The Lost Season of 2007

[Alexander]

Patrick
Freaking
Crayton

Knew this was coming before I even opened the thread. The idea still continues that he had the game winning TD in his hands with ten seconds on the clock. I have seen a real TD drop by Jackie Smith get ignored in a game that really counts and he faced less scorn from the fanbase.

It is about as simplistic and child-like as can be.

Never mind the defensive collapse to close out the first half (thanks Jacques), the offensive line melting down in the second half, horrible punt coverage on R.W. McQuarters late and the brutal decision to throw a Hail Mary to a player that had barely played that season and clearly was nothing but a decoy. A Fasano drop. I could go on and on.

Let's just focus on that one dropped pass thrown on a 3rd and 13 from our own 17 at the that we think would have been a touchdown.

Funny how "it is a team game" changes depending on the subject.

 

[Alexander]

Honestly the Cowboys had their best shot of winning the SB in 09. We found out in week 6 of the 07 season that the Cowboys didn't match up well with NE who torched the Cowboys 48-27. The Cowboys started fading after the win over the 10-1 Packers in week 13. By week 15 vs Philly I knew the Cowboys were headed for a one and done in the playoffs. They weren't scoring nearly as many points and Romo's game was coming apart.

Owens getting the high ankle against the Panthers was a problem. I guess Crayton was responsible for that too.

 

[KJJ]

Owens getting the high ankle against the Panthers was a problem. I guess Crayton was responsible for that too.

A lot of people point to TO's injury but the Cowboys started thinking about Cabo after beating the 10-1 Packers. They started letting up in that game after building a big lead and knocking Favre out. Rodgers who had little experience almost brought the Packers back. The Cowboys struggled the following week against a bad Detroit team barely pulling that game out in the final minutes. Then came the awful performance against Philly. Carolina was starting rookie Matt Moore and he looked good against the Cowboys D. That ended up being a very unimpressive win. That 07 team went from from such an explosive team to looking very average by the time the playoffs started.

 

[Alexander]

A lot of people point to TO's injury but the Cowboys started thinking about Cabo after beating the 10-1 Packers. They started letting up in that game after building a big lead and knocking Favre out. Rodgers who had little experience almost brought the Packers back. The Cowboys struggled the following week against a bad Detroit team barely pulling that game out in the final minutes. Then came the awful performance against Philly. Carolina was starting rookie Matt Moore and he looked good against the Cowboys D. That ended up being a very unimpressive win. That 07 team went from from such an explosive team to looking very average by the time the playoffs started.

I will not engage this in a long discussion as I don't see it as being helpful, but I will just say you are off the reservation here and leave it at that.

The facts point to we had our vital offensive cog in Owens suffer a high ankle sprain and he was not healthy in the playoff game. You are talking about some sort of mental trip to Cabo with three weeks left in the season.

 

[KJJ]

I will not engage this in a long discussion as I don't see it as being helpful, but I will just say you are off the reservation here and leave it at that.

The facts point to we had our vital offensive cog in Owens suffer a high ankle sprain and he was not healthy in the playoff game. You are talking about some sort of mental trip to Cabo with three weeks left in the season.

No need for a long engagement the Cowboys became complacent after beating the 10-1 Packers and went into a Dec swoon. They never looked very good after that Packers game. FANS still look for excuses for why that season went into the toilet. They use TO's injury as an excuse but he played vs the Giants in the playoffs catching 4 passes for 49 yards and a TD. It's funny how FANS blame his injury for the Cowboys collapse because the following year they blamed the Cowboys disappointing season on TO.

 

[Risen Star]

What could have been had Parcells stuck around.

 

[dcstands4]

My $0.02 is that Cowboys - Packers played a HUGE game that year -- I believe both clubs were 11-1 or something like that and the Cowboys <mainly> dominated. They knocked Favre out of the game and pretty much had the game in hand until some scrub called Aaron Rodgers got some playing time and made interesting.

Anyway, the Cowboys never seemed the same after that game to me.

We got the win. But I was thinking about that year last week. I think the only teams that could have beat the pats if they were to play them again was philly, bmore, us and the Giants. Philly laid the blue print to do so. But that team was loaded we had a pro bowler at EVERY position. ....A lost season

 

[dcstands4]

Honestly the Cowboys had their best shot of winning the SB in 09. We found out in week 6 of the 07 season that the Cowboys didn't match up well with NE who torched the Cowboys 48-27. The Cowboys started fading after the win over the 10-1 Packers in week 13. By week 15 vs Philly I knew the Cowboys were headed for a one and done in the playoffs. They weren't scoring nearly as many points and Romo's game was coming apart.

The Cowboys were in the middle of a real swoon looking nothing like the team we saw the first 12 weeks of that season. In 09 the Cowboys caught fire in Dec beating the 13-0 Saints in the dome. The Cowboys finished that season strong with back to back shutouts. The last 3 games of the 09 season was the best I had seen the defense play in 10 years.. Spencer had come on and Romo was having his best Dec/Jan. This was a much better Cowboys team than the one that beat the 9-0 Colts in 06 who went on to win the SB.

