The VRR: Cowboys Blues After a Giant Disappointment
by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 2:00 PM CDT
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PrintEven though Tony Romo and the Dallas secondary had a bad game, and Eli Manning had a great game, the Cowboys only lost by two points. They were never dominated. They certainly came out swinging to a team many rank as one of the best in the league.
But losing to the New York Giants to open up Cowboys Stadium can make many a Dallas fan feel blue. Losing never feels good. We just have to accept those feelings and move on.
Jason Witten says it all right here:
"It’s so disappointing, and so early in the season and all that was surrounding (Sunday) but more than that to win a big football game against a huge rival," tight end Jason Witten said. "It’s very disappointing. Words really can’t describe how this team feels right now."
It is a long season. This team has much to improve upon. The Buccaneers showed us some of that last week; but, a victory full of big plays sugarcoated some of the worries. The Giants reinforced the fact that the passing game, on both sides of the ball, can be a weakness for the Cowboys.
Hopefully, by the time these two teams meet again, Dallas will have corrected its woes. If not, a long season may seem all the more longer.
More VRR after the jump.
DMN reports that Marion Barber's injury is a strained quad. It is not believed to be serious. We will definitely stay tuned on this.
Wade Phillips was reluctant to put a timetable on Marion Barber's injury because he had not been told the results of an MRI the running back had taken Monday morning.
"A quad injury, I guess I'll call it an injury right now because we don't know the extent of it,'' Phillips said at his Monday press conference. "We'll have to wait and see on that.''
Here's some reason for optimism. After two weeks, the Cowboys lead the entire NFL in rushing with a 184.5 per game average. This, of course, is not counting tonight's Colts @ Dolphins game.
MBIII is 7th in the league in rushing with 32 carries for 203 yards for a whopping 6.3 ypc average. His complement, Felix Jones, ranks 17th in the league with 13 carries for 118 yards for a whopping whopping 9.1 ypc average.
Will this be the second week in a row that Flozell Adams gets fined? Giants DE Justin Tuck, who injured his shoulder after being tripped by Flo, thinks so.
"It was bush league," Tuck said of Adams' trip. "He did it a few times in this game. I'd like to have the rest of the game to punish him for it."
Tuck vowed to play next Sunday against the Bucaneers even though he couldn't get in his stance Sunday night. He has played through a lot of injuries, so you know his shoulder had to be hurting him.
"I'm fine," he said. "I'm playing next week."
Adams, not a man prone to speaking after games, had this to say: "I didn't see nothing," Adams said late Sunday. "Did you see something?"
Other than Flo's questionable play, some love for the offensive line is in order.
Give the Cowboys offensive line some credit. They handled the vaunted Giants defensive line pretty well. They did not give up a sack. They opened holes for rushing attack that accounted for 251 yards on the ground, is the most since rushing for 271 yards at Philadelphia (10/31/93).
Roy Williams had only one catch for 18 yards. On the Lunch Break, they said that Williams was seen in the locker room at halftime getting an IV. As Raf noted, having the roof open caused the infamous Texas humidity to float into the stadium. This may be a reason why Williams was dehydrated.
When interceptions rain for Tony Romo, they pour. Cover your eyes if you do not want to see the scary Romo stat below.
Romo, as everyone knows by now, has a habit of throwing footballs to guys without stars on their helmet. Since taking over as the Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback early in the 2006 season, he had thrown 46 picks in 40 games. Make that 49.
Here you go, Mario Manningham, have 150 receiving yards on us. Mr. Steve Smith, go ahead and take 134 yards. By the way, you each get 10 catches, some key third-down grabs, and a touchdown.The Dallas cornerbacks did not have a good game last night. Perhaps Coach Phillips' idea to name co-starters at RCB is not working out.
"We are going to look at it and see," he said. "We evaluate every week as to how players are playing. We didn't cover No. 12 (Steve Smith) at all, I didn't think, very well the whole game. And we had a couple of bad breaks obviously."
Starters Terence Newman and Scandrick were both visibly disappointed with their own performances.
Scandrick knows he failed to play up to his potential last night.
"We put ourselves in bad positions," Scandrick said. "Starting off with myself, I didn’t play well. I probably had the worst tackle game and we had mental errors. As a team, we just didn’t play well enough to win."
