Football 101: QB's job isn't to overcome a pathetic defense

[Nav22]

For those of you who needed to read this: I'm not wasting time responding to you after this OP.

It's honestly hilarious how little some of you know about this sport. Blaming the QB or the offense for this loss is the height of absurdity. It's that or you're just willfully ignorant. Either way, you're not worth responding to. Sorry, not sorry.


Our offense put up 16 points in the 1st half. Scored on 4 of 5 possessions, with the 1 possession we DIDN'T score on being an INT that wasn't Dak's fault.

16 points in the 1st half? That's pretty good!

Our defense? Um, yeah. Didn't give us a chance at all. 41 points allowed through their first 6 possessions.

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NO QB ON EARTH overcomes this and wins in the NFL.

Not Mahomes.
Not Allen.
Not Burrow.
Not Brady.
Not Montana.
Not Aikman.
Not Staubach.
Not ANYONE.

Dak wasn't very good in the 2nd half, but the game was pretty much over by then. He was pressing. The 2nd INT was bad. It just wasn't our day.

Pretty stats in the 2nd half wouldn't have changed the outcome, and the Little Anti-Dakkers would've surely blasted Dak for "stat-padding" if he WAS good in the 2nd half. These people were blaming Dak at halftime!!!! I wish I was joking. That's really the level of football IQ we're dealing with.


We have a week to figure out why our defense has been completely pathetic in our last 2 home games. Like, historically pathetic. Lamar and the Ravens won't be easy to deal with.

Fix the defense so the offense has a chance. Nobody wins ANYTHING in this league with a terrible defense.

 

[MysteryIceGuro]

16 measly points isn’t good. Its sad that our standards are now that low. That’s 8 points per quarter for the first half.

Brandon Aubrey has scored the most points for this team so far. Let that sink in. That is pathetic.
Thing is, you say we scored on 4/5 possession. Yeah. FIELDGOALS. When the other team is scoring with TOUCHDOWNS, the QB and the rest of the offense needs to take it up a notch and match that energy. But they never did. The leader of the offense—aka, the QB, couldn’t muster up the talent and grit to do it, as per usual. Scoring all those fieldgoals tells me two things.


-MM is a coward and never goes for it despite the team digging itself further and further into a blowout
-MM and the OC don’t trust Dak to drive them down the field on a big 4 down conversion. All that money for a QB you can’t trust. What a joke.

Also, 2nd week in a row where Dak “hasn’t played good in the 2nd half”. And that isn’t concerning? This is his what, 9th year? And he just got his 2nd record breaking contract and he continues to play abysmally in the 2nd half? Just disgusting, abhorrent, and downright despicable IMO. This team is truly cooked.

The defense is undefendable. Yeah they played horribly. But how many times has the offense played horribly and the defense stepped up to the plate to make up for it? A few times I’m sure. The offense is supposed to do the same. Two completely different sides of the ball. The defense is playing bad? Time for the offense to step up and match the energy of the opponent’s offense. Patrick Mahomes did just that yesterday.

 

[Nav22]

16 measly points isn’t good. Its sad that our standards are now that low. That’s 8 points per quarter for the first half.

Brandon Aubrey has scored the most points for this team so far. Let that sink in. That is pathetic.
Thing is, you say we scored on 4/5 possession. Yeah. FIELDGOALS. When the other team is scoring with TOUCHDOWNS, the QB and the rest of the offense needs to take it up a notch and match that energy. But they never did. The leader of the offense—aka, the QB, couldn’t muster up the talent and grit to do it, as per usual. Scoring all those fieldgoals tells me two things.


-MM is a coward and never goes for it despite the team digging itself further and further into a blowout
-MM and the OC don’t trust Dak to drive them down the field on a big 4 down conversion. All that money for a QB you can’t trust. What a joke.

Also, 2nd week in a row where Dak “hasn’t played good in the 2nd half”. And that isn’t concerning? This is his what, 9th year? And he just got his 2nd record breaking contract and he continues to play abysmally in the 2nd half? Just disgusting, abhorrent, and downright despicable IMO. This team is truly cooked.

The defense is undefendable. Yeah they played horribly. But how many times has the offense played horribly and the defense stepped up to the plate to make up for it? A few times I’m sure. The offense is supposed to do the same. Two completely different sides of the ball. The defense is playing bad? Time for the offense to step up and match the energy of the opponent’s offense. Patrick Mahomes did just that yesterday.

16 points in the 1st half isn't good?

32.0 PPG would've easily led the NFL last year.

This is why we laugh at you guys. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Game got out of control in 2nd quarter. Had some momentum after the great CeeDee play and only losing 13-21.

