Well Romo was brought up on this thread by the Dak supporters as a means to prop up Dak by putting down Romo. The simple truth is, Dak did not play well in the Divisional Game and Romo has nothing to do with it. People want to say that Romo ultimately failed, well fine then. He never got to the super bowl. But none of that has any bearing that Dak has some major flaws that teams are using to game plan against us. Hopefully, Dak can improve in the off season, and hopefully the coaching can find ways to make opposing cornerbacks not disrespect Dak.
Yet, even with Dak not playing perfectly in that game, if the Defense would have played better and not allowed so many rush yards then, I believe the outcome of the Rams game could have gone differently. As someone pointed out before, the Saints offense and Brees only got one more point than what our offense did against the Rams and this was with Brees getting the ball with extra time in overtime (Even though it shouldn't have gone into overtime, with the Refs missing a bad call, but that's for another thread).
So, the Rams Defense stepped it up for the playoffs, when they needed to do it the most. They limited our offense and held the Saints to FGs in the redzone. Which shows that defense performances in the playoffs matter as much as what the QBs in the playoffs do. Even though some try to diminish the importance of defense and make it all about the offense, while acting like defense doesn't matter as much. In the end, Defense cost some teams, just like the Defense for the Chiefs made them lose the game against the Patriots.
The difference between some teams advancing came down to whether or not the Defense was able to stop teams or come up with key stops. Ours couldn't stop the run, which was a major reason for losing the game against the Rams. And for as much as some blamed the defenses for Romo not advancing further in the playoffs. The Defense was just as big of a reason for us not getting past the divisional round this season.
