Watching 2016 Playoff Game VS GB

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Ring Leader said:
All that genius coaching yet we still picked off Montana 3 times and were a fingertip horse collar tackle away from winning.
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bottom line, we did not make the critical, stop in that final game winning drive
(that included out-coaching Landry) that would have send us to the SB...?

and where were the Montana INTs when we needed them in the final deciding drive that could have
sent us to the SB ?

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I fault Romo for not doing enough in that game. Had he charged onto the field from the sidelines to hit Rodgers on that 2nd down near the end of the game, he and Jeff Heath together could have dislodged the ball and forced a critical fumble.
 
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Doomsday101 said:
He did not play and thus no one knows what the outcome would have been. I love it people use hypotheticals and it always turns out the way they want it, amazing isn't it? lol. Romo may have played great, maybe not, fact is Romo has ample failures in post season so lets not act as if he was a great post season QB the records says otherwise. Hell we don't know if he would have played 4 qrts because of his back issues. We can play this pretend game all day
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I didn't say Dallas would win the game. I said Romo would have recognized the weakness in their defense immediately and would have attacked right away. he would have thrown it all over the building that day. The team wasted the first quarter on offense and the defense was as bad as a defense can be in the first quarter.
 
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JohnsKey19 said:
The Heath sack non-fumble was the play of the game. 95% of the time, the QB fumbles there and Scandrick is there for the likely recovery, if not TD.
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I still do not understand how the ball didn't come out. Its truly amazing. Was a really defeating moment for a huge play in the stadium.
 
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plasticman said:
Just a subset of the Jerry Jones legacy.

That 90's team should have lasted at least a decade, but fizzled due to really poor management. How this team could win a Super Bowl and go 6-10 two seasons later is a tribute to incompetence. After 5 seasons of just riding the talent while contributing nothing, Switzer was finally fired.

Wade Phillips was given a Super Bowl ready team by Parcells but Jones's interference turned great opportunities into historic disappointments.

Currently, after enduring cap hell for many seasons, the scouting department did a marvelous job of supplying real talent only to be destroyed by a very questionable decisions by both coaches and management.

Jerry Jones remains the one element common to all failures over the past 25 seasons.
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Well said.

Jerry playing with his toy.

A quarter century of futility isnt enough to change that stubborn old spoiled man, and I doubt he has done it now, like we are all hoping.

As soon as this team either wins or gets close, MM will be run out of town and puppet in the making Moore will take over.

Its sickening to think that we all have to hope that a stubborn old man can finally learn.
 
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quickccc said:
bottom line, we did not make the critical, stop in that final game winning drive
(that included out-coaching Landry) that would have send us to the SB...?

and where were the Montana INTs when we needed them in the final deciding drive that could have
sent us to the SB ?

:confused:
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We didn't need any Montana excuses in the final drive. In fact, "The Catch" aka "The Fluke" should have been a side-note in that game until the 1 fingered TD saving tackle on Drew Pearson, only to be outdone by the Danny White fumble to seal the loss. We were a just few yards away from field goal range for the game winner and had plenty of chances and time after the Clark abomination.
 
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I am not going to praise this team including Dak for this game because we played poorly and didn't deserve to win. Bottom line we didn't get the job done coaching wise or execution wise on the field. It had no business being that close but like always this team wasn't as good as their record would indicate and all the issues that plagued us all season we got away with except versus new York bit us in the behind.

Why can't we accept this fact and stop praising our players for not winning playoff games. Why does it matter if Dak threw touchdowns to Dez and Witten? They ended up losing just like with Tony.

Both like the rest of this team under deliver in the postseason including Zeke for all you who need to get your paanties in a bunch about mentioning dak and not him.

Everyone on this team caught an L.
 
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fivetwos said:
Well said.

Jerry playing with his toy.

A quarter century of futility isnt enough to change that stubborn old spoiled man, and I doubt he has done it now, like we are all hoping.

As soon as this team either wins or gets close, MM will be run out of town and puppet in the making Moore will take over.

Its sickening to think that we all have to hope that a stubborn old man can finally learn.
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The most telling moment of Jerry Jones's disconnect came after the Cowboys were routed by the Green Bay Packers in game #8 in 2010. The Cowboys were now 1-7.

Jerry had this real confused look on his face as he was being interviewed. They asked him what he thought was the cause for a complete reversal of the previous seasons. He almost seemed to be in shock. He said he didn't know what happened but he would get to the bottom of it.

I was screaming at the TV set after having seen the team give up. "Look in the mirror, now you see the problem!!"

He fooled us again. After firing Wade, he claimed that others would be given more authority to make decisions. However, once again, the moment the Cowboys seemed to be legitimate contenders, there he was,, the center of media attention.

