Why are the Cowboys so hated?

doubledragon

I'm just curious, what is it about this team that people dislike so much? Nick Bosa took the time to troll the Cowboys today on social media.

doubledragon

Can't we hate Aaron Rodgers? At least Dak Prescott doesn't show us his toes.

perkdog

I don’t think they are as hated as you think, they are like the Patriots. People love them or HATE them.

The biggest problem with Dallas is the hype around them every year and “Contender” talk when they have sucked since the mid 90’s

MisterTim1962

They're hated because of that ridiculous "America's team" baloney. No, they're not America's team and they haven't been any good for 25 years. They're hated because everyone hates Jerry Jones. And they're hated because they're on national TV every freaking week, even when they play lousy teams. Does anyone outside of Texas and New York really want to watch the Cowboys play the Giants all the time?

doubledragon

Interesting, but I still say we should hate Aaron Rodgers, at least Dak Prescott doesn't look like the villain from Superman 2.

BillJones

1. They have history of running up the score on much weaker opponents. This dates all the way back to Tom Landry. As an Eagles’ fan I have witnessed this for many years.
2. The “America’s team” thing. They aren’t my team; speak for yourself.
3. It seems like every key game is always played In Dallas. The league seems to make schedule for them.
4. There are a bunch of fans, who don’t live anywhere near Dallas, who wear the blue and white whenever Dallas is winning. This “I’m with the winners” stuff gets tiresome. “How about them ‘Boys!”
5. Next to the New York Giants, they get more than their share of undeserved, excessive publicity.

2dueces

When there were only 3 stations ( I know, covered wagon days ) in Buffalo the Bills would always play at 1:00. The second game at 4:00 was the Cowboys against anyone. So you either loved them or hated them. So this is a 50 year hate relationship.
Second there are fans that bandwagon jump on winning teams. Cowboys and more recently New England. Anyone can jump on a winning and call the their team. Why do you think the New England thread on this board has 200 or 300 posts. I bet 90% of posters never been to New England, probably thinks it south of Ireland. So yeah that’s where the hate comes from. Fortunately for the Cowboys bandwagoners the mid 1990’s are a long, long, long time ago

spacehayduke

@BillJones said:
1. They have history of running up the score on much weaker opponents. This dates all the way back to Tom Landry. As an Eagles’ fan I have witnessed this for many years.
2. The “America’s team” thing. They aren’t my team; speak for yourself.
3. It seems like every key game is always played In Dallas. The league seems to make schedule for them.
4. There are a bunch of fans, who don’t live anywhere near Dallas, who wear the blue and white whenever Dallas is winning. This “I’m with the winners” stuff gets tiresome. “How about them ‘Boys!”
5. Next to the New York Giants, they get more than their share of undeserved, excessive publicity.

What Bill said, but to pile on, alot of folks are pretty tired of the jerry too short jones act as well............

Justacommeman

Their entitlement always rubbed me the wrong way

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VikingDude

@BillJones said:
1. They have history of running up the score on much weaker opponents. This dates all the way back to Tom Landry. As an Eagles’ fan I have witnessed this for many years.
2. The “America’s team” thing. They aren’t my team; speak for yourself.
3. It seems like every key game is always played In Dallas. The league seems to make schedule for them.
4. There are a bunch of fans, who don’t live anywhere near Dallas, who wear the blue and white whenever Dallas is winning. This “I’m with the winners” stuff gets tiresome. “How about them ‘Boys!”
5. Next to the New York Giants, they get more than their share of undeserved, excessive publicity.

Definitely, whole heartedly agree on #2.

I'd also add all of the publicity they get & create. How many other owners can you name or easily identify?

2dueces

@VikingDude said:

@BillJones said:
1. They have history of running up the score on much weaker opponents. This dates all the way back to Tom Landry. As an Eagles’ fan I have witnessed this for many years.
2. The “America’s team” thing. They aren’t my team; speak for yourself.
3. It seems like every key game is always played In Dallas. The league seems to make schedule for them.
4. There are a bunch of fans, who don’t live anywhere near Dallas, who wear the blue and white whenever Dallas is winning. This “I’m with the winners” stuff gets tiresome. “How about them ‘Boys!”
5. Next to the New York Giants, they get more than their share of undeserved, excessive publicity.

Definitely, whole heartedly agree on #2.

I'd also add all of the publicity they get & create. How many other owners can you name or easily identify?

The Bills wear red, white and blue. They are America’s team. 😂

perkdog

@2dueces said:

@VikingDude said:

@BillJones said:
1. They have history of running up the score on much weaker opponents. This dates all the way back to Tom Landry. As an Eagles’ fan I have witnessed this for many years.
2. The “America’s team” thing. They aren’t my team; speak for yourself.
3. It seems like every key game is always played In Dallas. The league seems to make schedule for them.
4. There are a bunch of fans, who don’t live anywhere near Dallas, who wear the blue and white whenever Dallas is winning. This “I’m with the winners” stuff gets tiresome. “How about them ‘Boys!”
5. Next to the New York Giants, they get more than their share of undeserved, excessive publicity.

Definitely, whole heartedly agree on #2.

I'd also add all of the publicity they get & create. How many other owners can you name or easily identify?

The Bills wear red, white and blue. They are America’s team. 😂

The Patriots logo literally screams America!!!

2dueces

@perkdog said:

@2dueces said:

@VikingDude said:

@BillJones said:
1. They have history of running up the score on much weaker opponents. This dates all the way back to Tom Landry. As an Eagles’ fan I have witnessed this for many years.
2. The “America’s team” thing. They aren’t my team; speak for yourself.
3. It seems like every key game is always played In Dallas. The league seems to make schedule for them.
4. There are a bunch of fans, who don’t live anywhere near Dallas, who wear the blue and white whenever Dallas is winning. This “I’m with the winners” stuff gets tiresome. “How about them ‘Boys!”
5. Next to the New York Giants, they get more than their share of undeserved, excessive publicity.

Definitely, whole heartedly agree on #2.

I'd also add all of the publicity they get & create. How many other owners can you name or easily identify?

The Bills wear red, white and blue. They are America’s team. 😂

The Patriots logo literally screams America!!!

Love the logo. I’m old school. Loved the hiking Patriot and standing Buffalo from the 60’s too.

Steven59

Saw this in another section of this Forum and thought about this thread................

Darin

@2dueces said:

@perkdog said:

@2dueces said:

@VikingDude said:

@BillJones said:
1. They have history of running up the score on much weaker opponents. This dates all the way back to Tom Landry. As an Eagles’ fan I have witnessed this for many years.
2. The “America’s team” thing. They aren’t my team; speak for yourself.
3. It seems like every key game is always played In Dallas. The league seems to make schedule for them.
4. There are a bunch of fans, who don’t live anywhere near Dallas, who wear the blue and white whenever Dallas is winning. This “I’m with the winners” stuff gets tiresome. “How about them ‘Boys!”
5. Next to the New York Giants, they get more than their share of undeserved, excessive publicity.

Definitely, whole heartedly agree on #2.

I'd also add all of the publicity they get & create. How many other owners can you name or easily identify?

The Bills wear red, white and blue. They are America’s team. 😂

The Patriots logo literally screams America!!!

Love the logo. I’m old school. Loved the hiking Patriot and standing Buffalo from the 60’s too.

I'm old school too.

2dueces

Love those old programs of the AFL. Not the 3 yards and a cloud of dust of the NFL. Colorful and creative.

1951WheatiesPremium

@BillJones said:
1. They have history of running up the score on much weaker opponents. This dates all the way back to Tom Landry. As an Eagles’ fan I have witnessed this for many years.
2. The “America’s team” thing. They aren’t my team; speak for yourself.
3. It seems like every key game is always played In Dallas. The league seems to make schedule for them.
4. There are a bunch of fans, who don’t live anywhere near Dallas, who wear the blue and white whenever Dallas is winning. This “I’m with the winners” stuff gets tiresome. “How about them ‘Boys!”
5. Next to the New York Giants, they get more than their share of undeserved, excessive publicity.

Huh ?

Historically speaking, the Giants and Steelers are the reason the league has survived and then ultimately thrived. Some coverage is warranted for the original franchises. But I’m not aware of the Giants getting anywhere near the national coverage of the Cowboys. If anything the narrative about the G-men is how bad they’ve been for ten years.

As a Giant fan, I know they have earned that and it is well deserved coverage.

I also believe you to be a Patriots fan so I get why you hate the Giants. But since we won in 2011, we have been increasingly irrelevant each passing year and coverage and fan interest levels have clearly waned. As a child, there was no chance to get Giants season tickets and you’d have to wait on a list for years. Now you can have them for next year - every year.

To me, that is the most telling. This once mighty franchise that had been consistently good and competitive for decades have been Jets level bad for a decade.

Just imagine Bob Kraft getting it all wrong starting the day Bellichek retired and the once mighty Patriots finishing in last for a decade…

sayheywyo

Just imagine Bob Kraft getting it all wrong starting the day Bellichek retired and the once mighty Patriots finishing in last for a decade…

Nah, Bob Kraft will have a "happy ending"................

Hydrant

@MisterTim1962 said:
They're hated because of that ridiculous "America's team" baloney. ............And they're hated because they're on national TV every freaking week.........

That about sums it up.

BillJones

But I’m not aware of the Giants getting anywhere near the national coverage of the Cowboys.

That's because the Giants have not had a good team for a while. Whenever they get a player who is colorful or good, he gets coverage than a similar player would get in a "fly over city."

Look at Odell Beckum. When he was a Giant, he got loads of coverage. When he went to Cleveland, he was just another wide receiver. Now that he's "gone Hollywood," he'll be getting a lot of coverage again.

I am also an Eagle's fan. So that's another reason why I don't like the Giants. You are right. I don't like them.

JWP

They are America's Team - why shouldn't they be put on a pedestal LOL

Steven59

@JWP said:
They are America's Team - why shouldn't they be put on a pedestal LOL

This kind of pedestal? Either way, they are always "carved" up...........

Justacommeman

@BillJones said:

But I’m not aware of the Giants getting anywhere near the national coverage of the Cowboys.

That's because the Giants have not had a good team for a while. Whenever they get a player who is colorful or good, he gets coverage than a similar player would get in a "fly over city."

Look at Odell Beckum. When he was a Giant, he got loads of coverage. When he went to Cleveland, he was just another wide receiver. Now that he's "gone Hollywood," he'll be getting a lot of coverage again.

I am also an Eagle's fan. So that's another reason why I don't like the Giants. You are right. I don't like them.

Beckhams first 3 seasons in NY were excellent. He also had another very good year while in NY. That's why he got coverage, plus the catch plus the persona. He would have gotten that coverage no matter where played. In NY it just gets amplified but he was balling. In Cleveland he had one ok year and stunk it up the rest of his tenure as a Brown. There was nothing to hear. Nothing to see. Nothing to cover.

Now that OBJ is a Ram if he plays well you will hear about it. If he sucks not so much and he'll be on a new team next year

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VikingDude

The cowboys are attention and drama seekers. They are the Kardashians of the NFL

2dueces

@Justacommeman said:

@BillJones said:

But I’m not aware of the Giants getting anywhere near the national coverage of the Cowboys.

That's because the Giants have not had a good team for a while. Whenever they get a player who is colorful or good, he gets coverage than a similar player would get in a "fly over city."

Look at Odell Beckum. When he was a Giant, he got loads of coverage. When he went to Cleveland, he was just another wide receiver. Now that he's "gone Hollywood," he'll be getting a lot of coverage again.

I am also an Eagle's fan. So that's another reason why I don't like the Giants. You are right. I don't like them.

Beckhams first 3 seasons in NY were excellent. He also had another very good year while in NY. That's why he got coverage, plus the catch plus the persona. He would have gotten that coverage no matter where played. In NY it just gets amplified but he was balling. In Cleveland he had one ok year and stunk it up the rest of his tenure as a Brown. There was nothing to hear. Nothing to see. Nothing to cover.

Now that OBJ is a Ram if he plays well you will hear about it. If he sucks not so much and he'll be on a new team next year

m

OBJ in just 6 games has shown he was not the problem in Cleveland. From all reports he’s a great teammate. Unfortunately Cleveland fans can’t see the forest for the trees. Trading Mayfield should be the #1 priority in the off season. Johnny Manzell 2.0 is the only thing holding that team down. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Mitch Trubisky starting with another team this year.