I STILL BELIEVE!!!

because even though I was pissed off and upset today 1-3 isnt the end actually
1-4 is
if we win this game i think we win the next few
i mean we shouldnt be 1-3 but its really not over yet
the Giants started 5-0 last year to finish 8-8
trust me im a negative person who see’s the worst but I saw alot of good yesterday but alot more bad
its there def is
talent is not a issue with this team besides S and OL

and no matter what you say year in and year out WP and JJ’s Cowboys are turds… That’s what we have, powdered $hit..in a billion dollar stadium…at least I can go watch some good concerts there.
I do love the Cowboys and I hate being this cynical but, it has just gotten to that point…unfortunately

its not good for you, but you need it, you want it
i spend 365 days a year following this team, i know every player i know what school they went to etc
i know everything about our team from schemes to personel packages
then in April I follow college players to see who fits our scheme i watch who we bring in
i spend hours on the net talking to people here and dc.com because i live in NY
it hurts right now, well every year seeing us come up short while seeing the Giants win the Super Bowl and play like crap every other year
but I will never abandon this team, my dad was a Cowboys fan and I grew up a Cowboys fan
this year is slipping away but its not over yet
honestly i hate knowing the feeling like its over but 2011 we solve S OL coaching and I think we really have one of the best teams in the NFL
i still think we can put something together this year but ive lost all hope in Wade, that guy is just not a head coach

Seriously, 5B, I like what you are saying, but teams are going to show us thier best every week. We have to play smart every week, and we have not proven that yet…
Ultimately that is the problem. We celebrate while trailing or tied… No killer instincts, little football smarts. It is our vets who get the stupidest penaltes. We do not seem to understand that it is best to not put yourself in the situation where something can happen. We need to start grabbing teams by the throat and stomping thier guts out.
I hold out hope too, but I just don’t know where the leadership is going to come from.

But I of course am very disappointed in the coaching decisions, preparedness, as well as of course they’re philosiphy.

But I have to be positive, remain optimistic, and pray for victory. Maybe it is for the best- maybe the team only performs when it has to. I know that is the case, by the way Blings. This team has shown that already, which leads to this question…

If the team performs it’s best when it’s back is against the wall, and when things look the bleakest, then I believe it is definitely coaching as a problem. As I hear alot of people trying to deflect blame from the coaches, and say it’s ultimately the “players”, I don’t hear anyone saying or talking at all about what coaching can do to fix the problems, as well as what it takes as a coach to squeeze what you need out of the players, as well as setting expectations with them. That is where the problems can be solved.

I also remember reading that you, Blings, wrote that Wade gave the players time off during the Bye, and I was angry after I heard that. Another sign to me that coaching is failing. But instead of dwelling on the negative, I want to concentrate on answers, not dwell on the obvious, and try to make the most out of the season, and see if they can turn it around.

I personally don’t believe the coaches feel like they can yell, or hold accountable, any of the top players on the team. These players don’t feel the sense of urgency that needs to be there- even if the record was 3-1 or 4-0 rather than 1-3. Once they have a little success, they will fall back into the “comfort zone”. They truly need someone that will “ride” them. Maybe they will use this “Black Hole” they have been sucked into, and start really showing some team spirit, some heart, and some grit, and go out there and kick some butt. They need to.

But there has to be some kind of changes before I start believing in this team again. Bench Davis, bench Ball. Something has to happen.

I think we all needed to read that… I know I did.

where this is going for reasons I’ve stated so many times, it’s pointless to state them again. I was out of town this weekend, so I’ve just finished watching as much of the game as I could take. That said, I would never give up on this team; I never have before, and I’m not about to start. There’s a lot to love about these Cowboys; why they’re not clicking is for the coaches to figure out. I’m just going to watch and wait and see if the ship can be righted. If it can’t this year, I’ll look forward to what’s next.

You can be disappointed and temper your expectations but you can’t give up. I don’t expect Dallas to give up so I sure as heck won’t.

I knew yesterday was going to be bad when Scandrick decided it was ok to hold the receivers’ shoulder pad all the way down the field on the first drive. “Here we go again” I thought. The killer about this current replica of the Cowboys is this: They can play lights out crappy and still hang with most teams (so far). So, if they just pull their collective heads out of their arses..imagine the possibilities.
I don’t know if/when they will do that but I watch each game thinking maybe this is the time..maybe this is the time..Maybe Wade/Jason will get it right. Maybe the OL will block (this actually happened just last week!) Maybe we’ll get an interception..maybe the *(&^ refs won’t throw a flag at the most inconvenient time. Maybe the damn football will start to bounce our way for a change..
Good post Blings, your 2nd masterpiece in as many weeks. I was a little shocked by it coming from the comment threads. No one is saying anything good right now so I definitely like your timing as well.

I didn’t see a post like this coming from anybody here, no less someone who’s always tended to the more skeptical or practical side of the conversation.

It’s appreciated, and a turn around is very possible, but there are a few changes to be made in order for that to happen. I like what we are doing on offense, apart from Romo getting murdered due to a subpar o line and the stupid drive killjg penalties and turnovers. I actually like what we are doing on defense for the most part. Special teams is terrible, the o line couldn’t be much worse starting bench players, and the overall football IQ of the team needs to increase exponentially. If all that happens, we don’t have to endure the “zOMG1! FirecWade!” nonsense.

To start – Safety play is really lacking. Through 4 games, 1/4 of the season – neither Sensabaugh nor Ball have a PD or an INT. That’s pretty stunning – not a single play on a ball in the air for 2 starters, every down players in our defensive secondary in 118 attempts to date. I knew Sensi was average at best, but that was such an improvement over what we had prior I was willing to accept that. Ball is basically this year’s Quincy Carter – someone who has no business starting in the NFL at their position. But was sold to us as deserving. The assessment that put him there serves a management group well as it relieves them of the responsibility for addressing this shortcoming otherwise.

