Not watching anymore games, don't care who wins the SB. I can't believe this.

I don't think I am going to work tomorrow.  I feel so sick to my stomach right now.

my brother in law, father in law and my friend at work.

Is there some way to explain this loss to NOT feel thoroughly disgusted?

I give the Simpson relationship 2 months after this mess.  

And lots of fun posting with you all.

See you this Summer.

Keep your mouth shut. You blew it 2-3 times for us today. Watch the film. Keep your mouth shut from now on

playoff) swoon".

A stupid sack and a dumb grounding penalty was all he was guilty of.

The Cowboys were an undisciplined team today. If you want to blame the coaches, what the hell ever.

PATRICK CRAYTON SHOULD SHOOT HIMSELF. Gutless. Gutless. Gutless. Two ridiculous drops, a fumbled punt return, and did anyone see him stop on his route on 3rd down? Had he kept stride Romo would have hit him perfectly.

Julius Jones will not be back. Roy Williams should be flat-out cut. He is a waste of money and space.

Our special teams has sucked all year. They Pat Watkins and Tony Curtis allowed a huge punt return.

Jacques Reeves is not an NFL cornerback. He should be bagging our groceries.

Your boy Terry goes trolling all over cyberspace you delete my post about him.  I wasn't even talking about your team.  Still won't.

How did TO perform?

I bet we won't hear this next year

Did Romo LOSE HIS MOJO in CABO?

But let's get real here.

When it comes to public perception, Romo's gonna be known as a choker.

That's two consecutive playoff games where it's one and done with #9 not coming through when we've needed it.

But keeping it real, Patrick Crayton better keep his da__ mouth shut from now on.  Two freakin' dropped passes right there where Romo perfectly laid them out.

TO with a drop on that go pattern.

Fasano with the drop at the goal line -- yes, the DB swatted at it, but it hit the F-man in the chest and bounced away.

And did Tony lose his mind on the second-to-the-last drive.

I mean Aikman hit it on the nose when he said that when he Romo rolled out of the pocket and could've legally threw it away, he didn't.

When he had no pressure and no one open, he illegally threw it away.

Yes, the Giants get credit, and deserved to advance.  But we helped them by beating ourselves with dumb penalties, mental mistakes, and dropped passes.

If I had to keep score for Cowboys I yelled at the most, here's the score:

Jacques Reeves - yelled at 5 times
Tony Romo - yelled at 4 times
Patrick Crayton - yelled at 3 times
Terrell Owens - yelled at 2 times
Anthony Fasano - yelled at 2 times
Roy Williams - yelled at 2 times
Flozell Adams - yelled at 2 times
Marc Columbo - yelled at 2 times

It's safe to say that practically have no voice right now.

Romo was getting the ball to the receivers but the drops were just killing us...

What am I saying??

Romo's tears made me smile, I don't care if we didn't get to the playoffs, the fact that you haven't won a playoff game in, what, 12 years, makes me smile.  

The Cowboys are the new choke artists.  You stink.

Fly Eagles Fly. E. A. G. L. E. S.

EAGLES!!!

and some wheelin' and dealin' by JJ, we'll be back in the playoffs next year.
Sayonara!

• Keyshawn will rip T.O.
• Parcells is somewhere gloating
• Wade 'will be fired'
• Romo = Cabo, = can't win a big game
• T.O. dropped passes
• Cowboys first team to lose a home game in this format since 1990
• etc.

The thing which really drives me nuts is how much ESPN, the NY Media, etc are going to gloat and rub this in. I think that we would have had a tough time winning the SB with how badly our D is playing, but this loss really hurts and it will be held over us until we win a ring.

I'm pissed, but not as mad as I thought I would be. I think it's b/c I know we're not ready to win the Super Bowl with how we're playing right now, at least not against the Pats.

I will be rooting for Green Bay and San Diego.

I'm just pissed that the Cowboys hating media was 'proven right' on this, and I feel bad for Romo and hope this doesn't hurt his development.

