2025 Season | Week 1 | Gameday Chatter Thread | Cowboys @ Eagles | 9/4/2025

[Texas Ace]

Going 9-5 over the last several years isn’t just hanging. It’s winning

Ok, Jerry.

You enjoy that hanging around the rim.

 

[Tony D]

It's just such a seesaw with him.

On the drive Sanders fumbled on, he should have made a better throw to Ferguson but badly underthrew him.

Then he comes back with a great throw that Ferguson drops.

Then on that final drive, he makes his best throw of the game on a deep ball that CD drops.

But on the 4th and 3? CD has 2 steps on the defender but has to attempt an acrobatic diving catch because Dak overthrows him.

His passes also lacked zip tonight too.

I hope his velocity isn't going to be a problem this year.

That last throw while slightly overthrown has to be caught by your all world WR. Wasn't the toughest catch to make. He dove and it went right through his arms. Like 3 others earlier.

 

[ravidubey]

I thought someone said it.

Most people thought we'd get our ass kicked tonight. We threw that game away. Philly didn't stop the Dallas offense one time. That's what sucks.

Defense played much better as the game went on. People thought they were going to run over us. We held the RB's in check for the most part. We'll see how the season shakes out.

I prefer to try to enjoy the season vs being all doomsday negative like some of you. To each his own.

I’m excited for the season overall, and I expect us to use these ten days to clean up a lot of stuff that should have been discovered In preseason.

Our young pass rushers need to build toughness. We started to see it emerge in Kneeland and Williams.

Dak and Pickens have to get on the same page and CeeDee— I’m choosing to believe this game was an aberration.

 

[Texas Ace]

That last throw while slightly overthrown has to be caught by your all world WR. Wasn't the toughest catch to make. He dove and it went right through his arms. Like 3 others earlier.

It wasn't CD's finest night.

In fact, he's the biggest reason why we lost.

But that throw has to be better. He's way too open to make that play anything other than routine.

 

[Smitty]

Smitty hates Dak. Dak is 32. Therefore we must be old. But yeah, I don't even know who else on the team is over 30.

We have almost no building blocks on D. Nothing at RB. A WR departing in 8 months. Mediocre TE room.

Spinning our wheels.

 

[Tony D]

I used to try and be that way but it's just not a lot of fun anymore watching the team operate way it does and always fail the same way every year.

That's why I've gradually become more emotionally invested in college football in recent years because at least when my team loses there, it's not due to the same repeated incompetent mismanagement.

Then why are you here? To just piss in the cheerios of the guys still here? Some of you seem to enjoy that shit.

 

[Smitty]

Then why are you here? To just piss in the cheerios of the guys still here? Some of you seem to enjoy that shit.

The better question is why are YOU here?

 

[Tony D]

We have almost no building blocks on D. Nothing at RB. A WR departing in 8 months. Mediocre TE room.

Spinning our wheels.

Very pessimistic view. Not even playing it down the middle.

 

[kidd]

I thought someone said it.

Most people thought we'd get our ass kicked tonight. We threw that game away. Philly didn't stop the Dallas offense one time. That's what sucks.

Defense played much better as the game went on. People thought they were going to run over us. We held the RB's in check for the most part. We'll see how the season shakes out.

I prefer to try to enjoy the season vs being all doomsday negative like some of you. To each his own.

It’s easier to be all doom and gloom. Then when you get let down, you can crow about it to everyone how you were right all along. If they luck up and win it all, you’ll still be happy your team won.

 

[Tony D]

The better question is why are YOU here?

Ugh.

 

[Smitty]

Very pessimistic view. Not even playing it down the middle.

Sad but it’s the truth.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

This team will fumble away chances to be better than unspectacular. Zero percent chance of anything else. They aren’t good enough talent wise or well enough coached.

They looked more talented than I thought coming into the game. Your boy Jevonte for example I think is going to have a very good season. I was worried about what he would look like. He looked good.

As far as the coaching, I saw things I liked. Things I haven't seen in previous years. A willingness to actually run the ball and do it in creative ways. I saw a team that didn't make a bunch of dumb penalties. I saw a defensive coordinator actually capable of adjusting adapting to fix an obvious issue from the first half. I'm not upset with the coach. I feel like we ran a little dry on creativity on offense towards the end. But overall I can see where the coaching is clearly different and having an impact.

