DMN Blog: Tony Romo and Crayton on the Giants' Loss

Reliving a nightmare
by Albert Breer

Is it easy for the Cowboys to rehash their 21-17 playoff defeat to the Giants? Nope. But it can be beneficial.

Tony Romo prefers to look at the tape from an analytical perspective, studying it as he would any other game and looking for ways to improve on the way he played. The hope is he finds tweaks he can make in there. And avoid agonizing.

"You always think about that stuff," Romo told us yesterday. "You watch it to get better. But you don't think about (the pain) at this point, where you scrutinize it more than you did at the time."

Patrick Crayton took a lot of heat for a critical third-quarter drop in the game, a potential catch which would've converted a third down and, quite possibly, set up a touchdown that would've made all the difference. He hasn't forgotten it. Nor is he trying to.

Asked if he still thinks about it, he said, "Probably about twice a week, out at the complex. You know, we throw twice a week. Every time we do that, it pops in my head."