The Dallas Cowboys Are In SERIOUS Trouble
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- The Dallas Cowboys Are In SERIOUS Trouble
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Crazy how this could have been avoided if Jerry wasn’t a petulant child & basically gave Amari Cooper away for scraps, a guy that changed life for Dak.
@@harupertbeagleton8784 No he didn’t that was from a satire account 😭
@@zeakninja3419 CZcams commenters try not to fall for misinformation challenge (impossible)
@@DarkestNight99 someones gotta believe it
Been saying similar shit since 96
You do know Amari only guy on the team miss two games due to test positive for covid Dallas lost those games then while he's missing those games Amari at a NBA game with no mask on.. like Michael Irvin said I got a 20 million dollar wide receiver sitting on the couch while we losing these games
It must really suck for die hard Cowboys fans, because this team is literally Superbowl caliber with any other coach and QB
Need some secondary too
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Coach? No. Literally same record as Mike Tomlin and Sean Payton.
QB? Yes. Ive been a Dak fan since MSU days when he killed my tiger's. Now.. I can't protect him anymore after that 49ers game. 2 games in a row against them he stunk it up
Ur assessment is wrong it's been 27 years n counting because of the organization refuses to get out of the way n letting the coaches coach u can't have a superbowl winning coach not bring n his own OC or let the superbowl winning coach who won calling his own plays n let's not forget the lack of talent look at the 49ers n Eagles they made big moves to get to the next level Dallas offense of talent doesn't equal to theirs,I'm 54 n been a Cowboys fan all my life it's on Jones boy's the easy way out is to blame Dak n Mike but it goes deeper they wasn't there for the 20 plus years of failures
@@DV87777 ya I'm a Steelers fan all the way but the issue is the Rooney's have a real issue with coaching changes hence Mikey T is going to be there on the other hand Dak has always sucked PP I think his first year was eh, but that's when they had somewhat of a decent D and it's been worse ever since. He's never been good... AT ALL
Jerry has been mismanaging the boys for a long time, and people don't tend to get smarter over time at his age. If he wants to win a superbowl, he needs to hire a GM. I've heard people say this my whole life.
Especially since Jimmy Johnson built the 90's Super Bowl teams no matter what Jerry says.
It’s not even jerry, it’s his son
What's the common thread from the last 30 years? Jerry as GM.
Jerry would rather rule in Hell than take a back seat in Heaven.
@@johnbox271 Exceedingly well said
If only the league just stopped over paying Kirk cousins level QBs
Cooper Rush is now a free agent they were only paying him $977,000/yr.
I would rather have kirk cousins than Dak period.
@@tomlimbeck9934 Why, Cousins is worse
A lot of GMs, fans, and pundits struggle with math.
Among the countless cowboys problems ths they have. This sticks to me.
Jerry said before the game but after Tampa that Mike's job was not in jeopardy.
That statement ripped the soul.
I believe it is then that the cowboys saw, finally beating Tom and winning the first away playoff game in my life, as "mission accomplished" for the season.
Why would McCarthy's job be in jeopardy? Jerry is the one that decided to spend $55 Million/yr on 2 non producing players ... Dak and Zeke. Prescott got a big raise.. and got hurt 2 years in a row, became the NFL's leading interception thrower this year. Zeke hasn't given a crap about getting yards since signing his big contract... He's only interested in staying healthy so he can cash checks. Jerry loves paying average and substandard players ... like they are elites. McCarthy didn't do that.
@@arcdestriumph586 dak aint even a top 10 paid qb lmfao why does everyone say that
Any head coach who’s willing to have so little input on his staff is not going to be one who can lead an NFL team in comebacks. All that money spent but the offense doesn’t run right unless Pollard, making about $800k per year base salary, is leading the running game.
@@r.williamcomm7693 the same pollard who cant block to save his life? When he runs Its either he falls down immediately or gains 5-10 yards.
@@kothgoat dak will have the 2nd highest cap hit among qb's next year just behind watson and mor then mahomes
If the Cowboys are smart they will draft a qb early.
That’s the dumbest thing they could do lmaoo yeah take a Qb in the first 10 picks which means trading picks away, just for said Qb to hold a clipboard. Don’t even try to say trade Dak either cuz no one is trading for him at all.
