Hello,
The blog is written by a formerly hard core Cowboys fan, but not one that will support the Jones family no matter what it does. In fact I wish the NFL could figure out a way to force the Jones family to sell the Cowboys.
To those of you who will say but the Cowboys won 3 Super Bowls with Jones as owner, I say to you how long ago was that? And other than Jones writing the checks and hiring Jimmy Johnson did he have anything else to do with it? No, not a damn thing. Well I guess that's not true, he also stayed out of the way. That was before Jones ego got in the way of Cowboys success. No the reason the Cowboys won those Super Bowls was because of Jimmy Johnson's genius and the Hershel Walker trade. (Johnson and Bill Parcells are the only two good head coaches that Jones has ever hired, the rest have been unmitigated disasters.)
Growing up I was Cowboys fan and I couldn't think of any thing that would dissuade me from being a die hard Cowboys fan. Well it seems there is something so bad that makes it very difficult to be a Cowboys fan. It's called the Jerry Jones ownership. I don't know that he's the worst owner ever, but he definitely is one of the worst all-time owners ever.
I still can't believe that anyone would defend Jones or the moves the Cowboys have made the last several years, but yes such delusional people still exist! I see people commenting if the Cowboys reach the Top 20 in defense they'll go to the playoffs. To those people I say maybe you should be more realistic and hope for a Top 30, of 32 teams, defense. That would be a big upgrade over last season.
One sign of delusional thinking going on at Valley Ranch: A week ago the Cowboys sent out tickets to it's season tickets holders. Along with the regular season tickets included playoff tickets. Again yet another delusional and idiotic move made by Jerry Jones. The Cowboys have about 0.0000001 % chance of reaching the playoffs this year. The Cowboys have only gone to the playoffs once in the last six seasons.
The Cowboys offense will be fine, in fact it could be in the NFL's Top Ten at the end of the season. Although I do have some concerns about the offense. How much longer is Tony Romo going to last? He's been tough and played through some injuries, but he's 34 and coming off back surgeries in the last two years. Is he one big hit away from no longer able to play? A lot of things has to go right for him to survive this season. Of course Jones in his infinite stupidity signed Romo to an extension a couple of years ago. So Romo is owed $55 million over the next 3 years even if he NEVER PLAYS AGAIN! His cap hit will be about $27 million next season of what will be about a $65 million team salary cap.
And a healthy Romo is the best case scenario for the Cowboys at quarterback. The worst case scenario is if Tony Romo gets injured, that means the next man up will be 31 year old Brandon Weeden. The man who played minor league baseball for many years returned to play football at the college level. Once he finished out his eligibility, he was drafted by the Browns. He did a grand total of nothing there and the Cowboys picked him up in the off season. When a team doesn't draft a quarterback of the future, they have to take any scrub they can find on the scrap heap. That's why Weeden is a Cowboy.
If Weeden has to play an extended time for the Cowboys, then the season will be officially over. Some people say that the Cowboys have a better offensive line than the Browns and that is true. In fact, I'm pretty sure the offensive line will be the best unit for the Cowboys this season and it might not even be close. Yes, that will help Weeden. He was also teammates with Dez Bryant in college, they might have a head start because of that. While that provides a bit of comfort, the fact is he's still Brandon Weeden.
The other two things about the offense that scares me is the maturity level of Dez Bryant. After talking trash all day at practice he got in a fight after J.J. Wilcox laid out Bryant with a cheap hit. The two then got into a fight. Now is a fight in practice the worst thing in the world? No, I like the passion. But why was Bryant talking throughout the practice? Is that how he gets fired up? What does it accomplish?
The last thing about the offense that scares me is the injury prone DeMarco Murray. Dallas is putting a lot of hope in the former Pro Bowler to remain healthy the whole season. He hasn't made it through a season without being injured once since he has been a Cowboy. Do you think this will be the year where he'll remain healthy the whole season? Neither do I.
I won't even get into the tragedy known as Jason Garrett being the head coach or Jones continual lack of knowledge in how to be a GM. But I will touch on that defense. The defense, which was the 3rd all-time worst defense last season is expected to be better this season. The common refrain being how can they be any worse? Well let's look who they lost first, DeMarcus Ware is now in Denver. He should be healthier and a lot more motivated than he was last season. In fact because of him, I'll be cheering for the Broncos to win the Super Bowl if the 49ers don't win. Yes, that's right I find myself cheering against the Cowboys now. I want things to get so bad that the Jones family sells. The Dallas Cowboys desperately need new ownership.
The Cowboys also lost Jason Hatcher to the Redskins in free agency. Washington overpaid for Hatcher. Although Hatcher was the Cowboys leading sacker last season, he wanted too much money after a career year. The Cowboys also lost Sean Lee for the season due to his annual injury. (Both Lee and Murray were injury prone in college, but the Cowboys still drafter both. This is one thing that Jerruh likes to do, if these players pan out he thinks it will make him look like a genius. But most of the time it confirms his poor decision making skills.) It's time to give up on him Dallas. Let's see who else is there, oh yeahAnthony Spencer. Spencer played part of one game last year before missing the rest of the season due to injury. He's recovering from micro fracture surgery and quite likely will miss at least the first 6 games of the season.
Also Rookie DeMarcus Lawrence, expected to play a big part for the Cowboys this season, will miss at least a few weeks of the season. The Cowboys like to spin everything so don't rely on them to tell you the truth. I bet he will miss at least 3 weeks of the season if everything goes well. Don't forget Rolondo McClain, he's been missing time due to injuries. With him trying to get motivation and battling injuries what is the best case scenario for him? Their big free agency pick up, Henry Melton, is coming off an ACL injury. Yet another defensive question mark.
Brandon Carr hasn't been with the team in training camp due to the death of his mother. There's a lot of pressure on him to justify his $50 million contract this year, he hasn't as of yet. He was repeatedly burned by Calvin Johnson in the Cowboys game against the Lions last season. Also the oft injured Morris Claiborne is injured once again. After the Cowboys traded two players for him in the NFL Draft a couple of years ago he's been close to a bust. I can't remember but he missed about 6 or 7 games last season. Delusional Cowboys fans are expecting these two to have a break out year. Please. Orlando Scandrick has been better than expected, or the teams cornerbacks might be the worst in the NFL.
The Cowboys even thinking about bringing Josh Brent back just shows the nadir the once greatest NFL franchise has sunk to. Due to Jones' poor decision making, they are now desperate for anyone that can help this defense. It doesn't matter that Brent killed his best friend when driving drunk.
The Cowboys open the season against the very motivated 49ers in Game 1 of the regular season, I expect the 49ers to roll. In fact I think that at best the Cowboys finish at 7-9 this season and miss the playoffs for the 5th straight year. Garrett and defensive co-ordinator Rod Marinelli will be the sacrificial lambs, but the real problem will remain as owner and GM of the Cowboys.
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