dbair1967
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This might be it for me for a few days, what a downer. 55 minutes of greatness on defense, then just like the rest of the team they melted down. That was some of the best, most dominant Dallas defense I have seen in years. We stuffed the run, we blanketed WR's, we jacked up the opposing teams QB. We forced no telling how many 3 and outs. We stuffed them time and again even when our offense or special teams failed miserably. We had a great goal line stand. We were physical, we punched the other team in the mouth. In alot of ways we didnt deserve to lose, but when you turn it over 5 times (one was a fluke, the punt) you do deserve to lose.
1) Romo was pathetic, not much other way to say it. Still, he did have us in position to win and at the worst go out with a tie. The last pick was horrible, I dont care that Witten was tapping at himself as if to say "my fault", the pass Romo threw had zero chance of being completed regardless of where Witten would have been. He floated way too many balls today and just royally missed too many open guys too. He had Crayton wide open for an easy TD but grossly threw the ball behind him. He threw two picks on balls he tried to force to Owens. On a week to week basis Romo is either amazingly good or amazingly bad, there really isnt much in between with him. Ultimately it could be his downfall, because rarely do guys turn into championship QB's when they have such dramatic swings in their play. The rest of the team isnt good enough to win without him playing well though.
2) Defense, again wow. 55 minutes of total domination. That last drive was the epitome of the old Zimmer defense though. We had the game won at 13-6, all you have to do is keep the other team from scoring a TD. In the end, they couldnt do it. Basically no pass rush and they dropped into zone coverages with gaping holes in the middle of the field.
3) What is with all the injuries? Sometimes it seems we cant even get through a series on offense or defense without somebody hobbling or crawling off. We have really been cursed this yr in that regard.
4) Other than tripping/falling two or three times Choice had a great game. Clearly was our offensive player of the game.
5) Adam Jones is just a waste of time on special teams. Punts, kickoffs whatever. He is God-awful and should be benched.
6) Everyone is crowing about Newman giving up one big play, but give the other team/payers a little credit. R-Berger threw an amazing pass INTO a wind that niether kicker/punter could do anything with the entire game. In the end that play didnt matter anyway, as they turned it over on downs. I certainly didnt see our QB throw any passes like that today.
7) I am not going to blame the officials for the loss, but the officiating was incredibly one sided. They blew several calls and made up a few other phantom calls. Witten ended up with X-Rays because of a clear dirty hit before halftime, no flag. Despite having a team with one of the worst pass blocking OL's in football going up against a front 7 they were CLEARLY overmatched by, there wasnt a SINGLE offensive holding call on them. Thats not really explainable IMO. Blew another instant replay call as well and it may have cost us bigtime in the game, as we used up both challenges before Pitts last drive or two. Because we lost the first one (instead of correctly overturning it) once we used the 2nd one on the Hatcher sack we were done. Had we correctly won that first challenge, we would have been allowed another one I believe. (I am pretty sure of you challenge two calls and win both, you get a 3rd)
8) Game turned a little IMO when we couldnt finish that last FG drive with a TD. They were on the ropes and we had open guys in the endzone on two straight pass plays, couldnt complete either of them.
9) Man, Cory Proctor is bad. Look up the word "suckmonster" and I'm quite sure his picture is there. I really hope Hollands injury isnt season ending.
10) Not sure how this team responds after such a demoralizing defeat. I probably wont be surprised if we now get blown out by the Giants next week. Ultimately it might be one of those losses they dont recover from this yr at all, and we may lose out.
11) Really blew a golden opportunity today in regards to not only the wild card position, but maybe even the division title and a first round bye. The Giants lost today and looked poor doing it, had we beaten them next week their last two games would have been tough ones too, with Carolina (home) and Minnesota (road) and both of those teams probably having to win games themselves.
