@@toadfrench7801LMFAO no they dont , dak is just a 30 year old who cant read any defense and has no accountability or desire to get better. hes horrible at recognizing what the coverage is and if its disguised , he's literally useless. that combined with not having an arm that can beat good coverage , hes maxed out at a stat merchant. he throws wildly inaccurate passes almost every single time somebody isnt wide open. the cowboys have changed everything else besides QB in daks tenure , and by doing that theyve showed the rest of the league what the real issue is. they just refuse to admit its him. just like the niners and shanahan
@@dazdealz4648 Cowboys never got to that point under Romo either. Cowboy fans gon realize soon what having a team without a functional QB will feel like.
@@nachoeee690 Difference is the Colts lost to 5 conference champions and 4 superbowl champions, Obly Suoerbowl champion Cowboys lost to was the 07 Giants and the 2018 Rams was the other conference champion in their 9 playoff losses since 06. They weren’t barricaded by the Pats or the 05 Steelers.
I think the media circus around the team JJ has created is too much pressure for the players to handle. How else can you justify all these talented Cowboy teams losing every January.
It's obvious they can't handle the pressure. As a front office, what do you do? This front office decides to go with less talent. At the very least, you get better coaching or try to take the pressure off the team by talking everything down Instead, it's "All In".
@chicagodude8888 I can't remember but i think it was a defensive guy they asked him after the game and he said he was just exhausted before the game even started I'll see if I can't find it
This is why every NFL franchise should be looking for an ELITE quarterback instead of a serviceable starter. Guys like Dak, Tua, and Goff aren’t “bad” but they can’t beat the best teams without an amazing supporting cast.
Only 2-3 teams get to have an 'elite' QB. Maybe 1-3 teams develop a young one within five years out of rookie prospects. I do admire a team like the Lions where they chose to build the other positions on offense around a QB like Goff who could probably sniff playing at a top 10 level in the next few years. Hell for the Chiefs case when all they had on offense was Mahomes, they had developed a top 5 defense built for the playoffs. A similar scenario as well for the Rams in 2022 when they had Stafford but also one of the top playoff defenses anchored by Aaron Donald.
I've always kind of suspected that Dak was overrated. That was one of Jerry Jones's best post-Jimmy-Johnson rosters, and Dak could look superb just playing in structure. I feel like if his and Romo's careers had been swapped, Romo would have a lot more playoff wins than Dak and probably have a ring or two.
LOL Romo never got past the 2nd round either the few occasions the Cowboys got there. Even when he was doing the heavy lifting and the rest of the Cowboys roster wasn't up to par. If anything Jerry was saved by getting two starting caliber QBs in the last decade from the late rounds. And not paying them earlier when their market value isn't ginormous.
Not a Cowboy fan AT ALL, but I'll second that take. The Romo choker narrative always seemed crazy overblown to me. He only had two top 10 defenses his whole career (and a few bottom-of-the-league ones) and only had a solid o-line at the very beginning and very end of his career. Dak has had stacked teams most of hisl. It's that truck vs trailer thing: Romo was often the truck, pulling the team; Dak is a trailer, being pulled by it. Either way the Cowboys lose and I smile, but you're right: Romo got a bad rap, Dak has earned his.
Well he doesn’t have a problem whipping y’all’s ass he owns y’all if Dak played Philly every game we’d be undefeated, it’s the good teams that give him trouble
@@adriangutierrez9158 which team has won a Superbowl since Dak entered the league? When's the last time Dak was in an NFC championship game? Regular season don't mean shit bro
As a niners fan, their biggest issue is the mental side of the game. The biggest issue is Jerry Jones. Imagine your boss talks to national media outlets everyday talking about your daily performance. It is very hard to work in that kind of environment. That is the biggest issue. You notice that no other league in pro sports is on the tv and radio as much as jones. Jones has to big of an ego and no other owner in pro sports does this. This is a difficult culture to thrive in. It is hard for it not to get to you. The cowboys are destined to fail. Jones has to change his attitude. The sooner the better the cowboys will be.
