Quote Originally Posted by Maxie the Taxi View Post
We went into the game knowing our starting RCB was out, our starting LCB was questionable, our starting slot CB was questionable, meaning our game-CB's would be Gunter, Hawkins and Goodson. What did we do to compensate? We primarily sent four players to rush the passer and dropped seven into coverage. How'd that work out? We sacked Prescott twice and hurried him once. Prescott passed for 274 yds., 3 TD's and a 117.4 passer rating.

Maybe the above strategy was employed to contain the fearsome Zeke Elliott, you say. How'd that work out? Elliott ran for 157 yds. on 28 attempts.

A defeatist might say there was nothing we could do. The Cowboy's Oline is just too good and our injuries just too devastating. A critic might say we tried to stop the run and dared the rookie sensation QB to beat us, and he did. A cynic might say we weren't as good against the run as we thought we were, so we should have have blitzed the hell out of the rookie QB sensation and dared Elliot to beat us.

Are you a defeatist, a critic or a cynic?

On offense, our world-class QB had all the time in the world to pass but still couldn't connect on big plays that were there for the taking AND threw a bonehead interception AND was careless with his ball-handling, putting the rock on the ground inside the opponent's 5-yd. line. I don't know what to think about that.
I think given the injury situation, there was little chance the defense was going to really shut down Dallas. Rodgers and his receivers needed to put this team on their back. Instead, they produced 1 TD (after the game was pretty much decided), and turned the ball over 4 times.

Right now Rodgers is an average NFL starting QB, and the team is slightly above average. They beat the mediocre teams and lose to the top teams. They are 3-2 and hold the last playoff spot. That's what they are. Any improvement or decline from that will likely depend on a change in the level of Rodgers' play.