But he didn’t get one vote for MVP of the year, an award Peyton Manning ran away with.

Don’t be shocked. Although Ware was competing to be the first defensive player to win the award since Lawrence Taylor he played for a team that missed the playoffs despite having so much talent.

But after that, Flacco carefully dissected the Cowboys defense, going 17-25 for 149 yards and a touchdown. Not great numbers, but it was his management of the game and how he commanded the offense without errors that was impressive.

Tony Romo couldn’t do that. Although Romo came on at the end of the game, he missed numerous opportunities to put this game away, throwing errant long passes that were never even close. His costly interceptions allowed the game to get out of the team’s grasp. To make matters worse, the offensive line had no answers for the crazy blitz packages the Ravens through at them. Overall, just a poor performance from the Cowboys quarterback and offensive line.  Missing a wide open MIles Austin highlighted how Romo did not deliver in crunch time. 

The secondary allowed two huge runs that crushed the Cowboys late comeback chances. Ken Hamlin made lame attempts to tackle Willis McGahee. Hamlin also failed to secure an easy fumble recovery. Here’s a photo of the poor tackling that allowed McGahee to score:

I thought the fake field goal was a gutsy call and one that showed just how poor the Cowboys coaching can get. Anthony Henry played horrible coverage on a touchdown catch by Derek Mason. And I mean this: he looked silly out there. That’s not pro football right there. It was disgusting.  Check this sequence out: