Comic 600: The Great Cowboy Fans Civil War
Comic 600! Hooray milestones! 600 comics and only like 25% of them are bad puns. I might do another advanced statistics look at the DP again, like I did for comic 300, just to see what’s interesting.
First off, even if you hate the New York Giants, you should be thanking the New York Giants, because if they had not beaten Dallas week one and week 14, the level of insane hype that would be occurring right now would be off the charts. The height of the Seahawks bandwagon would look like chump change. The Patriots fans outcry over deflategate would be laughable, as well as their 2007 hype. If Dallas was undefeated right now, the NFL would be insufferable, and you know it. It was bad enough with an 11 game win streak. It would be a war between Cowboys fans and everyone else. When the Giants beat them last Sunday, I went for a walk the next day in a NYG hoodie and had a startling amount of people yell “Go Giants!” at me. America hates America’s team, unless they are already a fan. So yeah, even if you hate the Giants, remind yourself what could have been if Eli wasn’t so good at ruining perfect team dreams.
Probably the best part of the win on Sunday night (An ugly, terrible game for Dak) was that it seems to instigate the civil war that was brewing among the fanbase between fans of the 2 Quarterbacks. Quarterback controversies are the best, aren’t they? Team Dak was riding high on a rookie who seemingly couldn’t lose and was getting better each week, leading the team to levels it had literally never reached before (11 win streak). Team Romo hung back, interjecting an argument when they could in the nicest way, trying to argue that maybe they were okay sticking with Dak, but they still thought Romo was better. Then Dak lost, Team Romo had it’s foothold, and the blood began to be shed.
It doesn’t really matter who you think is better or who should lead the Boys at this point, because no matter what, as long as the Cowboys don’t win the Super Bowl this season, the rest of us win. Especially if it’s a mid-playoff exit. If the Cowboys stick with Dak, and he loses in the playoffs (especially if he plays like Sunday Dak), Team Romo is going to shit itself yelling about how Romo should have been leading the team, how Romo would have won it. If Romo gets the start, and he loses, Team Dak is going to gloriously rampage about how Romo was always a choker and Dak could have been the first rookie to do it. All while the rest of us sit back and laugh. So I hope the Cowboys get upset in the divisional round as the #1 seed, because that would be maximum hilarity.
Here’s to another 600!
Also, unrelated, DIVISIONAL CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR 2016 HAVE ARRIVED
The Cowboys would be stupid to put in Romo at this point. You live and die with Dak now. Unless he starts really sucking the next couple of games, putting him on the bench shouldn’t even be in consideration.
I agree with you, but just to play devil’s advocate, what about the Broncos last year?
I believe that would qualify as “really sucking”
When wearing my Cowboys hoodie in Portland, I get a fair amount of cheers to go with disgusted looks…so the hate and love thing goes hand in hand I think.
If you live in Portland then there is a pretty good chance I’ve been one of the people to give you a disgusted look
They’ve got to stick with Dak. I think Romo is the better QB today, and one of the most underappreciated of his era, but he’s not going to be in the league for much longer. Dak is likely their next ten years. The best option is to stay with Dak, even if he loses, and trade Romo to Houston or Denver.
Congratulations on 600! Here’s to 600+ more! You’re awesome, Dave. Thank you for all your hard work.
I do not envy Jerry Jones right now. The pressure to win a superbowl is so high at this moment it must be crushing him.
There’s a nervous edge to this team right now because Jones is getting old and every year he gives up a little power to his son. He can see the window closing on this team and he desperately wants credit for building it and taking them to the superbowl. I feel like that desperation is ultimately what might kill this team. He’ll either ride Dak too long, or not long enough. One tiny slip up and this team falls right off a cliff.
