This isn't written by me, just something I found on the net and thought was an interesting read.

Even I, a Romoholic, had a hard time defending the beleaguered quarterback after another stink-fest performance against Denver that was the sole reason the Cowboys lost. The numbers speak for themselves: 25-42, 255 yards, 0 TD’s, 1 INT(in the Denver red zone), 1 fumble lost and 5 sacks for a 67.1 passer rating. Unless your Peyton Manning, your QB rating should never be nearly identical to the total value of your contract. Yikes.

But with one minute left, down a touchdown and facing a fourth-and-three from his own twenty, Vintage Romo woke up. You know the guy. Vintage Romo keeps plays alive better than any quarterback in the league except for maybe Ben Roethlisberger. Well, Vintage looked to his right, came back to his left, avoided Bronco end Elvis Dumervil (who made Flozell Adams his bitch all day, with two sacks on Romo), ran as far forward as he could without crossing the line of scrimmage, and flung the ball back across his body to a sprinting Sam Hurd, who had come all the way back across the field to get open. Hurd caught the ball in stride and ran to the Bronco 9.

Of course, we all know how it ended — Romo threw two questionable passes to Hurd (the 4th receiver) with Hall of Famer Champ Bailey draped all over him, and the Cowboys lost yet another game they probably should have won.

If you watched the game, you saw Romo look completely awkward and uncomfortable in the second half. I have been following this guy passionately for his entire career, and I can promise you this: that was not Tony Romo. That was a mix of Chad Hutchinson and Brooks Bollinger. Every time Romo stepped back to throw, you wished he wouldn’t. You prayed for a completion. Heck, you prayed for an INcompletion. That’s bad. Really, really bad.

My theory: Cowboy nation has gotten what they asked for, and it turns out it’s not as enjoyable as you thought it might be. After throwing for over 20 interceptions last year and losing the game against the Giants this year with his ridiculous turnovers, we clammered for a calmer Romo, a game-managing Romo that would just hand it off or dump it to Witten. I myself said that’s what should happen. Do I regret what I said? No, not at all. The Cowboys simply don’t have the wide receiving options like they used to.

But they can still use Vintage Romo, and not this robotic, too-scared-to-make-a-mistake Romo. When Romo improvises and takes his chances, a la his idol, Brett Favre, he’s in the top-five of quarterbacks in the league. When he thinks too much, he sucks. That’s the bottom line.

We have to take the good with the bad with Romo. Look at his best season, the 2007 13-3 year: 36 TD’s and 19 INT’s. When the Cowboys were 12-1 and Romo had thrown 14 INT’s up to that point, were you pissed? Of course not, because he had thrown for 35 touchdowns! 35!!!! With two games to go!!! And you’re telling me you like this year’s Romo better, the one who has thrown only four touchdowns through four games because he’s "thinking more"? For every bone-headed interception he throws (the Giants game), he makes one play that makes him worth all $67 million of his contract (the Hurd play).

The Cowboys are 2-2, and unless Romo stops thinking too much, the ‘Boys are gonna miss the playoffs. Again.

Other notes from the game and around the league:

—I loathe Brian Dawkins. Loathe him.

—Ken Hamlin is slowly falling out of favor with me. He doesn’t tackle guys anymore, he just runs into them. He reminds me of a bird that accidentally flies into a window and falls over, dead. Splat!

—Keith Brooking = new current favorite Cowboy.

—Did you see Marion Barber almost take off his helmet when he scored that first quarter TD? He’s unquestionably the emotional leader of this team.

—Kyle Orton is 4-0, Tony Romo has only thrown 4 touchdowns, Tom Brady is not the best QB in the AFC (he’s way behind Peyton and Joe Flacco), Matt Schaub is still healthy, David Garrard is still alive, and JaMarcus Russell will make the Pro Bowl. One of those statements is not true.

—My three best moves of my fantasy football weekend, of which I went 3-1 in my four leagues: picking up Brett Favre (3 TD’s), keeping New York’s Steve Smith in the lineup (2 TD’s, 100+ yards), and benching the Jets defense for the Saints defense (37 points for the Saints D. 37!!)

—My three worst moves of my fantasy football weekend: not picking up Mendenall, who has sat for weeks in one of my leagues, playing Drew Brees in one league (where has he gone?), and playing Detroit’s D (they gave up 48 points against the Bears. The lesson, as always, Detroit should never have a waiver-wire pickup player on your team.)

Next week: Cowboys try to bounce back against former coordinator Todd Haley and the Chiefs.

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