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  1. France will be pretty stout in 2028. They just had 3 lottery picks in the 24' draft and none of them played and 2 other drafted guys. They'll have 2, maybe 3 more lottery picks next year including what most consider the best PG prospect in Traore. Wemby is probably the best player in the world in 28 so that's 5 other lottery picks to see if they can pan out. Gobert is probably a the old guard backup on the team in 28'. I think the US playing at home will propel our guys to the gold medal but Frank could be pretty scary in just 4 years.
  2. Embiid already hinted he may play for Cameroon, if he does play..... 4 years from now, injuries may have ended him. Tatum is awfully iffy after this go around. Can't blame him if he sits out, he has 2 gold medals already. Ja is also a question mark with all of his hijinks. AD will be 35 years old. I think a lot of people have Cooper Flagg being someone of interest. Some like Jalen Brunson but another small guard?
  3. Welp, I think Cowboy fans got a sneak peak of what it may be like without a upper tier QB like Dak or Romo. I don't think Lance was the worst QB ever. Shit, he wasn't even the worst QB on the field today, but I think this quote nails it: There was not fluidity, for a natural athlete it was really stiff, and for every good read, he made a bad one. At least he protected the ball for the most part, but it wasn't a good perfromance. A few other thoughts: Guyton is going to be just fine long-term. He looks really good and he is a smooth athlete. Choka (yes I know his real name) is in a boot and has sucked at TC, so I think the plan is Guyton starts at LT and takes his lumps. It'll be hit or miss the first year but with health.... by year 3ish, he's a top 7-8 LT I bet. Very promising. The bad news is Beebe is having a difficult time at Center. He just really is having a touch time getting off the snap and playing with leverage. He looks much better at guard. May not be the end of the world but I'm getting the feeling he may end up being a backup OG and eventual replacement for Zack. We found a good corner in Carson. He'll take his lumps and get beat but he can plan and has that dawg in him. Very nice pick. Cowboys still can't stop the run. The Jalen's are all pretty good. Tolbert didn't play which was uhmmmmm, but Jalen Brooks and Cropper looked pretty good actually. Tough day for Ryan Flourney, the rookie, with a really bad drop and fumble which didn't we didn't lose. Good news, the LB's and Agent O looked much better. Bad news, without Micah, I fear our pass rush sucks. Nobody could get pressure today. Nobody. Overall, the big # all saw their value go up, the rookies overall are playing well but we have some of the same issues around physicality upfront on the IDL. Oh, Mazi looked active and better. Not good, but definitely better than last year.
  4. They had? Are you sure? Jim Plunkett had never been to the playoffs and was 15 games under .500 overall in his career. Theismann had never been to the playoffs and was 4 games over .500 and his claim to fame was being a kick returner for awhile. Brad Johnson no big wins. Stafford was 0-3 in the playoffs and 10 games under .500 in his career. Drew Brees was 1-2 in the playoffs before his SB and his 1 conference championship he lost by almost 4 touchdowns. Only Steve Young and Elway really had "big wins" and Young was 0-2 in conference championships, so that leaves Elway really with some notches on his belt, but at least you let us know you don't know the history of football. Again most of these guys weren't under .500 vs teams with winning records, they were under .500 overall! And I'm not going to do anything..... The "(closed) free market" is going to make him the highest paid player in history. I assure you I have nothing to do with it, and he will be for probably 6-9 months until someone else eclipses that amount. I think what most folks are actually criticizing are the "option quarterbacks" front office putting the organization in this situation in the first place. There are a lot of decisions they made throughout his career and in the last 18 months which have led to being in this situation and that starts at the top with ownership. Again 30 years of no championships isn't on Dak. Maybe he plays a part most recently but just like it's not all on Romo or Parcells, or whomever.... There is only one consistent ingredient. Now ask yourself, why are you showing more frustration with the player rather than the root of the cause? You want to move on from Dak, that's fine. It's a realistic opinion, but please tell me how this is going to change anything..... realistically. What is this team going to do next year without a QB and perhaps looking for a new HC. What is this magic bullet for success?
  5. France is coming...... Wemby will probably be the best player or top 3 in the world. They have 4-5 dudes under 25, their lottery pick isn't on this team and they have 3 more dudes expected to go top 20 next year.... The gold medal game could be the start of a sweet 8-9 year rivalry between France and the USA. We should win in a couple of days, but by 28'..... shit, France is gonna be legit with health.
