Wild Card Weekend. Dallas Cowboys vs. Tampa Bay Bucs!

[Micah Prescott]

What sucks is that early in the season I thought highly of Noah Brown. Now I do not want the guy on our roster and I do not understand why he gets as many looks as he does. He has bad hands, he is subpar at catching the ball.

And Gallup? WTF happened to Gallup? Did his injury end his career? He's a non factor now.

Thank God we signed TY Hilton.

CeeDee Lamb should be getting all the targets anyway. He should be our Cooper Kupp. When we play Tampa Bay it needs to be the CeeDee Lamb show.

[linery88]

You fools will just point at Dak no matter what happens but the key to this game is our defense stopping that bulldozer Fournette from running up the middle on us all game. He had 127 yards week 1 and that is our achilles heel which was further exposed by Green Bay and others.

They have to stop the run. If they don't plug up Fournette we are in for a long night.

Not me.I like to remain objective when it comes to Dak,but 14 picks in less than a season.
I hope he has good luck against TB because if I see a pick early deep in our zone even if its tipped...i,m not sure how i,m gonna react to that because i have been trying to be patient as i can with him.If we win it wont matter though but that **** has to stop happening now.

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Roughly half were not his fault. The last one to Kendal Fuller vs Commanders was on Dak but anyone who has been following this season who is unbiased and objective should be able to declare that Dak had a high % of INTs this season that simply were not his doing.

That said, they need to stop regardless if it is on the WR or Dak. Our WRs need to catch the ball and run the correct routes.

Yeah I know half were not his fault,and that`s why I have remained patient,but it depends on what happens in this game.It will be easy to tell why we lose if we do.Dak is not the only reasons we have lost games.Penalties,and lack of discipline.
If he gets picked,and its tipped,its not going to make the pick any better anymore because its the playoffs now against a guy we have never beaten.Only if we dont give up any points on that pick will it be ok.His guys have to focus,and make the damm catch,and secure the ball,and not worry about being hit after,and the team also has to take responsibility by preventing those instances where he has to make that kind of throw in the first place.But they havent.In other words protect Dak like they protected Cooper.I didnt see Cooper throwing a bunch of picks..tipped or otherwise.If they ran the same offense they did under Cooper,and did it for Dak,I think we have a lot less picks.
Bottom line,we could lose if we dont double Evans,and put Diggs on him to start,and if we were healthy on defense we blow out TB no problem.Our D-line would be pressuring the hell out of him.Tom Brady is not just a QB,but also a coach and O.C.
Let this be the time for our first win vs him.It will be interesting to see how much pressure we get on him,because he just goes down when pressured because its the smart thing to do.He doesn,t force a lot of passes.Pressure Brady regularly,and often enough,and we may just blow them out.

[bluejerseyjinx]

You fools will just point at Dak no matter what happens but the key to this game is our defense stopping that bulldozer Fournette from running up the middle on us all game. He had 127 yards week 1 and that is our achilles heel which was further exposed by Green Bay and others.

They have to stop the run. If they don't plug up Fournette we are in for a long night.

Not me.I like to remain objective when it comes to Dak,but 14 picks in less than a season.
I hope he has good luck against TB because if I see a pick early deep in our zone even if its tipped...i,m not sure how i,m gonna react to that because i have been trying to be patient as i can with him.If we win it wont matter though but that **** has to stop happening now.

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Roughly half were not his fault. The last one to Kendal Fuller vs Commanders was on Dak but anyone who has been following this season who is unbiased and objective should be able to declare that Dak had a high % of INTs this season that simply were not his doing.

That said, they need to stop regardless if it is on the WR or Dak. Our WRs need to catch the ball and run the correct routes.

What about the many int's that are dropped by the opposing teams that should have been picks? What about all the fumbles you are leaving out? What about the sacks and tons of 3 and outs? Those are not on the hands of the WR's. Running the offense IS THE JOB OF THE QB.

