OMFG you can not make this up. I am soooooooooooooo angry right now I can't even begin to process what just happened.
So first off.. anyone blaming this on the defence is just wrong. Yes Quinn and the D got jumped on that first drive.. no doubt.. but they then got better and better and ended the game on top. They kept this team in it without a doubt. They didn't give up a point in the 4th quarter, only 7 in the 2nd half and they gave our offence 3 GOLDEN opportunities to win the game.
On the offence.. Pollard did NOTHING wrong except not getting called!! Needed to be featured 10x more than he was. It is NOT Zekes fault that Moore won't play a 2 back scheme and won't put him in the game. I thought Cooper was ok from his limited touches. I thought Shultz was ok but his lack of run blocking hurts.
Zeke was 50/50.. I know a lot on here get so down on him.. but he is banged up. I thought he did everything he could to try to help the team. He kick started our first TD drive, got 3 important first downs and a huge block that gave another. It was a serviceable game and anyone blaming Zeke for the loss is just biased.
Lamb and Wilson.. didn't do enough but didn't get targetted a lot and when they did.. Dak was airmailing it. Costly drops will kill Lamb as a genuine WR1 option. Needed to do better.
OLine was average. I know a lot will rage at that.. because Dak got sacked 5 times and they didn't bust open running lanes and the penalties. Newsflash.. it is hard for an Oline to keep up protection if your QB takes all day in the pocket. Will get to Dak in a minute but far out we expect our Oline to be perfect and they aren't. The penalties on this unit HURT big time and we need to refresh our stocks if we want to go anywhere important.
MM was poor. He is a poor game day coach. I don't know where the lines are drawn in terms of who calls what and when.. but we were not prepared to play in the first quarter. We waste time outs, we make stupid calls at stupid decisions. We are, as a whole, an undisciplined team and it has killed us all year. Personally I'd give him another year but he either takes back the play calling or he has more control.. he needs to do more.
Penalties.. they killed us all year and it wasn't surprising that they killed us in the playoffs. Stupid penalties too.. pre-snap penalties are beyond dumb. The first two defence ones were incorrect (SF guy def moved) but the rest were pretty fair. No PI which was good, but again Jimmy G wasn't throwing deep so less chance of getting the flags. 3 holds on the D Line hurts.. but the really big ones are the offence.. because we have an incompetent bus driving hack as a QB.. any penalty called against the O is an instant drive killer. We had too many. Whole team needs to focus on it.. just like we focussed on D takeaways this year.. I want to see a huge turnaround next season.
Now for the real problems.. Moore and Dak. Personally I'd fire both of them into the sun and never look back. Moore is PATHETIC as a play caller.. he got worked out by Denver and hasn't called a good game against anything that resembles an NFL team since. He has no scheme for the run game, his sequences are predictable.. he is too aggressive if we get down even by one score.. we send the wrong calls at the wrong time. The last play of the game sums up our OC.. what a botched call. 14 seconds.. a chance for another quick out route and then 2 hail marys from 35 yards and he runs dak?! Fark me if that is not the last play he ever sends in there is something seriously wrong with the organisation.
I've saved the best for last.. Dak. Never liked him and hopefully today any remaining fans he had will be awake to the fact he is pure garbage. Utter trash. Overpaid 4th rounder that got lucky in his rookie year. Dude is legit a liability to this team and we will NEVER EVER win anything with him at QB. NEVER. He is inaccurate, he can't see wide open receivers, has awful pocket awareness.. has NO game management, doesn't complement the run game.. has a lack of chemistry with every single guy we rotate through WR, takes too many sacks, misses wide open guys, gives up costly turnovers with dumb decision making, is just a trash QB. Can NOT perform against good teams. Just can't. He is an imposter. It pains me that he holds records for this organisation.. records built on bullying the hapless NFC East and scoring TDs against a 3rd string Eagles outfit (and their first string just got demolished by TB)..
This game will go down as one of the worst all time playoff appearances.
