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Dallas Cowboys 2025 season thread: 8-9 and divine. The world according to Jerry

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#3003
3 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Schotty failed...... He just failed.  As playcaller.  As a game manager.  As a HC.  

He was a failure when he was hired, his only accomplishment was having come from the sperm of someone famous. Nobody worthwhile would be dumb enough to work for Jerry Jones. 

Edited by 'stache

#3004

I don’t even know why it’s an upset.  This defense is literally the worst we’ve ever seen. Even more than that 2020 defense. Or under Rob Ryan.  
 

the offense doesn’t deserve this.  

#3005
yep we had to have a TD when we kicked the FG.
Eberflus needs to be fired.  It can't be any worse so why not.  he can't be the DC next year anyway.

As a Bears fan, I warned yall. Dude shouldn’t be coaching anywhere.
#3008
Just now, 'stache said:

He was a failure when he was hired, his only accomplishment was having come from the speem of someone famous. Nobody worthwhile would be dumb enough to work for Jerry Jones. 

Nah he’s shown quite a lot this year.  Hes been good overall. Just a bad 2!| half this week.  
 

And He’s not responsible for the defense. I’m almost positive that Jerry hired that idiot. And did fuck all to improve it. 

#3009

I'd say 'fire Schotty', but the fact that we even hired him in the first place is such a massive indictment of the organization.

#3010
Just now, AbeFroman said:

Come out in the most crucial drive and throw a damn throwback screen.

That took like 8 seconds to develop

#3011
Just now, Firemans4Horn said:

Lol the all-22 on that 4th and 3 was hilarious. Cowboys safety was 35 yards from the LOS. The CB’s all played way off coverage. 

Yeah terrible coverage for 4th and 3yds.

Cowboys run defense is still terrible... geez

#3012

Defense gave up:

  • 37 to NYG (most points scored by NYG this season)
  • 31 to Chicago (most points scored by Chicago this season)
  • 40 (37 in Regulation) to GB (most points scored by GB this season)
  • 30 to Carolina (most points scored by Carolina this season)
#3013
Just now, satyanash said:

I'd say 'fire Schotty', but the fact that we even hired him in the first place is such a massive indictment of the organization.


Fire the GM; whoever that is. 

#3015

Take it from someone who watched their share of football under the 25-second rule, the 40-sec rule has done more to destroy the excitement of the last five minutes of football games than any other rule. in the last four minutes, approximately ten plays were run. In one, you had the defense acting like they wanted to tackle the runner while letting him run free - while the runner acted like he was being tackled and falling to the ground. A total sham to this hollowed out sport.

#3016

That was about as predictable as could be after we failed on the drive before with maybe the worst offensive series in football history. Carolina was going to just end the game themselves and walk off with a win.

#3017

Not only do I have to watch this shit ass team o get the pleasure of  17 ICE recruiting commercials during this game. Good thing the Horns won; everything else is fucked. 

#3018
Just now, Irish Wrist Watch said:

Take it from someone who watched their share of football under the 25-second rule, the 40-sec rule has done more to destroy the excitement of the last five minutes of football games than any other rule. in the last four minutes, approximately ten plays were run. In one, you had the defense acting like they wanted to tackle the runner while letting him run free - while the runner acted like he was being tackled and falling to the ground. A total sham to this hollowed out sport.

all done to keep games to the 3 hour window.

#3020
Take it from someone who watched their share of football under the 25-second rule, the 40-sec rule has done more to destroy the excitement of the last five minutes of football games than any other rule. in the last four minutes, approximately ten plays were run. In one, you had the defense acting like they wanted to tackle the runner while letting him run free - while the runner acted like he was being tackled and falling to the ground. A total sham to this hollowed out sport.
I can agree with this. I was happy when college basketball decreased their play clock. NFL needs to do the same. Offenses don't need 40 seconds each play. It needs to be about 25 or max 30.

You'd think a league that wants to maximize excitement, would do this.
#3023

So Bryce Young can't make a 15 yard throw.  he can throw deep or 5 yard outs or slants.

what do we do?  Call a D that allows the 5 yard slant in hopes our shitty LBers can cover it.

just fire him.