As a cowboy fan for 30 years this is depressing but spot on
The franchise has been stuck in a mode of relevance, with no way to obtain dominance for any stretch. They are never bad enough to shake things up, like they did in the late 80s when Jerry bought them.
It’s Jerry jones fault lol dude don’t want a competent coach
Dak is just so inconsistent, and that's been my Cowboys story since then good ol'days in the 90s.
To be fair, the Cowboys kind of already filled the tight end position by drafting one last year and getting one in free agency .The way the Cowboys us tight ends I don’t think it matters. Literally our tight ends are interchangeable. Honestly, we look better when Dalton Schultz is out so I I’m kind of happy that we get to see Ferguson and Hendershot.
You’re a 🤡. Schultz killed it all year. You had little chance against the 49ers and zero against Philly. Take the L and move on.
Ferg is a dawg. Killed my giants
+1 to being happy when Schultz is gone ... he had a lot of penalties that took away big plays too, Ferguson and Hendershot are better blockers
I like how you slipped that "Nice" in Daks statline lol
The jj curse is still working. Good times.
The look on dak's face after picks...priceless
You’re on point ❤✌️ Zeke has lost a step and Dak is over compensated ❤ Defensively not to shabby🏈🏈🏈
At least Zeke isn’t fumbling like he was a few seasons ago, but yes, he’s grossly overpaid for what he produces
When Zeke is on the field it’s a higher percentage it’s a run play and defenses have keyed in on that. I’m not a cowboys fan but zeke is still a top back with wear and tear on him. RB contracts are tough in this modern nfl but without zeke cowboys will need to find a replacement bcus pollard does not look like he can be the lead back especially since they cap his touches every game. Cowboys need a numbers 2 receiver and maybe an additional TE, to open the offense and stop defenses from loading the box to stop zeke. Just look at the 49ers game, when lamb is locked up and teams put more men in the box cowboys offense has no answers or weapons to score
@@adefay2811 zeke is a short yardage back. They could get a FB or even use a DL or TE situationally for cheaper vs keeping him.
@@sasquatchhunter86 are you serious ?
@@adefay2811 all the analysts said the same about him being a short yardage guy. Pollard is more explosive and cheaper. Worth keeping. Zeke will need to take a major cut to stay. Running backs have a short shelf life anyways.
I think Dak in a team like San Fran could be a lot comfortable. The problem with Dallas has been they count on their talent and not their coaching to win their games. When talent isn’t enough the put Dak in a position he isn’t capable of doing. It’s the reason why Cooper Rush looked so good when Dak got hurt.
I’ve been saying this to friends for years now. Dak isn’t Mahomes, Burrow, prime Rogers, etc. and the coaching staff acting like he is hurts the team. If we swapped coaching staff only with SF, I think this Dallas team would actually have been a contender.
Exactly! The issue is the offensive system here. Not saying Dak isn't part of the problem, but in a system that doesn't depend on Dak playing like Pat Maholmes is a start.
No QB is capable of winning in that situation in the playoffs. You win with either great talent or great coaching or both in the playoffs.
Frankly , 49ers are also having an issue of their own with Brock Purdy, man throws many air balls and runs out of pocket when unnecessary.... So idk
Dak Prescott is a sub par QB. Period. End of discussion he's not winning a SB anywhere.
Excellent commentary! This is a perfect example of cap non-management.
Thank you!
not to mention they gotta pay trevon diggs as well
This team has been one of the most pathetic in the league for years. For so long the division has been bad so they've been gifted playoff berths and each team could not come up big.
It literally took them beating a Todd Bowles lead team in the worst division in football to win a playoff game. With the Eagles being dominant AND still having first round draft picks, the giants ascension and who knows with the commanders, Dallas is in for hell in the division now.
They had their chances and could not capitalize.
As a Giants fan I have admit they do a good job of drafting players, they hit on a lot of low round picks! Will be interesting to see what happens
as a giants fan do you want danny dimes back or go another direction?
@@arnoldjanikowski7122 I would like Danny back, with a reasonable price.
@@EduardoHernandez-qn9oj yeah i'd say he earned it a decent prove it 1 year contract. the unknown can be spooky i'm not sure who would want to bring him in maybe the jets / titans / houston / colts. i'm assuming tb12 will be in miami.
