These interceptions are more the exception for Tony than the mean, thanks for breaking it down, it was difficult to watch the first time not sure how you could survive additional exposure. As a longtime fan that was one of the worst games I have seen from Tony, his long passes hint that we may have a long battle ever selling the deep pass route. That will really shrink the field for opposing pass defenses.I suffered through the early days of Troy Aikman, if Tony's deep pass is gone this may make those seasons very similar to 2014, hope none of you can remember those years with much clarity.
I watched almost all the teams playing Sunday and our running offense looked very good in comparison to the rest of the league, not sure what the issue was with Tyron Smith as this game film will keep a left tackle out of the pro bowl. Revis playing for the Patriots looked human, Patterson playing for Tenn did not, yikes that kid has talent as I am sure Coach Dooley will testify. We will have our hands full with Tenn, they played hard and made few mistakes under Wisenhunt. If you watched the Seattle vs GB game on Thursday I believe you have seen how good the best teams are playing in contrast to our play.
Jason Garrett will not survive many more games like this one in fact another like this one could be more than Jerry can spin.
On Romo...hideous performance. The Cowboys must hope it does not become a trend because this season could be over before it really starts. I would go so far as to say that 2-4 after six games seems like too much to overcome, especially if Romo's play does not "markedly" improve during that time. The only cupcake on the horizon seems to be the Rams, but on the road, Garrett has, over his entire tenure, been ultra-conservative with the game-plan and less competent with game management. The defense looks okay, but it looked okay for the first four weeks last year...then, after the Broncos, the bottom fell out. There are still bad pieces in the wrong places and questions remain. That said, basing the entire season on one game would be silly at this point. They need to get the Titans and the Rams, because Seattle and the Saints are going to bring elite offenses and at least one salty defense to the party...it could get real ugly with those two. The Giants, whatever they are, have Eli, who always seems to find a way to give the Cowboys fits, regardless of their roster condition. The Cowboys need to be above .500 at the halfway imo (maybe 5-3?), because the team has shown a perennial pattern of petering performance as the season nears its end.
I will follow this year from a distance because, while I don't want to descend to rooting against the present for the future but the time has come to go one way or the other...either get to the playoffs and build on it, or get down to the basement, restock, re-tool and re-invent. The 8-8 paradigm is a no man's land of false hope, feeble ambition and reduced ability to remake a roster with earlier round talent. Some will disagree, but after nearly 5 years under Garrett, something has to give. Whether entirely Garrett's fault or not, the organization threw out Ryan, the 3-4 and the depth. They bet the ranch on Ware, Ratliff and Spencer...it came up snake eyes and set the team back years. It will take time to infuse the defense with quality depth that does not have them constantly shuffling the roster and bringing in street veterans to get line pressure.
