Dallas Cowboys Thread

brinty · 03-10-2016 11:52am

DvB wrote: »

Absolutely.
Strength in depth is a minimum nowadays, we're always going to have injuroes & suspensions & not allowing for this & building for it is always going to come back & bite us hard.

NFC East looking a tougher division this year too...

It does look tough but we'll see after 8-10 games how good teams are. There are some garbage teams in other divisions

If we can go 4-2 or 5-1 in divisional play i'll be happy

DvB · 10-10-2016 4:04pm

I know its only 5 games in but are we looking at a genuine changing of the guard at QB? Prescott playing himself into the 'cant be dropped' zone at a fair pace... & alongside EzeE the offence is starting to look tasty again... Can an aging Romo genuinely expect to walk back in as QB1 as soon as he's deemed fit? I know the next couple of games are biggies but unless there's a steep drop off i'd be disappointed to see Prescott being replaced TBH.

my pre season predictions had us at 2-3 at this stage, so we're 2 up on that already, fingers crossed we can keep it going as it looks like the NFC East is going to be a cracker this year.

brinty · 11-10-2016 8:48pm

DvB wrote: »

I know its only 5 games in but are we looking at a genuine changing of the guard at QB? Prescott playing himself into the 'cant be dropped' zone at a fair pace... & alongside EzeE the offence is starting to look tasty again... Can an aging Romo genuinely expect to walk back in as QB1 as soon as he's deemed fit? I know the next couple of games are biggies but unless there's a steep drop off i'd be disappointed to see Prescott being replaced TBH.

my pre season predictions had us at 2-3 at this stage, so we're 2 up on that already, fingers crossed we can keep it going as it looks like the NFC East is going to be a cracker this year.

Possibly a changing of the guard alright but let's see how dak gets on when he is under pressure, although he is playing himself into undroppable status. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens when we've a 100% Dez in the o line

If you'd told me pre season with no Tony romo, Dez Bryant and L'ael Collins going out early a rookie running back and quarter back we'd be 4-1 I'd have been committed. We're in bonus territory already.

Nfc east is a bit crazy but will settle after the first round of games are done

DvB · 17-10-2016 10:11am

No way can Dak be dropped now, himself & Zeke are breaking records all over the place & coupled with a defence that's improving game on game it would be mad to break the momentum being built... a few weeks back had been dreading the Eagles game, now i'm reasonably optimistic we wont roll over & die for them...

What a win, even allowing for GB's slump a win there doesn't happen often... c'mon the boyz!!!

brinty · 17-10-2016 10:41am

DvB wrote: »

No way can Dak be dropped now, himself & Zeke are breaking records all over the place & coupled with a defence that's improving game on game it would be mad to break the momentum being built... a few weeks back had been dreading the Eagles game, now i'm reasonably optimistic we wont roll over & die for them...

What a win, even allowing for GB's slump a win there doesn't happen often... c'mon the boyz!!!

The fact that they're talk about Romo needing to be close to a hundred, thousand, million percent ready to go before he's coming back and with a bye week coming up it's been a positive start to the season. If you'd offered me 5-1 before hand with Romo out, Tyron Smith missing games, Dez not being 100% fit and missing three games and our D line being so short of cover I'd have suggested you'd have needed to be committed.
But we are where we as as two rookies have come in and showed no fear and went for it. If you are handing out rookie of the year right now its Prescott and Elliott 1 and 2 and everyone else somewhere over the rainbow...
The defence had grinded it out and made plays. Welcome back the collegiate player that was Mo Claiborne and a no 6 pick overall. Church has been huge and Byron at safety is really controlling the middle
The eagles game off bye week will be our toughest this season and they can't be under estimated. It'd be a Dallas thing to do and go out and stink the joint out in that game. If we can get Jaylon Smith cleared for next season and Randy Gregory cleared up of his drug problems we could have some team. The draft strategy shoud now be about improving our defence in all area's. An elite edge rusher, a corner and Luke Keuchely esque line backer would be ideal.
On the victory over green bay i'm overjoyed but you'd feel for A-Rod, clean pockets and targets not getting free for him.

