The Bucs went out and got a high quality free agent QB who has a winning tradition, but that in itself wouldn't have been enough. They protected him with quality O-line play and by establishing the run. With that going on, then that talented QB was able to make big plays to his weapons. Even more important: They gave him a high quality defense. Mahommes is a great quarterback, but that didn't matter today because he barely had time to throw and he got roughed up a lot. Cowboy fans like looking back to our great quarterback eras of Staubach and Aikman, and those guys were amazing, of course. However, both those guys had what we say today in the Bucs. They had great O-lines. They had great running games. And they had superb defenses that could make stops, cause turnovers, pressure the QB, and cause opposing offenses to make mistakes.
All of the above is why I've been saying all along I don't want to simply sign Dak and call it good. Dak without O-line protection, without a good running game, and without a good defense equals failure. And you could say that about any quarterback. This game is a team sport, and it always has been.
I loved this Super Bowl because it showed that you don't have to have a pass-happy offense. I'm so sick and tired of teams going into the shotgun and passing on almost every play. The Bucs did it old school. They established the run, and then picked apart the defense with well-chosen pass plays. And their defense stepped it up for them, making life miserable for a very good offense. What the Bucs did today is the blueprint for what I want to see the Cowboys do.