Prescott has thrown for under 200 in 3 straight. Now I know he played the game manager role vs Washington, and underperformed against good defenses on their field, but it’s still what it is. I don’t think he’ll be benched though. Give him your blessing, Dallas fans, he’s just a rook.
calling for that upset on sunday night though
I’ll say it once again
’16 Boys=’99 Jags
So, the Cowboys lose to the Giants, the Giants make it to the Super Bowl, and lose at the last minute to a high-octane offensive team that no one expected to be there?
Is it the Tseelers or the Raiders who are the Rams in this analogy?
In that analogy probably the Raiders. Steelers were an early favorite who got kind of derailed with offseason suspension and early injury issues, while the Raiders opened at 60-1 odds.
Oakland, because they’ve jack shit for the last 10+ years like the rams from 90-99
i am really disappointed in you that nobody on Team Romo is wearing a Romosexual shirt
None of which addresses the *real* issue here:
Where can one get one of those “I’m just here to break stuff” shirts?
TBH, A Cowboys win of the Super Bowl would just cap off a horrible year.
Happy 600 my dude
Congrats Dave!
And hey! Carson Wentz is #11, not 2!
It’s a David Akers jersey
But of course, I just figured we were sticking with the QB thang.
The Christmas Cards were great as usual
Kind of reminds me of the Niners in 2012, when a rookie Kaep took over for a concussed Alex Smith, and everyone was blown away by the dynamic new football man who was so much more fun to watch than boring Alex Smith!
Someone remind me how that turned out, again?
OK he wasn’t actually a rookie in 2012, but still. I predict based on this that Tony Romo will wind up playing for the Chiefs, while the currently very promising Cowboys have a playoff season in 2017, and then descend into mediocrity for years afterward.
The Kaepernick decision didn’t work out in the long-term, but I still think it was the right decision in the short-term. In the 2011 NFC Championship game, Alex Smith had just 12 completed passes, with only 2 of those to wide receivers for a combined 7 yards. Apart from a 73-yard TD to Vernon Davis in the first quarter, Smith threw for 123 yards. That is not the performance you need from your quarterback to make a Super Bowl push. Smith is not the guy you can rely on to make the big plays to win the big games, if you win them it will likely be in spite of him. Compare that to the following season, when the Niners were down 17-0 against the Falcons in the 2012 NFCCG. Do they win that game with Alex Smith? Hell no. Do they storm back from down 28-6 in the Super Bowl to nearly beat the Ravens with Alex Smith? Hell no. The 49ers’ Super Bowl window was not open for very long, and Kaepernick gave them the best chance to win one, getting them to just 5 yards away from a victory.
Smith is a good quarterback, but he’s not the guy who’s going to make the plays your team desperately needs to win a crucial playoff game. Once the onus is on him to win the game, your goose is cooked.
“as long as the Cowboys don’t win the Super Bowl this season, the rest of us win.”
Unless the Pats win the Super Bowl. Then we all lose even worse.
I genuinely might prefer a Patriots win over a Cowboys win, even with all the shade i’ve purposefully teased Pats fans with over the past few years. Pats fans are already top smug, they can only really get incrementally worse. Cowboys fans were top smug even with a shit team for a decade. A nation full of bandwagon Cowboys fans celebrating a victory might be the worst thing that has ever happened.
I’ve got to agree with Dave on this one. Lived in Texas during the glory years and they are horrible whether they win or lose. The self imposed “America’s Team” title should tell it all.
oh god, the level of bullshittery if “america’s team” wins the super bowl o_O
Jerry: Sorry Dak, But Romo is my guy.
“So was I”
How hard was it to draw both an Eagles’ and R_dskins’ fan looking happy together?
R.I.P. Gus Bus 2013-2016
You stick with Dak. I mean, Romo is on his way out. He’s old and injury prone. He’s 36, he’s probably got two to three more seasons in him. I mean, you can tell he’s no Brady (in terms of his resilience). He wont last past 39. He’ll be lucky to make it to 39.
Nope, you trade him to a team that needs an experienced QB, and move on from the Romo era.
Surely, Romo did start in Week 17. However, Dallas lost thay game, so yeah. I’m all in for Prescott.