Greg Zuerlein lost this game

[Aviano90]

Dude makes the XP it's a different game.

If he makes the extra point, we don’t go for 2 after the last TD and the game is still tied. The extra point miss turned out to be inconsequential.

 

[Cowpolk]

Yep to the tune of 2 ypc and hurting the team like he has been doing.

Zeke needs everything perfect it seems to produce. I have said it over and over. Give Pollard the ball more. And for you Zeke apologists it might actually make Zeke better as he has more time to rest in a long season.

RB by committee is the smart way to go no matter how good your back is.

you also know if you actually watch games that Zeke is much better than you just tried to make him look

 

[CowboyRoy]

you also know if you actually watch games that Zeke is much better than you just tried to make him look

The numbers dont lie. Zeke has been terrible in this 4 or 5 game stretch. And even though Pollard hasnt been great, he has been better.

The notion that Zeke can handle the carries and is durable is starting to fade. If Zeke really cared about the team he would step aside for a game or two and let Pollard have the show. He is obviously not willing to do that. For whatever reason.

 

[Cowpolk]

The numbers dont lie. Zeke has been terrible in this 4 or 5 game stretch. And even though Pollard hasnt been great, he has been better.

The notion that Zeke can handle the carries and is durable is starting to fade. If Zeke really cared about the team he would step aside for a game or two and let Pollard have the show. He is obviously not willing to do that. For whatever reason.

Zeke needs the game off I hope Pollard has a great game that is just the way I am I want the backups to do great when they are needed.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Zeke needs the game off I hope Pollard has a great game that is just the way I am I want the backups to do great when they are needed.

Saints is a tough run D. I would like to see the spread offense and more of the hurry up. Use Pollard for his strengths. Maybe having Zeke out would help Moore do more of what he should be doing.

 

[Cowpolk]

Saints is a tough run D. I would like to see the spread offense and more of the hurry up. Use Pollard for his strengths. Maybe having Zeke out would help Moore do more of what he should be doing.

I like Pollard and the Pollards Puppies are entertaining.

 

[Mr_437]

If he makes the extra point, we don’t go for 2 after the last TD and the game is still tied. The extra point miss turned out to be inconsequential.

If the XP is made. McCarthy doesn't chase points, and that TP kickoff return results in 7...if Greg doesn't miss that XP too.

 

[Aviano90]

If the XP is made. McCarthy doesn't chase points, and that TP kickoff return results in 7...if Greg doesn't miss that XP too.

He didn’t chase points because of the missed extra point. He did it because a penalty on the PAT gave the Cowboys an opportunity to have the ball on the 1. It’s the same decision he made when we were up big against Atlanta, so missed extra point or not, he was going for 2 after the penalty.

 

[Mr_437]

He didn’t chase points because of the missed extra point. He did it because a penalty on the PAT gave the Cowboys an opportunity to have the ball on the 1. It’s the same decision he made when we were up big against Atlanta, so missed extra point or not, he was going for 2 after the penalty.

All points matter...especially if your team losses. McCarthy shouldn't take points off the board. You say it's cool to miss XPs tho, ok.

 

[Aviano90]

All points matter...especially if your team losses. McCarthy shouldn't take points off the board. You say it's cool to miss XPs tho, ok.

Nowhere did I say it’s cool to miss extra points but I can also look at what transpires afterwards and come to the conclusion the same result would have occurred as it would have in this case. The game still would have been tied.

 

[Bullflop]

Is this you, self-identifying yourself as ignorant? Have you ever considered the suffering that normal people go through when ignorant folks inflict themselves upon us normal folks? We try to tolerate ignorance but everyone has their breaking point.

No, I'm identifying you as arrogant and rude. You seem unaware that being disrespectful is a manifestation of ignorance, in itself. Anyone with a self-image of being "normal," but yet, disrespectful of those with opinions differing from their own is arrogant. It's rude to use that label on those who don't agree with you. I've seen you reach your "breaking point" often with many here. It's just not a good look to insult folks. Also, it's against the rules, here. Disagreeing with you isn't "ignorant," it's just disagreeing with you. There's a distinct difference.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I have read many of the tear stained threads about this loss. I have perused the cursing, blaming, giving up, fatalistic comments by so many who want to blame everyone.

