28-10 before 1st INT

[CoachD]

Yup the game was over before the first pick but these fantasy football morons will come out and bash Dak but you never hear a damn thing about Josh Allen when he threw three picks in a loss to the Jets!

 

[JBS]

Not really. It’s not a huge deficit and there was plenty of time left. 3 score comebacks happen multiple times every week, but the offense was awful.

Yeah. Not a huge deficit at all. Only down 3 scores on the road to the best team in the nfl and a far superior team than ours. Easy. No sweat.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Dak has engineered three TD drives when starting on his side of the field in three games against the Niners. The games have featured different game plans and different systems. He’s had Amari Cooper, he’s had Brandin Cooks.

I remember when Steve Young couldn’t beat the Cowboys. Most of the time, the Niners moved the ball well. They were just turnover prone. When they cut down on the turnovers, Young won a few.

This isn’t the case with Dak. You’re right, it’s not the turnovers. The problem is he’s not capable of consistently completing passes against the Niners defense.

Through not fault of his own, he’s not good enough.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Let's say Dak didn't throw ANY picks after being down 28-10.

If anyone here thinks the defense would have gotten enough stops for Dak and the offense to engineer a comeback you need to pinch yourselves and wake up.

Like the OP says, Dak was bad. But for the media to harp on the three picks makes you wonder if they even watched the game or are just reading a stat sheet.

 

[SultanOfSix]

So Dak and the offense mostly sucking before he threw the three “irrelevant” picks is some kind of consolation?

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

Like the OP says, Dak was bad. But for the media to harp on the three picks makes you wonder if they even watched the game or are just reading a stat sheet.

That goes both ways. The offense did nothing when the defense was generating stops. In fact much of the first quarter and second quarter saw the defense gets stops and the offense simply go 3 and out over and over again.

 

[nate dizzle]

Yup the game was over before the first pick but these fantasy football morons will come out and bash Dak but you never hear a damn thing about Josh Allen when he threw three picks in a loss to the Jets!

Dam you Josh Allen!!! *shakes fist at the sky*

 

[xwalker]

And Dak's three 3 and outs to start the game were a huge part of that. INT's are not everything.

Yes, my point is that the only relevant analysis of that game would be of the 1st half.

What went wrong in the 1st half?
- McCarthy and Dak too conservative.

The 2nd half they decided to start forcing it.

Good offense is in the middle between too conservative and forcing it.

 

[xwalker]

1) With 20 or so minutes left, while unlikely, Dallas could have still made it a game. Dak's interceptions killed that. You can't just magically make interceptions go away. And in fairness, not all three were his fault. The Gallup one was likely Gallup's fault.

2) Let's not gloss over the fact one reason the game was 28-10, which allows you to try to pretend Dak's interceptions were no big deal, is the fact Dak played crappily to start the game.

I only care about where they need to focus to avoid a repeat.

They were too conservative. If they focus on 2nd half INTs, then they'll come out too conservative again.

They need to split the difference between too conservative in the 1st and forcing it in the 2nd.

 

[Chuck 54]

They had a quarter and a half yet to play, and only down 3 scores. It was far from over until he sealed the deal with 3 straight picks.

It was over when the offense cut the lead to 14-7 with a nice drive, but the defense followed that with a bunch of penalties and allowed SF to wear their bits out on a nice 75 yard drive for another TD.