It would appear that the defense is the issue, but

[leeblair]

Dak and the offense disappeared for two quarters today.
The Cowboys offense disappeared after a turnover by Dak and then another by Zeke- and stayed gone for the second and third quarter.
Now, you can blame the defense- and I'm sure Mike Nolan is getting walking papers ready for a few "hotboyz" holdovers that don't fit his scheme, but we repeatedly see Dak fold when the pressure is on.
He didn't even seem to try until they got a couple of breaks against the prevent defense.
As usual, he pads his stats against prevent defense, but if the Browns had not been kind enough to drop a few of Dak's passes, this game might have gotten even further out of hand.
Why do the Cowboys continue to struggle now that Garrett is gone? Because his philosophy is too engrained in too many holdovers from the last ten years.
Nolan will get the defense under control. By mid season or sooner the kinks worked out. Next off season there will likely be a mass exodus of players that don't fit Nolan's scheme.
But the Garrett 2.0 quarterback is still shutting down under pressure. And he's actually pretty good if he would just hang in there through the struggles. But he doesn't.
You saw it yourself again today.

 

[BourbonBalz]

Dak and the offense disappeared for two quarters today.
The Cowboys offense disappeared after a turnover by Dak and then another by Zeke- and stayed gone for the second and third quarter.
Now, you can blame the defense- and I'm sure Mike Nolan is getting walking papers ready for a few "hotboyz" holdovers that don't fit his scheme, but we repeatedly see Dak fold when the pressure is on.
He didn't even seem to try until they got a couple of breaks against the prevent defense.
As usual, he pads his stats against prevent defense, but if the Browns had not been kind enough to drop a few of Dak's passes, this game might have gotten way out of hand.
Why do the Cowboys continue to struggle now that Garrett is gone? Because his philosophy is too engrained in too many holdovers from the last ten years.
Nolan will get the defense under control. But the Garrett 2.0 quarterback is still shutting down under pressure.
You saw it yourself again today.

I saw the offense put up 38 points and the defense get completely embarrassed yet again.

 

[ICP]

The defense is THE issue. The mistakes the offense has made for the most part can be overcome. The Defense on the other hand might as well not be on the field.

 

[Blake]

The fact that you obsess over Dak and can't speak objectively about the more obvious and glaring issues, says all we need to know about you.

 

[acr731]

I saw the offense put up 38 points and the defense get completely embarrassed yet again.

Are you talking about the same offense that waited until they were behind 38-14 and had basically entered garbage time before finally coming to life?

I hope you and others have noticed this trend through the first 4 games.

 

[ClintDagger]

The real score of this game was 41-14. I don’t really care that the D started getting stops and the O started scoring in the 4th. That was garbage time. So when you get beat at home 41-14, both sides of the ball are to blame. I don’t get this viewpoint that it has to be one or the other. It can be (and it is) both sides of the ball.

 

[TwentyOne]

I saw the offense put up 38 points and the defense get completely embarrassed yet again.

Yeah. We were down 41-14, it was tze 4th quater and most of the browns already took a shower when our offense "finally" clicked.

Guess the browns had some street guys playing because theit own werent willing to change clothes again.

 

[starfan1]

The offense has to be mistake free for a chance to win because the defense blows that bad although we should win the next 2 weeks.

i think

 

[CT Dal Fan]

It's called complementary football. Something the Cowboys haven't done with any consistency in over two decades.

The names change on the field and on the sidelines, but the story stays the same. Dak Prescott's career is following the same path as Tony Romo's did. Excellent quarterbacks that fall on the sword thanks to garbage defenses.

Not saying Dak was perfect today. But he played well enough to win. Name one player on defense that can say the same.

 

[TwentyOne]

Dak and the offense disappeared for two quarters today.
The Cowboys offense disappeared after a turnover by Dak and then another by Zeke- and stayed gone for the second and third quarter.
Now, you can blame the defense- and I'm sure Mike Nolan is getting walking papers ready for a few "hotboyz" holdovers that don't fit his scheme, but we repeatedly see Dak fold when the pressure is on.
He didn't even seem to try until they got a couple of breaks against the prevent defense.
As usual, he pads his stats against prevent defense, but if the Browns had not been kind enough to drop a few of Dak's passes, this game might have gotten even further out of hand.
Why do the Cowboys continue to struggle now that Garrett is gone? Because his philosophy is too engrained in too many holdovers from the last ten years.
Nolan will get the defense under control. By mid season or sooner the kinks worked out. Next off season there will likely be a mass exodus of players that don't fit Nolan's scheme.
But the Garrett 2.0 quarterback is still shutting down under pressure. And he's actually pretty good if he would just hang in there through the struggles. But he doesn't.
You saw it yourself again today.