#howboutthemcowboys

DvB · 17-10-2016 12:21pm

brinty wrote: »

The fact that they're talk about Romo needing to be close to a hundred, thousand, million percent ready to go before he's coming back and with a bye week coming up it's been a positive start to the season. If you'd offered me 5-1 before hand with Romo out, Tyron Smith missing games, Dez not being 100% fit and missing three games and our D line being so short of cover I'd have suggested you'd have needed to be committed.
But we are where we as as two rookies have come in and showed no fear and went for it. If you are handing out rookie of the year right now its Prescott and Elliott 1 and 2 and everyone else somewhere over the rainbow...
The defence had grinded it out and made plays. Welcome back the collegiate player that was Mo Claiborne and a no 6 pick overall. Church has been huge and Byron at safety is really controlling the middle
The eagles game off bye week will be our toughest this season and they can't be under estimated. It'd be a Dallas thing to do and go out and stink the joint out in that game. If we can get Jaylon Smith cleared for next season and Randy Gregory cleared up of his drug problems we could have some team. The draft strategy shoud now be about improving our defence in all area's. An elite edge rusher, a corner and Luke Keuchely esque line backer would be ideal.
On the victory over green bay i'm overjoyed but you'd feel for A-Rod, clean pockets and targets not getting free for him.

#howboutthemcowboys

Agree with all of that... Rodgers is a QB I love to watch, criminal how few options he has in that GB team. I had him tipped as this seasons MVP, its clear already thats not going to happen.

Eagles game was always the key... win that one & I'll believe ANYTHING is possible thereafter, lose it & the game after will tell us loads about this team... bounce back & its a great sign, slump & we can expect a slog for the second half of the year.

brinty · 14-11-2016 8:44am

8-1
I'm a believer now
This team is coming together
But with Seattle winning in New England we need to keep the foot on the floor
Zeke 1005 rushing yards already and on course to catch Eric Dickerson,these ate heady days indeed

DvB · 14-11-2016 10:54am

After the giants game had someone told me we'd win the next 8 I'd have laughed & questioned their sanity... especially with games at Green Bay & Pittsburgh in there... but this team looks special, not only do they play smart they play hard as well & they have options... still not counting chickens but a post season game is looking likely... that'll do for now.

Dare we dream?

DvB · 21-11-2016 9:53am

A winning season guaranteed now, that's the first job done & whatever else happens after last years debacle thats an impressive turnaround.

For me though, the way the offence is winning games is amazing though, their ability to change in-game to take on teams with allegedly wonderful defensive capabilities is the real impressive thing about this team. Still think a NFC championship or SB is too soon but by god aren't they great to watch...

My one fear is that they burn out being built around the two outstanding rookies of the year.

brinty · 21-11-2016 10:06am

DvB wrote: »

A winning season guaranteed now, that's the first job done & whatever else happens after last years debacle thats an impressive turnaround.

For me though, the way the offence is winning games is amazing though, their ability to change in-game to take on teams with allegedly wonderful defensive capabilities is the real impressive thing about this team. Still think a NFC championship or SB is too soon but by god aren't they great to watch...

My one fear is that they burn out being built around the two outstanding rookies of the year.

I couldn't agree more mate, but I'm happy to see that Dak and Dez are now building a relationship and taking the pressure off Zeke. We can now run and throw and a dual threat QB is keeping teams honest too.

My biggest surprise is the D doing their thing and minimising the impact of the oppositions offence.

I agree and NFC championship and SB talk is too early but a winning 2016, divisional title and playoffs is a great start. If we can build up our D with some talent through the draft it would help us.

I think we have something like 20 players entering free agency this summer so will be interesting to see how we manage the cap and the Tony Romo conundrum. Keep him about or let him move to an AFC team.

DvB · 21-11-2016 11:58am

brinty wrote: »

I couldn't agree more mate, but I'm happy to see that Dak and Dez are now building a relationship and taking the pressure off Zeke. We can now run and throw and a dual threat QB is keeping teams honest too.

My biggest surprise is the D doing their thing and minimising the impact of the oppositions offence.

I agree and NFC championship and SB talk is too early but a winning 2016, divisional title and playoffs is a great start. If we can build up our D with some talent through the draft it would help us.

I think we have something like 20 players entering free agency this summer so will be interesting to see how we manage the cap and the Tony Romo conundrum. Keep him about or let him move to an AFC team.

Hopefully the core of the team can be retained, if Dak keeps this form up you'd have to say Romo's contract might be a deadweight we can do without... interesting times. To be fair I never expected us to 'solve' the QB conundrum so soon & so well, as you say now time to reinforce the Defence & if we manage to keep the core anything could happen... may even see No.6 in my lifetime!!

brinty · 21-11-2016 7:42pm

DvB wrote:

Hopefully the core of the team can be retained, if Dak keeps this form up you'd have to say Romo's contract might be a deadweight we can do without... interesting times. To be fair I never expected us to 'solve' the QB conundrum so soon & so well, as you say now time to reinforce the Defence & if we manage to keep the core anything could happen... may even see No.6 in my lifetime!!

