Trolling The Nation for Cowboys vs Commanders: ‘Pretty sad when you don’t even like your own team’
Who is ready for a Thanksgiving edition of TROLLING THE NATION???
That turned out to be a tasty Thanksgiving treat the Dallas Cowboys served yesterday, and here’s your chance to re-live the Washington Commanders game from other fans’ perspective. We try to understand how other fans view the Dallas Cowboys, witness the horror in people’s reactions as they watch the Cowboys defense wreck one opponent after another, and read how other fans grudgingly, angrily, or dejectedly realize that the 2023 Cowboys are pretty good.
As usual, all quotes below are taken directly from the open game threads from the SB Nation team sites indicated in front of every comment. Some minor edits have been made to improve the overall legibility of the quotes and to satisfy the site guidelines of our board, but no other changes have been made, no commentary added. So sit back and enjoy some leftovers from yesterday’s game that are just as tasty the following day.
| First Quarter | |
| Eagles | In the spirit of the season.......Dallas Plucks! |
| 17thandShunk | 16:09 EDT | |
| Commanders | If Green Bay did it - Why can't we? |
| Ithaquaa Lovecraft | 16:14 EDT | |
| Ron Rivera. | |
| EternalDanSnyderRespecter | 16:33 EDT | |
| Steelers | Come on Commandos! |
| Yinzer. | 16:18 EDT | |
| Commanders | [Bless] the Cowboys. Having said that I hope none of the Washington players get hurt during the beating that is about to take place. |
| jmauthe | 16:27 EDT | |
| Commanders | We can beat them….it is possible. We go as the defense goes. |
| EternalDanSnyderRespecter | 16:33 EDT | |
| If we go as the defense goes, we'll be picking first in the draft. | |
| MattInBrisVegas | 16:34 EDT | |
| Kickoff | |
| Commanders | Let’s at least give them a real game. |
| murtd1 | 16:35 EDT | |
| (13:10) S.Howell sacked at WAS 45 for -8 yards (J.Hankins). | |
| Commanders | Maybe we should ask who DIDN'T get beaten on the sack. |
| jmauthe | 16:40 EDT | |
| (11:33) WAS punts | |
| Commanders | That O-line is diabolical. Slow, poor technique, and just really not athletic. |
| Huxley college | 16:41 EDT | |
| Rivera’s boys. Every [last] one of them. | |
| Captainobvios | 16:43 EDT | |
| Commanders | We need to blitz every play. Can’t give Dak time to setup and look for Lamb. |
| Captainobvios | 16:41 EDT | |
| Commanders | They blitzed and no one got close to Dak. Pathetic. |
| Captainobvios | 16:45 EDT | |
| Commanders | That secondary is an atrocity. |
| Huxley college | 16:46 EDT | |
| No pass rush. They can only cover so long. | |
| Captainobvios | 16:50 EDT | |
| No they can't. | |
| MattInBrisVegas | 16:50 EDT | |
| (9:59) DAL punts | |
| Commanders | As soon as the Cowboys adjust and hit that deep ball, we are [fraggle rocked]. |
| jmauthe | 16:47 EDT | |
| Commanders | Howell was a Cowboys fan? |
| MattInBrisVegas | 16:52 EDT | |
| I can forgive him. We all make mistakes when we are young. | |
| jmauthe | 16:53 EDT | |
| As long as he repented. | |
| Ryan1967 | 16:55 EDT | |
| (5:53) WAS punts | |
| Steelers | Punting on 4th and 2 was stupid. |
| Yinzer. | 16:57 EDT | |
| Commanders | What's the point of not going for it? Absolute cowardice. |
| Huxley college | 16:57 EDT | |
| Commanders | Even Jim Nance can’t believe Rivera punted there. |
| EvangelNC | 16:57 EDT | |
| Commanders | Glad we hired an analytics guy. Now we need a HC who understands him. |
| MattInBrisVegas | 16:58 EDT | |
| Eagles | For the sake of WFT’s fans… get rid of this bum Ron Rivera. 4th and 2, inside Cowboys territory, you’re moving the ball down the field at five yards a clip AND YOU PUNT?! You’re 4-7, you coward, go for it. |
| PhillyBirdGang | 16:59 EDT | |
| Chiefs | It's irritating watching a lot of different teams have players that can catch a pass over 25 yards. |
| Grif 2112 | 17:04 EDT | |
| Commanders | Cowboys hurting themselves. Only way we have a shot. |
| jmauthe | 17:05 EDT | |
| Commanders | 2nd and 25. Of course they get the first. |
| BillyBigBeer | 17:06 EDT | |
| Commanders | 2nd and 20 makes no difference opposing teams get it easily. |
| murtd1 | 17:06 EDT | |
| Commanders | Our defenders are getting manhandled. Can’t get off the blocks. |
| Captainobvios | 17:07 EDT | |
| Eagles | Rivera sets the tone with that coward punt. Was there any doubt Dallas scores a TD after that? |
| Bleedgreen93 | 17:08 EDT | |
| 49ers | These State Farm commercials are so freaking annoying. |
| IllWill49 | 17:08 EDT | |
| (0:46) D.Prescott pass short right to R.Dowdle for 15 yards, TOUCHDOWN DAL 7 - WAS 0 |
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| Commanders | Happy tanksgiving! |
| kjordan87 | 17:08 EDT | |
| Commanders | Absolutely pathetic defense. 95 yards, never felt in doubt. |
| thetopcat2000 | 17:10 EDT | |
| Commanders | It will be a moral victory if we can get out of the first quarter only down 7. |
| LucasO | 17:11 EDT | |
| Eagles | Dallas is killing them with screens and stretch plays to the edges. |
| Texadelphian | 17:14 EDT | |
| Second Quarter | |
| Commanders | Team looks totally flat, beaten already. |
| thetopcat2000 | 17:15 EDT | |
| Commanders | Interesting. BRob rushes for 12 yards and Romo talks about how brilliant Dan Quinn is. |
| Bill-in-Bangkok | 17:21 EDT | |
| He Won't.Stop.Talking. Vaccinated with a phonograph needle. | |
| Huxley college | 17:17 EDT | |
| 49ers | Shhh secret. I'm making my cranberry sauce now but instead of orange juice I'm adding Grand Marnier. |
| Global_Swarming | 17:23 EDT | |
| Commanders | At some time the O-line are going to have to learn to block on a screen. |
| Captainobvios | 17:24 EDT | |
| I would be fine if they learned how to block anything. | |
| jmauthe | 17:26 EDT | |
| (11:27) WAS field goal is GOOD DAL 7 - WAS 3 |
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| (8:27) D.Prescott pass deep left to B.Cooks for 31 yards, TOUCHDOWN DAL 14 - WAS 3 |
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| Commanders | Let the blowout begin. All day long. |
| Captainobvios | 17:32 EDT | |
| Commanders | Defense has clearly given up. |
| Huxley college | 17:33 EDT | |
| How is this any different from games when they were allegedly trying? | |
| monroekelly21 | 17:33 EDT | |
| Sadly, I think they are still trying. | |
| LucasO | 17:33 EDT | |
| Commanders | And that's game. |
| No_Good_2.0 | 17:33 EDT | |
| Commanders | I’m done. No more comments. I won’t waste my valuable time on this [Shitake mushroom]. |
| Captainobvios | 17:35 EDT | |
| Sun is shining. | |
| Moonage Daydream | 17:36 EDT | |
| Eagles | Can’t wait to hear the Cowboys fans declare themselves the champions of the league again after today. |
| Bleedgreen93 | 17:37 EDT | |
| Commanders | It's 14-3, Washington has the ball. Romo: "You're very close to getting blown out..." |
| Bill-in-Bangkok | 17:38 EDT | |
| He’s not wrong | |
| EternalDanSnyderRespecter | 17:38 EDT | |
| He's not wrong | |
| Moonage Daydream | 17:39 EDT | |
| Commanders | Who's down? |
| GhostofJKCooke | 17:40 EDT | |
| The team's dignity | |
| Huxley college | 17:40 EDT | |
| (4:50) (Shotgun) S.Howell sacked at DAL 41 for -7 yards (sack split by D.Fowler and M.Parsons). | |
| Commanders | If we had a player like McLaurin on the Commanders I would try to force the ball to him as often as possible. |
| MrParty | 17:46 EDT | |
| You spoke it into existence. Now do our D. | |
| Gravy Goodtime | 17:47 EDT | |
| 49ers | Cowboys look really good tbh. Ideally there would be a Eagles/Cowboys matchup in the playoffs and we could avoid playing both teams. |
| Sebfartbubblz | 17:47 EDT | |
| 49ers | Only way Washington wins this is with a few Dallas turnovers. C’mon Dak! |
| Billringformayor | 17:48 EDT | |