Then…

1. Defense got run over, bullied, Kamara started the curb stomping. 13-28
2. Cowboys come back. Dak throws the pick. Saints score. 13-35. Game over.

Aubrey can’t do it all!

 

[Adiba1977]

He’s gotta play better. He’s slow. Can’t run. Not worth close to 60 million. He’s a 30-40 million dollar qb max. Screwed for next 4 years.

 

[jgboys1]

He’s gotta play better. He’s slow. Can’t run. Not worth close to 60 million. He’s a 30-40 million dollar qb max. Screwed for next 4 years.

Sums up our situation perfectly!

 

[acr731]

No, a QB's job isn't to overcome a bad defense. But this offense keeps failing in the job they are SUPPOSED to be doing, and that is put points on the board. No one should be happy that a 60 million QB could only muster 1 TD, and that 1 TD only happened because the NO defense over pursued the tackle. This team isn't good enough to hang with anyone when they have to rely on their kicker for their points. Aubrey already has 8 FG's in 2 games. At this rate he's on pace for 68 FG's this season, which would beat the single season NFL record by 24 FG's.

 

[Ranching]

16 points in the 1st half isn't good?

32.0 PPG would've easily led the NFL last year.

This is why we laugh at you guys. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Don't scare them away....they are my court jesters...

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

For those of you who needed to read this: I'm not wasting time responding to you after this OP.

It's honestly hilarious how little some of you know about this sport. Blaming the QB or the offense for this loss is the height of absurdity. It's that or you're just willfully ignorant. Either way, you're not worth responding to. Sorry, not sorry.


Our offense put up 16 points in the 1st half. Scored on 4 of 5 possessions, with the 1 possession we DIDN'T score on being an INT that wasn't Dak's fault.

16 points in the 1st half? That's pretty good!

Our defense? Um, yeah. Didn't give us a chance at all. 41 points allowed through their first 6 possessions.

Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown

NO QB ON EARTH overcomes this and wins in the NFL.

Not Mahomes.
Not Allen.
Not Burrow.
Not Brady.
Not Montana.
Not Aikman.
Not Staubach.
Not ANYONE.

Dak wasn't very good in the 2nd half, but the game was pretty much over by then. He was pressing. The 2nd INT was bad. It just wasn't our day.

Pretty stats in the 2nd half wouldn't have changed the outcome, and the Little Anti-Dakkers would've surely blasted Dak for "stat-padding" if he WAS good in the 2nd half. These people were blaming Dak at halftime!!!! I wish I was joking. That's really the level of football IQ we're dealing with.


We have a week to figure out why our defense has been completely pathetic in our last 2 home games. Like, historically pathetic. Lamar and the Ravens won't be easy to deal with.

Fix the defense so the offense has a chance. Nobody wins ANYTHING in this league with a terrible defense.

when the saints just easily marched down the field on the opening drive, I went "oh oh, its going to be a long day". the defense looked lost, two, maybe three steps behind and surprised. they had one third down on that opening drive.
we drove down, but seemed to have panicked. the holding penalty put us in a tough position and then NO struck quick....we got the b all back and got inside 20 and struggled.

I said it in another post, we are going to be good between the 20s, but once we get inside the redzone we are going to struggle because we are not able to run effectively....inside the 20 you have to be able to run, else, teams will just drop 6,7 into coverage in a tight area and passing zone will be very limited. you can't score long passes every time.

this loss was all on defense. 6 drives. 6 TDs. they can't even claim they were tired, because first half we had the ball for 18 minutes. and no turnovers outside of the one before the half, that was Brooks fault. their drives were 70 yards on 4 of the scores.

pathetic defense

 

[TexasHillbilly]

It's the 2nd game of the season for goodness sake. The "team" screwed the pooch. New Orleans could do no wrong and we could not do much right. It's only one game people. I was not happy either but sometimes you can't win no matter what you do. There are still 15 games left in the season. Some of the top tier teams from last season are 0-2. Long way to go folks.

 

[Blitzen]

Moderators, can we start a sub forum that’s called “I wuv Dak and iv you don’t your a hatuh?”

Then just direct these threads to the sub forum.

 

[Typhus]

Dak can never carry this team by himself but can play well enough to drive a bus if the defense is lights out every game.
This defense is nowhere good enough to sustain that week in and week out.
Its only game 2, but the exposures come early this season so buckle up Cowboys, we are in for rough ride.

 

[acr731]

Moderators, can we start a sub forum that’s called “I wuv Dak and iv you don’t your a hatuh?”

Then just direct these threads to the sub forum.