[linery88]

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Believe it or not last weeks blunderfest could help the team make sure they play better,and are prepared better for this game.

[bluejerseyjinx]

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Believe it or not last weeks blunderfest could help the team make sure they play better,and are prepared better for this game.

I fully expect the Cowboys to play a lot better than last week. hell they couldn't play any worse. This must be a trick question. The main concern I have is will dumb Dak play a clean game. Outside of that I worry about penalties. We take care of those 2 areas and we win. By the way, will Vander Ecsh be ready to go this weekend? Hopefully Dan Quinn will come up with a scheme to help protect the CB spot vacated by Anthony Brown. Tom Brady will be attacking that area all game long with his weapons.

[linery88]

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Steve Young correctly discects Dak... starts at 10:25

[linery88]

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LOL
Believe it or not last weeks blunderfest could help the team make sure they play better,and are prepared better for this game.

I fully expect the Cowboys to play a lot better than last week. hell they couldn't play any worse. This must be a trick question. The main concern I have is will dumb Dak play a clean game. Outside of that I worry about penalties. We take care of those 2 areas and we win. By the way, will Vander Ecsh be ready to go this weekend? Hopefully Dan Quinn will come up with a scheme to help protect the CB spot vacated by Anthony Brown. Tom Brady will be attacking that area all game long with his weapons.

Vander Ecsh` neck is still a concern,but looks like he will start,and thats why they rested him against Washington.I expect,depending on the game,and scoring for Tampa to go more to his side with running plays or play action early,so wouldn,t be surprising if he doesn,t finish the game.They better sub for him a lot.He might or might not be in for a lot of 3rd downs.
His neck was reagravated from the previous injury to his neck.

He is not listed on the injury report.
https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/injury-report

You can bet that Tampa will try and force Dak to beat them.I hope Dak an amazing game,but they still gotta find a way to run it well.

[Micah Prescott]

There isn't much talk about Brady going into this game. I guess it's because the guy has won 100 Super Bowls but he has looked bad lately. In his last 5 starts he has 7 INTs

LAST 5 STARTS:
Brady - 166/256, 67.5%, 1,559 yards, 10 TDs, 7 INTs - 83.12 rating
Prescott - 117/182, 64.3%, 1,297 yards, 10 TDs, 8 INTs - 85.35 rating

Brady has been playing about as well as Dak has. And I would bet that less of his INTs bounced off of WRs.

I mean I get it, he's Tom Brady, the greatest ever. Hard to question him and I could see him looking like the GOAT this game. But it's still worth looking at the fact that he has been struggling too.

[Micah Prescott]

Actually now that I think about it...that would be epic if Dallas is the team that sends Brady into retirement.

Hope it happens.

[linery88]

I hope Brady comes back,win or lose.I also hope Dak studies him on how to lead his receivers better,and more consistently as Steve Young said.Brady threw 3 perfect bombs to Mike Evans recently.Sometimes Daks throws do not lead his receivers well,and they have to turn or look back to find the ball,and it leads to non clean catches that fly in the air,and are picked.
Have an amazing game Dak...a whole bunch of media members want us to win this game.

[Micah Prescott]

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This right here.

This is what can't happen again.

Everyone is focused on Dak throwing an INT. But Fournette was the theme week 1.

[linery88]

If we beat Tampa,the odds are we go to Philly next.

[linery88]

Here is an example of bad coaching.The Charger coach decides to play his starters in the finale,and lose Mike Walker the number 2 receiver for the season.He also lost a defensive starter in the same game.Should he be fired if they lose to the Jags ? I say yes.
McCarthy also used our starters in the finale;so stupid.Hope he gets away with it.
Maybe Dak will run the ball himself more.

[Mr B]

Sometimes it's Dak's fault, sometimes it isn't. He is a "good" QB but not elite. He's in the 10-12 range which is around what Stafford is. He's good enough to win a SB and not only that but he's our only option. I *might* be on board with ditching Dak if I could see there was a clearly better alternative but there isn't. Drafting a QB is almost always a 3 year growth process and TBH I do not want to spend the next 5 years grooming or hunting down our next starter. Dak isn't perfect but he's our best option so I am going to root for him to win because that is being a fan 101.