Romo and the cap hit next season means we're in a spot of bother if things remain the same. Think he's a $24m cap hit unless he retires or gets traded,and it goes down closer to 10m.. but we'll need to pay dak in two years as he'll be hitting free agency I believe as he's a fourth round pick

If we can offload Romo,Carr and a few others we can tie down Zach Martin and that's us sorted in our o line for 3-5 years

Then look to improve the d line, edge rushers and secondary is where we need to focus.

brinty · 25-11-2016 9:00am

10-1
Despite Washington throwing for 449 yards and 500+ total offence
This team just keeps getting better and finds ways to win.
If we can get Church and Claiborne back on the D before play offs we might have a shot.
Another multiple td game for Elliott,fourth this season could he get MVP and Roy awards.. Or could he get MVP and Dak get Roy award.
Zack Martin, what a beast lifting Zeke and pushing him on. Get that man a new contract asap

DvB · 25-11-2016 4:33pm

I think we only need to win 1 more game to mathematically guarantee a wildcard... be nice if the giants managed to lose this weekend as well though, that would seriously take the pressure off. Be great to keep the no.1 seed slot though as going on form it'd be us v the seahawks in the NFC championship game & I think I'd prefer that in Dallas than up there in January.

At this stage I'm struggling to not get excited though, whatever happens now we've done way more than I or many many others had expected.

brinty · 25-11-2016 5:19pm

DvB wrote:

I think we only need to win 1 more game to mathematically guarantee a wildcard... be nice if the giants managed to lose this weekend as well though, that would seriously take the pressure off. Be great to keep the no.1 seed slot though as going on form it'd be us v the seahawks in the NFC championship game & I think I'd prefer that in Dallas than up there in January.

At this stage I'm struggling to not get excited though, whatever happens now we've done way more than I or many many others had expected.

I hear you on this
In the exact same stAte of mind
Seattle in Dallas is easier than going there
Keeping the emotions in check is hard to do
Wish Cleveland could beat those pesky giants and save us all....
Secondary is under severe pressure

DvB · 02-12-2016 9:43am

nearly there now.... 11 wins on the bounce, unreal. What a difference a year makes.

brinty · 02-12-2016 10:51am

DvB wrote: »

nearly there now.... 11 wins on the bounce, unreal. What a difference a year makes.

Agh mate like you said yesterday I've been expecting a loss since week 2 but starting to think now maybe we just keep adjusting and finding ways to win.

I just want to see us win a couple of play off games now. We need to be in the NFC championship game.

I think we're now settled with our O-line. Get Martin tied down and Romo to reduce his contract. Lets concentrate on improving our d front and secondary.

DvB · 02-12-2016 11:19am

brinty wrote: »

Agh mate like you said yesterday I've been expecting a loss since week 2 but starting to think now maybe we just keep adjusting and finding ways to win.

I just want to see us win a couple of play off games now. We need to be in the NFC championship game.

I think we're now settled with our O-line. Get Martin tied down and Romo to reduce his contract. Lets concentrate on improving our d front and secondary.

If someone had told me we'd win at Green Bay, Pittsburgh & Minnesota I'd have laughed at it as the ramblings of a madman... but we've done it.

The big thing to look out for (for this season anyway) is how they'll react to a defeat, will they bounce back or crumble.

As for the playoffs, we need to get to the NFC championship game, no more losing to wildcards & suchlike... no point strolling the division if we lose at home in our first play off game.

Have to try & keep my feet on the ground though, expectation levels are growing steadily & I really don't want to crash badly when we inevitably balls it up against NY or the redskins in the play offs.

brinty · 05-12-2016 1:39am

And playoff spot confirmed

DvB · 05-12-2016 10:06am

Goof of all the other NFC East teams to lose this weekend... if we could close the division out (& the NFC top seeding) next week in New York even better....

brinty · 12-12-2016 9:00am

So monkey off the back
Let's get our stuff together and go crush the bucs at cowboys stadium

DvB · 12-12-2016 9:41am

brinty wrote: »

So monkey off the back
Let's get our stuff together and go crush the bucs at cowboys stadium

Just a shame it was against the jammy Giants, again!!

