Anybody Else Irked By It Being Just 6 Points?

Portnoy1

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I personally hated the lose, but I loved the way it happened. It shows a big chunk of the issue.

Dak put an already struggling defense on the field after a boneheaded int. Said defense struggles but does just enough in the way of stops to allow Dak time to get rolling (which he does).

Then with 3 minutes (a two minute warning time out) and possession of the football with a chance to win it and the entire playbook at your disposal Dak couldn’t even get 10 yards.

This is a game he needed to win and was given everything to do it. And he didn’t. The game ended appropriately with the spotlight being on him and the offense.
 

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At the end of regulation with 1:00 and 1 TO left?

Scoring a TD, then recovering an onside kick?

Come on
I have two since 1999. I’ll see if I can find more before that:


Browns at Bears 2001:

Cleveland is down 14, scores a TD with 32 seconds left, gets the onside kick, uses their final TO and scores an TD again at the buzzer, wins in overtime.


Browns at Patriots 2013:

Final 1:01 of regulation, Patriots down 13, Brady throws a TD to Edelman, gets the onside kick, throws TD to Amendola to win with only 1 TO in between.
 
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Its these meaningless 4th quarter offensive splurges when the game is pretty much lost that keeps the charade going. The Lions weren't having it b/c I think Dan Campbell just really hates jerry.
 

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I have two since 1999. I’ll see if I can find more before that:


Browns at Bears 2001:

Cleveland is down 14, scores a TD with 32 seconds left, gets the onside kick, uses their final TO and scores an TD again at the buzzer, wins in overtime.


Browns at Patriots 2013:

Final 1:01 of regulation, Patriots down 13, Brady throws a TD to Edelman, gets the onside kick, throws TD to Amendola to win with only 1 TO in between.
2 since ‘99 is “many times”?
 

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Dak had his chance again and he failed again.
He failed again? This was his only failure this season in the final moments when we had a chance to win. Against Baltimore he brought us back from a huge deficit and put us in position for a game winning drive but we couldn’t stop the Ravens on a 3rd and 6 and they were able to run out the clock. Against Pittsburgh, Dak led us us on a last ditch game winning drive in the final moments. Keep living in the moment.
 

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2 since ‘99 is “a lot”?
I didn’t say a lot, I said many times, which is more than a few times. Twice in 25% of the NFL’s history would imply it’s happened many times in the totality of NFL’s history

That’s if we’re no longer arguing the possibility of the play and have devolved in pedantic semantics
 

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He failed again? This was his only failure this season in the final moments when we had a chance to win. Against Baltimore he brought us back from a huge deficit and put us in position for a game winning drive but we couldn’t stop the Ravens on a 3rd and 6 and they were able to run out the clock. Against Pittsburgh, Dak led us us on a last ditch game winning drive in the final moments. Keep living in the moment.
I was referring to the final drive in SF and at home where he had plenty of time to get it done….playoffs
 

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Baby Dak needs another Diaper change...................0-4.....
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I didn’t say a lot, I said many times, which is more than a few times. Twice in 25% of the NFL’s history would imply it’s happened many times in the totality of NFL’s history

That’s if we’re no longer arguing the possibility of the play and have devolved in pedantic semantics
I don’t care what kind of math you use…2 times in the last 25 years (about 7,000 games) is not “many times”
 

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Dak had his chance again and he failed again. Same thing happened a couple of years ago in the playoffs against them. Plenty of time to win the game and couldn’t get one yard. This contract is Carson Wentz city USA…..
not that he deserves any defense, and not like he didn't have multiple other downs, but that pass to turpin was gorgeous.
 

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I didn’t say a lot, I said many times, which is more than a few times. Twice in 25% of the NFL’s history would imply it’s happened many times in the totality of NFL’s history

That’s if we’re no longer arguing the possibility of the play and have devolved in pedantic semantics
semantics would be distorting the definition of "many" which is "a large number of" lol
 

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Some people have complete blinders on when comparing Romo and Dak. Anytime you lose a football game because the other team scores 51 points, it's not the QB. That's a game, the backup QB should have been in with 10 minutes left to go in the 4th quarter.
Clearly, you didn't actually watch that game.
Or, dementia may be settling in.
 

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Clearly, you didn't actually watch that game.
Or, dementia may be settling in.
Actually I did watch that game. It's apparent that you didn't understand my post. Romo threw for 506 yards and 5 TDs. I invite anyone to try to find another QB that ever lost a game with those stats. But congratulations, yes I admit that Romo's one interception at the end of the game was responsible for 3 of the 51 points that Denver scored. My point being, that when your QB has a career day like he had, he should have been on the sideline for most of the last quarter watching the backups drain the clock. Not having to be on the field in the last minute of the game because the defense was incapable of stopping the Broncos from tying the score at 48.
 

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I don't know why running was not an option on that last drive......at least try to make it second, third, or fourth and short. The offense is so predictable. They expected you to pass and you fell right into their trap.
 

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Actually I did watch that game. It's apparent that you didn't understand my post. Romo threw for 506 yards and 5 TDs. I invite anyone to try to find another QB that ever lost a game with those stats. But congratulations, yes I admit that Romo's one interception at the end of the game was responsible for 3 of the 51 points that Denver scored. My point being, that when your QB has a career day like he had, he should have been on the sideline for most of the last quarter watching the backups drain the clock. Not having to be on the field in the last minute of the game because the defense was incapable of stopping the Broncos from tying the score at 48.
You’re right. I didn't understand your post. You literally said that, in a game where your opponent scores 51 points, to just put the backup QB in with 10 minutes left in the game.
I understand it better now. My bad.

Romo was awesome in that game.
It really sucked that he ends up tripping on his lineman at the end. That's all that a certain crowd chooses to remember. Like it was somehow Romo's fault that his All-Pro lineman got pushed back.
 

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Vegas called in…. People don’t just bet on wins and losses, they bet on spreads..
 

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I agree Mountaineer. There was actually a moment in this game which was either late 3rd quarter or early 4th quarter - can't remember. But, the previous drive, Purdy scored on a QB sneak from the 3-yard line to put them up 27-10. Following the ensuing typical Dak-led drive which stalled immediately, the 49ers got the ball back. They were facing a 3rd down and 1. Rather than run the ball to pick up what should have been an easy 1st down, the 49ers got cute and rolled out Purdy who threw an incomplete pass, afterwards which they punted. I think had they gotten that 1st down, they would have driven down and scored again - and the route would have been on. Instead, the 49ers forgot how to play defense on our next two offensive series leading to two easy TD throws to Lamb, serving only to make the loss more appealing to some.
We wore them down.

Defeating us is exhausting.
 
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