Divisional Round Chatter Thread | Packers vs Cowboys | 01-15-2017

[marsbennett]

The bottom line is until we get a defense that can consistently pressure QB's we aren't winning jack in the post-season. Rogers carved us up in 2014 and did the same thing tonight. I have no doubt Brady or probably Big Ben would do the same thing if we had made it to the Superbowl.

A competent pass rush is mandatory. Hiding our defensive weakness with ball control offense is the best we could do with the players we had and if we're honest it succeeded much better than it should have. Given the severe lack of real talent on our defense it should have been much worse. Especially since retard Garrett/Linehan so often choose to go off script and revert to their default pass happy bitch play calling that brings 3 and outs that wear out a defense that is flimsy to begin with.

It's just a shame that despite all the flaws with this team we could still hang with anybody and we blew it coming into this game not ready. Which is another Garrett hallmark we see nearly every big game.,

Good stuff. Hard truth.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I won't stop following...but I know that an improved DL won't do shit. Sloppiness is our foundation and that'll fuck us even with 25 All-Pro players.

We had enough talent to win it this year. That wasn't the problem. We can improve the defense all we want but until we stop making the back breaking mistakes it won't matter.

 

[chevycowboys]

The defensive strategy wasn't the problem. The defense needed the offense to stay on the field. Hard to do that out of open back sets, doing gadget plays and making stupid penalties because of retarded play calls.

Agree with this

 

[kidd]

Not sure what you're saying here. Are you saying that benching Dak and going with Romo in Week 10 or whatever would've made a difference leading to an NFCC?

I think UncleMilti's inaccurate in saying 'rookie' QB. I don't think you can ask for any QB to play much better than what Dak played tonight.

I honestly don't know that Romo would have done any better or worse than Dak. I know he doesn't pick up those fist downs with his legs the way Dak did but then again, would he have to?

I can agree with your last comment. Dak played very well. He made a few mistakes but I don't know that any vet would do any better... including Romo.

I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't have liked to see him try though.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Eh, this season was house money. No shame in losing to one of the GOATs on a miracle play.

Dak proved we are set at the most important position for the next decade.

Get more defensive pieces in the offseason

Profit.

I couldn't disagree more. We lost to a team that we are better than in every area other than QB. We were the number one seed playing at home fully healthy. And we lost. I think there's a lot of shame in that.

 

[shane]

Good. I want his sorry ass gone.

We will miss him. He was a good contributor. With him gone, we still have the same shitty ass coaching staff and shitty ass ownership with one less weapon. Not a good scenario.

 

[shane]

This feels very much like 07.

The White years were way better than this.

Bingo. And remember what happened after '07? A nice well-deserved backslide into mediocrity. That's what the Cowboys will have coming this time around as well, if the Football Gods are awake.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I don't want to talk about this game anymore. I want to forget about it as quickly as I can.

The only thing I'll say is that if I could do one singular thing differently, it would be to not spike the ball and just call play after play after play. I don't think GB's defense would have stopped us.

And that is all.

See ya, boys.

That spike was probably the single decision that was most responsible for us losing. Just a brutal decision.

 

[data]

I honestly don't know that Romo would have done any better or worse than Dak. I know he doesn't pick up those fist downs with his legs the way Dak did but then again, would he have to?

I can agree with your last comment. Dak played very well. He made a few mistakes but I don't know that any vet would do any better... including Romo.

I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't have liked to see him try though.

Okay, I'm in agreement with all you just said. With the passionate Dak vs Romo arguments this whole season, I've been on the fence on the whole matter. Now that the season is over, we're splitting hairs if Romo vs Dak was the better choice, but losing by a 51-yard FG at 00:00, one split hair makes all the difference.

 

[data]

Bingo. And remember what happened after '07? A nice well-deserved backslide into mediocrity. That's what the Cowboys will have coming this time around as well, if the Football Gods are awake.

If Garrett goes back to .500 record, we'll be 3-13 next year.

 

[chevycowboys]

The offense started slow, but they damn sure didn't lose this game. I don't even really fault Garrett.

