2022 Season | Divisional Round Gameday Chatter Thread | Cowboys @ 49ers | 1/22/23

[boozeman]

I'm not even mad. By eye test, recent record, and advanced stats like DVOA, the Niners were the better team. The best chance for an upset was our experienced highly paid QB outplaying a rookie, and obviously that didn't happen yesterday.

The defense showed up and the team overall wasn't bullied like last year. They didn't shrink like sometimes in past years. They seemed well coached and prepared. The other team was just better. Sucks, but that's what it is.

The Cowboys quite simply choke in these kind of games. The Diggs dropped INT, the penalty on Wilson, the Turpin idiocy all contributed just like Prescott's retarded decisions and lack of guts.

 

[1bigfan13]

Hell, even if sticks his foot in the ground and cuts back to his left it's a clear path to the endzone.

As great as Turpin was last night, he killed us on that play.

 

[boozeman]

Well yeah...so us, as fans, are stuck with him.

Just wait until they extend his contract.

 

[Simpleton]

I'm not even mad. By eye test, recent record, and advanced stats like DVOA, the Niners were the better team. The best chance for an upset was our experienced highly paid QB outplaying a rookie, and obviously that didn't happen yesterday.

The defense showed up and the team overall wasn't bullied like last year. They didn't shrink like sometimes in past years. They seemed well coached and prepared. The other team was just better. Sucks, but that's what it is.

Yea that's why I think the best course of action is continuing to build up the roster (including with a legit FA move that will of course never happen) while keeping an eye out for a QB opportunity in the draft.

We should be in a similar position next year to finally make a NFCC, so I don't want to just tear everything down, but you can't just blindly accept that Dak is the guy anymore indefinitely.

 

[mcnuttz]

And how bout Diggs closing his damn eyes and going into a frikkin cocoon instead of breaking up or even intercepting that immaculate Kittle reception?

 

[1bigfan13]

The Cowboys quite simply choke in these kind of games. The Diggs dropped INT, the penalty on Wilson, the Turpin idiocy all contributed just like Prescott's retarded decisions and lack of guts.

Diggs has made a career making acrobatic INTs but drops one that hit him squarely in his chest.

 

[mcnuttz]

Just wait until they extend his contract.

I have no doubt.

 

[Simpleton]

Diggs has made a career making acrobatic INTs but drops one that hit him squarely in his chest.

The game basically came down to that dropped pick, the pick Dak threw in the red zone which was also off a deflection like the one Diggs dropped, and the holding on Wilson that gave them a first down instead of a 4th and 15 in the red zone.

Yea Dak was shit and we were only in the game because of our defense, but those three plays more or less swung the game.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Because it's the easy read and that's what he defaults too when he's not confident.

I think Dak predetermines where he's going with the ball when he gets jumpy. He doesn't make his reads like he should. Same thing with the one to Schultz yesterday that the LB jumped and should have housed.

Ben Hogan said once that when you first play a golf course, you stand on the tee and just see the fairways and greens. As you play that course more often and find the bunkers and water, you start seeing those things, too. Dak seems to be seeing more hazards as he gets older.

 

[Simpleton]

I think Dak predetermines where he's going with the ball when he gets jumpy. He doesn't make his reads like he should. Same thing with the one to Schultz yesterday that the LB jumped and should have housed.

Ben Hogan said once that when you first play a golf course, you stand on the tee and just see the fairways and greens. As you play that course more often and find the bunkers and water, you start seeing those things, too. Dak seems to be seeing more hazards as he gets older.

I agree that his vision of the field is seemingly getting worse as he gets older as opposed to better like it did with Romo. I think there's a bunch of reasons for that but if it continues there's no way you can keep him indefinitely.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

And how bout Diggs closing his damn eyes and going into a frikkin cocoon instead of breaking up or even intercepting that immaculate Kittle reception?

That's the one thing that really made me mad last night. So last week wasn't a fluke. Totally unacceptable.

