People keep saying he “took” a sack. He had no time due to Steele. He didn’t take a sack. He was sacked due to Steele being a turnstile.
Disagree and the tape does NOT support this.
Dak had 3.6 seconds from snap to first defender contact. Yes that is a 'short' window and of course we would prefer Steele to hold BUT that for most NFL QBs that is long enough to make a throw, particularly on 6-10 yard goal line plays. In fact the tape shows that Dak had Turpin and Ferguson ahead of their defenders and could have thrown a ball deeper into the EndZone.. best case the receiver runs on to it.. worst case it is OOB and we get another 3 shots.
I'm not saying Steele did well or that it was ideal.. but Dak has long enough to plant his feet and find a throw. He pulls his SECOND hitch down and turns back into the defender. It is just a monumentally stupid play by our QB.. best case scenario we now have him on a broken play searching for an option, at risk of sack.. and the seconds being burnt off the clock. There was NO good outcome the moment Dak pulled the ball back.
Sorry.. I can agree he played well until that point or whatever.. but he stuffed that play and, in reality, ended that game with a single crucial bad decision. The real problem is that it is a bad decision we have seen him make time and time and time again. It is the same problem he has with needing receivers to be open for literal seconds before he releases the ball. These are well known flaws of Dak and time and time again, in the clutch, we see them cost us games.
I don't care what his stats were or how good he played for the rest of the game.. it is those moments that determine if you are a 'good' team or one that can win a SB. We are a good team. We are not good enough to win a SB with Dak as our QB.