1 minute ago, Vic Mackey said:

I can agree with this. I was happy when college basketball decreased their play clock. NFL needs to do the same. Offenses don't need 40 seconds each play. It needs to be about 25 or max 30.

You'd think a league that wants to maximize excitement, would do this.

TV wants games to end at 3 hours.  TV runs the league.

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#3025
7 minutes ago, Redneck Mutha said:

Defense gave up:

  • 37 to NYG (most points scored by NYG this season)
  • 31 to Chicago (most points scored by Chicago this season)
  • 40 (37 in Regulation) to GB (most points scored by GB this season)
  • 30 to Carolina (most points scored by Carolina this season)

Could use an elite pass rusher 

#3026
5 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

all done to keep games to the 3 hour window.

Why would a shortened play clock significantly increase the overall game time?

#3027
Could use an elite pass rusher 
You mean the guy whose defense gave up 40 to Dallas? Lol.

Parsons didn't do shit for this defense
#3028
9 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

all done to keep games to the 3 hour window.

That's right. Games running 3:30 or 3:45 used to be part of the experience - when you were immersed in a really good battle. T

#3030
14 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


Fire the GM; whoever that is. 

This is the only answer. It’s like fans keep flying into the big zapper every year ignoring this. He is the gigantic elephant in the room. Nothing will change. Nothing. The rest is just fans fucking ignoring this to their peril. Dallas ain’t winning shit without a competent GM. 

#3031
4 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


 

Office Space No GIF

Ahhhh yes, he got us one sack in 4 playoff games and was a no-show against any good offense and acquired all his stats against low-level teams. Also, was depleted and useless the end of every season.

The fact a guy making his salary needs to be on a snap count for Green Bay tells me all i need to know. 

Edited by Vic Mackey

#3032
7 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Why would a shortened play clock significantly increase the overall game time?

Because the last five to ten minutes of a game took a lot longer to get thru. You would have several possession changes and teams that were trailing had a better chance of tightening up the score. Those last five minutes were almost always the most exciting part of every game. We still have exciting endings, just not as many, and they end much faster - the excitement ends much faster.

 

Compare that to a close important baseball game in the waning innings. You can see the fans on their feet holding their breath for fifteen minutes without any commercials to break the tension. Baseball still has some integrity left. With football, it's all about the money.

#3035
56 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Maybe Glenn will be so bad he'll get fired and he'll be desperate enough to take the DC job in Dallas.

I think the jets want to try and tank the next 2 years pretty hard, keeping him at the helm will guarantee that

#3036
59 minutes ago, LonghornJudas said:

Another 30 point outing for the Defense. Nice work, guys.

Against Bryce Young. Just real real bad

#3037
1 hour ago, DougO said:

Good thing trading for Kenny Clark fixed the Run defense. 

Yeah they need Overshown BAD

#3039
1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

So Bryce Young can't make a 15 yard throw.  he can throw deep or 5 yard outs or slants.

what do we do?  Call a D that allows the 5 yard slant in hopes our shitty LBers can cover it.

just fire him.

TV wants games to end at 3 hours.  TV runs the league.

There is TV, and there is also the ancillary benefit of player safety.  Most studies have shown the most effective player safety thing you can implement isn't stuff like the bullshit college targeting rule, it's limiting the number of snaps over the course of a season.  It's still mostly TV, though.  

#3040
You mean the guy whose defense gave up 40 to Dallas? Lol.

Parsons didn't do shit for this defense

I don’t disagree he seemed to wear down every year. That said, I saw a stat when he was traded that the Cowboys’ defense was one of the best in the league the past four seasons in expected opponents points per play, if not the best, when he was on the field. When he was off the field, it was dead last in the NFL in that same metric.
#3042
1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

That’s a lot of words that really doesn’t answer my question. 

Well, the team that's ahead can take say 38 seconds per play to run 4 plays. That's 2.5 min of the last five for four fucking plays, one of which is an out of bounds punt or a fair catch - usually (just boring shit). If forces the trailing team to use their time outs a lot faster. They will likely have one less possession during the "desperation period" when a victory is still possible, but you have to do everything right. They didn't have those fucking ten second runoff rules either. They weren't a bunch of pussies. Also, of course, they used to stop the clock when the ball carrier ran out of bounds or was forced out of bounds.