The bad news gets worse. The Dallas defense is ranked 30th in the league, giving up an average of 438.5 yards per game. The passing defense also ranks 30th as the Bucs and Giants have averaged 303 yards against it. Zero sacks and zero forced turnovers through two weeks also indicate that something just ain't right on that side of the ball.
Let me leave you with a couple numbers that will make you feel better, or at least help put things in perspective. 48-22. Saints @ Eagles.
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First
day of the rest of the season
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
Wade must go
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance....
You are banned from Music City Miracles.
You can browse the blog, but you can't participate.
Happy Now Tits?
Good to Scandrick admit his faults
I was real disappointed in his play last night. Extremely poor tackling on several instances and vulnerable in coverage a few times too. I hope it was a bad game trying to live up to expectations that he set too high for himself. We need the entire team to settle down, focus on fundamentals and just play simple football.
Romo needs to be told to become a game-manager and if he can’t do it then bring in Kitna to show him how. I am a Romo fan and think he has great potential still but his grooming stopped after Parcells left and we went 13-3. Need to get back on top of him and reign him in for the remainder of the year.
I do have to say that we have to be careful about picking on the defense too much. They gave up 26 points but were playing against a short field after Felix’ fumble as well as the INT off of Witten’s foot. That’s 2 short fields I can think of right off the bat. Nonetheless, unless we get some sacks and turnovers, Wade’s leash is getting shorter and shorter.
I just wish for once, they'd act like a hungry mean intellegent team
instead of last night which seemed to me to ooze fat, comfortable and mindless from several star position players
i didn't see a "comfortable" team at all...
but i guess some people see what they want to see..and noone sounded comfortable in post game interviews.
mindless works though, especially for romo.
No I don't see comfortable
but I do see confused and dumb.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
I didn't watch the post game interviews
I doubt its enough for Romo to beat himself up. Thats like the d-bag in The Scarlett Letter flailing himself.
by AustonianAggie on Sep 21, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow dude...
Way to insert a literary reference into the monosyllabic venom being spewed about these threads!
by Boundforbeach on Sep 21, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I, however, think the Oline was tremendous
and I was cool with all the penalties Flozel took. The tripping probably saved a safety
If Tuck wasn't tripped
That was either a fumble or another INT.
Everything's looking up, Milhouse!
by accidental innuendo on Sep 21, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Flo probably just didn't want to risk one of those Romo-backed-up-in-the-EZ plays.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah but better yet
move your feet and stay in front of Tuck. He got beat and that’s not good.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
The League might come down on him...
He’s looking at a fine for sure…he did try to trip someone else after that…
What really bothers me is
through two games… we have no sacks (plenty of pressure but no sacks) and what are we -6 in the turnover department? I thought one of the main themes of summer camp was “ball hawking” and creating turnovers. I don’t see any real aggressive play from the cornerbacks or the safeties and I don’t see any attempts to strip the balls while tackling. If we don’t work at turnovers, we will never create any turnovers to get.
Feeling better for a bit
I just watched the replay of the Eagles-Saints game and watching the Eagles get hammerd was a nice…Then I thought of Drew Brees aginst our secondary later this year and now I feel worse then before I watch the stinking replay.
Since I live in NJ
I have been taking heat all day. And my best comeback is we had 4 turnovers and still had a chance to win…What does that really say about the Giants?
I suspect Giants will hit a midseason wall where Red Zone scoring problems
really hurt them
by AustonianAggie on Sep 21, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
nah, idk...
i think once teams get wise about the giants winning through the air and doubling manningham, the g-men will continue to pound and find the end zone.
In Reese We Trust
Well the best news is
At least these embarresments won’t be put off tell December
Dallas can start working on their flaws right now
I was thinking the same thing.
Unless, of course, they lose to the Panthers and have no sacks, no forced turnovers, and little production between Romo and the WRs.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
What should make us think that won't happen?
Since we’re giving out gift wins, why stop with Carolina?
by Road Warrior on Sep 21, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Jake Delhomme has got to cough up at least one pick for us, right?
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I am more concerned abt Steve Smith
He’s probably licking his chops waiting to against T-New and the rest of us….
i am pretty cheesed off at TNew right now....
but as far as i can recall he hasn’t given Carolina’s Steve Smith a sniff in their meetings….as a matter of fact – he has owned Smith
I had enough of wade...