Jerry Jones has told us there will be no changes as to who the GM will be until he is dead. He didn't exactly describe it that way but if continues to refuse to step down then it is the same.
 
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We didn't need any Montana excuses in the final drive. In fact, "The Catch" aka "The Fluke" should have been a side-note in that game until the 1 fingered TD saving tackle on Drew Pearson, only to be outdone by the Danny White fumble to seal the loss. We were a just few yards away from field goal range for the game winner and had plenty of chances and time after the Clark abomination.
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those are the plays that winners make ...and the plays that the losers do not make... that decide the advancement
to the Super Bowl ..that was an 89 yard winning drive that coaches and players did not adjust ..and it sent us home sulking.
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Bobhaze said:
Somehow, Garrett is the more popular scapegoat for failure. He certainly deserves his share but as you truthfully point out, the biggest reason the last qtr century has not been great for playoff wins sits in the owners box, and currently on a giant yacht.
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Tom Landry had a quote that said essentially, you have to create a plan but the most important aspect is you have to stick to your plan.

I'm not claiming the results would have been different but Garrett described his plan before the 2011 season, his first as permanent HC. Season to season, I noticed events that were contrary to his plan and knew he had been overruled by someone.

I truly believe that, in sports, you can't have decisions by committee. There has got to be a singular authority at the top and their authority as far as the team itself cannot be compromised or undermined by anyone else. Once the GM has hired a HC and once the players are acquired with the necessary contracts, he must allow the HC to assume command of the team. The team must understand that the HC is the only authority from that point on. Anytime a player feels as though he can have a coaching decision overturned it is the end of that HC and the team as well.
 
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plasticman said:
Tom Landry had a quote that said essentially, you have to create a plan but the most important aspect is you have to stick to your plan.

I'm not claiming the results would have been different but Garrett described his plan before the 2011 season, his first as permanent HC. Season to season, I noticed events that were contrary to his plan and knew he had been overruled by someone.

I truly believe that, in sports, you can't have decisions by committee. There has got to be a singular authority at the top and their authority as far as the team itself cannot be compromised or undermined by anyone else. Once the GM has hired a HC and once the players are acquired with the necessary contracts, he must allow the HC to assume command of the team. The team must understand that the HC is the only authority from that point on. Anytime a player feels as though he can have a coaching decision overturned it is the end of that HC and the team as well.
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Well said. I think one sad reason JJ allowed Garrett to stay for a decade while only qualifying for the playoffs 3 times was this: Jason Garrett allowed Jerry to be involved more than any other self respecting NFL head coach would have tolerated. Hopefully Jerry has hired a HC in McCarthy that will be able to coach this team and function as a real NFL HC.
 
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1 TD in the first 3 quarters against one of the worst defenses in the league... Dallas made it close at the end but that was not the way they won games in 2016. Missed opportunity.
 
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MikeB80 said:
I didn't say Dallas would win the game. I said Romo would have recognized the weakness in their defense immediately and would have attacked right away. he would have thrown it all over the building that day. The team wasted the first quarter on offense and the defense was as bad as a defense can be in the first quarter.
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why Romo was no stranger to getting off to slow starts. I do agree team wasted 1st qrt with dropped passes that would have kept drives alive but instead punted.
 

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Bobhaze said:
If Romo started the GB playoff game, he probably gets injured in the first quarter. People forget how fragile he was the last two years he played. His back was terrible.
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Certainly a possibility but you play your best players especially in playoff games. If he has been cleared medically & wants to play, that's all you needed to know. If you weren't going to allow him back on the field, why bring him back from Injured Reserve?
A good coach would have had Tony & Dak play. I simply don't go down with bullets in the chamber. We should have beaten GB. Who knows what happens against Atlanta.
 
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quickccc said:
Anytime we are in the playoffs - it has always been about the Defense. whether we advance to the level.
or if we fail and get knocked outta playoffs (see 2014, 2016 losses to GB, and horrid run defense loss vs Rams in 2018)

For all this hype and hurrah of the offense per Dak, McCarthy, Lamb, Cooper, Gallup, Zeke, Pollard, and Jarwin, ...it is going to come down to the state and performance of the defense.

We have never had enough defense to propel us to advance - it's always been the issue that eventually sends us home again, ..or the reason why we cannot even make the playoffs.

and how many defensive coordinators and coaches are we gonna have to go through Wade Phillips, Rob Ryan Kiffin, Marinelli, Eberflus, Richard, etc., etc. ?
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Good point about the coaches. I have serious doubts about Nolan improving the defense to anything other than average, but average is a huge improvement over Marinelli and his simple, outdated defense.
 
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