If we had this team last year

[Tusan_Homichi]

If we could take this team into a time machine and go back to last year or the year before, we would have blown the doors off of both of those Super Bowl winners.

Heck, you could say that about the last FEW Super Bowl winners. For some weird reason, we actually have 3 REALLY good teams this year. NE, GB, and Dallas from this year could probably say the same thing.

Damn the timing.

 

[D-TownRadio]

We did have this team last year and had a shot at a superbowl run but the big fat tuna with his big fat man titties refused to let romo do his thing. He ran the ball all the time. I think we already have more pass att this year then last and there is still 5 more games to be played.

 

[Big Dakota]

The NFL went "Down" on the 2006 Cowboys, and it smelled like TUNA.

 

[CPonder14]

Its really unfortunate the way it ended for us last year. I mean we were all on the Romo train, and for it to end like that was truly a heart breaker. I know it was for me.

I'm pretty sure Romo is chomping at the bit to go into the playoffs, and prove that the mishap was a fluke.

 

[zack]

We did have this team last year and had a shot at a superbowl run but the big fat tuna with his big fat man titties refused to let romo do his thing. He ran the ball all the time. I think we already have more pass att this year then last and there is still 5 more games to be played.

Base 3-4 defense and keeping TO stationary is all you need to know....

 

[superpunk]

Even without Davis and Hamlin, if Romo didn't play so poorly in the playoff game, we probably would have at least repped the NFC in the super bowl, and may have just won it.

 

[sago1]

Can't understand why anybody ever made a big deal about it that fumble. Starting QBs in the NFL are not holders and Romo should never have continued with that responsibility. It was HC Parcells responsibility to turn that job over to someone else as soon as Romo became the starter. Romo's job should have been to focus entirely on the QB positiion but instead he also had to be on the field for FG kicks. But like some other things, Parcells didn't want to make that change. Probably because as the backup QB, it would have been Bledsoe's job and Parcells too concerned about Bledsoe's feelings. Besides, didn't Crayton use to be a holder?

 

[EndGame]

Even without Davis and Hamlin, if Romo didn't play so poorly in the playoff game, we probably would have at least repped the NFC in the super bowl, and may have just won it.

He didn't play poorly. The defense and a conservative coaching staff lost that game.

 

[superpunk]

He didn't play poorly. The defense and a conservative coaching staff lost that game.

Think what you want. I know better.

 

[Sarge]

That was a poorly coached game - period.

 

[CPonder14]

Think what you want. I know better.

I don't think he was horrible by any stretch. He started off very nervous and was missing targets all over the place. He settled down and made some good throws, especially the throw to Crayton on the run for a TD right before halftime to take the lead 10-6 if I'm not mistaken.

He did get sacked and fumbled in the 3rd quarter, but i remember Jones falling on it.

Looking back if he didn't botch the hold i think most people would have thought he had an average game.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Even without Davis and Hamlin, if Romo didn't play so poorly in the playoff game, we probably would have at least repped the NFC in the super bowl, and may have just won it.

You make a good point about Romo.... although he did eventually play good enough to win it...

There is more....

When Romo became starter he should have stopped being the holder for FG's... I am not saying that because of the botched hold either.... it just should have changed. Getting back to the botched hold... that is more on Parcells than Romo.... we should have been up by 10-14 pts at that point.... the seahawks must have been laughing after that game.... "do you believe how they couldnt do anything against us.... "US"... even they knew that we didnt go after their weaknesses...

With Seattle's defense... TO should have been given the chance to help lead the charge... he wasnt (BP "they are using him better than I did").... that is not an admission where you give BP credit for admitting it... it is an admission of "I did what I wanted and if TO got his then so be it... but I wasnt going to feature him and let him be the "big fish" in the Dallas pond"....

If we woulda got past Seattle... who knows?

 

[superpunk]

I don't think he was horrible by any stretch. He started off very nervous and was missing targets all over the place. He settled down and made some good throws, especially the throw to Crayton on the run for a TD right before halftime to take the lead 10-6 if I'm not mistaken.

He did get sacked and fumbled in the 3rd quarter, but i remember Jones falling on it.

Looking back if he didn't botch the hold i think most people would have thought he had an average game.

Horrible, no. I guess it was more painfully mediocre than horrible. Kind of like watching Steve McNair the past two years, it just wasn't enough to win. Then again, if Terry Glenn houses that screen instead of fumbling it (poorly thrown pass IIRC) we might think differently about that entire game.

 

[joseephuss]

We did have this team last year and had a shot at a superbowl run but the big fat tuna with his big fat man titties refused to let romo do his thing. He ran the ball all the time. I think we already have more pass att this year then last and there is still 5 more games to be played.

2006
506 pass attempts ranked 20th in league
472 rushing attempts ranked 13th in league
425 points ranked 4th in league

2007
324 pass attempts(projected to 471) ranks 21st in league
273 rush attempts(projected to 397) ranks 13th in league
358 points(projected to 520) ranks 2nd in league

 

[sonnyboy]

2006
506 pass attempts ranked 20th in league
472 rushing attempts ranked 13th in league
425 points ranked 4th in league

2007
324 pass attempts(projected to 471) ranks 21st in league
273 rush attempts(projected to 397) ranks 13th in league
358 points(projected to 520) ranks 2nd in league

What you're missing is the team records. 2006 7-4 2007 10-1.

It's safe to say that after 11 games the 2007 had more big leads it was sitting on with the run game in the 4th Q. It also didnt have one large defecit it was trying to overcome with a pass happy 4th Q.

When you look inside these numbers, its obvious that the 2007 team passes the ball more early when the games in doubt.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

What you're missing is the team records. 2006 7-4 2007 10-1.

It's safe to say that after 11 games the 2007 had more big leads it was sitting on with the run game in the 4th Q. It also didnt have one large defecit it was trying to overcome with a pass happy 4th Q.

When you look inside these numbers, its obvious that the 2007 team passes the ball more early when the games in doubt.

Spot on.

Yearly numbers with no context dont always tell the story.