  6. That's about 20% of SB wins. What does it say for ownership that has gone 30 years since a championship? How do they fare? They have a pretty successful run after? Was it just "their time" after such ridiculous ineptitude? What about General Managers that have gone 29 years since reaching a conference championship and cycled through 20 different starting QBs since then? How is their record? How many SBs do they get to? Are they really successful after the dark times? Does history tell us Dallas is getting ready to go "on a run"? Just need to get rid of that one guy holding us back all those years, huh?
  7. Cowhurd's a moron and doesn't have the acumen. Wright has some really stupid opinions but at least he can explain them..... sort of. Where, o' where is Kellerman?
  8. It's largely based off last season..... I see no reason anyone would rank any of those players you listed ahead of Dak considering the criteria and while he and Cousins are similar top lines careerwise, Dak is the superior player when you add in the rushing aspect and if you look under the hood a little more closely, Dak's advanced are well ahead of Kirk's. But yea, rating Mahomes at 3 or 4, whatever it was, is just jealousy at this point.
  9. Eh.... you asked a question in a very nativist form, which was obviously meant to be rhetorical for you. Oscar Schmidt holds a ton of Olympic and FIBA records. In fact, if you open it up to FIBA, then KD, as much as we love him, certainly wouldn't qualify because he doesn't play enough games in the qualifying rounds so you'd have to be very narrow in the question and say.... Olympic history. And even then, KD will show up in very few all-time statistical categories. He has a shot at being a top five Olympic all-time scorer with a few big games in this tournament. If you narrow it to Olympics only, I do think he has a case, especially the way he carried the US team in Tokyo. That was an extremely weak team and he put us on his back He also is money in Gold Medal games. 30 and 9; 30 and 3, 4 ast, 2 steals and 1 block with 5 3's' and finally, 29 and 5 with 3 assists and 1 blk and he put the game away in the last 10 seconds with FT's. Tokyo was probably the worst team we've sent since 04' and they needed all his greatness. Jrue Holiday may have been the 2nd best player on that team. Jayson Tatum was a top player for them.... he can't get off the bench in this Olympics. So, if KD goes 4 4 4 with maybe another huge game in the gold medal round, then I think he has a claim, but other players will have bigger totals or even per game stats. And Oscar Schmidt is a good name and he holds something crazy like 5 of the biggest scoring games out of the top 10 in Olympic history, but he really only had 1 crazy run. The other 2 were impressive, let's not say they weren't but he was a chucker in the other 2. His shooting percentages were poor. 1 of them they were just dog shit so he did get up tons of shots. He still scored like 25 when he was in his high 30's so again, a great Olympics AND FIBA player. And if you open it up further by saying International basketball, you'll get players like Pau and Manu and Dirk. Pau is probably a top 10 Olympic player. Manu may be too, certainly in modern times.
  10. Yea, it's more about a guy who people enjoyed watching and played an aesthetically pleasing game who had a tragic death leading to rosy retrospection. He was a great, no doubt, but he wasn't a top 10 all-time player and certainly doesn't belong at #2 on this list....
  11. Seems the scheduling plus an expected uncompetitive matchup between two teams who aren't located in Europe led to a low attended opener for the women, but it did have good TV ratings compared to the last Olympics.
  12. At a position where you literally just have to push upfield half a yard and not be moved..... A broken down Volvo stationwagon may be ideal. Lost Sam Williams..... let's go out and really land someone who can make and impact! Or..... Let's get the cheapest guy out there.
  13. Supposedly this guy is legit..... He hinted at the Tua news last week.
  14. Good luck in getting that through the NFLPA.... Not likely unless the owners gave up something really, really juicy....
  15. Scott Pioli handled the lions share of the duties as "General Manager" would do for the Patriots. I don't think it's about the actual title or wording. Stephen handles much of the General Manager duties today for the Cowboys with McClay specializing on the draft and undrafted FA's. And I'm not sure people want guaranteed success from their front office. I'm sure they want success but they realize there are no guarantees. I think they want accountability. They want responsibility and efficacy or they want that front office held to an objective accountability and moved on from if they can't achieve success and realistic goals. The Jones' don't do this. They fail spectacularly but because they'll never fire themselves, they spin, they evade, they blame, and they lie. *shrugs. I think smart Cowboy fans want the Jones' to sell the team. They don't want them involved with the Cowboys at all a this stage. They marriage has really just gotten stale at this point and maybe it's time to make a break. But again, it's not about guaranteed success.... it's about accountability, responsibility, and some sense of honesty.... The Jones' deliver very little of any of these. Zimmer talks Sam Williams and his loss..... Probably going to need to go out and sign a veteran to replace him. Not a ton of depth at Edge this year.
