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ThoughtExperiment
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Welcome to where I was, oh, about halfway through last year. Actually I think it was when our fearless ginger leader let 45 second tick off the clock so Bailey wouldn't have too easy a kick from 53 yards in the Baltimore wind.
I still go hang with my buddies to watch the games, only now I don't care that much who wins. Just shoot the shit and check out the girls. Actually like Laz said, I think this may be worse. If we hit rock bottom, we might get some real change. But dumbass Jerry is going to get about a 9-7, 8-8 division winner and that will let him sell continuity with his shittastic coaching experiment.
It's so discouraging. But then it's been that was for while now.
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For it being football season, and not a bye week, this was easily the most relaxing weekend I've had in forever.
I loaded some money into my drf account Friday and had a blast playing the breeders cup races all Friday and Saturday. Had money left in my account today, had the tv off and without realizing, my wife came in at some point and turned the Dallas game on. I was all involved with my laptop, placing bets and watching the races, so I turned the tv off.
At some point she turned the game back on. She's so used to me being glued to the tv watching the Cowboys. Finally, I had to explain to her that I no longer give a fuck, and she could watch what she wanted.
I loaded some money into my drf account Friday and had a blast playing the breeders cup races all Friday and Saturday. Had money left in my account today, had the tv off and without realizing, my wife came in at some point and turned the Dallas game on. I was all involved with my laptop, placing bets and watching the races, so I turned the tv off.
At some point she turned the game back on. She's so used to me being glued to the tv watching the Cowboys. Finally, I had to explain to her that I no longer give a fuck, and she could watch what she wanted.
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For it being football season, and not a bye week, this was easily the most relaxing weekend I've had in forever.
I loaded some money into my drf account Friday and had a blast playing the breeders cup races all Friday and Saturday. Had money left in my account today, had the tv off and without realizing, my wife came in at some point and turned the Dallas game on. I was all involved with my laptop, placing bets and watching the races, so I turned the tv off.
At some point she turned the game back on. She's so used to me being glued to the tv watching the Cowboys. Finally, I had to explain to her that I no longer give a fuck, and she could watch what she wanted.
It is easier when you just don't give a fuck.
The way this team looks, it really doesn't matter how they finish with this dog shit schedule. They're first round fodder at best. Even if they could nut-up enough to win in the first round, they'd be satisfied and get smashed the following week. This is not a Superbowl contender of a team and when you've seen mediocre before, why get excited for anything less than a real contender
I have Jimmy Graham in a fantasy league.....I know he's going to fucking dominate next week. He's done it every week and he hasn't yet faced a defense like this so it's going to happen. I don't really care what happens next week so long as Graham gets me 16 like he has every other week he's played.
I missed the first half last week, largely because I just didn't care. I've seen this shit before and Dallas is just going to fuck it up at the end even with a cupcake schedule.
I can't believe there are people who are so dishonest with themselves that they just won't admit that the team isn't good enough. Year after year they just refuse to admit the obvious. I think a lot of it has to do with not watching other teams play. If you don't watch other teams play sound football you really have no idea what it looks like. Also a reason why people will point to the Seahawks today struggling against Tampa. Yeah, okay they had a downer of a day and won. They're also a 1-loss team and pretty much beat up on other teams on a weekly basis. There's a difference between having a downer game and simply playing like you always do.
This team just isn't good enough. The offensive coaches are a weak link and the defensive side of the ball is lacking talent. If Dallas even wins the East to make the playoffs, they'll get fucked up by the wildcard opponent in a hurry. The only saving grace is that Dallas has been better at home this year than on the road so they might win a playoff game and extend the misery of Jason Garrett even longer based on what amounts to fools gold.
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Could've but Kenny Stills, Lance Moore, Robert Meachum can step it up, plus they have Graham. It won't matter when they play us.
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The Dallas Cowboys are a very average team.
Dallas receivers dropped more balls than usual yesterday. Had those balls been caught, I'm guessing the Cowboys would have won comfortably.
... but that's the kind of thing that happens with very average teams. The team lacks consistency and sharp execution. It is usually the case that in any given game, several parts of the team just don't perform up to par.
Dallas receivers dropped more balls than usual yesterday. Had those balls been caught, I'm guessing the Cowboys would have won comfortably.
... but that's the kind of thing that happens with very average teams. The team lacks consistency and sharp execution. It is usually the case that in any given game, several parts of the team just don't perform up to par.
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You're not making any sense here. Are the Cowboys an average team as a result of of that one game where the "Dallas receivers dropped more balls than USUAL"? So are you admitting that yesterday was out of the norm in terms of dropped passes? So in the games where they catch more passes than usual, does that make them above average for the moment?
You are not breaking new ground in proclaiming Dallas to be an average team. What gave you a clue? The four straight playoff misses? or the two and perhaps three consecutive 8-8 seasons? Yes the Cowboys are an average team, but mainly due to having good players but being saddled with a lousy HC, that is what will give you an average team and eventually a below average team. Coaching is everything.
A good HC with a team of bad players will get you an average team, as a result of the good HC having those bad players overachieve/overperform.
A bad HC with a team of good players will get you an average team, as a result of the bad HC having those good players players underachieve/underperform.
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ZC's post makes complete and total sense if you know how to read and if you read the entire post instead of just looking at a sentence here and there.
It's not like anyone has to do their jobs around here.
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Stand by your man. You two go get a room.
No it doesn't make any since. On one hand he pointed out as to how the Cowboys' receiver yesterday dropped more pass than usual what they usually drop, and then states that as being a mark of an average team.
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If WRs dropping passes were the only thing making us average, that might make sense. But as he says, WRs dropping passes aren't the only reason we're average. We're average because we make a variety of mistakes in all different areas of the team from week to week.
Not sure why you jumped on ZC as you two don't seem to disagree about the state of the team.
Not sure why you jumped on ZC as you two don't seem to disagree about the state of the team.
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Or not
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He said "that kind of thing" is the mark of being an average team. Then, in the very next sentence, he said the team lacks consistency and sharp execution. His point is that dropping passes is an example of this team's lack of execution and consistency. He pointed out one very specific example of the more general symptom of mediocrity... lack of execution.
He's not saying dropping passes means you have an average team. All teams drop passes, and all teams are not average.
It's literally like you only read the first sentence of the two paragraphs. If ZC is guilty of anything, it's assuming that you could spare the brain cells to read three whole paragraphs. Most people realize that's too much to ask of you.