@@arnoldjanikowski7122 you don’t give qbs 1 year deals. Either franchise him or go for 3 years with an out after 2. Too much money to go year to year with qbs.
@@lucrative6477 sure it does happen rarely well they did pass on his 5 year option. danny made it sound like he was indifferent if they didn't offer anything. he played good but i don't see a team offering him a 3 or 4 year deal.
I think a lot of the teams struggles beyond Dak’s bad/inconsistent play is coaching. Can’t count how many times this season our defense would get a turnover or make a stand, just for Kellen Moore to turn around and dial up some stupid trick play that goes for negative yards, followed by 2 incompletions and a total of 24 seconds off the clock before our defense is back on the field. Such as against the Jags. Needed one first down to win, and couldn’t get it.
The difference between a very good football team and a Super Bowl winning team is tremendous.
If Dak had a true WCO and not asked to read 4 option routes on any play.... Dallas probably takes it.. 49ers prove how important the 'system' is in the business of winning games.... it's not just.. save here.. pay there.. visit dollar tree for scraps.
Team needs discipline and chemistry. Dak is soft he needs to get up in these receivers faces yell a little instead of setting and looking lost on the sideline.
@@damonwayne3307 I still have not seen Law Nation, Boss Cowboy or any of em do a side by side of the Tampa Bay game vs 49er game...... I promise u there are WCO offense plays... and Dak looks confident with where to go... I smell sabotage big time. IMHO
lol, that's nonsense - we would see it in the reg season records every year if that was the case, the to-be SB winners would be blowing away the rest of the league all year if there was such a "tremendous difference between very good(playoffs) and SB winners". We would also see a lot more dynasties, repeats, if these SB winners were so much further ahead of the rest of the league.
@@damonwayne3307 C'mon, yelling at Noah Brown isn't going to make him catch better lol. Yelling at TY isn't going to get him better routes/schemes.
Win a playoff game is Dallas' super bowl. Everyone knew Dak isn't worth 40 million per year, but the cowboys paid him because they thought that would be hard to find a better or even on same level as Prescott. Burrow and Mahomes are out of this world, and they teams are very blessed to have two genius at the most important position of all sports
Focus on offensive and defensive linemen in the draft. Keep a qb on a rookie pay scale, this is the secret to success in the NFL.
Add safetys to that, Diggs is god tier, but that's it. If we get another safety that is at least decent, that D will hold, especially since Dan Quinn is back.
We need to make aggressive moves in the off-season to go from good to great. Unfortunately, as Jerry has shown us time and time again, that's probably not going to happen. I predict a very passive off-season with a decent draft and almost no game changer free agent signings or trades.
@Harupert Beagleton He spends money on the wrong players and overpays for hometown talent that hasn't earned it or begins to stagnate. He doesn't make big trades either. The last one was for Amari and we let him go for free basically.
That’s the toughest thing by far as a Cowboys fan is having a squad that can get you so close but it feels like your QB, OC & possible coach are in the way. If we can’t get rid of all 3 & we can’t move Dak & Jerry “loooves” him some MM it HAS TO BE KELLEN MOORE.
Mike Mccarthy is not the problem.
You have remarkable content my man!! Keep it coming!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
C'mon Dallas fans, you knew this was coming right? You knew it all along.
Prescott? McCarthy? This is what they do.
Not only them. So many of their players don't show up in big games.
Schultz, Diggs dropped an easy int, Maher. It's the entire team.
They get too full of themselves in the regular season like they've even shown anyone they could win in a big spot.. and as soon as they face a good team they absolutely crumble.
@@itdies2dayyo well they aren't a disciplined team at all
@@tgs5725 exactly. I'm pretty sure they've been top 10 most penalized team for the 3 or 4 years in a row.
That's why I sat back and laughed as people were hyping them up to be SB contenders.
@@itdies2dayyo agree I’m still Laughing and they going to hype them up Next Year also and is going to be the same results they ain’t winning nothing not even the Division Title
@@doncooper384 "they going to hype them up Next Year also"
Who, the media, cuz you suckers eat it up EVERY SINGLE SEASON? lmao
Very good evaluation and analysis. If Jerry Jones does not get rid of Elliott and Prescott, he will not live long enough for the cowboys to win another super Bowl.
So hard to be better than a team that just entered a rebuild. Congrats cowboys.
