Tom Brady, the GOAT, threw 3 INT's in the 2020 NFC championship game and his team bailed him out. The first INT was midway through the 3rd quarter and the other two were in the 4th quarter. People don't remember that because they won. They won because the rest of the team stepped up when Brady was having a bad game.
That is what championship teams do. There are times when it is someone else's turn to be the hero but nobody stepped up against the 49ers.
Dak's first INT came on 3rd and 9 after Zeke gained one yard on 1st and ten while Pollard was stopped for no gain on 2nd and 9, Bpth INT's came in the first half and in the first play of the 4th quarter the 49ers broke a 9-9 tie with a TD that made it 16-9.
I'm not defending Dak, he played a horrible game. However, the outcome of the game was always in question and a big play by any Cowboys player could have sent them to the NFC championship game.
Instead, we had Zeke's effort of 10 carries for 26 yards. The Cowboys had 7 penalties, their highest number in seven games. Gallup delivered 0 receptions on three pass attempts.
Dak threw 17 INT's last season when you include the playoffs. However, 14 of them were in the first half of the game which means they really didn't effect the outcome, not to mention, many of them bounced off the hands of a receiver.
Again, I am not defending Dak, I'm saying that when he had poor performances that led to defeat, he had accomplices. Other teammates on offense rarely stepped up to alleviate the pressure.
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