Somebody Perform The Heimlich Maneuver: Tony Romo's Choking Again!
Source: bleacherreport.com
We heard it all week from the analysts and band-wagoners.
Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys are back. After losing Romo to injury in Week Six in a loss to the Arizona Cardinals, the Cowboys went 1-2 with Brad Johnson and Brooks Bollinger at the helm, looking absolutely horrific in all three games.
Romo returned in Week 11, and brought the Cowboys confidence with him as they defeated their rivals, the Washington Redskins in a must win game 14-10.
Romo didn't look great, but a win is a win, right?
In the next two weeks, the Cowboys faced two teams with a combined 7-19 record in the 49ers and the Seahawks on Thanksgiving, and Dallas was giving the Seahawks thanks for an easy win.
They were supposed to take care of business in those games, so with the Steelers looming in Week 14, everyone forgot that the Steelers have the best defense in football, and Big Ben Roethlisberger.
Mike Tomlin didn't forget.
Neither will Romo, after a crushing 20-13 defeat in which he shot himself in the foot a la Plaxico Burress. (I promise, no more Plaxico jokes) With the loss, Romo continues his December slide and propensity to turn the ball over at the worse times.
Since 1997, the Cowboys sport a 18-32 record in December/January games. They are 0-2 in the playoffs with Romo as a starter, and in each of those losses Romo made the big mistake to lose the game.
Nothing changed yesterday.
There is so much wrong with the way Romo finished that game Sunday. To be a star QB in the NFL, Romo sure chokes a lot in the 4th quarter. Maybe the Cowboys should give him a bib to prevent him from getting messy, and have paramedics on call for when he predictably chokes off of his meal.
I'm just saying.
Let's look at the way that game ended, and give Romo the benefit of the doubt.
With eight minutes to play in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys had a 10-point lead as the score was 13-3. As Jay-Z once said, "you can't change a player's game in the 9th inning." In this case, it's the 4th quarter.
Romo is who he is, a gun-slinging, risky QB who can make plays that other players can't, but can make turnovers that can kill you at the end of games.
Dallas' special teams fails them, as Santonio Holmes returns a punt for 35 yards to the Cowboys 35-yard-line. After the Dallas defense made a goal line stand earlier in the quarter, all Romo and the offense had to do was get a few first downs.
After just getting 1 first down, Jason Garrett seemed to get scared of Romo's potential to turn the ball over, so he ran Tashard Choice on third and five. It was a draw play that worked earlier in the game, but wasn't the right call for that situation.
You have Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, Jason Witten and Roy E. Williams and you run a draw play on an important third and manageable?
Lack of confidence in Romo.
Just like that, the Steelers find themselves in field goal position without gaining a yard. As the Cowboys defense had done all day, they got the stop by sacking Roethlisberger on third and two.
Jeff Reed connected on a 41-yard FG, and the score was 13-6, Cowboys.
No need to panic, as that much heralded offense can still get some first downs to wear the clock down, and maybe add points. Not against this Steelers 2008 Steel Curtain D.
We heard it all week from the analysts and band-wagoners.
Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys are back. After losing Romo to injury in Week Six in a loss to the Arizona Cardinals, the Cowboys went 1-2 with Brad Johnson and Brooks Bollinger at the helm, looking absolutely horrific in all three games.
Romo returned in Week 11, and brought the Cowboys confidence with him as they defeated their rivals, the Washington Redskins in a must win game 14-10.
Romo didn't look great, but a win is a win, right?
In the next two weeks, the Cowboys faced two teams with a combined 7-19 record in the 49ers and the Seahawks on Thanksgiving, and Dallas was giving the Seahawks thanks for an easy win.
They were supposed to take care of business in those games, so with the Steelers looming in Week 14, everyone forgot that the Steelers have the best defense in football, and Big Ben Roethlisberger.
Mike Tomlin didn't forget.
Neither will Romo, after a crushing 20-13 defeat in which he shot himself in the foot a la Plaxico Burress. (I promise, no more Plaxico jokes) With the loss, Romo continues his December slide and propensity to turn the ball over at the worse times.
Since 1997, the Cowboys sport a 18-32 record in December/January games. They are 0-2 in the playoffs with Romo as a starter, and in each of those losses Romo made the big mistake to lose the game.
Nothing changed yesterday.
There is so much wrong with the way Romo finished that game Sunday. To be a star QB in the NFL, Romo sure chokes a lot in the 4th quarter. Maybe the Cowboys should give him a bib to prevent him from getting messy, and have paramedics on call for when he predictably chokes off of his meal.
I'm just saying.
Let's look at the way that game ended, and give Romo the benefit of the doubt.
With eight minutes to play in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys had a 10-point lead as the score was 13-3. As Jay-Z once said, "you can't change a player's game in the 9th inning." In this case, it's the 4th quarter.
Romo is who he is, a gun-slinging, risky QB who can make plays that other players can't, but can make turnovers that can kill you at the end of games.
Dallas' special teams fails them, as Santonio Holmes returns a punt for 35 yards to the Cowboys 35-yard-line. After the Dallas defense made a goal line stand earlier in the quarter, all Romo and the offense had to do was get a few first downs.
After just getting 1 first down, Jason Garrett seemed to get scared of Romo's potential to turn the ball over, so he ran Tashard Choice on third and five. It was a draw play that worked earlier in the game, but wasn't the right call for that situation.
You have Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, Jason Witten and Roy E. Williams and you run a draw play on an important third and manageable?
Lack of confidence in Romo.
Just like that, the Steelers find themselves in field goal position without gaining a yard. As the Cowboys defense had done all day, they got the stop by sacking Roethlisberger on third and two.
Jeff Reed connected on a 41-yard FG, and the score was 13-6, Cowboys.
No need to panic, as that much heralded offense can still get some first downs to wear the clock down, and maybe add points. Not against this Steelers 2008 Steel Curtain D.
posted by The Gryphon at 7:27 PM
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