Macarthur said:

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I am very excited for Football season, as always, but this year it is almost 100% because of the Aggies. I will watch the Cowboys games and root for them, but my emotional attachment has declined so much over the last several years.

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I think that's a natural part of getting older, but certainly fatigue plays a part and we've had plenty of that since the '95 season. Dear Lord it's been almost 30 years since they've done anything noteworthy in the playoffs.

I'm very hopeful for this Cowboys season. They were a pretty dang good football team 1st half of last year. Well coached and even the back-ups looked sharp when their services were needed. We can/should win the East again and can we please, for the love, catch a few breaks when the playoffs come around!

Yeah, I'm pretty excited about football ginning up: Obviously Southlake Carroll always contends for state and the Aggies ha momentum after excellent recruiting.

But, sadly, I just don't feel it for the Cowboys. No real off season splash. Still have cap space. Seems now more than ever that this team simply gets Jerry his sought after attention and everything is about him and not the Star.

Macarthur said:

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I am very excited for Football season, as always, but this year it is almost 100% because of the Aggies. I will watch the Cowboys games and root for them, but my emotional attachment has declined so much over the last several years.

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Same here. I imagine I'll be DVRing games this year so I can go play golf more and enjoy cooler weather. Very much looking forward to Aggies.

Good lawd yall are pathetic

I hope the cap space is for veterans cut during training camp or for a big midseason trade. But I'm not optimistic

Just a reminder!!! Thank you @junior_miller pic.twitter.com/bTB6jr98vg

— Randy Stacy (@rcstacy) July 28, 2022

You guys are full of ***** "MUH I DoNt cARe bOut MuH BoyS aNyMoRe" will be the ones bleeding all over this thread when the season starts, and then be the first ones to say "seE i ToD yoU sO" when the season inevitably ends. This team just went 12-5, ball didn't bounce their way on a few occasions and now the sky is falling. Great fans we have.

I'm not excited about the cowboys season...while posting in an online forum about the Cowboys in July

TyHolden said:

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Just a reminder!!! Thank you @junior_miller pic.twitter.com/bTB6jr98vg

— Randy Stacy (@rcstacy) July 28, 2022

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I'm sure this will sell tens and tens of copies.

gigem1223 said:

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You guys are full of ***** "MUH I DoNt cARe bOut MuH BoyS aNyMoRe" will be the ones bleeding all over this thread when the season starts, and then be the first ones to say "seE i ToD yoU sO" when the season inevitably ends. This team just went 12-5, ball didn't bounce their way on a few occasions and now the sky is falling. Great fans we have.

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Well, first of all, I never said I don't care.

Second, all I can say is how I feel. I am no where near as excited for the season to start as I have been in years past.

And I also said I will watch and cheer, but it's just different. If they defy the odds and end up in the NFC Championship game, I will root as hard as anyone, but I think it's crazy to not acknowledge that the franchise only has themselves to blame for some fan apathy creeping in...

F'in Jerry being Jerry. Seems all that makeup BS last year was just to steal the limelight for Jimmy's induction.

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"It's BS for anybody to be making anything," Jones said of the perception that Johnson's delayed induction is petty. "I've said I'm gonna put him in. Now when I put him in and the circumstances and what I do with that there's a lot more than Jimmy to think about here.

"And I've got a lot of other lives out here that have laid a lot on the line on the field that need to be in that Ring of Honor as well."

And so how I do that, what I do it with, I get to make that decision," Jones continued. "And it isn't at the end of the day all tailored around whether Jimmy is sniveling or not."

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So Watson and Zeke end up with the same suspension. That seems fair.

Lol. Watson got 1 more game than Wade Wilson who was taking supplements due to diabetes. Joke

Quincey P. Morris said:

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So Watson and Zeke end up with the same suspension. That seems fair.

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Utter nonsense. This is just another example of Anti Cowboys bias from the league... anytime they can stick it to us they will.

And when I watch playoff games and the 49ers are allowed to hold all game and the only yellow flags on the ground are against Dallas... it's this sorta crap right here that tells me it's all rigged.

I could be 100% wrong and blinded by my Cowboys bias, but there's plenty of evidence to support thar theory as well.

James Washington carted off today

And now Jayron Kearse taken off the field.

Shut it down today boys. Jesus.

