Hold my beer! Denver penalty!

The flags are just insane.

We are trying to see what our team can do and the Flippin refs are getting friction burns on their fingers from pulling so many flags.

Who is #34.

He ran hard

Malik Davis

Lmao at the holding call. That is fricking ridiculous! Was nothing there at all. I know this is just a preseason game but these refs should be banned from ever officiating a game again after this. Making it impossible to watch.

Something about "Holding #75" that lives in infamy for Dallas fans.

Maybe this crew has a flight booked on Buddy Holly Airlines tonight so we won't have to see them do another game. They are the 0-16 Lions of officiating

How you gonna give a kicker #9?

Liking Davis

Young tight ends definitely outperforming Sprinkle

Just pointing it out…

Referee Alex Kemp conducted two Cowboys' games last season. Dec. 12, vs. Wash, seven penalties on Dallas and of course the playoff game 14 penalties on Dallas. Tonight we got 16 and counting against the Cowboys.

— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) August 14, 2022

Nice pass and catch. DiNucci showing a little something.

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Blaming the refs in a meaningless preseason game. Getting in shape for the regular season. lol

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You're obviously not watching the game

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Nice pass and catch. DiNucci showing a little something.

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DiNucci is so bad.

Young receivers gave me no confidence tonight. Think we need to sign Fuller or TY asap.

Dallas sucks second and third team qbs belong in the arena league Mccarthy still pacing not sure what to do next then there is good ol boy jerry get ready for another wasted season.

Can we go ahead and call the season over?

Man... we look THIN at a lot of positions.

Nice little recap video of Tyler Smith's evening. Looked solid outside of a phantom hold and a couple of errors that can be easily corrected.

I remember somebody bringing this up a year or two ago, but I would definitely be in favor of offensive penalties being called but not enforced in preseason games (in other words, throw the flag and identify the culprit, but don't move the offense back). Preseason games are hard enough to watch already; cutting down on 3-and-outs would make things a little more tolerable for fans as well as give teams a better look at their young players since they would have a better chance to get into a rhythm.

Other than degenerate gamblers, does anyone actually care how this would impact who wins or loses?

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Nice pass and catch. DiNucci showing a little something.

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DiNucci is so bad.

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Not his biggest fan but he looked good on that drive. OL gave him no chance on the last one.

**** game all around. At least no injuries.

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Yeah the TD drive was good.

I don't understand what the rationale is with either of the backup QBs is. I like the idea of having someone that could hold things together if Dak had a short term injury, but neither of these guys are that.

The only other direction that makes sense to me is taking someone who has elite athleticism or a cannon arm and lots of raw potential.

With our QB room, it feels like the plan is, "If Dak gets hurt, pray it's not too long or we are tanking."

Well, Rush did when an important game for us last year. Everyone is always so quick to dismiss him, but he has seemed to do fine when he's been given an opportunity (which is a very tiny sample size).

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Nice pass and catch. DiNucci showing a little something.

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DiNucci is so bad.

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Not his biggest fan but he looked good on that drive. OL gave him no chance on the last one.

**** game all around. At least no injuries.

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Yeah the TD drive was good.

I don't understand what the rationale is with either of the backup QBs is. I like the idea of having someone that could hold things together if Dak had a short term injury, but neither of these guys are that.

The only other direction that makes sense to me is taking someone who has elite athleticism or a cannon arm and lots of raw potential.

With our QB room, it feels like the plan is, "If Dak gets hurt, pray it's not too long or we are tanking."

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Rush won us an important game last year on the road in Minnesota. In todays NFL, if your starting QB goes down you're likely screwed either way. It makes no sense to invest much in a backup unless you're planning on letting go of your starter soon.

Damn, that's just the problem: Yes, Rush played the game of his life in beating the Vikings last year, but he will ever be rated on that lone victory. He looked crappy last year until that game and he looked crappy last night.

I'm sure if he's thrown in a game or two with Dak hurt that he'll be just fine…not.

Or, we can open up the back up qb position and see if competition gets us a better player.

But we all know that book is closed. Cooper Rush is a poor man's version of Carson Wentz. Neither play well under pressure.

