5 Positives, 5 Negatives

[Pompey-Cowboy]

Having calmed down now and been able to collect my thoughts, I pondered the recently curtailed season and attempted to rationally consider what positives it produced. This, inevitably, lead to me compiling a list.

Positives.
1. 12-5. Regardless of anything, this is a decent regular season record and a big step up from 6-10.
2. The division title. If you're hoping to achieve anything, winning the division is a definite requirement.
3. Bryan Anger. Yes, I know he's the punter but after Chris Jones, what a huge improvement.
4. Dan Quinn. He has worked a minor miracle with the D. His very likely departure is very bad news.
5. Micah Parsons. The best find in 10 years? 20 years? Ever?

Negatives.

1. The continuing inability to live up to the potential. Soul destroying.
2. Not that we lost games but HOW we lost games. Tampa aside, when we lost we could not have looked worse.
3. The receiving corps. The unit I was most excited about preseason just didn't materialise.
4. Kellen Moore. Clearly has dreams and ideas but hamstrings himself or is hamstrung by others?
5. Penalties. Seriously, when do we stop beating ourselves with these.

All in all I don't think it was a bad season. Prior to it starting, most on here were thinking 10-7/9-8 hopefully make the playoffs. We exceded that but then ruined it by being predictabley disappointing when it really mattered. It looks like an off-season of big change which is rarely good news.

Thoughts?

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Fixed it for you as you forgot the most important negative issue concerning our team....

Negatives.
1A.Dak Prescott's ineptness against playoff-caliber teams!!
1. The continuing inability to live up to the potential. Soul destroying.
2. Not that we lost games but HOW we lost games. Tampa aside, when we lost we could not have looked worse.
3. The receiving corps. The unit I was most excited about preseason just didn't materialise.
4. Kellen Moore. Clearly has dreams and ideas but hamstrings himself or is hamstrung by others?
5. Penalties. Seriously, when do we stop beating ourselves with these.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

Fixed it for you as you forgot the most important negative issue concerning our team....

Negatives.
1A.Dak Prescott's ineptness against playoff-caliber teams!!
1. The continuing inability to live up to the potential. Soul destroying.
2. Not that we lost games but HOW we lost games. Tampa aside, when we lost we could not have looked worse.
3. The receiving corps. The unit I was most excited about preseason just didn't materialise.
4. Kellen Moore. Clearly has dreams and ideas but hamstrings himself or is hamstrung by others?
5. Penalties. Seriously, when do we stop beating ourselves with these.

I figured he'd get mentioned quickly and often but for me he was exactly what I expected, good but not elite and not good enough to win it all on his own. Not really a plus or a minus.

 

[NotForLong]

Fixed it for you as you forgot the most important negative issue concerning our team....

Negatives.
1A.Dak Prescott's ineptness against playoff-caliber teams!!
1. The continuing inability to live up to the potential. Soul destroying.
2. Not that we lost games but HOW we lost games. Tampa aside, when we lost we could not have looked worse.
3. The receiving corps. The unit I was most excited about preseason just didn't materialise.
4. Kellen Moore. Clearly has dreams and ideas but hamstrings himself or is hamstrung by others?
5. Penalties. Seriously, when do we stop beating ourselves with these.

Plus your number 1 . . . is the reason for #2 #3 and #4

 

[NotForLong]

I figured he'd get mentioned quickly and often but for me he was exactly what I expected, good but not elite and not good enough to win it all on his own. Not really a plus or a minus.

He is actually Good and when the pressure and opposing talent level gets turned up He is terrible

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

I figured he'd get mentioned quickly and often but for me he was exactly what I expected, good but not elite and not good enough to win it all on his own. Not really a plus or a minus.

If Dak was "good" as you say we win that game by 2 TDs.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

If Dak was "good" as you say we win that game by 2 TDs.

I guess that's possibly true if only Dak's performance mattered and the other 45 players that suited up were of no relevance to the outcome.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

I guess that's possibly true if only Dak's performance mattered and the other 45 players that suited up were of no relevance to the outcome.

You can downplay it all you want, but as the QB of the team you are the most important player, and in the playoffs you are expected to out play Jimmy G.

Dak has a much bigger impact on what's happening in games than Noah Brown does. So, no, the 45 other players we're not as relevant to the outcome as Dak was.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

You can downplay it all you want, but as the QB of the team you are the most important player, and in the playoffs you are expected to out play Jimmy G.

Dak has a much bigger impact on what's happening in games than Noah Brown does. So, no, the 45 other players we're not as relevant to the outcome as Dak was.

He is the most important player on offense, he did play poorly. He can't be held accountable for any errors on defense or special teams or coaching or any of the seemingly hundreds of penalty flags we drew.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

He is the most important player on offense, he did play poorly. He can't be held accountable for any errors on defense or special teams or coaching or any of the seemingly hundreds of penalty flags we drew.

The defense held the 49ers to 23 points. That's below their season average.

The #1 offense in the NFL with an "elite QB" as some like to preach (not saying you) should be able to score 24, no?