| Commanders | You have to figure that Dallas is going to score a TD against our crappy defense on every possession so FGs just won’t cut it here. |
| Redskins1975 | 17:51 EDT | |
| We all know this. Let us maintain our suspension of disbelief as long as possible. | |
| MrParty | 17:52 EDT | |
| (1:51) S.Howell right tackle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN. DAL 14 - WAS 10 |
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| Commanders | Ron almost showed emotion. He must’ve taken a fistful of amphetamines before the game. |
| MrParty | 17:54 EDT | |
| Commanders | Now our [sufferin’ succotash] defense is going to give up a TD. |
| Kush1 | 17:55 EDT | |
| Commanders | If we can just hold them to a touchdown here we’ll only be down by 11 going into the half. |
| MrParty | 17:57 EDT | |
| Giants | Washington getting fooled on Dak's "here we go" cadence. |
| BarfieldBestArmEver | 17:59 EDT | |
| (0:26) T.Pollard up the middle for 7 yards, TOUCHDOWN. DAL 20 - WAS 10 |
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| Commanders | Jack Del Rio should be terminated in the locker room at half. |
| GhostofJKCooke | 17:59 EDT | |
| Commanders | Excellent strategy by del Rio here. They’re going to score a touchdown, obviously, so let them score quickly so we get the ball back with some time left. |
| MrParty | 17:59 EDT | |
| Commanders | They left us w 26 seconds, just enough time for 2 sacks. |
| Kush1 | 18:00 EDT | |
| Commanders | Missed XP. Make ‘em pay. |
| pyrotech | 18:00 EDT | |
| Commanders | Dallas is going to regret missing that XP |
| Moonage Daydream | 18:02 EDT | |
| End of Half | |
| Commanders | Alright folks, enjoy the rest of this mess. The dinner bell just rang. |
| pyrotech | 18:06 EDT | |
| Commanders | Our secondary is getting gashed. I wish we’d spent our top two draft picks on DBs this year. |
| MrParty | 18:10 EDT | |
| It's funny but it hurts | |
| Asmaki | 18:17 EDT | |
| Commanders | We going to give up 50 on Thanksgiving to our arch nemesis.... No pride |
| Kush1 | 18:12 EDT | |
| Commanders | At least there will probably be a TTN over on BtB courtesy of OCC. |
| Prb2758 | 18:13 EDT | |
| Eagles | Dolly *singing* “We Are the Champions” in Dallas is the most hilarious thing you’ll see today |
| CrimedogPSU93 | 18:24 EDT | |
| Dolphins | WTH? Everyone's in a food coma, huh? |
| daytonadolfan | 18:24 EDT | |
| Commanders | I honestly believe we’re going to cover the spread today. Assuming the spread was 30. |
| MrParty | 18:25 EDT | |
| Third Quarter | |
| Commanders | We are getting owned by a QB named after sliced ham. This is where we are right now. |
| MrParty | 18:26 EDT | |
| Commanders | Sam takes a time out to go to the sideline and say "Really?" |
| MattInBrisVegas | 18:28 EDT | |
| I believe it. | |
| WashNDUNC | 18:38 EDT | |
| Steelers | McCarthy has enough plays on his play sheet to have a D Ring to flip through the pages. |
| Yinzer. | 18:29 EDT | |
| Commanders | A shutdown corner like St-Juste has earned the right to showboat on an incompletion like that. |
| MrParty | 18:29 EDT | |
| Assuming you forgot the sarcasm font. | |
| WestCoastHokie | 18:29 EDT | |
| I am the sarcasm font. | |
| MrParty | 18:30 EDT | |
| (13:02) DAL punts | |
| Commanders | The screen saver on my TV just activated in the middle of the game. Everyone’s a critic. |
| MrParty | 18:37 EDT | |
| Commanders | Uhhhhh. Clock management sucks so bad. |
| BillyBigBeer | 18:38 EDT | |
| Commanders | That was a wasted TO. |
| GhostofJKCooke | 18:38 EDT | |
| Steelers | If you are in shotgun on 3rd & 1 you are doing something wrong. |
| Steel34Defense | 18:39 EDT | |
| (8:13) 4th & 1 at DAL 39: B.Robinson for -2 yards (O.Odighizuwa, D.Wilson). Turnover on downs. | |
| Steelers | Repeat for 4th & 1. Do not run from shotgun in short yardage. |
| Steel34Defense | 18:40 EDT | |
| Commanders | “Ok Sam, it’s 4th and 1, let’s run that shotgun draw right at 1,200lbs of DL!” |