Cowboys fan here, I really don't feel like Jerruh talking to the media is what's causing the team to drop off in the playoffs. I think it comes down to the coaching first, players next. One thing that isn't spoken about in the video is how the cowboys adjust to what their opponent is doing in game, because they don't. You may not remember but during the 90s Jerry would go out on the sidelines during the games. If you think him talking to the media is a distraction, think about that. We know what those teams were able to accomplish. Also, when he talks to the media, he's almost always positive about his players. He doesn't really badmouth or criticize them in any way that wouldn't be said in the locker room. There's a reason so many players love him and even when they play for multiple teams they feel like Dallas is home. We don't have an authoritarian coach and that's what you need when you have an owner/gm like Jerry Jones. The success was there with Jimmie Johnson and he was that guy. Bill Parcells took an awful team to the playoffs. Garrett was a players coach but he wouldn't adjust. 'we like our guys' 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 McCarthy has had loaded teams and like the video shows the other teams KNOW what we're doing and shut it down. I love Dak and he's a terrific QB in the reg season but we need a coach that's going to instill a confidence in him post season. Before he gets another payday we need to figure out who that coach will be.
The epitome of playoff chocking the accident waiting to happen every year the Dallas Cowboys. On a serious note they have so much talent every year just to come up short i know is depressing for cowboys fans
What made it more obvious of a choke job is once they got comfortable they started scoring at will, but by then it was too late. I dont know how everyone except for moore didnt get fired. The packers werent that good to blow the cowboys out even if Love was playing well
You do realize that the Packer’s defense starts to play softer when they get up. Just trying to not give up the big play and make offenses work the entire field and eat up the clock. That’s why they started moving the ball lol
Cowboys haven't gone to the SB in almost 30 years at this point, and the problem is that they're too proud to let the "America's Team" thing go. This team doesn't draft 1st round QBs and don't trade for them either, they stumble upon good underrated QBs "no one saw coming". They are risk averse and allergic to rebuilds. It will be very hard to get out of this situation if they're not willing to let Dak go, try and find the next special QB in the first 2 rounds and understand it takes at least 1, 2 years of being bad, to come back strong. Every year they say "it's our year" but deep inside they know it's not. What makes it worse is that, for example, in this up coming season they know things won't be great but they're desperately trying to hope for a 10 win season. The question is, why? What would winning 10 games with a team that has no chance of beating (at the very best scenario possible) the Chiefs in the Superbowl? The Cowboys is the very definition of a team stuck in limbo. You can count on two things: 1- They won't get far in the playoffs 2- They will get far enough to put themselves out of the top draft picks. That's the recipe for stagnation.
The issue with this type of thinking is that blow it up type of rebuilds often don't work (and teams that try it often suck for more than a couple years), first round picks (especially QBs) can bust anyway, and winning a SB isn't the only goal (though I would argue a team winning 10 has a chance to win the SB...it is any given Sunday and weird fluke stuff happens. Like the Chiefs won the Super Bowl because the punt after an 3 and out so happened to hit a 9er on their foot at just the right angle that a Chiefs player was able to get it and get an almost free TD instead of losing possession of the ball, enabling them to tie the game to go into overtime). If you can stay competitive while undergoing a bit of a soft rebuild that can be good. But given their regular season success I don't think it's a given the talent per se is really the problem.
So the problem wasn't Amari's route, it was Dak misreading the zone. I heard this constantly that year. The receivers not on the same page. Dak was on the wrong page.
@@toadfrench7801 In that instance you either didn't listen to what was said or you are just shilling for Dak. If it was man he should have kept going. But it was zone and he needed to settle in the open area. Just because Dak needs him to stand perfectly still and show him his numbers isn't on Amari. That's why they ran so many comebacks and McCarthy actually did away with option routes.
For years now, I have thought their playoff chokes are the direct result of poor coaching. Both 9ers losses were on final plays or drives that were abysmally called and executed. The Packers loss was simply being caught sleeping on an opponent because of seeding. Green Bay came with a plan and Dallas thought they could coast to the Divisional round. They did not.
McVay/Shanahan style offenses have easily put up points against Quinn's (then DC) man style coverages. Watch videos on the pass plays LaFleur went with to kill the Cowboys secondary and get explosives. It was consistent and Quinn had zero counters to it. Cowboys defense under Quinn in recent years has been great in the regular season. But whenever he got matched against the Niners (Shanahan) in the playoffs, Quinn can't stop them from moving down the field.
