Follow-up: In response to my statement that
"The Bucs ... they depended solely on Brady
66 times (probably close to a playoff record) ..."
Indeed, I looked that up & that was the 2nd-
most times passing in a playoff game, 2nd
to Ben Roethlisberger who passed 68 times
in a Wild Card playoff in 2021:
https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-passes-in-playoff-game
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 1:16:18 PM UTC-6, observer wrote:
.> The last 2 playoff games 'tween the Cow-
.> boys & 49ers have ended in disappointing
.> manners for Cowboys fans & players &
.> coaches & owner.
.>
.> Last year (running out of time, hurt by an
.> official being in the way, unable to get the
.> snap off after 17 yard Dak run), this year
.> a rare perhaps never-seen-before offen-
.> sive alignment with a pass thrown to the
.> player you'd think would be in the mix ...
.>
.> ... later but -not- the 1st player thrown to,
.> that player tackled immediately before
.> having a chance to lateral or do anything,
.> explained in the following article as if that
.> play had worked, Dallas scoring a miracu-
.> lous 76 yard touchdown, "Dallas would ...
.>
.> ... have gone for the win with the 2-point
.> attempt."
.>
.> January 23 2023
.>
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mike-mccarthy-explains-cowboys-bizarre-final-play-says-it-didnt-get-going-in-playoff-loss-to-49ers/
.>
.> One can only wonder what that play was sup-
.> posed to play out as, but its primary flaw was
.> throwing to a player so closely covered that
.> he was immediately tackled before having a
.> chance to lateral to anybody.
.>
.> Some articles called the play hilarious, but it
.> certainly wasn't hilarious for Cowboys fans &
.> players & coaches & owner.
.>
.> Jerry Jones after the game, supporting his
.> head coach & quarterback, about the game
.> Jerry saying "I'm sick." Skip Bayless, on Un-
.> disputed, saying "I'm sick" in a flurry of anti-
.> Dak & other anti-Cowboys frustration. Dak,
.> it appears, can play great (see Bucs playoff ...
.>
.> ... game) at times, but also from time to time
.> plays disappointingly, 1st & last 2022 regular
.> season games (3rd-worst & 4th-worst passer-
.> ratings of his career, his last game vs Coms,
.> his lowest completion% of his career), & 7
.> straight games with interceptions including
.> 3 pick-6s).
.>
.> In playoff games vs the 49ers the last 2 years,
.> last year was at the time his worst passer-rat-
.> ing in the playoffs; this year he bottomed that
.> with his most playoff interceptions & his new
.> worst passer-rating in playoff games.
.>
.> His 49ers playoffs, his 3rd & 4th losses as star-
.> ter in playoff games, overall 2-4 as Cowboys
.> playoff games starter.
.>
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PresDa01/gamelog/post/
.>
.> Undisputed (Cowboys loss at 49ers yesterday)
.> Youtube video:
https://youtu.be/a4_jBxmXH6s
.>
.> Sidenote: Tony Pollard leaving the game with
.> injury (turned out to be a broken fibula) & un-
.> mentioned by anyone, no one willing to play a
.> good & fast backup runner, Malik Davis, who
.> had some long impressive runs during the
.> season (17 vs Packers, 23 vs Titans, 23 vs
.> Colts):
.>
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/2773009/malik-davis/splits/
.>
.> Sidenote2: 49ers killer drive, they ran the ball
.> as if Dallas couldn't stop them & the reason
.> for that is the Cowboys rarely had success in
.> stopping the run all season long, & on that
.> drive the 49ers ran 6 times averaging 7.33
.> yards per run, topped off with an 8 yard run
.> for the 49ers sole TD of the game.
.>
.> The Bucs had their 2nd-most rushing yards
.> of the season vs the Cowboys in the season
.> opener. They finished dead last in rushing in
.> the regular season, but vs the Cowboys in the
.> playoffs, they depended solely on Brady 66
.> times (probably close to a playoff record) ...
.>
.> ... & forgot their success in running vs the
.> Cowboys in the season opener.
.>
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