This loss was on Dak

[Deep_Freeze]

When you lose, you lose as a team.

Dak can get better, but that lost was on Lee's hamstring.

 

[haleyrules]

I usually am with you on most posts but I can't get behind this one.

For one, 2 more drafts away from a SB is mind numbing to me. This process started 3+ years ago when we started to put assets into the OL. It shouldn't take 5-7 years in the NFL to build a SB caliber team if you have the right leadership making the right decisions.

And 2 more years is Year 9 for Garrett. Oy. Like I have always said, I fear he's our Marvin Lewis. Not good enough to win anything of value, not bad enough to get fired when he should.

It's really a sad Monday morning.

Agreed, it shouldn't take so long..but Its Jerry Jones as GM. Garrett should never have been hired. Not sure what to make of the present team..maybe it will improve as he season goes on. I don't have that much confidence that the FO can turn the club around. I hope that l am wrong. Yes, its a very tough Monday. I really thought the Cowboys would come out and win that game big but the Rams are a tough opponent. Too tough for Garrett anyway.

 

[pansophy]

Dak was part of the problem today. Said it before, I'll day it again, Dak is amongst the worst QB's in the league this year (on tape). I don't know what happened this off-season, but he's taken a massive step back. I hate it too, got to hang out with him this off-season, he's a quality guy with a capital Q... But, it doesn't mean anything if he's not a winner.

Defenses are making him throw to the outside WRs and, unless it is a fly route, he really doesn't have the mechanics to be accurate.

 

[erod]

And what did Dak do last year with a 4-12 team? The team that said we want Dak and essentially out Romo in retirement with help from his back?

He drove the bus of an offense with the best running attack in football.

Since then, the NFL figured Dallas out. Keep Dak in the pocket where he's a bottom.tier QB, and gang up on the run. He can't beat you from there.

Dak needs a few years to develop as a pocket QB.

 

[khiladi]

He drove the bus of an offense with the best running attack in football.

Since then, the NFL figured Dallas out. Keep Dak in the pocket where he's a bottom tier QB, and gang up on the run. He can't beat you from there.

RG3 statistically almost had as great a season as Dak did his first year..

 

[erod]

And Zeke has been worse than Dak. 3.6 ypc thru 4 games. He carries nothing yet.

The NFL figured it out. You gang up on Zeke, don't let Dak get outside the pocket, and you have this offense in check.

Good defenses can do this. Poor ones can't.

 

[DFWJC]

Defense gave up 8 scoring drives.

Dak wasn't a phenom or anything, but I really think 30 points should be enough to win a game.

 

[Section446]

Defenses are making him throw to the outside WRs and, unless it is a fly route, he really doesn't have the mechanics to be accurate.

That's a good observation.

 

[Section446]

Why are so many people still talking about Romo? Right or wrong, we chose Dak, and there's no going back.

 

[Big D]

After re-watching the game, you guys are trippin. There are many things to worry about with these boys but Dak is not one of them.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Agreed with OP. This loss is on a lot of ppl, but Dak isn't one of them.


However, Dak is not playing like he did last year. It's pretty clear. Last year, he played like a seasoned 5 yr vet. This year, he's playing much more like an awesome (typical) rookie. My biggest prob with him is lack of decisiveness. That could be a problem with the receivers and their stupid routes, however

IMO that's exactly the problem.....remember how last year he talked about going through all his reads and whoever was open, that's where the ball was going. I honestly think he's trying to do the same thing, nothing changed with him. Just teams are taking away Beasley, using single coverage on Dez and Jason. Add a bit more pressure he's seeing from last year.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

He drove the bus of an offense with the best running attack in football.

Since then, the NFL figured Dallas out. Keep Dak in the pocket where he's a bottom.tier QB, and gang up on the run. He can't beat you from there.

Dak needs a few years to develop as a pocket QB.

He drove the bus? So Dak didn't make any plays last year for this team? So you're telling me Dak is the only one that has regressed this year? What's the offensive lines excuse?