  16. Why would he fall off a cliff in production? What data or evidence do you have to support this? And while there certainly is a chance or outcome the Cowboys are better with Dak on another team, there is not much evidence to support this claim. Here's what the Jones' boys did when Dak was one of the lowest paid players at his position and still putting up pro bowl level performances. That's quite the accumulation of talent when your QB is playing eons over his current contract. So what gives so much confidence in this front office? Additionally knowing they fell back ass into their last two quarterbacks when they really wanted a guy like Paxton Lynch and Jerrah wanted Johnny Manziel, where does this confidence come in they'll simply be able to find a QB at half the price as Dak who can give similar production?
  17. #championship..... It's destiny! Maybe not. More TC from the past... 1-15 incoming!
  18. Embrace the new...... remember the old. Sad..... Good luck to him. Sadder.... His contract was one of the worst in the last decade for Dallas..... coming off ACL surgery.
  19. Training camp is where everyone dreams..... everyone has no losses and therefore everyone has hope..... except the Cowboys, as they're still owned by asshat Jerry Jones and his extraordinary streak of ineptitude as he takes the greatest brand in American sports and continues to make it an empty jersey. A thin pathetic wisp of what was a franchise which was the epitome of winning. Jerry with all his bluster and bombastic nature at least used to try by spending on big names, but now, managed by his dumber and definitely more boring son, they don't even do that anymore. The Cowboys are bottom 5 in spending actual money over the last 3-5 years and extremely experienced in telling you who's to blame for all of this.... It certainly couldn't be the family in charge. Nah, they'll just laugh all the way to bank, while the fans.... the commoners..... they'll pick up the bag for us and be the ones to suffer. A little footage of TC the way is used to be. Roster/depth chart going into TC: Oh, did I mention the Cowboys are in contract disputes/disagreements with their 3 best players, all of whom will probably set the market because we are morons at managing the cap? Watch certain press members carry Stephen's water for him and blame the players too.... It's like clockwork. A rookie Center, a possible rookie LT, a starting LB who hasn't played in 2 years. Our best CB coming off major knee surgery so he probably won't be in the groove until the last part of the season and maybe not until 2025. The worst RB room in the league. Best offensive weapon holding out, still no one to play the 1 tech and a safety room sporting a bunch of strong guys and not a natural free in the room. All of this...... and I still think we'll challenge for the division if Dak, CeeDee, and Micah are healthy. Remember those 3 guys? Mainly because the division isn't very good besides Philly who will almost certainly be in the playoffs. The Niners are a Trent Brown and CMC hamstring away from being beatable but the Jones boys will let this season go sideways again because they just can't get out of their own way and let real football guys manage the team. Oh, and then this from the owner..... He probably paid off his would be daughter...... again. Nothing like stability from the top. But again, if the team is relatively healthy, I could see 10-11 wins and wildcard. If everything goes right, 12 and another division title, but we're also in a precarious position of being a 6 win team if the QB or DE gets hurt for the year. Saddle up kids.... it's 2024 and we're 1 year away from the 30th anniversary or our last title and that's sad in itself. Last thing... Fuck Meta-Threads.
  20. Here is the real issue. He has very little legislative or governing experience, less than someone like Buttigieg when he ran in 2020. Yes, he's been a DA, but frankly, I don't think he moves the needle very much and VP historically doesn't deliver large battleground states (although there hasn't been a huge number of examples). I guess my question is does he want it? I assume he does as the KY governorship is a glass ceiling but man, that would hurt basically giving up another gubernatorial race to the GOP. Overall, may be counter-productive.
  21. Guessing the white dude is more interesting..... Buttigieg or Shapiro? Someone off the reservation? Warner?
  22. Arike is going nuts..... En fuego.
  23. https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/nfl/cowboys/caitlin-clark-jersey-sales-how-many-fanatics-dallas-cowboys/287-e8e25d8e-97c5-4cc6-a035-a1c5e39e5652 Just so folks understand.... the hype is real, but it has bounds. It was a stupid tweet and sillier that people would think a WNBA player could sell more jerseys than the most popular franchise in North America. Jerrah's all about the money, if he could sell part of his salary cap space for a percentage of Clark jersey sales, he would....
  24. RIP to one of the best at subtle humor and satire.... A great TV comedian and star. His timing was.... impeccable.
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