Tony Romo decided he wasn't ready to play

by Dave Halprin (Grizz) on Oct 19, 2008 7:45 PM CDT in News Comment 89 comments

Some news and notes about that stinker that was purported to be an actual NFL game today.

Tony Romo made the final decision on whether he could play today, and he decided he couldn't. From the AP via the DMN:

Tony Romo told the coaching staff after pregame warmups he wasn't up to playing with a broken right pinkie.

[snip]

"He ended up making that decision for us, actually, and that's the way it should have been," [Jerry] Jones said. "He just felt like he couldn't help us."

One of the only pieces of good news from the game came from the outstanding play of DeMarcus Ware.

Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware tied an NFL record with a sack in his 10th straight game and enjoyed his first multiple sack game of the season with three, giving him nine on the season.

He did everything he could to hold the Cowboys in that game.

Safety Roy Williams is done for the year.

Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams broke his right forearm for the second time Sunday in his first game back from the previous injury, and owner Jerry Jones said he'd miss the remainder of the season.

Could this be the end of Roy's career in Dallas?

Tim Cowlishaw went there, but Jerry Jones says no way.

What has been gathering steam for a month reached something of a crescendo as the Cowboys played by far their worst game of the Wade Phillips era. And frankly it should be the last game of the Phillips era, but Jones made it clear afterward that there will be no coaching changes made.

[snip]

Phillips' low-key demeanor and aw-shucks approach might have elevated a team that had been beaten down by four years under Bill Parcells. But all of that is gone now.

It's just a team of uninspired excuse makers who take their cue from the head coach.

Ouch!

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Bad Ownership (Jerry) + Bad Head Coaching (Bum...er, Wade) + Bad Character (T.O., Pacman, Tank, etc.)

= 4-5 record at the bye week.

In two weeks, even BTB could become irrelevant for the rest of the season.

"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 19, 2008 7:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

BTB irrelevant?

Never dude! I say again, NEVER!

by Dave Halprin (Grizz) on Oct 19, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ROFL

Gotta agree with this one.

by mhuff13 on Oct 19, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously...

we may be out of playoff contention in a few weeks, but where else would we complain about how crappy our beloved ’boys are?

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm Sticking With

the Cowboys and BTB, no matter what.

by kindablue on Oct 19, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with coaching

Wade and Norv Turner have finally completely rubbed of on their teams. Both teams are playing below expectations..

I have to point out the injuries both teams are dealing with.. Missing key pro-bowlers is never a good thing..

"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 19, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLB irrelevant!!!!!!

Great Ownership(Grizz) + Assistants(Brandon W,Tuna Helper) + The Charactersof differing Opinions(Terry,Kindablue,Wmillion,etc) = 100% SUCCESS and thee best blog on the net….Period!!!!!

by Deke on Oct 19, 2008 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are fans that would kill to get an owner like Jerry

He has done everything in his power to get us good players.

by quincyyyyy on Oct 19, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bad ownership?

You’re kidding, right?

And T.O. and Tank have been choirboys since they’ve been here. Especially Tank.

Pacman another story, but don’t lump T.O. and Tank with him.

by mhuff13 on Oct 19, 2008 7:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Could've used Pacman today

whether anyone wants to admitt it or not…Another reason why he WILL be back. Does anyone seriously want to see Henry play CB anymore?

I’ll take Newman, Pacman and Jenkins as the starters over any other combination in 4 weeks….

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

if you think Pacman is going to be reinstated in four weeks

you’re dreaming!!!! Pacrat wont be back!!!

by Deke on Oct 19, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wanna bet?

He’s coming back.no question about it…

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL!

thats funny, Pacrat sucks, we don’t need him.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 19, 2008 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you would rather have Henry?...lol

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah if Goodell reinstates him I guarantee hes brought back.