 

[JustChip]

You can downplay it all you want, but as the QB of the team you are the most important player, and in the playoffs you are expected to out play Jimmy G.

Dak has a much bigger impact on what's happening in games than Noah Brown does. So, no, the 45 other players we're not as relevant to the outcome as Dak was.

Dallas wins that game with better QB play. But, if one is truly honest, the Cowboys win that game with better line play. Or they win that game with 1/2 the penalties, especially the ones that killed positive plays by the offense or defense.

 

[Sydla]

Having calmed down now and been able to collect my thoughts, I pondered the recently curtailed season and attempted to rationally consider what positives it produced. This, inevitably, lead to me compiling a list.

Positives.
1. 12-5. Regardless of anything, this is a decent regular season record and a big step up from 6-10.
2. The division title. If you're hoping to achieve anything, winning the division is a definite requirement.
3. Bryan Anger. Yes, I know he's the punter but after Chris Jones, what a huge improvement.
4. Dan Quinn. He has worked a minor miracle with the D. His very likely departure is very bad news.
5. Micah Parsons. The best find in 10 years? 20 years? Ever?

Negatives.

1. The continuing inability to live up to the potential. Soul destroying.
2. Not that we lost games but HOW we lost games. Tampa aside, when we lost we could not have looked worse.
3. The receiving corps. The unit I was most excited about preseason just didn't materialise.
4. Kellen Moore. Clearly has dreams and ideas but hamstrings himself or is hamstrung by others?
5. Penalties. Seriously, when do we stop beating ourselves with these.

All in all I don't think it was a bad season. Prior to it starting, most on here were thinking 10-7/9-8 hopefully make the playoffs. We exceded that but then ruined it by being predictabley disappointing when it really mattered. It looks like an off-season of big change which is rarely good news.

Thoughts?

I struggle to make the WR corps a negative if you aren't going to make Dak a negative too. Because while the WRs probably didn't play at an elite level (the drops alone were bad), Dak didn't help matters either as All 22 reviews shows there were plays to be made in some of these games (2nd half the year specifically) that Dak simply was missing.

Frankly, I'd put the entire offense on the negative list, sans maybe Martin.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

The defense held the 49ers to 23 points. That's below their season average.

The #1 offense in the NFL with an "elite QB" as some like to preach (not saying you) should be able to score 24, no?

They should yes, there is no doubt that the loss on Sunday was inexcusable and as I said, Dak was bad. As I've also already said though, I never expected him to be the man that would take us all the way on his own so he wasn't a negative in respect of how I imagined the season as a whole would go.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

I struggle to make the WR corps a negative if you aren't going to make Dak a negative too. Because while the WRs probably didn't play at an elite level (the drops alone were bad), Dak didn't help matters either as All 22 reviews shows there were plays to be made in some of these games (2nd half the year specifically) that Dak simply was missing.

Frankly, I'd put the entire offense on the negative list, sans maybe Martin.

This again is about my preseason expectations. I thought Dak would be okay, probably inconsistent coming off a bad injury. That is pretty much what he was. I thought the receivers would be the best unit in the league and would be difference makers. They weren't.

 

[Cboyfan4ever]

I guess that's possibly true if only Dak's performance mattered and the other 45 players that suited up were of no relevance to the outcome.

QB’s get the credit when you win and get blamed when you lose.That’s just how it is.Dak certainly deserves a lot of blame, but so does the entire organization from top to bottom.

 

[Sydla]

This again is about my preseason expectations. I thought Dak would be okay, probably inconsistent coming off a bad injury. That is pretty much what he was. I thought the receivers would be the best unit in the league and would be difference makers. They weren't.

But how can a trio of WRs be the best if the QB is only expected to be inconsistent? There's my disconnect.

Put it this way, how do you think this trio of WRs looks if they played the 2021 season with Brady or Rodgers?

 

[Cboyfan4ever]

But how can a trio of WRs be the best if the QB is only expected to be inconsistent? There's my disconnect.

Put it this way, how do you think this trio of WRs looks if they played the 2021 season with Brady or Rodgers?

Much better!Those QB’s wouldn’t be scared to throw them the ball.

 

[NotForLong]

You can downplay it all you want, but as the QB of the team you are the most important player, and in the playoffs you are expected to out play Jimmy G.

Dak has a much bigger impact on what's happening in games than Noah Brown does. So, no, the 45 other players we're not as relevant to the outcome as Dak was.

Why . . . why would anyone expect Dak to do that . . . Before the game started I didnt expect that . . . and as the game played out what I EXPECTED actually happened

 

[CATCH17]

QB’s get the credit when you win and get blamed when you lose.That’s just how it is.Dak certainly deserves a lot of blame, but so does the entire organization from top to bottom.

Dak going into a shell and providing no offense for long periods of time is kinda his thing.

When you’re the QB you have to find ways to generate offense. That’s why they make so much more money than all other positions.

The guy throwing the ball has to generate offense.

 

[NotForLong]

The guy throwing the ball has to generate offense.

Not stifle the offense . .generate it