Our problems really are tied to the HC and the QB

[Sydla]

Now obviously, the biggest issue is the guy putting all these pieces together - Jerry. But we've hashed that out ad nauseum. Jerry collects players. He doesn't actually build a roster or have a plan in place. He just likes to collect names and thinks whomever he hires will be brilliant enough to piece them all together. It's a big reason his team has largely sucked as a postseason team since the mid 90s.

Quinn is a good DC. Yes, the defense got exposed, but that doesn't change the fact Quinn is, by and large, considered one of the better DCs in football. But as I said, he got exposed last night. Why? Because the guy on the other side of the field, Kyle Shanahan, is a brilliant offensive mind, arguably the best in the NFL. His ability to scheme, design plays, call plays dwarfs that of the guy doing the same for our offense. And therein lies our first real issue - McCarthy is not very good. There is no creativity in this offense. We rarely ever seem to be a good flow. Everything feels disjointed and haphazard. I like Purdy. I think he's a good QB, but he looks elite at times because the guy calling the plays makes him look that way. We got an up close and really good look at what a quality OC looks like last night. And it ain't McCarthy.

But, having said that, Purdy still has "something". Dak, unfortunately, does not. Frankly, I don't think he looks anything like the QB we saw earlier in his career. Whether that be the injuries that have taken their toll or the chances at OC or whatever, but the Dak from even his rookie year looks better than this one. It sucks because nothing is harder in the NFL than trying to get that QB. Some hit on high picks, some got lucky (Purdy/Hurts). But the reality should probably start setting in for this fanbase that Dallas needs a QB because Dak isn't going to the guy that can take them anywhere. His failures in big games are overtaking his good games against good teams. He is what he is - a QB that needs basically everything around him to go right and that's not happening when paired with the mediocre OC we have.

Honestly, they'll probably win 10 games or so, make the playoffs and then get bounced early again. My fear is Jerry thinking the combo of McCarthy and Dak can work. It can't. It won't. Blow it all up this offseason, Jerry.

 

[nightrain]

Quinn's scheme has been dissected and exposed time and again by the better teams or teams who show up to hit his D in the mouth.

The game has passed McCartgy and Quinn by.

 

[BigD16]

Everything you said is spot on. I’ve said this a million times but the reason Dak was so much better his rookie year is also because he was a dual threat QB. He would scramble and make things happen if the play broke down.

Idk how it’s possible that this guys feel for the rush literally has gotten worse and now he’s slow as molasses too. He’s slow and looks scared to run.

I’m over it. We need to find a real coach and a real quarterback. As you mentioned, can do anything about the horrible ownership.

 

[links18]

McCarthy may be a washed has been, but that is why Jerry feels comfortable with him. He won't rock the boat, he's happy to just have a job.

 

[JW82]

Don't let the DC off the hook either.

 

[ShortRound]

No young smart coach is willing to come here though that's the issue.

 

[Sydla]

Don't let the DC off the hook either.

If there is a total purge in the coaching staff, you won't get a complaint from me. That being said, the part about Quinn is that despite the crying, he is considered a pretty good DC and got exposed by an elite play caller. We don't have an elite play caller to overcome quality DCs. McCarthy is a boob.

 

[Whyjerry]

No young smart coach is willing to come here though that's the issue.

Truth bomb here.

 

[losersgetcute]

McCarthy may be a washed has been, but that is why Jerry feels comfortable with him. He won't rock the boat, he's happy to just have a job.

Hopefully Jerry decides to let McCarthy coach, since Dak needs to be holding a clipboard from now until he retires, The Lance Era should start Monday Night.

 

[Whyjerry]

The problems start and end with the owners box and GM. They create a culture that is more vanity project than winning football. You could pluck Reid and Mahomes and drop them here and watch the deterioration happen. There is only one constant over the past 28 years and it’s the Jones clan.

That said Dak is clearly on a down trend that will look ugly.

