That despite picking up defensive backs off the street, including Cowboy castoff Pete Hunter, Parcells appeared to greatly restrict the passing game. He averaged 31 attempts in his 10 2006 starts, and threw 26 passes before his last ditch Hail Mary’s, so there is some evidence of that.

That Jason Witten appeared to have the first down only to have it overturned, forcing the disastrous FG attempt, and

Even after Romo fumbled the sanp Seattle faced a 3rd and 6 from their own 5 yard line but Sean Alexander burst through Roy Williams for a 20 yard gain to convert.

And finally, something tells me that even if Romo had executed the snap perfectly and Grammatica put the Cowboys ahead 23-21, there would have still been plenty of time left for the Seahawks to march downfield and for Josh Brown to nail the game-winner.

ps. I had almost forgotten about Glenn’s ridiculous play for a safety. That play is essentially how Glenn will always be remembered as a Cowboy, as he missed almost the entire 2007 season, played mediocre against the Giants in the playoff game, and was in fact the target for Romo’s last pass which was intercepted.

I think I’m going to need to e-mail it to like 50 people immediately.

I made a few posts about Romo’s play in 2010 in the 4th quarter, but going back and looking at the game logs, the offense was a total mess. Penatlies galore in the Redskins game. A big penalty or two in the Bears game. Stupid stupid players in the Titans game, not to mention no D.

I will say that right now, this team has a 4th quarter problem, but I was wrong to put it even mostly on Romo.

One thing that really annoys me is the way the media (and some cowboys fans) play this all off as statistics. Romo had a very good W-L record, and many of those wins are due directly to him (and quite a few losses too). Don’t those stats matter?

which is essentially a season and a half worth of games, and I found that the Cowboys allowed 5 special teams TDs (plus a couple long KO returns that didn’t score) and made just 71% of their FGs during that span (league average is 83%).

I also calculated that the offense ran for exactly 81 yards per game in those 23 contests. Take away the 251 they gained against the 33-31 loss to the Giants in 2009 and it goes down to 71 yards rushing per game.

Has Romo blown some games virtually by himself? Yup, by my calculation 5-6 of them. But I bet most NFL Hall of Fame QBs have, even guys named Staubach and Aikman. But they had much better teams.

like 9…To wit:

2006 against Detroit
2007 against Eagles
2008 at Pittsburgh
2009 against Giants
2009 at Denver
2009 at Green Bay
2010 against Titans
2010 against Minnesota
2011 at NY Jets

Don’t worry, Terry, I am a card-carrying Romosexual and I know he’s “won” more games for the Cowboys than he “lost.” Just sayin’ the guy has made some prime time mistakes that directly cost Dallas games.

Romo didn’t do the safe QB slide on the infamous play? Was it just impossible to do?

I, too, think Romo can lead us to a Super Bowl. But, c’mon, those were two absolutely bonehead plays. The first, we can forgive for effort, even though the smart play was to cover up the ball and assure yourself of a two score lead. Coaching was just as much a problem, as they had first and goal at the five and could have run three times, kicked a fg if they didn’t get the TD and burned up to 2 minutes off the clock.
   The second mistake was unforgiveable. There was not a lot of pressure on Romo, Bryant was hurt and clearly double-covered. Romo threw the ball up on a wing and a prayer and the best CB in the league was handed a gift.
   That second play solidified his reputation as a gunslinger. And I’ll take a smart QB over a gunslinger any day. Yes, Favre won a Super Bowl. Emphasis on “a”, ie, one. He was just as likely to throw an int as to throw a gamewinning TD. Sorry, I’ll take the smart QB who protects the ball over the gunslinger.

  All that said, Romo is not one of the Cowboys major problems (the worst one signs the checks) and I can’t name ten QBs in the league I’d trade for him straight up. He’s like that pretty babe who might show you the best time of your life on a date, but is just as likely to stand you up.