A field goal with no time on the clock was enough for the New York Giants to escape Texas with a victory over the Dallas Cowboys tonight.
The Cowboys defense played horribly, missing tackles and giving up long balls. Mario Manningham, whom so many teams passed over in the draft, picked the Cowboys secondary apart.
The heart-breaking loss creates a three-way tie for second in the NFC East.
The bright spot in the game was the Cowboys running game, which gained more than 250 yards. With two minutes left, the Giants seemed to get in field goal range with relative ease.
This was the first game in the new Cowboys Stadium. Next up for the Cowboys are the Carolina Panthers on Monday Night Football.
Marion Barber and Felix Jones each scored a touchdown. Jason Witten scored on a short out pattern.
Tony Romo hurt the Cowboys tonight and it was troubling to see, after the first two interceptions, the Cowboys not stick with the running game. Although Romo through for one touchdown and scored on a quarterback sneak, his three interceptions were devestating.
What does this loss mean for the Cowboys? It is way too early to tell, but just like last season, the Cowboys defense is struggling early.
Terence Newman did not play well. He got burned by Manningham on a straight route, gaining several yards on Newman for the touchdown.
DeMarcus Ware was held sackless again, which has got me stumped. The Cowboys don’t seem to be getting the pressure on the quarterback so far. In fact, the Cowboys haven’t had a sack yet, after placing second in sacks in 2008.
The offense looks good. The Cowboys have one of the best running games in the NFL. It’s the defense that is hurting the Cowboys.
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Jerry Jones needs to spend money on a quarterback coach that isn’t afraid to tell Romo to learn to be a team player instead of killing drives with his stupid passes. The Cowboys are running all over the Giants, and what does he do? Throws a pass downfield like a freaking Hail Mary and it went right to Willie Mays in Center Field. He has been a pro for 6+ years, so no more excuses, chew his ass out and start treating him like a man instead of coddling him like an heir to the throne or something. If Jerry Jones is tired of BUYING HIS SUPER BOWL TICKETS, he needs to call Romo out.
BTW, I have been a fan since their first game ever. I had a distant relative play for the Cowboys, and it was my aunt of all people who told me we had a cousin playing, so I watched the game on a grainy black and white screen when those guys made like $1500 a month to play pro ball. Hell half the team had to have off season jobs in those days just to have a good lifestyle. If Coach Landry were alive today, I don’t think he would be too impressed with the defense of this year’s team so far. Pacman Jones could help if they could lock him up after every game where he couldn’t get in trouble. I know Jones tried to work with the guy, but if he would only realize how lucky he was to be in the spotlight and make the money he was making. Very sad. Reminds me of the Duane Thomas era with the Cowboys when he wouldn’t let go of the weed and Landry got rid of him. I promise you that any Cowboy fan remembers Duane T., and he had it all, power, blinding speed, hands, but he refused to play under Landry’s rules. He was the second coming of Jim Brown, and Emmitt Smith would have been working on THOMAS’S records instead of the late Walter Payton’s , he was that good.
Welcome Cowboys53. Another painful loss to the Giants. You are right 100 percent. If Romo cannot do it this year, the Cowboys need to bring someone in to either take his place or seriously challenge him. Stop trading away our damn picks in the draft and grab a quarterback!
Tony lost the game. Plain and simple, he lost the game.
He did and im more than disappointed. We gave them 4 flipping turnovers! Im still trying to figure out why were passing that often. Our run game was not getting touched and we forced ourselves into three and outs
First cowboys game, and we had to lose, in the opening of our new stadium. What makes it even difficult to comprehend was the Giants weren’t on top of their game. Turnovers, dumb offensive plays, and I hate to say it but some penalties that called back our offense was questionable. Running game was probably the only thing keeping us alive. Scandrick looks baaaadddddd! Terence messed up too. Too early to call the season, but exposed like t his… Wow
Jason garret was just as much to blame as romo . yes he threw it up into centerfield but who called the play? I thought this was going to be Romo friendly . calling a 40 yard pass play on 1st and ten at the giants 46 is the WRONG call I know Romo threw it up but dont call that play..Bad play calling . If you lose a game that you run for 250 it is bad coaching plain and simple..Zone defense on the last drive what a joke
1) Defense did not make a big play or preserve the game
2) Unlucky bounces, especially that tipped ball that ended up being caught putting them in field goal range
3) Running game working but calling too many pass plays
4) Receivers did not make the spectacular catches
5) Romo still has not learned to stop making dumb passes and I am not sure if he ever will. If it has not happened yet, will it ever? My patience with Romo is just about running out. Not that we have anyone better or can find anyone better soon, but I doubt we can go all the way with him anymore
PS. I love the cheerleaders but I am not sure about having them in “cages”. Looks like something else
I think the Cowboys saw the rest of the season..Play your safties deep and Romo/Garrett will not be patient enough to run the ball and throw short passes..They better adjust, more of the same is on the way..
