Fortunate or not, I'd take it as a Pats fan so no reason to harp on it because it happened to the Cowboys. Congrats on advancing, hopefully a more decisive Romo shows up in GB and we get an entertaining game.
Al Zarilla said:High 20°, low 4° and no precipitation in the forecast for two days either side of Sunday. Kind of frozen tundra, or do they have heating coils embedded turf at Lambeau?
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USWI0288:1:US
MentalDisabldLst said:I think Romo actually played a pretty good game. He turtled a little unnecessarily a few times, but made a bunch of excellent throws and put his receivers in a position for good YAC (except for Beasley getting brained over the middle - though even there, he kinda got 15 YAC in a manner of speaking). Today, his OL did a mediocre job of containing what is certainly a fearsome line, and despite it, Romo (and the D) bailed his team out. I hope, for Luis's sake, that Romo's reputation goes up a little bit nationally after this one.
If he can pull off the upset in Green Bay, of course, that will make even more of a difference to how he is viewed.
MentalDisabldLst said:I think Romo actually played a pretty good game. He turtled a little unnecessarily a few times, but made a bunch of excellent throws and put his receivers in a position for good YAC (except for Beasley getting brained over the middle - though even there, he kinda got 15 YAC in a manner of speaking). Today, his OL did a mediocre job of containing what is certainly a fearsome line, and despite it, Romo (and the D) bailed his team out. I hope, for Luis's sake, that Romo's reputation goes up a little bit nationally after this one.
If he can pull off the upset in Green Bay, of course, that will make even more of a difference to how he is viewed.
Those who would like to maintain that Tony Romo is some sort of "choker" through his career, despite his formidable late-game quarterback rating, and overall performances in December, will have a much tougher time forwarding that tired old story after the Dallas Cowboys rallied to a 24-20 win over the Detroit Lions to wrap up the NFL's wild-card round.
TheMoralBully said:That's nice to see. The Tony Romo choker thing has always been one of those stupid sports narratives that doesn't hold up. The game last year vs. Denver where he plays completely out of his mind unreal football and is the sole reason they're in that game, then the entire media focus being on that late pick was so freaking annoying even to a non-Cowboys fan.
TheMoralBully said:That's nice to see. The Tony Romo choker thing has always been one of those stupid sports narratives that doesn't hold up. The game last year vs. Denver where he plays completely out of his mind unreal football and is the sole reason they're in that game, then the entire media focus being on that late pick was so freaking annoying even to a non-Cowboys fan.
Interesting, I hadn't heard that just three teams did that. Belichick's stance is that the punter as holder makes sense because the specialists practice together a lot anyway and then you don't have to pull the backup QB out of offensive activities. I wonder if the restrictions on practice time in the new CBA led to basically every team coming to the same conclusion. The other thing that comes to mind is that doing away with the emergency QB has led to more teams carrying just 2 QBs, and thus sending one to work with the specialists makes less sense now.DanoooME said:
One thing I am curious to find out and will have to do research on is did the Romo fumbled snap in the Seattle playoff game lead to a sea change in who does the holding for placekicks. I remember not too long ago it was the backup QB that did a lot of the holding, but now only 3 teams (Dolphins, Saints, Raiders) have their backup QB do the holding. There could be another reason for it, but I'd love to know if the Romo play was a catalyst for change.
Super Nomario said:Interesting, I hadn't heard that just three teams did that. Belichick's stance is that the punter as holder makes sense because the specialists practice together a lot anyway and then you don't have to pull the backup QB out of offensive activities. I wonder if the restrictions on practice time in the new CBA led to basically every team coming to the same conclusion. The other thing that comes to mind is that doing away with the emergency QB has led to more teams carrying just 2 QBs, and thus sending one to work with the specialists makes less sense now.
Dan Murfman said:And I always believed that even if he doesn't drop the snap the Seahawks still had over a minute to go and that they would have found away to kick a FG to win the game.
Bosoxen said:
Yup. Frankly, it was the poor spot on the third down pass to Witten, which would have given them 1st and goal, moreso than the fumbled FG snap, that cost the Cowboys the game. But that doesn't fit the narrative, so no one ever talks about that.
Though Seattle regained the lead, the Cowboys were still in a position to win the game. Many tend to forget that with just under two minutes left to play, Romo hit Jason Witten on a 3rd-and-7 play, and the original mark gave Dallas a first down at the Seattle 1. Had the spot held up up, the Cowboys would have run down the clock and probably kicked on third down. Had there been an error on the snap, the Cowboys would have had a second chance.
Instead, the replay moved the ball to the 2, and Dallas faced a fourth down.
Who picked them last? The Giants and Washington were looking like car wrecks, it was generally considered Eagles mild favorites to Cowboys.Greg29fan said:It didn't end like I wanted it to and I never, ever do moral victories, but this year was still a lot of fun and hopefully they can build on it.
They were picked to finish last in the NFC East and have the worst defense in history and instead balled their guts out every week.
LondonSox said:Who picked them last? The Giants and Washington were looking like car wrecks, it was generally considered Eagles mild favorites to Cowboys.
The defense being the issue, and plenty of 8-8 calls of course.
Flunky said:Sucks. This is what it would have felt like in 2013 if the Sox had just been edged by the Tigers. Not all of them are fairy tale endings. I appreciate they won about 8 more games than they were supposed to but upon reflection watching the defense this year was not enjoyable.
Also - Bosoxen, Greg29fan - I have really appreciated this thread this season. Since I started reading on SoSH in 2009 I haven't really had much need to look in the football sub forum. This season I learned it's an island of sanity for a Cowboys fan. Even within the confines of this website let alone the wide internet. You guys are knowledgeable and rational and I am glad I have a place to learn about the team in that way. Cheers!
Greg29fan said:I went in yesterday with the attitude that no matter what happened it was still a great season with a lot of great moments (who would have ever thought the Dallas Cowboys could go into Seattle and win??) but don't get me wrong I'm still mad and frustrated and plenty bitter about what happened.
BigSoxFan said:If I'm a Cowboys fan, I'm most bothered by the bad luck of the final Cobb catch. The ball was tipped and somehow fell perfectly in the area of Cobb. Had that ball fallen incomplete or been intercepted like it does 9 times out of 10, you have Romo getting the ball with 2 mins or so. That would have been incredible theater and I was disappointed we didn't get to see it.
BigSoxFan said:If I'm a Cowboys fan, I'm most bothered by the bad luck of the final Cobb catch. The ball was tipped and somehow fell perfectly in the area of Cobb. Had that ball fallen incomplete or been intercepted like it does 9 times out of 10, you have Romo getting the ball with 2 mins or so. That would have been incredible theater and I was disappointed we didn't get to see it.
BigSoxFan said:If I'm a Cowboys fan, I'm most bothered by the bad luck of the final Cobb catch. The ball was tipped and somehow fell perfectly in the area of Cobb. Had that ball fallen incomplete or been intercepted like it does 9 times out of 10, you have Romo getting the ball with 2 mins or so. That would have been incredible theater and I was disappointed we didn't get to see it.
Dan Murfman said:Francesca has said a few times he thinks Suh to the Cowboys is a possibility. Is that a possibility and would it be a good idea?
soxfan121 said:As someone who thought the Cowboys were going to be awful, truly repellent on defense...I WAS WRONG.
I think Tony Romo is creeping up on a top-five ranking in the Dan Marino Pro Bowl Challenge; greatest run of game performances from a non-SB winning quarterback. That guy is ... wow. Tough seems inadequate.