Have we figured out why the Cowboys came out so flat against GB yet?

[zrinkill]

Soft team with a soft coaching staff, soft front office, and a very soft QB

 

[Chasing6]

Did they feel they were going to not have to play hard, did they overlook them? I struggle to think what was the week of game prep like, what was the pre-game thoughts of this team? Like "let's not go too hard, let's save all of our energy for the next game, after we beat up on GB?" I just don't get how you can come out with no fire in a HUGE game such as this! Please give your thoughts if you can offer some sort of explanation for this!

They thought they had won the game before it started.

After party was already planned.

I mean we had more All Pro's than they did right.

 

[noshame]

I'm positive. The defense new Quinn was departing and just decided not to show. They loved the guy and I'm sure they felt abandoned..

 

[big dog cowboy]

I struggle to think

 

[ConstantReboot]

Did they feel they were going to not have to play hard, did they overlook them? I struggle to think what was the week of game prep like, what was the pre-game thoughts of this team? Like "let's not go too hard, let's save all of our energy for the next game, after we beat up on GB?" I just don't get how you can come out with no fire in a HUGE game such as this! Please give your thoughts if you can offer some sort of explanation for this!

The gameplan was aweful. Sure we knew Green Bay was going to run the ball. But from what I saw the offense went back to their pathetic shell game and didn't bother to take it right to Green Bay. It just seems they failed to gameplan and thought they could easily score against Green Bay.

 

[ColoradoCowboy]

That Green bay game reminded me so much of the Arizona game earlier in the season....The Cowboys overlooked Arizona because they were so key on playing the 49'ers the next week and I believe the Cowboys, like most fans on this forum during that whole week leading up to the game were overlooking the Greenbay Packers for their next weeks match..

I 100% agree with this. Also add in the Dan Quinn distractions and we simply were not prepared.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

I'm positive. The defense new Quinn was departing and just decided not to show. They loved the guy and I'm sure they felt abandoned..

In the 1992 playoffs Dave Wannsdedt accepted the Bears' head coaching job and the Cowboys responded by forcing nine turnovers and beating the Bills 52-17 in the Super Bowl.

This team is mentally weaker than we thought if Quinn's impending departure affected them in the Packers game.

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

The whole team was Gutless..

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Was that before and after the game????

I read somewhere they had Rally parties planned. but some of the players planned for a victory party.

that's lack of leadership on the team. why would anybody think they can celebrate a playoff win. that's stupid

 

[youngjerryjones]

they should take the video of what "Deer in the headlights" looks like to him.

he is supposed to be our supreme leader, yet he looks lost on the sideline... does he not understand from his communications degree how that affects his workplace? He has a masters in workplace management...yet he looks like he is unprepared leading his men at work - doesn't make sense.

they should post that on the board and ask him - how do you expect 50 men to go win a war when you are looking like this on national tv getting reamed out by ceedee lamb and arguing on the middle of the field

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

We came out undermanned and out schemed on defense. We never did adjust and Quinn was terrible. The best team kicked our arses that day. The offense was ok, not terrible but not elite either. Sometimes its matter of match ups. Football is simple, beat the guy across from you up front, and you have great chances to impose your will, which is what GB did. Until we fix the trenches on both sides, coupled with a better run game, we won't win.

then Quinn is stupid. bills showed everyone how to beat our defense. just run at their light LBs. that's exactly what GB did and even Love said the same thing. and then all year we play man and come out in this game and play zone and never adjusted after so many big plays they made. the offense just drank their own koolaid. they panicked.

 

[noshame]

In the 1992 playoffs Dave Wannsdedt accepted the Bears' head coaching job and the Cowboys responded by forcing nine turnovers and beating the Bills 52-17 in the Super Bowl.

This team is mentally weaker than we thought if Quinn's impending departure affected them in the Packers game.

Dave was a good DC, but the players were Jimmy's.

Quinn motivated this defense, McCarthy is about as motivating as a fart in a hurricane.

 

[starman22]

We came out undermanned and out schemed on defense. We never did adjust and Quinn was terrible. The best team kicked our arses that day. The offense was ok, not terrible but not elite either. Sometimes its matter of match ups. Football is simple, beat the guy across from you up front, and you have great chances to impose your will, which is what GB did. Until we fix the trenches on both sides, coupled with a better run game, we won't win.

Most of this is good, but I have to disagree that the offense was ok. Really? They really started clicking when GB called off the dogs, other than that, they were no better than the defense.

The offense was supposed to be the best unit on this team, and they, along with the defense were absolutely pathetic.

 

[Chasing6]

Most of this is good, but I have to disagree that the offense was ok. Really? They really started clicking when GB called off the dogs, other than that, they were no better than the defense.

The offense was supposed to be the best unit on this team, and they, along with the defense were absolutely pathetic.

When did the Defense start clicking?

 

[starman22]

When did the Defense start clicking?

They never did. Does that make the offensive output in garbage time impressive?

 

[acr731]

No we weren't and don't speak this way about the Cowboys, they're highly trained in the BEST shape of their lives type of athletes!!

The players said it, not us

 

[KJJ]

I think the Cowboys entered the game fully expecting to beat Green Bay at home where they had won 16 straight. But when the Packers scored a TD on their opening drive it shook our confidence and we never recovered. Every team that we faced last season that scored a TD on their opening possession dominated us. We were built to play with a lead and when we got behind early it usually led to big trouble.

 

[Chasing6]

They never did. Does that make the offensive output in garbage time impressive?

I wonder how QB's like Brady have some many come back wins?

 

[starman22]

I wonder how QB's like Brady have some many come back wins?

I'm not sure why we are talking about Brady.

I guess my question to you is what did you see out of our offense that inspired you to defend their pathetic performance?
Because the defense might have been negligibly worse?

 

[Chasing6]

I'm not sure why we are talking about Brady.

I guess my question to you is what did you see out of our offense that inspired you to defend their pathetic performance?
Because the defense might have been negligibly worse?

Well to state the obvious for a QB to have a come from behind win, they need the defense to cooperate.

Usually a come from behind win by definition, would usually mean the QB/team did not play well in the first half. Hence the reason they are behind. Hence the reason for a comeback win, would mean they played well in the second half.

Unless you are absolutely new to football, just about every team with a lead goes to a prevent type defense.

The defense broke NFL records by giving up 7 TD's on 7 consecutive drives.

So not really sure what point you were trying to make.