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The Truth: Who let who down?

By DCBlueStar  @DCBlueStar on Jan 29 2012, 5:03p 253

As much as we, as Cowboy fans, hate the Giants... you have to respect that they honestly got hot at the right time. I was having a conversation with another fan, who is anti Romo. This fan stated that Romo stunk it up over the last six games, while Eli, on the other hand, straight up balled.

I decided to do a little research, because I was convinced otherwise. I didn't stop there. I went on to compare the Giants' Defense to the Cowboys' Defense over the last six games, as well as the Giants' RBs to the Cowboys' RBs in that same time frame, and this is what I found...

-- HEAD TO HEAD QUARTERBACK STATS --

	ATTS	COMP	COMP %	YARDS	TDS	INTS	QBR
MANNING	234	139	59.40%	1981	11	7	89.5
ROMO	176	123	69.80%	1384	12	3	99.1

-- HEAD TO HEAD RUNNING BACK STATS --

NYG RBS	ATT	YDS	TD	REC	YDS	TD	FM LOST
NO	18	69	1	8	45	0	0
GB	20	100	1	4	17	0	0
DAL	29	112	2	4	26	0	0
WAS	28	91	1	4	24	0	0
NYJ	25	116	2	3	26	0	0
DAL	25	92	1	4	20	1	0
	145	580	8	27	158	1	0

DAL RBS	ATT	YDS	TD	REC	YDS	TD	FM LOST
MIA	22	87	0	5	44	0	0
ARI	18	74	0	1	7	0	1
NYG	21	131	0	7	37	0	1
TB	34	161	0	3	23	0	0
PHI	18	52	0	4	10	0	0
NYG	14	46	0	8	50	0	0
	127	551	0	28	171	0	2

-- HEAD TO HEAD DEFENSIVE STATS --

NYG DEFENSE	SACK	INT	FF	FR	QB HIT
NO	0	0	0	0	6
GB	2	1	0	0	5
DAL	3	0	1	1	1
WAS	1	2	0	0	6
NYJ	5	2	0	0	5
DAL	6	1	1	1	1
	17	6	2	2	24

DAL DEFENSE	SACK	INT	FF	FR	QB HIT
MIA	3	0	0	1	1
ARI	5	0	0	0	2
NYG	0	1	0	0	2
TB	3	0	1	1	2
PHI	2	0	0	0	5
NYG	2	0	1	0	3
	15	1	2	2	15

Even when presented with this evidence, said fan stated that no matter what it was still all of Romo's fault that we missed the playoffs. He also made it a point to let me know that my research, as a whole, was inept because it doesn't show that Eli's TDs came in the 4th Quarter when needed.

That's incorrect. Over the course of the last six games, of which Romo only played five due to a hand injury, Eli Manning had five 4th Quarter TDs. Romo had four.

So. You tell me. Who's to blame?

Just because a QB is playing better than another, doesn't mean he had a better surrounding cast;
Just because a QB doesn't have a better surrounding cast, doesn't mean he isn't playing better than another.