2025 Random Cowboys Stuff Thread

[2233]

You mean you can’t post more seriously on company time like the rest of us?

Summers yes

 

[ravidubey]

TEH ROYYY!!11!!

 

[Bipo]

Summers yes

Not particularly acceptable.

 

[2233]

TEH ROYYY!!11!!

lol that right. forgive me its been almost 20 years

 

[2233]

Yeah, to hell with that.

You're not gonna pay me less to put up even more hurdles.

How many lanes were on the track?

8 but I didn't have to put up hurdles, I did have to move field hockey goals once, those bitches were heavy. I have to put up hurdles now at meets, but no field hockey goals.

 

[2233]

Good for Micah fuck Jerry and Stephan.

 

[boozeman]

 

[Stars]

A lot of yappin' to not say a damn thing. One of the jones family's classic traits.

 

[boozeman]

 

[SaveAHorseRideACowboy]

Dak has/had an offensive line and more playmakers on offense …. Oh and a defense also …no comparison

 

[Simpleton]

Dak has/had an offensive line and more playmakers on offense …. Oh and a defense also …no comparison

I don't think so, their supporting casts have been remarkably similar, all the way down to having roughly one year with the all-time sort of OL that we had (Romo in 2014 and Dak in 2016).

Neither has had an elite defense that has truly shown up in the playoffs except for maybe 2009 (lost at Minnesota in the divisional) and 2022 (lost at SF in the divisional).

 

[SaveAHorseRideACowboy]

I don't think so, their supporting casts have been remarkably similar, all the way down to having roughly one year with the all-time sort of OL that we had (Romo in 2014 and Dak in 2016).

Neither has had an elite defense that has truly shown up in the playoffs except for maybe 2009 (lost at Minnesota in the divisional) and 2022 (lost at SF in the divisional).

When Romo was the QB… we had the worst ranked defense in NFL history one of those years amongst the crap they dredged on the field those other years .. yeah big difference to what Dak has on the other side of the ball

 

[Simpleton]

When Romo was the QB… we had the worst ranked defense in NFL history one of those years amongst the crap they dredged on the field those other years .. yeah big difference to what Dak has on the other side of the ball

Our defense for the first half of last year, as well as in 2020 were just as bad. Dak got hurt both of those years but still.

I think the differences are negligible, both have had great OL's at times, both have had HoF caliber weapons at times, both have had defenses that have generally been up and down (more down).

I think the Quinn defenses were better for a longer stretch than anything Romo had, but they also played terribly in the playoffs in 2021 and 2023. 2022 was the only year where they really truly held their own in the playoffs, and Dak deserves the blame for the loss to SF that year.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I prefer "plus" stats when comparing across eras, because it contextualizes it with what a player's peers were doing at the same time. (For the uninitiated, 100 is league average during the time period, above 100 is above league average, below 100 is below league average. Both players generally have performed well above average.)

Y/A+ - Romo 117, Dakota 109
AY/A+ - Romo 116, Dak 110
Completion %+ - Romo 115, Dak 112
TD%+ - Romo 117, Dak 108
INT%+ - Romo 102, Dak 106
Rating+ - Romo 116, Dak 111


Adjusted for era, Romo wins this debate in every category except INT % (which is still close).

In fact all of the categories are relatively close and both are well above league average in every category.

But Romo was better.

 

[1bigfan13]

I don't think so, their supporting casts have been remarkably similar, all the way down to having roughly one year with the all-time sort of OL that we had (Romo in 2014 and Dak in 2016).

Neither has had an elite defense that has truly shown up in the playoffs except for maybe 2009 (lost at Minnesota in the divisional) and 2022 (lost at SF in the divisional).

And don't forget those Cowboys OLs in the early part of Romo's career. Those 2006-2009 Cowboys OLs were some of the best in the league.

I don't understand why Cowboys choose to pretend that Romo had nothing but scraps to work with his entire career. It's simply not true.

 

[ravidubey]

And don't forget those Cowboys OLs in the early part of Romo's career. Those 2006-2009 Cowboys OLs were some of the best in the league.

I don't understand why Cowboys choose to pretend that Romo had nothing but scraps to work with his entire career. It's simply not true.

Those lines improved when Leonard Davis joined in 2007, though they still had issues run blocking. Overall though they were solid until literally falling apart in the 2009 playoffs. Andre Gurode’s injury really hurt them down the stretch in 2007, too. These guys were more aging and patchwork than solidly built, and they had zero depth

Then it was a few dark years until Fred arrived to supplement Tyron.

At one point idiot during those years Jerry bragged about how Romo didn’t need great protection to throw the ball.

 

[UncleMilti]

That scenario right there is indicative of every single “ high profile “ signing Dallas has made over the last 10-15 years …they play for the pay then they dial it back for life after football…..

I revel in seeing that wrinkly fucktard and hIs Rosie looking dufus son squirming and miserable when their bullshit sunshine pumping predictions bite the dust season after season.
Any other team would have kicked the entire Jones family back to Hillbilly Shittertown given their methodology and lack of postseason success and hired competent leadership with the track record and thought process to actually win.
There’s only been one constant that hasn’t changed in the Cowboys organization, and it isn’t the players. Lots of great players have come and gone.
Oh it’s nice to see them win, beating the Eagles or another hated rival but we all know there’s no Championship or SB game coming anytime soon with the Jerry’s Kids Foundation running the show.

 

[Simpleton]

I prefer "plus" stats when comparing across eras, because it contextualizes it with what a player's peers were doing at the same time. (For the uninitiated, 100 is league average during the time period, above 100 is above league average, below 100 is below league average. Both players generally have performed well above average.)

Y/A+ - Romo 117, Dakota 109
AY/A+ - Romo 116, Dak 110
Completion %+ - Romo 115, Dak 112
TD%+ - Romo 117, Dak 108
INT%+ - Romo 102, Dak 106
Rating+ - Romo 116, Dak 111


Adjusted for era, Romo wins this debate in every category except INT % (which is still close).

In fact all of the categories are relatively close and both are well above league average in every category.

But Romo was better.

I think Romo was better, but like the supporting cast argument I think it's mostly negligible.

Both have suffered from more or less the same circumstances, both personnel-wise and in terms of ownership of course.

 

[Smitty]

I don’t think it’s negligible at all. I think Romo was substantially better.

 

[Simpleton]

I don’t think it’s negligible at all. I think Romo was substantially better.

Everything is almost exactly the same between them in terms of accomplishments, stats, how far they've went in the playoffs, having superstar skill position talent at various times, up and down defenses, so on and so forth.

We can quibble about this defense vs. that defense or 2014 Murray vs. 2016 Elliott, but at a macro-level there's very little difference between the two.