I agree ...
I agree, but would go even a step farther ... I would make it so that you HAD to have a winning record to make the playoffs ... 8-8 isn't good enough.
While I enjoy the current state of the Cowboys ...The Cowboys with their hotshot q-back Dak Prescott got beat by Mitch Trubisky and Jerry's upset. Oh boo-hoo. The Cowboys have been the perennial losers of the NFL for 23 years, all of them under the full control of Jerry Jones. Hmmm, sensing a common thread there? Every year they get the spotlight; every year we hear how loaded with talent they are; and every year they fall short and Jerry says he doesn't understand why such a talented (?) team can't win. Well, A: they're not as talented as he thinks they are and B: his meddling undermines every coach he's ever had which is why they all leave except the "Yes" man puppet currently holding the job. There are two things very clear, Jerry hasn't a clue how to build a team, only a stadium, and he will never hire a coach that knows more about football than he does, hence the long drawn out misery known as the Dallas Cowboys.
Here's a little tidbit that will show you just what kind of an owner Jerry is; from 2014 thru 2017 the Cowboys nearly doubled the number of player suspension games lost as the next closest team, 107 to 55. That averages to nearly 2 players unavailable to play due to suspensions in every game. Historically under Jerry Jones the Cowboys lead all of the NFL in games lost to player suspensions by a wide margin. Think Jerry might have an issue recognizing character flaws? A lack of discipline within the organization? Ya think?
Jerry is the GM so it is basically all on him. If, after 23 years, he can't see that for himself every time he looks in the mirror then there is no hope until he's gone, sad to say. He has way too much ego to admit he doesn't know what he's doing and hire a real GM. Don't get me wrong, I relish the Cowboys mess, I just wish the media would back away and stop lauding the team and organization every off/pre-season and then sound bewildered when it all falls apart again. It's a mediocre organization with a mediocre team, nothing more.
BUT, but they ARE still americas Team .....
Yes, Daniel Snyder needs to sell the team. I wish the Cooke family had kept the team. They have gotten so many free agents that have bombed over the years it isn't funny.
Except the wrong team won this round .... it will be different in a few more weeks (playoffs).If you get a chance to see the replays or the game itself the Saints and 49er's was the game of the year so far.
Pushing division games to the end of the season is one of the better adjustments the NFL has made in a generation.
