2024 Season | Week 6 | Gameday Chatter Thread | Lions @ Cowboys | 10/13/2024

[Foobio]

 

[Foobio]

 

[Cotton]

Funny. Most of us were expecting the anal violation.

"does not lack for personnel to compete with the NFL’s top teams."

Jesus Christ I hate this man.

 

[boozeman]

 

[Bipo]

Prospects for this team are bleak. 2nd tier qb paid like the best in history. Soft, untalented defense, no speed on offense.

AND if Reskins QB1 doesn’t get hurt or devolve into Jalen Hurts, we are fucked in the division for the foreseeable future.

 

[boozeman]

You all have been a bunch of debbie downers this week. You all just need to get fired up!!

Now I want footage of him during and after this debacle.

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

 

[1bigfan13]

"does not lack for personnel to compete with the NFL’s top teams."

Jesus Christ I hate this man.

What did you expect? Admitting the roster is trash would require him to admit that he and Stephen dropped the ball and didn't do their jobs this offseason.

Literally every thing that's biting them in the ass is something that could have and should have been addressed back in March/April.

 

[1bigfan13]

"All over it" as in all over the Turpin a full second before the ball arrived. Should've been a PI call. Wouldn't have mattered much in the grand scheme of things but still pretty inexcusable for refs to blow such an obvious call in what was billed as the marquee game of the day.

 

[1bigfan13]

Also, why not run that play with a WR/TE who is better at contested catches? I'd have rather seen them try that play with Tolbert over Turpin.

 

[Simpleton]

"All over it" as in all over the Turpin a full second before the ball arrived. Should've been a PI call. Wouldn't have mattered much in the grand scheme of things but still pretty inexcusable for refs to blow such an obvious call in what was billed as the marquee game of the day.

Literally nothing is open, sweet play design.

The roster isn't elite, but it's not terrible either, the coaching on both sides of the ball has ranged from average to horrific.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

What did you expect? Admitting the roster is trash would require him to admit that he and Stephen dropped the ball and didn't do their jobs this offseason.

Exactly. That's why the coach is always the scapegoat, because it can't possibly be the beautiful roster of players Jerry put together. They're great.

 

[1bigfan13]

Literally nothing is open, sweet play design.

The roster isn't elite, but it's not terrible either, the coaching on both sides of the ball has ranged from average to horrific.

And things will stay this way until the Joneses let go of their antiquated philosophy regarding coach hires. The Cowboys will continue to be a step or two behind when it comes to innovation because Jerry values "experienced" coaches over young creative thinking.

 

[Simpleton]

And things will stay this way until the Joneses let go of their antiquated philosophy regarding coach hires. The Cowboys will continue to be a step or two behind when it comes to innovation because Jerry values "experienced" coaches over young creative thinking.

Yea I didn't hate the McCarthy hire but it was a bit uninspiring, I actually was a pretty big proponent of Campbell who was hired during that cycle as well. I don't think he's "innovative" necessarily, and it's arguable whether he would be as effective here, but they need to think more outside the box.

If they hire Belichick I don't think you can really complain about that, he's the GOAT HC, but in lieu of that it absolutely has to be a coordinator hire and not a retread.

Maaaaaybe I could talk myself into Vrabel just because of the culture thing and his reputation for instilling toughness, but that'd probably require Jerry to step on eggshells again.

 

[bbgun]

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I don't think age is even the issue. Do people really think some young guy is going to overcome the culture problem here and take more control from Jerry just because he's young? If anything, it's possible Jerry runs over a rookie HC even more.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to a young guy at all. I just don't think being young actually solves the real problem here.

 

[bbgun]

I'm not opposed to a young guy at all

perv

 

[1bigfan13]

If they hire Belichick I don't think you can really complain about that, he's the GOAT HC, but in lieu of that it absolutely has to be a coordinator hire and not a retread.

I'd complain about a Belichick hire. I get it, his resume is GOAT material but all I saw after Brady left was an old coach who looked out of touch with today's NFL.

Obviously one can counter with the problem in NE was the lack of roster talent. One could also point out that Belichick wouldn't be picking the players here in Dallas like he was in NE. Even acknowledging that, I'd still prefer to see them skew younger, especially if the coach has an offensive background.

Lastly, the only way I think the Belichick hire would be effective here in Dallas is if the Joneses stayed the hell out of his way and allowed him to create the culture in his own eyes. We've all read enough articles and watched enough interviews to understand that the Joneses prefer not to operate in that manner.