The man did it again. Dallas lost the game because he was playing with your heart. It's shocking.
Life for fans of the Dallas Cowboys is like a bad version of Britney Spears. A 40-34 overtime loss to Jacksonville was another lackluster performance by the Cowboys. Something needs to be said loudly and it will hurt when you hear it. The quarterback isn't going to get the Cowboys over the hump He won't be and never will be.
The loss to Jacksonville was not the only one. In the NBA, he is a streaky shooter. He fools you into thinking he's a top 10 quarterback when he's on. It can look terrible when he doesn't have it running. The way he has played since Week 10 has been a roller coaster. He has thrown at least one pick up in five of the six games. He threw picks in four of the six.
Maybe it's the thumb injury, or maybe it's terrible decision making. This is what the Cowboys have come to expect. They will build your hopes up, and at the worst possible time, they will fall apart. No one wants to admit it because this is America's Team.
One of the best examples of this in a big game situation happened less than a year ago when the Dallas Cowboys played the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs. Down by six points with no timeouts, the quarterback ran a QB draw up the middle of the field for a touchdown. It is still a risk if you are down by three or less. They didn't have time to get to the line before it was too late.
Sometimes, awareness is a major attribute for quarterbacks. The pass to Noah Brown that resulted in a pick-six for the Jags wasn't a great throw. The rub-route play was designed to get Brown open by running his defender into another Cowboys wide receiver, but it looked like the pass was placed on Brown's back hip, making for an easier reception.
You can argue that Brown should catch that, but sometimes the decision not to pass is better. At this point, he should know when to audible out of plays, and that was a time he should've done. The play looked like it was going to Brown.
The bottom line is that isn't the case. He is who he is seven years later and Dallas is stuck with a huge contract and a playoff ceiling. It is rare for a quarterback to go from being above average to being the best in the league in a single season. During his time in Kansas City and Oakland, Rich Gannon did it. It has done little besides that.
When all the chips are pushed to the middle of the table and everything is on the line, he will let you down. The story of the Cowboys has been going on for nearly 30 years. No cigar, close but not open.
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