| Proposition_Joe | 18:41 EDT | |
| Commanders | Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Running is working, so go for the deep pass on 3rd and 1. |
| MattInBrisVegas | 18:41 EDT | |
| Commanders | Hope Josh Harris is as angry as I am. |
| MattInBrisVegas | 18:42 EDT | |
| Commanders | The Eric Bienemy for Head Coach crowd not too vocal, lol. |
| Taylor703 | 18:43 EDT | |
| I’d consider him for DC. He’s great at shutting down 4th and short. | |
| MrParty | 18:44 EDT | |
| Eagles | Dallas stacks the interior, so of course you call a play that runs right into it. |
| Domonate | 18:44 EDT | |
| (6:43) DAL punts | |
| Commanders | My God this game is exhibit A in how horrible our coaching is. Really many more exhibits, but who’s counting. |
| Hardroc21 | 18:46 EDT | |
| Commanders | TheO-line are in Mexico by the time of the final hut. |
| Huxley college | 18:50 EDT | |
| Commanders | Romo turned into Aikman. Babbling on and on about the Cowboys of ole. |
| No_Good_2.0 | 18:52 EDT | |
| (2:53) WAS punts | |
| Commanders | Sit the people who make the mistake. |
| Huxley college | 18:53 EDT | |
| Then we couldn’t field 11. | |
| Gravy Goodtime | 18:54 EDT | |
| Commanders | Has Prescott been touched in this game? |
| Huxley college | 18:54 EDT | |
| Not even pressured. | |
| Red_Pill | 18:54 EDT | |
| Haven't even been in the back field. Prescott could bake a turkey back there. | |
| No_Good_2.0 | 18:55 EDT | |
| Commanders | Need a turnover. |
| Greengmork | 18:56 EDT | |
| And a new head coach, general manager, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, secondary, linebacking corps, and offensive line. | |
| MrParty | 18:56 EDT | |
| And a new name and unis. | |
| BillyBigBeer | 18:57 EDT | |
| 49ers | Is Dak's "here we go" cadence new? I hate it. |
| Mertons_merkin | 18:59 EDT | |
| Fourth Quarter | |
| Steelers | I hate you, Dallas. |
| Yinzer. | 19:01 EDT | |
| Commanders | The old rivalry is dead. Died when Snyder came along. Along with a tradition of winning. |
| BillyBigBeer | 19:01 EDT | |
| Commanders | I think if we could just cover, tackle, and game plan, we would be right in this. |
| MrParty | 19:01 EDT | |
| And pressure the passer. | |
| MattInBrisVegas | 19:02 EDT | |
| Let’s not get greedy. | |
| MrParty | 19:03 EDT | |
| Commanders | How is this not a 30-point game by now. How are we theoretically in this. |
| MrParty | 19:04 EDT | |
| Commanders | Romo's doing comedy now. |
| MattInBrisVegas | 19:05 EDT | |
| (13:36) B.Aubrey 52 yard field goal is GOOD DAL 23 - WAS 10 |
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| Commanders | So this is how Ron coaches when he’s fighting for his professional life. He folds his arms a little tighter. Clenches his jaw a little harder. And has his team just as unprepared to play. |
| MrParty | 19:08 EDT | |
| (13:36) S.Howell sacked at WAS 18 for -7 yards (M.Parsons). | |
| Commanders | I guess we draft a Right Tackle too. This Oline can’t stop a Girl Scout troop. |
| Chihuahuin | 19:12 EDT | |
| (11:56) 4th & 1 at WSH 34: S.Howell sacked (J.Hankins). Turnover on downs. | |
| Commanders | Turn out the lights, the party's over. |
| Bill-in-Bangkok | 19:13 EDT | |
| Steelers | I would kill for Kenny to have that type of interior protection. |
| Steel34Defense | 19:14 EDT | |
| (10:32) D.Prescott pass short right to C.Lamb for 15 yards, TOUCHDOWN. DAL 31 - WAS 10 |
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| Commanders | Prescott 10 seconds to throw.... TD |
| WMdSkinsFan | 19:14 EDT | |
| Panthers | Damone Clark, the guy I wanted over Brandon Smith in 2022. Year 2 and having a good year starting... Go figure |
| Dcangio09 | 19:15 EDT | |
| Commanders | That botched two point conversion is going to come back to bite Dallas in the [tushy]. It’s gonna be the difference between them winning by 23 and winning by 25. |
| MrParty | 19:15 EDT | |
