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12-18-2011, 12:10 PM
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He has surely had more spectacular games in his career, but if you're a fan of the Dallas Cowboys (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-cowboys) the game Tony Romo (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/5209/tony-romo) played Saturday night was an absolute thing of beauty. Romo was 23-for-30 for 249 yards, three passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown in a nearly uncontested 31-15 victory (http://espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=311217027) over a dead Tampa Bay Buccaneers (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-buccaneers) team. He was efficient. He was in control. He was ruthless and reliable and made sure that the Cowboys put one of their easiest wins of the season in their pocket when they needed a win in the worst way.
The Cowboys move to 8-6, temporarily a half-game in front of New York pending the Giants' game Sunday afternoon. If the Giants win, Dallas will have done little Saturday night but hold serve. The victory doesn't dramatically help their playoff chances, but a loss would have damaged them severely. Romo deserves credit for making sure it was never a reasonable possibility.
He wasn't perfect, of course. No one is. The fumble on the first possession of the second half was careless. And I didn't think he made the wisest choice on his first touchdown throw to Miles Austin (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/10147/miles-austin) in traffic at the goal line. But Austin caught the ball for a touchdown, which made the throw look great. And Romo responded to the fumble by engineering a 12-play, seven-minute field-goal drive that denied the Bucs any shot at momentum.
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He has surely had more spectacular games in his career, but if you're a fan of the Dallas Cowboys (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-cowboys) the game Tony Romo (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/5209/tony-romo) played Saturday night was an absolute thing of beauty. Romo was 23-for-30 for 249 yards, three passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown in a nearly uncontested 31-15 victory (http://espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=311217027) over a dead Tampa Bay Buccaneers (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-buccaneers) team. He was efficient. He was in control. He was ruthless and reliable and made sure that the Cowboys put one of their easiest wins of the season in their pocket when they needed a win in the worst way.
The Cowboys move to 8-6, temporarily a half-game in front of New York pending the Giants' game Sunday afternoon. If the Giants win, Dallas will have done little Saturday night but hold serve. The victory doesn't dramatically help their playoff chances, but a loss would have damaged them severely. Romo deserves credit for making sure it was never a reasonable possibility.
He wasn't perfect, of course. No one is. The fumble on the first possession of the second half was careless. And I didn't think he made the wisest choice on his first touchdown throw to Miles Austin (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/10147/miles-austin) in traffic at the goal line. But Austin caught the ball for a touchdown, which made the throw look great. And Romo responded to the fumble by engineering a 12-play, seven-minute field-goal drive that denied the Bucs any shot at momentum.
Read the observations: http://espn.go.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/34048/steady-romo-cowboys-pick-up-a-freebie