It's funny people still bring up that 2016 playoff game as if they didn't see ot themselves..
They look back at stats and figured Dak played a good game lol
It was the exact same thing as yesterday! He came out flat throwing ducks for 2 quarters and we were chasing the game from the start. You also have to remember who we played, Greenbay had terrible injuries that season and was playing practice squad players in the secondary lol Aikman was having fits all game saying Dak should take advantage of that lol. Greenbay got destroyed by Atlanta the next game.
Any of 500 QBs could have won that game.
1. And we came back against GB because Linehan fed the ball with Zeke to start the half.
2. Even then, with Zeke producing, Dak threw a back-breaking INT,
3. Dez was a ‘monster’ that game, where he had like 11 catches on 15 targets for 150 yards off the Po of my head, meaning the WR that Dak fans blamed was the reason for Dak’s failures, in particular 2017 and the impetus behind the “Dak-friendly” offense and Dak saying he doesn’t really need a number 1.. So even per the Dak-Stan logic, it was an unusual game anyways, not reproducible, because of the WR.
Of course, like you said, those catches started coming when it was 21-3, the Packers even let off with their bum secondaries.
I mean you can even tell it was inflated stats.
Dez’s first TD is at 39 seconds. It’s one deep safety and man coverage on the outside on a first and ten, with GB selling out to stop the run. Dez has his man completely beat. Any mediocre QB could have made that throw.
The play at 1:18 is completely lucky, where Dez and the guy with the number 26 are basically in the same area. I’m positive Dak isn’t evdn throwing it to Dez. He’s actually keyed in on 26 running the inside slant. Look at Daks eyes the whole time. Dez actually breaks his route to follow Dak as he breaks pocket.
Dak is completely lucky that Dez was there to take the ball that was intended for 26, because otherwise the GB LB 47 has dropped and is about to pick it off.