Yep. It's why we struggled against better teams and better talent. A team like the Giants..no matter what they did they were never beating us. Too much of a talent discrepancy. I'd turn those turnovers over for a more stout defense.
Under 16ppg allowed by their defense in the playoffs too. I don't think it's any coincidence that the best defense in each conference made it to the superbowl. Extremely difficult to win in this league without a strong defense.
Are you forgetting Mahomes and his offense put up points when they needed them against the #1 defense? That's the mark of a great QB, great offense and great defense.
Agreed.
Boom.
I watched the SB. Chiefs got lucky with a muffed punt inside Niners 15 and a missed extra point. That allowed the game to go into OT. Mahomes was not on the field for either of those plays.
No doubt, the Green Bay game was a total disaster on both sides of the football. I'm not sure how anyone uses that game to prop up anyone on the team.
I'm not saying one is bad and one is good. I'm actually saying the opposite. I expect more from the offense than the defense. They both have similar flaws. The physical play on both sides of the ball or lack there of is a huge issue. Neither is capable of getting punched in the face and fighting back.
He raises a good question though....a championship team doesn't panic down 17....
YEP!
Stopping the run has only been an issue for 29 seasons. Be patient, the FO will get it worked out.
Yeah definitely cultural issues here led by Jerry.
Not to mention KC fumbled 5 times that game. Mahomes is the best QB in football right now, but KCs offense is very lucky they were in position to win that game, I agree completely.
I recall both teams had 2 turnovers. Including McCafrey on the opening drive inside KC's 20.
So this brings up the question. Take the ball or defer?
You defer, defense makes a stop. Then offense scores. Or take the ball first as fans freak out, and then score first.
Every game fans freaked out because we did not defer. Even if the opponent won the coin toss and deferred, so we go on offense first. They still freaked out.
They did defer at times though. Fans were calm.
So if we take the ball first to score first, will this change that mind set.
That was the real warning sign. When your defense could lose that team, you know you have some serious issues.
Any team that plays the Cowboys in 2024 should run the ball down our throats. Any team that does not do this has bad coaching. Even mid level backs can dominate this defense. Even if the Cowboys jump out to a lead, teams should still insist on running it. It will work nearly every game.
That all starts with our bad running game. I think we would have lost more games last year if teams simply didn't fear our early lead, and kept running the ball. The book is out, and only teams with bad coaching that wasn't paying attention last season will miss that. Our run defense will be even worse this season as it looks right now.
Its not the mid level rbs that beat us. Evenbelow avererage can.
