My fool proof Cowboy formula for predicting a bad road loss (Dak thread)

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Ninety (90) minutes before the Buffalo game, I stated that we would have a terrible day passing and lose. Death, taxes, and the following.....when we are (take your pick) on the road, playing an above average team with a rabid crowd, or in bad weather....we struggle throwing the ball. We see it every time any of these scenarios are present....WR's are stuck at the line of scrimmage, they get ZERO separation and cannot get open, routes are all run within 6-7 yards of the line of scrimmage. Dak moves and thinks slow, makes poor decisions, holds the ball too long and takes sacks, puts the WR's at risk making them contort and reach for his poorly thrown balls.. Sooooooo.....is this the fault of MM, Dak, or the WR's? Because it's ONE OR ALL OF THE THREE (3)!!! I do know one thing for certain....we cannot afford to extend and pay 60M per to a QB that has to have EVERYTHING perfect to succeed.
 
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Mannix said:
Ninety (90) minutes before the Buffalo game, I stated that we would have a terrible day passing and lose. Death, taxes, and the following.....when we are (take your pick) on the road, playing an above average team with a rabid crowd, or in bad weather....we struggle throwing the ball. We see it every time any of these scenarios are present....WR's are stuck at the line of scrimmage, they get ZERO separation and cannot get open, routes are all run within 6-7 yards of the line of scrimmage. Dak moves and thinks slow, makes poor decisions, holds the ball too long and takes sacks, puts the WR's at risk making them contort and reach for his poorly thrown balls.. Sooooooo.....is this the fault of MM, Dak, or the WR's? Because it's ONE OR ALL OF THE THREE (3)!!! I do know one thing for certain....we cannot afford to extend and pay 60M per to a QB that has to have EVERYTHING perfect to succeed.
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Wasn't there some year not so long ago when we were better on the road than at home? Was that during the Garrett era?
 
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links18 said:
Wasn't there some year not so long ago when we were better on the road than at home? Was that during the Garrett era?
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I think we went 8-0 on the road in 2014. Lost on the road to the Packers in the playoffs. But that's what happens when you turn the ball over in a critical situation to a good team.
 
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Penalties took a game into catch up and then over extended a light weight defensive unit, good against a passing game.
 
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Mannix said:
Ninety (90) minutes before the Buffalo game, I stated that we would have a terrible day passing and lose. Death, taxes, and the following.....when we are (take your pick) on the road, playing an above average team with a rabid crowd, or in bad weather....we struggle throwing the ball. We see it every time any of these scenarios are present....WR's are stuck at the line of scrimmage, they get ZERO separation and cannot get open, routes are all run within 6-7 yards of the line of scrimmage. Dak moves and thinks slow, makes poor decisions, holds the ball too long and takes sacks, puts the WR's at risk making them contort and reach for his poorly thrown balls.. Sooooooo.....is this the fault of MM, Dak, or the WR's? Because it's ONE OR ALL OF THE THREE (3)!!! I do know one thing for certain....we cannot afford to extend and pay 60M per to a QB that has to have EVERYTHING perfect to succeed.
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We already know our QB can throw the ball down field to open WRs. Even to WRs that aren't that open. But he has to have someone to throw to. He can't will it to happen. Due to the way the game is broadcasted I can't see what Dak is looking at. But if he has no one to throw to, a different QB isn't going to change that.
 
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Mannix said:
Ninety (90) minutes before the Buffalo game, I stated that we would have a terrible day passing and lose. Death, taxes, and the following.....when we are (take your pick) on the road, playing an above average team with a rabid crowd, or in bad weather....we struggle throwing the ball. We see it every time any of these scenarios are present....WR's are stuck at the line of scrimmage, they get ZERO separation and cannot get open, routes are all run within 6-7 yards of the line of scrimmage. Dak moves and thinks slow, makes poor decisions, holds the ball too long and takes sacks, puts the WR's at risk making them contort and reach for his poorly thrown balls.. Sooooooo.....is this the fault of MM, Dak, or the WR's? Because it's ONE OR ALL OF THE THREE (3)!!! I do know one thing for certain....we cannot afford to extend and pay 60M per to a QB that has to have EVERYTHING perfect to succeed.
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Lol, you are absolutely off your rocker.
 

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Mannix said:
Ninety (90) minutes before the Buffalo game, I stated that we would have a terrible day passing and lose. Death, taxes, and the following.....when we are (take your pick) on the road, playing an above average team with a rabid crowd, or in bad weather....we struggle throwing the ball. We see it every time any of these scenarios are present....WR's are stuck at the line of scrimmage, they get ZERO separation and cannot get open, routes are all run within 6-7 yards of the line of scrimmage. Dak moves and thinks slow, makes poor decisions, holds the ball too long and takes sacks, puts the WR's at risk making them contort and reach for his poorly thrown balls.. Sooooooo.....is this the fault of MM, Dak, or the WR's? Because it's ONE OR ALL OF THE THREE (3)!!! I do know one thing for certain....we cannot afford to extend and pay 60M per to a QB that has to have EVERYTHING perfect to succeed.
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It's all of the above. Keep in mind we could run the ball neither. And with pass rush, we couldn't attack down field which is what we are good at. So that's also why all the routes were short, because we had to get the ball out quick, so then there is a lot of bodies in a short area so there is no passing Lanes.

It came down to right side of the OL sucking in run and pass blocking. Further impacting the center because now he had to compensate for an over matched guard which caused him to play sub par


Buy what you didn't say was how bad the defense was. There is zero excuse for a defense to give up 260 rushing yards
 
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JBS said:
Our offense sucks in the most difficult conditions you can play in

What an absolute revelation
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I said ANY of those conditions....take your pick. Never said "all"...better read it again.
 
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