Heads up, cowboys baltimore on nfl network now, replay at 1:30

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Heads up, cowboys baltimore on nfl network now, replay at 1:30

yeah i know its a tough game, and hard loss at the end, but those interested, thought youd want to see the game
 

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I can't watch that game again. I just cant stomach those two long runs again. And what makes it worse is I had both McClain and McGahee on my FF team and didnt start either of them. :bang2:
 

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The long runs would have never happened had the to INT / "punts" to Ed Reed not occured. The last leading to 3 points before the half which gave Balt a 2 pt lead. The same lead held late in the 4th quarter when both of the 70 yd runs occured. THe Defense had to sell out to force a 3 and out.

Different Ballgame had the FG of the "PUNT/INT not occured with 9 seconds to go..


....I mean Ed Reed was on the field
 

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McLovin;2826300 said:
THe Defense had to sell out to force a 3 and out.

The defense simply had to execute the play that was called. A run blitz was the right call both times and if you did it over a 100 times, you probably wouldn't have TDs like that again. It was unbelieveable.

Take a good look at Zach Thomas on both runs. There you will see some awful fill. Spencer, James and Hamlin especially also were culpable, but Thomas was noticeably bad on both plays.
 

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Alexander;2826328 said:
The defense simply had to execute the play that was called. A run blitz was the right call both times and if you did it over a 100 times, you probably wouldn't have TDs like that again. It was unbelieveable.

Take a good look at Zach Thomas on both runs. There you will see some awful fill. Spencer, James and Hamlin especially also were culpable, but Thomas was noticeably bad on both plays.

The entire DL appeared, to me , trying too hard to make a big play as an individual, rather than stuffing and following assignments. It appeared the second line of defense were 'shocked' at a guy running at them full speed. JMO, Of course.......
 

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McLovin;2826300 said:
The long runs would have never happened had the to INT / "punts" to Ed Reed not occured. The last leading to 3 points before the half which gave Balt a 2 pt lead. The same lead held late in the 4th quarter when both of the 70 yd runs occured. THe Defense had to sell out to force a 3 and out.

Different Ballgame had the FG of the "PUNT/INT not occured with 9 seconds to go..


....I mean Ed Reed was on the field
our defense gave up back to back 70+ yard td runs(NFL record) when they knew baltimore was going to run and you're blaming that on Romo?
 

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I saw the replay last night. At the end the coaches of the Ravens were talking about taking advantage of a defensive scheme the Cowboys had. They had saw something on tape and knew they could make a big play. Add in a worthless safety in Hamlin and you have disaster. Plus i did get to see this in person, woohoo!
 

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Thomas was bad and of course Hamlin getting owned by McClain still hurt. Then the show Wade's face and you just want to punch him.
 

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Alexander;2826328 said:
The defense simply had to execute the play that was called. A run blitz was the right call both times and if you did it over a 100 times, you probably wouldn't have TDs like that again. It was unbelieveable.

Take a good look at Zach Thomas on both runs. There you will see some awful fill. Spencer, James and Hamlin especially also were culpable, but Thomas was noticeably bad on both plays.

Somehow that game got blamed on Romo via Cowboyszone.
 

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Rampage;2826344 said:
our defense gave up back to back 70+ yard td runs(NFL record) when they knew baltimore was going to run and you're blaming that on Romo?

Romo didn't have the arm strenght that day probably because of the beating he took from the Giants the week before.
 

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I saw a stat that we scored the most points vs baltimore than any team had in 4 or 5 years.

It was either that or we were one of the few teams to get in the 20's against them since their superbowl run.

It was an amazing stat that I wish I could remember.

Even T Choice had a big game for Ravens standards.
 

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McLovin;2826300 said:
The long runs would have never happened had the to INT / "punts" to Ed Reed not occured. The last leading to 3 points before the half which gave Balt a 2 pt lead. The same lead held late in the 4th quarter when both of the 70 yd runs occured. THe Defense had to sell out to force a 3 and out.

Different Ballgame had the FG of the "PUNT/INT not occured with 9 seconds to go..


....I mean Ed Reed was on the field

This would have never happened if that idiot TO had looked up for the perfectly thrown bomb from Romo on the previous play. It would have easily been a TD.

Instead, on the next play, an unblocked Suggs comes off the edge at Romo, who while avoiding him tries again for a big play to Owens, but the pass was underthrown and intercepted by Reed.

It's amazing how selective memory works.
 

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CATCH17;2826377 said:
Somehow that game got blamed on Romo via Cowboyszone.

All games have a flow. Romo's "punts" to Ed Reed did not help, nor did they even look like they had a purpose. It was like he was throwing it up there and with the best FS in the game roaming around, it wasn't smart. He also had a bad miss on a bomb to Austin that could have changed the game's complexion. So yes, he shares some blame.

If there was a "team" loss, this fit. You could look everywhere and point a finger. Offense (the interceptions), defense (missed tackles, Hamlin's muff of McClain's fumble), special teams (Leonhard's punt return). If you really want to look at it, we were outcoached too as the Ravens caught us with our pants down with the fake FG and the scheme of the two big runs, which were nearly identical.

It was one of those perfect storm games. If it could have gone wrong, it did. And if we played them a 100 more times, it wouldn't replicate itself. I have not seen many losses like it. That's why it was so devastating.
 

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Rampage;2826344 said:
our defense gave up back to back 70+ yard td runs(NFL record) when they knew baltimore was going to run and you're blaming that on Romo?

After throwing 3 picks vs Pitt I would have assumed he would be more careful than to just Blindly "Farve-it" with Ed Reed on the field.

Ed Reed is a great player and will make plays. You don't need to help him out.

No excuse for the D not executing, but there is no reason why they should have been in that position in the first place. Flacco outplayed Romo that game by simply NOT forcing the issue and sayint a INT was as good as a punt. That last INT before half was not as good as a punt as a punt would have ran the clock out.

My point was that the the Cowboys were behind for the first time in the game due to QB play.
 
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