Dak Did What Romo Couldn't Do But Can McCarthy?

[Runwildboys]

Why do y'all keep saying they shouldn't have been in the playoffs? If not the Buccs then who? The Saints? The Panthers? They were definitely the best in that division. This is the same team that whooped us first game of the season lol.

They barely had a winning record. They only got into the playoffs because their division sucked

 

[DFWJC]

They barely had a winning record. They only got into the playoffs because their division sucked

got that right
and btw, they had a LOSING record. 8-9

Of the 17 playoff games we've had since our last Super Bowl, I put them as the worst team we have faced other than maybe 1996 Minnesota.
2019 Seattle was not too hot either, especially seeing that we go them at home

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

They barely had a winning record. They only got into the playoffs because their division sucked

Yeah but that's now the NFL works.....there are always division winners better than other division winners. Giants won ONE MORE GAME than the Buccaneeers and beat the Vikings but I don't hear anyone saying they didn't belong. Mind you the Buccaneers sat their starters last game of the season and lost.

A division winner is a division winner. Now they didn't deserve home field but they deserved a spot in the playoffs. Their record was around the same as the Seahawks and Giants who were wild card teams so not sure how those teams deserve to get in but not them.

got that right
and btw, they had a LOSING record. 8-9

Of the 17 playoff games we've had since our last Super Bowl, I put them as the worst team we have faced other than maybe 1996 Minnesota.
2019 Seattle was not too hot either, especially seeing that we go them at home

Let's put some context there. Buccaneers sat their starters last game. You're trying to devalue all of our opponents that featured Dak which is a expected tactic but at the end of the day this is the same team that beat the breaks off us just this season. SAme team that people had us losing to. Now that they beat them now they suck lol. Alright lol. That Giants team stunk and had to go on a winning streak to get into the playoffs and beat us in 2007 too.....beat us at home too.

 

[DFWJC]

Yeah but that's now the NFL works.....there are always division winners better than other division winners. Giants won ONE MORE GAME than the Buccaneeers and beat the Vikings but I don't hear anyone saying they didn't belong. Mind you the Buccaneers sat their starters last game of the season and lost.

A division winner is a division winner. Now they didn't deserve home field but they deserved a spot in the playoffs. Their record was around the same as the Seahawks and Giants who were wild card teams so not sure how those teams deserve to get in but not them.


Let's put some context there. Buccaneers sat their starters last game. You're trying to devalue all of our opponents that featured Dak which is a expected tactic but at the end of the day this is the same team that beat the breaks off us just this season. SAme team that people had us losing to. Now that they beat them now they suck lol. Alright lol. That Giants team stunk and had to go on a winning streak to get into the playoffs and beat us in 2007 too.....beat us at home too.

Like with the Giants, we won't know until they play the games....If we're judging the teams on how they were in the payoffs, the story is still untold on this SF opponent. Those 2007 Giants beat 3 good and great teams to win the SB though. The Cowboys were tough, the Packers were very tough, and the Pats were one the best teams in years.

But I'd say in the last 17 playoff games Dallas has had, of the toughest teams (ones that advanced deep in playoffs or were playing great ball) the Bucs are in the bottom 2-3 whereas at 2009 Vikings, 2007 Giants, at 2018 Rams, at 2003 Panthers, and at 2014 Packers are up there pretty high....maybe even last years 49ers teams as well.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Like with the Giants, we won't know until they play the games....If we're judging the teams on how they were in the payoffs, the story is still untold on this SF opponent. Those 2007 Giants beat 3 good and great teams to win the SB though. The Cowboys were tough, the Packers were very tough, and the Pats were one the best teams in years.

But I'd say in the last 17 playoff games Dallas has had, of the toughest teams (ones that advanced deep in playoffs or were playing great ball) the Bucs are in the bottom 2-3 whereas at 2009 Vikings, 2007 Giants, at 2018 Rams, at 2003 Panthers, and at 2014 Packers are up there pretty high....maybe even last years 49ers teams as well.

Cowboys should've beat them at home. Giants did nothing special in that game other than Eli hitting some timely throws to Toomer. Nothing special at all.

