DALLAS, TX — What is wrong with the Dallas Cowboys?
After an embarrassing showing on Sunday in a 28-25 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, fans are frustrated with the team with much of that frustration being focused on owner and general manager Jerry Jones.
Rightfully so.
The final score doesn’t look bad, but when you really look at the game, the Cowboys' defense couldn’t stop Derrick Henry and the Ravens' run game. Newly paid wide receiver CeeDee Lamb fumbled in the red zone and did not talk to the media after the game.
Dak Prescott, the highest paid quarterback in the NFL, can only do so much.
The Ravens' loss comes one week after the New Orleans Saints marched into Dallas and embarrassed them at AT&T Stadium.
Who does the fault fall on? It has to fall on Jerry Jones.
Derrick Henry, who has the same agent as Prescott, was a free agent this offseason. After Sunday's game, Jones said the Cowboys could not afford him.
No one is buying that.
Keep in mind the Cowboys could have signed both Lamb and Prescott back in March and restructured some contracts to afford Henry.
Also, keep in mind that this was Jerry Jones a month ago.
(NOTE: This is a clip from the Pat McAfee Show so viewer discretion is advised for language.)
We reap what we sow.
In recent memory, the Cowboys are a team that “likes their guys” and resigns their draft picks. If only those contracts didn’t fall right before the season started. Dallas resigned Prescott the day of the first game. The paper was probably hot coming out of the printer while Prescott was suiting up for the game.
Prescott also had an MVP caliber type year last season. So, the Cowboys say they “like their guys” but make them wait all offseason long and put up incredible numbers to get them under contract. Lamb had some of the best numbers in the NFL last season and had to wait as well. He even held out of training camp while Jones made comments about the situation.
Speaking of receivers, the Cowboys went all offseason and training camp long with the only proven guy being Brandin Cooks. The Cowboys could have signed a third receiver, and now word around the water cooler is they are looking. So, it’ll cost them a draft pick if they do decide to make a trade.
They “like their guys” but will give up one of their picks to get someone else’s?
They also knew they needed a running back. Prescott went 28-of-51 in the Ravens game, and Rico Dowdle, Ezekiel Elliott, Deuce Vaughn, KaVontae Turpin, and Prescott managed 51 rushing yards and one score while Derrick Henry had 151 rushing yards and two scores.
The fault lies on Jerry Jones, whose bargain bin shopping has got to end.
They restructured Zack Martin’s deal ahead of free agency this season. They signed linebacker Eric Kendricks and running back Royce Freeman.
Everyone knew the Cowboys were going to resign Lamb and Prescott. Why wait so long and let other players at quarterback and receiver keep driving the price up?
Complaining about what the Cowboys did not do is pointless now.
Head coach Mike McCarthy is in the last year of his contract, and he might not even survive the season. The effort from the players is a problem, and that falls on them and the coaching staff. Then, you have a player who wouldn’t face the music, and he let his quarterback take all the shots.
Maybe fans will get an answer against the New York Giants this Thursday. It will certainly go a long way to seeing what type of team this is.
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There is no doubt that modern society has lost its way. In a world where people cling to superficial identities and hollow distractions, few things represent this decay more than the blind fanaticism for professional sports, particularly for a team like the Dallas Cowboys. It is one thing to embrace an alternative lifestyle — even one that many might question, such as identifying as LGBTQ+ — but it is another thing entirely to reduce oneself to the most base and absurd forms of conformity, like pretending to be a Cowboys fan.
To be clear, I am not here to condone the LGBTQ+ lifestyle. It is a path that many still regard as unnatural or incompatible with certain moral frameworks. However, there is a certain degree of relativity when we speak of good and evil in today’s world. Not every choice carries the same weight, and not every behavior contributes equally to the unraveling of society. While some may argue that alternative lifestyles contribute to cultural degradation, they pale in comparison to the mass worship of bread and circuses — the distractions that numb minds and dull the spirit.
What could be more absurd than pledging allegiance to a football team and pretending to care about trivial victories on a field of play? For some, the act of pretending to be a Cowboys fan becomes a way to fit in, a way to disguise their true selves in order to avoid difficult truths. In this sense, it is a lie — an illusion crafted to maintain appearances. But what good comes from this illusion? Does it serve a higher purpose? No, it only deepens the individual’s disconnect from reality, encouraging them to invest their energy in something utterly meaningless.
In contrast, those who embrace their LGBTQ+ identity — even though it may not align with traditional morality — at least do so with a degree of self-awareness and honesty. They are not pretending to be something they are not, and in this respect, they act with more integrity than those who would cling to sports fandom as a mask. It is less abhorrent to live authentically, even if one’s lifestyle might raise moral questions, than to sink into the lowest forms of distraction, which sap both time and thought.
The world is filled with shades of gray. Some actions and lifestyles may indeed be more virtuous than others, but not every choice is equally destructive. There is a vast gulf between those who seek to understand themselves, even if their path is unconventional, and those who willingly submit to the most base forms of collective delusion.
Ultimately, it is not simply about moral absolutes, but about where people choose to direct their energies. Authenticity, even if morally complex, holds more value than willful ignorance. In a world of relative morality, living a life of pretense — particularly one centered around hollow distractions like being a Cowboys fan — is far more destructive to the soul than living authentically in any other way.
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PermalinkThe problem? Jerry Jones...... period. Love to see them lose under his ownership.
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