LOL. How is Rush doing with the Ravens?? Stop with the Rush nonsense. You lost all credibility.
Rush is a bad QB.. that is the entire point. Even a bad QB can win with this roster. Been saying that for most of the 10 years Dak has been here. We have had some really really great rosters.. and Dak has been a BIG part in why we wasted them.
It has all been said multiple times. Dak wasn't the reason we lost.. but he had a big opportunity to win the game and he fluffed his lines. Wasn't the first time and won't be the last time.
The truly great players FIND a way to win.. so do we really think Mahomes goes -12 from the midfield with a chance to take the lead? What about Brady? Aikman? Rodgers even?
My take is simple.. a truly great QB wins that game against the Panthers. Even with the shaky D, the poor play calling, the WR1 out... a truly great QB takes the ball on the 40 yard line, moves it into FG range, finds a way to bleed a lot of the clock and UNDERSTANDS that his D is crap and therefore the game is on his shoulders.
A previous poster summed up WHY we had to dump in 3 times for 12 yard loss.. the D knew we had no run game and, like they have for 10 years, when the crunch time comes.. they play into cover and beg Dak to 'beat' them. This is why we always feel 'so close'.. NFL defences are smart and they know every weakness a QB has. They don't reveal their hand until it is game on the line stuff.. and Dak folds like a cheap suit time and time again. The oppo D will never show you its key stop plays early in the game.. lest you scheme a way around them.. that is all part of what make this game great. The brinksmanship of tactics.. waiting to the last moment to really dig in.
Our D has got close in two games.. in two games they had a chance to hold a 4th down play and 'win' the game (or keep us in it) and twice they couldn't hold at that crucial moment. There is no doubt the defence is terrible. However.. in this game, the offence had a chance and blew it. At some point we have to stop with the Dak excuses.. take the medicine, move on and build a championship caliber roster. Won't happen until the Jones family is out.