The biggest mistake jerry did was not fire him and go after rex ryan…I love rex’s fire he would have been a good fit in dallas…I am not going to sit here and cry over the 4 turnovers and make excuses but the giants just know how to win games like this while our cowboys do not…
You shoulda helped Wade out more Orlando!
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
One tackle
that’s all we ask for!!!
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
i am against Buddy Ryan or any of his progeny being inside cowboys stadium
unless they bought a ticket or they are on the opposing sideline
progeny
nice!
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd be more interested in Jim Harbaugh
or Mike Tomlin
by AustonianAggie on Sep 21, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
They're both under contract....
But Holmgren or Gruden sounds good. You know either of them would be more than happy to chew somebody’s butt after a few errors cost us the game.
I wouldn't think we could have Garrett and one of those offensive-minded coaches.
Too many conflicts of interest.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Rex Ryan
I live in NYC so I get a lot of Jets news, and Ryan is impressive. I know he has only coached two games but the Jets play smart and aggressive, and he come here, Bart Scott woul dhave followed which would have shored up the linebacking corps
Lifetime Cowboys Fan from the Swamps of Jersey
The jets are helped out
because they have a guy playing like a top 5 cb in Revis that allows them to play so aggressive. Very few teams play the pats that way – the only reason the jets were able to was because Revis is playing so well.
true, but I also like his no bull$h%t style
No way Rex would claim that a bye in the playoffs was the same as a win
Lifetime Cowboys Fan from the Swamps of Jersey
Revis is awesome.
So is David Harris. What a beast of a LB!
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
more perspective
it’s little consolation, but seeing the Eagles lose too helps, and there’s these…
CIN 31, GB 24
NYJ 16, NE 9
CHI 17, PIT 14
All of these, Green Bay, New England and Pittsburgh along with Philadelphia, are supposed to be powerhouse teams, all picked as superbowl contenders. All were upset yesterday.
Tom Brady looked like a pedestrian quarterback, with <50% completion, no TDs and 1 INT. Aaron Rodgers was sacked 6 times. Romo isn’t the only supposedly top tier QB who struggled yesterday. It happens. The Giants have a good D.
And to put it another way, the team ranked by many as the #1 team overall, the NY Giants, and definitely in the top 5, had to have a +4 turnover ratio and at least a couple very lucky bounces to eek out a win against us.
What matters now is how they respond to the loss, how they pick themselves up, correct mistakes, and come back next week.
Cant argue with most of that
but Rodgers struggled through no fault of his own. If you watch the game, he actually played quite well, however his o-line was terrible.
The Knights season may have just ended, but the Cowboys year is just begining!
by aussie_cowboy on Sep 22, 2009 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Scandrick also had a horrible game
I heard his name a lot…and not in a good way.
Everything's looking up, Milhouse!
by accidental innuendo on Sep 21, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions
I do no like the rotating system
I don’t like in colleg with qb’s and I don’t like it at any position in the NFL except for RBs and DLinemen. How do you develope chemistry in your secondary if you are rotating corners all the time. You have to learn eachothers tendecies (sp?) to play as one unit.
Comes with playing in the pros
if you are that fragile then give up the job and just play the slot receiver.
ouch!
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I expected them to know that Steve Smith is their version of Witten.
Cover #12 on 3rd downs! Duh.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
They gave up passes all night
credit the Giants for petering out.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
When the D was needed
to step up and make a last stand…they fell flat on their a$$es like Scandrick did on the Steve Smith TD
yeah true but
our D has a lot of resources sunk in to it, 1st round picks, coaching… they need to make plays
by AustonianAggie on Sep 21, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
He drove down and then scored the go-ahead TD
was he supposed to cover Smith and Manningham too?
Romo screwed up plenty, but the offense put the team in the position to win and the D couldn’t close the deal. That’s painfully clear.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
I think
there were enough screwups to go around.
by Road Warrior on Sep 21, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions
that was just good route running by Smith...
but Scandrick really shouldn’t have been looking at the QBs eyes. he shoulda been gaurding Smith.
