Game Day *** Cowboys vs Seahawks post game thread ***

[khiladi]

Dak routinely puts up 300 against bad defenses. He's better than a back up. But he's not close to elite. He's not close to great.

And the D isn't an excuse, they suck. It's totally unrelated to how good or bad Dak plays. The D is pathetic.

I respect your take, because you don’t take it personal. I do think the D is an excuse, when you are giving the ball back consistently, making the defense tired. That being said, Dak has shown just how ‘good’ he is when he loses even one skilled player.

 

[Floatyworm]

Welp....I'll just put this right here...

 

[Miller]

Why can’t we use our backs...Pollard..like Saints use Kamara? I see these well designed plays out of the backfield and it looks so good...and foreign

 

[Pantone282C]

It's a maddening loss, as once again we beat ourselves with numerous basic, but big mistakes. The Seahawks made one and had no turnovers. We let this W slip away.

We had 'em where we wanted 'em, but couldn't hold the lead.

 

[khiladi]

Welp....I'll just put this right here...

Dallas went cover 2, rushing only 4, because they were scared of RW, period..

 

[Pantone282C]

Welp....I'll just put this right here...

Ouch. At least Aldon gave him hell.

 

[Pantone282C]

Need to learn to aim at the opponent, not their own foot.

 

[Hennessy_King]

Welp....I'll just put this right here...

Watching the game it seemed longer lol

 

[Dre11]

I think a lot of the team’s issues are having to deal with critical injuries in key positions and learning on the fly because of COVID and a shortened training camp with no preseason. I don’t want to see a death spiral of media criticism towards MM after three games.

I’ve seen bright spots. Haven’t you?

the bright spot is offense, but we've seen that over the years, we've never fielded a good enough defense since damn near the 90's.

 

[Pantone282C]

Gotta say the receivers were on task today. Dak was hot, but he can't always win coming from behind.

 

[Floatyworm]

Dallas went cover 2, rushing only 4, because they were scared of RW, period..

Didn't help that Seattle got away w/ 50 holding calls.....but hey....who's counting?

 

[Pantone282C]

Didn't help that Seattle got away w/ 50 holding calls.....but hey....who's counting?

The refs certainly weren't.

 

[Floatyworm]

Ouch. At least Aldon gave him hell.

Was looking @ some stats....Aldon got jipped out of a half a sack...He should of had 3.5.....still credited for

3 sacks
2 TFL
1 PD
4 QB hits
4 solo tackles.....and was held over a dozen times.

Could be the defensive player of the week in a loss.....

 

[Shane612]

Dak does need to step up in big games and bring home wins. That’s an area he’s got to improve obviously but don’t forget it’s a team game unlike any other sport.

I believe we are going to win this division and if we can stop the injury plague and get healthy, we are going to be a very different team by the end of the season.

To be fair, you don't need a super QB to win NFC East.

 

[khiladi]

Didn't help that Seattle got away w/ 50 holding calls.....but hey....who's counting?

Doesn’t help that Moore and Zeke are saddled with Dak...

 

[Floatyworm]

Through three games of the Mike McCarthy era, the Cowboys have held a lead for 14 minutes and 23 seconds. That's 8 percent of total game time thus far.

So what does that say? Defense can't hold a lead????

 

[jjktkk]

I think that there are a LOT of issues. Plenty before we get to trying to blame it on the quarterback.

I'd start with a defense that can't stop anything. Run, pass, pass rush, can't hold a lead. Not only did they give up the lead with a touchdown, they gifted a two point conversion while they were at it.

They put the offense in a position of zero margin for error.

Then I'd look at special teams that bungled a kickoff that led to a safety and loss of a possession and then blew two extra points.

The quarterback's mistakes are way down that lost.

If he doesn't make the plays that he does, the Cowboys are never even in that game.

The problem is, fair or not, the QB's mistakes are magnified just because of the position he plays as well as being the QB of the Dallas Cowboys. It also doesn't help that it was 3rd down when Dak threw that pick. And, fair or not, I also factor in Dak's contract. I admire Dak's never quit attitude, but the timing of that interception was horrible.

Welp....I'll just put this right here...

A lot of this I attribute to Wilson's ability to avoid the rush, sense the rush, and buy time in the pocket. Dak is nowhere near Wilson's level in these departments.

 

[TheHerd]

We had 'em where we wanted 'em, but couldn't hold the lead.

4th and 3, and we're playing a soft zone with no one on the TE. Makes sense.

 

[Stash]

The problem is, fair or not, the QB's mistakes are magnified just because of the position he plays as well as being the QB of the Dallas Cowboys. It also doesn't help that it was 3rd down when Dak threw that pick. And, fair or not, I also factor in Dak's contract. I admire Dak's never quit attitude, but the timing of that interception was horrible.

You have to ask yourself HOW and WHY things came to that.

How did a three man rush get to the quarterback two plays in a row?

Why did Connor Williams block NOBODY while never even looking to his left?

There's more to it than "the quarterback".

 

[khiladi]

Dak had around 3.2 seconds to throw last year against the Vikings, meaning the most time that week. Dak-stans will say Dak carried the team then. Now they’ll blame the defense for RW.