Exactly why do they keep talking about the two early interceptions which by the way could be debated whether that was Prescott's fault or whether it was cooks being interfered with and lamb running the wrong route as far as where Prescott thought he was gonna be but that's a whole nother story but I see games all the time where they're defense is bow up and they're good enough to help stop the bleeding until the offense is catch up and last night was a perfect example of low scoring first half those quarterbacks were doing nothing those offenses were being shut down by great defenses and it slowly scratched their way toward the offensive started being functional ohh defense was never like that not once this year or in the playoffs have they done that...
This was a perfect example of it but let's just remember I've seen Troy Aikman throw interceptions in Super Bowls I've seen them be behind at halftime struggle in the defense got them back in the game... And how about just having a good run game you don't have to have a great running back but you can develop and scheme a great run game that's good enough and that you stick to it with great defense it gives your offense time to catch up... I literally watched Matthew Stafford lead the league in interceptions throw 2 interceptions in a Super Bowl and still they won the game I've literally saw Tom Brady throw 3 interceptions in an NFC championship game and his defense bail him out since when does Dan Quinn's defenses or let's just go all the way back to 2016 when is the Cowboys defense bailed out the offense even if we could admit the offense has been average and even bad at times it looked a whole lot like last night you seen teams make some mistakes you seen me scoring kept to a minimum and it was one of those battles like you see it heavyweight they know it's 12 rounds the beginning of the games they just are feeling each other out trying to expose the game plans and figuring out a way but you can't do that when your defense gives up seven points right out the gate and then proceeds to give up touchdowns all the way to the end of the game...
For sure I'm not letting our offense off the hook but you gotta look at game plans coaching one-dimensional football situational football and our defense literally have been more of the problem in the playoffs than anything else...
We have not had a championship defense in quite a while and we also haven't had a strong run game in the playoffs these are things Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach had every single time they stepped into a big game they can count on those two things they did not need to be the hero they did not need to feel the pressure or forcing things and yet they still made mistakes and yet they still won championships..
Our team seems to have made our fan base think that we have to play perfect on offense and our quarterbacks need to be Superman and played great from start to finish flawless football never punt scoring every drive make up excuses for our defense and literally show me the defense in the run game isn't that the two things in the trenches that wins championships...
Show me dak Prescott's teams that came into a big game you know the ones we can't get past in the playoffs and show me where he had a strong run game a consistent run game with the offensive line at least playing up to par they don't need to be playing great and show me that great defense show me the games where that all came together??
I'm not gonna wait because you're not gonna find it almost all these losses in the playoffs have the same stink on them at some point all three phases have failed and then you have the fourth phase coaching game plans and adjustments have failed and yet we sit and talk about the quarterback it isn't just the quarterback like Bob said in his post you can win with a good quarterback he does not have to be Patrick mahomes but it sure is nice when you're on a team that plays solid football in all three phases it has each other's back and a coaching staff that can make adjustments....
