23 points given up in 2021, only 19 in 2022 while the offense put up 17 and 12 points in each game, and you are putting the looses squarely on the defense? What the hell are they expected to do, throw shutouts to give the offense a chance? Dallas should have won both of those games but it was the offense that failed to show up.
Thankfully, that secret has not been buried nearly as long.
The only playoff game we lost while Dak has been here where the defense did a respectable job was against San Francisco in 2022. Even had Dak not crapped the bed in that game I still believe the defense would’ve broke down when the game was on the line. Our defense clearly cost us the playoff game against Green Bay in 2016. Our defense was the main reason we lost to SF in 2021. We got road graded for 169 yards and SF held the ball for over 34 minutes. We never sacked Jimmy G once. Dak had his issues in that game but statistically he was better than Jimmy G. Our defense cost us the playoff game against the Rams in 2018 when we got road graded for over 200 rushing yards and our defense was the main reason we lost to Green Bay this past January. I’ve never put all our playoff losses “entirely” on the defense.
I never put those losses squarely on the defense. We got road graded for 169 yards against San Francisco in 2021. San Francisco dominated us in the trenches and Jimmy G wasn’t sacked once. They controlled the ball for over 34 minutes. Dak wasn’t very good on that game, but he was a long way from terrible. Our defense was being manhandled in that game. Had the 49ers not controlled the ball we would’ve had more opportunities. The loss to San Francisco in 2022 was squarely on Dak. I’ve never wavered on that but the rest of our playoff losses were “mostly” on the defense.
I think 2021 was on the holding penalties by Collins and Williams, giving up 5 sacks, Dak was met with pressure instantly on a do or die 4th and 10, and was so close to getting it to Wilson.
The same all except that Eagles game which we would've probably won with Dak. See my point? Makes a difference in the grand scheme.
You completely missed the second paragraph though…..
Didn't miss it. I said time and time again we could have used Coop, won a couple of games less and still made the play offs. In the end we'd suffered the same fate: an early exit. And NO, I'm not saying Rush is as good as Dak. He's not. It's just the overall outcome that would have been the same.
While I agree with your sentiment that yes a good QB is supposed to give us that extra 5%….theres no argument that the offense looked superior under Dak. And like he mentioned had we beaten the Eagles we could’ve got first place and find ourselves playing the Giants and the 9ers without Purdy…..
I think the only difference between both our arguments is that you want the best chance to win now. And yes, of course Dak would give us that over Lance, Coop or any washed up veteran we could acquire.
I’m not opposed to a rebuild. I think our best chance to win is building with this core of guys but this front office doesn’t seem to know or want to so there’s that.
Well, we definitely agree on that lol.
Who’s to say he isn’t a poster here?