Why on earth would the Giants be rated high? They won the ring but they sucked against Dallas. Man I advise y'all to go back and watch that game. Its right on Youtube. Giants and the Cowboys both were not very good. Its actually tough to watch.

 

[Ken]

We beat a horrible 8-9 team. Whoopty do.

Whoopty do guys.

Only other teams get to beat up on the bad playoff teams...not us

 

[DFWJC]

Cowboys should've beat them at home. Giants did nothing special in that game other than Eli hitting some timely throws to Toomer. Nothing special at all.

Why on earth would the Giants be rated high? They won the ring but they sucked against Dallas. Man I advise y'all to go back and watch that game. Its right on Youtube. Giants and the Cowboys both were not very good. Its actually tough to watch.

We can agree that Dallas should've won that game.

And, even if we wish he had played better earlier, with the game on the line, Romo did drive his team down for the win.
Even threw what should have been the game-winning pass. Crayton runs the route, we win and move on to play Green Bay. Exact same throw at the exact same time but win or lose based on a catch with 17 seconds left. Entirely different narrative but exact same play by the QB
That's how silly all of this is.

As for the rest (how good NY was or wasn't) it doesn't really matter at this point.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Dak did what Romo couldn't do: Win a road playoff game and very convincingly at that. But can McCarthy finally get the 26 year monkey off our back and win a div playoff game? You'll be surprised at my opinion.

I think we're gonna win Sunday. This is not sarcasm or anything but my opinion. I think somehow, we win Sunday and finally make it to an NFC championship game (remember those?). My brother has talked me into how Brock Purdy's magical run is coming to a close because defensive coordinators have enough video to study and will be able to game plan more effectively. We'll see what happens and it will really hinge on a) will SF's def stop the run and b) will Dak play like elite Dak or playoff Romo.

I am reminded that even if we win Sunday and finally get back to the conf championship, that the fuhrer is still the biggest GM failure in the history of football. He has had 26 tries at assembling a roster to make it to the NFC championship in the salary cap era, and he couldn't ever do it.

Where do I start.

Disingenuous post and a passive aggressive cheap shot but just to put your post in perspective Romo played a near flawless playoff game in Green Bay which is a much tougher place to play against a much better team than the Bucs and lost on a historic bad call.

Dak hasn’t gone any further than Romo and until he does he will be considered the lesser QB simply due to skill set.

Now if he wins on Sunday then that’s different but for right now you just wanted the attention.

 

[DFWJC]

Unless you can magically insert each player onto the other player's roster (defense, offense, special teams and coaches) at the same points in their career vs the same opponents, you just can't honestly compare them based on wins and losses.

 

[Cowpolk]

Clump or non-clump

Half and half

 

[erod]

Whoopty do guys.

Only other teams get to beat up on the bad playoff teams...not us

Tampa beat two teams with a winning record this year. And that includes us.

Tomorrow would be impressive. Last week was virtually a bye, although I was concerned about it because of the last month of gawd awful football Dallas had just played.

 

[Ken]

Tampa beat two teams with a winning record this year. And that includes us.

Tomorrow would be impressive. Last week was virtually a bye, although I was concerned about it because of the last month of gawd awful football Dallas had just played.

we smashed Tampa in their house. i could see this type of response if we eeked by them but we dismantled them like a good team should.

we beat the Eagles a few weeks ago....

 

[erod]

we smashed Tampa in their house. i could see this type of response if we eeked by them but we dismantled them like a good team should.

we beat the Eagles a few weeks ago....

Lots of teams did that to Tampa, and Minshew didn't really count when we were super lucky to win that game.

Houston had us dead to rights, and Tennessee played is with nobody and have us fits.

But it doesn't matter.

Tomorrow we see EXACTLY what this team is, good or bad. These are the only games that really matter.

 

[ArtClink]

Just trying to perpetuate an argument.

why

I mean, do you really think beating an 8-9 Tampa that managed 14 points was as hard as beating a prime 12-4 Green Bay team in January Lambeau or a 13-3 Minnesota team that led the league in scoring and sacks in a deafeningly loud dome?
Come on.
it could not get more opposite

It’s a simple matter of both Dak and Romo played with defenses that sport-writers considered elite, yet Dak has already won a road playoff team and has won almost as many playoff games as Romo in half the time. Dak would have broken Romo’s single season passing record but Jerry insisted on calling run plays at end of the game to ensure his adopted son retained the record.

