Michael Irvin thinks he knows exactly why the Cowboys lost to the Packers in the playoffs

[Risen Star]

"The Cowboys would be here if they went into that last game against Philadelphia playing real football," Irvin said during an interview on The Dan Patrick Show before the Super Bowl. "They would not have broken their mentality that they had going. I believe that that was the reason."

This is a subject Irvin has been vocal about already. After the Cowboys lost to Philadelphia in Week 17, Irvin went on record saying that Dallas should have left Tony Romo in the game to try to win it.

But for Irvin it feels like the Cowboys got consecutive bye weeks by not taking the Eagles game seriously. And the Hall-of-Fame receiver thinks a bye week in the playoffs can be damaging enough.

"I'm starting to change my thoughts on this bye week anyway especially with the schedule these players have now because they can't even practice," Irvin said. "It's like Club Med anyway. So now you have 2-3 weeks of Club Med. It's hard to step out on the field and be ready for a football game. The four teams that had byes, three of them played poorly. Only one really played okay and that was Atlanta."

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[Risen Star]

Confirming what I've said all along. I'd extend that to even how they handled Zeke Elliott. It showed the same coward gender fluid safe space mindset.

Our coward coach blinked in the 2nd half of the Detroit game. The season was lost there. And much to the applause of many fans who didn't want to wisk our players getting huwt and stuff.

Coach of the year? Puh-leaze. He should have been fired the day after the playoff loss.

 

[Setackin]

I kinda believe it too. But not so much that I'm butt hurt about it. Hindsight is 20/20.

 

[Risen Star]

I kinda believe it too. But not so much that I'm butt hurt about it. Hindsight is 20/20.

It's not hindsight when you said it before it happened.

And, besides, "hindsight" is how you learn from your mistakes.

 

[Zordon]

That decision and the in-game decisions all go back to Garrett.

 

[Risen Star]

The sad part is if the Cowboys get back into that position the fans will still be calling for safe spaces and how smart that approach is. They didn't learn from 2007. They won't learn from 2016.

And if Jason Garrett is the head coach you can take it to the bank he will go coward in crunch time. He's got no backbone. He's a fake tough guy. Like Mike Zimmer.

 

[School]

We should've lost a few more down the stretch to avoid the first round bye. Then we really would've been ready.

 

[Risen Star]

We should've lost a few more down the stretch to avoid the first round bye. Then we really would've been ready.

No. Just don't go into pre-season mode. Play your players. Win the games. Be a man, in other words.

 

[noletime95]

Dak Prescott eluded to the time off negatively impacting the team's play early against GB. I was ok resting players, but I've come around based on some discussion of current/former players in addition to the performance of all four home teams in the divisional round. Even ATL started slow against SEA. The lack of practice time is a fair point also. Gotta keep your foot on the gas. I would like to believe Garrett will learn from this.

Risen, I got ask, who do you like on the team besides Zeke and the OL? You hate the coach, you hate Prescott, and seem to hate the entire defense except Lee. I think you have good insights at times, but I'm honestly not sure when you are serious.

 

[erod]

The truth is, this team had an inflated record to begin with. The team stayed remarkably healthy, and they caught a bunch of teams that were unhealthy or weren't the teams they were expected to be. Dallas was very fortunate to win both Commanders games, the Vikings game, the Steelers game, and the first Eagles game. Dallas could have very easily gone 0-6 in the division.

Atlanta would have beaten the high holy hell out of Dallas. Green Bay did us a favor.

 

[waving monkey]

Confirming what I've said all along. I'd extend that to even how they handled Zeke Elliott. It showed the same coward gender fluid safe space mindset.

Our coward coach blinked in the 2nd half of the Detroit game. The season was lost there. And much to the applause of many fans who didn't want to wisk our players getting huwt and stuff.

Coach of the year? Puh-leaze. He should have been fired the day after the playoff loss.

13-3

 

[Toruk_Makto]

It's not hindsight when you said it before it happened.

And, besides, "hindsight" is how you learn from your mistakes.

It is hindsight.

We've seen superbowl champions rest their starters into week 17.

Weve seen superbowl champions play out the string.

