Divisional Round- Green Bay @ Dallas Thread (1 Viewer)

[cockroach]

Let's just agree to disagree on this one.  I just don't like back to back runs with the best player in the league at QB.  I'm not saying they need to throw deep but on that play the defense was packed in tight ready to stop the run.  Why not a quick hitter to the outside?  It was crunch time and I'd rather go down with Rodgers winging it.  They really needed a TD on that drive and were fortunate Crosby drilled a 56 yard FG.  Had that not happened I guarantee McCarthy's getting crucified today for those particular play calls.  Fortunately it worked out for the Green and Gold.

McCarthy has done a great job rallying this team, which looks like it quit in October.  Glad he's our coach and hopefully he'll keep the train going.

their job there was to eat up clock, IMO, so it was a good call.   They scored and still left enough time for Dallas to come back and tie it up.  I thought it was the right call but the defense was just ready for it.  Maybe Rodgers should have audibled it.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

I think Dak is going to be WAAAAAAAAY overvalued next year in fantasy... FWIW

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Let's just agree to disagree on this one.  I just don't like back to back runs with the best player in the league at QB.  I'm not saying they need to throw deep but on that play the defense was packed in tight ready to stop the run.  Why not a quick hitter to the outside?  It was crunch time and I'd rather go down with Rodgers winging it.  They really needed a TD on that drive and were fortunate Crosby drilled a 56 yard FG.  Had that not happened I guarantee McCarthy's getting crucified today for those particular play calls.  Fortunately it worked out for the Green and Gold.

McCarthy has done a great job rallying this team, which looks like it quit in October.  Glad he's our coach and hopefully he'll keep the train going.

I'm more than happy to agree to disagree, and like that we have done so without being disagreeable.  That is an increasingly rare thing on the internet.  So rare that I take it you must be an unusually good fella, like Henry Hill, but without the snitching.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

their job there was to eat up clock, IMO, so it was a good call.   They scored and still left enough time for Dallas to come back and tie it up.  I thought it was the right call but the defense was just ready for it.  Maybe Rodgers should have audibled it.

Naked boot to the right? 

 

[Mr.Pack]

Just to be the Devil's advocate here I will argue differently.  Green Bay's defense was gassed, they needed some recovery time.  Green Bay's offensive line had started to wear down and Aaron was getting pressured.    Dallas was teeing off with a pass rush because the Packers were showing little else. There was a lot of time on the clock, a quick strike score was going to be a problem if Dallas had a lot of time left.  Tired O-linemen sometimes hold on pass plays which moves teams back and stops the clock, an unacceptable result. The Packers had shown a few very nice rushes in the game.  Calling a play similar to Ty's great run against Chicago was not a bad call.  It was not settling for the field goal at that time, it was an attempt to catch Dallas a bit off guard, run a bit of clock, improve worse case outcomes for a filed goal if it had to be kicked, but was really just an attempt to keep the drive going.  Aaron cannot throw literally every play.  That is not good strategy even when they have Jordy and Bulaga isn't gimpy.  The problem was not the play call, it was the piss poor execution.  But for the Cowboy slicing through unblocked it is a good call.  Maybe time to ask what would have happened had the same player sliced through on a pass call.  Maybe a sack for even more lost yardage, maybe a strip sack which we nearly saw on the next drive from a much smaller defender. 

The call was fine, the execution sucked.  The Packers went in to Dallas without their two best corners, without their best W.R., without their best R.B., with one of their best L.B.'s playing with a club on his hand and they came away, fortuitously, with a victory.  How?, unreal Q.B. play and great coaching.  The Packers won the game because they have higher football I.Q. than the Cowboys.  The Packers had less mental errors though more physical ones, which is to be expected with the injuries.  Had the Cowboys not pissed away their T.O.'s in the first half they would have had a great opportunity for a late filed goal. Had they not committed a 15 yard penalty by illegal substitution maybe they help themselves.  Had they not celebrated, like idiots, after a small positive defensive stop maybe they would not have been late substituting allowing Aaron to do what he does.

Nice analysis here DW

 

[cockroach]

Naked boot to the right? 

sure, and chuck it out of bounds if there's a defender there, that way there's almost no chance of losing yardage.... but then that'd stop the clock

 

[G-King]

I was on the Dak hate train before this game. I looked at him as riding Elliot's coat tails. I actually think it is somewhat the opposite. I have much respect for Dak. I don't know how anyone can look at that game and say Dak is not a good QB... what else does he need to prove, as a rookie especially!? Anyone who can't give Dak respect are either NFC East rival fans, or fans who are butt hurt and bitter over the Cowboys "dynasty" from the 90s and can't stand the idea of the Cowboys having the makings of a dynasty now. 

I been saying in the Eagles thread how well he's played inspite of being a rookie, and a couple of blinded Eagles keep saying that there are 25 other QBs that could do as well or better... When you call them out on their blind Cowboy hatred, they say it's not that at all. Please.....

A Dallas fan says he's impressed with Wentz (inspite of his occasional lack of ball control and the high trade price to get him) and that's cool and welcomed; but just try saying the Cowboys got the most successful and poised QB in the back of the fourth round, and well, Dak is  "Just a Guy" that is nothing more than a 26th rated "Game Manager"; unimpressed; 6th best offensive player on the team; blah blah. ?

The objective, NFL educated Eagle fans are good guys over there; the haters- not so much.

props to Dr. Brew for admitting he was wrong about Dak, That's cool.

 

[Interseptopus]

I been saying in the Eagles thread how well he's played inspite of being a rookie, and a couple of blinded Eagles keep saying that there are 25 other QBs that could do as well or better... When you call them out on their blind Cowboy hatred, they say it's not that at all. Please.....

A Dallas fan says he's impressed with Wentz (inspite of his occasional lack of ball control and the high trade price to get him) and that's cool and welcomed; but just try saying the Cowboys got the most successful and poised QB in the back of the fourth round, and well, Dak is  "Just a Guy" that is nothing more than a 26th rated "Game Manager"; unimpressed; 6th best offensive player on the team; blah blah. ?

The objective, NFL educated Eagle fans are good guys over there; the haters- not so much.

props to Dr. Brew for admitting he was wrong about Dak, That's cool.

As I've said above, his poise is what impresses me the most. If he takes the next step he will be great. If he doesn't he will just be what he is now, a good QB. I do think he will be over-drafted next year in fantasy. We obviously need to see him do this and improve each year to start talking about him as an elite QB, but for what he has done as a rookie and how he looked vs GB... I'd be excited as a Dallas fan. It's all up to him and the coaches for him to become a smarter, better QB than he already is. Plus I understand he's a good person... I really like to cheer for athletes who are good people. 

 

[G-King]

As I've said above, his poise is what impresses me the most. If he takes the next step he will be great. If he doesn't he will just be what he is now, a good QB. I do think he will be over-drafted next year in fantasy. We obviously need to see him do this and improve each year to start talking about him as an elite QB, but for what he has done as a rookie and how he looked vs GB... I'd be excited as a Dallas fan. It's all up to him and the coaches for him to become a smarter, better QB than he already is. Plus I understand he's a good person... I really like to cheer for athletes who are good people. 

He absolutely will be over drafted in FFB. ( I know I won't own him )

But the Cowboy haters who continually call him nothing special, and just a "game manager" really show how little they know about football after watching him play if they can't come out and admit they were wrong. Or maybe it's just Green glasses. :X  

We already read some serious back pedaling in here

 

[Hov34]

A "discussion" with a Packer fan about something they won't acknowledge???  Yeah, why don't I just bash my head up against a wall for an hour instead. 

Oh, and snappy comeback with the X-Box!!!

Your response "they are the best ever" reminded me exactly of my 12 year old son whining about not getting something he wants, which is the reason for my comment. It should be obvious that a poor quality still shot of an OL blocking is completely useless in judging whether or not there was a hold. If Lang immediately disengages, its not holding. Complaining about missed calls is lame. Packer fans do it as much as anyone - its for losers.

Probably ####ty parenting.

 

[jerry jones]

I also believe I said either here or in the gb thread that we'd see Romo this game...

Guess you were actually wrong about something!

LOL

sorry...just taking a good natured poke!!

 

[sho nuff]

http://www.sbnation.com/2017/1/17/14297298/aaron-rodgers-jared-cook-catch-breakdown-packers-vs-cowboys-how-it-worked

great break down of the final plays with perspective from the Oline.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

http://www.sbnation.com/2017/1/17/14297298/aaron-rodgers-jared-cook-catch-breakdown-packers-vs-cowboys-how-it-worked

great break down of the final plays with perspective from the Oline.

It worked because Carr is an idiot who traveled to deep into coverage.

 

[Interseptopus]

Skip Bayless still having nightmares. Needs a safe space

 

[G-King]

Skip Bayless still having nightmares. Needs a safe space

I hate this guy. I hate that we root for the same team. I wish he would go away and sell Invicta watches on some obscure cable channel. Wait, that's an insult to Invicta watches.... How about he go take over the 2:00 am slot of the colon cleansing infomercial instead? FU Skip The Dip

 

[dhockster]

I hate this guy. I hate that we root for the same team. I wish he would go away and sell Invicta watches on some obscure cable channel. Wait, that's an insult to Invicta watches.... How about he go take over the 2:00 am slot of the colon cleansing infomercial instead? FU Skip The Dip

If there is one thing for which I can have sympathy for Cowboy's fans, it is having to live with Skip Bayless connecting himself to the Cowboys. The downsight of the Cowboy's popularity is sometimes you have to live with unwanted fans.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

If there is one thing for which I can have sympathy for Cowboy's fans, it is having to live with Skip Bayless connecting himself to the Cowboys. The downsight of the Cowboy's popularity is sometimes you have to live with unwanted fans.

It's the worst. So embarrassing.