Jerry called him after we traded for Roy Williams to tell him that he too could get a nice contract too if went out and played well. I can’t stand seeing Henry trying to cover anybody in space anymore.

by houseofprime on Oct 20, 2008 5:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Pacman is reinstated he is coming back no question about it

How can you not after watching Henry the past 3 weeks. Pacman was our best CB all season like it or not…

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

thats a big IF

really big IF, I think Goodell is going to wash his hands of him once and for all.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 20, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

by Troy on Oct 19, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thank God Ike is moving

wow… he got lit up.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ike? Who's He?

by kindablue on Oct 19, 2008 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry Ike Hilliard

Looked like he was knocked unconscious in the SNF game.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nick Eatman

Criticizes the Cowboys for dressing Romo in the game. He believes that sent the wrong message, that Romo could have gone if needed, but they thought they didn’t need him to beat the lowly Rams.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/news.cfm?id=17C2F9FA-C8BE-E82B-F7AB3FE57AD4CB2D

by kindablue on Oct 19, 2008 8:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I think the team thought if things didn't go well Tony would come in and save the day.

Once that didn’t happen, they went into the tank.

by houseofprime on Oct 20, 2008 5:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I feel like I watch a player get knocked unconscious in just about every game now

yet Troy Polamaolu is calling it a pansy game.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Keith Davis on the punt return.

And btw, punt returns looked good. Patrick Crayton really stepped up this game, IMO. Well, let me cover my tracks, he played well. Call me an optimist…

by AikmanNailedMySis on Oct 19, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Has anyone seen

Greg Ellis?

"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 19, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Canty and Spears

Are none existent on passing downs..

"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 19, 2008 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ellis is a non factor

he will be out at years end. Add Tank and Spears to that list. I think there is going to be some serious movement on the DL in the offseason, if not sooner.

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Add Canty To That List

At least Ellis got a sack in today’s game.

~Texas Massacre 08~

by TheHeat on Oct 19, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Canty over Ellis is a no brainer

Canty is alot younger and a DE, not a OLB. Ellis is on the down side of his career.

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Once again

Spears signed for cheap through 2010.

He’s going nowhere.

by mhuff13 on Oct 19, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't mean anything....

Just means we would’nt take a cap hit to cut him..

that’s sound logic…Let’s keep a player because his salary is cheap and signed..

It comes down to if a player is getting the job done, not how long he signed through…c’mon man…lol

He will NOT be the starting DE next season…A blind man can see it coming. He will be benched, moved, traded or cut next year.

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heard the same thing last year

He wouldn’t be starting this year.

He’s played solid for the most part this year, more so than last year.

The fact that he’s cheap, and a solid player, means he’ll still be here. Now if he’s in the starting lineup is a different story, but you don’t get rid of that depth when it’s cheap.

by mhuff13 on Oct 19, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He played solid in traning camp

but, has sucked all season……Last week he had a decent game. Other than that he has been invisibe like he has the past 3 years…

Time for a change and it will happen next year..Throw Ellis in there also.

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Our starting DE will be Hatcher, Ratliff or another not on this team...NOT Spears.....

Take it to the bank…..

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hatcher is garbage

I guess it will be coming from another team.

by mhuff13 on Oct 19, 2008 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He makes more plays when in there

that’s what matters….

Spears does not..

I don’t care at this point, but Spears isn’t cutting it. Neither is Ellis or Tank.

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And the fact that Tank isn't cutting it says

That Rat won’t be at DE. He’ll be at DT.

And Hatcher makes plays?

He has 6 tackles, 0 sacks, 0 ff.

If that’s making plays, I can play DE in the NFL.

by mhuff13 on Oct 19, 2008 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Canty had a couple of pressures today

He was half a step late two different times. But still put good hits on Bulger.

The greatest two yard run ever!

by WB3forMB3 on Oct 20, 2008 6:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1 WB3

He leveled Bulger on one play he just missed on. We need a wide load NT. Ratliffs speed and quickness are a waste in the middle. We need more pressure on the outside to help out the OLB, not in the middle. We need a run stuffer that can take on two guys.

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We could have had Talib

but we got JUNKINS! yay!

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You think Talib is better because he just caught a tipped ball?

by Carl Shelton (GloryDayz88) on Oct 19, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well, it is more than what Junkins has done in the first 7 games.

In all seriousness, Talib has looked great this season, Junkins has looked like trash.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Talib is strickly a cover 2 CB

but then again we have been playing alot of cover 2…….

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unless they’ve changed their minds in the following week, the above article discusses how they’re impressed with his athleticism.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

^^ Written October 12th, so unless something has happened this week in practice, I'd like to hear what he's done

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This argument is obsolete anyways as he was drafted #20, Jenkins #25, my fault people.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's been fined numerous times for vioation of team rules

the term the team uses for him is a wild child

by Deke on Oct 19, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I couldn't agree more with this quote

It’s just a team of uninspired excuse makers who take their cue from the head coach.

If a big play is made against us you see players grimacing at another player. The only player I can recall this year pointing at himself and acknowledging his mistakes for a bad play was.. are you ready for this? PACMAN.

The longer Wade keeps taking responsibility for the players poor play, the longer they’ll continue playing like crap. The whole “taking responsibility” thing only works if EVERYBODY takes responsibility. You keep babying their ego’s and taking the responsibility so they don’t get all hurtsy wurtsy. This is football Wade, so start putting your mistakes on yourself, and start putting theirs on them, where it properly belongs. Where it’s always belonged. If they don’t know they’re at fault then just how the hell are they supposed to correct it?

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish ; and you have fed him for a lifetime.

by sublimezg on Oct 19, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Someone on NBC, I think Bettis

Said DeMarcus Ware is a selfish player who only wants sacks and St. Louis exploited that by him running by the RB’s all day

Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old

by Mullin on Oct 19, 2008 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

whoever said that is a f**king idiot...

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 19, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

They were commenting about on Jackson's TD run

They handed it to him inside and Ware was too concerned about a sack and ran right past Jackson

Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old

by Mullin on Oct 19, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's think about it for a minute...

Not giving credit to NBC analysts, but c’mon. We all made note of it while he celebrated (TWICE) while the cowboys were getting their asses kicked. They were down in the 3rd quarter by three scores, he got his second sack and did his trademark move. Then in the fourth when he got his third sack he did it again! We were all in agreement that was pretty inappropriate for him to do at the time.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I through that statement out there

For discussion

Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old

by Mullin on Oct 19, 2008 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Threw... geez

Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old

by Mullin on Oct 19, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't believe he is a selfish player that is only concerned with this own numbers

but when your team is down 30 points with 5 minutes to go, celebrating can rub people (the fans, your teammates, opposing team) the wrong way.

What did Martellus do when he scored his first career TD? Absolutely nothing, tossed the ball to the ref and went to the sideline and we all thought he was a hothead during the HBO special.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hah!

I wouldn’t know. My network in Az turned the game off in the 3rd quarter for “A more entertaining game”

by sublimezg on Oct 19, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

BS

Maybe he thought it would light a fire under the teams ass. He was clearly wrong but I credit him for at least trying.

by sublimezg on Oct 19, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Light a fire down his teams ass with 4 minutes to go down 30? C'mon buddy, we all love Demarcus but you can't argue anything in favor of celebrations while you're getting blown out.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

didn't know he did it late in the 4th since my network switched games on me

Even so, if the team ain’t playing, it’s good to know he still is. With or without his mates.

by sublimezg on Oct 19, 2008 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

God forbid someone shows emotion

You ever think that lighting a fire could carry over into practice and the next game?

by mhuff13 on Oct 19, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Guys

If we were winning by 30 points and the opposing linebacker sacked Romo got up and did some kind of celebratory dance, you’re telling me we wouldn’t be all over it on the blog? C’mon take the goggles off.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

~Texas Massacre 08~

by TheHeat on Oct 19, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just saying

Don’t get down on the ONLY PLAYER showing emotion on our team. I don’t care if we’re down 30, these guys need to wake up.

It’s like watching Night of the Living Dead

by mhuff13 on Oct 19, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hear ya

I’m not down on Demarcus in the least, in an above post I said I love him and don’t believe he’s more conerned with his personal stats BUT… and then the discussion entailed.

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You Mean...

Night of the Living Wade

~Texas Massacre 08~

by TheHeat on Oct 19, 2008 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Night of the Living Bum

by DieSlowKeyshawn on Oct 19, 2008 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep... he did it

The replay was as clear as day. DWare was the logical guy to have contain on that play but when the Tackle stepped back as if to pass block, Ware took an inside move. Hopefully it was just a mental error rather than a selfish play but lack of containment put Zack in a terrible position to try to make the play on the sideline.

by JimmyJohnson on Oct 19, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs