Our defense in the 5 playoff losses in last decade

[GINeric]

It’s clearly all Daks fault. Sarcassm

The sad part is, the resident low IQ cowardly clowns really believe it's the fault of one person... yet make excuses for other team's players league wide that plays the same position during their losses.

 

[Chasing6]

So you are saying the offense can’t score over 21 points a game.
Sounds like they are part of the problem.

Pretty sure I am saying look at the SB teams. The give up on average less than 20 points.

 

[Chasing6]

4 out of 5 times is not an anomaly......its a pattern.

I'm a Cowboys fan, not a Chiefs fan so you can take it up with them and their 5 Super Bowl appearances in the last 6 years.

As a matter of fact, they have as many SB appearances as Dakota has playoff losses and as many SB losses as Rayne Dakota has playoff wins.......now there's a fact that's fun for the whole family!

Yes, they have a defense.

 

[Chasing6]

While I don't disagree, I also kind of feel like that's more than a little misleading because offense and defense affect each other greatly in football and in particular from a field position perspective. I'll stick with the last 3 losses just to stay with this past group of players and coaches to show what I am trying to say:

2021 first offensive possessions of the game: punt, punt, TD, punt, punt, Interception, punt...
2022 first offensive possessions of the game: punt, interception, TD, interception, punt, FG, punt...
2023 first offensive possessions of the game: punt, interception, punt interception for TD: 27-0 game basically over

Of course the defense is going to struggle when the offense does this and even a good run defense is going to give up yards just from trialing so early and by so much. Now, that of course doesn't excuse our run defense which was putrid, it just shows that the offense had a hand in the "defensive struggles" you correctly pointed out

I agree, the defense did nothing to help the offense.

 

[Bobhaze]

I wish you would have added in the team penalties in those playoff losses as well. The weak low football IQ crowd will be angry at you for displaying real life facts that illuminates the lies and exaggerations they use to place blame at certain players. Killing their narratives with facts always make these weaklings mad and triggered.

Gin, without doing all the research, I do know in the Jan, 2022 (2021 season) 23-17 loss to the niners at home in the wild card round, we had 14 penalties that day, I seem to remember 5 of them were against the defense for lining up offsides, lol. I think Randy Gregory was the main culprit.

 

[Hadenough]

But the defense really wasn't. They were facing real competition with no help from their offense when the game was on the line. The games got out of hand because the Cowboys offense shut down
I watched a non-existent Cowboys offense keep giving the ball to the opposing team.
When the defense has to carry the weight and they know their offense is not going to produce, they slowly give up.
And you can tell it has gotten worse as time progressed. The Cowboys players, despite what they say to the media, have lost faith in Dak Prescott.
Even in 2016 the Packers were way ahead because Dak choked early. The Packers relaxed and the Cowboys caught up. But it never was a real game after the first half.

That's exactly what I see!

 

[Chasing6]

I wish you would have added in the team penalties in those playoff losses as well. The weak low football IQ crowd will be angry at you for displaying real life facts that illuminates the lies and exaggerations they use to place blame at certain players. Killing their narratives with facts always make these weaklings mad and triggered.

Who would have thought averaging 7.5 penalties a game or ranked 30th would have an effect on win/losses.

 

[Chuck 54]

Jazz I agree with you that you can’t fix everything in one off-season. But how many offseasons have we known that we can’t stop the run?

Hey I’m glad we got George Pickens. But this defense is still way below what it needs to be and the frustrating thing is, we’ve known it for a very long time. DTs are not as sexy as WRs to Jerry.

The horrible run defense and giving up lots of points has been going on for a long time. Yes, Dak has played poorly at times, but let’s face the facts about Dak. While he has become a better passer with more accuracy and become a better QB than anyone in the NFL ever expected of him, Dak is not a QB you want passing 35-40 times per game. A better, more consistent run game and having more than one weapon on offense will help any QB, but we need Dak throwing 25-30 passes per game in the big games and playoffs. It doesn’t matter how much money he makes; your offense cannot be solely dependent on passing the football, but if the defense crumbles against the good teams and you have no run game for balance, you ask Dak to pass 35-40 times, and that is not good.

 

[CCBoy]

The horrible run defense and giving up lots of points has been going on for a long time. Yes, Dak has played poorly at times, but let’s face the facts about Dak. While he has become a better passer with more accuracy and become a better QB than anyone in the NFL ever expected of him, Dak is not a QB you want passing 35-40 times per game. A better, more consistent run game and having more than one weapon on offense will help any QB, but we need Dak throwing 25-30 passes per game in the big games and playoffs. It doesn’t matter how much money he makes; your offense cannot be solely dependent on passing the football, but if the defense crumbles against the good teams and you have no run game for balance, you ask Dak to pass 35-40 times, and that is not good.

