Re-Watching the first two games of last year

[Romonater]

One thing that really stood out was the sloppiness by this team, and the amount of turnovers we committed. My goodness we were a sloppy mess and we were lucky to come out on top on both.

Turnovers in the first two games

First Game

-Cole Beasley fumble returned for a touchdown right before half time

-Interception returned for a touchdown because Street couldn't hold on to the ball

-Interception because of poor option route timing from Romo to Witten

The Giants had 26 points in total. 17 of those came from mindless, boneheaded plays

Second Game

-Tony Romo fumbles in the infamous collarbone injury play.

-Gavin Escobar fumbles in the fourth quarter, only to get it back on the very next play because the Eagles are .....well.....the eagles

I'm not predicting doom and gloom for this team like most people here. I think this team is capable of winning 11-12 games, but I think they end somewhere 9 or 10 wins. However, we simply cannot start out sloppy. It has nothing to do with just turnovers, but that means more possessions for our defense, meaning more chances of injury on Lee, Claiborne, Scandrick etc.. If this team is going to win anything, this team has to be more efficient and frankly...smarter. I feel as though this team seems to find itself around 3rd or 4th game of the regular season as oppose to taking meaningful practices during pre-season. I know we want to protect our starters, but at what expense?

 

[Section446]

Well, we were trying to figure out life without Murray, who was our offense the prior year. I fully expect us to come out of the gate slow, but gain momentum as we figure out how to utilize Elliott.

 

[Idgit]

Most teams are sloppy the first two weeks, but injuries and suspensions definitely play into that, too.

 

[tecolote]

Maybe resting the veterans so much in training camp is not a good idea.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Did it stick out to you how Dallas only won the 1st game by a bs pi call?

 

[Romonater]

Did it stick out to you how Dallas only won the 1st game by a bs pi call?

Not to mention an idiot play by Eli to throw the ball away instead of taking the sack.

 

[cwbyfan72]

Did it stick out to you how Dallas only won the 1st game by a bs pi call?

eh, we get hosed on calls all the time. The bone-headed play by Eli, absolutely, but they couldn't stop us when it mattered most.

 

[CATCH17]

One thing that really stood out was the sloppiness by this team, and the amount of turnovers we committed. My goodness we were a sloppy mess and we were lucky to come out on top on both.

Turnovers in the first two games

First Game

-Cole Beasley fumble returned for a touchdown right before half time

-Interception returned for a touchdown because Street couldn't hold on to the ball

-Interception because of poor option route timing from Romo to Witten

The Giants had 26 points in total. 17 of those came from mindless, boneheaded plays

Second Game

-Tony Romo fumbles in the infamous collarbone injury play.

-Gavin Escobar fumbles in the fourth quarter, only to get it back on the very next play because the Eagles are .....well.....the eagles

I'm not predicting doom and gloom for this team like most people here. I think this team is capable of winning 11-12 games, but I think they end somewhere 9 or 10 wins. However, we simply cannot start out sloppy. It has nothing to do with just turnovers, but that means more possessions for our defense, meaning more chances of injury on Lee, Claiborne, Scandrick etc.. If this team is going to win anything, this team has to be more efficient and frankly...smarter. I feel as though this team seems to find itself around 3rd or 4th game of the regular season as oppose to taking meaningful practices during pre-season. I know we want to protect our starters, but at what expense?

It's a common thing for us early on and I don't understand it.

I understand a little sloppiness but we are next level.


The defense against Philly though.... That was incredible. If we could ever play defense half as good as that consistently we'd be a title contender for sure.

 

[StarBoyz83]

eh, we get hosed on calls all the time. The bone-headed play by Eli, absolutely, but they couldn't stop us when it mattered most.

They did though. We go bailed out by a bs pi call.

 

[TheDude]

Did it stick out to you how Dallas only won the 1st game by a bs pi call?

it stuck out to me that the team looked like crap w romo until it was sandlot ball time.

 

[Stash]

it stuck out to me that the team looked like crap w romo until it was sandlot ball time.

Yeah, people like to assume that with Romo back, that cures all. But, outside of that key drive against the Giants, he wasn't having a very good start to his season, by his previous standards anyway. And he wasn't lighting it up for his brief return either. Hopefully, it's a different story this year.

 

[cwbyfan72]

They did though. We go bailed out by a bs pi call.

not saying it wasn't a bad call, but the fact of the matter remains, they could not stop us from going 75 yards in under 2 min. Just like we could not get a stop in green bay after the "catch". So saying we only beat the Giants due to a PI call is a little presumptuous.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Maybe resting the veterans so much in training camp is not a good idea.

It's shocking how little they play. I wish they got more playing time and I know many others like you agree. Games in September count as much as games in December. Get the players ready to play!

 

[Silver N Blue]

It's shocking how little they play. I wish they got more playing time and I know many others like you agree. Games in September count as much as games in December. Get the players ready to play!

Rest days = Rusty sloppy starts.

 

[Romonater]

Yeah, people like to assume that with Romo back, that cures all. But, outside of that key drive against the Giants, he wasn't having a very good start to his season, by his previous standards anyway. And he wasn't lighting it up for his brief return either. Hopefully, it's a different story this year.

to be fair, we had just beaten two NFC East teams and probably would've won the division easily and one could assume Romo gets better throughout the year.

 

[JBS]

It's a common thing for us early on and I don't understand it.

I understand a little sloppiness but we are next level.


The defense against Philly though.... That was incredible. If we could ever play defense half as good as that consistently we'd be a title contender for sure.

It's really really weird..we were good week one when JG first took over..last few years we have been insanely bad..

 

[JBS]

Yeah, people like to assume that with Romo back, that cures all. But, outside of that key drive against the Giants, he wasn't having a very good start to his season, by his previous standards anyway. And he wasn't lighting it up for his brief return either. Hopefully, it's a different story this year.

This is the scary part ..bc it's absolutely true

 

[Stash]

to be fair, we had just beaten two NFC East teams and probably would've won the division easily and one could assume Romo gets better throughout the year.

Neither performance was anything for the offense to be proud of. Any speculation about how things might have gone is just that, speculation. Never to be proven or disproven and therefore not really worth talking about.

 

[sbark]

After 2014 NFL teams sat down and studies Garrets Offense...the poor teams were then able to slow it down even with Romo, the better defenses (Carolina) had the tendencies down pat ....Romo's 4 picks

 

[Denim Chicken]

Yeah, people like to assume that with Romo back, that cures all. But, outside of that key drive against the Giants, he wasn't having a very good start to his season, by his previous standards anyway. And he wasn't lighting it up for his brief return either. Hopefully, it's a different story this year.

Romo's getting a full camp this year, and doing more in camp than in previous years, which should have him in a better position to start the first games sharp.