Calling off the dogs...

Dave_in-NC

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Kilyin;1724523 said:
Where do I get this crap? From reading your posts since we lost to the Patriots. You're quick to find any opportunity to bash the Cowboys and throw accolades in the direction of the Patriots.

Running up the score in the final minutes is not what you do in pro sports. In fact, you'd never see the Colts do that, not while Dungy is coaching the team.

Yeah we should play every game close and be nice. I don't bash the boys, I just don't pretend with them either. If any one asked Phillips if he pulled off the Vikes yesterday I would bet he would say no.

You go for the throat in pro sports. Any pro sport.
 

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I'm with you, SP. I never felt like we were going to lose that game, not even when we fell behind and the OROY inexplicably missed a FG. (WTH?) Normally I'm optimistic, but I admit, in that Buffalo game I thought we might be done after McGee ran that KO back. But this game? No problem. After their second or third drive when we proved we'd figured out how to stop them from running it down our throats like they did the first drive, I never doubted we'd win. They just couldn't do anything against us, and we were moving the ball too well for them to beat us.
 

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Dave_in-NC;1724481 said:
That is not what championship teams do. The Pats scored with seconds left on us, seven at that. They didn't let up yesterday on Miami. They haven't let up all season or any season they have been winning.

Tom Brady vs. the Phins.

1st half: 281 yards and 5 TDs

Game stats: 354 yards and 6 TDs.

When Taylor intercepted Cassel's second pass and returned it 36 yards for a touchdown to make the score 42-21, Patriots coach Bill Belichick sent Brady back in.

"I did it because of the score," Belichick said. "One more turnover, and then it's a 14-point game in the middle of the fourth quarter."

"Coach Belichick looked back over at me and goes, 'Yep, you're going back in,' " Brady said. "By that time I had taken all my stuff off, so I suited back up."
You're right, championship teams don't call off the dogs.
 

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peplaw06;1724532 said:
Tom Brady vs. the Phins.

1st half: 281 yards and 5 TDs

Game stats: 354 yards and 6 TDs.

You're right, championship teams don't call off the dogs.

I know you really are not comparing a team that was up 42-7 at halftime to a team that did not get the lead until the end of the 3rd quarter are you?
 

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peplaw06;1724532 said:
Tom Brady vs. the Phins.

1st half: 281 yards and 5 TDs

Game stats: 354 yards and 6 TDs.

You're right, championship teams don't call off the dogs.

They didn't stop correct?
 

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superpunk;1724413 said:
So we throw the ball 8 times in the second half after throwing it 30 times in the first, and you don't feel like we called them off? Maybe just different terminology, I'd agree that Garrett just decided that this was all we needed to do to win. Let's get out and to the bye week.


Well Romo threw the ball 2 times in the 3rd and I believe 8 times in the second. I think the game flow and circumstance had a lot to do with that.
 

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iceberg;1724428 said:
the smart ones do.

would you rather see us continue to push romo and he hurts his hammy more and we've got brad johnson to lead us against the giants? maybe longer? personally i don't EVER want to see brad johnson on the field during a game for us for anything more than holding a snap or something.

being a champion doesn't mean you beat the hell out of everyone any time possible. save it for when it matters and don't over extend when it doesn't.

If our coaches were so comfortable that we had this game, then by all means pull Romo and insert Johnson. I don't think they were all that comfortable with a ten point lead. I hope they weren't.
 

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aikemirv;1724540 said:
I know you really are not comparing a team that was up 42-7 at halftime to a team that did not get the lead until the end of the 3rd quarter are you?
No I'm not comparing them at all. I'm refuting a made-up cliche.

Reading comprehension 101...

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Dave_in-NC;1724542 said:
They didn't stop correct?

281 yards - 5 tds - round1
73 yards - 1 td - round2

1/4 the yardage and 1/5 the td's.

they damn sure didn't keep the pedal to the metal.

i agree it's dangerous to do that but i do think we got more conservative due to romo's injury.
 

