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.
Tony Romo for all of the big games he cost us.
2006 against Seattle
2007 against the Giants
2008- Losing to Steelers & Ravens.. another season lost
2009- Romo and the whole team deciding not to show up in the Divisional round
2010-
2011- The usual December swoon, lost 3 of 4 division games at the end of the year
2012- Getting RG3'd, not taking his helmet off after getting smacked by the Skins
2013- Usual December slump, 7-5 going in, 8-8 coming out
2014- Murray led offense, 12-4. Romo basically gets the ball taken out of his hand. We cant beat GB because JG doesnt trust Romo, and team goes conservative when they had a chance to win
2015- Injury in game 2
2016- Dak comes in along with Zeke. Everyone remembers the one drive Romo had..
I know I will face a lot of crap for this post, but guys I am not a Dak lover. Do not pay a good player franchise altering great money. you will always come out disappointed and set the team back.
Romo was very good but could not win the big game when it mattered, that is undeniable. Yes he also won a lot of important games, but he could never deliver and I know its not all on Romo. He also had many seasons to deliver, it wasnt that he only got a couple of chances. The team was talented enough to get to a couple of championship games at least. There is only one SB winner so I am not saying... how many rings does he have... How many opportunities did we squander?
