The Cowboys' escape in the playoffs has become a recurring event that is part of NFL tradition. Now that Bill Belichick is available, this team full of talent but in complete need should bring him in to try and get the locker room in order.
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The 48-32 loss to the Packers in Dallas must absolutely be viewed as a point of no return for this franchise, which went 28 years without reaching the conference finals in 1995.
Head coach Mike McCarthy now has a career record of 11-11 in playoff games. We're talking about a coach who trusted exceptional quarterbacks in Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers and another more than good quarterback in Dak Prescott.
It's not normal not to perform better in such crowded clubs. Broom, McCarthy! Get grumpy Belichick to Dallas quickly! At nearly 72 years old, he's obviously not a long-term solution, but this team is loaded with talent and needs someone who can make everyone in the building run their butts tighter.
The first instinct is to tell yourself that the gruff head coach could never work with an owner with an outsized 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 to graduation!
This is the Super Bowl a team like this should be talking about. No ordinary playoff win! It's simple: In Lance and Count, Belichick would have been signed even at halftime. But hey, the reality is that this team is so scarred by the failures of the last 20 years that not even Belichick will find the solution.
Aaron Jones made the Cowboys look bad with three touchdowns. Getty Images via AFP
A scenario that repeats itself
For the Cowboys, it's something different every year that dampens their hopes. The Cowboys have won 12 games in the last three seasons, the first time they have won since their dynasty in the 1990s.
Last season it was the offense that wasn't used and only scored 12 points against the 49ers.
In 2021, it was a rash run by Dak Prescott, again against the 49ers, who had the final seconds on the clock.
In previous years there was the illegal catch by Dez Bryant. There was Tony Romo, who missed a pass on a converted punt.
The moral of the story is that there is always something.
A devastating result
Mike McCarthy no longer has a solution to get the Cowboys going 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 still earned its spot in the playoffs through hardship and hardship.
The Cowboys' defensive performance was literally stunning.
The Packers' offense scored 41 points (the other touchdown came via an interception). Quarterback Jordan Love romped around in his protective shell like Alice in Wonderland and very rarely came under pressure from the Cowboys.
Despite their lack of experience, the young scholarship holders always felt lonelier in the world than post-apocalyptic survivors in science fiction films.
Where was Micah Parsons? Where was DeMarcus Lawrence? What about defensive coordinator Dan Quinn? Will this terrible result cost him a long-awaited opportunity to become a head coach again, possibly in Seattle?
Mind you, this or that collapse is now in the Cowboys' DNA when the pressure mounts. However, they have rarely shown such a pathetic performance.
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Well done, packers!
Hats off to the Packers for not collapsing. However, with an average age of 25.58, they are the fourth youngest team in history to qualify for the playoffs. It is 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 introduced in 2020, a team ranked seventh in the conference won. It was the first win by a visiting team in Dallas in 17 games.
Correction, we should be talking about more than a win. Rather, it is a resounding beating that the Packers gave the 9 billion-strong team and that has long since ceased to be America's.
THE 3 STARS OF THE GAME
Jordan love
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The Packers quarterback was great in his first career playoff start. He completed 16 of 20 passes for 272 yards and three touchdowns. Love is characterized by reaching its recipients by letting them go on one foot. After Favre and Rodgers, we're in for another 15 years of excellence in Green Bay.
Aaron Jones
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Aaron Jones has the Cowboys number and not only that! The running back gained 115 yards on the ground and scored three touchdowns. Against Dallas, he scored nine touchdowns in four career games. It was his fourth straight game in which he rushed for over 100 yards.
Darnell Savage
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The Packers had a 20-0 lead early in the game, but the Cowboys got ahead 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.