Not Tony Romo's fault/thoughts on the Lions game

[Midnightangel]

I came down on the guy for the loss vs. the Broncos since he gave the game away in the final 2 minutes with the pick.

In the interest of fairness.....I have to call out the D.

Yesterday vs. the Lions the offense gave the defense the lead with 1 minute left. The Lions were out of timeouts and needing a TD.

If you've been a football fan for longer than 5 minutes you can answer this one:

If the other team needs a TD, time is winding down and they're out of time outs, what part of the field do you protect the most?

A: The sidelines.

Detroit got 2 big pass plays and they were both down the sidelines.

Then Stafford gives that 'clock' signal as he comes up to the line on the 1 yard line, but instead of clocking the ball he dives over. Gauging by the reaction of his Oline, Stafford just did it. No one knew but him. He dove over the top, and extended the ball to tie it. The XP gave them the lead.

Can't blame Romo for this one.

That had to be a long plane ride home for Dallas - maybe they put the defense in with the luggage in the bottom of the plane.

The Lions turned the ball over 5 times. Yes, FIVE times and still won. Granted, Romo and the offense should have done more with those turnovers but still....when the offense gives you a 6 point lead with 1:00 left you should be able to keep the other team out of the endzone - especially if they have no timeouts.

 

[mcro_rave_2001]

Not to mention they let the only real weapon Detroit has make a huge catch that set up the game wining play, after he put up over 300 yards receiving. Why they didn't have CJ doubled teamed there is will never no, not that it' would have matter with CJ anyway but hey at least i could respect them for trying.

 

[TDs3nOut]

Didn't see this post when I made a thread about this game. Sorry for the oversight.

I thought that the play Stafford made to win the game was really remarkable, surpassing in drama even the Dez Bryant v. Jason Whitten drama on the sideline!

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Every loss is the fault of the most important person on the team... The cowboys strength is their offense, and their passing game... so anytime they lose the blame should go to Romo...

This weekend vs the lions he did not throw any interceptions, but also did not have a lights out tony romo game... He could have played better, and since they lost he should have played better...

 

[Wazmankg]

Romo played poorly all day... much worse than he did against Denver. He was 11-28 for 88 yards a couple of minutes into the 4th quarter and pass defense isn't exactly the Lions strong suit. Dallas had a 13-10 lead at that point and the Boys offense was responsible for none of those 13 points. They were all due to Lions turnovers. The Cowboys had gained roughly 100 yards in total offense at that point. The Cowboys were missing several key players and aside from the 2 big pass plays in the 4th the Lions had their way with them on both sides of the ball all day. If there was a bright spot for the Cowboys it was their D's ability to take the ball away from the Lions. Without the turnovers they would have lost by about 3 TDs. That said, Romo did not do anything wrong at the end to cost them the game...fwiw.

 

[Midnightangel]

Every loss is the fault of the most important person on the team... The cowboys strength is their offense, and their passing game... so anytime they lose the blame should go to Romo...

This weekend vs the lions he did not throw any interceptions, but also did not have a lights out tony romo game... He could have played better, and since they lost he should have played better...

I disagree with the thought.

Tony can't do anything about what the defense. The defense should have held.

Are you willing to apply your way of thinking to all QB's, including Eli Manning and whomever is QB'ing the Jets this week?

If so, then they both have a lot to answer for. The Jets lost by 40. Right?

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I disagree with the thought.

Tony can't do anything about what the defense. The defense should have held.

Are you willing to apply your way of thinking to all QB's, including Eli Manning and whomever is QB'ing the Jets this week?

If so, then they both have a lot to answer for. The Jets lost by 40. Right?

Yes, this is true for all teams not just football... the only caviat is that when it is a blowout you dont tend to look at one player to blame since everyone sucked... But in a close game you tend to look for the small thing you could have done differently, who do you expect to do it differently?? it is always the player that the team relies on the most...

If you lose and the person your team relies on could have done better, then he should have done better!!!

 

[ATL96Steeler]

I came down on the guy for the loss vs. the Broncos since he gave the game away in the final 2 minutes with the pick.

In the interest of fairness.....I have to call out the D.

Yesterday vs. the Lions the offense gave the defense the lead with 1 minute left. The Lions were out of timeouts and needing a TD.

If you've been a football fan for longer than 5 minutes you can answer this one:

If the other team needs a TD, time is winding down and they're out of time outs, what part of the field do you protect the most?

A: The sidelines.

Detroit got 2 big pass plays and they were both down the sidelines.

Then Stafford gives that 'clock' signal as he comes up to the line on the 1 yard line, but instead of clocking the ball he dives over. Gauging by the reaction of his Oline, Stafford just did it. No one knew but him. He dove over the top, and extended the ball to tie it. The XP gave them the lead.

Can't blame Romo for this one.

That had to be a long plane ride home for Dallas - maybe they put the defense in with the luggage in the bottom of the plane.

The Lions turned the ball over 5 times. Yes, FIVE times and still won. Granted, Romo and the offense should have done more with those turnovers but still....when the offense gives you a 6 point lead with 1:00 left you should be able to keep the other team out of the endzone - especially if they have no timeouts.