In Reese We Trust
If romo did not throw 3 picks this would not even be a discussion right now
The defense kept dallas in the game…romo gave it away
well the game was put in the D's hands at the end of the game and they did nothing
so they can share some of the blame
Statistically Romo threw three but
I only count two…one was just a lucky bounce…all the Giant fans around here are stating that those bounces usually go against them.
it was 3 my friend...it was sort of lucky but it was a HORRID throw...
if he made a good throw it would have never happened
Now that you mention the throw
I agree…what is it with Romo’s throwing…he had the same problem against Tampa with alot of throws behind the WRs
And then he led Crayton with a 110mph fastball in the end zone.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
But right through his hands.
Same as the sideline pass Crayton didn’t get.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
he was just amped up in that particular situation...
the throw was right there – just way too hard given the circumstances – he could have floated it in there….i think he had the 3 picks by that time so no doubt that’s in the back of his mind
yeah I think that's probably true
He really fired that one.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
I agree......
the pass was too hard. BTW, I just saw where Wade is saying that Roy W. was double teamed last night. As we were discussing earlier, this kinda explains why he didn’t get many passes thrown his way but where was Austin,Crayton, and Bennett?
i'm wondering why Bennett hasn't been a bigger part of the passing game
and by that i mean why haven’t more passes been directed at him…
last night he had 1 pass thrown his way if i am not mistaken
that's right only one.......
the only one that Romo could hit last night was Witten. Everybody else? Well we know the story on that.
+1
A bad throw is a bad throw. Regardless of a fluke bounce off Wittens foot or 10 feet over the receivers head. And bad throws get picked.
by GhostofGaryHogeboom on Sep 21, 2009 4:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
On a fluke
Eli threw a dozen bad passes last night . It’s still a fluke. Unless you want someone to blame, then it’s all good.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
bad throws to wide open players generally don't get picked
Witten was really open. Eli missed about 5 or 6 throws, and we didn’t pick any of them…
let me blast my coach as well....
Regarding that last giants game winning drive…..If wade would rush more than 4 to get some pressure on eli it would make life easier on the d backs…For most of that drive wade con’t to rush 4 and let eli sit back there and pick us apart…eli could have had a meal back there ….
Reminded me of the playoff game right before the half.
We score, and then they just waltz right on down like they own the place.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
completely
and dont let the 3:40 fool you either…they let the clock run out on us
if we had scored and left them 47 seconds (as in 2007 playoffs) that would have been more than enough for them to execute the same drive and kick FG
The Decline and Fall of Romo...
Dumb quarterbacks do dumb things, and Tony Romo keeps reinventing the term.
Three years is plenty of time to find out the make up of a player, and the jury is in…. Romo will never win in Dallas. He’s the dullest tool in the shed. He folds under the pressure of every big moment. He’s a coward playing a contact sport. His moniker “the best quarterback never to win a playoff game” now goes to Carson Palmer who’s clearly a superior prospect. Eli Manning is the antithesis of our Biggest Loser, which makes the decline and fall of Romo even more painful.
Romo’s true makeup was evident when he couldn’t get down a simple snap to win a playoff game – his hands trembling with fear of the moment. He’s Jean van de Velde with a lead at the 18th hole at Carnoustie. The Orlando Magic were smart to part with a good young prospect named Courtney Lee when he chocked under the pressure of the NBA Finals and missed a layup to win the game. Tony’s makeup will never change and it is time to put a fork in Romo… he is who is he, and that isn’t good enough in Dallas.
you want to trade a couple of first rounders and give Palmer a shot??
you think we would be that much farther ahead than where we are right now with Romo?
we'd get more out of trading for the Raven's front office
by AustonianAggie on Sep 21, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions
been there done that with trading first rd picks
not interested …just making a point
I think this is officially the longest amount of time that Terry has not posted
Lifetime Cowboys Fan from the Swamps of Jersey
A lot of people
Wow. Talk about huge over-reaction for a game.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
over-reaction!!!
come on Dunkman, how much of this sub par quarterbacking do you need to see from this guy to know he’s not and never will be the answer to this team to get to the playoffs and win a superbowl. He is what he is..
Geeze deke
He’s QB’d 41 wins and 10 losses. You act ike he’s Ryan Leaf. Did you miss his brilliant game against the Giants last season? He’ a mxed bag.
He needs to cut down on mistakes, absolutely. But he’s also more than demomstrated the ability to win. And if he gets worse or can’t get it done, they’ll can him and bring in another QB. What’s the point of all the vitriol, though? He’s a guy doing what he can.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
romo needs to be more consistant week to week...
With the running game we have romo has a luxury alot of qb’s do not have…Just let romo manage the game and not try to win it himself…Garrett should really keep romo on a short leash….so frustrating…
we have a great running game and Romo will come back with many more
strong games….this will happen – its a fact
people overuse the term ‘gunslinger’ and think that because he like favre growing up that he is following in his footsteps…
well – was he ‘gunslinging’ last night???? pick #1 was either an overthrow to Roy or and underthrow to Crayton…both were somewhat open….he wasn’t trying to jam a throw inbetween 3 defenders….it was a bad throw…pick #2 was a bad throw that happened to have a fluke bounce but witten was open….#3 is the one where i think you can rightfully take issue….but i dont think it was ‘gunslinging’ per se…i just dont think he saw the safety sitting so far back there
fact is Romo will come back and have some big games – we all know it will happen
but can he take a team to the SuperBowl?? thats the $64,000 question and i agree that it seems somewhat unlikely that he could put enough strong performances together in a row in order to win 3 playoff games (assuming wildcard) and then the big one….but they said that about Manning 2 years ago
Pick 1 was a gunslinging throw
He threw it to Crayton, who had 3 corners around him. It was a peach basket throw from 20 yards, and idiotic considering a pick would undoubtedly go for 6.
by GhostofGaryHogeboom on Sep 21, 2009 4:57 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't know
because that throw could be wrong on so many levels. It could have been an under or voer throw, it could have been a terrible read… It’s messed up a lot of ways.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
You are so right! Stupid is how stupid does!
I have never felt great about him, but just could never put my finger on it. Last night despite it being on TV, I could not bring myself to watch after the 1st quarter, I just listened and played on the computer. I could feel it in my bones. The boy needs to get out of kitchen,because he can’t handle the heat. He is who we have so this is how it will be, until we get someone else or he accually gets rid of that stupid grin and dedicates himself completely. About the throws behind his receivers, wasn’t he doing that all through training camp? The over throw interception was inexcusable! What was he thinking? The receiver didn’t even have a chance to bat it away!
The defense despite all the focus and attention it gets every year, never lives up to there potential. Well Jerry you made the bed, lye in it!
Lye in it would burn like a b****
So you know all about his dedication and what his facial expressions mean?
Seriously, shouldn’t we all stick to what we know? I think his performance was bad, why try to make it seem like it’s because of some horrible personality disorder? It’s not based on anything real, and it’s not really necessary to analyze someone’s performance by trying to dig into their psyche.
Imagine if everything you did that someone didn’t like they turned into a personal issue – “knees, you mispelled a word on this chart. It must be because you don’t care about your job and the patients who come through here. you’re slefish and incompetent” Some times misspelling is jsut misspelling. Not performing well on a football field is not conclusively linked to being a bad person.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
the dude can win...
but he comes up as a dud in big spots. that’s why I always felt this way about him.
In Reese We Trust
Scandrick got destroyed by PUNKS
Deal with it #32 lovers. He is a good player, but don’t crown him yet.
Scandrick is the new Jenkins
He literally needs to add 15 lbs to be able to tackle anyone.
by GhostofGaryHogeboom on Sep 21, 2009 4:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He retweeted something somebody else wrote
Saying “Dallas just found out they have a T.R. problem, not a T.O. problem.”
well thats one thing!
at least the T.R. problem isn’t componnded by the T.o. problem!
i thought the reasoning behind getting rid of TO
was to clear Romo’s head and make the offence more Romo-friendly?
so the big question?
Was the offense Romo-friendly last night?
What do Cowboy Fans and Abused Wives have in common?
They both get beat up by someone they love (Romo) yet they can’t afford to be without them.
haha
turns out the wives don’t need men like that
by AustonianAggie on Sep 21, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Execution
I’m just as upset as most are, but have tempered my anger overnight because this morning I realized that despite all the unfortunate plays that happened, we only lost by 2 and didn’t really suffer any injuries (maybe Barber, but that’s it). It’s a marathon and I’m not ready to concede the season as a failure only two games in. Yes, the bad outweighed the good, but considering the luck the G men had, we only lost this game in the last few seconds.
