Um Dak was on a record pace. The offense had turnover issues and the run game was suspect but I wouldn't say they struggled to move the ball. It got down the field plenty.
Yeah it was a record pace, as in a lot of record catchup yardage that ultimately ended up in losses anyways, hence everyone talks about the defense as if there's nothing wrong with the offense at all.
But those crazy offensive stats don't track situation football, where we were just not good.
ANY/A by quarter Dallas (New Orleans) ((Chiefs))
1- 6.9 (6.6) ((9.0))
2- 7.2 (7.0) ((7.3))
3- 7.2 (7.5) ((9.0))
4-
6.1 (9.2) ((8.8))
ANY/A by Down
1- 6.7 (8.2) ((7.5))
2- 6.7 (7.7) ((8.8))
3-
4.7 (6.1) ((9.8))
4- 9.7 (12.8) ((-2.0))
ANY/A by Field Position
Own 1-10 - 11.8 (11.2) ((7.7))
Own 1-20 - 9.2 (7.6) ((10.0))
Own 21-50 - 6.7 (6.3) ((8.2))
Opp 49-20 - 6.6 (8.5) ((8.7))
RedZone -
3.8 (9.6) ((7.6))
Opp 1-10 -
4.6 (8.4) ((10.2))
This just emphasizes how we were fine with wide open fields in front of us, but in situational football when we hit 3rd down, in the red zone, and in the 4th quarter our passing game was
at its worst. Nothing changes that faster than key matchups like a Travis Kelce can provide short of the QB's and OC's creativity. We can't control Dak and Kellen's creativity, but we can upgrade the talent.
I know it's easy to look at gross yardage stats and say "we don't need help there", but maybe we need to lean in and understand more about those yards.