In the off season 4 areas were critical priorities – LT, FS, K and OL depth. One was addressed, the other 3 ignored. Again. All for more shiny new toys serving less critical needs. Teams do draft for need, that’s how they fill them. Two NFL teams just made trades this week to fill holes, and yet we stand pat with obvious deficiencies. It is about talent acquisition, but we’d rather convince ourselves that lesser talent is actually better, then stubbornly refuse to address it when it proves not.

I’m actually OK with our effort, and never put much stock in this accountability and leadership meme – too nebulous, too easy to mold the facts to fit the theory. I am massively frustrated by the same mistakes always handicapping otherwise stellar play, mostly on the Offensive side of the ball. But I am mystified by the up and down nature of individual and group performance – especially on D and ST. Our collective penchant for critical mistakes at crucial times is remarkable. Each heroic effort to tie the game yesterday was met with an equally baffling breakdown that immediately negated it. All this combines to make ourselves the one opponent we just can’t seem to get past. Which makes it very tough, because we are on our schedule every game.

For me, this points to a less-than-optimal outcome for this season. While I would very much like to believe, the reality seem too much to overcome.

but I will no longer watch. Why you ask? when I dont watch Cowboys win this year. Need proof? Games 1and 2 watched every down except the last % minutes of the Chicago game-Cowboys lose. Miss game 3 Cowboys win. now here is the Clincher. Watched the first Quarter of This past game… Cowboys down 17-3 turn off game, come back at Half time Cowboys tied 17 all. Watch rest of Game Final score 34-27. I rest my case.

If these guys stick together and play tough in the face of adversity, then they wil be fine. The record right now doesn’t mean anything right now. They have 5 division games left. If they handle those then they are in a position to battle for the division. I still believe.

im not giving up,didnt when we had a 1-15 season and not going to now..
we can go on a run imo,waiting for “the light” to come on with this team.
please ,please,please coaches ,dont let up on this team anymore.
bench players for sloppy play (cough) davis!!.
Go Cowboys……………

I truly did not expect this post… from you of all people. Ha-ha-ha!!!

However, it comes at a time when us Cowboys fans need some kind of pick me up drug to help us keep things in perspective.

From this point on, I’m not gonna look at the games after this upcoming week.

Just gonna keep rootin’ for our Boyz one game at a time.

One more thing…

…another reason I like football is because injuries are the great equalizer (although I never really want a player to sustain a serious one).

Point well taken here:

An apple a day…and all that. Four games in and this team is extremely healthy. If losing John Phillips is the worst thing that happens to Dallas in 2010, I’ll take it. Just ask GB or Minnesota or New Orleans or Chicago about team health. Who is going to take the pressure off of Aaron Rodgers by running the ball as the season wears on? We can only hope they stick with who they have.

Epic post.

because there is no way Blings is capable of writing such an optimistic post. Very impressed Blings, I’m glad to know you still believe in this team.

I actually attended the Titans game, I was never so disappointed in the Cowboys as I was that game….but in the end, I too still believe…always will.

and always will be. I will watch every game this season, like I have done every season for the last 20+ years.

I have no hope in a Super bowl year and have accepted that our team does not prepare well. To come off a bye week, following a win and put that game on the field is inexcusable.

I hope they prove me wrong and go on a 10 game win streak but I’m not gonna sit here, lying to myself and all of you by saying “I still believe!”

I don’t want the current core of cowboys to step down in a few years with their major accomplishment as winning a wild card game against the eagles and have lost my faith in the current coaching/gm hierarchy to get it done.

Here’s hoping you are right and not me.

i’ve been a south carolina gamecock fan forever. and every year i go through the disappointment and have to think maybe next year. and, by the way, it’s hard for me to be too disappointed right now in dallas when s.c. just knocked off the number one team in the nation. but i’m starting to get that feeling with dallas. maybe next year. now i hope like hell they turn it around. i just don’t think so.

I agree 100%, Blings

I hadn’t been reading comments lately or any of the fan posts because I can’t stand how harsh people are and how band-wagon some fans are. I think the Cowboys are far from done and I’ll point out that we have been in every single game until the last second. We have never been “blown out” and besides the dumb penalties, this team has looked good (Outside the OL play).

I honestly can’t believe some of the calls the refs are making and also missing. I feel like the refs have been missing some pretty big penalties and yet calling ones that are tiny if anything at all, just because they feel like it.

Again, thanks for this, I think I’ll start checking this more and commenting more again.. But when all I see is hate, and flame posts saying to fire Wade or that the season is over, it makes me want to puke. But, I’ll keep hope and keep on checking for people who don’t throw in the towel at the first sign of danger.

Go Cowboys!

So HAH!

Think back to the horrendous start last season. We were more than lucky to escape with a 2-2 record into week 5, having won games against what turned out to be the very inept Bucs and Panthers.

Then came the Kansas City game. The Cowboys needed to go into overtime to win against the 0-4 Chiefs, but that win proved to be the turning point of the whole season – and not only because of the emergence of Miles Austin.

The game next week against the Vikings may turn out to be just that turning point to this season.

If you’ve given up hope, I frown upon you. Until it’s mathmatically impossible (and even sometimes then) for us to make the playoffs, we’re in it in my opinion.

yet even as I type this I am getting ready to take over the TV(if it is carried here, F’king Cowboy hell AKA North Carolina) to watch this train wreck of a season so far in the hope that it will get better. GO Cowboys!!!!

I believe, and there is hope. 2-3 Sounds good right now from where I sit. Lots of football left to play this season, and some great players to watch. All the Cowboys need to do is win their division…Bingo…Playoffs. It is early.