You forgot to throw in the part about having a low football IQ if you don't love Dak

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

16 measly points isn’t good. Its sad that our standards are now that low. That’s 8 points per quarter for the first half.

Brandon Aubrey has scored the most points for this team so far. Let that sink in. That is pathetic.
Thing is, you say we scored on 4/5 possession. Yeah. FIELDGOALS. When the other team is scoring with TOUCHDOWNS, the QB and the rest of the offense needs to take it up a notch and match that energy. But they never did. The leader of the offense—aka, the QB, couldn’t muster up the talent and grit to do it, as per usual. Scoring all those fieldgoals tells me two things.


-MM is a coward and never goes for it despite the team digging itself further and further into a blowout
-MM and the OC don’t trust Dak to drive them down the field on a big 4 down conversion. All that money for a QB you can’t trust. What a joke.

Also, 2nd week in a row where Dak “hasn’t played good in the 2nd half”. And that isn’t concerning? This is his what, 9th year? And he just got his 2nd record breaking contract and he continues to play abysmally in the 2nd half? Just disgusting, abhorrent, and downright despicable IMO. This team is truly cooked.

The defense is undefendable. Yeah they played horribly. But how many times has the offense played horribly and the defense stepped up to the plate to make up for it? A few times I’m sure. The offense is supposed to do the same. Two completely different sides of the ball. The defense is playing bad? Time for the offense to step up and match the energy of the opponent’s offense. Patrick Mahomes did just that yesterday.

really..hmm
vikings scored 13 at the half,
packers scored 10 at the half
browns had 13
jets had 7
bucs had 13
raiders 6, ravens 9
chiefs had 10, bengals 16
texans had 16


seems like most of the league scores about that much in one half.... so its not measly...giving up 35 points in one half....not making a single stop. not one. not holding them to one field goal...that's a shiitty. that's pathetic.

btw, 8 points per quarter is abotu 32 points a game. is 32 points a game not good enough? should be shouldn't it? last year dallas was first with almost 30, followed by dolphins, chiefs averaged 22.

where do you come up with this stuff.

 

[Flamma]

For those of you who needed to read this: I'm not wasting time responding to you after this OP.

It's honestly hilarious how little some of you know about this sport. Blaming the QB or the offense for this loss is the height of absurdity. It's that or you're just willfully ignorant. Either way, you're not worth responding to. Sorry, not sorry.


Our offense put up 16 points in the 1st half. Scored on 4 of 5 possessions, with the 1 possession we DIDN'T score on being an INT that wasn't Dak's fault.

16 points in the 1st half? That's pretty good!

Our defense? Um, yeah. Didn't give us a chance at all. 41 points allowed through their first 6 possessions.

Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown

NO QB ON EARTH overcomes this and wins in the NFL.

Not Mahomes.
Not Allen.
Not Burrow.
Not Brady.
Not Montana.
Not Aikman.
Not Staubach.
Not ANYONE.

Dak wasn't very good in the 2nd half, but the game was pretty much over by then. He was pressing. The 2nd INT was bad. It just wasn't our day.

Pretty stats in the 2nd half wouldn't have changed the outcome, and the Little Anti-Dakkers would've surely blasted Dak for "stat-padding" if he WAS good in the 2nd half. These people were blaming Dak at halftime!!!! I wish I was joking. That's really the level of football IQ we're dealing with.


We have a week to figure out why our defense has been completely pathetic in our last 2 home games. Like, historically pathetic. Lamar and the Ravens won't be easy to deal with.

Fix the defense so the offense has a chance. Nobody wins ANYTHING in this league with a terrible defense.

This isn't Dak's fault by any measure. Similar game in 2006 against the Saints and I didn't blame Romo, I'm not blaming Dak. But there's a pattern I'm seeing.

We're usually good when we're up, playing loose, running up the score and having fun. But when we're down and the pressure is on, Dak sucks. Just a bag of trash. The pressure makes him nervous. He can't keep up. He's too cautious. We struggle to move the ball. We saw this last year against Arizona for crying out loud. Not just good teams. Dak can't handle pressure situations. That's not someone you pay 60M a year.

 

[Jipper]

I am not a ask supporter anymore and he’s overpaid but he was not the issue yesterday…defense got shredded

 

[Nav22]

Dak can never carry this team by himself but can play well enough to drive a bus if the defense is lights out every game.
This defense is no were good enough to sustain that week in and week out.
Its only game 2, but the exposures come early this season so buckle up Cowboys, we are in for rough ride.

If it makes you feel better, you can keep pretending there are magical QBs out there who would've been able to overcome the Saints start of 6 straight TD drives if you'd like.