Dak has to prove he can go deep in the playoffs before we can say he’s good enough to win the SB. So far he hasn’t proven he can do either. We shouldn’t anoint him before he actually does it.

[Mr B]

Drew Bledsoe
Vinny Testaverde
Drew Henson
Quincy Carter
Chad Hutchinson
Anthony Wright
Ryan Leaf
Clint Stoerner


Here are the 8 starting QBs we went through in between Aikman and Romo. This was 5 wasted years for Cowboy fans.

When yo have a legit starter that's just "good" you need to hang onto him because they are very rare. We were extremely lucky to be able to go from Romo to Dak without doing this again. There are many franchises we can point out who are in a never ending QB hunt. Not fun times.

How many did we go through between Romo and Dak? Just because we went through that many QB’s before finding Romo doesn’t mean we will have to go through that many again.

[Micah Prescott]

Sometimes it's Dak's fault, sometimes it isn't. He is a "good" QB but not elite. He's in the 10-12 range which is around what Stafford is. He's good enough to win a SB and not only that but he's our only option. I *might* be on board with ditching Dak if I could see there was a clearly better alternative but there isn't. Drafting a QB is almost always a 3 year growth process and TBH I do not want to spend the next 5 years grooming or hunting down our next starter. Dak isn't perfect but he's our best option so I am going to root for him to win because that is being a fan 101.

Dak has to prove he can go deep in the playoffs before we can say he’s good enough to win the SB. So far he hasn’t proven he can do either. We shouldn’t anoint him before he actually does it.

No this is a very flawed way of thinking. We can anoint him because time and time again we have seen worse QBs than Dak win Super Bowls, including just last season with Stafford who led the NFL in INTs. It's flawed because Stafford didn't win a Super Bowl all by himself, he had to placed on an elite roster to get the job done. He never had that in Detroit. Dak is the exact same. It is already safe to assume that Dak can get the job done if he is on an elite roster. Romo was the same. QBs do not win rings all by themselves, they never have and never will. That is the simpleton angle.

[Micah Prescott]

Drew Bledsoe
Vinny Testaverde
Drew Henson
Quincy Carter
Chad Hutchinson
Anthony Wright
Ryan Leaf
Clint Stoerner


Here are the 8 starting QBs we went through in between Aikman and Romo. This was 5 wasted years for Cowboy fans.

When yo have a legit starter that's just "good" you need to hang onto him because they are very rare. We were extremely lucky to be able to go from Romo to Dak without doing this again. There are many franchises we can point out who are in a never ending QB hunt. Not fun times.

How many did we go through between Romo and Dak? Just because we went through that many QB’s before finding Romo doesn’t mean we will have to go through that many again.

I already stated that I believe we lucked out there. And obviously we did Dak was the best QB in that entire draft, no one expected that. Odds are it will take years. Going from Favre to Rodgers is super rare in the NFL. Most teams have to dwell in suckiness before they can draft Burrow or Mahomes.

The idea that we can just draft some QB in the late first and he'll automatically be better than Dak is a lotto ticket.

[Fierce1]

Giants beating Minny means Dallas goes to San Fran if they beat Tampa.

SF is the tougher team.

Would've preferred the Eagles in the 2nd round.

[Micah Prescott]

Giants beating Minny means Dallas goes to San Fran if they beat Tampa.

SF is the tougher team.

Would've preferred the Eagles in the 2nd round.

I agree. Don't think this team can beat San Fran and have been predicting a one and done.

Question is, does McCarthy keep his job with just one playoff win?

[Otis Driftwood]

Giants beating Minny means Dallas goes to San Fran if they beat Tampa.

SF is the tougher team.

Would've preferred the Eagles in the 2nd round.

Well then...

Let's go to Santa Clara!!!