Good post.

 

[Cowfan75]

Dak gave us a chance, but he also had multiple turnovers, again, and should have been INT'd more than he was. But on this garbage team, unless we got Brady in his prime, it's just too much to ask any QB.

 

[leeblair]

The fact that you obsess over Dak and can't speak objectively about the more obvious and glaring issues, says all we need to know about you.

I don't want to have to complain about Dak, but you cannot ignore how he taps out every time things get tough.
The guy is pretty good until he gets frustrated. He is just like Donovan McNabb used to be.

 

[BourbonBalz]

Yeah. We were down 41-14, it was tze 4th quater and most of the browns already took a shower when our offense "finally" clicked.

Guess the browns had some street guys playing because theit own werent willing to change clothes again.

Points are points. It’s a 60 minute game and the offense once again got us back in a game when the defense was beyond terrible. We needed just one stop at the end (just like last week) for a chance to win despite the complete lack of a defense. Result? One play and a 50 yard TD. LOL

 

[unionjack8]

I saw the offense put up 38 points and the defense get completely embarrassed yet again.

I saw tge offense gift the browns 14 points too...
Listen, this d is pathetic but the offense cannot turn the ball over like it us doing...

 

[Adreme]

If the offense of any team is dominant from start to finish that is a rarity, or they are playing the Cowboys defense. Teams are not supposed to look great on every single drive. Usually a quarter-by-quarter breakdown of a good offensive performance, for points, might look something like 10-3-0-14. That is a 27 points which means it was a very good offensive day and that is not an unusual point breakdown if you look at how teams do. If your point of failure is double digit points every quarter or it is the fault of the offense, then you have a set that no team in NFL history has ever reached.

 

[Flamma]

The real score of this game was 41-14. I don’t really care that the D started getting stops and the O started scoring in the 4th. That was garbage time. So when you get beat at home 41-14, both sides of the ball are to blame. I don’t get this viewpoint that it has to be one or the other. It can be (and it is) both sides of the ball.

Yep. Game was over. And to the Browns. The Cowboys are probably one of the worst teams in the NFL right now.

 

[Adreme]

I saw tge offense gift the browns 14 points too...
Listen, this d is pathetic but the offense cannot turn the ball over like it us doing...

Ahhhhh it was the offense who gave up 300 yards rushing and almost 500 yards of offense and 49 points.... silly me I thought the defense did me.

 

[Sydla]

Given what this defense has done for the last 3 weeks, setting all kinds of really bad records, any focus on the offense or Dak or Elliott or Cooper is largely misplaced.

This team is 4-0 if the defense wasn't the worst in the NFL and on track to be one of the worst, if not the worst, in NFL history.

 

[Adreme]

The real score of this game was 41-14. I don’t really care that the D started getting stops and the O started scoring in the 4th. That was garbage time. So when you get beat at home 41-14, both sides of the ball are to blame. I don’t get this viewpoint that it has to be one or the other. It can be (and it is) both sides of the ball.

You can want that to be the real score but over here in reality, all the Cowboys needed was one stop to have a real shot to win the game at the end.

 

[Jake]

Dak and the offense disappeared for two quarters today.
The Cowboys offense disappeared after a turnover by Dak and then another by Zeke- and stayed gone for the second and third quarter.
Now, you can blame the defense- and I'm sure Mike Nolan is getting walking papers ready for a few "hotboyz" holdovers that don't fit his scheme, but we repeatedly see Dak fold when the pressure is on.
He didn't even seem to try until they got a couple of breaks against the prevent defense.
As usual, he pads his stats against prevent defense, but if the Browns had not been kind enough to drop a few of Dak's passes, this game might have gotten even further out of hand.
Why do the Cowboys continue to struggle now that Garrett is gone? Because his philosophy is too engrained in too many holdovers from the last ten years.
Nolan will get the defense under control. By mid season or sooner the kinks worked out. Next off season there will likely be a mass exodus of players that don't fit Nolan's scheme.
But the Garrett 2.0 quarterback is still shutting down under pressure. And he's actually pretty good if he would just hang in there through the struggles. But he doesn't.
You saw it yourself again today.

The Cowboys are on pace to allow 48 TD passes this season. The NFL record is 45.
Only one team has scored more points than the Cowboys this season: Seattle. They are 4-0.
The Browns rushed for over 300 yards today.
The Cowboys defense is dead last in the NFL in TD:INT ratio.

You're either deliberately obtuse or just flat-out stupid. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say it is the former.