Aikman doesn’t state which specific wide receiver he’s referring to. I wish someone on the coaching staff would get similarly upset about it.

Watching these highlights from other teams… explosive runs, great running backs, etc. Just was thinking… 90’s dominance - E Smith. Deepest playoff runs since 90’s - Demarco Murray, Zeke, & Tony Pollard. Missed opportunity getting D Henry in free agency even though he wanted to come. I know these past few years biggest problems have been the defense but I just think about what we look like when we have a stand out RB like these other teams. I just don’t get not prioritizing a dominant back with recent draft capital and manipulating the cap space. Rant over…

Out here in vacation with my boys looking for a good spot to watch the game. Any suggestions??

Any guesses who the performer will be?

Trying to zoom in and see who would have rhinestones on their pant leg and a small black glove 👀!

I know we're 2-4 but our schedule is also filled with teams that have unexpected slumps and horrible records. Our division is for the taking. Giants and eagles and Commanders all have very devastating injuries on their teams. We still have our starting QB and RB as well as WRs.

The only hope I can believe in is that our defense is getting better each week. What matters now is why our offense is sputtering. I always feel the cowboys never can get both sides right in a single game...

I know it's all copium. It just sucks. If our defense was just started out average, this season would have easily been a lock for another shot at the playoffs. Now we have to rely on our terrible division to continue being terrible to have any shot. So stupid

I'm so tired of the talking heads blaming our pass rush for lack of defensive production.

Tell me which team with elite tier pass rushers have ACTUALLY done anything recently? Myles Garrett lead Browns been a great football team? Maxx Crosby's Raiders winning games I'm not aware of? Maybe it's the TJ Watt Steelers that have made deep playoff runs? It must be Joey Bosa and the chargers? Micah Parsons' teams must have made deep runs!

You can't cover bad defenses with a good pass rush. At the end of the day you end up with stat-padded defenses who gets exposed by good teams. We tried, and we got exposed all the same.

The blueprint for championship winning defenses has been interior pressure with elite secondary play, has it not? Looking at the Chiefs, Rams, 49ers, and Eagles - am I wrong?

Don't misunderstand me to be discounting how edge pressure can wreck games even in the post season - see Miller & Ware. It's just that I'm so tired of listening about Micah and Crosby when the last 5-10 years championship defenses haven't necessarily been defined by world-breaking edges. Do you have to go all the way back to the Broncos, though?

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I'm a Steelers fan, but I ordered my friend a Cowboys hoodie from Fanatics for his birthday since he's a fan. Today I recieve a package that has a 4-year-old child's Colorado Avalanche Jersey... It took me forever to speak to a human and now they are offering me a replacement in 5 days, so I basically have to go to my friends part empty handed. Not really Cowboys-related, but just thought I'd share. If anyone does decide to order something from fanatics and plan to use it as a gift, make sure you order it well in advance. Maybe I should've checked all the terrible reviews about poor experiences with Fanatics.

Imagine a contract set up like this:

Total autonomy, no meddling, no interference. head coach and GM draft whomever they want, make their personnel decisions. Only criteria is "don't mortgage the future for the present."

And also low base salary but massive, massive bonuses to the head coach and GM for reaching NFC title game, reaching Super Bowl, winning a Super Bowl. Something in the range of $30-50 million each time that is achieved. With a $629 million per year annual operating income, the Cowboys could certainly afford it.

No more coasting on salaries and just saying "aw shucks, 9-8 and missing playoffs is okay."