And then our o line collapsed against Minnesota. I still don't even think we would have gotten pass the Saints the defense wasn't the greatest but they feasted on turnovers

 

[blindzebra]

What could have been had Parcells stuck around.

We'd have won 8 or 9 games...just like the rest of his time in Dallas. He was here for the money and nothing more.

 

[Risen Star]

We'd have won 8 or 9 games...just like the rest of his time in Dallas. He was here for the money and nothing more.

And in the meantime, completely turned the team around like the all timer that he is.

 

[blindzebra]

And in the meantime, completely turned the team around like the all timer that he is.

Old SBS still on his knees for old Tuna.

 

[Red Dragon]

My $0.02 is that Cowboys - Packers played a HUGE game that year -- I believe both clubs were 11-1 or something like that and the Cowboys <mainly> dominated. They knocked Favre out of the game and pretty much had the game in hand until some scrub called Aaron Rodgers got some playing time and made interesting.

Anyway, the Cowboys never seemed the same after that game to me.

Well........would it have been better for the Cowboys to lose to the Packers?

 

[big dog cowboy]

What could have been had Parcells stuck around.

What could have been had we got the Parcells that coached Super Bowl winning teams instead of the watered down version.

 

[Red Dragon]

What could have been had Parcells stuck around.

Probably a 9-7 season and a #5 or #6 seed.

 

[Szczepanik]

Knew this was coming before I even opened the thread. The idea still continues that he had the game winning TD in his hands with ten seconds on the clock. I have seen a real TD drop by Jackie Smith get ignored in a game that really counts and he faced less scorn from the fanbase.

It is about as simplistic and child-like as can be.

Never mind the defensive collapse to close out the first half (thanks Jacques), the offensive line melting down in the second half, horrible punt coverage on R.W. McQuarters late and the brutal decision to throw a Hail Mary to a player that had barely played that season and clearly was nothing but a decoy. A Fasano drop. I could go on and on.

Let's just focus on that one dropped pass thrown on a 3rd and 13 from our own 17 at the that we think would have been a touchdown.

Funny how "it is a team game" changes depending on the subject.

Notice how only the blame we can give Romo is the hail mary attempt. =)

Jacques/ Alan Ball forever haunt my dreams to this very day.

Whenever my son has night terrors, I also blame Alan Ball and Jacques.

 

[Szczepanik]

And then our o line collapsed against Minnesota. I still don't even think we would have gotten pass the Saints the defense wasn't the greatest but they feasted on turnovers

Wait , you don't think we had a chance against NO ? The same team we previously beaten?

I was more worried about Minny than I was about NO.

 

[Blackspider214]

Go look at the Giants/Pats game in the regular season vs the Super Bowl. Completely different. And that game was just played a month apart. We played NE like week 5 or 6. Who knows how a rematch would have turned out if we faced them.

To whom mentioned the Packers game, I completely agree. We built a huge lead in that game. Knocked Favre out. But then fell apart and almost lost the game at the end to a then nobody at QB in Rodgers. Ever since then, we were flat. We had to come back to beat the Lions the next week and then lost 3 of 4 or whatever it was. And the injuries piled up. TO got hurt and was never the same. Glenn was hurt. We limped into the playoffs with no momentum at all. Giants actually were playing good and won their wild card game.

For some reason, we wanted to switch up our style completely. We started Barber and became a run first, clock managing team. We tired Barber out and played out of our element.

The moment that killed us was after we had a 11-12 minute TD drive to go up 14-7 with like 50 seconds to go, Giants tie the game to end the half. Thanks to picking up a 3rd and 20 in their own territory in the process.

That season makes me angry like no other.

And I didn't even mention Crayton, which messed up royally twice. I can live with drops. They happen. Errors happen in sports. But to give up on a route is inexcusable. That would have been an easy TD (well you would hope) and would have won the game and he would have went down as a legend for Dallas with a play like that. Similar to Pearson against Minnesota.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

just look at our DLINE back then :

Ware
Ellis
Ratliff
Hatcher
Spears
Bowen
Coleman
Ferguson
Spencer

Oh i think I'm gonna be sick . My oh my so depressing.

 

[jobberone]

Knew this was coming before I even opened the thread. The idea still continues that he had the game winning TD in his hands with ten seconds on the clock. I have seen a real TD drop by Jackie Smith get ignored in a game that really counts and he faced less scorn from the fanbase.

It is about as simplistic and child-like as can be.

Never mind the defensive collapse to close out the first half (thanks Jacques), the offensive line melting down in the second half, horrible punt coverage on R.W. McQuarters late and the brutal decision to throw a Hail Mary to a player that had barely played that season and clearly was nothing but a decoy. A Fasano drop. I could go on and on.

Let's just focus on that one dropped pass thrown on a 3rd and 13 from our own 17 at the that we think would have been a touchdown.

Funny how "it is a team game" changes depending on the subject.

There are plays one can look at that are game changers. Johnson said the teams that won were the ones who had the least negative plays. So his drop is important but you can't say if he catches it he scores and we eventually score and win.

 

[chagus]

I was in a good mood until I opened up this thread...

Haaaaaaa!!!