Edit** he's back on the field now

gigem1223 said:

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James Washington carted off today

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That's one way to make sure you get paid for a year! I don't think he was making the team based on early reports... big time JAG is what it sounded like to me.

Tyler Smith literally lifted Trysten Hill off the ground and slammed him onto his back. It's one of the most violent blocks I've ever seen in a practice.

— Bobby Belt (@BobbyBeltTX) August 1, 2022

Bobby and Broadus have been pretty critical of Smith on the fan

Why wouldn't we sign Odell at this point?

Washington out 6-10 weeks. What the hell are we going to do at WR?

Bringing Fuller in seems to make the most sense to fill the Gallup/ Washington void. Same style stretch the field type WR.

gigem1223 said:

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Bobby and Broadus have been pretty critical of Smith on the fan

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Broadus has been down on Smith since draft talk started back in January. I listen to him quite a bit and his opinions had a lot to do with me being very unhappy on draft night.

But... the #1 selling point on Smith was his physicality. The guy is nasty and can move very large men! Probably not a coincidence that he wasn't blowing anybody away in shorts/shirts... but as soon as the pads come on he destroys Trysten Hill.

We'll see. In my mind he'll never be the OT we want/need, but he can be a very good Guard for us and that's where he should stay.

Sorry wrong thread

Cowboys signing Anthony Barr to a one year deal. Next up, sign A WR on a similar deal.

Every single pundit I've heard has said the Cowboys got worse this offseason. They might be a little worse to start the season but I think the moves they made were all very sound.

- Amari just wasn't producing at an elite level. It was time to re-allocate that money. CeeDee will need to step and Gallup will need to come back healthy. Tolbert looks very solid. Right now it's the biggest question mark on the team (on paper). I think the bigger question is how good has Dak become? He's a full year out of the injury. Now it's time for him to ball out with every WR and not just Amari.

- Collins and Gregory were high potential, high risk players. I personally think Gregory cost them the playoff game against SF with all his dumb penalties. He was not worth keeping around at that price and both of these guys have injury concerns.

- They "lost" two starters off the Oline. Well Collins didn't actually play that much last season. And Connor Williams was a weak link from day one. I believe the downfall of the offense last year was the really weak combo Left Guard and Center. Defenses were attacking it. It led to a drop in the running and a passing game relegated to very quick passes. The yards per pass dropped dramatically for Dak last season and I don't see anyone blaming the poor oline play for this. Adding the ultra powerful Smith is a plus.

- Defensively up front you get Sam Williams and a bunch of guy who are basically coming off injury riddled seasons. Gallimore, Hill and Bohanan to go along with Watkins. I also love the draft pick Ridgeway. If the DTs can play a lot better this season the defense will be a lot better. On the edge they did sign Fowler and get Lawrence back healthy. He missed almost the whole season last year.

- Then the thing that irks me the most about pundit analysis. They never expect players to get better. We have really young players in Diggs and Parsons who come off all pro years. Then we get the entire secondary back PLUS LVE and Cox at LBer. This defense in the second year under Quinn will be very good IMO.

Dak is by far the best QB in the division. This team has Super Bowl asperations.

I will also add that L. Collins and Gregory both are starting the season on the PUP list for their respective teams. I think Gregory will be fine, but I doubt Collins plays more than 10 games.

Collins was a really good player for us when he had a chip on his shoulder for not being a 1st round draft pick. The guy was robbed of his draft status, it cost him money, and the perception is it lit a fire inside him. Guy worked really hard, played well, and started getting paid.

But he hasn't been the same guy the past 2 - 3 years. He's made 30+ million and he looks like a guy that's good with it now... he'll keep playing as long as teams want to pay him, but the fire is gone.

ac04 said:

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they could have afforded to keep amari. letting him go didn't make sense on any level.

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It's inexcusable to lose Amari and go into the season with this much cap space. We easily could have afforded him

ramblin_ag02 said:

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ac04 said:

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they could have afforded to keep amari. letting him go didn't make sense on any level.

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It's inexcusable to lose Amari and go into the season with this much cap space. We easily could have afforded him

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I think Amari pissed off Jerry with his vaccine phobia last season. He also missed a bunch of time with nagging injuries. I agree it wasn't a good move on paper especially when you consider what they got for him. That's why I think this was a relationship based decision.