Why didn't the Cowboys fight back like the 49ers did?

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cant be..cant win unless they are a high first round pick..its been said here over and over..we just need to draft another Mahomes, why can we not just do that?
I agree I finally figure it out. You can only draft QB's that win the National Championship, because the rest are proven chockers.
 

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It wasn't the 49ers fighting back. It was Detroit losing it. It didn't have a lot to do with the 49ers.
 

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They prevent on defense and offense.
Detroit fumbled. They started dropping balls. They dropped INT's. They didn't kick their field goals. There's a reason Detroit lost a big lead, but it wasn't because the 49ers did anything particular to make Detroit fall apart.
 

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Detroit fumbled. They started dropping balls. They dropped INT's. They didn't kick their field goals. There's a reason Detroit lost a big lead, but it wasn't because the 49ers did anything particular to make Detroit fall apart.
But Purdy won the big game. He is not a chocker, or was Dan Cambell just a bigger Chocker?

Question if two Chockers play each other what happens? Does one relinquish the chocker title? Still trying learn understand all of this.
 

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Both the Cowboys and 49ers were playing at home. Both teams were down by multiple scores.

One roared back behind timely defensive stops and a few momentum changing plays. The other went out with a whimper.

What is the source of the contrast? Is it talent? Is it intestinal fortitude?

I'll say this, Shanahan looked like you could fry an egg on his forehead at the end of the 1st half. He was visibly perturbed. I wish I could hear his halftime speech because his players, his leaders like Deebo, came out with a chip on their shoulder in the 3rd quarter. Top, down they have something that is a completely foreign concept in Dallas - football character.

Cowboys need to spend all offseason dissecting what is preventing them from fighting back when they are put in a corner like the 49ers did last night.
The Lions handed the game to them and the bank shot off the helmet was a fluke.
 

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But Purdy won the big game. He is not a chocker, or was Dan Cambell just a bigger Chocker?

Question if two Chockers play each other what happens? Does one relinquish the chocker title? Still trying learn understand all of this.
What the hell is a chocker and Purdy was flat out lucky 2 weeks in a row.
 

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What the hell is a chocker and Purdy was flat out lucky 2 weeks in a row.
Sarcasm. For all the Dak choker fans out there. Apparently if you can't win the SB that is what you are. So their are 31 chokers every year.
 

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Both the Cowboys and 49ers were playing at home. Both teams were down by multiple scores.

One roared back behind timely defensive stops and a few momentum changing plays. The other went out with a whimper.

What is the source of the contrast? Is it talent? Is it intestinal fortitude?

I'll say this, Shanahan looked like you could fry an egg on his forehead at the end of the 1st half. He was visibly perturbed. I wish I could hear his halftime speech because his players, his leaders like Deebo, came out with a chip on their shoulder in the 3rd quarter. Top, down they have something that is a completely foreign concept in Dallas - football character.

Cowboys need to spend all offseason dissecting what is preventing them from fighting back when they are put in a corner like the 49ers did last night.
When is the last time the Cowboys have done that? I can't think of the last time they have come back after getting their butt's handed to them in the first half. I'm sure it has I just can't think of any off hand.
 

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I started harping on the team's seemingly lack of grit after the Arizona debacle. To win, your team (really your franchise from top-to-bottom) must have it. San Francisco had it this season and for several years. Likewise with Kansas City.

Dallas does not have it. Dallas has tried-and-failed to attain it for nearly 30 years. Pizzazz and smack talk does not attain it. Intelligence and true inner drive wields it.
When I see them defending themselves on social media, I know they are afraid and unfocused.
 

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You supposed to say it like: Daknabit! Their QB is purdy good, ours ain't. ;)
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1. Culture of entitlement
2. Cream puff HC/DC
3. Spineless team
4. Front runner QB
McCarthy should have read them the riot act at halftime (a la Jimmy Johnson). If not McCarthy, then Jones.
Really sad optics to see his remark after the game.
 

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The Niners have Shanahan - WIN
The Cowboys have MM - LOSS

The Niners have Purdy - Draw
The Cowboys have Dak - Draw

The Niners have CMC - HUGE WIN
The Cowboys have Pollard - LOSS

The Niners have linebackers - HUGE WIN
The Cowboys have none - LOSS

The Niners GM is John Lynch - HUGE WIN
The Cowboys have Jerry Jones - NO MATCH WHATSOEVER.

There's your difference right there.
 

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The Niners have Shanahan - WIN
The Cowboys have MM - LOSS

The Niners have Purdy - Draw
The Cowboys have Dak - Draw

The Niners have CMC - HUGE WIN
The Cowboys have Pollard - LOSS

The Niners have linebackers - HUGE WIN
The Cowboys have none - LOSS

The Niners GM is John Lynch - HUGE WIN
The Cowboys have Jerry Jones - NO MATCH WHATSOEVER.

There's your difference right there.
Well to be fair CMC is arguably the best RB in the game
But Purdy did outplay Dak so that was a plus for the 49rs
 

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I think our defense basically quit.

My guess is they got wind of Quinn leaving and pouted so badly they couldn't even play. Which is of course ridiculous and unacceptable.

But I don't think it was just a bad day. Something else was going on.
Maybe all of the above. Signs of tension in the locker room. Random spouting on social media. The elephant in the room is a mystery, though there are many culprits.
 
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