You could see a ball carrier run laterally or even slightly backwards to drag tacklers to the sideline in order to stop the clock. (A Texas tight end did that in the waning moments against USC, btw). He stopped the clock and possibly saved our comeback. Those kinds of plays were great play when they happened. These days the refs would consider the carrier downed, and they would signal the clock to start again, even though in my mind, the runner's forward motion had not really been stopped by anyone.

Currently these fuckers keep the clock running when an offensive player whose team is leading catches the ball on the sideline and is knocked out. It's just another case of creating so many gotcha fucking rules that the inconsistencies cheapen the "sport". If someone goes out of bounds, the clock should stop. We don't need an announcer explaining these ridiculous special rules, we need them talking strategy, which doesn't seem to happen anymore because they're so mesmerized watching the replay of the last 3-yard gain. 

All this is done to shorten the game and, in general, the end of the game - the most exciting part - the climax. 

Edited by Irish Wrist Watch

#3043
1 minute ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

Well, the team that's ahead can take say 38 seconds per play to run 4 plays. That's 2.5 min of the last five. If forces the trailing team to use their time outs a lot faster. They will likely have one less possession during the "desperation period" when a victory is still possible, but you have to do everything right. They didn't have those fucking ten second runoff rules either. They weren't a bunch of pussies. Also, of course, they used to stop the clock when the ball carrier ran out of bounds or was forced out of bounds.

You could see a ball carrier run laterally or even slightly backwards to drag tacklers to the sideline in order to stop the clock. (A Texas tight end did that in the waning moments against USC, btw). He stopped the clock and possibly saved our comeback. Those kinds of plays were great play when they happened. These days the refs would consider the carrier downed, and they would signal the clock to start again, even though in my mind, the runner's forward motion had not really been stopped by anyone.

Currently these fuckers keep the clock running when an offensive player whose team is leading catches the ball on the sideline and is knocked out. It's just another case of creating so many gotcha fucking rules that the inconsistencies cheapen the "sport". If someone goes out of bounds, the clock should stop. We don't need an announcer explaining these ridiculous special rules, we need them talking strategy, which doesn't seem to happen anymore because they're so mesmerized watching the replay of the last 3-yard gain. 

All this is done to shorten the game and, in general, the end of the game - the most exciting part - the climax. 

I mean, this is a lot of words for a league that doesn't really seem to have a problem generating game-ending excitement.  The phrase "The Witching Hour" hasn't gotten associated with the NFL just because Scott Hanson spoke it into existence.  

#3044
1 hour ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Rico said fuck Jerry 

I’m happy for Rico.  that had to feel good. 

#3045
16 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

We’re wasting one of Daks best season because our defense can’t stop a nose bleed 

Romo years all over again 

#3047
27 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

I mean, this is a lot of words for a league that doesn't really seem to have a problem generating game-ending excitement.  The phrase "The Witching Hour" hasn't gotten associated with the NFL just because Scott Hanson spoke it into existence.  

Yeah, like today's excitement, when you have a running back fake being tackled and defenders fake trying to tackle him. Fuck that was exciting. 

We see this happening every week now. Take it to it's logical conclusion, some day the defense will lift the runner up and carry him to the endzone while players from the offense try to tackle them.

Edited by Irish Wrist Watch

#3048
5 minutes ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

Yeah, like today's excitement, when you have a running back fake being tackled and defenders fake trying to tackle him. Fuck that was exciting. 

We see this happening every week now. Take it to it's logical conclusion, some day the defense will lift the runner up and carry him to the endzone while players from the offense try to tackle them.

Ok old man. I’m sure the NFL will take it hnder advisement. 

#3050
48 minutes ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

Yeah, like today's excitement, when you have a running back fake being tackled and defenders fake trying to tackle him. Fuck that was exciting. 

We see this happening every week now. Take it to it's logical conclusion, some day the defense will lift the runner up and carry him to the endzone while players from the offense try to tackle them.

to be fair, the 40 second clock was really instituted so that you didn't have to worry about the ref starting the play clock.  they also started the 40 second clock after a TD, after the PAT, in an effort to speed up the game. 

It had the benefit of also ending a game at the 2min warning(or just inside of it) if the defending team had no TO's and the offense had a 1st down.  That didn't used to be the case so there could still be a change in possession which would extend the game.

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