They play like they have a game breaking QB when they have a game managing QB. If in the playoff they were tough defense just dont mess it up on offense they would be better. but Dak gets crazy regular season stats but deep down is a slightly above avg QB who cant really elevate the team. Its like hes John Elway if he wasn't clutch.
The reason why Dak has played so poorly is probably because of his mindset. he treats the playoffs completely different vs the regular season, which is why he is so uptight & by the book. He faces pressure from all of the fans for Dallas & tries to live up to their expectations instead of his own. If he had a mindset like Brady (who treated EVERY game like a Super Bowl, regular season & Postseason), then these woes might've never happened. At the end of the day, its the psychological side of football that can win or lose games.
This past year was the best chance they couldve asked for, they even got a free pass for two home games to make the CC. Even staunch haters and JJ/McCarthy non-believers had thier buttholes clenched. Turns out there was no need to worry.
I'm not even a cowboys fan. But man it really feels the coaches (Dan Campbell especially) sold that Green Bay game last season. Dan Quinn play calling as a defensive coordinator was terrible. And he's actually a very good DC.
Naw im not gonna blame quinn as much something that is overlooked is how little talent the cowboys have on defence tbh, they got parsons bland and Gilmore outside of that it is rough and only was good due to scheme but even then with how the offence was only on the field for 3 plays or less it made the d get tired
Or Quinn's Cover 3/Cover 1 design has difficulty defending the McVay/Shanahan style offensive play callers. Especially in January if they are talented enough to exploit the holes in Quinn's defensive play calling.
@@aaronk8532 agree on that 110% then you add love who was playing on an elite level it makes it really really difficult for a defence to beat especially when your qb turns the ball over multiple times
People are going to watch this video and come away with the wrong conclusion. Why is it all on dak to win these games? In all 3 games that Alex showed, they had less than 20 carries, while dak had 37+ attempts. Combine that with a defense that allowed 130 plus on the ground in 2 of those 3 games. Jordan love gets a running game against the niners and should’ve beaten them if he was a better Qb. Goff also had a great running game against the niners and lost(he tensed up a lil but Dan was to blame.) what about Joe burrow defense carrying him through his superbowl run? Dak is like 65-17 when his team runs for 100+ so why on earth would the cowboys keep putting everything on him to win it when other teams don even hold there Qb to that expectation
Great video. Dallas play this way all regular season against good teams. They haven't beaten many good teams over the past 3 years. And the ones they did beat were close at home.
@@toadfrench7801 The Cowboys rosters the last 9 years have been stacked from top to bottom leading to some gaudy records whilst Minnesota/Washington have never been close most especially their defenses. Statistically year after year Cousins and Dak are virtually identical.
It seems like a recurring issue since the Jason Garrett days. Dak and receivers are poor against post snap, where the coverage is way different than what they expect.
Cowboys have 12th most difficult schedule this year. They were like 1 and 6 against playoff teams last year or some shit They are the only team in history with 3 straight 12 wins seasons to not advance beyond the divisional
You can also go back to 2016. I'm a packers fan but that 2016 packers team was meh at best. And the Cowboys just couldn't finish the job even with the week rest advantage on GB.
Dak Prescott and Kirk Cousins are one and the same. I love how you described Dak. "He's good, but he's not an elevator." I completely agree, and that goes with Kirk also.
Dak has led many top 3 offenses, Kirk despite having Adam thielen, diggs, cook, Kyle Rudolph and Justin freaking Jefferson has never led a top 5 offense. But yes I see what you’re saying.
@@Johnhargrove18 Well on Kirk's end let's be real, he's only had a really good coach for the last two years. Kevin O Connell is the real deal. But I also do see where you're coming from. I think we agree on the same stance with different approaches.
People have to understand that the Jones' Family builds teams based on how they like to watch football. Thats why the D can never stop the run. They prefer the D get sacks and picks... Defense wins championships and they cant build a playoff D.
