Lost in the shuffle

[Boyzmamacita]

1) They tried it on the goal line but it was blown up and stopped because of a penalty (i think it was a penalty)

Actually it was timeout called by Garrett. It may have gone for six.

 

[victoriacowboy]

It is funny how crucial plays can get lost by the time the game ends.

In my opinion we don't win today's game if a 49er doesn't line up in the neutral zone.

I'm talking about our first TD to Miles Austin.

We would have been off the field and punting if not for the 49er in the neutral zone.

Also, Free jumping on that Austin Fumble in the last minute was crucial

 

[Doomsday101]

Football is a game of inches... had certain things fell a different way last week, then the 'boys would've won.

This week, a few things fell the 'boys way.

Count me as one who will take the W and not worry one bit about the what ifs.

Same here, people want to use "if" well we could be 2-0 "if a couple of things went our way vs NY" :laugh2:

 

[joseephuss]

I was upset that after we tied it at 14, the ensuing kickoff was squibbed. We just tied it, have the momentum, and they squib kick it giving SF midfield. I felt that was the turning point if we lost the game, but that is just my opinion.

I don't think it was an intentional squib kick.

 

[rcaldw]

And that's the beauty of football. How many those "crucial" plays that get swept under the rug and forgot about by the end of the game have the Steelers, or Jets, or even the Packers lived off of? Too many to count.

Myself, I could care less about that neutral zone infraction that propelled us to victory.

We won as a team and overcame adversity. Tony Romo had a gutsy, career defining game that allowed the Cowboys to win in overtime. My hats off to the team!

It sounds like (from a few of these comments) you guys are totally missing my point. I'm not upset about the play, or saying we got handed one, I was simply marveling at how football can turn on one play. That's all.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

It's one play.

If Romo hadn't gotten hurt the game would have changed right then and there.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I am not one to second guess play calls, but that fullback fake pitch to austin was idiotic.

1) They tried it on the goal line but it was blown up and stopped because of a penalty (i think it was a penalty)

2) They tried it again at a crucial point in the game when the D already knows the damn play and formation.

3) Austin is in the backfield; that alone draws attention

4) It is a stupid gadget play to begin with putting a WR out of his element

5) The play was reintroduced to the NFL because of Madden (video game)

That was one of the dumbest play calls. That was just stupid. We were moving the ball effectively without having to do stupid crap like that. That is a bad time in a crucial moment to make a play call like that.

 

[joseephuss]

That was one of the dumbest play calls. That was just stupid. We were moving the ball effectively without having to do stupid crap like that. That is a bad time in a crucial moment to make a play call like that.

They have run that play effectively the last couple of years.