3 Dallas Cowboys most to blame for embarrassing Wild Card loss to Packers
By Mark Powell
Cowboys to blame: Dan Quinn is a head coaching candidate, but he came up short
As bad as Prescott played in this game, some of the blame has to fall on Dan Quinn, who himself is a head coaching candidate heading into this offseason. There are enough desperate teams willing to hire Quinn given his history as a head coach and success in the regular season. He deserves his chance, I will not dispute that.
However, Quinn's defense fell short against Jordan Love and the Packers scheme. Love deserves a lot of credit for the Packers current standing, as he's been on fire the last 5-6 weeks of the regular season. If this is Love's coming out party, he's performed admirably. The Packers are the luckiest franchise in football as it pertains to finding Pro Bowl-level QBs. From Favre to Rodgers to now Love, Green Bay knows how to scout quarterbacks.
Quinn failed to apply consistent pressure on Love, and by blitzing him on a consistent basis, have the Packers quarterback easy outs. Love used his escapability to his benefit, and made Dallas pay.