Saying one way is absolutely superior, any given year, is a product of hindsight.

Nuance is important. Get some.

 

[waving monkey]

Dak Prescott eluded to the time off negatively impacting the team's play early against GB. I was ok resting players, but I've come around based on some discussion of current/former players in addition to the performance of all four home teams in the divisional round. Even ATL started slow against SEA. The lack of practice time is a fair point also. Gotta keep your foot on the gas. I would like to believe Garrett will learn from this.

Risen, I got ask, who do you like on the team besides Zeke and the OL? You hate the coach, you hate Prescott, and seem to hate the entire defense except Lee. I think you have good insights at times, but I'm honestly not sure when you are serious.

If we had traded up for Wentz the FO wouldbe all pro

 

[School]

No. Just don't go into pre-season mode. Play your players. Win the games. Be a man, in other words.

I actually agree with you in that they shouldn't have taken the Philly game off, but it's not as clear cut as you make it and the hyperbole hurts your case.

But again, hard to tell when you're serious sometimes.

 

[Risen Star]

Dak Prescott eluded to the time off negatively impacting the team's play early against GB. I was ok resting players, but I've come around based on some discussion of current/former players in addition to the performance of all four home teams in the divisional round. Even ATL started slow against SEA. The lack of practice time is a fair point also. Gotta keep your foot on the gas. I would like to believe Garrett will learn from this.

Risen, I got ask, who do you like on the team besides Zeke and the OL? You hate the coach, you hate Prescott, and seem to hate the entire defense except Lee. I think you have good insights at times, but I'm honestly not sure when you are serious.

Garrett was here for 2007. He did the same thing in 2016. He's not learning from anything. He doesn't have the stones to do it any other way. He will blink in the future. That's why he should be fired yesterday.

You should have seen it coming. When you actually try to rationalize the intelligence of playing Lance Dunbar on 3rd downs while Ezekiel Elliott is on your bench you know you have a weak leader at head coach. Someone who does that also gives the team a vacation before the playoffs. Safety over preparation. The Football Gods don't reward cowards. Ask Bill Belichick. He farts in Jason Garrett's direction.

Who does love our defense? A homer? It's bad. So no, I'm not liking that side of the ball or the archaic coordinator and his motivational t-shirts. I actually want a defense that performs on the field. Color me unreasonable.

 

[Ultra Warrior]

Had the defense played a bit better in that game, we wouldn't be second guessing all this. We were there & didn't play well enough to win. All this other garbage is excuses.

 

[tyke1doe]

I don't think the bye had anything to do with it. That's an excuse. The Cowboys still had two weeks of rest regardless had they left the starters in or not.

What cost the Cowboys the Packers game?

1. Defense. In the playoff, talent-less defensive teams get exposed. The Packers exposed our defense.
2. Coaching. The better coaches/coaching tends to surface during the playoffs. We got outcoached - both in our inability to devise or stick with a scheme to attack Aaron Rodgers to our going away from what got us the No. 1 seed.
I don't think Garrett gave us any advantages in that game - neither he nor his offensive and defensive coaches.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

It's not hindsight when you said it before it happened.

And, besides, "hindsight" is how you learn from your mistakes.

You should try it sometime.

 

[fredp22]

Confirming what I've said all along. I'd extend that to even how they handled Zeke Elliott. It showed the same coward gender fluid safe space mindset.

Our coward coach blinked in the 2nd half of the Detroit game. The season was lost there. And much to the applause of many fans who didn't want to wisk our players getting huwt and stuff.

Coach of the year? Puh-leaze. He should have been fired the day after the playoff loss.

I agree COTY was a surprise and should have gone to Belichick.
re firing Garrett- hes the best puppet coach there is. Thats all Jerry can work with and until he steps down just dont see or know if I want any change.Sad how the media goes to Jerry for any info almost always ignoring Garrett. Its what Jerry wants but a little insulting to Garrett.
agree and fail to see why they arent using Zeke more as 3rd down back. He's an upgrade over Dunbar. Zeke came in as a 3 down back and Garrett should use him as such.

 

[SDCowboy]

The Philly game could have had a small role in the loss, but the reason we lost was because our defense was horrendous.