But not one whiff about the guy who actually lost the game.

Penalties? I hate them, and I think Dallas got jobbed a couple of times. The fact a defender can have his back to the QB as the ball comes in and the receiver just stops running, causing the defender to bump him, and this is a penalty, reminds me of basketball where the man with the ball leaps into the defender, pretending to take a shot, and the defender is at fault.

This rule is the same steaming pile of bull nuggets that falls from a tall bull's butt. The person initiating the contact should be the aggressor. This is the league thinking high scoring games are all the fans want, ignoring the fans want a game called fairly, and the rule not favor one side more than the other.

But that did not lose this game.

The replacements for two pro bowl receivers showed why these guys are not ready for prime time. No team respects them, because they need the real playmakers on the field so these guys can somewhat shine and get open.

But they did not lose the game.

Regardless of what you think about Dak, he has to have a somewhat clean pocket, and not those beasts crashing through the line like it was tissue paper. One play in the fourth quarter, Martin pulled out and headed to the second level as the line moved left. Collins was left on a island with two defenders. He took the one on his right. The tackle for the Raiders rans right at Dak who had to throw before he was ready. He couldn't get enough on it from huis back foot. Being rushed and throwing before he was ready happened all day. And even then he brought the team back to force an overtime.

But Dak did not lose this game.

Taking the point off the scoreboard and going for two was a great play by the linebacker. When they do something like this and it works, I don't see many here complaining about that. And even Romo said the play was one they felt would work. But sometimes the other team just makes a play.

Yet that decision did not lose this game.

This was not poor time management by McCarthy. Fact is, he played the last two minutes or so of regulation exactly the way they should have. The defense made a play and the offense drove to tie. That seems to be ignored by most here.

But McCarthy did not lose this game.

This comes down to Greg Offline and the points he missed. He has shown he cannot be trusted. This was not a windy field where the ball sails. This was bad kicks.

But even then, if you know your dog has fleas, you can't blame your dog. You blame the person who didn't take care of the dog. The one who didn't get rid of the problem.

So in a way, Greg Offline did not lose this game.

This comes down to Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones, and the front office.

I can't imagine there is one fan on this board, or one MOD, or one Admin, or even the trolls that come here - some swearing they are Cowboy fans but rejoice when the team loses because they think that makes their vitriol correct - not one of those guys doesn't understand Greg Offline cannot be trusted.

The front office saw in the Tampa Bay game that Greg Offline would lose for them by missing kicks. Give him an opportunity in a close game and he will lose. The Special Teams coach cannot just go out and hire a better kicker on his own. This comes down to the front office ignoring that Greg Offline will spit the bit. Shate the bed.

Every game this team faces in the NFL has a potential of the opponent winning. The Raiders have a really decent QB and evidently an offensive line that can give him time to hit his receivers. The defense played poorly, primarily because Dallas could not get a pass rush going other than The Parsonator.

I have said this for a very long time. NO pass rush, no pass defense. Nothing was more evident yesterday. And since you have a starting DT, and both starting DE's sitting in street clothes watching this game, there was nothing going, other than The Parsonator, which was going to crash through the offensive line of the Raiders.

But even that was not why the team lost.

This team lost in spite of the special teams run back. This team lost because the kicker cannot do his job.

This team lost because Jerry Jones, who thinks he is part of the coaching staff the way he gives press conferences like he wears a whistle to practice, decided to trust Greg Offline. Evidently Skeletor looked out at the team from his box, and seemed to think he knew better than what even fans on this board knew for a fact.

Get a new kicker before you close games to a guy that cannot be trusted. But he knew better, didn't he?

Jerry Jones lost this game. Jerry Jones, The Impersonator, is the reason this team lost this game.

Could you maybe expound on this a little. You don't have to glaze over and condense your point just for the sake of storage space.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I guess you missed the point of the post. It's okay.

Pretty easy to miss the needle in the haystack.

But of course him allegedly missing the point is his fault.

 

[JoeKing]

No, I'm identifying you as arrogant and rude. You seem unaware that being disrespectful is a manifestation of ignorance, in itself. Anyone with a self-image of being "normal," but yet, disrespectful of those with opinions differing from their own is arrogant. It's rude to use that label on those who don't agree with you. I've seen you reach your "breaking point" often with many here. It's just not a good look to insult folks. Also, it's against the rules, here. Disagreeing with you isn't "ignorant," it's just disagreeing with you. There's a distinct difference.

Inflicted wokeness received. I hope it made you feel better to get that off your chest. I know I enjoyed it. It was precious.

Do you see what blaming the kicker does? It denies the reality that all the real football players are without fault. It took a mountain of failure on their behalf to get to a situation where it can all be shifted to the patsy kicker. It's just built into the system that way. Fail and then let the scapegoat take the blame. This is what you are defending? Let's not lose focus that it should have never got to this point.

 

[StarChamber_33]

As soon as he missed the extra point after we scored the first TD, it was virtually preordained that it would come back to HAUNT us!! That was his 3rd. missed PAT this season which puts him at 28th. in the NFL at 88%; It seems like Zuerlein doesn't look comfortable or confident when he kicks PAT's and FG's. He is out of rhythm and it's in his head.. It may be time to go in a different direction.

 

[Streifenkarl]

And I think he always missed them to the left. What's up with that. Should be able to counter that, no?

 

[Zekeats]

I have read many of the tear stained threads about this loss. I have perused the cursing, blaming, giving up, fatalistic comments by so many who want to blame everyone.

But not one whiff about the guy who actually lost the game.

Penalties? I hate them, and I think Dallas got jobbed a couple of times. The fact a defender can have his back to the QB as the ball comes in and the receiver just stops running, causing the defender to bump him, and this is a penalty, reminds me of basketball where the man with the ball leaps into the defender, pretending to take a shot, and the defender is at fault.

This rule is the same steaming pile of bull nuggets that falls from a tall bull's butt. The person initiating the contact should be the aggressor. This is the league thinking high scoring games are all the fans want, ignoring the fans want a game called fairly, and the rule not favor one side more than the other.

But that did not lose this game.

The replacements for two pro bowl receivers showed why these guys are not ready for prime time. No team respects them, because they need the real playmakers on the field so these guys can somewhat shine and get open.

But they did not lose the game.

Regardless of what you think about Dak, he has to have a somewhat clean pocket, and not those beasts crashing through the line like it was tissue paper. One play in the fourth quarter, Martin pulled out and headed to the second level as the line moved left. Collins was left on a island with two defenders. He took the one on his right. The tackle for the Raiders rans right at Dak who had to throw before he was ready. He couldn't get enough on it from huis back foot. Being rushed and throwing before he was ready happened all day. And even then he brought the team back to force an overtime.

But Dak did not lose this game.

Taking the point off the scoreboard and going for two was a great play by the linebacker. When they do something like this and it works, I don't see many here complaining about that. And even Romo said the play was one they felt would work. But sometimes the other team just makes a play.

Yet that decision did not lose this game.

This was not poor time management by McCarthy. Fact is, he played the last two minutes or so of regulation exactly the way they should have. The defense made a play and the offense drove to tie. That seems to be ignored by most here.

But McCarthy did not lose this game.

This comes down to Greg Offline and the points he missed. He has shown he cannot be trusted. This was not a windy field where the ball sails. This was bad kicks.

But even then, if you know your dog has fleas, you can't blame your dog. You blame the person who didn't take care of the dog. The one who didn't get rid of the problem.

So in a way, Greg Offline did not lose this game.

This comes down to Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones, and the front office.