I suppose there is one positive. We almost won even with Romo dropping turds like that
patience gentlemen, patience. cowboys 53 remember that being tom landry’s favorite saying. there was’nt a more patient head coach in football history than tom landry. AND YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT DUANE THOMAS. WHAT A WASTE…… you’re all right about the passing situations we were in. when the running game is hitting why put the ball up so many times? that is the thing that we will have to learn about romo and this team. we don’t need to pass, pass, pass to win. we have the power to run the sh*t out of it and keep our D fresh. that is how we will win and keep romo protected from these turnover situations. yes execution has 80% to do with turnovers, but this game is on jason garrett if you ask me. why put romo in those situations when you don’t have to.? you guys are bashing romo and saying he is worth a sh*t at this and that. well if you’re any kind of an offensive coach like presumably jason garrett is then you should see and figure out what your qbs weaknesses are too. we need to either start to mask his weaknesses and build upon his strengths. every qb has them. we can dump romo and start over with some else? great now we have to invest another 5 years in someone to find their weaknesses too. and then watch all this talent we have get wasted? NO!!!!! we have a very talented young qb. we have a great running game. we have a punishing offensive line. we have adequate targets to have a producing air game. and we have a GOOD D that does’nt and should’nt be on the field 75% of the game. = solution= kick jason garrett’s ass till he realizes that we have to run the ball 70-30 ratio. if we do we solve romo’s problems and we solve our D problems. i’ve played the game on high school and div. II level. i know as much as these so called experts that never put on a pair of pads and took a snap, but they can sit back and say this and that. well my offensive theory works. and it has been proven over the last 100 years. the game changes, but the premise is the same. keep the ball, and keep it away from your adversaries. you win. when the qb had the abilities to call their own game, you saw that. now the O-cordinators call it. WELL THEN DAMN IT CALL THE RIGHT GAME SO OUR TEAM HAS A CHANCE TO WIN ONE. THIS GAME IS GARRETT’S FAULT……PERIOD. ANYONE WANT TO ARGUE THAT I WILL TILL I’M BLUE IN THE FACE.
Hi Dave
I agree in part with you. JG did not call the game into the flow of the momentum. The defense did not create a turnover. A spectacular catch or two by the recivers wouls have helped too. Always a combination of factors.
But there is only so long we can keep excusing Romo from making poor decisions.
knock chris collinsworth all you want, but he hit it right on the head when he said, “why does jason garrett feel he has to pass the ball this much and expose tony romo? his running game is killing the giants , but he won’t continue to pound with it. it would help romo at this time of the game, and let his D catch some air.” collinsworth nailed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this loss was on garrett. our D gave up some big plays but still kept us inthe game and gave us a chance to win. yeah romo threw ints. BUT WHY WAS HE PASSING THE DAMN BALL TO BEGIN WITH? are you guys not seeing this? the guys that play the game, like collinsworth do. they are’nt worried about the hype, they see the facts. and garrett called a bad game and put our ofense in turnover %’s running is conservative. running is not glamorous. but it is effective when you have the 3 backs we do. USE EM DAMN IT AND STOP PUTTING IT ON ROMO. HE AIN’T BRETT FARVE, BUT HE AIN’T JAMARCUS RUSSELL EITHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
staubach, man i am just weesin and suckin air. i’m pissed. yeah romo seems to make a lot of mistakes, but a good offensive co-ord. sees that and knows it. romo has talent. he has a gun. he gets out of trouble and makes big plays. but he can’t and should’nt be what carries this team. when the browns had jim brown did their qb carry them. otto graham was a fantastic qbbecause he had brown. the year the bears won the super bowl the D was the best ever because they had payton and mcmahon was a good offensive manager. this is how our team should be built. romo needs to manage this team, not carry it. too much is put on his shoulders. he is a fine qb if he’s put in the right situations. so far he has’nt. thats what i see. i’m going afer jason garrett boys, cause that’s where i think the problem lies. I’M NOT WRONG.
BRAD, you hit it too. you watched the same game i saw i presume? when you got 250 on the ground that tells me that it’s going. then why not keep goin g back to it? the saying in the nfl is do it. if it works keep doing it till they stop you from doing it. if you stop it your self, you beat your self. let them try to stop you, if they can’t, you beat them………argue that one guys.
It was poor play calling. But in a game like this all Romo had to do was not lose it rather than win it. Neither called/played with the momentum or the score in mind
I will meet you halfway Garrett and Romo did not do what they needed to do to not lose.
Mental failures all around
GARRETT’S HEAD IS ON THIS LOSS. HE PUT ROMO IN THOSE PASSING SITUATIONS WHEN HE DID’NT HAVE TO. FELIX WAS JUST STARTING TO HIT ON ALL CYLYNDERS, BARBER WAS A HORSE, AND CHOICE WAS HARDLY USED. AND WE PASSED WAY TO OFTEN……………..THAT IS WHY WE LOST THIS GAME.