Reminds me of the 1998 Falcons and the 2003 Chiefs Both teams led the league in turnovers, forced fumbles and recoveries and interceptions Both teams ranked 24th and 28th in total defense Once a team coaches their players just don't turn it over on both their mediocre to bad defenses got exposed The Broncos exposed the falcons and Mike Shannahan actually called the dogs off by third quarter or broncos would of scored 44 points The Colts protected the ball and was up 38-17 by the third quarter Getting turnovers are important but if you're defense isn't playing great overall yardage allowed defense any team who just protects the ball will expose it That's what the 49ers and Packers do every year to Dallas
This was an interesting spotlight on the Cowboys recent playoff woes. Reminds me of the Houston Oilers struggling for 7 straight seasons from 1987 to 1993 where they couldn't even make a championship game despite being a constant playoff participant. The Cowboys in the last three seasons did have two close losses at home to the 49ers, but the L against the Packers was pretty shocking. I'm not sure what it is. Doesn't seem like there is any variable on paper that could point to the reason why Dallas can't get past the divisional round. A part of me wants to say it's this pressure not only on Dak, but the entire organization since they're always being talked about in the media whether they're good or bad. I don't see the Cowboys culture changing anytime soon (especially under the Jones' family) so they'll just have to keep grinding I guess. Not that I want them to figure it all out :)
Dak has giving me the most joyful and cherished moments,but that pick six, you know which one, it will live in my heart forever besides the romo fumble. #dakcowboyforlife
Never understood why Dallas has been so god awful in the playoffs. Everyone from Tony Romo to Micah Parsons have found a way to play the worst form of football ever and do it at the worst time every year.
I think that's what happens when everyone on the team knows they don't count playoff stats in contact negotiations. Take a look at the beginning of Sounds from the Game v WFT. They get Parsons on mic saying this is the last game to get paid bc they don't count the playoffs.
Honesty this doesn't so much come off has playoff choking but what Dak Prescott with the Cowboy's are by design. You're right in that he's very methodical and buy the book which helps with consistency and consistency is the name of the game in the regular season. However when it comes time for the playoffs creativity and talent start becoming more important against defenses who've studied your playbook. Dak and the Cowboys really only have one more season to prove they can adapt to this otherwise the dark and rainy rebuild cloud is slowly drifting over Dallas.
the problem is our team is always slightly above average. great skill players, mediocre qbs, and average coaching. it's what we'll be till we get a stroud that changes the culture. and ive given up until then.
A lot of what is missed from this is the coaching. McCarthy did the same with the Packers. Look great in the regular season, and crap the bed in the playoffs. It feels like the lack of attention to detail off the field translates to a lack of attention on it. The team looks like they have no plan, and McCarthy does not make adjustments when things are going wrong. It is why the Cowboys will also have at least one utter stinker in the regular season too. Prescott clearly struggles with the pressure of big moments too, but McCarthy holds this team back.
I think the assumption that 12-5 and choking in the playoffs *the floor* for the Cowboys is a bit laughable. Given the fact that they so consistently can’t get to the NFC championship game, we need to start looking at this the other way around: This isn’t the floor, *it’s the ceiling.*
Have you ever been stressed out or in a stressful situation look down in your hands are in balls and you've been squeezing them and not even knowing it, your whole body gets tense and it wears you out so fast because every muscle is doing things that it shouldn't be doing all the time. They put a heart monitor on Patrick mahomes and the only time that it spiked is when he was on the sidelines watching the defense. Some players can slow their heart rate down and get rid of that tightness, at least the best ones can
Dak doesn't have the clutch gene like even Brock Purdy. He is not the answer. He is an above average regular season stat guy. The only thing that matters in the playoffs is "W's". Dak seems to be allergic to those
You cover all my points dak struggles reading defenses post snap. He needs things perfect and on schedule. And does not go through his progressions. In his 8th season that’s not good. He is a choker
Based on this film the dallas cowboys really just be choking in big games. Players are open but dropping passes, players running wrong routes, dak bring skiddish in the pocket. Straight up choke jobs
Jerrys kids always think they have the answers… same record for 3 seasons in a row for the 3rd time. I don't even have to look and I know that's a record.
Bro said theyd go deeper in the playoffs this year like they didnt just get eviscerated during free agency while simultaneously making no moves outside of bringing back the ashes of Mike Zimmer while also struggling with the decision to even keep Dak over finding new talent.
