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Did you read my reply? I said the defense was bad. You're acting like that was the ONLY problem that game.
It was the only significant problem that game under the team's control. I also didn't like them thinking they could substitute on defense when GB didn't. That was a coaching miscalculation, but it cost 5 yards and was embarrassing, it didn't materially impact the outcome of the game.
The other stuff you said just wasn't true. The offense came out in the first drive and did not look flat. They scored, and they probably would have scored 7 but Witten/Dak had a blocking miscue that cost them 6 yards and stalled the drive. They did not abandon the run. They ran it about the same rate they ran it at all season. They rarely run after a sack in the passing game, and they obviously don't run on 2nd an 20 or 3rd and 20 after the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
As for the debate about resting starters, like I said, that goes back and forth, but there's no conclusive argument for or against. If you've got a guy like Tyron Smith or Demarcus Lawrence playing through a back injury, it only makes sense to rest them for a few weeks if you're able. It's obviously not 'cowardice.' It might have been the wrong decision, but the fact that you're even trying to chalk it up to something so obviously not the case shows you're not really interested in an honest evaluation of that game.
As far as the defense goes, sandwiching 'yes, the defense has always been a problem' in between a bunch of imaginary offensive criticisms and a dig at the coaches for resting knicked-up players is pretty much lip service as far as I'm concerned. When the other guys go 5 plays/75 yards/2:25 s/7 points, 13 plays/90 yards/5:47 s/ 7 points, and 9 plays/80 yards/5:24 s/7 points, at home, and you have fans complaining about the *offense* looking flat when we scored on the first drive and had the second stalled on a bizarre 10 yard unsportsmanlike conduct call...yeah, that's playing lip service to 'yes, the defense has been a problem.'