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Dave_in-NC;1724551 said:
If our coaches were so comfortable that we had this game, then by all means pull Romo and insert Johnson. I don't think they were all that comfortable with a ten point lead. I hope they weren't.

so maybe they weren't letting up in as much as protecting romo. letting up i would think *would* include johnson.
 

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iceberg;1724555 said:
281 yards - 5 tds - round1
73 yards - 1 td - round2

1/4 the yardage and 1/5 the td's.

they damn sure didn't keep the pedal to the metal.

i agree it's dangerous to do that but i do think we got more conservative due to romo's injury.

BB made Brady get re-suited up. That says it all.
 

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Dave_in-NC;1724542 said:
They didn't stop correct?

They didn't stop?? They got outscored 21-7 in the 4th quarter. they threw for 88 yards in the 2nd half. Kyle Eckel had 6 carries. Of course they "called off the dogs."
 

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I don't think they called off the dogs...at least I hope they didn't do something stupid like that, I just believe that coaches did not want to further injure Romo's hammy.

He threw the ball alot of time in the first, but not the second because of the leg pressure needed to get the ball downfield like in the first half...

No matter what the stats say about how dominant the Cowboys were, one fumble or kickoff returned for a TD for them and the tide could turn in a New York second!

The only time to call of the dogs is at the end of the game, like 2 or 3 minutes to go, with a huge lead that would be impossible to overcome for the other team with that little time remaining, otherwise, calling of the dogs in at the beginning of the third or forth qtr is asking for trouble!
 

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Dave_in-NC;1724551 said:
If our coaches were so comfortable that we had this game, then by all means pull Romo and insert Johnson. I don't think they were all that comfortable with a ten point lead. I hope they weren't.

They were not , and while our defense played a great game IMO, our offense struggled to score points, mostly due to turnovers, but nontheless struggled. And whether we struggled to move the ball in the second half because Romo was not quite right or not, I am not sure we will know, but the idea that our domination of the game caused us to take it easy on them in the fourth is laughable when we didn't get the lead until the end of the 3rd.
 

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Hostile;1724393 said:
Yes, I think they played not to get Romo hurt more. Not a doubt in my mind.
I thought the same too Hos, even with the two fumbles the Cowboys, were moving the ball with ease against the Vikes, it was just unfortunate that the fumbles occured.
 

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aikemirv;1724569 said:
They were not , and while our defense played a great game IMO, our offense struggled to score points, mostly due to turnovers, but nontheless struggled. And whether we struggled to move the ball in the second half because Romo was not quite right or not, I am not sure we will know, but the idea that our domination of the game caused us to take it easy on them in the fourth is laughable when we didn't get the lead until the end of the 3rd.

I agree. Be carefull though. If you aren't homer enough your not a fan.:D
 

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peplaw06;1724554 said:
No I'm not comparing them at all. I'm refuting a made-up cliche.

Reading comprehension 101...

1) read post.
2) repeat.
3) understand.
4) respond.

No, I can comprehend just fine. You were taking his quote that Championship teams don't call off the dogs and applying it to a terribly one sided score that had nothing to do with the score in our game!

You did not refute anything with that example!
 

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I see Dave N NC's point, the Pats put Brady back in the game when they were in danger of being up by "only" 14

but the difference is that Brady wasn't hurt like Romo was, which is the point superpunk makes that makes the most sense, they weren't risking Romo to further injury, against a team whose O wasn't going to do much against us, and wasn't at any point in the game except for that 1st quarter drive, I don't think we called off the dogs, just think that we did enough to win w/o exposing Romo to a more serious injury
 

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Dave_in-NC;1724561 said:
BB made Brady get re-suited up. That says it all.

so did miami's D suddenly get good in the 2nd 1/2? why the calming down of the score at will club?

they either took the foot off the gas or miami found God.
 
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