I'm pretty bummed as I'm sure 1000's are. We really showed something great for 55 minutes, then the entire team caved in pathetically in the final 5 mins. I dont think this is a championship team even if we do somehow make the playoffs, as today is a clear example of the fact they still dont know how to "finish". This whole season there was one theme and that was "finish", and they still havent figured out how to do it. This loss will almost certainly have some residual effect on Romo and the rest of the team too. Pretty brutal way to go down.
1) Romo was pathetic, not much other way to say it. Still, he did have us in position to win and at the worst go out with a tie. The last pick was horrible, I dont care that Witten was tapping at himself as if to say "my fault", the pass Romo threw had zero chance of being completed regardless of where Witten would have been. He floated way too many balls today and just royally missed too many open guys too. He had Crayton wide open for an easy TD but grossly threw the ball behind him. He threw two picks on balls he tried to force to Owens. On a week to week basis Romo is either amazingly good or amazingly bad, there really isnt much in between with him. Ultimately it could be his downfall, because rarely do guys turn into championship QB's when they have such dramatic swings in their play. The rest of the team isnt good enough to win without him playing well though.
2) Defense, again wow. 55 minutes of total domination. That last drive was the epitome of the old Zimmer defense though. We had the game won at 13-6, all you have to do is keep the other team from scoring a TD. In the end, they couldnt do it. Basically no pass rush and they dropped into zone coverages with gaping holes in the middle of the field.
3) What is with all the injuries? Sometimes it seems we cant even get through a series on offense or defense without somebody hobbling or crawling off. We have really been cursed this yr in that regard.
4) Other than tripping/falling two or three times Choice had a great game. Clearly was our offensive player of the game.
5) Adam Jones is just a waste of time on special teams. Punts, kickoffs whatever. He is God-awful and should be benched.
6) Everyone is crowing about Newman giving up one big play, but give the other team/payers a little credit. R-Berger threw an amazing pass INTO a wind that niether kicker/punter could do anything with the entire game. In the end that play didnt matter anyway, as they turned it over on downs. I certainly didnt see our QB throw any passes like that today.
7) I am not going to blame the officials for the loss, but the officiating was incredibly one sided. They blew several calls and made up a few other phantom calls. Witten ended up with X-Rays because of a clear dirty hit before halftime, no flag. Despite having a team with one of the worst pass blocking OL's in football going up against a front 7 they were CLEARLY overmatched by, there wasnt a SINGLE offensive holding call on them. Thats not really explainable IMO. Blew another instant replay call as well and it may have cost us bigtime in the game, as we used up both challenges before Pitts last drive or two. Because we lost the first one (instead of correctly overturning it) once we used the 2nd one on the Hatcher sack we were done. Had we correctly won that first challenge, we would have been allowed another one I believe. (I am pretty sure of you challenge two calls and win both, you get a 3rd)
8) Game turned a little IMO when we couldnt finish that last FG drive with a TD. They were on the ropes and we had open guys in the endzone on two straight pass plays, couldnt complete either of them.
9) Man, Cory Proctor is bad. Look up the word "suckmonster" and I'm quite sure his picture is there. I really hope Hollands injury isnt season ending.
10) Not sure how this team responds after such a demoralizing defeat. I probably wont be surprised if we now get blown out by the Giants next week. Ultimately it might be one of those losses they dont recover from this yr at all, and we may lose out.
11) Really blew a golden opportunity today in regards to not only the wild card position, but maybe even the division title and a first round bye. The Giants lost today and looked poor doing it, had we beaten them next week their last two games would have been tough ones too, with Carolina (home) and Minnesota (road) and both of those teams probably having to win games themselves.
I'm pretty bummed as I'm sure 1000's are. We really showed something great for 55 minutes, then the entire team caved in pathetically in the final 5 mins. I dont think this is a championship team even if we do somehow make the playoffs, as today is a clear example of the fact they still dont know how to "finish". This whole season there was one theme and that was "finish", and they still havent figured out how to do it. This loss will almost certainly have some residual effect on Romo and the rest of the team too. Pretty brutal way to go down.