Im calling for the coaches’ heads. They should have been let go last season. The defence does not look ready to play. Too many missed tackles, no gap dicipline and blown coverages. On offence why isnt felix jones getting more touches?? Yes I know he fumbled on the kick off but its worth the risk I think. He is a threat to take it all the way on any given play. What the hell is going on??
We lost the game because of many factors including bad play calling. Our defense came up short at the end too when they were needed most.
But Romo deserves his share. Just because someone makes a bad call does not mean you should go out and make the bad play. It is his arm and mind throwing the ball, not Garrett’s
Romo had a bad game, almost as poor as the Buffalo 6 interception one. Now history says he will bounce back and have a great game. That is what worries me. Consistency. Hot and cold does not win championships. I DO believe Romo has it in him. He has all the tools.
I am looking for the consistent mental toughness
Big players come up big in big games
staubach, i hope you can agree with me on this; garrett has to find away to protect romo in his weaknesses. it’s his job to do so. he has to try to stop making romo win games for us. romo is ot that type of qb. roger staubach was. romo is not roger staubach. troy aikamn was’nt either. norv turner and jimmy joson were smart enough to figure that out. thats why emmitt smith is in the hall of fame and we won 3 super bowls. you use your strenghths. thats what good coaching is. jason garrett is not ready to take his place as a good coach yet. he has ALOT to learn. and he should real soon or we are in trouble. wade knows it too. he’s been around for awhile and he knows the real situation why his D has struggled the last 2 games. he needs to go after garrett and straighten HIS ass out. wade is the head coach and needs to address what he sees he problem is. i’ll guarntee you wade knows that garrett is the week link here, not romo.
when buddy ryan was D-cord. at houston he took a swing on the sidelines at off-cord. kevin gilbride. he was asked why. buddy said. ” we were in a tight game and the son of a bitch was hanging my D out to dry because he kept passing and turning it over. i wanted to make sure i got my point across that i was’nt going to get hung with the loss on my head.” see my point?
Well it is amusing that Garrett was going to have a “Romo Friendly” offense and failed to call anything close to that.
You know, Romo is at his best when he is throwing to his TE’s. I was surprised we did not see more of that last night frankly.
The need to send Roy deep to stretch the defense and open up the short game a little more. You are right. Let your players win it for you instead of forcing things. Maybe last weeks game was a blessing and a curse.
Witten and MB should be utilized more
P.S.
Dave, I just want to say that I appreciate your posts. You argue you opinions strongly without it ever becoming personal. Just a passionate fan who is frustrated and angry at that loss like many of us are. Old school all the way
Your blood is blue and silver
you can have all the talent in the world, and it’s been done before. the only way that talent wins a super bowl is to be coached well. wade phillups is a good coach. jason garrett is not. wade is a good coach because he’s not a yeller, he’s a teacher. he teaches kids how to play D. you find the strenghths in your guys and use that to win. when you see their weaknesses you cover them not expose them. romo is one hell of a game manager and can pull one out for you from time to time, but no he can’t carry a team. it’s been evident now with everyone saying romo can’t win the “big game”. then stop trying to make him win it and compliment him with the real strength of your team. THE RUNNING GAME AND YOUR D. thats again coaching. romo just does what he’s been told. romo is prone to make mistakes. a good coach knows it sees it and works away from it. romo can make big plays he’s proven that too. his weakness seems to be not able to read certain coverages in certain situations. when those situations occurr, why make him force his weakness when you can take that away with a strong ground game that was working all nite. answer= bad coaching. not wade, garrett.
case in point=we are at the 5 garrett calls a pass play in the endzone. romo bullets the pass and almost takes craytons head off. WHY…….??????? we have barber, felix, choice, a line that averages 350………………..run the damn ball. romo felt the pressure and made a mistake. why was he even in that situation? yeah romo threw it to hard. no touch. my answer is still you have barber, felix, choice, line of 350 each. you pass????????? bad coaching
thanks staubach no hate man. i’m sorry if it comes across as me taking shots at you or anyone else posting here. not intended to be that way. i’m just am furious at all the talent we have and can’t get it done. collinsworth said it too. coughlin is the better coach because he has less talent and gets it done. is’nt it ironic that kevin gilbride is the o-cord now for the giants. ?????? coughlin will make sure that his D is not put in those situations……now wade has too. garrett has got to be told to call the game to fit the D. that will produce a championship. wade will win that championship, not garrett. this could cost wade his job if he does’nt fix it. and it can be fixed. and it is not tony romo that is the problem. see me out on this one staubach, i apprieciate your knowledge and heritage of the game also. you are blueand silver all the way too and we are in this as a team, man. go cowboys.
Thanks Dave, never felt like you were taking shots!
I do agree that coaching is a primary ingredient. Please forgive me if I voice concerns over Romo’s mental toughness. But I am glad that he did not pull any punches afterwords and accepted some responsibility. Even if it was Garrett’s calls that screwed the game up Romo never pointed fingers. That is what a leader does.
Do you agree that the TE’s were underutilized in this game? The Giants probably watched last weeks game and were determined to not give up any deep plays. The TE’s could have had a field day, so to speak
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