This team was always going to be about how they respond to a defeat as there's always going to be one at some stage... now lets see what they're made of.

brinty · 12-12-2016 7:33pm

DvB wrote: »

Just a shame it was against the jammy Giants, again!!

This team was always going to be about how they respond to a defeat as there's always going to be one at some stage... now lets see what they're made of.

thats exactly it mate
better to lose now than in the play offs
lets refocus the attention,
hammer the bucs on sunday and confirm first round bye
beat Detroit and get home field advantage
and leave nothing on the line v Eagles
13-3/14-2 should confirm home field advantage

Double C · 13-12-2016 1:36am

Hammering the Buccs is going to be a lot easier said than done. They are in great form at the moment. Dallas struggled to move the ball last night, they may struggle again next week against a superior defence, IMO.

DvB · 13-12-2016 9:40am

Double C wrote: »

Hammering the Buccs is going to be a lot easier said than done. They are in great form at the moment. Dallas struggled to move the ball last night, they may struggle again next week against a superior defence, IMO.

Agree, Bucs are playing well & will be hard to beat. I'll take any kind of win TBH. Always feared the cowboys may have peaked too early in the season, lets hope this isnt the case though & we bounce back in time for the play offs.

brinty · 19-12-2016 8:56am

12-2
Grinded it out
Zeke needs 258 to beat Dickerson
Dak shut some people up with a 250+ yard game
Dez had 80+ yards and getting better ahead of playoffs
Irving sacking people again and d line doing reasonably well
Dan Bailey is now not highest %age field goal kicker,he and Hopkins and very close in that

DvB · 19-12-2016 12:12pm

brinty wrote: »

12-2
Grinded it out
Zeke needs 258 to beat Dickerson
Dak shut some people up with a 250+ yard game
Dez had 80+ yards and getting better ahead of playoffs
Irving sacking people again and d line doing reasonably well
Dan Bailey is now not highest %age field goal kicker,he and Hopkins and very close in that

To be honest I was juts relieved to see the scoreline when i woke up this morning. This game was never about performance, it was about bouncing back after last weeks game & the rookies with some help did just that. Shame the jammy Giants won again, 12-2 & we're still not sure of anything other than a wildcard... mad division this year.

brinty · 23-12-2016 7:10am

NFC east champs baby
#1 NFC seeds
Home field advantage through the playoffs
Happy Friday

ShoulderChip · 29-12-2016 1:41am

brinty wrote: »

NFC east champs baby
#1 NFC seeds
Home field advantage through the playoffs
Happy Friday

No idea what any of that means but glad you have a smile on

Double C · 11-01-2017 10:06pm

So what do we think about Sunday? I'm pretty scared of Aaron Rodgers to be honest, but I think Dallas can score on the Packers defense. Nelson will be a big loss for them and hopefully Adams goes back to the drop machine he was earlier in the season. Claibourne is supposed to be back as well so that's a big help to the secondary. One of the lads on the Around the NFL podcast referred to the Dallas secondary as the top ranked in the NFL, which sounds insane! They have been surprisingly good though. Hopefully the D line and Irving in particular can bother their O line and put some pressure on Rodgers. We saw how they handled the Giants defense at times on Sunday.

DvB · 13-01-2017 9:20am

If our O Line can protect Dak as they have done all season & Zeke runs over 100yds we'll beat them, purely down to our offence being on the pitch longer than they will... Rodgers is on some rich vein of form but I genuinely feel our defence is stronger than theirs & if we turn up at all we'll win.

Though I said something similar a few years back when we were No.1 seeds & the Giants came & picked our pockets, but we owe these from 2 years ago & I'm (probably for the first time this season) reasonably confident we can get the win. I genuinely think its all about us, if we play well, we win, end of, if they play well but we play well also I still thuink we win, thats the difference. IF we dont play well, we lose.

Will be absolutely gutted if we lose, having predicted a losing season before the season started our turnaround has been phenomenal, but a defeat in our first post season game would be such a let down now... C'mon the boyz!!!!

DvB · 16-01-2017 9:47am

I still feel physically sick after that.... gutted is an understatement. To come back the way we did & to lose at the death like that.... I'm convinced now I'll not see us win another SB in my lifetime...

brinty · 16-01-2017 9:56am

DvB wrote: »

I still feel physically sick after that.... gutted is an understatement. To come back the way we did & to lose at the death like that.... I'm convinced now I'll not see us win another SB in my lifetime...