This is a tough one to take. The end of the half drive by the Giants is just inexcusable. Dallas had all the momentum and was getting the ball to start the 2nd half, you must get a stop there! The Cowboys were just way too sloppy, and undisciplined to win. Romo has plenty of company to wear the goat horns. The secondary needs help this offseason.

He needs to come out from hiding. He talked shit on Big Blue View all week. He needs to come out from behind his mommy skirt. Go Giants.

I knew the Giants  TD at the end of the first half was a bad sign. The penalties and the increasingly poor pass protection and the drops show that they just weren't into it. TO was wide open in the second half when they had to settle for a field goal--and that was the difference in the game?
 
Great going, you 12 Pro Bowlers. Maybe you'll win a playoff game someday, long after Wade Phillips is gone.
 
Trying to destroy the play clock after a TD was a totally classless act that should have cost the Giants on the next kickoff. Yeah, the Giants won, but the Cowboys would have shot themselves in the foot against anybody.
 
Two terrible playoff games in a row!
 

How can you not take advantage of 3 missing CB's on an already suspect secondary.. Try using max protect two tight end sets, put TO in motion, over the middle that was wide open all day..I am completely humiliated. My phone is ringing off the hook...

Thanks alot Jason Garrett....MBIII 28 second half points, TO 1 second half catch, Witten totally under utilized, Crayton....grrr..Crayton...bad time to pick your worst game............................

ummm..Did anyone else see the entire middle of the secondary open the entire game ?. can we call a seam pattern to Witten already ? ....so so so poor with the play calling. Jason

I can't believe the Giants won, considering the wrecked state of their secondary. I am as stunned right now as some of you guys are.
No rubbing it in from me, here. But, umm, Terry, the folks over at Big Blue View are waiting for you. You've been trashing us all week. Be a big boy, and have the class to come over and congratulate us.
You guys had a great season and have a heckuva team. We will be doing battle for years to come, I think.

-- Ed
Big Blue View

Given our record and seeding, this might qualify.

As I said above, I'm not crushed because we are not playing well enough to beat New England in the Super Bowl.

Still, it was a pathetic loss, and for all the jackazzes in the Cowboys-hating media to be 'proven' (that is, they picked against the Cowboys because they hate them and they lucked out) right makes me ill. Keyshawn, Gary Myers, all the New York media, ESPN and Fox Sports Radio can kiss my behind.

That's what really pisses me off here. And, I don't want Romo to lose any confidence.

they just didnt go strong into the playoffs

and they played like a team a few years away from super bowl caliber..and that sme being optimistic

the pass defense (or lack thereof) lost this game
that TD before the half was the beginning of the end

still romo had the chance to win it, as great qb's do

but he's not a great qb (yet)

jason garrett - overhyped
crayton - just shut up

now i get to hear it from the local fans and media here in ny..

i have a headache

a FOX honcho leaked to the papers up here that they wanted to the Cowboys to win because you guys are a better story with the personalities you have and the Giants are boring. Not to mention every football show in the world has at least one Cowboy on the set. I wouldn't be so fast to play that disrespected line.

Last game I posted that the Cowboys would be one and done and some joker named "Terry" posted that I was "ridiculous" and that our "offense would come alive in the playoffs."  What a blind homer.

oh wait, i'm a knicks fan :(

Three points in the entire second half? T.O. disappears? Against an injured Giants secondary? In a playoff game?
 
I don't think it was because the Giants were that good, either.
 
All four of the FOX analysts picked Dallas to win this game.
 
This is bad stuff.

are the Mavs.The Stars are in a downward spiral, and the Rangers  couldn't win if they were in Triple A ball.

Us skins fans really enjoyed The Cowboys getting their heads beat in today;)

Just so you know
I'm really enjoying watching the Skins getting their butts kicked today. ;)

by Terry on Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 05:38:41 PM EDT

Absolutely the worst play calling and execution I have seen in years!!!
Whats is with throwing the ball to Crayton when you have Owens and Witten/ Not to mention Barber. Crayton cant catch a cold!!!
Owens didnt have one pass in the second half.
With a dilapidated NY secondary there should have been heavy doses of Witten/Owens over and over again.
How many more 'on the numbers passes' does Crayton have to drop before the coaches realise this.
Romo is another story, what is with throwing the ball away when no pressure and holding on to it while being sacked?
This team never ceases to amaze me with their screw ups.

doesn't call the plays, catch the balls or block for himself.

actually!

