It seems pretty clear now that we are not nearly as good on either side of the ball as we once thought, and most of our key players have underperformed all year.
I don't buy into "look how few points were given up"... Most teams play us very conservatively. Yet every time we score, teams seem to answer easily. Have the lead, score tied, forced overtime...any time a team needs to score to tie or win, they've done it all season. Not a single stop at crunch time with game on the line.
Look at last year's scores and the turd QBs we faced. Yet the only difference I see between last year's stellar record and this year's total failure is that last year we had Romo driving for the end of game win or directing the offense to first downs that kept our sad defense off the field at crunch time. Does Romo make us a great team? No....we are not a great team with or without him, but he wins most of the close games despite our defense, special team, or offensive failures. Even last year we noticed that the offense could stink all game, but in the two minute drill before the half or end of game, we moved the ball when Romo was no longer running plays from the sideline.
Blame the season on Romo's injury, but I'm guessing Garrett hangs on because of that and Jerry's ego. I'd love to replace both Linehan and Marinelli before next season.