Sturm: The Morning After - Cowboys get in their own way, give another game away to Packers

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Man is so powerful, Rodgers beats us when on the sideline, too (Matt Flynn game).

However, Rodgers doesn’t play defense. How does Rodgers cause Demarco Murray to fumble, for Amari Cooper to bobble, for Romo to throw an INT up 5 points with minutes to go?

Must be Rodgers.

hmmmmmm...
None of the instances listed put any points on the board for Green Bay but the offensive play by Rogers put up 31 points for Green Bay Sunday.
 

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None of the instances listed put any points on the board for Green Bay but the offensive play by Rogers put up 31 points for Green Bay Sunday.
What? Every score except one in the Matt Flynn comeback from 28-3 was a pass except for one Eddie Lacy goalline TD
 

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None of the instances listed put any points on the board for Green Bay but the offensive play by Rogers put up 31 points for Green Bay Sunday.
Your statement insinuates Rodgers was a one-man wrecking crew, supporting cast be damned. Rodgers' offensive play put up 31 points...let's take a look.

238 passing yards, 34 attempts (7.0 YPA) and 0 TDs.

If Aikman or Prescott, these numbers would be criticized. They pale in comparison to the great Tony Romo and his 300 yards and 3 TDs.
Rodgers' 7.0 YPA is dink-and-dunk, especially since it's lower than Prescott's career 7.4 YPA (and that excludes this year's 9.4 YPA).

Aaron Jones ran for 107 yards (5.6 YPA) and added 75 yards receiving. But when Ezekiel Elliott puts up those numbers, does Dak Prescott get applauded for his offensive play to put up 31 points?

Secondly, our miscues gave Green Bay's offense starting field position at the DAL 47 (first INT), GB 44 (missed FG), GB 42 (bad punt), DAL 29 (third INT).

While Aaron Rodgers is one of the all-time greats, last night he took a backseat to Aaron Jones and our offensive miscues to provide great field position which contributed significantly to the end result of 31 points.
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Case in point: 2016, DAL 30, GB 16.

Would you say the offensive play by Dak Prescott put up 30 points for Dallas? Nope. You'd say it was Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott just didn't lose it.

Statistically, Ezekiel Elliott had the exact same 5.6 YPA as Aaron Jones. Dak Prescott had better stats than Rodgers, going 247 yards, 27 attempts (9.2 YPA), 3 TDs, 1INT.

Cowboys also had a +2 turnover margin.
 

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Your statement insinuates Rodgers was a one-man wrecking crew, supporting cast be damned. Rodgers' offensive play put up 31 points...let's take a look.

238 passing yards, 34 attempts (7.0 YPA) and 0 TDs.

If Aikman or Prescott, these numbers would be criticized. They pale in comparison to the great Tony Romo and his 300 yards and 3 TDs.
Rodgers' 7.0 YPA is dink-and-dunk, especially since it's lower than Prescott's career 7.4 YPA (and that excludes this year's 9.4 YPA).

Aaron Jones ran for 107 yards (5.6 YPA) and added 75 yards receiving. But when Ezekiel Elliott puts up those numbers, does Dak Prescott get applauded for his offensive play to put up 31 points?

Secondly, our miscues gave Green Bay's offense starting field position at the DAL 47 (first INT), GB 44 (missed FG), GB 42 (bad punt), DAL 29 (third INT).

While Aaron Rodgers is one of the all-time greats, last night he took a backseat to Aaron Jones and our offensive miscues to provide great field position which contributed significantly to the end result of 31 points.
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Case in point: 2016, DAL 30, GB 16.

Would you say the offensive play by Dak Prescott put up 30 points for Dallas? Nope. You'd say it was Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott just didn't lose it.

Statistically, Ezekiel Elliott had the exact same 5.6 YPA as Aaron Jones. Dak Prescott had better stats than Rodgers, going 247 yards, 27 attempts (9.2 YPA), 3 TDs, 1INT.

Cowboys also had a +2 turnover margin.
There is absolutely no need to put Aikman or Prescott in this conversation. The offense for Dallas turned the ball over too many times and that that allowed Green Bay the field position to score where a lot of yardage wasn’t necessary to put points on the board. That was an obvious circumstance and comparing individual performance stats only shows that Dallas gave Rogers all the gifts he needed to make the game an easy victory for Green Bay.
 

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As far as I can tell Garrett's only responsibility is to have the team motivated/focused/ready to play. The fact that the team came out so flat and sloppy after a loss, while Garrett seemingly has little to no responsibility over the actual X's/O's, is a huge indictment on how shitty of a coach he is. Prescott saying that they were overconfident after starting 3-0 all but cemented it, and I'm sure Garrett was all too willing to let them tell themselves they were fine because they would've won the Saints game if not for the fumbles.
This. Just another example of why he needs to go. There's no excuse for this team coming out and getting down 17-0 at home. None. Garrett is a loser.
 

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Dallas lost to a team whose WR's netted 55 yards. Let that sink in for a moment. If Jerry was a real GM, every coach on that sideline would be on the street.
The QB accounted for no tds either. And we still got creamed.
 

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This. Just another example of why he needs to go. There's no excuse for this team coming out and getting down 17-0 at home. None. Garrett is a loser.
It was actually 24-0.

Last time they played here (playoff game in 2016) we got down 21-3.
 
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