How naive that fans want to blame just one person for all the playoff failures

[CowboyoWales]

The problem is not the QB. Hell, he just came 2nd in MVP voting and had the best QB stats for all of 2023. The problem is the Oline. Had 3 All Pros, yet came in 15th overall in rushing by season's end. THAT is the problem. Fix the Oline and running game, that will do wonders come playoff time. That's how the Cowboys of the 90s won Super Bowls.

There is no single golden bullet to success,nor defining failure.
The problem includes Dak and that he's a MVP class QB,with a lead, but he's an 0-3 QB in Play-Off's when trailing.
Yes, he needs a running game.....however, our offense v GB didn't fall apart due to the lack of running game, it was that Dak chose to pass (and couldn't execute).

 

[Brax]

Dak didnt get any 1st place MVP votes.

Josh Allen did.

Dak only has 1 Pro Bowl since 2018.

It’s kind of embarrassing for our team to say he was MVP anything.

He’s been paid mega millions.

That’s why they like Lance so much.

There’s nothing left for apologists so now they hang their hat on MVP even though he received no 1st place votes. The really sad part is that JJ will in all likelihood sign him to a mega deal and Dakchoka will continue his brilliant stat collection with nothing to show for it. The excuses keep coming in and the usual it’s everyone else’s fault but Dak. Get use to it for the next 4 years or so as Jerry doesn’t have the brains to do what’s right and wave goodbye to QB who needs a all world team to carry him.

 

[America's Cowboy]

There is no single golden bullet to success,nor defining failure.
The problem includes Dak and that he's a MVP class QB,with a lead, but he's an 0-3 QB in Play-Off's when trailing.
Yes, he needs a running game.....however, our offense v GB didn't fall apart due to the lack of running game, it was that Dak chose to pass (and couldn't execute).

400+ yards and 3 TDs say the potential is there. There were other contributors to those 2 INTs other than Dak. Get those fixed, along with a running game and a defense that actually shows up to play, your problems will be solved.

 

[America's Cowboy]

For all the haters, CHOKA on Dak being your QB for several more years. Guaranteed.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Go find another team.

Dont tell me how to fan.

Im a dallas cowboys through and through....probably longer than you been alive. Weve always had high standards. Dont ruin it.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Offense

You must have a balanced attack proving that you can both run the ball and pass the ball. The most important part of that balanced attack is being physical at the line of scrimmage when running the ball. The offensive line needs to dominate at the point of attack. Once you establish the run, it opens up the passing game. If you can dominate the line of scrimmage on offense, impose your will and take the life out of them physically, you’ll have much success.

Defense

The #1 priority of the defense is to be able to stop the run. It’s paramount to having a good defense because if you can stop the offense from running down your throats it means that you’re controlling the line of scrimmage. Again, physicality. Imposing your will on the opposing teams offense. It turns a team into a 1 dimensional team. Then you have them where you want them. If you can’t stop the run, you’re doomed in the playoffs.

Bottom Line

It’s all about physicality. It’s impossible to do either of the above if you can’t control the line of scrimmage. And you can’t just do 1 well, you have to do both well. Physicality is what football is all about. Controlling the line of scrimmage. The Cowboys haven’t been able to do both in the same season since the early 90’s. Yet CZ fans want to blame just one person for all the playoff failures. To put it nicely, how naive.

Honestly ..........85-90% of posters here know this.
This board has had it's share of love/hate relationships between one or two posters and a certain player. If I recall, here are some players who have lived in a few poster heads (24-7) in the past. I won't name the posters but you know.....
My point is, that this board has always had extremism on both sides (neg/pos ) toward certain players. But I admit, I have never seen this strong as it is toward Dak since Quincy Carter.

• Zeke
• Jaylon Smith
• Dez
• DLaw
• DWare
• Romo
• Dak
• Parsons

 

[Sydla]

Offense

You must have a balanced attack proving that you can both run the ball and pass the ball. The most important part of that balanced attack is being physical at the line of scrimmage when running the ball. The offensive line needs to dominate at the point of attack. Once you establish the run, it opens up the passing game. If you can dominate the line of scrimmage on offense, impose your will and take the life out of them physically, you’ll have much success.

Defense

The #1 priority of the defense is to be able to stop the run. It’s paramount to having a good defense because if you can stop the offense from running down your throats it means that you’re controlling the line of scrimmage. Again, physicality. Imposing your will on the opposing teams offense. It turns a team into a 1 dimensional team. Then you have them where you want them. If you can’t stop the run, you’re doomed in the playoffs.

Bottom Line

It’s all about physicality. It’s impossible to do either of the above if you can’t control the line of scrimmage. And you can’t just do 1 well, you have to do both well. Physicality is what football is all about. Controlling the line of scrimmage. The Cowboys haven’t been able to do both in the same season since the early 90’s. Yet CZ fans want to blame just one person for all the playoff failures. To put it nicely, how naive.

Blame one person? People have blamed the two GMs, the coach, the QB........... some want to run Parsons out on a rail because he disappears in big games, some don't want to spend money on Lamb because he apparently quit in the GB game, etc.

The reality is we have a front office that has proven time and time again they can't build a championship caliber roster, a HC that simply isn't good enough, a QB that unfortunately has more often than not shrunk in big games and an overall roster that has issues.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Only 14 QBs make the playoffs each year.

Average would be in the 6-8 range.

Daks not higher than 10th in any of those categories.

