Romo and YA Tittle

[coult44]

And people will not appreciate what they have until its gone. Romo was not the reason for this loss. He outplayed Peyton Manning.

This was a team loss. Coaches, defense & ST share the blame.

Tony's INT with 2 minutes left had NOTHING to do with it.

 

[kramskoi]

How many times did Denver and Dallas punt today??? That same sorry defense that got the INT in the second half and stopped the Broncos and they had to settle for three's, so if someone told you before that game, it would be tie game with three minutes left and that the offense would have the ball and three timeouts. you wouldn't of settled for that coming into this game ....Romo had a chance to lead the team down the field for a winning score, the same Romo where the Romo is elite lovers always say has the best QB rating of any QB in Football, of cource I find QB ratings are for suckers.....the defense was awful, both teams defense's were awful, but when your team has a chance to win and the QB threw it to the other team, trying to pass it off that it was the defense that lost the game, sounds kind of ridiculous...

Well how perfect does a quarterback have to play on the day a defense gives up 48 points? 500+ yds and 5 TD passes? Is that enough? How many mistakes was everyone else on the Cowboys team allowed today? What did they do to contribute to the loss? It seems ridiculous because it is simply the last mistake in a game with an unfavorable outcome, thus blame must be assigned to the perceived culprit in the closest proximity. You could argue that his first (forced) INT this year came at the worst possible moment but anyone on this board who really thought Dallas would put up 48 points is a liar in my opinion. They had done precious little to establish such a prescient prognostication, especially with Austin out. Romo the "check-down artist" has been berated ad nauseum for weeks now but once he is unleashed he must also play perfectly, even more so than the great Peyton Manning. Manning's Superbowl performance against the Saints was a first class choke job with 3:24 to play and it is only because of his previous Superbowl win that he was able to avoid what dogged him previously (being unable to win the big game, with a 9-9 postseason record).

 

[BAT]

Tony's INT with 2 minutes left had NOTHING to do with it.

So Romo must not only play street football to evade rushes, throw historic numbers in process AND play perfect as well? Romo would not have had to press if OL did their job in crunch time, never mind the D making a stop whenever Romo gave them the lead.

Your expectations are completely unrealistic. Even the great Peyton Manning threw a pick tonight. And believe it or not, Manning has lost games too. And if Peyton played behind this OL, he would not be so great.

 

[coult44]

You said all that stuff not me. I asked you a question, and now I'll ask you two questions. 1) Did Romo's pick have anything to do with the loss? 2) Did Manning throw a pick in the final drive?

 

[supercowboy8]

How many times did Denver and Dallas punt today??? That same sorry defense that got the INT in the second half and stopped the Broncos and they had to settle for three's, so if someone told you before that game, it would be tie game with three minutes left and that the offense would have the ball and three timeouts. you wouldn't of settled for that coming into this game ....Romo had a chance to lead the team down the field for a winning score, the same Romo where the Romo is elite lovers always say has the best QB rating of any QB in Football, of cource I find QB ratings are for suckers.....the defense was awful, both teams defense's were awful, but when your team has a chance to win and the QB threw it to the other team, trying to pass it off that it was the defense that lost the game, sounds kind of ridiculous...

You sound ridiculous blaming the lost on the best player on the cowboys in this game.
Your crazy to blame romo on one play out of all the great plays he made today. My point is this is a team game. Romo lead this team back gave this team the lead but the defense couldn't get a stop.

Also if someone told before the game Dallas scored 48 and romo throws 5tds. no way you think dallas lost.

When your defense gives up 51 how do you say the defense isnt the problem

 

[supercowboy8]

You said all that stuff not me. I asked you a question, and now I'll ask you two questions. 1) Did Romo's pick have anything to do with the loss? 2) Did Manning throw a pick in the final drive?

1. Did romo allow 51?
2. Did the defense score 48?

Without romo today we would've lost 48-21

 

[JBond]

Romo's yards per attempt today was 14.06 on 36 attempts.

No one has ever had a 14+ yards per attempt on that many attempts before, at least since 1960. Until today, the highest ever YPA on at least 36 attempts was Y.A. Tittle with 12.95 on 39 attempts in 1962. Romo beat that by nearly a full yard.

Romo's adjusted yards per pass attempt (factoring in TD and INT) was 16.83.

No one has ever had an AYA that high on that many attempts before either (at least since 1960). Until today, that record also belonged to Tittle, in that same game. He had 7 TD and 0 INT in that game, by the way. His AYA was 16.54

Since 1960, teams whose QB have a 140+ rating and 300+ yards in a game are now 142-2, with Romo owning both losses.

Our team lost. Only the worst in our society believe Romo throwing for tons of yards matters

 

[SportsGuru80]

The defense doesn't have a spine... I'm disgusted. Romo made the critical mistake but he played well enough for us to win the game.

