In what was supposed to be the marquee NFL matchup of 2023 of week five
turned into humble humiliation for Dallas. To quote the great Kendrick Lamar: “Sit
down… Be humble,” which Dallas found out after a primetime beatdown by the
league’s best team San Francisco 49ers. The final score being 42-10 in favor of the
home team 49ers.
Days leading into this matchup, Dallas media reminded QB Dak Prescott of the
last time he faced San Francisco in response: “You’re trying to piss me off going
into this game.” Everyone in the Cowboys locker room felt this was a measuring
stick game. All the chatter of “they’ll (49ers offense) have to deal with us for sixty-
minutes.” All the noise hyping this regular season matchup to settle whose
defense would reign supreme. Little did Dallas know, their opposition said very
little.
To compete with the elite teams, there’s levels to this. To say the Cowboys are
elite… What have they done to even be placed in this category? How have they
stacked up against the ELITE teams in the NFC? Little to be desired based on
recent memory. You can beat the bad teams and look great; but if your
destination is the Super Bowl, Dallas needs to compete every… single… week! This
game was a stark reminder of who Dallas is and there’s nothing they can do to
prove me otherwise.
The Cowboys have reinvented the wheel versus innovating technology. There’s
nothing to be excited about far as play calling. What was supposed to be
“balanced” still looks pedestrian to me. When the going gets tough, we don’t
adjust to the adjustment. No sense of urgency and the undisciplined plays have
caught up. If Dallas has any chance of becoming “elite,” you better take a long
look in the mirror.
San Francisco is head and shoulders better than we are and there’s no further
competition. Dallas can be “elite” in their minds, but San Francisco is living rent
free in our locker room. I don’t care about next gen stats far as the QB play is
concerned. I don’t need that to tell me how bad my QB has played against “elite”
competition. My eyes are next gen stats and quite frankly, it’s been little to be
desired. You can have all the stats, but winning big games when it matters makes
you an “elite” team.
As Dallas prepares to move forward, there’s A LOT to be corrected from top to
bottom. Being humbled and humiliated at the same time should give you a better
evaluation of who you are. Having self-awareness knowing you put more words
into action versus focusing on the game itself. Let this be a lesson to not compare
yourself to a team who’s clearly perfect in every aspect of football. When you
become that superior team, then we can have this conversation. Until then, “sit
down… Be humble.” Stai tuned.