Hopefully we see Grier next game. It was sounding like he was overtaking Rush as the backup in camp.

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Nice pass and catch. DiNucci showing a little something.

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Not his biggest fan but he looked good on that drive. OL gave him no chance on the last one.

**** game all around. At least no injuries.

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Yeah the TD drive was good.

I don't understand what the rationale is with either of the backup QBs is. I like the idea of having someone that could hold things together if Dak had a short term injury, but neither of these guys are that.

The only other direction that makes sense to me is taking someone who has elite athleticism or a cannon arm and lots of raw potential.

With our QB room, it feels like the plan is, "If Dak gets hurt, pray it's not too long or we are tanking."

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Rush won us an important game last year on the road in Minnesota. In todays NFL, if your starting QB goes down you're likely screwed either way. It makes no sense to invest much in a backup unless you're planning on letting go of your starter soon.

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While this is true, I am thinking more so a situation if Dak were to be hurt and would need to miss a month or something like that...but I guess that is what Dalton was supposed to be and he was trash.

This team will probably go as far as Dak takes them. Dak started last season hot and then got hurt and was never the same after coming back from injury. He said over and over that his calf wasn't bothering him but from what I saw it definitely affected his mechanics and mobility.

Does anybody know if he ever admitted his leg was bothering him or if he looks healthier after the off season?

Wow. Wydermeyer was cut today from the Bills.

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Very unfortunate, hopefully he will find his way to a practice squad. Crazy to think that at this time last year many draft analysts thought he would be the first TE off the board and a potential 1st round pick.

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100%. The pre-season always proves one thing... there are only about 15-20 QBs worth anything in the NFL, the rest are just spares who are not capable of carrying a team.

I think we saw plenty of good things from this game. If Kellen can figure out how to utilize his offensive weapons we should be fine on offense until Gallup gets back. Dak is capable of distributing the ball... Pollard, Zeke, Schultz, Lamb... that's 4 guys capable of giving defenses trouble. Kellen needs to make it work.

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Very unfortunate, hopefully he will find his way to a practice squad. Crazy to think that at this time last year many draft analysts thought he would be the first TE off the board and a potential 1st round pick.

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It's a mystery to me what happened to this guy. At a guess, the guy simply stopped working... how else do you explain the numbers he put up at the combine. It's like he thought he had made it already and just didn't put in the work.

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Damn, that's just the problem: Yes, Rush played the game of his life in beating the Vikings last year, but he will ever be rated on that lone victory. He looked crappy last year until that game and he looked crappy last night.

I'm sure if he's thrown in a game or two with Dak hurt that he'll be just fine…not.

Or, we can open up the back up qb position and see if competition gets us a better player.

But we all know that book is closed. Cooper Rush is a poor man's version of Carson Wentz. Neither play well under pressure.

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Rush played great in the only game he has ever started. That's all we have to go off of other than preseason where he usually doesn't play with the starters. I'm not saying he's awesome, but he was great in his only start. So I won't say he's awful until he shows he's awful when given a shot. I'd rather give him a shot than some washed up has been like Joe Flacco.

And it seems like he plays great under pressure. N his only start of his career, when all the pressure was on him, he threw for over 300 yards and led us to a win. If anything, it seems like he may not play well when there is no pressure bc he doesn't exactly light up the preseason.

Again, I don't want it to seem like I think he's the best backup in the league. But all backups are bad. He's at least shown a little potential in a regular season game so might as well ride with him for another year.

I've heard people wondering if Bossman could be cut. Wouldn't that be interesting. The reality is, so far in camp, 5th round pick DaRon Bland has outplayed him and Nahshon Wright. We know who our top 3 are and Bland is making the team so that's 4 guys ahead of him.

So the way I see it, if you aren't keeping 6 CBs, either our 2nd or 3rd round pick from last year is getting cut. And if I'm making the call, I'm not cutting the guy who wasn't involved in a drive by!

Which QB's are currently out there that would be serviceable QB2 at the right price? Newton? Bortles?

I loved Dalton in this role last year. In the NFL if you don't have a QB2 with experience and the ability to win games you are toast.