The one thing this fan hates with Dak is when he actually commits to an impromptu gamble not seeing out comes with a plan, beyond trying abstract. Too much giving up game plans or even eating small gains.

 

[Chuck 54]

Troy Aikman was 5-14 when he threw 40 passes. In fairness, he was 7-0 when throwing 35 passes per game, but he only did it 7 times in his career.
Dak is 9-17 when throwing 40 passes. Romo was 11-17.
Romo threw more than 35 passes 51 times.
Dak is 26-28 when throwing more than 35 passes. (54 times).

Aikman and Romo both had more arm talent than Dak. But that does seem to matter when QBs are throwing so many times per game.

According to stat muse,

Quarterbacks have a 38 percent win rate all time when throwing >35 pass attempts.​

It’s just NOT a recipe for success.

 

[Chasing6]

Jazz I agree with you that you can’t fix everything in one off-season. But how many offseasons have we known that we can’t stop the run?

Hey I’m glad we got George Pickens. But this defense is still way below what it needs to be and the frustrating thing is, we’ve known it for a very long time. DTs are not as sexy as WRs to Jerry.

And when we get beat again, it will be Dak's fault for not overcoming the deficiencies of an unbalanced and non-complimentary team.

At least for the fans that only see our QB and the other teams QB during a football game.

 

[Pass2Run]

That's exactly what I see!

No it's not. It's what you want to see.

Because you're not looking for anything else.

You agree with a guy who trolls this place with Cowboys hate and has a YouTube channel dedicated to it.

He hates that we got Pickens because it makes us better. Some of you are easy to fool into believing anything, i.e., that he's actually a fellow fan.
***WARNING: Adult language***

 

[gtb1943]

Troy Aikman was 5-14 when he threw 40 passes. In fairness, he was 7-0 when throwing 35 passes per game, but he only did it 7 times in his career.
Dak is 9-17 when throwing 40 passes. Romo was 11-17.
Romo threw more than 35 passes 51 times.
Dak is 26-28 when throwing more than 35 passes. (54 times).

Aikman and Romo both had more arm talent than Dak. But that does seem to matter when QBs are throwing so many times per game.

According to stat muse,

Quarterbacks have a 38 percent win rate all time when throwing >35 pass attempts.​

It’s just NOT a recipe for success.

and that has been pretty consistent even in these days when the game is slanted towards passing in all ways

 

[bigE79]

It’s clearly all Daks fault. Sarcassm

A lot of those points given up was because of ints and pick 6s

 

[tunahelper]

In the last decade, the Cowboys have played in 7 playoff games, winning 2 and losing 5. The two wins in the last decade were a 2018 wild card win vs Seattle and a 2021 wild card win vs Tampa.

The five playoff losses in the last decade are what I want to focus on here because the similarities in what caused those losses are glaring. Those losses aren’t all on the defense. Yes, Dak has some blame for sure. But it’s not all on him either.

Here are the 5 playoff losses in the last decade:

• 2016 L 34-31 vs packers in divisional round at home.
• 2018 L 30-22 vs rams in divisional round on the road.
• 2021 L 23-17 vs niners in wild card round at home.
• 2022 L 19-12 vs niners in divisional round on the road.
• 2023 L 48-32 vs packers in wild card round at home.

I want to look at our common problems in these playoff losses and whether they have been addressed. Here are some stats that show patterns in the 5 playoff losses:

• Cowboys defense in the 5 playoff losses:
  • Avg giving up 31 points per game. (Take out the GB loss and still avg giving up 27 ppg)
  • Avg giving up 157 yards per game on the ground. (Take out the 273 in the 2018 rams L and we still avg giving up nearly 130 yds per game on the ground)
  • 3rd down conversions. In the 5 playoff losses of the last decade, our defense allowed 30 of 58 3rd downs to be converted. 52%!! Horrible.
  • Despite being one of the best sack teams in the league, the Cowboys only had 4 total sacks in all 5 playoff losses. Less than 1 per game.
  • Despite being one of the better defenses to create TOs, our D only had 3 TOs created in the 5 playoff losses.

These 5 losses weren’t all on the defense. Yes, Dak has played poorly at times, especially the last two playoff losses. But if we are being objective, he’s not been as bad as our defense.