I hear you on that but we will be back next season better and more determined. I don't see us going 4-12 like 2015 after playoff disappointment in 2014.

I think 2017 will be a great year for us.

I am still sickened by this but we've ourselves to blame. Some folks on Twitter tried apportioning some blame to officials but they were equally rubbish both ways i felt. We got away with as much as we got penalised with.

Sorry i haven't been active for a while, I'll do a proper season review int he next few days.

As we said all week #FinishthisFight and 2017 season starts right now and the road to Superbowl 52.

The roster moves and cuts, salary cap adjustments and draft all need to be looked at. We're $5M over the cap as it stands so a lot of things have to be reworked, reviewed and corrected.

Leslie91 · 16-01-2017 10:52am

I think you'll be grand and back at it in 2017.. just need some defensive pieces that is all...

DvB · 16-01-2017 11:03am

Look, at the end of the day despite being gutted if someone had offered me a divisional title at the start I'd have ripped their arm off, I just genuinely felt we really had a chance this year the way the team developed, but hey the NFL is littered with teams who felt the same over the last 50 odd years.

At least it looks likely we'll have a more rounded team that should maintain a competitiveness that simply wasnt there last year, that's a positive to look forward to & as already pointed out, sort out the cap, see what the draft brings in terms of defensive reinforcement & we start looking at 2017 using the lessons learned from this season to hopefully improve us further again to have another proper go.

On paper this is a young team with a lot of talent, do it right & we should be there or thereabouts for a while, which is a huge improvement on the rollercoaster seasons that have dogged us since the mid 90's.

As for the rest of this season, anyone but the Pats now please...

Vanolder · 16-01-2017 12:07pm

DvB wrote: »

Look, at the end of the day despite being gutted if someone had offered me a divisional title at the start I'd have ripped their arm off, I just genuinely felt we really had a chance this year the way the team developed, but hey the NFL is littered with teams who felt the same over the last 50 odd years.

At least it looks likely we'll have a more rounded team that should maintain a competitiveness that simply wasnt there last year, that's a positive to look forward to & as already pointed out, sort out the cap, see what the draft brings in terms of defensive reinforcement & we start looking at 2017 using the lessons learned from this season to hopefully improve us further again to have another proper go.

On paper this is a young team with a lot of talent, do it right & we should be there or thereabouts for a while, which is a huge improvement on the rollercoaster seasons that have dogged us since the mid 90's.

As for the rest of this season, anyone but the Pats now please...

Beaten at home by a very average Greenbay team. But i suppose given Dallas' record over the last 20 years losing at home in the playoffs is something to celebrate.

DvB · 16-01-2017 12:11pm

Vanolder wrote: »

Beaten at home by a very average Greenbay team. But i suppose given Dallas' record over the last 20 years losing at home in the playoffs is something to celebrate.

Celebrated?

What thread you reading?

& GB may be 'average' but their QB is anything but & is on a pretty spectacular run of form... if average is Conference final level, that's better than 28 of the 32 teams... some average that.

Vanolder · 16-01-2017 12:17pm

DvB wrote: »

Celebrated?

What thread you reading?

& GB may be 'average' but their QB is anything but & is on a pretty spectacular run of form... if average is Conference final level, that's better than 28 of the 32 teams... some average that.

They beat a NY team that is muck and a Dallas team that were just happy to be there. No denying Rodgers, but they are poor on nearly every other aspect of the game. Enjoy the celebrations, mate.

brinty · 16-01-2017 12:20pm

Vanolder wrote: »

Beaten at home by a very average Greenbay team. But i suppose given Dallas' record over the last 20 years losing at home in the playoffs is something to celebrate.

Sorry but are you taking the p155 or something.

Losing at home in the playoffs is nothing to celebrate. We lost pure and simple. It doesn't matter about the last 20 years or anything else. What mattered was last night and we came up short.

Calling the Packers an average side is beyond silly. They're on a what 8-9 match win streak. Thats championship form. We won 11 in a row but none when its mattered the most. Rodgers is playing at a level rarely seen and making the best of a pretty "average" set of receivers and without his primary weapon (Nelson) and no run game. Have a lok at what he did again and maybe rethink that average team idea.

As for Dallas, we dust ourselves off and get ready for 2017 this morning. The front office has a lot of things to do and they will get them done.

Our future is bright and we will #FinishthisFight

DvB · 16-01-2017 12:29pm

Vanolder wrote: »

They beat a NY team that is muck and a Dallas team that were just happy to be there. No denying Rodgers, but they are poor on nearly every other aspect of the game. Enjoy the celebrations, mate.

