Dak didn't have that deer in the headlights look against the Bills. False labeling needs to stop. Not once when the cameras were shown pointed at Dak on the sidelines did Dak ever have that deer in the headlights look he has had before.
Sorry but you're both off base here. At least I know in my case I have never given Dak a pass when he has played poorly. I just have never been willing to assign all the blame for losses on him. Especially not games where the whole team craps the bed. I have consistently however maintained for years that my biggest criticism of Dak is that he's too nice and that he needs to bring a little more fire on days like Sunday when the whole team needs a lift. I think he works too hard at remaining calm and maybe that's what he feels like he needs to do but I think there are times when he need to break out of that calm cool demeanor and rip some teammates a new one. HE needs to lose it sometimes.. Not a lot.. not often but every once in a while he needs to let them know he's ready to go to war and they need to come with him. Roger did it.. Troy did it.. I don't know that Romo ever had it in him to do it and I don't recall if Danny ever did it.. But I saw Roger and Troy do it.. I don't recall a time when I've seen Dak do it. The QB doesn't always have to be the leader of your team.. but it doesn't hurt if he is.. I think this team would follow Dak through the gates of hell. The question is does he have it in him to go there. There really isn't anyone else on the team that I can think of who can assume that mantle. The 49ers have 3 or 4 guys like that.. ironically their quarterback isn't one of them. If we had 3 or 4 guys at other positions with that personality Dak wouldn't need to be either.. but since we don't, it's on him. He needs to sense when the team needs energy and do whatever it takes to bring it. Run over a DB or two.. cuss out a lineman or a receiver.. get in the face of the defense.. something.. anything to get them to compete. That's what I want from Dak. And it's what this team NEEDS from Dak when it's in the doldrums.
I hope you're right RonnieT24. But I've been writing, each time mental toughness is questioned....."You can't keep allowing the bully to take your lunch money. You have to hit the bully in the nose, at some point."
I think some of it is the mental grind of the season. It's just inevitable that at some point teams are going to have letdowns. The fact that there hasn't been an undefeated season in over 50 years should tell you that it happens to every team every year. Maybe 5-6 games of focus is all we can expect out of this generation of players. It's going to be very interesting to see how it plays out over the next 5-6 weeks.
It's the OP pointing to Mental Toughness and then by-passing to Garrett as the only named contributor.
ok Tad thanks for the input.
Oh by the way...I was a little too broad with my comment. I should have said "some" or "a few".
The fact of the matter is all QBs "struggle" under the circumstance in which Dak found himself Sunday... no blocking and no receivers getting open. A possible solution would have been for him to run more either by design or on scrambles but when the line is losing across the board there aren't a lot of escape opportunities. That's when McCarthy needs to create those opportunities.. even if it's some moving pockets to get Dak out on the edge with better downfield vision AND better leverage to take off if everything is covered up.
As much as I agree with about half of that I do not agree that we don't have mental toughness or maturity I don't know where you're getting that from I mean if you looked at them they were upset visibly and you seen what Zach Martin did got that 15 yarder smart or not smart it showed they had fight I think you're mistaking that team being tired sick injured and just not ready for this game and the fact is I think it was the coaches fault some of it on Mike McCarthy I mean why didn't he throw the red flag and do a replay on that possible fumble why did Dan Quinn stay in nickel and dime all game why did he put his players in a position to be playing the wrong type of defense with the wrong size players against 49 run plays?
We are in the playoffs. Buffalo has to win every game for a chance. For those who never played the sport desperate teams are tough to beat.
Is your expectation that the Cowboys would never lose a game if they had some 'dawg' in them?
so we are just happy to be in the playoffs? We don't want a chance to host a home game where we are actually pretty tough to beat?
The Eagles will never win a SB with Siranni and his inability to call a game... I want the Eagles to give me a 10 year extension.So the eagles should blame Sirianni for their recent woes? I agree. Fire the obnoxious bum.
Not at all.. however it is absolutely my expectation that we would not watch any of these "don't show up" games. It's not possible for a team to be "on" every week. Some days you're just not going to have it. I can live with those games. It's the games where they don't even compete that bother me..
