I don't believe the team would have won the Super Bowl. I don't judge the team on Super Bowl or bust.
Do you think the team was good enough to beat the following?
Seattle in 2006
NY Giants in 2007
Philadelphia in 2008
Minnesota in 2009
NY Giants in 2011
Washington in 2012
Philadelphia in 2013 (with Orton)
Green Bay in 2014
The only 2 games I did not believe the Cowboys would win out of that list is the last 2. That leaves 6 other games that I believed were winnable. I don't expect a perfect 6-0 record there, but is wanting something like 3-3 unreasonable?
That's why I discuss this so much. I had all kinds of confidence in Romo. I believed the team could win with him. We just needed to line back up the next year and give it another go. But I refuse to now look back with hindsight and claim he didn't have a chance to try and save him from criticism. Romo fans were confident the team was going to win with him, they weren't setting the bar low. They were pumping up expectations while the Romo haters were trying to lower them during his career. That's a big about face in confidence level now that his career is over.
Good grief.
Seattle in 06. Yes they absolutely were good enough to beat them. The fg miscue is all that is remembered but there was a lot more to it, like glenn fumbling in the endzone for instance....
NY Giants 07- Yes...they had beat them 3 straight times going into the playoff game, Twice at NY. Romo to Crayton for the GW TD should have been all time NFL comeback Highlight. Oh well.
and to be clear here, the giants not only ended Romo's season but Gruden/Garcia, Favre/McCarthy's and Brady/Belichik's...
Philadelphia 08 - NO. They beat them earlier in the year but after the 2 games in 6 days vs NY and Baltimore two of the most physical teams in the league the cowboys were walking mash unit..including Romo's 1st serious back injury
after Fred Robbins hit romo in the back in the third quarter. It was an almost impossible situation for Dallas Mentally after the ending of the Ravens game.
Minnesota 09 - 50/50 I believe if this game is played in Dallas, Dallas wins. Nobody Beat Minnesota at the metrodome in 2009 they went 9-0. The offensive line had no chance against that front in that environment...Even still
Gerald Sensebaugh made one of the worst plays I have ever seen in any game giving up that first TD when Dallas was holding its own.
NY Giants 11 - No....Like the Minnesota game in 09 the environment was tough. The line could not hold up and manning always put big numbers up vs our defense. Dallas had to take chances in this game and they
were not equipped to do so. Tip your hat to the giants...they were surging and the cowboys blew it. Had bailey not had his kick blocked to go to OT in the first meeting ( Or missed the winning fg at Arizona the week before) this game would not have mattered. Dallas had a 34-22 lead with 5 minutes to go and the giants backed up on a 3rd and and scandrick got beat for 20 yards on a corner route...Uggh that game..the ball in the
lights....Tip your hat to the giants, they beat Dallas, then Matt Ryan's Falcons, Rodgers Packers, Harbaughs 49ers and Brady/Belichick again.
Washington 12 - Yes. This is a fail on everyone's part. This game falls on Romo. That late interception was too risky of a play and the difference maker. Huge letdown.
Philly 13 - Yes I thought they could win because they were at home even though the defense was dreadful they played a very physical tough game and orton found himself in a situation Romo had put on him many times....
GB 14 - Yes I thought Dallas should have won. I thought they had a great gameplan and had the perfect chemistry and abilty to go in their and win. The biggest play of the game to me besides the dez caught it bad call was James Hanna
Not holding onto the fumbled punt he had recovered and let it slip away. If he Hangs onto that Dallas has a quick easy score really giving them the advantage.....Also if Dez's catch had not been overruled I believe Dallas
Would have got a stop and won the game. During the 2014 season Dallas had I believe 9 times got stops and won the game in that situation after the offense had given them the lead. THis 2014 team had the chemistry and
timely play making to go win the whole thing. Its forever going to suck.