As I said, this idea Dak is clutch all boils down to his Linehan years as a game manager, while Dallas fielded the number 1 OL and RG in the league, with Zeke leading the league in rushing attempts year in and out wearing down defenses.
The bogus nature of this claim of being clutch is more than seen in his 2017 performance, particularly when Zeke was suspended and he couldn’t put up double digit points against any team with a winning record. This was also the year he has the highest-rated QBR against the blitz.
Stats are meaningless without context. As I said, presenting these stats like it’s some “new revelation” is completely asinine as this was the “mainstream” claim his first 3 years while all of us Dak-haters were saying this type of stuff is misleading and Dak sucks. Even SI was saying after the 2018 season he is the most clutch QB in the league and we were telling you this is a farce and facade and he’s a bum. You are telling us nothing new and it’s just a re-packaging of an old claim.
Even SI, despite their marketing of him as an “eraser who cleans up the stray marks” knows it was because of Zeke taking all the attention of the defense.
To clarify, he was not the source, the source was Zeke and the OL completely wearing down the front line, where Dak in a simplified offense could sit back and make basis throws up keep the chains moving.
https://www.sbnation.com/platform/a...tt-cowboys-rams-clutch-nfl-playoffs-tony-romo
As I said, when you start to see the OL and RG start to deteriorate, from all-world to what every decent team QB gets to work with regularly, his flaws, his worst being his lack of mental awareness and processing speed, will become more and more apparent. The guy makes some of the most bone-headed decisions of any QB in the league.