If Romo didn’t realize that it was 4th down, it was absolutely idiotic. but at least he didn’t try to force the ball into Sam Hurd on the game deciding play. At least the only reason he threw that particular pass was because Hurd was his first option, and he was trying to get the ball off quickly. Decision making during the play is harder to change that…stupidity.

After he spiked the Ball on the 2nd Down…didn’t he go and talk to JG on the sideline? I am really starting to question the IQ of this team.

It sure looks like he thought it was third down. Sometime this team looks like a monkey f—-ing a football.

and thinking isn’t his strong suit, he gets a pass. He’s best being told what to do so he can just react. He just isn’t a full QB and leader who is the maestro out there orchestrating all aspects of the offense. He’s a not-too-smart soldier with unusual athletic gifts and instincts.
His coaches KNOW this. or should.
If you’re timing their careers as Cowboys, his coaches and coordinators have to understand that because of this error, a ton of sand in the just fell to the bottom of their hourglasses. If I’m Jerry Jones, I’m really, really unimpressed with every participant in this debacle. The error is either telling Romo the incorrect down and distance, or allowing Romo to think for himself without reminding him from the sideline of the down and distance. This QB needs handling at all times or this happens.

Sloppyness, lack of coordination, lack of discipline, lack of accountability, carelessness of details.
I’m not one to bad-mouth coaches. Because I have no idea what it is they do that can be qualitatively or quantitatively measured, besides Ws andLs. Only their boss and team insiders can know the details that sum up to equal a coach’s effectiveness.
I also know that I can’t know the qualitative value of a player or coach’s mistake. There are too many variables that I’m totally unfamiliar with within the football business, and within the Xs and Os of two professional teams playing against each other. (It’s also why I ignore and/or disdain lay people calling for coaching changes)

But this fourth down flub is indicative of something very wrong. EVERYONE choked and didn’t think to calmly assess the situation in order to steer the team? There is no safeguard where teammates and coaches remind themselves of down and distance?

Am I over-reacting? Sure. But only to show that this is now a pattern. It’s indicative of something wrong.
Jerry Jones is either too loyal to bring pressure to bear, or, he’s too vain about his hiring decisions to admit fault, and so for that reason won’t bring pressure to bear on the organization’s weak links. Or, most dangerously, he doesn’t know where the weak links are.

he can cite pressure of the moment and such, but otherwise this is a huge, almost legendary gaffe. Hard to defend.

Minn, NO and the giants are by far the 3 best in the nfc…Fun to watch some good football for change

IF Dallas would have beaten the NYG like they should have and IF they had taken care of biz in Denver like they should have, we all would be singing a different tune. BUT they didn’t, so lets take the whole bunch behind the barn and shoot’em!!

Ask Dandy Don he retired in his prime because of the fans in part. Every time Roger had a bad game(and he had some stinkers) they call for the backup and they wanted to run Troy out of town after his 7th year. Nothing new around here. The Dallas fans wouldn’t be happy if they had Bart Star and Johnny U wrapped in one. But it is there right to bitch , so get it on.

After being over a decade without a ####### playoff win fans are going to be frustrated and when you do something so idiotic like not know what down it is on the most important drive of the game u deserve to get killed…

But at this point he deserves to get a shot. If Roy is out for any amount of time, he’ll have to step up and play. The passing game is all screwed up right now, but its not just Romo.
I’ve noticed that this year we don’t seem to get open all that well and Romo hasn’t been as accurate as he has in the past. Maybe getting Ogletree in could mix it up? Where are the quick slant routes? Garrett should know thats Roy’s route. He’s great on slants yet we never even try them? Those out routes have to go. Too much risk, little reward.

It sucks that we’re watching a team underperform like we have, but we as fans need to support our squad. Sure I can’t stand Wade “no expression unless we make a field goal” Phillips as a head coach, but I also know there isn’t a damn thing I can do about it. There are way too many games to play, and many games to prove ourselves. We’re gonna have plenty of “big” games this year and only time will tell if this team tanks out and finishes 6-10 or puts it all together and rolls into the playoffs at 11-5. Right now its looks like an 8-8 finish to me, but the ’boys still have time to get it all together. Whether they will or not is all up to them.

http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/an-explanation-from-the-cowboys.html
Looks like he was looking at the down marker…

they’re all liars, right? What a ****storm over nothing.

http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/patrick-crayton-saw-same-thing-as-tony-r.html

Now I completely understand how he could date Jessic.

I wonder if he thinks Chicken of the Sea is Chicken.