A few other Boys fans and I were talking this week at work, our fears (well founded it turned out) were these:

a) Romo needs to grow up a little; putting himself in the whole Jessica Simpson imbroglio nonsense, was totally stupid...

b) Crayton talks to much, he needs to shut up!

c) This OL gets a lot press/publicity; they are NOT as good as they think; that showed in the 4th Qtr!

d) I'm very "iffy" about Wade Phillips...

e) Jason Garrett is good, but he's NOT "great" yet; he has to grow up too!  Hopefully this will end all the HC job talk about him

f) even IF they had won; it was still a stretch for them to also get past GB, and then into the SB

g) whoever gets into the SB, opposite NE Patriots, is going to be nothing more than a Speed Bump for the Patriots.

Frankly, I'd rather have the Cowboys lose in the Divisional round, rather than lose in the SB!

h) IF the Cowboys had ANY OTHER GM than Jerry Jones, they'd look at this and say:  "Wow, despite the fact we were 13 - 3 in a weak NFC, we still weren't good enough, I've got to make this team better via FA and the Draft, and get VERY aggressive about it; more Playmakers on Defense in the Secondary, more help on the OL, and a STUD RB to help/compliment Barber, and 2 or 3 STUD WR's to compliment TO (if he doesn't self-immolate after this loss!)

Unfortunately, because we are stuck with Jerry Jones, his approach, as he as always proven in the past is:  "Wow, we're the best team in the league, and we're only one or two bad plays away from the SB, so I'm going to not sign anyone decent in FA, and I'm going to run the Draft myself because I'm a great talent evaluator, and that will be that, and this team will start a long, slow, inevitable decline!

Just a word about the game; Romo has been "off" ever since he hurt his thumb a couple games ago.

But, the real game changer, in this game, was the fact that the DEFENSE HAS to hold the Giants, with ONLY 46 seconds in the First Half, to either a FG or no points!

That's just foolish, and that was the difference in the game!

That, and a bunch of dropped passes (Crayton, and "hands of stone" Fasano!)

I saw that he was trolling the giants blog for weeks. C'mon terry, you got to take it like a man instead of skulking away.

because he sure didn't seem to care that our franchise QB was peeling himself off the turf play after play with his aggressive downfield play calling.  It was like a replay of the 4th quarter against the Ealges a month ago.

in the next couple years. He'll have matured by then.
We did go 13-3 under Phillips; so I'm sure this is his job to keep or retire.

You run a good blog and I hope our big blue view crowd will enjoy their victory without attempting to rub anything in.  We were very lucky to keep you guys out of the end zone, especially considering our makeshift secondary.  

Caught TO's post game comments and kudos to him for taking the high road.  As a former TO hater I feel he has come a long way this season.  He went through extraordinary measures just to be able to play and I bet his ankle was hurting a lot more than he let on. He seems to actually care about his team, which I never thought he could.

Talk to you guys next year.  Wish us luck....  

dude, broke down when someone (probably Steve f'n Dennis) asked him about Romo/Cabo. Sorry, I love TO. Anyone that knocks him is officially living in the past. He's been rock solid this year and it wasn't fake.

even on his own site...shouldn't run your mouth when you got diaharea of the mouth Terry..

This is all I need is some bush league Skin's, Eagles, and Giants fans over on this site ...I'm outta here for sure...

Sorry for the lose, Cowboys fans.

Yes, I enjoyed those three Superbowls, I enjoyed them very much.  But that was a LONG time ago.  Whenever there is a recurring problem, I always look at the constant.  The only constant here is that Jerry has been making "football" decisions. When do we get a real GM?  This team has been your best post-Jimmy, but obviously not good enough.

need to add a couple more players this off season and this team will be ready, after two losses in the playoffs I think you will see a more focused team next season.

from the sound of it Jerry blew 14 mil on Crayton.  I was pretty hesitant about resigning him in the first place.  He gets the benefit of constantly being in single coverage.  You could really plug anybody in his position and get at least the same type of production.