 

[Tony D]

It’s easier to be all doom and gloom. Then when you get let down, you can crow about it to everyone how you were right all along. If they luck up and win it all, you’ll still be happy your team won.

Those guys won't even be happy about it. Eternally miserable.

 

[Smitty]

It’s easier to be all doom and gloom. Then when you get let down, you can crow about it to everyone how you were right all along. If they luck up and win it all, you’ll still be happy your team won.

This might be a valid point after 5 or 10 years.

After 30, the doom and gloomers are just correct beyond a reasonable doubt, it’s proven.

 

[Texas Ace]

Dak and Pickens have to get on the same page and CeeDee— I’m choosing to believe this game was an aberration.

I agree with that, but at the same time I wonder how many opportunities were legitimately there that Dak simply didn't take advantage of?

That's why a guy like Dez couldn't shine with him because Dak just doesn't take enough smart chances with his receivers.

And that makes no sense to me how he'll continue to force the ball to a fourth receiver or average TE, but he doesn't take chances in 1 on 1's with guys who truly have a chance to make a play on the ball.

Pickens is similar to Dez in that they are great at attacking the ball in the air so sometimes you got to throw it up there and give them a shot to do their thing even if there's not a lot of separation between they and the DB.

So yeah, I'm guessing if you watch the All-22, you're gonna find some opportunities missed to get Pickens the ball.

 

[Tony D]

This might be a valid point after 5 or 10 years.

After 30, the doom and gloomers are just correct beyond a reasonable doubt, it’s proven.

And there you have it. Someone already said it. You and your cohorts would rather be correct rather than the Cowboys win. Get more joy out of that I guess. Pathetic and sad.

 

[Sheik]

Then why are you here? To just piss in the cheerios of the guys still here? Some of you seem to enjoy that shit.

Yeah @Texas Ace why the fuck man?

 

[Cowboysrock55]

We have almost no building blocks on D. Nothing at RB. A WR departing in 8 months. Mediocre TE room.

Spinning our wheels.

I'll disagree on basically all this. The defense is very young. I think we have multiple guys who contributed tonight and will contribute in the future that are first, second or third year players.

And if Pickens doesn't light the world on fire it wouldn't shock me to see him get resigned. It's something I think we can absolutely do baring a 1200 yard seasons or something of the sort.

And unfortunately our coaches didn't play Blue. He may have been the difference in the game if he got those Sanders carries. Like I said, no LBer is fucking running that dude down.

 

[ravidubey]

We have almost no building blocks on D. Nothing at RB. A WR departing in 8 months. Mediocre TE room.

Spinning our wheels.

A lot of good young pass rushers, some strong CB talent (proved tonight), solid safeties, and a piecemeal LB crew with a couple of good young players and its best playmaker banged up at the moment. Yes, we could use an impact player like Diggs and Bland have been in the past.

RB its a stupid weakness— I still can’t believe it. But we have draft choices and cap space to fix those concerns while we try some young talent to build depth.

 

[Smitty]

They looked more talented than I thought coming into the game. Your boy Jevonte for example I think is going to have a very good season. I was worried about what he would look like. He looked good.

As far as the coaching, I saw things I liked. Things I haven't seen in previous years. A willingness to actually run the ball and do it in creative ways. I saw a team that didn't make a bunch of dumb penalties. I saw a defensive coordinator actually capable of adjusting adapting to fix an obvious issue from the first half. I'm not upset with the coach. I feel like we ran a little dry on creativity on offense towards the end. But overall I can see where the coaching is clearly different and having an impact.

They look good enough to win 10 games, which is an improvement over last year (if you call winning enough to take yourself out of the running to get difference makers in a year you have zero chance to make noise in the playoffs “an improvement”).

Javonte is far better than Rico Dowdle for example.

But he’d be better in a platoon. Maybe Blue can surprise. Sanders isn’t it.

Too much dead weight.

And I’m sorry to say, you can tell with a team sometimes right away. It’s the case with this one. They are still stale. The coaching change and bringing in Pickens will work only a little bit. It’s not transforming them into a contender.