I know the forum has discussed this at to a fault but I have to say that after watching every play of that game again a bit ago I came away thinking that our defense was absolutely embarrassing.
Dak had a few bad throws, but watching all offensive possessions I still think he played more than well enough to win. The gameplan that we came out with offensively was just a recipe of failure against the defense the rams were running.
It felt like to me after watching it again that we didn't know how to adjust offensively, and it really felt like the offense was losing confidence watching the defense getting lit up for over 200 yards rushing.
Having said all of that, I really can't believe that this wasn't the moment that got Garrett fired! I'm still a little put off that Jerry had the never to bring him back another year after that performance. There is no doubt in mind that Jerry did what Jerry does best and that is make an emotional decision regarding the Freckled Puppet.
You are probably right.
But at the time..we all were so excited from starting out at 3-5 and ending up in the playoffs...
Then beating an arch rival in Seattle..
none of us was thinking fire Garrett.
Frankly, Garrett did his best coaching that year. He went for 4th downs and did fake punts and stuff that was clearly out of character for him. Unpredictable he was.
So I think you are too zoomed in on the LA loss.
We were outcoached and their players just flat out outhit us. I thought the team was just too exhausted that day after all the adrenaline of the Seattle win.
This happens all the time in every sport.
The clincher was losing too much in 2019.
So I don't know. Jerrah had run every permutation of Garrett he could afford to do before blowing it up.
I am probably different than many here who did not blame Garrett. I blamed the players.
The players did not want it enough in 2019 as they did in 2018.
They had already performed like trained animals in 2018. They were not tough enough nor motivated enough to do it again.
So Garrett had to go and the 'self destruct' button was pressed.
Make any sense?