Minah Kimes reveals the Dallas Cowboys real problem during the playoffs in recent years

[tunahelper]

I love it when people who don’t watch the games look at some stats and make broad generalizations based on the numbers.

You can make a point without attacking ladies....

 

[Flamma]

There are so many moving parts to a football team that you can find a ton of reasons why things go downhill. I can't pinpoint anything specific except to say the Cowboys seem to trend in the wrong direction by season's end. They're not the hot team, and seem almost unmotivated.

Romo, Dak, Stafford, Cousins, take your pick. The results are going to be the same. We need a game changing QB. I don't know that one of those QBs will do the trick either. Look at Rodgers. One SB appearance in all of these years. GB hasn't exactly supported him either.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Outstanding, Dak acolyte!
Are you inferring this lack of good vs. great players is an excuse for Dak?

Mina I totally agree with you. I would like to hear your plan for improving at RB and WR2.

And your opinion as to ... as to ...oh, hush and kiss me!

It's not an excuse if such information is based on facts, mate!

 

[kskboys]

I think you have to sign CD. Rams and Chiefs are some recent Super Bowl winners with a #1 receiver.

Problem is... We need better #2s. Tolbert coming up bigger next year will be huge for us, but Ferguson is a more promising bet to be a Pro Bowl Tight End contender next year.

But you gotta keep CD. Consider him Cooper Kupp.

Chiefs haven't had a #1 WR in two years.

 

[kskboys]

Are you guys serious? Dak and the D have both blown chunks in the playoffs for several years now, and you're still arguing over which is worse? Meanwhile, propping up your side w/ some weird hero worship(on both sides).

Pro bowls, stats, whatever. They both sucked vs GB, and there's no question whatsoever that that is a 100% true statement. Both were terrible, just awful.

 

[kskboys]

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.

The first one. They simply don't know, as in have no clue what to do next. They have extremely shallow football knowledge, so when their feeble attempts at roster building don't work, they are flummoxed. ANOTHER TE in the 2nd? How many do they have to take before they realize that it doesn't work?

 

[acr731]

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.

You said "The real problem during the playoffs has been the defense. The real problem during the playoffs has always been the defense."

Sounds a lot like you are blaming the defense and just them. The defense played well enough to win the 2 games I mentioned, the offense didn't, yet you only want to blame the defense. Its the sign of a Dak apologist...

 

[Teague31]

The defense gave up half a hundred. Not sure a better WR 2-3 is the answer

 

[Bullflop]

If I'm inclined to put the blame on any one factor that prevents the Dallas Cowboys from being a true contender, it's an ineffective front office that prefers to blame the coaches and players that they hire for their lack of competent management. That's where it all begins. The problem is also compounded by the fact that they're unaccountable and aren't going away anytime soon. You can't fire those who do all the hiring to start with.

 

[acr731]

The defense gave up half a hundred. Not sure a better WR 2-3 is the answer

Are you talking about the GB game? I'm pretty sure Dak contributed to that 'half a hundred'. Before GB pulled all their starters, of course.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Ferguson and Cooks were at least adequate. Gallup had 100 yards in the GB game.

We lost because the defense was a sieve, and Dak threw 2 disastrous early picks. Things get tight, he gacks like McNabb at the super bowl. It was 27-0 and the game was over before halftime. at quibbling over 2nd WRs from that game.

Dak is a choker, the team lacks overall toughness. Both lie at the feet of the clownshow running the organization. Stop pretending it's anything other than the obvious.

Well look who it is!!!!

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The first one. They simply don't know, as in have no clue what to do next. They have extremely shallow football knowledge, so when their feeble attempts at roster building don't work, they are flummoxed. ANOTHER TE in the 2nd? How many do they have to take before they realize that it doesn't work?

There’s some things I just can’t justify with this team…and taking a tight end in the 2nd round yet again even if that guy was high on their board is just stupidity I can’t explain.

