The One Cowboy Ex-Player You Find It Hard to Forgive

[InTheZone]

Yep.

This one is easy for me. That 2007 team is the best Cowboys team since 1995 and it’s not even close. Crayton blew that game for the team, a year I am certain that we would have gone to and possibly won the Super Bowl.

If you’ll remember, the Pats ended our unbeaten streak that year but the post game was full of “we’ll see you in the Super Bowl”. Crayton cheated us out of that Super Bowl.

For those of you who don’t remember how close we were, and who can stomach it:

hmmm was about to post this and as I'm scrolling down I see the same vid lol

 

[InTheZone]

As much as I will always be a fan and have much love , I’ll always find it hard to forgive Tony Romo for the Seattle fumble. My heart is still in that stadium, in the seat where a Seahawk fan picked me up and hugged me, thanking me for The Romo Fumble. My son and I both had tears in our eyes.

Still remember before they were lining up to kick I said "darn" that ball looks slick

 

[InTheZone]

Tony Romo....I love all that he did for us during his career at QB, but he single-handedly lost the playoff game vs Seattle by fumbling a perfect snap on the FG chip shot. How many perfect snaps out of thousands over the years in the NFL have you seen outright dropped by the holder? UGH!

Whether fair or not, that play also started the perception of him as a choker among his NFL brethren. The fact that he was so nonchalant and stoic about it afterwards, sporting his usual grin while the rest of us were destroyed didn’t help.

your perception is off, like way off...if the earth was flat it fell off the side somewhere

 

[Red Dragon]

i was gonna say Septien and E. Williams probably would have been the greatest OL ever.

I parsed this wrong as Septien and Williams blocking together to form the greatest offensive line together, lol.

 

[Red Dragon]

Didn't Crayton miss an easy catch earlier in the game too? He made another critical error earlier in that game.
He wasn't ready to be a champion.

Yes, on a crucial 3rd-and-14 in the second half, deep in Dallas' own territory, Romo hit Crayton in the hands on a crossing pattern but he dropped it. Had Crayton held on, he could have run with that ball forty or fifty yards downfield, maybe even scored. No Giants were nearby to catch him.

 

[DFWJC]

Still remember before they were lining up to kick I said "darn" that ball looks slick

Two things we have never seen again since that day.

1. A new, un-broken in shiny ball brought in by the home team for the visiting team to use. NFL changed the rules after that. Each team gets to use their own broken footballs now
2. A starting QB, who rarely practices with special teams anymore, playing special teams. Sure Parcells and Romo both said it was a basic play. But they also both know it was bone-headed to continue using the starter on special teams all year. Bill’s ego is too massive to admit it but its true....and he knew it.

No excuse, new slick ball on a damp field or not, he should've made the play.
But man think about how rare that was. Both things, pretty much never again in over 2000 games since then.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I have a list that needs to be vented !

Pass Christian.

 

[lostar2009]

Pass Christian.

Can't

 

[DuncanIso]

Danny White, he broke my heart as a boy when fumbling the ball in the ‘82 NFC Championship. It’s the only time I’ve ever cried after a Cowboys loss. The Catch was absolutely shocking. Yet, Pearson catching the 30 yard pass from White, getting to the 49’ers 45, seemed like we might just snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. I was too young to remember Staubach, other than the night I became a Cowboy fan, watching the 1979 SB. Yeah, Danny broke my heart that night at Candlestick. He’ll always be one of my favorite Cowboys, but not sure the sting from ‘82 will ever go away.

staubach had his share of playoff disasters.

76 and 79 playoff losses to the Rams stand out.

 

[DuncanIso]

As much as I will always be a fan and have much love , I’ll always find it hard to forgive Tony Romo for the Seattle fumble. My heart is still in that stadium, in the seat where a Seahawk fan picked me up and hugged me, thanking me for The Romo Fumble. My son and I both had tears in our eyes.

that was on the coaching staff also.

why was Romo holding the ball??!?

 

[DuncanIso]

i was gonna say Septien and E. Williams probably would have been the greatest OL ever. He was better than Larry Allen pre-injury and absolute dominance.

Big E still had many pro bowls after the wreck.

it’s one of the excuses used to keep him out of the HoF.

 

[glimmerman]

Yes, on a crucial 3rd-and-14 in the second half, deep in Dallas' own territory, Romo hit Crayton in the hands on a crossing pattern but he dropped it. Had Crayton held on, he could have run with that ball forty or fifty yards downfield, maybe even scored. No Giants were nearby to catch him.

That’s the one that really hurt. He let up on the TD but had he caught that crossing route he was so wide open he likely scores.

 

[dckid]

I think you're completely off base on so many levels.
Romo, by all accounts from those who actually knew him, was OBSESSED with getting better.
And everything you mentioned in your previous thread was the ultimate cherry-picking short bus stuff.
Mention a failure and ignore multiple successes.
Rinse, repeat.

And JG didn't handcuff Romo in 2014. The guy audibled whenever he wanted. He just finally had a strong oline and run game, so he leaned on it more. That line was amazing.
He then proceeded to lead the NFL in passer r
ating in both regular season and playoffs....and had the best December in NFL history.