The defense sucked a huge dick tonight. No run D, zero pass rush, and for the most part Pack WRs running free thru the secondary.

Lawrence sucks, Irving was invisible, and Jones was unremarkable.

I can take losing this game because of the defense. As a matter of fact I had a feeling they would lose because of defense. We all knew coming into the season that defense was the Achilles heal this season. I'm fine with that, as I knew they would be the reason they would lose in the playoffs. What I can't get get is how many times the coaching staff continues to kill the offense's momentum and flow. It's so mind boggling that someone as supposedly smart as Garrett does the stupidest things when it comes to clock management and play calling. I know Garret doesn't call plays but he can override the boneheaded ones Linehan has been calling! It is downright unacceptable the way this coaching staff has constantly killed this teams momentum. Also I hope like hell if they make the playoffs next year that they have to do it as a wild card. The Homefield Advantage experiment with this coaching staff is disastrous and it's clear they don't know how to manage the extra time off or have the ability to keep the team focused and on edge. As long as Garrett is here as head coach they will never see the NFC Championship game, he will make sure of that.

 

[shane]

If Garrett goes back to .500 record, we'll be 3-13 next year.

He might actually get fired in that case. Would probably be the best thing for our franchise moving forward, tbh.

 

[chevycowboys]

He will have another shot next year. Closest we have gotten to the NFC Championship game in a very long time. We will be back next year. Maybe not homefield advantage again but there are other paths.

I don't want Homefield Advantage anymore. We see what that gets them these days. I'd rather they make it as a wildcard team.

 

[kidd]

Okay, I'm in agreement with all you just said. With the passionate Dak vs Romo arguments this whole season, I've been on the fence on the whole matter. Now that the season is over, we're splitting hairs if Romo vs Dak was the better choice, but losing by a 51-yard FG at 00:00, one split hair makes all the difference.

And Dak does have a lot of work to do. Hopefully, his deep ball gets better. Too many of his deep were almost picked off.

 

[kidd]

I don't want Homefield Advantage anymore. We see what that gets them these days. I'd rather they make it as a wildcard team.

Why? So we can get beat a week earlier?

 

[Joe Fan]

That spike was probably the single decision that was most responsible for us losing. Just a brutal decision.

Yep, and was called in by the red retard per his post game PC.

 

[lostxn]

And Dak does have a lot of work to do. Hopefully, his deep ball gets better. Too many of his deep were almost picked off.

There's a lot of lessons to be learned in this game. This isn't one of them. They put up 31 points despite playing against 11 packers and 4 refs. The problem is the defense, but much more specifically the defensive line. They got no pressure except when they brought defensive backs. Irving was a no-show. We have got to get some help on the defensive line. The secondary is fine. They played as well as you can given how long they had to cover for. We have got to get a consistent pass rush. Otherwise we're gonna be in these shootouts and they end up being 50/50 propositions.

 

[chevycowboys]

I'm still not going to get overly excited about Jaylon until he's actually taking reps in training camp. Outside of that he's like trying to chase after a unicorn.

I'd move on from Marinelli. Give me someone who will actually attack the QB, tired of this bend and eventually break shit.

I think a lot of that had to do with the lack of talent on defense. He really hasn't had much talent since he started coaching in Dallas. I think he has done well for what he has. Give him a defense loaded with talent and I bet it's a different story.

 

[Genghis Khan]

The offensive strategy is what lost the game in my opinion. To much empty set passing. If is mind boggling how they keep taking away the threat of the run with the nfls best running back.

We had very bad offensive strategy throughout the game.

One drive we went for 20 yards on 3rd and 2. We kicked a field goal.

Another drive we had 1st and 10 at the 15 and never ran the ball. And had Dunbar in the game. We kicked a field goal.

Then there was the spike.

We lost this game on offense as much as defense.

 

[lostxn]

Yep, and was called in by the red retard per his post game PC.

It was a bad decision though I think with another year under his belt Dak probably doesn't do that. I suspect he didn't have a play to call there. Romo 100% would not have done that. But he was a veteran master of the 2 minute drill.