 

[WillieBeamen]

He drove the bus? So Dak didn't make any plays last year for this team? So you're telling me Dak is the only one that has regressed this year? What's the offensive lines excuse?

Dont mind him. Hes a hardcore Romo stan that is salty the team chose Dak over him.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Dont mind him. Hes a hardcore Romo stan that is salty the team chose Dak over him.

I don't understand Romo stans.....he's gone. He's moved on...why can't they?

 

[Philmonroe]

He drove the bus? So Dak didn't make any plays last year for this team? So you're telling me Dak is the only one that has regressed this year? What's the offensive lines excuse?

The O lines excuse is they aren't the same people as last year. You sure you watch games or know the people on the team?

 

[WillieBeamen]

I don't understand Romo stans.....he's gone. He's moved on...why can't they?

Great question. Its not like he won us Super Bowls


I guess some people are just fans of players rather the team

 

[lukin2006]

This loss was not on Dak. They were in complete control until Switzer fumbled the punt. Then they abandoned the run in the second half...

But our special teams suck...nothing special about them other than Baily and the punter...

 

[CowboyRoy]

..and by that, I mean it was really on the following:

- Special Teams. Miffed P/R, followed by Switzer letting a punt bounce down around the 5 in the following punt instead of fielding it and then allowing the long return from their P/R (or was it K/R?). The ST really killed momentum at the end of the first half.
- Garrett/Linehan. Do I need to explain this?
- Offensive line/Witten. Like Broaddus says "I think you need to watch the tape". Every single O-linesman was beat and beat more than once. The Great Wall of Dallas, they are not.
- Marinelli. This soft crap in between the 20's isn't cutting it against efficient offenses. We're the Patriots'/Falcons wet dream of a defense to dismantle. Take some friggin' chances. We aren't getting off the field on 3rd down, so throw in some blitzes once in awhile!
- Heath Experiment is over. I was a strong advocate for him due to his spotty "play making" ability in the past, but he sold me a false sale of goods. Start Woods in his spot.
- Jaylon Smith. At this point, he's a liability every where except for pursuit/gang tackles. He just plain gets washed out of run plays heading towards him. Hopefully Hitchens comes back because we're getting gouged at the MLB spot.

Dak wasn't the problem tonight. For the missed throws he had, he more than made up for it with playing off-script. Bottom line, he did enough to win you the game. Even if Aaron Rodgers was in there, he wouldn't be able to do much more with that Tecmo-Bowl offensive scheme we've stubbornly been running. We've gotten away with it in 2014 and 2016 because our O-line/run game was dominant, but these predictable, long developing pass routes aren't efficient enough. The simplistic passing game is the Achilles heal when the defenses know you're going to pass...always has been. We're rubbing sticks together to create fire while everyone else have BIC lighters. We have to adopt more quick slants, rub routes and pick plays. We can't seem to work screen passes without tipping out hat, so cut that crap out, too! Overall, we don't have the WR guns to play the style of game that Garrett believes is best.

And as an added bonus: I applaud the Officiating Crew for basically "letting the teams play", but they let waaaayy too much go on in the trenches. It was 2016 GB Playoff game levels of bad! I can't count on two hands how blatantly the Ram's O-linemen were "working outside the framework", hooking and tackling our D-line. Not that our O-line doesn't play in the grey area, but nothing like I saw tonight.

Dak made a lot of plays out there. Hes still a second year player.

For me, they have simply figured out that Zeke pretty much just runs up the middle. Hes not a shifty, bounce it outside guy. Of tackle left, off tackle right, thats pretty much it. So they stack the middle of the line.

And yes, Dez is a shell. Has problems getting open. Dak was better when Dez was hurt and he went to everyone. Where is Beasley?

 

[CowboyRoy]

Great question. Its not like he won us Super Bowls


I guess some people are just fans of players rather the team

romo was great and no doubt he is a better pure passer at this point in Daks career. But Romo is toast so it doesnt matter. And Dak will get better. And throwing isnt the only thing to QBing.

 

[Sydla]

Does Switzer know you are allowed to fair catch in the NFL?