What happened with Romo?  What did he do wrong?

Then you can go trade him to Minnesota again for a load of picks....

Johnson?

I know he'll be 30, but honestly I would be willing to trade Cleveland's pick and a couple of others for him.  I just want a superbowl.  I don't care what it takes.

and STUPID ones too!

Ware's in the fist half, basically gave the Gints their fist TD.

Bottomline, this team has been undisciplined for 3 - 4 years regarding penalties; it was bad under Parcells, and it hasn't gotten any better.

During the Regular season, they got lucky a couple of times, and overcame them; in the Playoffs, it's all magnified, and they were killers!

Ending drives, and causing punts.

So, again, I'm not upset, no one is stopping the Patriots this year, and I'd rather lose in these rounds than go the SB and lose there, that would be too much to bear.

Again, IF we had a real GM, I might be positive that the Cowboys would use this as motivation to get BETTER in the Offseason.

But this Jerry Jones we're talking about, the idiot who engineered the '94 Draft, where he said "We have so much talent, we can't draft any potential starters!" so on purpose, he went out and drafted all Back-ups!

Look it up, the idiot actually did that!

That was actually the beginning of the end of the franchise.

They won the SB the next year on inertia, and it was downhill, drastically, from there on.

Parcells, for all his faults, and they were many, and I'm glad he's gone, and he was a bad coach, actually did bring some good talent to the team.

But this team is NOT as good as we all suspected, because of a weak NFC.

So, IF we'd have a real GM, it might motivate us to pull a Patriots, and go out and sign 3 - 4 key FA's to bloster the OL and Secondary and WR corps, and to draft the best WR & CB's we possibly can.

But I'm afraid with Jones in charge, it's going to be the '94 draft all over again!

Watch Jones' post loss statements this week, to see if he actually has a clue, that will be the indicator which way this team will go in the future.

As for the game, I liked the new approach with Barber, but I find it very strange they weren't able to get the ball deep at all, with TO and TG on the field; very strange.

Penalties, Penalties, Penalties, and that stupid drive given up to the Gints at the end of the first half.

Final thought:  the Giants are fools; they won against an underperforming Dallas team, and they think they're a good team?

It's a joke, this is the same lala land that the Redskins live in.

The Gints are NOT a good team, and the Packers will spank them next week!

Eli isn't fit to carry his older brother's jock, and the Colts got spanked today; Eli will get destroyed next week; can't wait to watch it.

The coach is responsible too keep his team focused and I think the layed back attitude is not what this team needed in the off week

He is more a DE than a NT. Spears is not cutting it. Make Ratliff the starting DE and let Tank and Fergy rotate at NT.

What are you smoking, Dale in Atlanta?  Have you forgotten how far down the toilet the Cowboys were when Tuna took over?  Do you think Wade will ever be a hall of fame coach like Parcells already is?

The truth is, Wade so far has only been a caretaker for the team Parcells built.  Next year he can take credit for any success he achieves , if any.

By the way, I like Wade, but let's be honest...he has yet to distinguish himself as a head coach.    

...is the way they played like crap im December. That is the time to really get things clicking, get in a groove. That is not the time for one of the worst QB performances by a starter on any team in recent memory, or lackluster play on offense period. They didn't get hot when they needed to.

On the upside, I think the team (the parts of it that will be back next year) are going to be more focused and mature because of this. I don't think Tony has peaked; he is still growing. I AM proud of the defense, because they seemed to play a lot better as the season progressed. The drive right before halftime excluded.

The O-line broke down because the Giants pass rush wore them out. I don't recall anyone getting that kind of pressure on us all year. All credit to the Giants; they came to play and they deserved the W.

I don't get our game plan. Would have been better to start Jones and use Barber later as we did all year, in my opinion.

tony romo has all these records, just like danny white in the 80s.  it just proves that records don't mean jack unless you win critical playoff games.  tony does not have the balls to win a playoff game as he showed tonite, just like danny white could never take his big stats to the super bowl.  i will put my money any day on real "leaders" like troy or roger.  tony, you have "star sick" syndrome and until you fix that, you will continue to be the danny white of the 2000s.  after tonight's loss, i am OUT on romo and phillips.  i will become a parcell's miami fan!

The Brokebacks played a good game. A couple things crop up. No way can you let a team drive the length of the field in one minute before the half. Killed all their momentum.
Cowboys need a new Special Teams coach. Have a great kicker, great punter, need players who can tackle. This points out a significant difference between how the Brokebacks manage the salary cap and how the G-Men do. All Players matter, can't devote too much to any one player or position. This shows up on special teams in that the last 5-10 players on the roster are at or close to the minimum salary for the league. Why do you think the Giants have David Tyree, who is nothing more than a Special Teams Guru but has been on the team for 6 years.
It hurts right now, but Boys will be back, this is part of the maturation process of a quarterback. I tell you this now, going into Green Bay, I wish I had Jason Garrett calling plays rather than Gilbride.
Cowboys are a very good team, unfortunately 11 of the 12 teams that make the playoffs end the season with a loss. Try to remember the dominance the Cowboys showed and look forward to your new stadium next year. It should be awesome.

Wow, what a disappointing year.  I thought last year was bad, but at least we were the lower seed.  To lose at home as the #1 seed in the first round is painful.  And to the Giants no less.  I'll have to endure a lot of Giant heckling now.

After a loss I normally try to replay the game in my mind and figure out where we went wrong and what would fix it.  This one is tough, as parts of our team that are normally strong failed us.  

First and foremost, the o-line had their worst game of the year.  Our run blocking has been hit and miss, but I've never seen our pass protection so poor.  I wasn't thrilled with Romo's play, but anyone under that kind of constant pressure will have issues.  

Romo did miss some passes, but he also made a couple nice plays, including the Crayton drop that should have gone for at least 30 yards.  If Crayton runs out that fly pattern late in the game, Romo is probably being hailed as the hero right now.

So what needs fixing?  Some of the suspects of today's game (o-line, Romo, Crayton) are core players, so you probably just hope they had a bad game and will bounce back.  Here are the things we need to address:

1. Roy - He wasn't a glaring weakness today, but he proved again that he's turned into an average safety.  I don't see him reversing the trend and returning to greatness.  He has either lost the will to dominate, or lost some athletic talent.  With Hamlin capable of moving to strong safety, and Watkins and C. Brown in the wings at FS, its time to say goodbye.

2. Cornerback - I thought Reeves was a pretty good third corner, but the fact is, while he's often in the neighborhood, he rarely makes a play.  With Henry constantly battling injuries, the time is now to draft a young stud (or two).  That gives him a year to get ready to start while serving as the 3rd corner.  Reeves has peaked and he's at best a #4 cb/special teamer.

3. Running back - Julius is as good as gone.  A quick, shifty running back who can return punts would be a great compliment to Barber.  The draft seems to be deep at RB.  Rice from Rutgers and Slaton from WVU pop to mind as fitting the mold.

4. Wide receiver - The problem is we have two old receivers who can both be #1s, and then a bunch of young guys who haven't proven to be anymore than a #3.  I'm not sure Crayton can be an effective starter without a stud like TO on the other side.  I'd target him as a #3 guy for the future.  I think TO has several good years left in him, but we need another threat (treat Glenn as gone and get a bonus if he comes back).  Maybe Stanback is that guy, but I don't think you can bet on it.  A 2nd rounder on a raw explosive receiver sounds about right.

5. Ayodele would be a great backup LB.  Carpenter seems like a guy whose strength is football instinct.  That doesn't show up when playing one or two snaps here and there.  Ayodele is solid, but not an impact guy.  Its time to let Carpenter or Burnett have a shot to start.

