It had nothing to do with being figured out, Romo was slumping and it carried over to the playoffs in 07. If offensive issues in the passing game carried over to previous years Romo wouldn't have put up the numbers he did along with the efficient passer ratings. We had good offenses through the years it's been mostly the defense that's held us back. The defense was a problem against the Giants in the playoffs in 07, not being able to get the Giants off the field on 3rd down. The failures in Dec had to do with Romo's game slumping from 06 to 08. He had amazing Novembers and bad Decembers, that was on him not Garrett and the system.
It was hard for Romo to turn things around once his game started to sputter. He didn't have the running game and too much was put on his shoulders and he would begin to cave. We decided to turn to the running game against the Giants in the playoffs because Romo was struggling and we feared the Giants pass rush. We tried to take pressure off of him but Barber was burned out in the first half and we had to turn to the passing game and Romo wasn't sharp. Crayton's drop and hesitated route ultimately did us in along with the defense not being able to make critical stops.