2024-01-15 00:54:47
The Cowboys escaping in the playoffs has become a recurring event that is part of NFL traditions. Now that Bill Belichick is available, this team full of talent, but in total distress, should go get him to try to put the cabin in order.
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The 48-32 defeat against the Packers in Dallas must absolutely be considered a point of no return for this franchise which has not reached the conference finals for 28 years, in 1995.
Head coach Mike McCarthy is now 11-11 in his career in playoff games. We are talking here about a coach who relied on exceptional quarterbacks in Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers and on another more than decent one in Dak Prescott.
It’s not normal, with such packed clubs, not to do better. Broom, McCarthy! Bring the grumpy Belichick to Dallas quickly! At almost 72 years old, he obviously doesn’t represent a long-term solution, but this team is full of talent and needs someone who will make everyone in the building walk with their butts tighter.
The initial instinct is to tell yourself that the gruff head coach could never work with an owner with an oversized ego like Jerry Jones. Still, credible tipsters mention that Belichick admires and respects Jones. Get out the checkbook, my Jerry, it’s time to rush for the closing!
This is the Super Bowl that such a team should be talking about. Not an ordinary playoff victory! It’s simple, in Throw and count, Belichick would have even been hired at halftime. But hey, in reality, this team has become so scarred by its failures of the last 20 years that even Belichick might not find the solution.
Aaron Jones made the Cowboys look bad with three touchdowns. Getty Images via AFP
A scenario that repeats itself
Every year for the Cowboys, it’s something different that dampens their hopes. The Cowboys have won 12 games in the last three seasons, a first for them since their dynasty of the 1990s.
Last season, it was the offense that failed to show up, scoring just 12 points against the 49ers.
In 2021, it was an ill-advised run by Dak Prescott, again against the 49ers, which had the last seconds on the clock.
In previous years, there was the disallowed catch to Dez Bryant. There was Tony Romo who let slip a pass on a converting punt.
The moral of the story is that there is always something.
A devastating result
Mike McCarthy no longer has a solution to make the Cowboys work when the pressure mounts. Getty Images via AFP
This time, the Cowboys faced the Packers, a team that has the wind in its sails, but which still earned its place in the playoffs with difficulty and misery.
The Cowboys’ defensive performance was literally jaw-dropping.
The Packers offense scored 41 points (the other touchdown came from an interception). Quarterback Jordan Love frolicked in his protective sleeve like Alice in Wonderland, very rarely coming under pressure from the Cowboys.
The young recipients, despite their lack of experience, constantly found themselves more alone in the world than postapocalyptic survivors in science fiction films.
Where was Micah Parsons? Where was DeMarcus Lawrence? And what about defensive coordinator Dan Quinn? Will this horrible result cost him his long-awaited chance to become a head coach again, possibly in Seattle?
Mind you, this collapse or another, it’s now in the Cowboys’ DNA when the pressure mounts. Rarely, however, have they offered such a pathetic performance.
Bravo, Packers!
Hats off to the Packers, who did not collapse. However, it is the fourth youngest team in history to have qualified for the playoffs, with an average age of 25.58 years. It’s unusual that they were the ones who looked like veterans.
Quarterback Jordan Love was relentless and for the first time since the current playoff format was adopted in 2020, a team ranked seventh in the conference won. It was the first victory for a visiting team in Dallas in 17 games.
Correction, we should talk about more than a victory. It is rather a resounding spanking that the Packers gave to the team of 9 billion and which has not been that of America for a long time now.
THE 3 STARS OF THE MATCH
Jordan Love
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The Packers quarterback was sublime in his first career playoff start. He completed 16 of 20 passes for 272 yards and three touchdowns. Love excels at reaching his receivers by releasing on one foot. After Favre and Rodgers, we are in line for 15 more years of excellence in Green Bay.
Aaron Jones
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Aaron Jones has the Cowboys number and not just about it! The running back gained 115 yards on the ground in addition to scoring three touchdowns. Against Dallas, in four career games, he scored nine touchdowns. It was his fourth straight game with over 100 yards rushing.
Darnell Savage
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The Packers already held a healthy 20-0 lead early in the game, but the Cowboys were advancing with the ball when safety Darnell Savage intercepted a pass and returned it to the end zone. The kind of game that breaks a rival’s back.
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