3rd and 17

by calebsmith on Oct 13, 2008 2:32 PM CDT

I know we had PLENTY of mistakes in the game, but there is one play that sticks in my mind even more then the blocked punt at the end of the game.

In the 3rd Quarter we were up 14-7 and the Cardinals had a 3rd and 17. Greg Ellis got his hand on a Kurt Warner throw and it landed in the hands of Hightower only to convert the 3rd down. Poor Defense? I don't think so. To me it was a flukey play that ultimately shifted the momentum of the game.

The sad thing is that this play is the one that stands out in my mind the most, but there were probably 10 other plays that were just as weird. Overall, this was the strangest Cowboys game I've seen in awhile (probably since the Buffalo game last year).

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I said the same thing..

Before the play happened I told my buddy this could be a back breaking 1st down..

Game changing plays..

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Oct 13, 2008 2:43 PM CDT reply actions

It's crazy how plays like this could change a season

We had all the momentum. If that pass falls incomplete, who knows what we could have done.

I’m guessing we score again, and Romo isn’t out for 4 weeks because we don’t go to overtime.

It’s funny how the ball bounces sometimes…

by mhuff13 on Oct 13, 2008 2:44 PM CDT reply actions

Snakebit

"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."

- John McKay, the first coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

by 5Blings on Oct 13, 2008 2:52 PM CDT reply actions

that really was a momentum changer

they had done nothing on offense prior to that, and we had them backed against the wall, and then Ellis actually made a nice read on the screen and got his hands on the ball, but just not quite enough. one of those things, that’s the way the ball bounces. but we also got some bounces our way, and it all evens out in the end, and you have to be able to win even when the bounces don’t go your way. But if Ellis had just gotten a fraction of an inch more of that ball, we probably win the game.

by scottmaui on Oct 13, 2008 3:14 PM CDT reply actions

Yep

That play was a momentum shifter. Before that they were pathetic, after that, they started moving the ball through the air. (Albeit with some super plays from Fitz, that guy is money)

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on Oct 13, 2008 5:41 PM CDT reply actions