I can't imagine there is one fan on this board, or one MOD, or one Admin, or even the trolls that come here - some swearing they are Cowboy fans but rejoice when the team loses because they think that makes their vitriol correct - not one of those guys doesn't understand Greg Offline cannot be trusted.

The front office saw in the Tampa Bay game that Greg Offline would lose for them by missing kicks. Give him an opportunity in a close game and he will lose. The Special Teams coach cannot just go out and hire a better kicker on his own. This comes down to the front office ignoring that Greg Offline will spit the bit. Shate the bed.

Every game this team faces in the NFL has a potential of the opponent winning. The Raiders have a really decent QB and evidently an offensive line that can give him time to hit his receivers. The defense played poorly, primarily because Dallas could not get a pass rush going other than The Parsonator.

I have said this for a very long time. NO pass rush, no pass defense. Nothing was more evident yesterday. And since you have a starting DT, and both starting DE's sitting in street clothes watching this game, there was nothing going, other than The Parsonator, which was going to crash through the offensive line of the Raiders.

But even that was not why the team lost.

This team lost in spite of the special teams run back. This team lost because the kicker cannot do his job.

This team lost because Jerry Jones, who thinks he is part of the coaching staff the way he gives press conferences like he wears a whistle to practice, decided to trust Greg Offline. Evidently Skeletor looked out at the team from his box, and seemed to think he knew better than what even fans on this board knew for a fact.

Get a new kicker before you close games to a guy that cannot be trusted. But he knew better, didn't he?

Jerry Jones lost this game. Jerry Jones, The Impersonator, is the reason this team lost this game.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

The missed extra point was a difference maker. Even Romo mentioned it after the miss. He said sometimes that can come back and bite you. And it did..

Yeah, the extra point miss is inexcusable. Granted they're longer than they used to be, but they're still like about a 30-yard field goal. A kicker should make those. I'd have to go back and look, but I remember that field goal try was really long. Wasn't it something like 59 yards? A field goal that long is asking a lot of a kicker.

 

[glimmerman]

I think they will. I think a big reason's been the lack o key players. I think the team chemistry has been a bit jolted with the missing pieces. I expect it to return against the Saints.

Wait and see what happens when all the key players come back. Lol. What happens when the switch does not flip and we look like the same team as now.. Something else is wrong.. Seems the players have became complacent. I think of course it starts with the staff. Most of the staff are telling Dak to stay in pocket. They are telling him not to run with the ball.

Yeah, the extra point miss is inexcusable. Granted they're longer than they used to be, but they're still like about a 30-yard field goal. A kicker should make those. I'd have to go back and look, but I remember that field goal try was really long. Wasn't it something like 59 yards? A field goal that long is asking a lot of a kicker.

Yeah there has been a lot more misses since they moved the extra point back. It’s either 30 or 35 yards. It’s not a chip shot but should be made. The FG was 59 yards. I didn’t expect him to make it but I know he has the leg. He banged a 56 yarder to win the chargers game. And I think the 59 yard would have been good from over 65, and it doinked off the post. Hitting that FG would have changed things but not blaming him for the loss on that one, it’s just the extra point is a routine kick you need to make..

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Wait and see what happens when all the key players come back. Lol. What happens when the switch does not flip and we look like the same team as now.. Something else is wrong.. Seems the players have became complacent. I think of course it starts with the staff. Most of the staff are telling Dak to stay in pocket. They are telling him not to run with the ball.

Yeah there has been a lot more misses since they moved the extra point back. It’s either 30 or 35 yards. It’s not a chip shot but should be made. The FG was 59 yards. I didn’t expect him to make it but I know he has the leg. He banged a 56 yarder to win the chargers game. And I think the 59 yard would have been good from over 65, and it doinked off the post. Hitting that FG would have changed things but not blaming him for the loss on that one, it’s just the extra point is a routine kick you need to make..

If it doesn't switch back to before the Denver game, then we weren't really a good team were we?