They didn’t help Bell in the Seattle game either when Tyrone went out in the first series. You are correct, one inept backup tackle, or actually two inept backup tackles, should not have defined our season, but Garrett allowed them too. These two inept backup tackles cost us more than a couple games because Garrett was clueless regarding how to fix the problem. They shouldn’t have, but the two inept backup tackles, and Garrett, having no clue how to help them did define our season. Garrett was Dak’s main problem last year.
I'm actually not one of the people that think Dak gets spooked back there, when the pocket collapses, and defenders are coming. I think there is a difference between being scared back there, and just flustered, and confused. Reading defenses, I don't expect him to be all pro when it comes to that. But here is the difference between him, and many of the other QBs out there when it comes to the passing game. Receivers don't typically play to the strengths of their QBs. That is actually the opposite... The QB plays to the strengths of the receivers. My opinion is that Dak fails at that in multiple ways. He has very bad ball placement, many of the catches that are made, are because of the receivers talent, not the pinpoint accuracy of Dak. He is often late on throws, throws high, throws behind, etc...
When teams slacked on the underneath passes in 2016, he did well. What we saw this season was teams game planning for him. Whether people want to admit it or not, they targeted his weaknesses and they were right about it. Teams don't constantly stack the box, when they are worried about the QB making them pay. They were not worried about Dak making them pay... at all.
Now I have seen posts where people don't want to hear how teams figured out Dak, blah blah... Well in the same respect then, I don't want to hear about receivers not getting separation, and Zeke being out.
Most of us can agree that our coaches don't often put players in the best position to make plays. But, you still have to be able to make something out of nothing in the NFL. There just isn't any freebies in the NFL. You aren't going to get college separation in the NFL from receivers. That just doesn't happen... When they are playing at the college level, there are a few good players on each team. When you play in the NFL, there are 11 good to great players on each side of the ball.
So, this season is the season... 3 years as the starter, and you know what you have at that point... so let us see...
