RonnieT24
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Dallas was behind 29-10 vs. ATL (due in part to turnovers).....behind 30-15 shortly into the 3rd quarter vs. SEA......and behind 41-14 to start the 4th quarter vs. CLE......the point I think the poster was making was that the Dak led offense did nothing in the first half or more against those teams thereby setting up an enormous deficit. While Dallas did come back somewhat in those games (winning 1 out of 3) you have to admit that it was almost too little too late with the opposing defense playing more prevent defense.
No Dallas did not "come back somewhat." They TOOK THE LEAD with 4 minutes left against Seattle.. That is not almost, not somewhat.. that is ALL THE WAY BACK.. Only to have the defense bend over and give it right back. They WON the game against ATL.. Again.. not almost, not somewhat, ALL THE WAY BACK. Cleveland? They scored 24 points in 10 minutes to cut the lead to 41-38. Just a LITTLE resistance from the defense and there is no doubt that too turns into ALL THE WAY BACK. No saying Dak or the offense were perfect on either day.. but in each case they did enough to give us a chance to win despite the defense getting bent over like a $20 *****. For the record I have stated many times that I do NOT want to see a repeat of Dak throwing for 450 yards a game.. I want him passing for 200-250.. managing the game and leading us to wins. But he can't do that if the defense is going to keep giving up 36 a game. To my knowledge no QB in the history of the NFL has led a team to scoring 37 a game so that automatically renders the "the QB needs to figure out how to win these games" argument null and void. Play better defense and the offense has to take fewer chances and the turnovers will come back down.. Again .. complementary football.