6. The D-line might need some shuffling.  We wondered about Canty and Spears before the year, and at least one question was answered.  Canty will be a fixture at his end spot.  Spears was ok, but I think either Hatcher or Ratliff might be more productive as the starter at DE.  One intriguing thing was that Spears looked pretty good at NT for the few snaps he had.  I could see him pulling a Ted Washington and packing on another 60 pounds and becoming a plugger.

Sorry for the long post, I needed to do something after reading every Cowboy story on the net.  What a tough pill to swallow, I'm gonna go have a drink.

Wow, there are a lot of raw feelings here, and for good reason, but there has to be some recognition of reality. Here are a few thoughts from a newbie who's really enjoyed watching and reading this blog throughout this season:

My first thought is that while the Cowboys were a very good team this year, in this NFL, no matter who you are, there will always be several games that are close and can swing either way based a play or two. Think for a second about the Buffalo, Minnesota and Detroit games and that if the key plays that won those games don't pan out, we're talking about a fairly average 10-6 team instead of a dominating 13-3 team. We were on the short end of a play or two today and that's all. That's how close the competition in this league is.

My second thought concerns the stumble down the stretch. In the NFL, more than any other league, injuries play a huge part in the outcome of a season. With the exception of Ferguson (who wasn't really missed thanks to the excellent play of Jay Ratliff), Glenn, and maybe Newman, the Cowboys managed to stay pretty healthy for about two-thirds of the season and were able to capitalize early in the year against teams that had significant injuries (the Giants, Bears and Redskins immediately come to mind). As other teams got healthier during the year, however, the Cowboys began to get hit with the kind of injuries other teams had earlier in the year. We lose the entire fullback position and the running game suffers. Newman and Henry struggle with injuries and we get burned with big plays. Davis and Gurode get dinged and the pass protection suddenly isn't as good. Owens tweaks his ankle and the big plays dry up. The entire landscape can change with a few key injuries, and that's how it goes. As most teams got healthier throughout the season, the Cowboys got less so. Teams aren't stupid and they'll expose your weaknesses — especially when they've already played you twice and realize that Jacques Reeves can't cover my grandmother.

My third thought concerns the premature anointing and subsequent beatdown on Jason Garrett this season. This is Garrett's first season as a coordinator on any level. Take a minute to think about that—he's never called a play for anybody before this year. Ever. I think it's safe to say that he got some mileage out of the fact that defensive coordinators didn't have any way of knowing what his tendencies would be until he had called enough games to give them something to gameplan against. By most accounts, Jason is smart and talented, but he's also young and inexperienced. That caught up to him this season as, late in the year, defenses came in prepared to take away what he likes to do. I'm mystified at why any team would offer a guy this green a head coaching job, and am hopeful that he'll learn from this season and will be back in Dallas next year with some experience under his belt.

My final thought is that people who say "we beat ourselves" don't understand team competitions. A game consists of constant adjustments based on what the other team is doing. We ran effectively in the first half, but the Giants took that away in the second half. In the second half, they forced the Cowboys to throw and made a gamble that they could get to Romo before our receivers could get downfield. They won that gamble. When you play a team sport, you're not on the field by yourself — the other team tries to force you into doing things that you don't want to do. It's no mystery that the Giants' strength is their pass rush, and they used that strength to win the game today. Pressure creates mistakes. Most of the Cowboys' penalties came as a result of trying to deal with that pass rush. The Giants weren't super-impressive today (the offense did almost nothing), but they deserve credit for playing to their strengths more effectively than the Cowboys played to theirs.

It was a fun, but ultimately pointless season to be a Cowboys fan. Hopefully, we'll make it back next year with better results.
Congratulations to the Giants for winning the one that matters.

Really it was two people, Reeves and Crayton, those two are just horrible. Who said Crayton had the best hands on the team? Bunch of fakers.
Wow, I can't believe you guys lost. After all that and its one and done. Really? Thats gotta be tough. Oh well, maybe next year Romo will be a good QB and the Cowboys will win a "big game". I guess I can't relish beating your team after all.