Cowboys got beat by greatness

[CF74]

We lost the turnover battle...

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

My sentiments exactly. There is plenty to second guess. It's one of those we have such and such type deals. It's like doing everything as close to perfect as possible and Jordan stealing your heart with a buzzer beater. We played against arguably the best QB ever in his prime talent wise and he got the ball last. You live, learn and move on.

 

[Staubacher]

We got Goffed and Siemianed too.

How do you compete with greatness?

 

[ShiningStar]

Heres how we solve this for Garrett. If we lose, we lose to greatness. The fans will buy that. If we win, we beat perfection. The fans will still love it. Its win win.

 

[Stash]

My sentiments exactly. There is plenty to second guess. It's one of those we have such and such type deals. It's like doing everything as close to perfect as possible and Jordan stealing your heart with a buzzer beater. We played against arguably the best QB ever in his prime talent wise and he got the ball last. You live, learn and move on.

That's the problem.

They didn't "learn" anything. The same stupid RPO crap that cost them a touchdown in week one against the Giants cost them again. Despite the fact that it was called out, admitted, and the offensive coordinator stated that they would rethink it. And yet they did the same exact thing.

No, there is no "learning" happening here.

 

[Stash]

Heres how we solve this for Garrett. If we lose, we lose to greatness. The fans will buy that. If we win, we beat perfection. The fans will still love it. Its win win.

It's actually refreshing to me to see fewer and fewer people trying to rally to Garrett's defense. I see it as a sign that reality is finally starting to settle in.

 

[waving monkey]

We got beat by our own horrible coaching, game/clock management which includes play calling and an inability to cause even the slightest hint of confusion with our defensive schemes. I can recall WAY too many games in the JG era where this has been the case.
Easy to shrug our shoulders and say "well Rodgers is great so he beat us" but why didn't Atlanta give up in last years playoff game knowing the power of Rodgers? Why does Aaron only have one ring? Why do teams even show up to play against Brady knowing how great he is and all. We should probably just stop playing until Rodgers and Brady retire.
Both the Pats and Pack are NOT very talented outside their QBs, plenty of teams with lesser defenses have beaten them esp when their offenses scored 30 points. I admit Rodgers is a great QB but we can't even get them stopped accidentally when it counts and that is usually the same for any other team. The problem is a defensive coordinator who needs 14 all pro players to run his vanilla scheme with any success. When he keeps failing, it's always "well we don't have a lot of talent." There are many players and coaches across sports that got a pass for long after the game has passed them by and that is what we have in Rod.

bs / my finally answer

 

[waving monkey]

It was a good game as would be expected but going for the points when their there isn't bad coaching
especially when you look at how much time they did take off the clock

 

[robbieruff]

I’d say we got beat by mediocrity...called out defense.

 

[Diehardblues]

It was a good game as would be expected but going for the points when their there isn't bad coaching
especially when you look at how much time they did take off the clock

Exactly . Considering there about 10 minutes left when we took over possession I'd argue we managed the clock very well overall on that last drive.

 

[cowboy_ron]

We got beat by Garrett...which is the opposite of greatness.

 

[Alexander]

I’d say we got beat by mediocrity...called out defense.

Goff and the Rams did something similar the previous week.

Had that game not happened, I would get the Rodgers is Superman and it could not be helped.

The plain and simple fact is that the defense and especially the scheme is inept and cannot enforce a lead.

 

[TheHerd]

Exactly . Considering there about 10 minutes left when we took over possession I'd argue we managed the clock very well overall on that last drive.

We managed the clock extremely well - right up until we didn't. When they took the ball over there could be no expectation they'd be able to ice the game with that much time left. But damn if they didn't make it possible. Then, against all odds and with a potential season defining drive and statement game about to completed, stupidity reared its ugly head. Defeat was once again snatched from the jaws of victory.

You are right, it's unrealistic to expect a team to run off 10 minutes to end a game. But the team did the really hard part and made it possible. It's VERY realistic to expect a team to ice 1:20 with a timeout and a 2nd a 2 at the 11. Especially a team which had just accomplished what this team had accomplished over the previous 9 game minutes.

 

[robbieruff]

We managed the clock extremely well - right up until we didn't. When they took the ball over there could be no expectation they'd be able to ice the game with that much time left. But damn if they didn't make it possible. Then, against all odds and with a potential season defining drive and statement game about to completed, stupidity reared its ugly head. Defeat was once again snatched from the jaws of victory.

You are right, it's unrealistic to expect a team to run off 10 minutes to end a game. But the team did the really hard part and made it possible. It's VERY realistic to expect a team to ice 1:20 with a timeout and a 2nd a 2 at the 11. Especially a team which had just accomplished what this team had accomplished over the previous 9 game minutes.

AMEN. That's called a Sisyphean effort...and it's sooooooo US!?!

 

[Diehardblues]

Goff and the Rams did something similar the previous week.

Had that game not happened, I would get the Rodgers is Superman and it could not be helped.

The plain and simple fact is that the defense and especially the scheme is inept and cannot enforce a lead.

I don't recall Goff leading a last minute drive to victory?

 

[Diehardblues]

We managed the clock extremely well - right up until we didn't. When they took the ball over there could be no expectation they'd be able to ice the game with that much time left. But damn if they didn't make it possible. Then, against all odds and with a potential season defining drive and statement game about to completed, stupidity reared its ugly head. Defeat was once again snatched from the jaws of victory.

You are right, it's unrealistic to expect a team to run off 10 minutes to end a game. But the team did the really hard part and made it possible. It's VERY realistic to expect a team to ice 1:20 with a timeout and a 2nd a 2 at the 11. Especially a team which had just accomplished what this team had accomplished over the previous 9 game minutes.

Would you have felt better if we'd of scored on 2nd down?

 

[Stash]

It was a good game as would be expected but going for the points when their there isn't bad coaching
especially when you look at how much time they did take off the clock

Tell yourself whatever you need to.

It was bad coaching.

 

[Dodger12]

Exactly

Also this means we should just forfeit games to GB until AR retires?

Obviously we should forfeit the games. I mean, people act like GB wins the SB every year. We had them in the Matt Flynn game and we had them last Sunday. When the owner/GM realizes that coaching does matter, we'll win more of those games than we lose.

 

[waving monkey]

Tell yourself whatever you need to.

It was bad coaching.

I needed that

 

[Stash]

Exactly . Considering there about 10 minutes left when we took over possession I'd argue we managed the clock very well overall on that last drive.

Yeah, "well" enough to leave Rodgers time to score, no time for ourselves to come back.

But yeah, sure....