Daks the definition of bottom of the barrel in the playoffs.

since you are taking this so literal....then 10th is not bottom of the barrell. 14th is. so perhaps slightly below average. which is still not good.

take a deep breath. relax a bit. take a sip of your coffee. chill for a few minutes.

 

[Sydla]

Your football knowledge is in question.

Saying there were other issues in big games/playoffs doesn't change the fact that their franchise QB, the one paid to be one of the best QBs in the league, has also come up small in many of those spots. I question the football knowledge of anyone that comes to the conclusion that our playoff failures apparently don't involve, to some extent, the fact the QB did not play well at all.

Why do people struggle to admit that reality?

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

since you are taking this so literal....then 10th is not bottom of the barrell. 14th is. so perhaps slightly below average. which is still not good.

take a deep breath. relax a bit. take a sip of your coffee. chill for a few minutes.

Actually 13th is according to the tweet.

Now defend your bottom of the barrel QB while I ignore it.

 

[Sydla]

Spot on.

Too bad many have become lazy in their analysis.

There is nothing lazy about pointing out the fact that while there have certainly been other issues roster wise (and even coaching wise) to our playoff woes, the QB has also been a factor in those losses.

Dak hasn't play well enough over his career in the playoffs. That's just a reality.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Actually 13th is according to the tweet.

Now defend your bottom of the barrel QB while I ignore it.

10th in some. 11th in the others....

the point is, its not acceptable and it sucks. we need better in playoffs.

you are way too wound up today already.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

10th in some. 11th in the others....

the point is, its not acceptable and it sucks. we need better in playoffs.

you are way too wound up today already.

He ranks 12th just as many times as he does 10 or 11.

 

[SultanOfSix]

There’s nothing left for apologists so now they hang their hat on MVP even though he received no 1st place votes.

It’s nothing to hang your hat on anyway since he garnered those statistics against (in total) the 32nd ranked passing defense in the league, i.e., the worst. It’s why when there is better competition (as there is in the playoffs) he simply cannot play as good.

 

[acr731]

Offense

You must have a balanced attack proving that you can both run the ball and pass the ball. The most important part of that balanced attack is being physical at the line of scrimmage when running the ball. The offensive line needs to dominate at the point of attack. Once you establish the run, it opens up the passing game. If you can dominate the line of scrimmage on offense, impose your will and take the life out of them physically, you’ll have much success.

Defense

The #1 priority of the defense is to be able to stop the run. It’s paramount to having a good defense because if you can stop the offense from running down your throats it means that you’re controlling the line of scrimmage. Again, physicality. Imposing your will on the opposing teams offense. It turns a team into a 1 dimensional team. Then you have them where you want them. If you can’t stop the run, you’re doomed in the playoffs.

Bottom Line

It’s all about physicality. It’s impossible to do either of the above if you can’t control the line of scrimmage. And you can’t just do 1 well, you have to do both well. Physicality is what football is all about. Controlling the line of scrimmage. The Cowboys haven’t been able to do both in the same season since the early 90’s. Yet CZ fans want to blame just one person for all the playoff failures. To put it nicely, how naive.

How naive is it that some fans want to absolve #4 of any blame at all?

It's a team sport - we all know that - and everyone failed in the last playoff game. The defense gave up a 1st drive TD and the offense failed to answer. Crap went swirling down the toilet from that point on. But anyone saying #4 didn't have something to do with that embarrassment is totally blind.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Saying there were other issues in big games/playoffs doesn't change the fact that their franchise QB, the one paid to be one of the best QBs in the league, has also come up small in many of those spots. I question the football knowledge of anyone that comes to the conclusion that our playoff failures apparently don't involve, to some extent, the fact the QB did not play well at all.

Why do people struggle to admit that reality?

Its a very odd thing. You cant assess dak without 1st shredding every other aspect if the team, and every other qb in the league.

Like some little child you dont talk about in front of.

Ive never seen anything like it in sports...accept t ball maybe.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

How naive is it that some fans want to absolve #4 of any blame at all?

It's a team sport - we all know that - and everyone failed in the last playoff game. The defense gave up a 1st drive TD and the offense failed to answer. Crap went swirling down the toilet from that point on. But anyone saying #4 didn't have something to do with that embarrassment is totally blind.

I want to absolve Dak of all blame.

I want Dak to never be blamed for a Cowboys loss ever again.

 

[JBS]

How naive is it that some fans want to absolve #4 of any blame at all?

It's a team sport - we all know that - and everyone failed in the last playoff game. The defense gave up a 1st drive TD and the offense failed to answer. Crap went swirling down the toilet from that point on. But anyone saying #4 didn't have something to do with that embarrassment is totally blind.

What’s so hard about this to understand?

 

[acr731]

These Dak supporters have rocks in their head. They just don't get it!

I'm sure they get it, they just refuse to acknowledge it. They would argue with you that a hurricane is just a mild storm

 

[CowboyoWales]

400+ yards and 3 TDs say the potential is there. There were other contributors to those 2 INTs other than Dak. Get those fixed, along with a running game and a defense that actually shows up to play, your problems will be solved.

That highlights the problem.....Dak can't perform until the pressure's removed. The potential to relax and play well when ....when the game's gone.
The GB game, preceeded by the two SF play-off loses where again Dak looked so uneasy/uptight under pressure.
The problem is can we afford the Defense that will keep us in the game (especially paying Dak top money)....even then Dak will need to step up on occasion SFx2 and GB are still the headline evidence that suggests this may be out of his control (composure still his biggest need).