3 thoughts/points

[KalEl]

1. Officiating: that had to be one of the worst officiated games I've seen since the PIT vs ARZ and PIT vs SEA SB's. They can review GBs fumble on the punt return and overturn it but not TRs fumble???? Hands to the face by Jenkins??? DWare offsides??? How is it not a penalty for GB to throw a challenge flag knowing they are out and basically giving their defense a free time out. How the hell does an NFL officiating crew not know that the opposing team is out of challenges???
2. Jason Garrett: His play calling in this game truly sucked. Goes away from Barber when his first 4 carries were for 24 yds. I personally thought that he was forcing it to Austin. Running the same 4 wide formation and no running plays inside the redzone??? The running game would have helped Romo and the passing game. This isn't the first game that Garrett goes into panic mode and gets pass happy and abandons the run.
3. ROY WILLIAMS: SUCKS...botches 4 huge plays. He's the #1 WR...are you kidding me Roy??? He drops the ball more than TO. Play #1- ball perfectly thrown, he's wide open, ball goes straight through his hands, hits him right in the face mask. Play #2- over the middle and you fumble? protect the ball in tight road game. Play #3- deep pass a little under thrown but high enough for a huge WR to go up and make a play on the ball, instead Roy waits for the ball to come to him. Play #4- Catch near the sideline no defender close and you step out of bounds instead of running up the sideline. Hate to say it but the is the 2nd time Jerry traded for WR and its a bust that cost this team draft picks...see Joey Galloway.

That said this game was winnable and good teams usually find ways to win close games like this. I'm not sayin Dallas isn't good but that was a game that should have been won and IMO this ones not on Tony Romo or Wade...
:bang2:

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

#1. I agree that the officiating was horrible. Not the reason we lost, but still horrible. Not only were there alot of bad calls, it was just plain over officiated on both sides.

#2 I was at the game, and our receivers were open on maybe 5 plays before garbage time at the end of the game. Over all it just seemed like alot of the plays were poorly designed. It was like their corners knew the routes. The thing that bothered me the most is the amount of plays that were run that were identical to the previous play.......I noticed it alot.

#3 I forgot to TIVO the game, but it sure looked like RW was blaming Romo for a bad pass on the one that hit him in the head. Not a big fan of RW at this point in his Dallas career.

Been to the last 4 Cowboys/Packers games in GB and this was the first one where I buttoned up the jacket and took the hat off on the way out of the stadium.

oh well......bring on the Foreskins!

 

[Oh_Canada]

#3 I forgot to TIVO the game, but it sure looked like RW was blaming Romo for a bad pass on the one that hit him in the head. Not a big fan of RW at this point in his Dallas career.

Sure looked that way to me as well. Sorry Roy, next time Romo will walk over and just hand the ball over to you instead of throwing it right into your hands.

 

[KalEl]

#1. I agree that the officiating was horrible. Not the reason we lost, but still horrible. Not only were there alot of bad calls, it was just plain over officiated on both sides.


Oh I wasn't blaming the loss on the officiating alone. Thats why I said good teams find ways to win close games like this.
Jason Garrett and RW were a big reason for the loss today. I've never been a Wade supporter but his defense played well and kept the offense in the game.

 

[TheGoat73]

#1. I agree that the officiating was horrible. Not the reason we lost, but still horrible. Not only were there alot of bad calls, it was just plain over officiated on both sides.


Oh I wasn't blaming the loss on the officiating alone. Thats why I said good teams find ways to win close games like this.
Jason Garrett and RW were a big reason for the loss today. I've never been a Wade supporter but his defense played well and kept the offense in the game.

felix, barber, choice a combined ELEVEN rushes - not a formula for success

 

[superpunk]

I don't think Roy was blaming Romo on that pass.

I think he was saying he lost it in the lights.

I hate those visors for that very reason. RBs can wear them to prevent getting their eyes poked out. WRs should never wear them. You turn around to look at just the right angle and there will always be a huge glare on the visor.

 

[BigDInCharlotte]

I don't think Roy was blaming Romo on that pass.

I think he was saying he lost it in the lights.

I hate those visors for that very reason. RBs can wear them to prevent getting their eyes poked out. WRs should never wear them. You turn around to look at just the right angle and there will always be a huge glare on the visor.

This is how I saw it, as well. If you notice later in the game, he doesn't have the visor on anymore.

 

[jimmy40]

I don't think Roy was blaming Romo on that pass.

I think he was saying he lost it in the lights.

I hate those visors for that very reason. RBs can wear them to prevent getting their eyes poked out. WRs should never wear them. You turn around to look at just the right angle and there will always be a huge glare on the visor.

It was easy to see he was saying he lost it in the lights, crappy arse excuse but all the idiots immediately starting screaming that he was blaming Romo in the game thread.