No one celebrating where I am 'buddy'...

looking for positives for the future after a play off defeat is hardly celebrating. So troll elsewhere if that's all you have to bring to the table.

adrian522 · 16-01-2017 12:59pm

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Rainman16 · 16-01-2017 8:21pm

Stephen A goes in on The Cowboys

Vanolder · 06-02-2017 1:46pm

DvB wrote: »

As for the rest of this season, anyone but the Pats now please...

brinty · 21-02-2017 1:49am

Cowboys have restructured deals with Tyron Smyth and Travis Fredrick freeing up $21 million in cap space for 2017

Deal done to start negotiating long term deal for Zack Martin (around time and fbtrainng camp) and to clear their current over the cap situation

If similar deals can be done with Dez,Sean Lee and Tyrone Crawford (the league their big cap hits) and Romo is traded/released as a June 1 designation saving a further 10m the Cowboys could be in a very healthy cap state for 2017

Obviously this is all a kicking the can down the road but good to see us being so pro active

DvB · 21-02-2017 9:57am

brinty wrote: »

Cowboys have restructured deals with Tyron Smyth and Travis Fredrick freeing up $21 million in cap space for 2017

Deal done to start negotiating long term deal for Zack Martin (around time and fbtrainng camp) and to clear their current over the cap situation

If similar deals can be done with Dez,Sean Lee and Tyrone Crawford (the league their big cap hits) and Romo is traded/released as a June 1 designation saving a further 10m the Cowboys could be in a very healthy cap state for 2017

Obviously this is all a kicking the can down the road but good to see us being so pro active

Hadn't seen that until now, that's a good start anyway. As you say, the issues havent gone away but at least there appears to be a strategy there to deal with it & hopefully keep the team competitive going forward. Last thing we need is to lose big players when we finally have a half decent team that may be capable of challenging over the medium term at least.

brinty · 07-03-2017 9:48pm

Another $5m in cap space as Sean Lee has restructured his deal
Still lowest free cap space but getting there

brinty · 09-03-2017 9:05am

And so it look's like today will be the day we say goodbye to #9 Tony Romo.

Whilst for most of the Romo years I was not as connected to the cowboys as I am now,I respect the hell out of the guy for what he has done for our team. I wish him the very best in whatever choice he makes and will welcome him back in the big D at any time in the future.

So along with this sad day it frees up another $5.1 m in cap space for free agency. I believe if we use a June 1 designation we get another $5.1m of money but not until that date and we can split the guaranteed money over two years.

As things stand that'll give us a $13m pot to work with in free agency and the money we get on June 1 can be used to sign our draft class.

On another note Barry Church leaving for the jags is a more sad news and looks like we'll get a fourth round comp for him in 2018 draft class.

Also looks like we'll lose t will, McClain,Ron Leary Wilcox early in FA.

Maybe we'll see a bit of activity in free agency but I'd expect nothing in the first couple of weeks bar resigning some of our own. Brice Butler 1 year deal at $1.1m and only 300k guarantee is good use of our cap space. David Irving on an exclusive tender resigning is great. Believe we're trying to trade Morris and resign McFadden again a bit more team friendly. Also hosted Josh mccowan yesterday so let's see how that plays out.

An exciting few days ahead perhaps..

Happy free agency #cowboysnation

DvB · 09-03-2017 11:32am

In a way sad to see Romo go, in his time he never played behind a great O-Line & unfortunate timing with injuries denied him the chance to really go long into a post season & challenge for a Conference or SB. His stats are impressive for what was in his time a far from great Cowboys team & he'll always be remembered fondly, after Aikman easily my second favourite QB (not that theres been much of an alternative in that time) but theres no sentiment in Professional sports & his time is sadly up, Dak is the future & everything has to be done to help him progress to the best of his ability.

So long Tony, thanks for the memories.

With respect to the squad, its crucial what made us the #1 NFC seed last year isnt thrown away through squad management, fingers crossed theres a clear strategy there & JG & JJ know what they're at.

SnakeHetfield · 21-03-2017 4:02pm

Jesus this thread was a ghost town when I first checked it out 2 years ago... my how things have changed

brinty · 21-03-2017 4:27pm

SnakeHetfield wrote: »

Jesus this thread was a ghost town when I first checked it out 2 years ago... my how things have changed

Welcome aboard sir, great to have another contributor as its most me and DVB8

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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens