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Stat of the Week No. 9: Dallas has scored 107 points in the second half -- more than 26 teams have scored the entire season.
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Sweet Series of the Week: Dallas and St. Louis tied at 7 with 56 seconds remaining in the second quarter, Cowboys' ball at midfield, a bad snap soared over Tony Romo's head and rolled to the Dallas 17. Romo scooped up the rock and, rather than throw it away or take the sack, danced through Rams defenders to the St. Louis 46, getting credit for a 37-yard rush from the statistician. Seeing the ball rolling around far in the Dallas backfield, rather than salivate, St. Louis defenders seemed to relax -- good as Romo's athletic play was, the St. Louis defenders' performance was as bad. Soon, it's still 7-7 with 16 seconds until intermission and Dallas on the St. Louis 15, facing third-and-10, holding a timeout. What St. Louis must do is keep Dallas out of the end zone; do that, and the next snap will be a field goal attempt. Romo lined up in the (what else?) shotgun spread, scanned the field, then simply ran straight up the middle for the touchdown with no St. Louis defender anywhere in sight in the center of the field. My 12-year-old, Spenser, and I watched the play three times trying to locate the St. Louis defenders. Four rushed, seven dropped, they had only 15 yards to defend and knew the play had to go to the end zone -- yet no St. Louis defender was anywhere in the picture as Romo went straight up the middle for the score.
Dallas note: Surely Bill Parcells was hoping the Cowboys would collapse so people would say, "Look what happened after Parcells left." Instead Wade Phillips is the NFL's SuperCoach of the moment. Not only are the Boys rolling, but San Diego's defense is sputtering without Phillips as its coordinator.
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Sweet Series of the Week: Dallas and St. Louis tied at 7 with 56 seconds remaining in the second quarter, Cowboys' ball at midfield, a bad snap soared over Tony Romo's head and rolled to the Dallas 17. Romo scooped up the rock and, rather than throw it away or take the sack, danced through Rams defenders to the St. Louis 46, getting credit for a 37-yard rush from the statistician. Seeing the ball rolling around far in the Dallas backfield, rather than salivate, St. Louis defenders seemed to relax -- good as Romo's athletic play was, the St. Louis defenders' performance was as bad. Soon, it's still 7-7 with 16 seconds until intermission and Dallas on the St. Louis 15, facing third-and-10, holding a timeout. What St. Louis must do is keep Dallas out of the end zone; do that, and the next snap will be a field goal attempt. Romo lined up in the (what else?) shotgun spread, scanned the field, then simply ran straight up the middle for the touchdown with no St. Louis defender anywhere in sight in the center of the field. My 12-year-old, Spenser, and I watched the play three times trying to locate the St. Louis defenders. Four rushed, seven dropped, they had only 15 yards to defend and knew the play had to go to the end zone -- yet no St. Louis defender was anywhere in the picture as Romo went straight up the middle for the score.
Dallas note: Surely Bill Parcells was hoping the Cowboys would collapse so people would say, "Look what happened after Parcells left." Instead Wade Phillips is the NFL's SuperCoach of the moment. Not only are the Boys rolling, but San Diego's defense is sputtering without Phillips as its coordinator.
