How are they not related to the argument? Paul had 27 TOs in 8 games, Wade had 4. That is why the Cowboys won, plain and simple. That doesn't mean Paul is a better coordinator, just like it doesn't mean JG is a good coach. The season was over by then and Jerry Jones went buck-wild in the locker room. It was akin to Shanny saying the season is done last year, only to be followed by 7 straight wins. Lucky for them, they playedthe clown JG and got into te play-offs. Then, the collapsed this year and Garrett was fired.
And it does suck intoday's context cause each of those 3 other teams made the play-offs and the Giants won the SB. We on the other hand, just lose to them when it counts.
If you don't think that has any bearing on the argument, than your just being a homer.
You can drive a bus through the difference between 'any bearing' and 'it does suck,' khiladi. I'm not being a homer, at all. You can be disappointed with our production without resorting to believing the head coach is an idiot.
IIRC, we switched up and played more zone when Garrett took over for Wade. I don't believe that's something that suddenly occurred to Coach P. It's something Wade hadn't wanted to do earlier, for whatever reason.
And I don't care what anybody else who's just disgrunteld has to say about it. This team cannot defend the pass against a good passing offense, and it has not been able to for the last three seasons. This is the reason why we get beat when we're playing another good team for all the marbles. At the beginning of the season, when we've been healthier, we've held up better, but injuries and a just plain old inability to play pass defense bites us when we're playing a decent passing offense. With regularity. It's not the questionable play calling that can be considered one of a dozen factors that contribute to the losses. It's the historically-bad pass defense that's getting us beat. And, even so, it's getting us beat less than it's getting other teams in the NFCE beat. The problem is, when we're playing good teams and we need the win, we're not able to get it. We've racked up our wins by playing consistently well against teams that aren't as good as we are. We're not good enough to beat the week 17 Giants, or Commanders or Eagles each of the last three years.
The 'realists' for whatever reason, won't accept that, and somehow I'm a homer for acknowledging it. I'm not saying it because I like Jason Garrett (though I do). It's Jason's responsibility to fix it. He's added expensive resources and used high draft picks to do it. He's hired two DCs to do it. He's failed at it so far, and I see that every bit as much as the rest of you do. I say it because it's true. Because I'd rather see a HC with a track record of aggressively addressing personnel problems get another shot at it because I think the rest of the team is actually in really good shape. I understand that he's on borrowed time, too. But if you're one side away from solving your Rubix cube, it's not the time to mess the whole thing up again and start over, just because you're frustrated.
Now, I get people thinking our Rubix Cube is not really close at all. I don't agree, and I think the data is pretty clear why I shouldn't agree, but I do at least understand the sentiment. What I don't get is people who look at the pass defense effectiveness data and understand it who still think the real problem the team is play calling or balance or coaching. That just makes zero sense.
