That's a good take. It ignores depth though. Dallas had an extremely top heavy roster then. There was no depth, and Dallas was among the worst in the NFL in dead money. How does the current offense rank compared to the league vs. how did it then? WR starting quality and depth are both better now IMO.
It's also not fair to "disregard" the defense based on one single playoff game. The current defense has statistically been among the very best in the league for years under Quinn. Remember that in the loss to the Packers, the game was completely decided by halftime. In the first half, Dak not only gifted 14 points to the Packers, but also cost Dallas another 3 with that dumb sack. Without those three Dak mistakes, the Green Bay game is 13-10 at halftime. Dak lost that game, not the defense. He gift-wrapped it.
Fair enough on Green Bay.
I'm not sure that our depth was better last year than in 2014, on offense at least.
It might have been better at guard with TJ Bass, but I'd argue that Jermey Parnell, who split time with Free was a better tackle than what we put out there at backup.
At running back, we had Dunbar and Randle. At tight end, we had Gascobar, who accomplished about as much as our second-round tight end last year. At receiver, I'd probably take our top four in 2014 over our top four this year, mainly because I think this group dropped off harder after the top two.
But again, in 2014, we had no quality depth on defense ... and barely quality starters. I mean, JJ Wilcox was our third safety, Tyler Patmon was our third corner, Might have had better depth at linebacker, though, since this year we only carried a couple of true linebackers.