Sure, he made mistakes. Of course. But you are so off base.

You really don't deserve my replies or attention.

Btw, I'm not in the Tony will make HOF camp.

You are actually cherry picking the good December and playoff run he had.
Romo had a nice long career in Dallas, he just never won or delivered a signature win for us. Not one Divisional playoff win, not even reaching a championship game. Let me reiterate I am not talking Super Bowls, as we know they are not easy and there is only one winner. Put the team in a position to compete for one is what I ask.
The Cowboys during Romo's tenure had several opportunities to make a deep playoff run, but they didnt.
You can say player X was good but also did not deliver any playoff success. That is what I am saying and that is why he is the most disappointing player for me.
I don't care about a receiver who dropped a pass in one game because that is one play it is not a systemic thing.

Look at the Cowboys for the 70's, yeah we only won 2 of 5 SB's but they were practically one of the 4 to 5 teams that would make or win the SB for that time frame. Looking back to wikipedia, they made 7 of 9 championship games, 70-78. Then three straight 80-82.
Same with the Niners in the 80's, Skins somewhat in the 80's

Good lordy. Some of those comments are true short bus material.
You don't think Romo was great ...even in 2014?
.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Not that any ex-Cowboy player can only find redemption in my forgiveness, but there are those guys that really could have changed history by one routine play. There are those that were just in the wrong place at the wrong time with enough frequency that they destroyed a season.

The infamous include guys like Jackie Smith.....Phil Pozderic.....Craig Morton.....Joseph Randle......Chaz Green.....Dwayne Goodrich.......Babe Laufenberg.......


Which player is responsible for the gut wrenching loss or wasted season you can never forget? Here are my top 3.

Super Bowl 5 - Craig Morton, pathetic. 12-26-127-1TD-3INT....The 127 yards passing was actually his best performance of the three playoff games that postseason. He could throw long but he had zero touch and absolute zero escapability

Super Bowl 13 - Jackie Smith, no explanation needed.

1990 season - Babe Laufenberg. The Cowboys had their own destiny in their hands when they peaked late in the 1990 season, Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones's second.

They were on a four game winning streak when they faced the Eagles in game #15. They hit Aikman hard early in the first quarter and he was out. Enter Laufenberg who produced an 8.8 passer rating with a 36% completion rate. The defense held the Eagles to 10 offensive points when Laufenberg saved the worse for last with a pick six.

But this isn't the game that earned him notoriety. The Cowboys still would have clinched a playoff spot with a victory in game #16 against the 4-11 Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons defensive gameplan was simple, load the box against rookie RB Emmitt Smith. Laufenberg took advantage of the Falcons keying on Smith by delivering a 38.4 passer rating including 2 INT's the last one shockingly in the area of Deion Sanders. He returned it 61 yards for a TD. The Cowboys defense held the Falcons to 17 points but the Falcons shut out the Cowboys until the final minutes of the game.

Its Craig Morton for me. I just can’t let it go almost 50 years later.

 

[maryquality]

I agree with all those who said Patrick "cement hands" Crayton!!! What a heartbreaker!!

 

[eromeopolk]

Such a moronic take.
But I'm not surprised.

Explain why you are wrong. Also, look up the definition of moronic. After that, explain again why you are wrong as usual.

 

[silvernblu]

Yep.

This one is easy for me. That 2007 team is the best Cowboys team since 1995 and it’s not even close. Crayton blew that game for the team, a year I am certain that we would have gone to and possibly won the Super Bowl.

If you’ll remember, the Pats ended our unbeaten streak that year but the post game was full of “we’ll see you in the Super Bowl”. Crayton cheated us out of that Super Bowl.

For those of you who don’t remember how close we were, and who can stomach it:

That wasn’t even what I was thinking. Wasn’t there another Clayton play on a crossing route Or slant where he had a Clear path to TD and he dropped a perfect thrown pass in stride?

 

[dckid]

Everyone's favorite scapegoat for a terrible post season QB.

Thank you. Perfect answer

 

[Dallasfann]

Patrick Crayton is THE only answer for this thread. He lost a divisional game all by himself. I get sick when I think of his performance in that game. Letting up on that play wasn't even his biggest mistake.

 

[Red Dragon]

That wasn’t even what I was thinking. Wasn’t there another Clayton play on a crossing route Or slant where he had a Clear path to TD and he dropped a perfect thrown pass in stride?

Yes, there are two plays you're thinking of.

1. As mentioned earlier, in the third quarter, Romo hit Crayton on a deep crossing route but he dropped it. With no Giants nearby, Crayton could have run 60 yards for a touchdown.

2. The other play you mentioned happened with only about twenty seconds remaining in the game, almost the end of the fourth quarter. Romo threw a pass to Crayton in the end zone, but Crayton had stopped on his route just a couple of seconds ago, standing there instead of actually running into the end zone. Because Crayton stopped rather than keep running, the ball ended up being overthrown. Had Crayton just run his route two yards further, he would have been there to catch the game-winning touchdown. This play, in fact, ended up being even worse than the earlier mentioned drop above.