I believe there were numerous reasons to blame including Dak, but there was one in particular that stood out to me like an elephant in the room.....Dan Quinn! I rewatched that game recently on the NFL channel and I spotted the same elephant that stood out the 1st time:
Dan Quinn made NO adjustments! None! I'm not sure how DQ could say he was even watching the game!
One of the announcers made the remark in the 1st half: "The Cowboys DBs are playing a lot softer coverage than they usually play!" The announcer said that!
And he was exactly right! GB receivers were wide open play after play. The Cowboys normally play more man coverage but against GB they were playing zone. And when they lined up, our backs were playing way off of the receivers. Extremely soft, just like the announcer said. GB was killing us with the pass because their receivers were WIDE OPEN!!
Meantime, Dan Quinn did NOTHING to change that! WHY?
I don't know for sure whether the defense actually quit or not, I do know Dak made his share of mistakes, and I also know if Dan Quinn's head had been in the game where it shoulda been and had made the adjustments that any DC worth his salt would've made in that pass defense, we wouldn't have been shamed the way we were.
Dan Quinn was the biggest rat on that field.
I for one am extremely glad that DQ is gone from the Cowboys.