Dallas had the better QB by a far higher margin therefore were able to get more out of their weapons. You could put Mahomes with average weapons and those weapons would outproduce putting Brian Hoyer with all pro weapons. I thought the honest goal was to compare the players without factoring in the QB. Your knock on the Seahawks OLine for being no name is kind of part of the problem of Dallas in that all their players are known but known does not mean good nor does unknown mean bad. As an example since you cited the RBs against SF in the playoffs Kenneth Walker averaged 4.2 YPC on 15 carries and neither Pollard nor Zeke last game were close to that and a lot of that was the blocking for Seattle was simply better. While there are more technical ways to look at it, measuring blocking against the same opponent seemed at least fair starting point for a hypothesis.
The reason that Dallas lost yesterday was because of QB play difference. Dallas has plenty of offensive firepower that outpaced Seattle (over the entire season using season totals previously mentioned. Seattle ran for a whopping 107 yards (combined) that is somehow way better than the 76 the Cowboys ran for (showing far better weapons lol) when comparing the two games.
Geno went 25/35 for 253 yards 2 TDs and 1 interception and a 98.9 rating.
Dak went 23/37 for 206 yards 1 TD and 2 picks and a 63.6 rating.
DK Metcalf went for about the same as Ceedee Lamb. The turnover margin was 2-0 SF against Seattle. And 2-1 against the Cowboys with the Cowboys getting the ball on the SF 21 after the fumble recovery. Field position was good to very good multiple times in the game for the Cowboys. Maher made both field goals. The offensive line played very well against the SF front and the SF defense only had 3 tackles for loss, one sack, and 4 QB hits. The Cowboys scored 12 points vs Seattle scoring 23.
Stop the nonsense of the mighty 9-8 middle of the pack Seattle Seahawks with a middle of the pack set of weapons is somehow way better than Dallas. There is almost no difference in running totals and only slightly higher totals in the passing game.
