This loss is on two players

[coult44]

Sure, there are a ton of reasons that contributed to the loss. But, without the fumble by a slow, below average rookie, and without the ineptness of a waste of a roster spot LT, we probably win this game!
Both Luepke and Edoga would not earn a practice squad spot on most teams. We must do better at those positions!! They should both be fired the day after Christmas.

 

[Eddie]

Luepke is not a ball handler. I bet he doesn't get 5 practice snaps during the week. MM got too cute.

Edoga is a backup. If Dak wasn't making a quarter of the team's salary cap, maybe we could have afforded to shore up the backup positions on the OL.

Be thankful it wasn't Chaz Green out there.

 

[Tabascocat]

They didn’t lose because of Luepke, that was the opening drive. Now, Edoga should have had more help, get a TE or two next to him. There were far bigger issues than the early fumble.

 

[ICP]

Luepke is not a ball handler. I bet he doesn't get 5 practice snaps during the week. MM got too cute.

Edoga is a backup. If Dak wasn't making a quarter of the team's salary cap, maybe we could have afforded to shore up the backup positions on the OL.

Be thankful it wasn't Chaz Green out there.

Lack of depth on the OL is solely on the Front Office as well as this loss. They pay an above average QB as if he is elite, ignore free agency, draft and resign players with known major injury red flags(LVE) instead of signing (yes older) but much better players (Wagner) at less money, cut their short yardage/goal line RB (Zeke, and yes they should have because they grossly overpaid him in the first place) and then fail to draft (instead they sign a feather weight RB in Vaughn) or sign one in free agency...... Lol, I could go on and on but that's just a few of the stupid decisions over the past year.

 

[Bigrandrn]

Luepke is not a ball handler. I bet he doesn't get 5 practice snaps during the week. MM got too cute.

Edoga is a backup. If Dak wasn't making a quarter of the team's salary cap, maybe we could have afforded to shore up the backup positions on the OL.

Be thankful it wasn't Chaz Green out there.

Man, him repeatedly completely ignoring the end and turning to engage the tackle for no freakin reason, unbelievable, I would have been yelling at him if I was McCarthy…..costing drives getting Dak killed, like pay freakin attention!

 

[links18]

They didn’t lose because of Luepke, that was the opening drive. Now, Edoga should have had more help, get a TE or two next to him. There were far bigger issues than the early fumble.

That fumble turned a sure 7 points into 0. Yeah, who knows how the game plays out from there if we score, but points were at a premium in this game.

 

[Bigrandrn]

Lack of depth on the OL is solely on the Front Office

They wanted to keep Ball and Waletzko lol, this front office is stubborn with its own draft picks.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Edoga was awful.

Luepke was coaching.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Edoga was awful.

Luepke was coaching.

Also, championship teams defer. Control the controllable.

 

[wssaustin]

Lack of depth on the OL is solely on the Front Office

Someone got paid too much.

 

[Robbieac]

They didn’t lose because of Luepke, that was the opening drive. Now, Edoga should have had more help, get a TE or two next to him. There were far bigger issues than the early fumble.

Umm….

Dallas lost by 2 points.

If Luepke didn’t fumble on the 1, Dallas would have scored 7 more points.

 

[Rowdy1]

They didn’t lose because of Luepke, that was the opening drive. Now, Edoga should have had more help, get a TE or two next to him. There were far bigger issues than the early fumble.

The fumble set the tone and did hurt BUT there were other opportunities to make up for it.

 

[stilltheguru]

What happened to the lupeke fan club on here?

 

[Tabascocat]

Umm….

Dallas lost by 2 points.

If Luepke didn’t fumble on the 1, Dallas would have scored 7 more points.

Umm…Dallas recovered and took the lead. A fumble on the opening drives does not equate to the whole game. If it happened in the 2nd half, then I would agree. Dallas lost this game in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.

 

[GoldenR]

They didn’t lose because of Luepke, that was the opening drive. Now, Edoga should have had more help, get a TE or two next to him. There were far bigger issues than the early fumble.

One huge issue and 90% of the sporting world knows who it is.

 

[ICP]

They wanted to keep Ball and Waletzko lol, this front office is stubborn with its own draft picks.

They like their guys because their egos won't let them like anyone else's. Just look at their decision to resign LVE instead of bringing in Wagner at less money

 

[RxMan]

Luepke is not a ball handler. I bet he doesn't get 5 practice snaps during the week. MM got too cute.

Edoga is a backup. If Dak wasn't making a quarter of the team's salary cap, maybe we could have afforded to shore up the backup positions on the OL.

Be thankful it wasn't Chaz Green out there.

Wrong. Dak's cap hit is $26.8 million. Team cap $224.8 million.

 

[Jake]

Official Scapegoats™ have been identified.

 

[WillieBeamen]

How does edoga consistently not know who to block?

 

[mugsybows]

That fumble turned a sure 7 points into 0. Yeah, who knows how the game plays out from there if we score, but points were at a premium in this game.

Plus lord knows this team
Does not do well playing from behind out the gate.