I am one of the guys who came over here from the fan forums on the DC website. Truthfully, that site has become less and less fan friendly over time. The only reason to go there was to read the articles and comment on them with other fans. Some homers, but also a lot of critics. I just try to be objective. When its good, I'll say so. When its not, I will say so as well. Right now you have to have your head up your ass not to see the Cowboys have a systemic problem. They use those 13-3 seasons that come from weak schedules and a lot of breaks to justify a losing strategy. Right now they are defending 9-7 with "last year we were 13-3". But last year all the breaks went their way. They got turnovers, they got timely penalties and they remained pretty healthy overall (considering Dak worked out as a replacement for Romo).
But the off-season was a disaster. Jerry's strategy, which Stephen seems to buy into, of building through the draft alone does not work. It will never work because it takes too long. By the time you draft enough good players, contraacts are up and you lose some of the players you drafted. Then you use up all your cap room retaining all of your players so the players you lose can only be replaced with lesser players. Jerry forgets how he built his own SB winning teams by getting Charles Haley and Deion Sanders. Now, he shops at K-Mart to fill in for players he drafted and lost to free agency. His strategy is a cover-up for the lousy job he does of managing the salary cap.
The best teams, draft, sign free agents and make trades to improve their roster. You have to build compete with the best, not the worst. Look at it this way. The Cowboys have not had a consistent winning team since free agency began. That's a long time. It means your strategy is not working and its not going to work. A 13-3 season is not bad once in a while but the goal is to win championships and the Cowboys have won only 1 playoff game. They have failed to reach their goal.
brick
