NFL Network Replaying 2014 Packers-Cowboys Playoff Game

[Denim Chicken]

Is it true they didn't show the Dez catch in the rebroadcast?

 

[Denim Chicken]

That's a couple of ifs FANS play the "if" game here all the time. Even had Bailey made the kick Rodgers still had time to toss a couple of long ones down the field for either a TD or a quick FG. As bad as the defense looked in the game not even 24-7 lead with 26 minutes left would have been secure facing Aaron Rodgers who had an MVP season in 2014.

You're playing the "if" game too. I'm not saying the Defense didn't **** the bed in that game,--bc they did--but if Murray doesn't fumble it a whole different game with the score & momentum, etc... I haven't watched it since it was live, but I just remember being so angry with that fumble. It was the turning point IMO.

 

[ufcrules1]

That was too be expected, I figured it was going to be a shoot out with the Cowboys coming out on top. However I knew on the last possession it was going to be hard to prevent them from getting a first down to seal the game.

Yup, I think the Packers averaged 40 points per game at home. Nobody stopped Rogers that year.. especially not at home. He was going to do his thing no matter what, we just had to do more and we didn't. There were several mistakes made that couldn't be in such a close game.

 

[erod]

That's a couple of ifs FANS play the "if" game here all the time. Even had Bailey made the kick Rodgers still had time to toss a couple of long ones down the field for either a TD or a quick FG right before the half. As bad as the defense looked not even 24-7 lead with 26 minutes left would have been secure facing Aaron Rodgers who had an MVP season in 2014. If anyone doesn't think the Cowboys wouldn't have been capable of blowing that lead with all the time that was left is just kidding themselves.

Murray had a perfectly blocked TD run right in front of him, and the way he carries the ball cost Dallas yet again.

 

[Kevinicus]

The last possession of the first half really irked me, in a way typical of Garrett. They were going slow when they had crossed mid field and eating up too much clock. Then when they gave Witten a first down Garrett calls a timeout instead of rushing to the line to get another play off. This allowed the booth review and led to the eventual failed field goal try and a GB field goal. That was one of the turning points in the game. Could have gone in up 10+, but bungled it down to 4.

 

[KJJ]

You're playing the "if" game too. I'm not saying the Defense didn't **** the bed in that game,--bc they did--but if Murray doesn't fumble it a whole different game with the score & momentum, etc... I haven't watched it since it was live, but I just remember being so angry with that fumble. It was the turning point IMO.

The real turning point was the sequence right before the half with the Cowboys up 14-7. They had the ball and the momentum and Rodgers had been off his game. Aikman made the comment that this isn't the Aaron Rodgers we're use to seeing. Up 14-7 with 5:37 to play in the half the Cowboys drove to the Packers 27. On 3rd and one with 40 seconds to play Romo fumbles then regains possession and throws incomplete to Twill. On the FG attempt there was a false start costing us 5 yards which resulted in Bailey's FG attempt being blocked.

The Packers took over and that's when Rodgers started to heat up driving them from the Cowboys 40 to the Packers 22 in only 29 seconds to end the half with a FG. Instead of the Packers going in at halftime down 17-7 they were only down 14-10 and that gave them the momentum heading into the half. That entire sequence right before the half got Rodgers going and he ate our defense up in the second half. Anyone who watched that game and isn't in denial knows the defense cost us that game. Just go back and look at all this missed tackles, the poor coverage and the lack of a pass rush.

Other than the sequence right before the half the Cowboys offense played a solid game that was good enough to get the win. There was no excuse for the defense to give up a cheap FG right before the half with only 29 seconds left that shows just how poor the defense played. Murray rushed 123 yards averaging 4.9 a carry and Romo completed almost 79% of his passes and had a passer rating of 143.6 which was the second highest passer rating game he had all season. That kind of performance by both players will win you most games if you play at least respectable on defense.

 

[KJJ]

Murray had a perfectly blocked TD run right in front of him, and the way he carries the ball cost Dallas yet again.

You and others are assuming the Cowboys would have hung on to a 21-7 lead with over 10 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter facing Aaron Rodgers. The Packers would have had plenty of time to overcome that deficit against our defense...get real!

 

[CowboyGil]

It was a crappy team effort. Ofensive miscues, special teams not being able to fall on a muffed kickoff, and defense getting picked apart in the 4th quarter. Usually you can overcome a bad effort by one unit, but not all 3. Yet they still had a chance at the end. GB was ripe for the picking, but the Cowboys didn't take advantage.

 

[Tenkamenin]

Is it true they didn't show the Dez catch in the rebroadcast?

That's interesting that you mentioned it because I did not see it and I was thinking I somehow missed it when I turned away for a minute.

 

[Everson24]

I can't watch anything that involves the Cowboys losing.

I just re-watched the 1979 divisional playoff loss to the Rams this morning when Billy Waddy beat us with a deflected pass. That loss still hurts because it was Roger Staubach's last game and I think we had a better team than the Steelers that year. We could have gotten revenge on the Steelers for the Super Bowl XIII loss.

 

[KJJ]

I just re-watched the 1979 divisional playoff loss to the Rams this morning when Billy Waddy beat us with a deflected pass. That loss still hurts because it was Roger Staubach's last game and I think we had a better team than the Steelers that year. We could have gotten revenge on the Steelers for the Super Bowl XIII loss.