As a giants fan you love to see it. Eagles next
Well..........as far as I can recall....when theirs a qb change..theirs a coaching change...but you get a restart....
lmao, that subtle "nice"
The Cowboys just barely beat my Houston Texans at home in Dallas, at that point in the season I was not impressed with Dallas, after that game and did not think they were going very far
“He was 6 of 9… nice”
Paying Zeke was a big mistake, as was trading Amari Cooper for almost nothing. Dak on the other hand… we have no choice but to keep him. At least for now.
Dak is a great QB he just isn’t ip there with the Mahomes/Burrow/Allen which is fine. The Zeke contract hurts so much cause thats what caused Amari to get traded. The reality was SF was a poor matchup cause Fred Warner operates where
CD is most effective and unfortunately Gallup and TY aren’t good enough to win on the outside
@@jwash5784 hes between 9-15
@@steamingwillybeaming he’s easily a top ten QB but he’s around the 8-10 range
@@jwash5784 Dak is not a great QB
"Oh no, Dallas is forced to keep a quality starting franchise QB!", lmao, the shit you see on the internet...
Some of y'all weren't around after Aikman retired...
To be fair to Zeke. Part of the reason his yards per carry is low is because Pollard is used between the 20s and they explicitly put in Zeke for goal like and 3rd and 1 short yardage plays and have him plunge in the line. That “by design” lowers his yards per carry. If he was the full time back his yards per carry would be higher most likely. Still obviously he is past his prime. I just think looking at yards per carry as a stat is misleading.
People here in Dallas know what the issue is and has been since 95 and that’s Jerry F’ing Jones
Pissing Jimmy Johnson off turned out to be a surprisingly bad idea. 🙄
Pfffftttt, he put together a team that has 12 wins the last two years so how is Dak throwing picks Jerry's fault 🤔
It’s funny too cuz the cowboys were very close in 2014 and 2016 to making the championship game and lost packers by the Dez catch and a game winning FG then in 2018 lost a really close game to the rams after beating the Seahawks too lol.
Dallas needs a consistent QB that's not over rated and overpaid. Same with Zeke. Jerry has fired just about everybody else.
Lotsa money tied up in those two. It’ll keep them screwed for some time.
@@Weshopwizard LMAO
@@Weshopwizard yeah you don’t know what you talking about lmaoo Zeke is either getting cut or taking a pay cut, and after the 2024 season Dak is gonna get cut or traded as well lmaoo
they have been in trouble ever since Jerry fired Jimmy Johnson
I love to hear it!!! #HurtsSoGood
Dallas hasn't not been in serious trouble since like the late 90s.
Why did the cowboys fire their o line coach Joe Philbin?
He was the least of their problems.
That's the issue when you pay too many good players great money
Parsons is out of there as quick as he can be
It all started with that Max contract….
There’s a cowboys fan taking this as a good thing screaming “they can’t stop talkin bout us!! We dem Boyzzz”
Next year are year!
Literally shit that gets repeated by haters ad nauseum
Amazing feat of no playoff run since 90’s... curious and interesting as we watch team trend toward irrelevance . Likewise non on the roster will be willing to restructure the contract, reflecting the obdurate nature of the micro managing owner.
"...as we watch team trend toward irrelevance..." - nothing says "irrelevance" like back to back playoffs lmao
@@RyTrapp0 or being a CZcams channels biggest vidoe cuz it the cowboys
There is not much Dallas can do about the QB situation due to cap limitations.
Can anyone explain the hate Mike McCarthy receives by everyone? He’s a super bowl winning coach whose had back to back 12 win seasons in Dallas with an offense averaging almost 29 ppg.
Last time the Cowboys had consecutive double digit win seasons was the 90’s.
fair..but alot of people think he should have won at least 2 or 3 while he had AR at qb in gb. if i were jerry and had a chance to get sean peyton i'd fire mm in a heartbeat. jerry is way up there in age he'll never get another chance ay peyton who jerry loves. i'm a viking fan i hate peyton but hes a top nfl coach just my 2 cents
@@arnoldjanikowski7122 True, but McCarthy gets a lot of undeserved flak imo. Just when Favre looked cooked he had his best season since since 97 and took them to the conference championship in his 2nd year. Rodgers bitched the front office out to can him & failed to deliver in the postseason under another head coach with home field advantage in back to back seasons with a 13 win repeat.
