RonnieT24
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Agreed, that could've changed the outcome of the game. And if our defence could stop a reverse, we probably could've beaten Cleveland. That gets us to 8-8 instead of 6-10. That would've clinched the division. Oh, if our defence could stop a nosebleed and if Zeke doesn't take a safety, we would've beaten Seattle. 9-7 if all results stay the same, but that was one of a few games coming into the season I thought we might lose. So, that'd easily have clinched our division even if Dak were to still have gone down. Now, that'd have sucked for us to have to watch Dalton try to win a playoff game, which he's never done. Just goes to show how much Dak means to this team. Obviously, like any QB, it'd help him to have a defence, but Dak's leadership and abilities are good for more wins than his absence would've caused. Oh, and think Dak would've lost to the likes of the Cardinals (they spanked us, because we couldn't throw a pass), Philly in Philly with how Wentz was playing, and gotten swept by Washington? Nah, I don't think so. Oh, and I think we would've beaten Pittsburgh if Dak played that game.
You're preaching to the choir here brother.. No one will ever convince that Dak, if given the exact same defensive support Dalton and the other two stooges got against Philly and Pitt would not have won at least another 4 games over where we finished.. But I do wonder, if Dak and the offense keep putting up 35 a game does the defense ever get desperate enough to wake up? Do we get pissed off enough at Poe, Worley and Griffen to jettison them if Dak beats the Cards, the Ratscums, the Eagles, and Steelers? I mean do we make that move if we're 6-3 at the bye instead of 2-7? And if we don't make those moves does the defense finally start getting turnovers because they realize the offense can't do jack without some help or do they keep giving up 30+ ppg and we stumble to 8-8 or 9-7 .. win the division but get rolled in the playoffs? I'm excited to see what the offense looks like next year with (hopefully) all hands on deck. And I hope we're going to take a long hard look at our broken drafting philosophy when it comes to defense. We gotta get playmakers on defense or all the offensive firepower in the world won't save us..