Good points...watching the game live with a few people...one guy was a DAL fan and on the Cowboy drive before DET took the lead...he was saying on 4th down they should not try for the FG, but to run a play to run the clock down since they had the lead.

We said you're nuts, the FG puts you up by 6 so DET would have to score a TD to win. Of course we saw how that worked out.

I still think the FG was the right call to go up 6, but I didn't think DAL would give up 2 big sideline completions.

 

[Steelboy84]

they lost lol

 

[Wazmankg]

Good points...watching the game live with a few people...one guy was a DAL fan and on the Cowboy drive before DET took the lead...he was saying on 4th down they should not try for the FG, but to run a play to run the clock down since they had the lead.

We said you're nuts, the FG puts you up by 6 so DET would have to score a TD to win. Of course we saw how that worked out.

I still think the FG was the right call to go up 6, but I didn't think DAL would give up 2 big sideline completions.

A FG was absolutely the right call. It was 4th & 5 and the clock was stopped due to the penalty which the Lions declined. A play is only going to run off 10 seconds at most... unless they made the 1st in which case it's game over. That would have been a big gamble, though. If they'd run a play the Lions still get the ball back at around their 25 with about a minute left... still only 3 down. I suppose they could have tried a punt OB to pin them back even further.

 

[Midnightangel]

Dallas taking the FG was the right call.

Their defense let them down.

 

[STBR 27]

T Smith the DAL O-lineman that held cost them game. If he doesn't get flagged, they run 40 seconds off the clock, then kick the FG. I don't think DET could have gone the length of the field in 30 seconds with no timeouts, but you never know??

 

[ATL96Steeler]

A FG was absolutely the right call. It was 4th & 5 and the clock was stopped due to the penalty which the Lions declined. A play is only going to run off 10 seconds at most... unless they made the 1st in which case it's game over. That would have been a big gamble, though. If they'd run a play the Lions still get the ball back at around their 25 with about a minute left... still only 3 down. I suppose they could have tried a punt OB to pin them back even further.

Agreed...I would kick the FG 10 out of 10 times in that situation, but the DAL fan did say this in real time...bad move, no Ware means no pass rush....almost as if he knew what was coming.

 

[CarlSr]

Agreed...I would kick the FG 10 out of 10 times in that situation, but the DAL fan did say this in real time...bad move, no Ware means no pass rush....almost as if he knew what was coming.

He probably did. They have a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

[pumpkinhead33793]

Every loss is the fault of the most important person on the team... The cowboys strength is their offense, and their passing game... so anytime they lose the blame should go to Romo...

This weekend vs the lions he did not throw any interceptions, but also did not have a lights out tony romo game... He could have played better, and since they lost he should have played better...

So when the Packers lost to the Seahawks last year, it was Aaron Rodgers fault?

 

[Tacoma_canuck]

Well, maybe Romo didn't throw a pick6 or do anything terrible but he also didn't get a first down so they could just kneel down and run the clock out either. Having said that, yes the defense needs to bear a lot of blame but honestly, without Ware, the defense isn't much. Megatron had 329 yards in regulation time. Honestly, if I was the DC, I would have had 7 DB's in at the end and triple teamed the guy (although it might not have helped, the guy is unbelievable) but those throws by Stafford were as perfect a pass as a QB can make so not sure if they were defendable. You definitely shouldn't get beat down the sideline in that situation but we have seen things like this and worse before. Baltimore @ Denver in the play-offs last season comes to mind.

 

[Midnightangel]

That being said...with only 1:00 or so left on the clock, the 'Boys defense should have kept the Lions out of the endzone.

 

[BOTSLAYER]

LOL@OP

OK first, vs the Bronco's you should blame the D, he put up 48 points!!! He threw a pick that if your D is playing half a game should have been inconsequential. Also something of note, he throws a pick every 36.8 attempts, he had 36 attempts so you should expect him to throw a pick making him chuck it that many times.

Next this game you should blame Romo and the O.

Your defense had 4 turnovers...4!!! Calvin Johnson had more yards than your entire team!!! Your offense had 4 turnovers and they only managed to hold the ball for 24:49? Your DEFENSE IS THE ONLY REASON YOU WERE IN THIS GAME!!!

 

[BOTSLAYER]

That being said...with only 1:00 or so left on the clock, the 'Boys defense should have kept the Lions out of the endzone.

Sure, maybe if your offense could have held the ball a few minutes the D wouldn't be so gassed having done every thing for the tame all day?

 

[Midnightangel]

LOL@OP

OK first, vs the Bronco's you should blame the D, he put up 48 points!!! He threw a pick that if your D is playing half a game should have been inconsequential. Also something of note, he throws a pick every 36.8 attempts, he had 36 attempts so you should expect him to throw a pick making him chuck it that many times.

Next this game you should blame Romo and the O.

Your defense had 4 turnovers...4!!! Calvin Johnson had more yards than your entire team!!! Your offense had 4 turnovers and they only managed to hold the ball for 24:49? Your DEFENSE IS THE ONLY REASON YOU WERE IN THIS GAME!!!

Troll.