Most coaches will fall with any QB taking up over 16% of the cap, or a smidge above average QB making $35 mil/year throwing wildly inaccurate passes with a putrid habit of throwing pics.
Can’t blame McCarthy for the 2014 conference championship with Rodgers playing like shit and still leading by 16 points in the 3rd quarter.
But Sean Payton’s aren’t dime of dozen so if he’s available you pull out all stops to hire him.
All I can do is point to the Green Bay/Seattle NFC championship game after the 2014 season. The Packers dominated the game, while Russell Wilson had his worst game as a pro at that point. However, the Packers kicked field goals when they were on the 1 yard line (or super close), rather than going for TDs. That conservative mindset meant that the second Wilson remembered how to football, Seattle was able to mount an incredible comeback with 4 minutes left and ultimately go back to the super bowl. So yeah, I can see why people don't respect McCarthy much anymore.
@@johnchedsey1306 thats a tough situation gotta remember he was facing that nasty seattle defense take what you can get, he must have just assumed the seattle offense was gonna keep doing same thing they did in first half.
i view it as inevitable is going to happen and mm might get complacent again like he did in gb in one or two years and if they go .500 he'll get the boot anyway. i'd tell jerry to pull the trigger and go for sp. i almost feel bad for old jerry but then i remember he's rich as hell so i don't he just loves the media a little to much he can never deny a press session lol.
@@johnchedsey1306Against that d, it’s no guarantee you punch it in from the 1. Point is that game plan gave the Packers a 16 point lead in the 4th only to lose on a fake field goal and a botched onside kick, in addition to a miracle 2 point conversion.
Some of that’s on the players.
Bottom line is the guy wins everywhere he coaches, regardless of questionable in game decisions. He’s not Andy Reid but still one of the better coaches. His biggest mistake was wanting Alex Smith over Rodgers, which has fucked my Bears over the entirety of a decade and a half.
Is drafting rookie quarterbacks the new meta? It has been conventional wisdom that guys coming up from college need to sit behind a veteran and get a feel for the offense, but we're seeing more young quarterback talent making a splash their rookie and sophomore years.
I feel like you should build a team with a specific identity then draft a qb
Cheap QBs is the meta unless you can get a Mahomes ...
@@halfbked lmao I think you mean generational talents lmaoo Cowboys have to be ASS to get someone like a Caleb Williams and that’s just not gonna happen lmao
@@GTBreezy No Mahomes was the outlier ... you are bad at math like the majority of your ilk.
Same old! Same Old! What ? It's been 27 years since an NFC championship game? Keep doing what you doing. And may the "Farce" Be With You!!! 😄😄
So what how many teams have decades of loosing season's..
2020 injury
2021 stupid playoff ending
2022 interceptions in playoff game
Dallas is gonna be a contender for quite a while with their young roster
3:28 bro just casually throws a shot at your team💀
And in my case he's horribly wrong. 7 straight division titles, 5 straight AFC championships games, number 1 overall seed in the AFC
Dak has at least one pick in every game he started this season except Vikings and 49ers. He had 2 pick in 5 of those games. He had 17 total picks in only 12 games.
Matthew Stafford won the SB while leading the league in Ints
@@RyTrapp0 Dak doesn't have that chance now does he?
@@jameshendricks8526 lol, so basically you're just speaking out in to the nothingness, huh? I thought you actually had a point here, mah bad...
@RyTrapp0 I believe the point is pretty self-explanatory, he had 15 picks in 12. Had he played all 17 regular season games, he was on pace for 20 or more. What I said was obvious. You are the one with the problem getting it.
The Cowboys need Zeke Elliot like Iceland needs another glacier.
I'm a huge Cowboys fan since '75 and there is no way they would've beat the eagles in Philly. So you are right. They would be first and foremost out-coached. Moore has poor game planning skills and that's being nice. Our D would've done ok, because of that easily 17-0 or 24-0 eagles. That is very hard for me to admit, but I'm a realist, something most cowboys fans are not...
I mean last year dak threw for 4500 yards and 37 tds with 10 picks so he really just needs to have his receivers to get open more and have him not stare down wrs
Me: (sees video title)
“Good.”