 

[Redline360]

DQ is still considered one of the better cordinators in football. He has made great strides getting the defense to wear its at today even though we haven't looked to hot this year. Still night and day better then what we had for 20+ years. SF is going to make alot of defense cordinators look silly

Now I'm not sure if MM is checked out on play calling or is frustrated on the abilities of Dak and limiting half the play book. It's a mixture of two disasters. Currently having recievers ending up yards away from each other or running routes 2 yards shy of the marker(KM / JG type of bs). But then when we have recievers open our QB can't hit the side of the barn or waits to long to throw the ball

 

[Sydla]

Hopefully Jerry decides to let McCarthy coach, since Dak needs to be holding a clipboard from now until he retires, The Lance Era should start Monday Night.

LOL at thinking that just replacing Dak somehow changes McCarthy.

Jerry shouldn't let him coach. He should fire him.

 

[Sydla]

DQ is still considered one of the better cordinators in football. He has made great strides getting the defense to wear its at today even though we haven't looked to hot this year. Still night and day better then what we had for 20+ years. SF is going to make alot of defense cordinators look silly

Now I'm not sure if MM is checked out on play calling or is frustrated on the abilities of Dak and limiting half the play book. It's a mixture of two disasters. Currently having recievers ending up yards away from each other or running routes 2 yards shy of the marker(KM / JG type of bs). But then when we have recievers open our QB can't hit the side of the barn or waits to long to throw the ball

Don't try to convince yourself that there is a quality OC in McCarthy that wil shine if he wasn't frustrated with his QB.

He's not a good OC.

 

[Redline360]

Don't try to convince yourself that there is a quality OC in McCarthy that wil shine if he wasn't frustrated with his QB.

He's not a good OC.

I'm not saying he is. Just those two don't mesh

He's coming from Rodgers who can make any throw or play to Dak who is half limited.

 

[WillieBeamen]

*Yawns*


All of you said this about the last OC. Change the Quarterback instead of swapping out coaches

 

[Sydla]

*Yawns*


All of you said this about the last OC. Change the Quarterback instead of swapping out coaches

So you think McCarthy is a good OC?

 

[losersgetcute]

LOL at thinking that just replacing Dak somehow changes McCarthy.

Jerry shouldn't let him coach. He should fire him.

And hire who? It's not a head coach problem, it's a QB cant hit the broad side of a barn from 5 yards away problem. Dak should have been benched at the Half, and any coach not controlled by Jerry Jones would have done it.

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

No young smart coach is willing to come here though that's the issue.

Yep, the GM sucks as bad as the coach and QB. Maybe worse. He is the one constant in all the futility we Cowboy fans suffer through. Blow it all up.

Are there any older successful coaches in the League other than Pete Carroll who is just an outlier? The ones that can develop and be successful in the 2023 NFL are all pretty damn young and this goes for the good coordinators too. These old coaches think what worked 15 years ago will cut it now but all in all it doesn't. That was Garretts problem, that is Fat Mac's problem too. That year sabbatical in the barn did nothing for Fat Mac but marry him up to a bunch of older washed out coordinators. Not that KM was the answer but at least he'd think outside the box some.

Bones Fassel is OK.

I know it is losert Monday and I'm venting but just think about this for a while. MacCarthy has no clue. His team looked so discombobulated last night , his DC did too. His QB has no clue and the disparity between Prescott and Purdy should open some eyes. Purdy sees the field and Dak panics inside. I'm done. I'm beyond pissed !

 

[Rayman70]

agree. MM and Dak.

 

[OmerV]

Quinn's scheme has been dissected and exposed time and again by the better teams or teams who show up to hit his D in the mouth.

The game has passed McCartgy and Quinn by.

The defense wasn't as bad as this seemed. McCaffrey, for example, did not have a strong day.

There were some lapses on defense, but far and away the biggest problem was the offense. Had the offense been able to move the ball and sustain some drives to help the defense out, the defense would have looked fine. Not dominant, like other games, but they would have been okay.

The Cowboy offense didn't even get a 1st down until their 5th possession. which was about 3 minutes into the 2nd quarter. They only got 8 1st downs the entire game.

Penalties also didn't help. A couple of times the Cowboys had the 49ers stopped, but had a stupid penalty that kept the drive alive.