That's true; the result of every play impacts every other play thereafter. But you can't say that failing to get a first down with 4:32 left in the first quarter when you're on your own 31 yard line absolutely made the difference between winning and losing like you can for a field goal kick on the last play of game.
And absolutely more time is a valid argument. A good analogy are stock options - their value is based upon the underlying prices of the strike price vs. the stock price with a time value adjustment. An option is worth less each passing day even if the price of the stock does not move because you are losing time available for the outcome to change. No different with the Romo bobbled snap - there were far fewer plays after that to recover and, therefore, a lower probability of overcoming it. Sure, Seattle could've fumbled the ensuing snap and Dallas recovered it, but what was the probability of that? And, as I remember, Dallas did ultimately stop Seattle and forced them to punt so they had another play, but it the probability of success was infinitesimal because the distance and time were insurmountable.
We're simply going to have to agree to disagree.