The Offensive cord. is shyt. Smart but not smart enough. Not enough RL esp to understand how to adapt. If they had the offensive from years back with this defense. Man.
But Jerry likes his Yes men. Hell made Bill Parcells into a cookie cut out.
Why do the cowboys get to use the cap space excuse… every single team in the NFL has a cap space too. They aren’t the only ones. Not anybody else’s fault that they signed some god awful contracts
I'm not a Cowboys fan, but from an outsider's perspective: you need to move on Dak asap. He lost you that divisional against SF. He's not even a good game-manager QB. He's just bad.
Cowboys are probably screwed until ya'll get rid of him.
This is example one of how franchise loyalty is great for fans but death for a franchise
Jerry needs to bring a real GM who can handle better contracts and stop paying big money to average players. MM is not the answer at HC and his management at the end of this past game is another reminder of that fact. Zeke definitely needs to be dumped. I'd try to trade Dak to some sucker who wants to pull a Russell Wilson kind of trade but it's unlikely. But at least Dan Quin is staying as they could not afford to lose him.
Love that this showed up in my recommends 😂😂
They remind me of a less talented version of the Phillip Rivets/Tomlinson CHARGERS
Crazy on how Jerry says he wants a super bowl but is never aggressive in trades or free agency 😂 bro also not even trying to get Sean Payton
I understand your points and I agree-to-disagree. What is difficult to point out in flaw is the play calls and coaching. It can sound subjective, but the plays this season and post-season were excessively basic and off putting. I've been a loyal Cowboys fan and probably always will be with the exception of new blood of QB's and the hopeful retirement of Brady. I still think, not believe, that the Cowboys have a shot making it to the NFC championship there just needs to be readjustments with finances and plays. Just today they announced the termination of their offensive coordinator and I couldn't be more relieved. The players are fine and just need tighter focus and less narrow vision.
The Dalto. Schultz situation is easy. He was a disappointment in the game against the 49ers and the Cowboys already drafted his replacement last year in Jake Ferguson.
Same goes for Tyron Smith. The Cowboys drafted Tyler Smith last year and despite the amount of holding penalties, I thought he did pretty well.
Two free agents you didn’t mention are Safeties Donovan Wilson and Jayrin Kearse. The Cowboys should try to do whatever to bring them back
Kearse is under contract for next season. Wilson will likely be gone given the emergence of Mukuamu
I’m not a cowboy fan but I think the teams fan base should make a petition to get jerry jones to stop running it and let the coaches do their job.
It won’t happen. Jerry is another Al Davis.
Jerry can't get an erection unless he's actively mismanaging the Cowboys.
That would be like getting Biden to admit know one voted for him and he sucks.
"They are likely better than your team."
Idk bro. That's several teams. Lol
I like Dak both on and off the field but he may have just played his final game as a cowboy and he has not been good this year. However if the cowboys want any chance of reaching a Super Bowl then Mike Maccarthy has to go he’s held back every team he’s coached.
Who willing trade for dak and that contract there stuck with him. You have a better chance trading washed up zeke than Dak. Every team knows that with Dak you can't win a superbowl or at most make a conference championship game.
dak is a solid qb but way overpaid. As the other guy said, that contract is poison for his career. However people are way too overdramatic about qb success. Dak is MOST DEFINITELY a starting calibre qb in the NFL.
@@leorickt.9604 he’s 100% starting calibre and can top tier on his day but he’s not gonna carry to a Super Bowl like pat mahomes would. However maccarthy is much more of a problem that dak is
@@kinglightning5256 could see them doing a similar trade to goff and Stafford but I can’t think of any team that are bad at the moment that has a top tier qb
Dak's contract make it impossible to either trade or cut him this year.
I guess the main question you have to ask these star players is do you want to win Super Bowls or get paid?
Fournette beat the hell outta parsons on that block one of my favorite highlight plays of all time
Jerry screwed up when he GAVE Dak and Zeke huge contracts! Running backs slow down very quickly and Dak was NEVER elite and NEVER will be!
Some things I disagree with you on, particularly the Cowboys in 2023 from a personnel standpoint. Granted, I'm a Cowboys fan, but I do believe if they stay reasonably healthy they are still looking good for 2023 (2024 may be a different deal).