No QB "carries the team by himself" and the ones who are forced to try literally always fail to do so.

 

[Nav22]

No, a QB's job isn't to overcome a bad defense. But this offense keeps failing in the job they are SUPPOSED to be doing, and that is put points on the board. No one should be happy that a 60 million QB could only muster 1 TD, and that 1 TD only happened because the NO defense over pursued the tackle. This team isn't good enough to hang with anyone when they have to rely on their kicker for their points. Aubrey already has 8 FG's in 2 games. At this rate he's on pace for 68 FG's this season, which would beat the single season NFL record by 24 FG's.

They put up 16 points on the board in the 1st half.

Now tell me that's not good enough so we can all point and laugh.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

For those of you who needed to read this: I'm not wasting time responding to you after this OP.

It's honestly hilarious how little some of you know about this sport. Blaming the QB or the offense for this loss is the height of absurdity. It's that or you're just willfully ignorant. Either way, you're not worth responding to. Sorry, not sorry.


Our offense put up 16 points in the 1st half. Scored on 4 of 5 possessions, with the 1 possession we DIDN'T score on being an INT that wasn't Dak's fault.

16 points in the 1st half? That's pretty good!

Our defense? Um, yeah. Didn't give us a chance at all. 41 points allowed through their first 6 possessions.

Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown

NO QB ON EARTH overcomes this and wins in the NFL.

Not Mahomes.
Not Allen.
Not Burrow.
Not Brady.
Not Montana.
Not Aikman.
Not Staubach.
Not ANYONE.

Dak wasn't very good in the 2nd half, but the game was pretty much over by then. He was pressing. The 2nd INT was bad. It just wasn't our day.

Pretty stats in the 2nd half wouldn't have changed the outcome, and the Little Anti-Dakkers would've surely blasted Dak for "stat-padding" if he WAS good in the 2nd half. These people were blaming Dak at halftime!!!! I wish I was joking. That's really the level of football IQ we're dealing with.


We have a week to figure out why our defense has been completely pathetic in our last 2 home games. Like, historically pathetic. Lamar and the Ravens won't be easy to deal with.

Fix the defense so the offense has a chance. Nobody wins ANYTHING in this league with a terrible defense.

This forums hate for Dak is at a feverish pitch

Whether Dak stayed or left was not my concern. I have a pretty good idea who he is and while he is not the best QB in the NFL...he is a top 10 QB. The issue people have is that he is paid a lot of money. NEWS FLASH...they are ALL paid a lot of money. From Trevor Lawrence, to Joe Burrow, to Tua, to Jalen Hurts, Justin Herbert, to Lamar Jackosn....you get the point

This front office has convinced many in this fanbase that because you make a lot of money that should equate to Super Bowls. NEWS FLASH...only one team wins the Super Bowl every year, does that mean every other player that did not win the Super Bowl should be paid the vet minimum?

Paying a few players a lot of money does not absolve the front office from putting together a team. Plenty of teams pay their QB, pay WRs, pay OL etc....and still find a way to field a defense that is competent. Go all the way back to the playoff loss to the 49ers 3 years ago. If you cannot stop the run against teams who want to run it....and if you cannot run it yourself. You will never win 4 straight postseason games.

So blaming Dak for yesterday is just cowardly. Which the front office would prefer to do instead of fixing and or attempting to fix this team. They could have signed Cee Dee and Dak long before they did to open up cap space to PROPERLY attempt to fix the glaring holes on this team. Cee Dee and Dak got what the market bears. And they would have gotten it here or someplace else. So the bellyaching about having to pay them was a WASTE of time. Time that should have been spent ATTEMPTING to fix the ability to run and/or stop the run.

Other than Micah...who on this defense is a difference maker? And I can see the organization and many in this fanbase belly aching all over again when they have to pay Micah. You don't want to pay him? Trade him! But he is going to get market value whether its in Dallas or someplace else. Why? Because his talent allows for that.

We have a lame duck head coach, a lame duck o coordinator, a lame duck d coordinator, pretty much a lame duck coaching staff. Marginal players on defense outside of 1 or 2 players. And because Dak makes a lot of money he is supposed to make up for all the flaws? When in the history of this sport has that ever been expected or doable? We are not a serious football organization. Too busy playing "personal agenda" games.

Since the debacle against Jimmy G and the 49ers in the playoffs 3 years ago, the talent on this team has gone down every year. This organization better get out their feelings about what QBs cost and get serious about the holes on this team or they need to sell the team

 

[CATCH17]

Im not upset with Dak about yesterday but in general he’s nothing but a front runner.