autograph…he was gracious enough to spend a good ten minutes telling stories of the “old days”. It was pretty cool…and, yes, like you see on Spike TV now, he still has the swagger – you can see it in his eyes. I love that man.

one of your best, Carl – keep up the good work. We need more posts about “swagger” and what that is all about.

the current Cowboys that you guys have mentioned having that swagger,—Barber, Witten, Columbo, and I’d add Romo and we’ll see whether Roy Williams has it—are all on offense.

Our defense has that “platoon of silent soldiers who just loved to do their job”: Ware, Ratliff, Newman etc. A few of them are vocal some of the time, but Bradie James may come closest to having swagger.

Try to name current players and you get Witten, Barber, Ware, uh uh uh, maybe Scandrick?

I loved the 70’s teams and the 90’s teams, but talking about them only makes this current roster pale in comparison.

Most importantly, on the Lines. I want to see the dominance on the O and DLines (which includes OLB’s), and there won’t be success until it happens.

romo’s a pretender, Aikman was a perfectionist and romo’s a slacker…NOONE ON THIS TEAM HAS HALF THE HEART OF #88

QB’s should:
study game-film, not make TMZ reelz
dedicate himself to a teams success, not haul ass to mexico when his g/f wants
PROTECT THE FOOTBALL — NOT FUMBLE/THROW AWAY MULTIPLE SEASONS

EVEN HIS APOLOGISTS HAVE SPENT 3 YEARS TRYING TO SELL HIM AS THE NEXT BIG THING…FACE IT, HE DEFINES MEDIOCRITY…

IF HE RETIRED, oBAMA WOULD NAME HIM “DOUCHE-CZAR”..HE’D SET THE STANDARD FOR ALL THE OTHER DOUCHEBAGS OF THE WORLD

That night he called the radio station from his cell phone and matter of factly promised a win said it all about those teams. I think when that happened, they hadn’t even been to the SB yet. He set the tone and assembled players who had his attitude.

Nothing fired me up more then Irvin celebrating after a catch.

Being a Cowboys fan as a kid was tough cuz they weren’t winning much, so they were rarely on tv here in Cali. Going into my junior and senior years of high school, they started getting it right. I remember making depth charts in class and liking every member of the team. They were all awesome and had roles and were on tv more cuz of the rivalry with the 40whiners!

Always good safeties, too. James Washington, Thomas Everett w/his eye-splitting facemask helping Ken Norton stop Thurman and his backup (Kenneth Davis?) at the goalline.

Watching the Hard Copy episode of Michael in fur walking down the court room hallway was surreal. Pizazzz.

Cool read. Thanks, Carl.

I think had alot to do with their Head Coach as well. I think his swagger disseminated to his entire team. Unfortunately, I don’t believe Wade has any swagger to disseminate to his team. Wade disseminates another type of variable. It is overconfidence. His team gets full of themselves and then can’t live up to the hype (sounds like the rest of our local sports teams). They need to focus on the game at hand, play every game like it is their last and don’t pay attention to the media hype or anything else. Just pay the game like we all know they can and we will finally see the benefits of it.

I sure miss that ’90s team.

Nice post Carl! Always good stuff.