It's easy to say the Cowboys could have gotten revenge but the 70's belonged to the Steelers and although the Rams gave them a battle for 3 quarters in the SB the Steelers still found a way to win and I believe still they would have beaten the Cowboys. We could never contain Swann or Stallworth who came up big against the Rams.

 

[erod]

You and others are assuming the Cowboys would have hung on to a 21-7 lead with over 10 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter facing Aaron Rodgers. The Packers would have had plenty of time to overcome that deficit against our defense...get real!

Then, why didn't they win by more than five points?

Every aspect of the game changes after that moment. Sure they could have still come back, but Murray MADE SURE THEY COULD.

 

[nathanlt]

The entire replay of this game is ridiculous, on the NFL network, no less. The NFL is, apparently, proud of its ka-rap diaper, aka the worst farce of officiating in the history of the league, and is showing it off again. Taking away Dez's catch reveals the real intent of how officiating will be in the future. They may as well have wrote. "Any catch can be overruled by Blandino, at any time." The NFL is apparently jealous of way NBA officials can manipulate games to score big gambling winnings for those in the know, and they want to follow suit.

I wanted to see how that game would have turned out, if the officials, had let the two teams play a fair game, without TAMPERING. Dallas would have had the ball near the goal line, likely, but not certainly would have scored. The Packers very well could have still won the game, but this is certain: ALL FANS WERE CHEATED OUT OF A TERRIFIC FOOTBALL GAME. Who knows what would have happened?

 

[KJJ]

Then, why didn't they win by more than five points?

Every aspect of the game changes after that moment. Sure they could have still come back, but Murray MADE SURE THEY COULD.

Controlling the ball for just over 30 minutes kept the Packers from winning by more than 5 points. They could have won by 12 points had they chose to score a TD on their final drive instead of Rodgers taking a knee with 1:43 left to play at the Cowboys 28. Our offense led by very efficient performances from Romo and Murray kept the game competitive because had the defense had to spend anymore time than they did on the field the Packers would have easily won by at least 2 scores. Our offense was our best defense in 2014 it kept our defense off the field an average of 12 fewer plays per game than in 2013.

 

[erod]

Controlling the ball for just over 30 minutes kept the Packers from winning by more than 5 points. They could have won by 12 points had they chose to score a TD on their final drive instead of Rodgers taking a knee with 1:43 left to play at the Cowboys 28. Our offense led by very efficient performances from Romo and Murray kept the game competitive because had the defense had to spend anymore time than they did on the field the Packers would have easily won by at least 2 scores. Our offense was our best defense in 2014 it kept our defense off the field an average of 12 fewer plays per game than in 2013.

That year, Murray lost the Commanders, Packers, and arguable the 49ers game with fumbles. He tried to do the same against the Rams, too.

I watched every game he played at OU, too, and he hurt the Sooners with plays like that the whole time he was there.

 

[KJJ]

The entire replay of this game is ridiculous, on the NFL network, no less. The NFL is, apparently, proud of its ka-rap diaper, aka the worst farce of officiating in the history of the league, and is showing it off again. Taking away Dez's catch reveals the real intent of how officiating will be in the future. They may as well have wrote. "Any catch can be overruled by Blandino, at any time." The NFL is apparently jealous of way NBA officials can manipulate games to score big gambling winnings for those in the know, and they want to follow suit.

I wanted to see how that game would have turned out, if the officials, had let the two teams play a fair game, without TAMPERING. Dallas would have had the ball near the goal line, likely, but not certainly would have scored. The Packers very well could have still won the game, but this is certain: ALL FANS WERE CHEATED OUT OF A TERRIFIC FOOTBALL GAME. Who knows what would have happened?

They're showing the game again because it was a good game with a great duel between Rodgers and Romo. The game doesn't go our way and they're simply showing it to rub it in the faces of cowboyszone? lol The officiating didn't cost us that game our defense did.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

Yeah, but despite making all those mistakes, there we were, getting ready to take the lead, with one D stop away from winning the game.

That 2014 team was on a mission. largely propelled by the guy running the football. It was an "attitude" and a dynamic in the locker room which...................worked. It turned into the identity of the team. But it was much more of an attitude. And we decided to change that dynamic and approach into something else....................... for what? for how much money?

 

[JoeBoBBY]

I just re-watched the 1979 divisional playoff loss to the Rams this morning when Billy Waddy beat us with a deflected pass. That loss still hurts because it was Roger Staubach's last game and I think we had a better team than the Steelers that year. We could have gotten revenge on the Steelers for the Super Bowl XIII loss.

I was a young kid....watching that game. that was rough.

 

[DallasEast]

At all levels of football, some of the best rushes by running backs have occurred countless times without perfectly executed textbook blocks by offensive linemen. Regardless, there are some who always imply or outright state Zack Martin was the reason DeMarco Murray fumbled in Green Bay. To this day. Still. Every replay, from every angle, is summarily negated. Basic blocking techniques are either misconstrued or flat out ignored. Seriously, no one could make this stuff up. It's... it's like watching squirrels hopped up on crack.

 

[the_h0wey]

If you want to see one of the greatest robberies in NFL history tune in now.

Rewatching this game is like looking at pictures of a ex girlfriend. Not interested.