Totally agree. In just 2-1/2 weeks Garrett has gone a long way in turning this team around. His team upsets the Giants in their own (new) stadium for his first win. Then we return home & handily beat the Lions in our own stadium where we haven't won a game this season. Only 3-1/2 days later, we come back in the 2nd half trailing from a 17 deficit to take the lead late in the 4th quarter.
I was astounded by what they Cowboys were doing. Where was the 1-7 team we all saw during the first half of the season. But obviously Garrett & maybe even Pasq made some real adjustments at half time. We battled back from certain loss-- refusing to give up; we are actually took the lead against the SB defending champs. Why is no one talking about the great play by Austin with help from his blockers which got us started on the comeback.
Frankly, I hadn't expect to beat them. Garrett had only been HC for 2 weeks. Yet now we had to play the SB defending champs with only 3-1/2 days to work on. Any game plan Wade had set up for this game during TC was probably for the most part tossed out the door. Garrett has worked magic on this team despite the problems must of us are aware of. Yes, we lost but every team in the NFL knows the Cowboys aren't quitters & will play like they should have been the whole season. I couldn't take my eyes off the game but watched a fired up team come all the way back. Was very proud of them.
Yes I was devastated when RWilliams fumbled; that catch was a game winner. The fumble went long way toward costing the game. But the blame also lies on our defense which couldn't stop/slow down the Saints. I'm tired of watching this happen so oftenf. We all realize it. Garrett can only work miracles for a little while. Don't get me wrong; defense played gutty but secondary failure cost us this game. Also if we got to blame RWilliams, defense must also look in the mirror. Oh, what would have happened if "butterfingers" Austin had actually caught an entirely good pass? Maybe we score on that. After all Austin got some real good bucks from Jerry to make those kind of catches.
Just seems to me that too many like to jump on RWilliams alone. RWilliams has totally been a team player & has played well for us this year. I wouldn't be surprised if Jerry didn't bring him back because of his salary, but I would be sad. The only strength on this team is the quality of our 3 WRs. Getting rid of RWilliams leaves us with 2 good WRs and, if one goes down, we left with only 1 good WR & Witten & a bunch of relatively unknown other guys. We turn a strong position into a weak position to go along with the rest of our weaknesses--OL, secondary, front 7, etc.