 

[hutch1254]

Since 1960, teams whose QB have a 140+ rating and 300+ yards in a game are now 142-2, with Romo owning both losses.

A perfect fact / stat that shows how this team needs to develop the ability to win games in another fashion other than leaning solely on Romo's arm.

 

[TimHortons]

since 1960, teams whose QB have a 140+ rating and 300+ yards in a game are now 142-2, with Romo owning both losses.

That's unbelievable

 

[Super_Kazuya]

You said all that stuff not me. I asked you a question, and now I'll ask you two questions. 1) Did Romo's pick have anything to do with the loss? 2) Did Manning throw a pick in the final drive?

Just because you fell asleep in your comfy chair and missed the first 55 minutes doesn't mean they didn't happen. Manning threw an interception that led to a Dallas TD and it was just as important to the outcome as Romo's. I like how ESPN has casual fans thinking the only important moments in a game happen at the end. Would you have preferred if Romo had only 3 TDs, 0 INTs, 250 yards and we lose 44-24 and there is no plays with the "game on the line"?

 

[coult44]

Just because you fell asleep in your comfy chair and missed the first 55 minutes doesn't mean they didn't happen. Manning threw an interception that led to a Dallas TD and it was just as important to the outcome as Romo's. I like how ESPN has casual fans thinking the only important moments in a game happen at the end. Would you have preferred if Romo had only 3 TDs, 0 INTs, 250 yards and we lose 44-24 and there is no plays with the "game on the line"?

Casual fan son. LOL, if you only knew.........HAHAHAHHAHA Thanks for the laugh, I needed that one, especially after today. And if you think an INT in the 3rd quarter is as important as a GIVE ME PIC in the 4th with 2 minutes left in the game, on your own 20 yard line, we should have a talk.

 

[17yearsandcounting]

That's unbelievable

 

[DFWJC]

That was as entertaining as it can get.
But the Giants game and the upcoming Washington game are far "Bigger" games.

 

[Idgit]

Casual fan son. LOL, if you only knew.........HAHAHAHHAHA Thanks for the laugh, I needed that one, especially after today. And if you think an INT in the 3rd quarter is as important as a GIVE ME PIC in the 4th with 2 minutes left in the game, on your own 20 yard line, we should have a talk.

Honest question, other than the gut-wrenching factor that we fans get when the pick happens right at the end of the game, how measurable is the difference *when* the turnovers happen? I'd say the biggest strategic advantage from turning it over earlier is that you'd have more time to take more risks to try to catch up, if you had to. But that's not necessarily something that's likely to play in your favor in the game. I'm not sure, statistically, it matters all that much when the turnovers come.

 

[hairic]

How many games does Romo have now, where he has over 100 passer rating, but we still lose?

http://www.pro-football-reference.c...al=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=pass_td

After today, it will be 13 and taking the "lead" for most since 2006.

Here's records where a team allows 50+ points. Dallas will move up to 0-4 all-time. NFL cumulative record is 0-202, not counting this week. If you move it to allowing 48 points, the record was 3-369, which will change after this week, with Denver bumping the win total.

http://www.pro-football-reference.c...&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=points_opp

 

[coult44]

Honest question, other than the gut-wrenching factor that we fans get when the pick happens right at the end of the game, how measurable is the difference *when* the turnovers happen? I'd say the biggest strategic advantage from turning it over earlier is that you'd have more time to take more risks to try to catch up, if you had to. But that's not necessarily something that's likely to play in your favor in the game. I'm not sure, statistically, it matters all that much when the turnovers come.

Agreed, but the only stat I'm worried about is Wins and Losses. So many are satisfied with 500+, not me. I could care less.
Only stat that matters is 2-3

 

[BAT]

Agreed, but the only stat I'm worried about is Wins and Losses. So many are satisfied with 500+, not me. I could care less.
Only stat that matters is 2-3

If your patient, next week will be 3-3. I'm sorry you did not get any positives from the game.

 

[SuspectCorner]

Agreed, but the only stat I'm worried about is Wins and Losses. So many are satisfied with 500+, not me. I could care less.
Only stat that matters is 2-3

So, you'd dog DeMarco Murray if he ran for over 200 yards, scored 3 TDs, but fumbled on the last possession in a tight game - a turnover that resulted in a game-winning FG by the opponent? You'd dog Murray for costing Dallas the game?

 

[Zman5]

That said, they DID give Romo the chance to make a comeback from 15 pts down AND take a lead... Listen, Romo had a GREAT game. In the game thread, all I wanted was Dallas to have last drive in the game. Romo got it with a little over 2 minutes to go. He could have shut up all the detractors by using up those 2 minutes and give us that game winning drive. Alas, all he did was fuel the perception that he chokes in big game situations with that INT...

All I want for once is for Dallas defense to make a stop when we have a lead so that our last possession would be to burn time by running.