There's always an excuse, always an out.
good teams dont get dismantled by the jets, not score TDs against NE and Phil (in week 16 when the opp has 10 players out) and make Mitch Trubisky look like Lamar Jackson. Teams knew they didnt have to press against dallas if you ever got a lead.
And there is always whining.
Lets look at these. "get dismantled by the jets" means a 2 point loss on the road because of one broken coverage in a game with with a once in 10 years rash of injuries to all of their OTs, WRs and CB during the same game. If two points is "dismantled", what did we do to the Rams? Nuclear warfare?
In New England they faced the top defense in the NFL in the rain and didn't score a TD. The Pats have the GOAT QB and GOAT HC, what is their excuse?
Philly was the one game in 64 starts were Dak overthrew everything because of injury. The Bears game was a debacle and sealed Garrett's fate.
The 2016 team was a ten win team that had every break go their way to finish 13-3. The 2019 team was a ten win team that had every break go against them to finish 8-8. That isn't excuse-making, its the law of averages.