Dak only wishes, he could have "Been Love" yesterday.
Posted on 01/15/2024 6:58:47 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Aaron Jones grew up idolizing Emmitt Smith and the Cowboys.
The Green Bay running back found a new, and most painful, way to torment the all-time rushing leader's former team.
Jones ran for three touchdowns, Jordan Love threw for three more in his postseason debut, Darnell Savage returned an interception 64 yards for a score and the Packers handed the Cowboys their first home loss since the '22 opener in a 48-32 wild-card stunner Sunday.
“This was my dad’s team,” Jones, who shared a moment with Smith before the game and now has 488 yards in four career games against the Cowboys, said of his late father. “You always want to be like your father, so that’s how it became my team. Dallas is a special place to me, so it’s a full-circle moment.”
Even against a team that had won 16 consecutive home games.
Green Bay (10-8) will visit top-seeded San Francisco in the divisional round next weekend.
Dak Prescott threw two interceptions before three mostly empty touchdown passes in another playoff flop for him and the No. 2 seed Cowboys (12-6).
The first home loss for the Cowboys since now-retired Tom Brady and Tampa Bay beat them 16 months ago was also the most points the franchise has allowed in a postseason game. The previous high was 38.
The Cowboys, who haven’t reached an NFC championship game since the most recent of their five Super Bowl titles 28 years ago, didn’t trail by more than eight points at AT&T Stadium this season before falling behind 27-0 in the first half.
The loss will raise questions about the future of Dallas coach Mike McCarthy after the Cowboys lost their playoff opener at home for the second time in three postseasons under the former Green Bay coach.
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Dak only wishes, he could have "Been Love" yesterday.
I was very down on Jordan Love up until the last 3 games (even after the Detroit win on Thanksgiving I wasn’t buying his stock). But his improvement over the last 3 games has been incredible to watch. He was nearly flawless yesterday. That 3rd and 1 pass to the tight end, deep in their end of the field had to be perfect or it would have been picked or knocked down and man, it was a perfect throw to keep that drive alive. He made just about every type of throw you could ask a QB to make. Give the man his due. If he can play like that against the Niners, they have a chance to win.
Best thing is we won’t have to hear Dak saying “Here We Go” anymore.
New owner ain’t gonna happen so maybe new coach ??
It was crazy, I never saw so many throws off of his back foot be so accurate, of course, with the Cowboys blowing their coverage, he didn’t have to be all that accurate.
A thing of beauty. But anyone watching Jordan Love lately just calmly thread that needle as finely as Rodgers shouldn’t have been quite so shocked as they were.
DITTO!
See y’all in Detroit.
That’s not the issue.
The question is what he could do in his last two years, at Dallas.
And tightening the mindset, including on D, is all it would take IMO to get that team, with Dak, to win.
Well we can hope. Pleasant surprise yesterday for sure.
I think they got a bit exposed against the Ravens.
A little Great Lakes Justice after the Officials “corrected” the Lion’s heroic, improbable, late game winning drive for Jerry. The networks and JerryWorld got what they wanted but Prescott and Stafford did not perform their duties according to the big money script. Hahahahahahaha, whew, sniff.
The entire fox crew picked the Cowboys to win. It was a given.
They were gobsmacked at half-time, LOL. I thought Jimmy Johnson was going to have an episode.
Also, Stroud is the exception, not the rule. How many turnkey QBs over the past 5 years have delivered at his level right out of college?
Love represents the more normal trajectory for good, young QBs.
Although I must admit, the Lions did get a huge break on that late non-Pass Interference call. But when it’s been 32 years, I’ll take it!
I thought Jimmy was going to ask Jerry to take him down from The Ring of Honor after that.
I agree. That was way premature.
A new owner.
Being a Bears fan, I’m usually against Green Bay, but yesterday was a great effort by the Packers, and I’ll be rooting for them over San Fran.
They also missed the false start at the one.
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