Sorry to put this in its own post, but I had to "vent."
Overall, I'm not depressed we lost this game. It's just the matter we lost. These kinds of losses are so draining it's hard to take.
Going in, I expected this to be one of those walking-into-a-hornet's-nest games. The fact we withstood the early storm and came back to lead showed a lot of character.
In fact, I think this team's character and guts is among its more redeeming characteristics. We were supposed to be "dead" after Bledsoe's second INT. The defense held and gave us another chance. We looked "dead" on 4th and 18. The team somehow delivered a potential game-changing play.
With that said, this team doesn't seem very smart. Every week, sooo many mistakes are made. Not just drops, overthrows, penalties and the like. But like on the third interception, a receiver supposedly not knowing where he's supposed to be. Owens and Bledsoe not knowing what's going on on the second interception. Seems like a ton of miscommunication and mistakes.
This isn't a season-altering loss. We hung in there against a good team and played hard -- better, in some ways, than I anticipated. With that said, it is a separation game. It's going to be difficult to win this division. It's going to be difficult to make the playoffs. It's going to be even more difficult to make the playoffs with anything better than a 5th or 6th seed.
That, indeed, is disappointing.
And it's disappointing because this is the team we are. Bledsoe's a tremendous competitor. One of the gutsiest players in the league. His ability to withstand hits is amazing. But he's flawed. We all have known this. But his heroics, at times, have left me hoping we could overcome them. It's becoming more and more obvious that we won't be able to do that.
It's a shame, because it's a good team. And Bledsoe's a good quarterback against certain teams. But there are just some games -- like today's -- that you know he's going to struggle. It's hard to be a good football team with a quarterbak like that, especially when you're going up against players like McNabb.
Benching Bledsoe won't happen. And, in some ways, it cause more problems if Romo isn't an instant success. It's just frustrating because he's fun to watch at times, and dreadful at others.
On a separate need, it was fun seeing Julius play so well again. He's finally turning into a consistent threat for this team.
