What was the 1 play that symbolized our season?

[SteveOS]

Since it's slow, figured I'd throw it out there.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Good thread.

Blocked punt in OT againgst the Cardinals.

 

[TrogSneed]

Blocked punt for a TD in OT against the Cards.
A close second for me would be Romo not being able to turn his body enough to throw a TD to a wide open Roy Williams in the endzone vs Pittsburgh.

 

[Doomsday101]

I would say the sack in the cards game that would cost us Romo for a few games

 

[Apollo Creed]

Blocked punt for a TD in OT against the Cards.
A close second for me would be Romo not being able to turn his body enough to throw a TD to a wide open Roy Williams in the endzone vs Pittsburgh.

Great minds.

And the 2nd long TD run when we lost to the Ravens to close out Texas stadium. That was heartbreaking.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

It happened before last season started.

Romo decided to emulate Tom Brady = FAIL.

 

[Doomsday]

Good thread.

Blocked punt in OT againgst the Cardinals.

Good call, that play sums up our season pretty well.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Ditto on the blocked punt :bang2:

 

[xpistofer]

It happened before last season started.

Romo decided to emulate Tom Brady = FAIL.

This was HUGE...I really hope he has scrapped that feet planted approach.

 

[Apollo Creed]

It happened before last season started.

Romo decided to emulate Tom Brady = FAIL.

They are entirely different QBs, he just made a comment and the media ran with it.

Just to clarify he was referring to not sliding forward and making his job harder on his linemen. He was just talking about how good Brady's footwork and mechanics are. Its nothing new, I'm glad Romo wanted to improve that part of his game.

Brady also has the luxary of great coaching, unbelievable protection, and receivers that run good routes. You don't see him running for his life every other pass play like Romo has done for 3 years.

 

[xpistofer]

They are entirely different QBs, he just made a comment and the media ran with it.

not exactly...he went into great detail in several interviews on this. He did, as you say, refer to not sliding, but the result was a feet planted approach that changed the way he played the game and ultimately put him in position to get hit alot more - and ultimately hurt. Obviously, that doesn't count as a 'play' per se, but I think that was a huge factor in our demise this past year...

 

[Apollo Creed]

not exactly...he went into great detail in several interviews on this. He did, as you say, refer to not sliding, but the result was a feet planted approach that changed the way he played the game and ultimately put him in position to get hit alot more - and ultimately hurt. Obviously, that doesn't count as a 'play' per se, but I think that was a huge factor in our demise this past year...

I don't think Romo 'being like Brady' got him hurt last year. I think it was our inconsistent offensive line that let free rushers constantly bash our franchise QB, or our OC for calling such long winded pass plays forcing Romo to hang in the pocket longer.

And Tom Brady is the most mechanically sound QB I've seen since Troy Aikman, so I have absolutely no problem with Romo trying to emulate a 3 time Super Bowl winner.

 

[jobberone]

The play Romo got injured on.

Better yet the decision to keep Brad at backup QB was the costliest decision IMO. I was right there with whomever that was. I thought he could help us for a few games. Boy was I wrong.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

They are entirely different QBs, he just made a comment and the media ran with it.

Just to clarify he was referring to not sliding forward and making his job harder on his linemen. He was just talking about how good Brady's footwork and mechanics are. Its nothing new, I'm glad Romo wanted to improve that part of his game.

Brady also has the luxary of great coaching, unbelievable protection, and receivers that run good routes. You don't see him running for his life every other pass play like Romo has done for 3 years.

It was more than that.

Prior to last season Romo would run for the yardage or 1st down when it was there. We had more 3 and outs because he didnt TAKE IT when it was there.

 

[superpunk]

More than the blocked punt I think it was the third and 18 conversion we allowed on a screen play to the Cardinals. I almost expected the punt to get blocked. But the agonizing screen play typified everything. We had the Cardinals, a good team, right where we wanted them. Third and 18, next play punting to us putting us in good field position, with a chance to take control of the game. And then we just handed the game over. It was all downhill from there.

 

[xpistofer]

More than the blocked punt I think it was the third and 18 conversion we allowed on a screen play to the Cardinals. I almost expected the punt to get blocked. But the agonizing screen play typified everything. We had the Cardinals, a good team, right where we wanted them. Third and 18, next play punting to us putting us in good field position, with a chance to take control of the game. And then we just handed the game over. It was all downhill from there.

bend but don't break...we'll wait for December to actually break...

 

[Arch Stanton]

The long reception against Newman against the Stealers during the 3rd quarter? They were going nowhere until then....

 

[Apollo Creed]

The long reception against Newman against the Stealers during the 3rd quarter? They were going nowhere until then....

They didn't score on that drive.

The long punt return we gave up to Holmes really hurt us.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I don't think you could go wrong with the blocked punt or the second long TD run against the Ravens.

 

[Idgit]

Good thread.

Blocked punt in OT againgst the Cardinals.

+1. That AZ game was just brutal.

not exactly...he went into great detail in several interviews on this. He did, as you say, refer to not sliding, but the result was a feet planted approach that changed the way he played the game and ultimately put him in position to get hit alot more - and ultimately hurt. Obviously, that doesn't count as a 'play' per se, but I think that was a huge factor in our demise this past year...

Romo didn't get hit because he fixed his pocket footwork. He got hit b/c the left side of our line was fielding a 3rd string LG and a LT with an injury and a massive infection most of the year. That, and half of our games were against top-5 defenses.