The Bad……
Execution, Execution, Execution. Too many players failed to execute last night.
Yes Romo had a bad game, but I wonder how he would’ve faired if Garrett would have called/insisted on throwing to our RB’s more than we did. We only threw to Barber twice for 31 yards and Choice once on a 3rd down play for 3 yards. That’s three plays. Why didn’t Felix get a few to open up the passing game a little bit more? He is dangerous in space and we didn’t get him the ball once in the air!?!?!? It was obvious that the giants pressed our WR’s and played the safties deep and we had trouble getting seperation. This was a missed opportunity we didn’t exploit.
The defense couldn’t get any pressure on Eli at all when it counted. Rat was doubled and didn’t get any penetration when he couldn’t get a good jump and split the seams to get in the backfield. The first play in the 2nd half, the G-men ran right up the middle and both guard and center pushed Rat back 7-8 yards for a 7-8 yard gain. Our safites had to put more attention to the G-mens running attack. That didn’t allow them to help our CB’s as much as they needed, and they needed plenty of help. Now I’m not saying that Rat isn’t good or can’t man the middle week in and week out, but when we play that OL, we need girth to clog up the lanes. They are too good to contend with for 60 minutes. We needed to rob from peter to pay paul and the safties were nominated.
We did a nice job of stopping the run at times, but had to devote extra bodies to do so. Eli took advantage of that because our CB’s were awful. They just didn’t execute or tackle very well. They looked lost most of the time. Remember though, this D has new faces and adjustments must be made. Time playing together will help but not sure if they have the beef to man up for 60 minutes.
Turnovers…… yes Romo/Felxi turned the ball over and it hurt, but players will make mistakes. It’s part of the game. The pic 6 was the one that hurt. The other pic was a fluke off Witten’s ankle. I know it was a bad throw, but Witten was swatting it down to the ground. The other, Romo just didn’t see the saftey playing very deep. He made a mistake. No QB will attempt that throw if they see the saftey playing where he was.
Bradie and Spencer have to come up with those catches for interceptions, especially Bradie’s attempt. Not one turnover or sack this year…….. ouch.
I’m not on the ledge like soo many are here. Romo wins more than he loses and he’s still learning. I would be worried if he had the attitude that I am what I am, but he’s taking responsibility for his play and saying that he will learn from what he did and get better. I believe him and I believe that he has a lot of talent. I really cannot understand all the hate towards this guy. Sure he had a bad game (like all football players have), but come on, too many are willing to throw this guy to the wolves 2 games into the season?? I’m mad as hell we didn’t win, but I at least am trying to see the glass half full rather than empty.
The Good……
The O line played very well and we didn’t suffer any injuries there. They executed!!!!
Felix, he had a no-no on the return, but we need to get this man the ball more. I would put Austin back for returns and not use Felix’s energy there. He looked gassed as did many of our players last night. This is only the 2nd game in. The starters are still gettting into game shape.
The G-men’s O coordinator won against Wade last night and Garrett should’ve done things to take pressure off Romo. Both didn’t happen. Romo’s internal clock in the pocket was just a little rushed last night. The O line gave him time, but there wasn’t enough short passes to the RB’s to let Romo settle in. Everything was downfield. I would like to see Romo take off and run once in a while. That would add another dimension to his game. (as long as he gets down when doing so).
Nope, it’s execution or there lack of that did us in. But I’m not ready to jump off the ledge this early in the year. Romo will win us more games than he loses and he will hopefully make better executions of his throws. My concern is really with the run D and the D’s inability to create a rush against the G-men because the road to the SB runs right past them more than likely. You cannot let them march down the field when you have a lead at home in front of 100,000 + fans with less than a minute to go and let the game slip away. Wade needs to get more from less with this D.
Sorry for the long rant. Had to get a few things off my chest that way I feel better.
lose by 2 or 200 whats the dif?
a win is a win and a loss is a loss and when you beat yourself it hurts worse!
I just saw the same team that closed out texas stadium with its tail between it's legs
thats what infuriates me
by AustonianAggie on Sep 21, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
lose by 2 or 200 whats the dif?