While it's great to have that star QB in their rookie deal, it's very difficult to find one good enough to take your team to the SB. While 3 out of the final 4 teams have QB's on rookie deals this season, 3 out of the 4 final teams had high profile QB's on big contracts last season. It's more complex than given credit for. For instance, finding those QB's usually means they were a top-10 draft pick, likely on a team that was very bad and had numerous holes to fill. So many holes that they even with a good cap and draft position it's too much to overcome in just 4 years (i.e. Jaguars w/Trevor Lawrence).
Also, cap values aren't always about a particular player and their production vs. cap hit (outside of QB). It's more about the product vs. cap hit for the position. The reason why the Cowboys made out better than they ever should have with the Ezekiel Elliott deal is because they had the highly productive Tony Pollard who was almost a negligible cap hit. The same scenario could very well happen with DeMarcus Lawrence. If he stays healthy and Sam Williams continues to grow at the rate he looks like he will grow...D-Law probably won't be worth his value but the DE position (along with Dorance Armstrong) will be getting fairly comparable production vs. the entire DE cap hit.
The Cowboys have avoided devastating years due to their poor management of the salary cap due to their drafting and talent development. It's the worst secret in the league that for all of the criticism of Jerry Jones, this team drafts very well (and they would draft even better if they didn't take gambles on risky 2nd round picks). And that's a very likely saving grace here (as pointed out with Sam Williams and Tony Pollard).
The big weaknesses for 2023 appear to be WR and CB (and if they stay healthy at CB they should make out alright). If they release Zeke and Tyron while letting LVE, Schultz and Anthony Brown go to FA along with some more nominal role players, they'll save close to $30M against the cap. That will be more than enough to re-sign or franchise Pollard (he's expected to be ready before training camp), re-sign RFA Terence Steele, re-sign McGovern and Donovan Wilson. Tyron may be a candidate to take a pay cut because he's pretty much been replaced by Tyler Smith (again, a great draft pick that played superbly at LT) and Terence Steele at RT. Thus they could come to Tyron and tell him that he's scheduled to be a backup for depth purposes and he may be willing to take a paycut for that (although he has had problems with the Cowboys training staff in the past, he's reportedly close to Jerry Jones).
Schultz was way over contract and was franchised in part because Blake Jarwin's career ended in injury and the team looked incredibly thin at TE prior to the draft. But Jake Ferguson can do everything Schultz can do and Tyler Hendershot (UDFA) appears to be right behind him. The bigger question will be with what they will do with LVE since he had a resurgence this season, but it was a contract year and he has a history of injury and may just want too much while the Cowboys have a promising, but unproven Damone Clark waiting in the wings.
I don't see a lot of massive holes that will not likely be filled unless they have a lot of injuries. The bigger question is that as they reset the roster's salary cap, will they continue to make the same mistakes or will they catch up with the times and modernize their salary cap principles. If they can and hopefully get Kellen Moore to improve his play designs, they'll be a strong team for the future
Now you have to redo this whole post with KM gone....
@@MixxMatrix Why? His offense was part of the problem. He had some good things about him (his run game schematics were really good), but once teams figured out you could play zone against him and if he lost confidence in his O-Line he's just going to call for curl routes...he got exposed. I don't think KM is a lost cause and the changes he needed to make don't take a rocket scientists (and we don't now how much influence MM has on the offense). But a better play design offense may mean that we don't have the needs we thought we had an we are getting better value for Dak.
im a cowboys fan they aint doing anything next year it will never be a easier road to the SB than it was this year
You can forget big trades for expensive players in the offseason. Dallas is losing ground to the giants and Washington and are already behind Philly. They finish 3/4 in their division next year.
I'm sure way over paying for Zeke and Zach had nothing to do with it. How this team did this year, are as good as they can be. Not getting better with this assortment.
Painful, but spot on.
The issue is no one is going to want Dak
Dak needs to be in a system that plays to his strengths. For some reason, regardless of coordinator, this hadn't happened yet. The cowboys never run the football consistently, which is what he needs. The numbers show that. I don't see anything changing anytime soon.
Great analysis!
There are no great teams in the NFL so being stuck on “being good” isn’t a bad thing. They just need to game plan better.
That’s what it’s called *reconstructing the contracts*. Dallas could literally have anywhere from 50 -70 million dollars in cap space if they reconstruct everything perfectly.