Yet, whenever Dak sets the Cowboys playoff record in TDs, he is marginalized. When Dak breaks the 30 year curse of no road playoff wins, he is marginalized.

Spock would consider The Romo-apologists as “illogical” based on bottom line results, the only thing that really matters anyway.

Jerry catered to Romo his entire career, would never bring in a quality backup or God forbid a potential starting QB challenger, and Romo was treated like he actually won a Super Bowl.

Art, I share your optimism and fully realize that may be because since the Cowboys went to their last NFCCG, they are 0-5 in Wild Card rounds and 0-6 in Divisional rounds, 0-11 in their attempt to get back to the NFCCG.

I am going with the intangibles on this one. When this rivalry was at its peak, only 10 of this current roster's players were even born but that doesn't matter. Every player that was in that game last year to end their season knows the feeling of a team telling you they're coming to spank you and take your lunch money and doing just that. However, after all of their self-inflicted wounds, they still had the chance to win that game at the end.

The HC and QB know that bitter taste in their mouths because how the very end was handled only goes away with a redemptive win and delivering that in front of their home fans seems the best way to serve payback.

And this team could not have prepared better for this away game than how they played the last one.

Great points and thoughts coach. Decades of coming up short in playoffs will turn any longtime fan into a skeptic, but I just have a feeling tomorrow will be our day!

 

[ArtClink]

Where do I start.

Disingenuous post and a passive aggressive cheap shot but just to put your post in perspective Romo played a near flawless playoff game in Green Bay which is a much tougher place to play against a much better team than the Bucs and lost on a historic bad call.

Dak hasn’t gone any further than Romo and until he does he will be considered the lesser QB simply due to skill set.

Now if he wins on Sunday then that’s different but for right now you just wanted the attention.

And Dak had better stats than Aaron Rodgers in Daks rookie playoff debut.

 

[ArtClink]

The difference between Dak and Romo was you knew Romo was going to show up but you just didn't know how many turnovers he was gonna have. With Dak you never know if is going to show up or if he is going to go cold for 3 quarters.

Romo really showed up against the Eagles in Philly. 44-6 was the final and I’ve never seen a more gutless performance from a Dallas QB. Dak has had bad games but he’s never quit in his team like Romo in Philly. Just saying …

 

[leeblair]

Dak did what Romo couldn't do: Win a road playoff game and very convincingly at that. But can McCarthy finally get the 26 year monkey off our back and win a div playoff game? You'll be surprised at my opinion.

I think we're gonna win Sunday. This is not sarcasm or anything but my opinion. I think somehow, we win Sunday and finally make it to an NFC championship game (remember those?). My brother has talked me into how Brock Purdy's magical run is coming to a close because defensive coordinators have enough video to study and will be able to game plan more effectively. We'll see what happens and it will really hinge on a) will SF's def stop the run and b) will Dak play like elite Dak or playoff Romo.

I am reminded that even if we win Sunday and finally get back to the conf championship, that the fuhrer is still the biggest GM failure in the history of football. He has had 26 tries at assembling a roster to make it to the NFC championship in the salary cap era, and he couldn't ever do it.

I have boldly predicted a 34-14 win by the Cowboys based on the premise that Brock Purdy's nerves and the Cowboys defense combine for an offensive collapse by the 49'ers.
But if Purdy and the 49'ers offense are unfazed by the Cowboys defense, I can also see this going bad for Dallas.
Let's hope for the Cowboys defense to keep Purdy rattled.

 

[ArtClink]

I have boldly predicted a 34-14 win by the Cowboys based on the premise that Brock Purdy's nerves and the Cowboys defense combine for an offensive collapse by the 49'ers.
But if the 49'ers offense is unfazed by the Cowboys defense, I can also see this going bad for Dallas.
Let's hope for the Cowboys defense to keep Purdy rattled.

I am also worried what if 49ers Def stops the run making us too pass happy?

 

[leeblair]

I am also worried what if 49ers Def stops the run making us too pass happy?

The Cowboys can't win depending on the passing game.

 

[Rockport]

The Cowboys can't win depending on the passing game.