About 198 points.
Seriously though, from a standings point of view you are correct. A win is a win and a loss is a loss, but from a build on this loss viewpoint, I would rather lose by 2 with the bad bounces than getting jobbed like we did at the end of last season. Don’t know about you, but I will take a 2 point loss with 4 turnovers anyday rather than the licking we received at the end last year. Am I pissed about the loss and how that could’ve propelled us this year???? Absolutely !!!! But I won’t go jumping off the ledge when we lose a divisional game either.
This won’t be the first divisional game we lose and it won’t be the last. I would actually feel worse if we played a clean game without any turnovers and still lost the game. Kind of hard to rally the troups when we lose a game that way. This loss gives the coaching staff plenty to work on and any logical person can come to the conclusion that if we don’t turn the ball over, we win this game, but it didn’t happen that way. I choose to move on and hope every team member gets better as each week passes by with no injuries. The healthier teams in the end will be the nastier teams to beat. If we execute.
Yeah of course it makes a difference
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
Best part of your post: I would actually feel worse if we played clean game without any turnovers and still lost the game
Amen. The fact that we were even in a game with -4 turnover differential gives me some hope.
It's a great rant
because it’s about football. Nice post.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
A little off rant but
Who thought we would have to attempt to defend the passing game of the Giants as much as we did? Give them credit, we heard all week about Brandon Jacobs and everyone assumed it would be us trying to stop the run all night long. The G-men, to their credit, opened up the passing game instead. I think this threw off the defensive game plan somehow (I"m no coach). No excuses for the lame secondary play but I’m wondering if Wade and co. were so busy keying in on stopping the run that they didn’t prepare as well for the Giants passing attack.
Thought the same thing.
’Twas all part of their master plan.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
so does that mean that we will focus on secondary play this week
and our run defense will be terrible. I guess we can keep swapping out emphasis every week like we do with Scandrick/Jenkins. Don’t think that worked out too well. I’m being sarcastic btw.
Next week, two WRs will have a 100 yard game and the RBs will be stuffed.
On D, the secondary will play lights out, but the front seven won’t stop the run well.
Hey, at least our ST has been consistent—even though the humidity nullified some of Buehler’s KOs last night.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Or did they
see out to stop the run? Either way, it was bad effort.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
I think Wade made the right decision
They knew the Giants wouldn’t be able to stick with out offense if they shut down the run….and if wasn’t for 4 turnovers, they wouldn’t have.
do you watch the NFL?
I’m upset about last night’s loss. I’m particularly upset by 2 of Romo’s INTs & the pass defense. But there’s one thing I know about the NFLl one way in which it often differs from college…each week is a new week and any team can win any week. We should know not to over-react high or low week-to-week. There were issues last night and there were some real positives. I am going to remain optimistic and realize that Romo has a few nights like last night each year. Against a lesser opponent the team is good enough to overcome his play. Luckily, he has several games a year that are great games too; games that can make up for shortcomings in other areas. More concerning is the defense. For 2 weeks there have been issues; first then run, then the pass. Can we put it all together in week 3? I hope so.
I’m going to risk being a homer and say that we will still win the division and advance at least to the NFC Championship game. The Giants’ red-zone offense will hurt them. Philly has too many injuries. The Redskins aren’t legitimate. Unfortunately, the NFC Championship game will be in New Orleans this year.
I'm not making any predictions though.
Its a crazy season and a lot of stuff can happen. The undermanned Giants could lose to the Bucs next week and the Eagles with Kolb could lose to the Chiefs and suddenly everything would be different. Romo could never recover from this slump hes in and we could go 6-10, or the opposite could happen and we could go 12-4…
All I can say is that despite the massive disappointment, the team, including Romo, has the right attiude right now.
I also prefer the buildup to X-mas morning rather than dwelling upon how it's over before you know it.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 21, 2009 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
This is exactly what I was thinking.
IMO, too much over-reaction. Granted, I was furious last night, but given a full day to think about the game, I still have a lot of faith in this team’s chances in the division. Big questions in every team, and for some reason I still have faith in Romo. I keep telling myself -4 TO’s including a pick-6 and we only lose by 2? There’s a lot to be down about and there’s a lot to be optimistic about, and I remain glass half-full. Anything can happen.
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