The lights are too big and too bright for Dak Prescott in Texas
9:20 you know they’ve only been playing 17 games for 2 years, right? Would be kinda tough to play 17 regular season games 7 years in a row considering everyone only played 16.
49ers are proof you don't need an elite, high-paid QB to be great. Dallas has the defense to make a superbowl, but a poor run game and a QB who can't win when it counts are both eating into their salary cap AND holding the team back
Incorrect. It proved that you need an good to elite low paid QB to win
They’ve never been great overrated
I'm a Cowboys fan. And yes, a frustrated one. And I think, no , I know that Dak is not a started. Maybe for another team that can really work with him. But not the Cowboys, who if we had an above average QB, we may have been to the SB three years ago . Or possibly three years in a row. This team had, and had an elite power house offense. And the Defense? Well Dak threw two picks, and we only lost 12-19 against the Niners. Our Defense held the game down. For what it's worth, they kept us in the game until the very end.
Jones is simply not a good negotiator. He should have held Elliot to the original contract and let Elliot make no money if he didn't honor his original contract. He should have told Prescott that he wasn't a good enough quarterback to carry a team and that he wasn't going to get forty million dollars a year. I hope that Lawrence will also be willing to re-negotiate something more reasonable.
There's a big difference between paltry and poultry.
As an Eagles fan this is great news and I can keep talking my shit. Cowboys have a great draft record...but it looks like they will need another great year just to tread water and not take a step back.
More likely, Tyron Smith’s gonna get traded because the cowboys have actually had a solid offense of line with Tyler Smith and Terence Steele. I would say this team may be cutting him or just outright, trading him to a team that could use his services or more likely he’s talked about retirement with all his back problems,
Less trouble now…they got the long overdue Kellen-ectomy.
Prescott is not a $40mil a year QB. What should the true figure be based on productivity?
Need a QB and head coach. Dak is middle of the pack, as always, and while you can win with middle of the pack QBs, it’s a handicap.
Coaching like Jason garret and mike McCarthy is just humiliating. Try for Sean Payton.
About 26 teams since 1996 season has made it to the NFC, AFC conference title game. Even Jax has made it to afc championship game. Saying Dallas is better than everyone's team is false. Also, appearing in 5 consecutive AFC title game and three Superbowl title game in 4 years is what you consider greatness. Not losing in divisional game for last 26/27years.
Spot on, you captured the Dallas fans! Cowboys are “very good” but not great! Dallas will NEVER win a Super Bowl with Dak! Only a real fan is bold enough to thump on 12 wins X2 but “one and done” may become habit? Fan since ‘65 better days! 🏈🤠🏈
The problem with Dallas is the owner and the quarterback
Zeke will restructure his contract. There may not be as big a cap hit as we think.
Nick Bosa begs to differ with Parsons as best defensive players
I don’t see them cutting Zeke but I could see him trading him to a team. Sucks cause I’m a huge Ohio state fan but dude is just not what he used to be
Actually, I think them cutting him is way more likely than him getting traded why would anybody wanted him also, another more likely scenario is he takes it a pay cut which he’s openly said he would do but I would think about releasing him to be honest especially if with the rumors, I’m hearing that the Cowboys are looking to get Bijan Robinson with the 26 pick would actually be able to put good draft picks to get the best running back at the end of the first round cause he’s pretty much a prime Ezekiel Elliott with Tony Pollard crazy backfield
@@dsbeats5657 this is true I didn’t think about that. I could see the cowboys drafting Bijan if he falls or tank bigsby in the 2nd or 3rd
No team will really want Zeke… too much wear and that contract. I see him being a cut either before or after June 1st. Bijan being a likely target in the draft is not a bad idea. I would seriously look at QB’s in the later rounds if I were the Cowboys.
@@mittouyo2638 I also have another theory like if the Cowboys don’t want to go running back in the early around how about we go with Roschon Johnson? I know he will be there in the third and fourth round and he is pretty similar. Obviously not as good as Robinson, but isn’t that kind of better that we get a running back that doesn’t have a lot of tread on the tires?
It’s bad when you’re rival is clamoring to play you in the playoffs.
I like Dak as a person he means well when it comes to the game I promise to do this, I promise to do that but it doesn’t work that way it’s a team sport and the team has no chemistry. They need discipline, they need someone to yell on the sideline, they don’t have that.