This blog post will be dedicated to the top 10 reasons why I believe that the Dallas Cowboys are the best NFL franchise in history. Very important... I’m not talking most successful franchise ever. Clearly that honor would go to the Green Bay Packers or the New York Giants, who were in the league for nearly 4 decades bofore the Cowboys arrived on the scene.
I’m talking about the all-around “best franchise” this includes intangibles reaching past wins and losses, like fan appeal, entertainment value, celebrity status, media coverage, sex appeal, economic success, as well as on the field accomplishments and success. Alright...here we go!
10. The Dallas Cowboys are the only team in the NFL to boast 2 of the top 10 all time winningest coaches. Bill Parcels is 9th all time with 570 wins and the great Tom Ladry is 3rd all time with 603 wins. This feat is even more impressive when you consider that Landry was the head coach for the first 29 years and the franchise has only had 7 head coaches in its history.
9. Quarterbacks Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman and Tony Romo(yes even with his young/short career) are 3 of the most well-known/respected QBs of all time. Aikman and Staubach are already in the Hall of Fame and I would guess that Romo will also make it there someday.
8. The franchise became a member of the NFL in 1960 and only 6 years later in 1966, the Cowboys began an NFL-record streak of 20 consecutive winning seasons. That streak included 18 years in the playoffs, 13 divisional championships, five trips to the Super Bowl and victories in Super Bowls VI and XII.
7. The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are more recognizable than some NFL teams. The franchise was a step ahead of any other with the image-enhancing promotions of the cheerleading squad. They have their own highly rated TV show, and attract crowds of thousands at autograph signing sessions.
6. "Texas Stadiuim has a whole in its roof so God can watch his favorite team."--D.D. Lewis, former Cowboys Linebacker.
5. Hall of Famer and former Cowboy, Troy Aikman is the winningest quarterback of any decade with 90 wins in a 10-year span, coming in the 1990s.
4. Cowboy Emmitt Smith is the all time leading rusher in the NFL, and arguable owns the most successful profesional season for any athlete, in any sport, ever. In 1993 he won the league's rushing title, league MVP honors, a Super Bowl ring, and was the Super Bowl MVP. No player has ever equaled this feat.
3. The Dallas Cowboys are tied with only the New York Giants for most appearences in the post season, with 29. The immpressive part of this record, the Giants started racking up post-season appearences 30 years before the Cowboys even entered the league.
2. The media scurtiny placed on players and coaches of the Dallas Cowboys by local and national media outlets are unparrelled by any other franchise. The national meida is literally obsessed with this team. Virtually unknown players become household names by playing or coaching in Dallas.
1. Forbes magazine listed the Dallas Cowboys as the most valuable team in the NFL at $1.62 Billion. This total also makes the Cowboys the most valuable professional sports team in any league, in the entire world.
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You could also say the Cowboys are the "most hated" franchise in the NFL, for some of the reasons you listed.
The Cowboys are in a lot of ways similar to the Yankees.
They are always in the news, have very hands on owners who are always in the media (Jones, George Steinbrenner), and are not afraid to pay big money for players.
I also think Dallas has been a haven for convicts recently (Pacman, Tank Johnson), and Jones doesn't mind signing or drafting players who have a history of run-ins with the law.
The Cowboys are always being talked about and I think many people are very happy that they have had little postseason sucess the past ten-plus years.
Their little postseason success in the past 10 years make all of their other records even more impressive! Totally agree on the "mosted hated team" theory. The minute I tell someone I am a Dallas fan they roll their eyes are me and give me shit.
Love the quote about God watching his team.
Disagree with Romo being one of the most respected quarterbacks of all-time. Let's see him get a few more years under his belt first and maybe do something in the postseason.
I sadly agree with most of the list save for Romo being one of the all time greats when he hasn't done a whole lot yet, like win a post season game. Plus, Parcells really isn't a "Cowboys" coach. That was like Jordan playing for the Wizards. He will be remembered as being one of the great Giants coaches more than anything. He only coached the boys for three seasons
I probably shouldn't have included Rome in the "ever" category, but when you think of the most well known QB's in the past few years Romo has to come to mind, along with Brady and the Mannings.
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