5 Positives, 5 Negatives

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CATCH17 said:
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.
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Agree 100%.Dak has no anticipation,won’t generally throw unless open by 10 yds.He’s probably never heard the phrase “throwing somebody open.”That’s what “elite” QB’s do.But, Dak isn’t close to elite,maybe slightly above average.
 
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You guys who worship at the Dak alter are going to sow what you reap over the next 3 years. This Dak movie in tough team games is going to replay itself over the remainder of his contract, sad to say. Jerry loves to
spend his money on dry holes as a wildcatter and he doesn't like to draft top flight QB's as you can see over the last 26 years. This team is toast for the next few years at least. i expect the results we saw against the niners so I'm not that upset at the results. Many of you fans depict the Parcells mantra of eating the cheese. You just don't see that doing the same dumb things will get you the same horrible results. At least we can beat up on the East.
 
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Sydla said:
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?
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They would have been better but would probably still have dropped too many catchable balls and struggled to get open especially later in the season. You could also argue that the lack of a functioning run game didn't help them much either.
 
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Pompey-Cowboy said:
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.
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They do not want to hear logic. Not in their narrative or agenda.

I did not like Dak's performance either, and he slid down on my meter as to moving forward. But we have him for another 3 years, so will still support him.
However, it is also a team game. That defense ugly warts showed us big time, they are not what they seem to be.
Moore showed us is is NOT a boy wonder at all.

Team has no discipline (penalties), and that is a coaching problem. So if some of these coaches leave, is it really all that bad?
 
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Pompey-Cowboy said:
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?
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Hard to argue. Ill add two each of my own

Positives:
-Pollard looked like he could be a legitimate featured back
- We have players capable of getting to the QB, as well as creating TO's. If we lose Quinn, thats a good start for his replacement

Negatives:
-OL is regressing fast
- Outside of Parsons, middle of the defense is lacking. We have some nice rotational DT's, but I dont know that any of them are +starter caliber. We are also very weak at LB minus Parson. And thats a problem especially if we use Parsons as a pass rusher
 
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Pompey-Cowboy said:
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.

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Add to the positives: Sweeping the entire division.
 
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Pompey-Cowboy said:
They would have been better but would probably still have dropped too many catchable balls and struggled to get open especially later in the season. You could also argue that the lack of a functioning run game didn't help them much either.
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The offense is a whole didnt play well the 2nd half of the season. Its really not a "chicken or the egg" thing. The whole show was way off. Dak was off. The OL struggled. WR's had back breaking drops. All of those things happened independently
 
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Sydla said:
Frankly, I'd put the entire offense on the negative list, sans maybe Martin.
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And maybe Pollard. I can't think back to a time he really cost us. Or a game thinking "Tony Pollard is really killing us right now"

But at the same time, maybe he wasnt important enough to really qualify. If thats the case, if your 2nd most consistent player being more or a role player, you have some real work to do
 

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Pompey-Cowboy said:
They would have been better but would probably still have dropped too many catchable balls and struggled to get open especially later in the season. You could also argue that the lack of a functioning run game didn't help them much either.
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FWIW, this appears to be more myth than reality based on what people who have seen the All 22 have said. Shoot, during the game, Romo was even pointing out situations where guys were open and Dak just couldn't find them.
 

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And maybe Pollard. I can't think back to a time he really cost us. Or a game thinking "Tony Pollard is really killing us right now"

But at the same time, maybe he wasnt important enough to really qualify. If thats the case, if your 2nd most consistent player being more or a role player, you have some real work to do
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Yeah Pollard too. He did what was asked of him.
 
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Sydla said:
Yeah Pollard too. He did what was asked of him.
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I get that Troy Hambrick Syndrome is very real. But if you have a guy averaging 5.5 yards a carry and you only give him the ball 130 times, you better be firing on all cylinders everywhere else. We definitely were not
 
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Pompey-Cowboy said:
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.
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IMO, QB position requires that you think fast and be creative when things break down, and not be a sitting duck. QB position is the only position that allows for that.
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Don't you think if Dak had the talent/ability to improvise when things break down, this team would be MUCH more formidable?
That would help out the defense, the special teams coaches...etc...
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Dak is still a young man, but he plays like a man who's couple of years away from retirement.
 
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Chris Jones is a perfect example of what is wrong with Jerry Jones as GM, or whoever is the stubborn fools running this team. Until Bryan Anger came along we settled for Chris Jones and were told he was a really good punter. He wasn't. He had a nasty habit of hitting a bad punt when the Cowboys most needed a good one. Of course once Anger came along and started making those big punts at the absolute best time for the Cowboys we learned that yeah, Jones really did suck after all. Jerry was thinking why spend money on a punter.

He is doing the same thing with Zeke now. And Zurlein. And a few other players on the team. To me, this is the behavior Jerry needs to correct. Never settle. Always look to improve at EVERY position.
 
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