Loss To Giants Is Just The Rude Awakening Cowboys Needed

The big problem now is Jones thinks we’re STILL a very talented team, but we aren’t. Unfortunately, he controls the purse strings and makes ALL the decisions about player aquisition. I hope Garrett (and the rest of the staff + scouts) is a good talent evaluator. If you think about it, we won 3 SBs because Jimmy was great at talent evaluation. Jones ain’t.

When he said we were making a run this year, and that he needed to sell tickets for his monstrosity of a stadium. But no, he was serious. What’s sad is I’d be less upset if he’d been lying.

They are young and not that talented. I don’t know if that’s a good thing. They need big time help. In today’s NFL, the bigger problem for this team was not scoring points rather than points allowed. We have a ton of talent at the skill positions and QB, so it has to be the line, right?

Whatever was wrong with Doug Free this year, he wasn’t capable of being the LT. I’d switch them on paper now.

And a bulldozer at FB. I like Murray/Felix, but they’re the same guy with the same skill set and talent. They need a guy that can get those hard yards up the middle, so that our smaller QB isn’t trying a QB sneak and getting rejected on 4th and less than a yard.

I was hoping this would wake Jerry Jones up but yeah those comments really pissed me off

Its these wakeup call moments in which he conducts himself and the organization best—i.e., when he’s scared. When he’s confident, he gets cocky and loses perspective.

That’s why Johnson and Parcells were so good for the organization—they were always “scared”—i.e., they always wanted better personnel, saw holes in the roster (even a 13-3 roster), etc.

probably not. Now perhaps RR will have some leverage to acquire a better defense.

" This team has a loser mentality ".

They lost just like you wanted so they can start the rebuild faster, right? Besides no team in the NFL fills all of their holes. Every team in the NFL has several huge weaknesses.

They picked what? 25th then, the Packers liked him and wouldn’t trade. Bulaga wasn’t draftable. Hell, you may as well say they should have drafted Joe Hayden.

Sensi was certainly no star, but Newman looked like he had never played football before. bad angles, slow, he just seemed out of it.

there are so many FAs and scrubs on the roster that they can’t replace all of them, so they needed to lock a couple of them up as stopgaps to better players down the road.

They would have had to sign somebody down the line, and a player of Sensi’s caliber would probably cost much more on the open market.

Would I rather have a promising young player in place? Of course. But given the personnel hell currently in place, its a good move.

resigning Sensabaugh was really ignorant & the depth at safety has been a problem for years. i think having CBs that can cover is way more valuable then having a top flight safety but Dallas has neither.
don’t expect this secondary to get that much better through the draft with the safeties on this roster.
its unreal how no other team wanted Sensa or Elam expect Dallas & then on top that resigning part of the problem just goes to show Jerry makes to many knee jerk/ ignorant personnel decisions.

The Sensabaugh extension was the worst GM decision this season.

The players’ real value is evident from their performance on the field. Who else other than Jerry would fall for sweet talking a player?

Doug Free should be moved to the right side, Miles needs to stay healthy, Scandrick and Sensabaugh, well, they are what they are, average at best.

Just two or three days decades too late.

Nicely said.

but not sure what you’d get for him. Then again, I could never see Jerry doing it.

Great analogy

He created that proud franchise. It took pure balls in order to put the pieces together to build the 90s dynasty. Look at what happened to the 49ers after their dynasty? They had a top ten QB all time to take over after Montana and they still only managed one Super Bowl despite keeping most of the pieces in tact. The Pats haven’t won since they lost Ty Law, Rodney Harrison, Mike Vrabel, Bruschi, or Willie McGinest not to mention two great coordinators. Maybe they’ll win this year. What do you think will happen to the Saints when Brees leaves? Where would the Packers be if teams weren’t obsessed with non-pro style offense QBs or Rodgers didn’t have the “Tedford QB” label? Look, I’m not saying the Cowboys have made just as good of decisions as those two franchises, but pretty much every great team you see ran into a quite a bit of luck along the way. Dynasties usually run into a LOT of luck. Since Jerry took over the team’s won three Super Bowls, still more than anyone in that time frame save for the Pats.

Rebuilding after a dynasty is tough. When the dynasty is fading the urge is to go for broke and get what wins you have left. To me, the biggest mistake he made was not viewing the Michael Irvin injury as the time to start the rebuilding process. Instead he went for broke trying to get one last ring out of Troy and Emmitt. The Galloway trade, LaFluer, several other moves. He should went for a QB to develop and build the next generation of Cowboys around, instead he was trying to milk what was left of his current generation. Then he tried to build a winner as quickly as he could rather than looking for something that would work long term. I think he’s finally started to take the long route. You saw it with him drafting players at positions that aren’t immediate needs like running back and Dez last year. I think Romo’s got about five years left, which he could build a SB team around him in that time frame.

I saw really none last night
nobody stepped up besides Romo Dez and Ratliff emotionally

can’t we wait until Rob Ryan has a whole offseason to install his defense before we say there’s a talent problem. I find all the doomsaying annoying.

Look, as I see it the biggest problem was Newman. Last night was totally on him, he got burned every play and was responsible for several huge drives by the Giants. Yes, Victor Cruz is good, but he’s not that good. A lot of the optimists here recognize that they need better players, I think the disagreement is the amount of better players that they need.

Besides, the team has the 14th pick in the draft and the 46th in the second round. They have several opportunities to improve this team just in the draft alone. There’s also free agency, Cortland Finnegan will be a free agent and imagine if he replaced Newman? That changes things quite a bit. Calais Campbell might hit free agency and he’s instantly improve the DL and pass rush. They could basically sign the two of those players and you could put a bow on the defense. Campbell on Butler’s side would make up for Spencer’s ability to cover the run and you’d clearly see an improved pass rush. The 14th pick should get the team David DeCastro and you’d be replacing an average-ish guard with a pro-bowl quality guard. Yet another improvement, move Free back to RT where we should see improved play and Tyron Smith to LT where he will continue his dominance and that’s more improvement. Not to mention a healthy Murray, Austin, and Bryant. Lastly, I also think that Bruce Carter after being in the system for a full year will show a large amount of improvement over Bradie and Brooking.

I also think the leadership at the top needs to improve. I think this team needs an offensive coordinator. This team has historically been grotesquely undisciplined the past ten years or so and getting them ready to play on Sundays is a full time job. I’m not sure why any head coach would take on both a coordinator’s position and the head coaching duties. I think Garrett’s the right guy to have at the helm, but I think if you give him some help like a Todd Haley that you’d see him improve as a HC and you’d also see the play calling improved.

No one here’s saying (well at least Chia and I aren’t) that you can go to war with the same team they fielded in 2011 and they’d win the Super Bowl. Yes, health was a problem, but improvements need to be made. Keep Fiametta and Robinson, combine that with a good draft and some good free agency signings I think this team’s a Super Bowl favorite.

Ware too. Speaking of Nasty streaks, that’s why they need DeCastro.