 

[Gaede]

the catch where Roy stepped out of bounds really bugs me. he was balanced enough to move upfield and maybe go for a TD, but he was expecting a hit, so he ducked out. his frustration after he stepped out and looked upfield said it all.

 

[Silver N Blue]

Agree with all your points...then again I sat next to you during the game...so much for 9-2...lets just hope the "team" adjusts and can get to 7-3...they face the #1 secondary in the nfl this week!!

 

[newlander]

Even if he DID "lose it in the lights" you just don't say that. You man up and admit what you did and correct it. He's a joke and the people on here that enable him are just about as bad: must be a "longhorn" thing.......

 

[superpunk]

Even if he DID "lose it in the lights" you just don't say that. You man up and admit what you did and correct it.

You mean like saying that you lost it in the lights and then removing your visor?

Because that's exactly what he did.

 

[SultanOfSix]

#1. I agree that the officiating was horrible. Not the reason we lost, but still horrible. Not only were there alot of bad calls, it was just plain over officiated on both sides.

Not to single you out as if you said something wrong, but I just don't believe this anymore.

There is never a single reason a team loses, but when the refs keep ***** things up, causing seven point swings, calling penalties as one sided as they were yesterday in critical situations, then yes it is a reason why we lost, and a significant one.

In a league of parity, where the talent levels between teams isn't that different, minor f-ups can lead to major effects down the road. There is a theory about this called "The Buttefly Effect", and I bet it is somehow possibly applicable to NFL games.

 

[boss man]

The 'BOYS lost for these reasons:
1. They waltzed in thinking they would dominate the Packers; they were not ready to play football. Green Bay was fighting for their season and took the fight to DALLAS.
2. The absolute genius of Garrett to run the ball 11 times behind that mammoth OL. This guy is really HC material?? If DALLAS does not get the running game cranked up, they will choke the season away AGAIN.
3. Roy's usual assortment of drops and fumbles, plus his indication of "Romo threw it too high" OR "the lights were in my eyes". Both are BS for a man earning $9mm a year to catch a ball. Roy's excuses for lack of production WHEN IT COUNTS are getting pretty damn old. Don't bring up his total game stats that were piled up in garbage time! The fact is Roy did not do JACK in the crunch.
4. Romo's obligatory pick at the worst possible time. Yet another big game choke.
5. Of course the zebra's calls didn't help. But that is life on the road in the NFL. Take care of business early on and DALLAS isn't at the mercy of those clowns.

DALLAS needs to commit to the running game and start pounding teams. Get the new RT up to speed. That will open up the passing attack to where even Roy might catch a few once in a while. There is nothing wrong with winning 24 - 13 with 217 rushing yards and Romo only throwing the ball 24 times. Nothing at all.

 

[KalEl]

Agree with all your points...then again I sat next to you during the game...so much for 9-2...lets just hope the "team" adjusts and can get to 7-3...they face the #1 secondary in the nfl this week!!

The 'BOYS lost for these reasons:
1. They waltzed in thinking they would dominate the Packers; they were not ready to play football. Green Bay was fighting for their season and took the fight to DALLAS.
2. The absolute genius of Garrett to run the ball 11 times behind that mammoth OL. This guy is really HC material?? If DALLAS does not get the running game cranked up, they will choke the season away AGAIN.
3. Roy's usual assortment of drops and fumbles, plus his indication of "Romo threw it too high" OR "the lights were in my eyes". Both are BS for a man earning $9mm a year to catch a ball. Roy's excuses for lack of production WHEN IT COUNTS are getting pretty damn old. Don't bring up his total game stats that were piled up in garbage time! The fact is Roy did not do JACK in the crunch.
4. Romo's obligatory pick at the worst possible time. Yet another big game choke.
5. Of course the zebra's calls didn't help. But that is life on the road in the NFL. Take care of business early on and DALLAS isn't at the mercy of those clowns.

DALLAS needs to commit to the running game and start pounding teams. Get the new RT up to speed. That will open up the passing attack to where even Roy might catch a few once in a while. There is nothing wrong with winning 24 - 13 with 217 rushing yards and Romo only throwing the ball 24 times. Nothing at all.

Well put. Romo may not have thrown that pick if JG would have been a little more creative and possibly ran the ball rather than run the same passing formation over and over again in the redzone.

Hey Jason Garrett,
that same formation and play calling didn't work against DEN and Bailey...great job RED!!

 

[casmith07]

You mean like saying that you lost it in the lights and then removing your visor?

Because that's exactly what he did.

Don't try and reason with them. They have an agenda.

 

[TwentyOne]

1. Officiating: that had to be one of the worst officiated games I've seen since the PIT vs ARZ and PIT vs SEA SB's. They can review GBs fumble on the punt return and overturn it but not TRs fumble????

They could review TRs fumble. But what would you expect as a result from it ? It was a fumble nobody questioned it.

What they couldn't review was FJ fumble. Because it wasn't part of the initial call.

If that makes sense is another question. But that's how they explained the rule.