Where Is Tony Romo’s Head?

Questions are surfacing today about whether Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo actually knew it was fourth down when he threw a bad pass to end the game. Nick Eatman asks on his blog if Romo even knew it was fourth down. I surely hope he did or this is going to really hurt him.

Eatman says Romo appeared to be yelling at the offense to get in the huddle after the fourth down incompletion, and seemed confused that the refs blew the whistles and were changing possession to the Broncos.

Romo could have been expecting a pass interference call, and I will say after reviewing the play several times, a flag should have been thrown. Cornerback Champ Bailey clearly threw his arm into the chest of the receiver well before the ball was there. It was early contact late in the game that the referees missed. Instead of first and 10 with one play left, the game was over.

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the cowboys blew it, and Romo is a standar QB that can´t pull the big play at the right time, as a Cowboys fan as at the point to avoid games is just not worth to watch.

Amusing that with the conversation about Texas education, no one has commented that the owner of the blog just spelled threw, as in Romo threw the ball as "through".  Which may still be accurate, as it was thrown through the receiver's hands.

Wow. Good one. But in Texas we typically know not to write at all, when your audience can't read. You should follow that course of action...

Not writing.

Texas schools should really teach people to read.  Those from other states who have acquired that interesting skill will notice that I never said that it wasn't interference at the end.  They will also note that I agreed that the refs generally sucked in that game.

Just checked it, a few times. No holding. Nice try.

Oh, and on the refs .... Look again at the plays on 3rd and 4th down down at the end of the game.  On one of them, a Denver player busts through the Dallas line right up the middle on a pass rush.  There's a Dallas lineman holding on to him from behind, both arms extended with big handfulls of shirt, pulling him to the ground before he can reach Romo.   With these refs, no holding call.

I'd figure sooner or later when of those hippy Denver Broncos fans would appear. In this case, this is a dumb hippy with poor eye sight. Anyone who watches the replay can easily see pass interference on Champ "Underappreciated" Bailey.

A flag should have been thrown. But it doesn't matter. The Broncos played well. The mistakes went in their favor.

Please throw the ball towards Champ Bailey again.  Champ is an unappreciated treasure.  Unappreciated because no one in their right mind throws towards Champ.  You see Champ run onto the field.  You see Champ run off of the field.  You know he's helped your defense by shutting down the other team's top receiver.  But normally, you don't get to see Champ make plays.  Nobody in this league is dumb enough to give him a chance.

Thanks Cowboys, that was fun to watch.  I'll have to file that one away in my memory for the next seven years it will be before someone throws at Champ 16 times in a game again.

I don't know if those calls were coming off the bench, or if Tony Romo was making those reads/decisions on the field.  But that was amazing to watch Champ making play after play.  Its so rare to see him on TV at all during a game that it was really noticeable.  How many times can you say "Hey, there's Champ again" during a game.

The refs were awful.  I was convinced for the whole first half that they were throwing the game to Dallas because of all the phantom penalties we were getting and the non-calls Dallas was getting when your DBs went through the back of our receivers.  The second half was very different.  Did someone change sets of referees at halftime?

Newman said that Marshall interfered with him on the td pass too. He told the media that it was a great catch but he did grab and push off him before that which gave him the distance between them. If that is so the refs should have caught that since it is the number 1 guys on the field easy to keep an eye on them. As for Romo its not all his fault its every one fault. We all wish for Romo to be this safe guy that dont throw picks and now he is trying to be that guy. Romo always has been inaccurate at the start of games he gets warmed up then becomes really great where he puts the ball. Since the coaches and fans want him to throw less risky passes he doesnt throw as much and we run the ball and Romo never gets a feel for the game. I just dont see much of a Super Bowl QB from Romo if we had a coach that was more displine then yea maybe. Now answer me this how many coaches can you think of that coach like Wade all laid back not getting mad when the players screw up and have actually won a Super Bowl? Now what does that say about our chances of getting there with Wade.

The reason why people hate you cowgirls is because you just cant say you were beaten by a better team.  Its always the refs  or the altitude,  marshall grabbed my shoulder....blah blah blah.

Romo had a wide open reciever and still tried to force it to Champ, as a non Cowboy fan I think you guys are too hard on him. He was under pressure all day and the running game wasnt working. 

Besides, you think that Denver doesnt have any gripes about the refs?

The only one confused is The Landy Hat..I have it on Tevo and none of what you are talking happened..Find a link on You Tube..You can't because it doesn't exist..

Your Romo bashing is really getting annoying..Get a new bit..

it's vey possible that romo was cunfused about the down. actually i too thought it was still 3rd on the last play. i had forgot about the clock spike play and thought we had one more shot. aikman was right when he said the passes should all be directed t the endzone when we ran out of time outs. he said the worst thing we could do was to complete a pass across the middle and not get in. that would loose too much time off the clock. that was where the mistake was made when romo hit crayton and he was stopped at the 5. should have had 2 more hots at the endzone?

yes...yes...yes.....finally someone that saw the same play i did. bailey wrapped his right arm around hurd's torso. and swatted the ball away with his left. he clearly had contact with the wr before and after the ball was in the air. the arguement is that you can have contact in a 5 yard distance from the line of scrimage. but when the ball is in the air you can't make contact. or, most importantly, when the wr is in the endzone, absolutely no contact can be made. now the d-back has a right to the ball, and contact could be permitted assuming he's going for the interception to change possession, but that was'nt the case. he intentionally wrapped up the wr to gain position and impeede the momentum of the wr to knock the ball away. that is a penalty that was clearly visable and was not called. yes -1st and goal with 1 more play should have resulted in the play. hank you for pointing that out. i could'nt believe it was'nt called. i don't shit on the refs and bitch and complain about game calls, cause they're missed on both sides of the ball, but that was clear and even on camera angles all over the endzone????