Here it is, the play that we lost on in 07

[DallasEast]

Not me. I didn't think we had a snowball's chance of beating the Patriots in the Super Bowl, especially not with Jacque (Itch) Reeves as corner.

There would've been a strong probability of Reeves getting toasted so bad the locker room would've smelled like someone had set fire to a bakery.

 

[tyke1doe]

He did throw it away several times. Maybe not enough.
Not so easy sometimes (though very easy for me when I'm watching on TV) without getting an intentional grounding--which is a disastrous penalty.
The rules weren't quite as forgiving in 2007.

News for all...no player on either team played a perfect game.

Someone posted the game in this forum recently. There was one play where Romo rolls out and can throw the ball past the sticks and out of bounds, but he chose not to and got sacked. I think it became 3 and 18 (or something like that). Of course, the chances of a team making a first down decreases the farther away from the first down marker.

But I don't want to make this a "Put all the blame on Romo" thread. I was just making an observation. Nothing more.

 

[tyke1doe]

There would've been a strong probability of Reeves getting toasted so bad the locker room would've smelled like someone had set fire to a bakery.

 

[DallasEast]

I didn't say you had to say it. I was saying it because it was left out. And I thought it relevant because the extremes are generally presented on this matter, i.e., either Romo is all at fault or Romo is not at fault.

Many players didn't do their job that game. That's why we loss.

True. I wish members of this board would review an entire game every game for what worked and didn't work. It would make discussions a lot more interesting, relevant, and assign praise and blame correctly.

 

[Maverick84]

Phantom offsides on DeMarcus Ware...easy long TD drive we gave up before halftime..Julius Jones refusal to give Marion Barber a blow in the 2nd half, Jacques Reeves, Patrick Crayton, Anthony Fasano drop....there were TONS of plays/players that lost us this game

this is a family forum.

but seriously is that true? he refused to come in and spell Marion?

 

[okstateCowboy]

So everyone is on the same page, here is the game:

 

[birdwells1]

Crayton was running a clear out route he wasn't the primary nor secondary target, should he had run his route all the way through? Yes. We still run those patterns, remember Dez running 24 go routes against the Giants in the first game? Clear out routes. Remember Williams not looking for the Romo pass last week? Clear out.

If Crayton ran that play 100 times that year and the ball was never thrown to him the first 99 times then it's only human to not expect the next one.

 

[Coy]

Not me. I didn't think we had a snowball's chance of beating the Patriots in the Super Bowl, especially not with Jacque (Itch) Reeves as corner.

Agreed, then again, much rather had lost in the SB against an 18-0 team than to the freaking Giants at home while being the #1 seed.

 

[aikemirv]

Game didn't come down to one play, but I know a lot of people didn't like Crayton so he's a convienent scapegoat.

I really liked Crayton - there is no scapegoat issue - he absolutely blew it!

 

[SultanOfSix]

Crayton messed up the game twice, both possible TDs.

 

[Western]

In the playoffs, coaching matters.

Coughlin & Spagnuolo had their players better prepared, schematically disciplined, and focused.
Coughlin's experience as the head coach in Jacksonville also helped -- he led that Jacksonville squad to four consecutive playoff appearances and 2 AFC championship games.

In 2007, Wade Phillips & Jason Garrett were over-matched.
In the playoffs, having talented players and just banking on their 'regular season' performance and success to win is simple-minded.

Let's see if Garrett & Co. can elevate their coaching performance in the playoffs.

 

[aikemirv]

I hope for Prescott's sake it doesn't happen. He wouldn't deserve any flack if he has a similar game in the playoffs.

Lets face it, Russel Wilson throws and Int at the goal line to cost Seattle a Super Bowl and the Coach to this day gets all the blame.

If something like that happens to Dak, he will get the blame from within and without - This is the Dallas Cowboys

 

[DallasEast]

So everyone is on the same page, here is the game:

Bless you.

For those who care, fast forward to the 1:18 mark of the first video, sit back, and watch the next 47 seconds. And don't forget to glance at the score before pressing play.

 

[links18]

The Giants were just unstoppable that year. If they had gotten blown out the next week at GB then I'd have been more upset but nope...not even Favre or Brady/Belichick could stop them. Nothing we could have done about it.

And yet we beat them twice that year.

 

[CWR]

Screw you Crayton, run your damn route.

 

[DallasEast]

Lets face it, Russel Wilson throws and Int at the goal line to cost Seattle a Super Bowl and the Coach to this day gets all the blame.

If something like that happens to Dak, he will get the blame from within and without - This is the Dallas Cowboys

True. Slightly off-topic, but all the praise Brady gets for winning that Super Bowl versus the lack of recognition Malcolm Butler gets for being the guy who REALLY won that Super Bowl is a travesty in every aspect of the word. But that's what happens when enough people have tunnel vision.

 

[links18]

I actually did watch the game the other day when someone posted it. What I watched was how smooth Tony was in the 1st half, and in the 2nd half, he basically had a meltdown. It was just an embarrassment of flaws in the 2nd half by the team, and by Romo. Obviously you saw a perfect QB, I did not.

Kind of like how Dak melted down against the Giants a couple of weeks ago? At least that wasn't a playoff game, I guess.

 

[silver]

That video brought back nightmares. That loss is the one that has hurt the most in the last 20 years. I was POed for weeks after that one. We had it all to win the SB that year.

 

[aikemirv]

I actually did watch the game the other day when someone posted it. What I watched was how smooth Tony was in the 1st half, and in the 2nd half, he basically had a meltdown. It was just an embarrassment of flaws in the 2nd half by the team, and by Romo. Obviously you saw a perfect QB, I did not.

1st half - running game and protection

2nd half - no running game and little protection

 

[aikemirv]

So everyone is on the same page, here is the game:

Where is the Fasano drop?