| Commanders | Called incomplete but it will be reversed. |
| Chihuahuin | 19:15 EDT | |
| Eagles | I love when Romo says "The Cowboys can win the Super Bowl." It makes me laugh hysterically. |
| EaglesFanatic80 | 19:16 EDT | |
| Commanders | Should kill it on mock drafts this week. |
| Killer McCoy | 19:16 EDT | |
| "NiCe mOcK bRo" season. | |
| kuudoo | 19:16 EDT | |
| Commanders | Need a shot of Harris's owners box. See if he's still laughing and grinning. |
| Gilchrist | 19:18 EDT | |
| Commanders | How does a rookie safety end up 1-on-1 with Lamb? |
| Greengmork | 19:20 EDT | |
| (8:50) 4th & 4 at DAL 35: S.Howell pass incomplete to T.McLaurin. Turnover on downs. | |
| Commanders | Jack Del Rio needs to be fired in the locker room and have to get a rent a car back to DC. |
| 1985redskin | 19:26 EDT | |
| (5:59) D.Prescott pass deep middle to K.Turpin for 34 yards, TOUCHDOWN. DAL 38 - WAS 10 |
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| Commanders | These guys are eating turkey... Beating our butts so bad they can get a snack in. |
| Kush1 | 19:27 EDT | |
| Steelers | I’m jealous of a QB with multiple TD passes in a game. |
| Kyjake | 19:28 EDT | |
| Commanders | Never seen so many wide open receivers in an NFL game. |
| Moonage Daydream | 19:28 EDT | |
| Commanders | Embrace the suck. I'm enjoying this actually. Highly entertaining how bad we are. |
| Mook-Mook | 19:28 EDT | |
| 49ers | I like how Dallas doesn’t take their foot off the pedal and puts teams away. |
| Sebfartbubblz | 19:29 EDT | |
| Commanders | HOWELL in the huddle saying we can't let the defense back on the field. |
| Glenn#42 | 19:31 EDT | |
| (4:39) S.Howell pass INTERCEPTED by D.Bland at DAL 37. D.Bland for 63 yards, TOUCHDOWN. DAL 45 - WAS 10 |
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| Steelers | Bland singlehandedly preventing Myles Garrett from getting DPOY! You love to see it. |
| Steel34Defense | 19:31 EDT | |
| Commanders | Of course… Icing on the cake |
| 1x1an | 19:32 EDT | |
| Commanders | So they draft a guy in the 5th round who is way better than our 1st or 2nd round DBs. |
| IrishSkins | 19:32 EDT | |
| Commanders | On the bright side, our mighty 10-pt offense gets the ball back. |
| MrParty | 19:32 EDT | |
| Commanders | 45-10, that's more like it.... |
| Proposition_Joe | 19:32 EDT | |
| Eagles | The Bland thing is impressive. Can’t even hate. |
| Be subpar for Ja'Marr | 19:33 EDT | |
| Eagles | Despite the scores I felt the Packers win was more dominating than the Cowboys. This one was close until the 4th quarter and the other one never really was close. |
| Domonate | 19:35 EDT | |
| Yep, that's logical. A 6-point win is much more dominating than a 35-point win! | |
| Star Power | 22:55 EDT | |
| Bengals | Bland with the record! That was a good one too, he wouldn’t be denied. |
| MikeBrownsGolfCart | 19:35 EDT | |
| Commanders | New owners should form a committee to deliver the termination notices. We can call it a firing squad. |
| MattInBrisVegas | 19:35 EDT | |
| Eagles | Cowboys at home are a problem. Too bad they won't have a home playoff game. |
| phillyphanatic10 | 19:36 EDT | |
| 49ers | I hate the Cowboys, but hats off to DaRon Bland breaking the single-season pick-6 record. |
| CohnDelendaEst | 19:36 EDT | |
| Commanders | I dislike this team. Pretty sad when you don't even like your own team. |
| SDFSUFan2001 | 19:40 EDT | |
| Panthers | Watching Green Bay, Detroit, and Dallas, [tarnation] we are bottom dwellers. Everyone has the same cap but we put the worst product on the field. |
| Panther-Try | 19:41 EDT | |
| End of game | |
| Eagles | I'm worried about Dallas, they look really good. Kind of nervous about winning the division honestly. |
| insaneeaglesfanatic | 19:52 EDT | |
| Eagles | Props to DaRon Bland. Amazing feat. |
| greensince1972 | 20:09 EDT | |
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