Dak is a creator, in my opinion, he just doesn't do it as much in the playoffs because of what you mentioned. His stats this last season in terms of creating plays out of structure were actually some of the best in the league, but again, him and the rest of the team press too much and way too early in the playoffs, so this ability of his doesn't shine as much.
The Cowboys is not a professional organisation. The GM picks the wrong players and pays them more than they're worth (both Dak and Elliot spring to mind). In a league with a salary cap, paying too much for one thing cripples your ability to spend on something else. Now did the GM get his job by being good at being a GM or because he has lots of money? That, right there, is the Cowboys' main problem.
It’s 100% fair to criticize Dak in these losses because he shares some of the blame. However it’s also true that the Cowboys have been out coached and their run defense has been bad all three playoff losses. Cowboys defense is amazing when they have a lead and can just rush the quarterback. Most defenses are better with a lead. You ask the Cowboys defense to stop the run and keep it close, well that’s just not happening
Maybe they should fire the GM? 🤔 It's very pleasing to know that every Cowboys fan with memory of them of them winning a SB now has at least some grey hair.
You are either a creator or not. If you didn’t do it in college you can’t learn to do it in the league. You either “feel” space or “go through reads”. Where a qb falls on that spectrum often determines their ceiling as a QB. Mahomes, Allen, Lamar have incredible feel because they’ve played the position athletically. Dak, Kirk, Goff learned to play robotically. They are good QBs just not special QBs
What about the last 3 playoff losses the defense had 0 sacks 0 interceptions 0 force fumbles and only 2 tackles for a loss? After dominating turnovers during the regular season and not even a single sack. Somehow Dak takes the blame for that as well.
Been saying his whole career, dak doesn’t have it. Cowboys need to move on. I’d trade him for first before resigning him to the expect giant contract. He’s just not accurate enough. And doesn’t have that elite qb vision/ anticipation. Matthew stafford probably wins 2 rings minimum playing for the cowboys when dak has. Also on the flip side of that trade idea, I can’t think of a single team if I’m the gm I give a first round pick for dak.. unless dak agrees to play for more like 20 million a year. Cousins I think is better, geno smith had a better year considering Seattles O line last year and mccarthy compared to Waldron. Dak is heading to not even being a top 20 qb…. I don’t care what the stats say. Look at the teams dak has had
Dak doesn't need to move and play offscript, he has to be a true field general. He needs to stay and process the changes the defense does postsnap. He's lost some of his mobility. He's a good pocket passer but has to stay poise and execute in big games. Mahomes won super Bowls by staying poise in the pocket. He doesn't create as much in the postseason anymore.
Should’ve made a video on the dallas defense not saying dak shouldn’t take soms of the blame but he isn’t the only issue when it comes to playoff woes the defense also chokes by failing to stop the opposing offenses run game
I've been saying it since Dak's rookie season. He is not the guy. Offenses have always had to be dumbed down because he is not able to do anything beyond basic. Dallas should have moved off of Dak before over-paying him. This is their chance again. Let him go. Start over.
I wrote back when Zeke was traded that both Dak and Zeke should’ve been traded - if possible although I don’t know their contract details - get a boatload of picks, then use those picks to do a very quick rebuild. It just seemed to me that Dak wasn’t a good playoff quarterback. Dak wins nearly two-thirds of his regular-season starts - fantastic - but fewer than one-thirds of his playoff starts - very sub par. Sometimes statistics are enough. It doesn’t really matter why the Cowboys with Dak keep losing, just that they do. I’m no Cowboys fan but I feel they’ve just wasted so many great opportunities over the past 30 years. If I were a Dallas fan I’d be sick to my stomach.
Enjoyed the video. I don’t think you can chalk it up to just playing uptight. Each of these years, the run game was unreliable and forced the Cowboys to play one dimensional football. Should see a resurgence with Cooper Bebee at C. Great video though.
Dak does not choke in the playoffs. He just never plays well against good teams and in the post season, you almost always play a good team. Give Dak a bad team in the post season and he is just as good as he is against bad teams in the regular season. Like Tampa.