 

[Hardline]

I don't need to know what she says. I already know it. No one has their finger on the pulse of this team more than me.

 

[Creeper]

Three guys making less than 12m if you’re talking 35m.

Currently, that would get you Jakob’s Myers, Brandin Cooks and Allen Lazard.

There are no WR1 not on a rookie deal making that kind of money.

Salary market for WR is just ridiculous.

Well I am assuming 3 guys replacing 3 guys. What are the Cowboys paying CeeDee, Cooks and whoever the next guy is? I assume the Cowboys have a budget for the WR position. All I am saying is if the budget is $45 million, giving it all to one guy could be a mistake. If that one guy has a bad day, the team loses. Of course there are exceptions to my thinking, I admit that. Randy Moss was a guy who could dominate by himself. I don't think CeeDee is like Randy Moss yet.

 

[KJJ]

The Cowboys were getting curb stomped in those playoff games.

Garbage stats and points.

When your defense can’t make any stops and is allowing TDs all day you’re going to get curb stomped. Had the Packers not taken the fourth quarter off they could’ve scored 60 if they wanted to.

 

[KJJ]

You said "The real problem during the playoffs has been the defense. The real problem during the playoffs has always been the defense."

Sounds a lot like you are blaming the defense and just them. The defense played well enough to win the 2 games I mentioned, the offense didn't, yet you only want to blame the defense. Its the sign of a Dak apologist...

I said the real problem has been the defense, and have put “most” of the blame on the defense but I never said it was “entirely” on the defense. Read whatever you want into my post, but that’s what I’m saying. The defense was trash against San Francisco in 2021. Don’t know how anyone could say the D played well enough to win that game when they gave up 169 rushing yards and allowed San Francisco to control the ball for over 34 minutes. They didn’t sack Jimmy G once in that game. Go see if you can find a playoff game in franchise history where the Cowboys gave up 169 rushing yards or more, without any sacks on the opposing QB and won the game.

 

[gtb1943]

I said the real problem has been the defense, and have put “most” of the blame on the defense but I never said it was “entirely” on the defense. Read whatever you want into my post, but that’s what I’m saying. The defense was trash against San Francisco in 2021. Don’t know how anyone could say the D played well enough to win that game when they gave up 169 rushing yards and allowed San Francisco to control the ball for over 34 minutes. They didn’t sack Jimmy G once in that game. Go see if you can find a playoff game in franchise history where the Cowboys gave up 169 rushing yards or more, without any sacks on the opposing QB and won the game.

And Dak failed and failed and failed
The two biggest reasons (outside of Jethro of course) for this teams failures in the playoffs is the D and Dak. When the D is working Dak is not; and some times Dak was ok and the D sucked but that is the best we seem to have.
Dak and the D share equal blame for the GB atrocity

 

[LonnieElam]

Who’s to say he isn’t a poster here?

Touche'

 

[kskboys]

When your defense can’t make any stops and is allowing TDs all day you’re going to get curb stomped. Had the Packers not taken the fourth quarter off they could’ve scored 60 if they wanted to.

And if they hadn't started playing prevent D w/ backups, we wouldn't have scored 20.

 

[KJJ]

And Dak failed and failed and failed
The two biggest reasons (outside of Jethro of course) for this teams failures in the playoffs is the D and Dak. When the D is working Dak is not; and some times Dak was ok and the D sucked but that is the best we seem to have.
Dak and the D share equal blame for the GB atrocity

When the D is playing well, so has Dak except for the San Francisco game in 2022. In the playoff win against Tampa our defense didn’t play that well but Dak was sensational. Brady carved us up for 350 yards and two TDs. Our defense bent, but it didn’t break in that game. I put most of the blame for the Green Bay loss on the defense, but Dak certainly contributed. He played awful early, but came on when it was too little too late. Even had he played great we would have lost in a shootout because our defense couldn’t stop them.