I don't care how well you cover, I don't want that on my team. Give me a corner who covers like a seven and will tackle someone over a corner who covers like an eight or nine and thinks he's too good to hit anyone even in a playoff game.

 

[Texas Ace]

I think Dak predetermines where he's going with the ball when he gets jumpy. He doesn't make his reads like he should. Same thing with the one to Schultz yesterday that the LB jumped and should have housed.

Ben Hogan said once that when you first play a golf course, you stand on the tee and just see the fairways and greens. As you play that course more often and find the bunkers and water, you start seeing those things, too. Dak seems to be seeing more hazards as he gets older.

Yup....that is exactly what he's doing.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I agree that his vision of the field is seemingly getting worse as he gets older as opposed to better like it did with Romo. I think there's a bunch of reasons for that but if it continues there's no way you can keep him indefinitely.

Romo is exactly who I had in mind. Romo talked about how he only saw things better and the game slowed down as he got older, it's just that his body broke down. Dak doesn't seem to be on that same track.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

The game basically came down to that dropped pick, the pick Dak threw in the red zone which was also off a deflection like the one Diggs dropped, and the holding on Wilson that gave them a first down instead of a 4th and 15 in the red zone.

Yea Dak was shit and we were only in the game because of our defense, but those three plays more or less swung the game.

Plus the play where Pollard broke his ankle. :( They might have still had a chance if that doesn't happen.

But again, that's nobody's fault. Just an unfortunate thing... Other than not having a better backup than Jerry's overpaid pet.

 

[UncleMilti]

I'm glad he said that.

Dak killed them repeatedly down the stretch and all thost "my bads" and "won't happen again" doesn't cut it.

He cost them their place in the NFCC and he needs to be held accountable.

Yeah it’s a canned response from Dak all the time now. “I’m going to get better”. “This is going to motivate me”. “It’s not going to happen again, I’m working to get better step by step”.

Hey Dak-go fuck yourself. And take that old useless fuck of a fake GM with you.

 

[boozeman]

Unreal. This is their biggest game of the year and Gallup runs a route like this.

 

[Simpleton]

Yeah it’s a canned response from Dak all the time now. “I’m going to get better”. “This is going to motivate me”. “It’s not going to happen again, I’m working to get better step by step”.

Hey Dak-go fuck yourself. And take that old useless fuck of a fake GM with you.

The second INT was the real killer and completely unacceptable, he lost vision of the CB sitting in a zone (or never even saw him) and tried to jam the ball in for what, a 3 yard gain?

No excuse whatsoever for that and it was the culmination of all his bad habits (locking in on his pet WR, losing sight of underneath coverage, not properly taking risk/reward into account, favoring short easy throws).

That play cost us the game more than any other for sure.

 

[Simpleton]

Unreal. This is their biggest game of the year and Gallup runs a route like this.

I don't really blame Dak 100% for this since you're basically giving your WR a 50/50 shot and betting on him to win the battle, you're thinking it's a catch or incomplete at least 90% of the time.

It still wasnt a great decision but I can understand the thought process.

The second INT was literally one of the worst of his career.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I agree that his vision of the field is seemingly getting worse as he gets older as opposed to better like it did with Romo. I think there's a bunch of reasons for that but if it continues there's no way you can keep him indefinitely.

Yeah I mean there are only 2 years left on his deal. I take this time to try and bring in a QB coach that can try to help him. If it doesn't turn around get a young QB to develop now. Doesn't have to be in the first.

Not sure who that QB is in this draft but I'm at least looking at guys the way we did the year we drafted Dak.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

The second INT was the real killer and completely unacceptable, he lost vision of the CB sitting in a zone (or never even saw him) and tried to jam the ball in for what, a 3 yard gain?

No excuse whatsoever for that and it was the culmination of all his bad habits (locking in on his pet WR, losing sight of underneath coverage, not properly taking risk/reward into account, favoring short easy throws).

That play cost us the game more than any other for sure.

Yep, score a TD there and the game is totally different.