Because if you avg giving up 30 points in a playoff game, avg giving up 157 yards rushing in the playoffs, and allow the opponents a 52% third down conversion rate, can’t sack the QB or get TOs, it’s pretty hard to win.

Does the FO understand this yet?

Good points. We put hopes instead of a plan on our ability to stop the run. This front office does not believe in paying for DT that can anchor against the run. Unless the 7th round pick or some street FA show up we will suffer the same fate on defense.

 

[BlindFaith]

In the last decade, the Cowboys have played in 7 playoff games, winning 2 and losing 5. The two wins in the last decade were a 2018 wild card win vs Seattle and a 2021 wild card win vs Tampa.

The five playoff losses in the last decade are what I want to focus on here because the similarities in what caused those losses are glaring. Those losses aren’t all on the defense. Yes, Dak has some blame for sure. But it’s not all on him either.

Here are the 5 playoff losses in the last decade:

• 2016 L 34-31 vs packers in divisional round at home.
• 2018 L 30-22 vs rams in divisional round on the road.
• 2021 L 23-17 vs niners in wild card round at home.
• 2022 L 19-12 vs niners in divisional round on the road.
• 2023 L 48-32 vs packers in wild card round at home.

I want to look at our common problems in these playoff losses and whether they have been addressed. Here are some stats that show patterns in the 5 playoff losses:

• Cowboys defense in the 5 playoff losses:
  • Avg giving up 31 points per game. (Take out the GB loss and still avg giving up 27 ppg)
  • Avg giving up 157 yards per game on the ground. (Take out the 273 in the 2018 rams L and we still avg giving up nearly 130 yds per game on the ground)
  • 3rd down conversions. In the 5 playoff losses of the last decade, our defense allowed 30 of 58 3rd downs to be converted. 52%!! Horrible.
  • Despite being one of the best sack teams in the league, the Cowboys only had 4 total sacks in all 5 playoff losses. Less than 1 per game.
  • Despite being one of the better defenses to create TOs, our D only had 3 TOs created in the 5 playoff losses.

These 5 losses weren’t all on the defense. Yes, Dak has played poorly at times, especially the last two playoff losses. But if we are being objective, he’s not been as bad as our defense.

Because if you avg giving up 30 points in a playoff game, avg giving up 157 yards rushing in the playoffs, and allow the opponents a 52% third down conversion rate, can’t sack the QB or get TOs, it’s pretty hard to win.

Does the FO understand this yet?

So Dak is bad, especially against good teams and our defense sucks?

Has Dak gotten better? Has our defense gotten better?

Why do you think Im screaming about Jethro and his incompetence? Why do you think Im predicting a 6-11 season?

Compared to the changes other teams made, specifically in our division, we've taken a step backwards vs where we were last year. And look how we started last year.

Im not a hater. Im just done being "Blind" to incompetence, across the board.

Between the state of the NFL in general and the state of America ... 's team, its hard, really hard to be optimistic about anything.

 

[CCBoy]

Thank God we've got our history because the last 30 years has been a drought......thank-you Herschel Walker and Jimmie Johnson because the FO cant put together a Championship level roster without the 2 of yous.

The replacement for Jimmy won a Super Bowl and ended up with more wins both in the NFL and College Levels than Jimmy Johnson. Must have been crap and lucky, right...now start the cry routine instead of proving out elements of a competitive sport. That sport changing itself over time. How many years did San Francisco, New York, even Green Bay drop out and decline? Don't dare go back to just blaming Jerry with recent successes by Jerry's team except when injuries to quite a few top shelf players and loss of the team's leader QB.

Cry and insult on your time now.

 

[CCBoy]

Good points. We put hopes instead of a plan on our ability to stop the run. This front office does not believe in paying for DT that can anchor against the run. Unless the 7th round pick or some street FA show up we will suffer the same fate on defense.

Is Jay Ratliff a potential talent with this year's UCLA defensive tackle?

 

[morat1959]

It’s ok to accept the fact that the defense and Dak are awful. That’s how you get to 2-5 over a 10 year period.

 

[phildadon86]

5 sacks? Could that be, in part, because Parsons fades down the stretch? Plays too many snaps early on and wears down.

I want to see him more at LB this year. We have all kinds of edge players. Plus, we need help against the run.

One of the best at run defense at LB in college. Comes to Dallas gets put out as a DE and people say he can’t defend the run. Lol it’s hilarious