Hawkeye19
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#1-- I'm not talking about all teams in all years. I am talking about the 2018 and 2019 Dallas Cowboys, respectively, attempting to gauge the year-to-year status based on two games against the Saints. Last year, the Saints were great, with Drew Brees at the helm. We beat them. This year, the Saints are great again, but now with a backup qb. We should have beat them again. We couldn't. Why is that? Is it because of coaching, or is it because of talent? That is the question.
#2-- How we started last year is of no import to these Dallas Cowboys. How we finished, however, is. Are we better or worse than last year? We beat the Saints last year and lost to them this. That indicates we are definitely worse.
Everyone blamed Linehan, but Garrett is the HC. He's the ultimate decider of what the offense will be, and the offense looked very much like a Garrett play-not-to-lose. The don't blame Garrett shtick is what's old, because when the blame is pretty clearly justified, folks like you are running pathetic interference.
Did Garrett not block the NO DL all night? Did Garrett fumble the ball on two key drives? Did Garrett miss a wide open Cobb in the back of the endzone or on another key third down? No.
The players did not win key matchups throughout the contest— particularly the OL.
Home teams get 3 points for a reason, and in this case, both home teams have won by a FG or less. Our D bottled up and frustrated a HOF QB last year, this year the Saints were able to disrupt our OL and control the LOS from start to finish.
Folks like you look at one game, over react, jump to conclusions about the identity of the team this year, ignore facts, and tout the tired narrative of Garrett sucks. It’s boring.