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Pretty sickening defeat. We were set up perfectly for 3-1, a ton of momentum going into the bye week and probably getting a number of key guys back for New England. Instead the veteran probowl QB just flat out laid a huge turd on the field after getting up 27-3. I dont know that I've ever seen a game in which there was such a complete swing in the way a QB has played. Almost perfect, almost absolutely flawless for 35 mins or so. Then absolutely putrid, so bad to the point that you almost think he had to make those stupid throws on purpose. Even high school QB's know better than to make throws like those.
1) Jones and Garrett seem to be defending Romo again, but behind the scenes its clearly time for the come to Jesus meeting with him. I think he has to be told "hey look, we cant have this anymore. Either get your head out of your ass or your going to be benched". You cant treat him with kid gloves anymore. If he's going to be the QB here you cant have a totally different set of standards for him as you do everyone else. He has played brilliantly at times this yr, but he's also had stretches where he looks like one of the worst players in the league. Those 3 picks yesterday were just pathetic. Not a single one of those passes had any chance of being completed. Those are thros you try to make when your down 27-3 and desperate to make plays, not when you are up 27-3 and just bitch slapping the opponent.
2) As I pointed out a couple times to the play calling whine asses yesterday, there's no reason to complain about any of it. They didnt throw 25 passes in a row with a 27-3 lead. The play distribution ended up looking more lopsided because the last 8 plays of the game were passes, because they HAD to be passes. Before that in the 2nd half they had two drives end in one play (boneheaded picks by the QB), they had a 7 play drive with 5 runs that ended with an awful 3rd down pick. They had two 3 and out series, and ran the ball on 3 of those 6 plays. The idea that Garrett "gave up on the run" or "went pass crazy" is not true.
3) I dont remember what writer suggested it, but I think the one thing that would be interesting to ask Garrett is maybe did the thought of taking Romo out with a 27-3 lead cross their mind at all. We were stomping on them and the Lions really had no hope for victory, except for how the game played out with Romo's turnovers. Because they had such a big lead at home, in the 2nd half and with a rib & lung injury to Romo maybe they could have sat him for the remainder of the game. I seriosuly doubt Kitna (or even McGee) would have made any of those dumb throws Romo made.
4) The defense definitely deserves alot of blame too. They folded like a house of cards on that final drive, and in general played poorly the entire 4th qtr when we were outscored 17-0 and they gave up nearly half of the Lions 303 yds. The ending to this game defensively reminded me of MANY games just like this when Zimmer was the coordinator here. Play good or really strong for 3 quarters, but do absolutely nothing when the game was on the line in the 4th and blow a big lead.
5) Tyron Smith got owned bad on that sack on the final drive, but otherwise the OL was pretty strong. The Lions got credit for only two knockdowns on the QB the entire game. There was only one sack yielded. The run game did gain over 100 yds and averaged over 4.0 yds per carry. Romo had all kinds of time on virtually every drop back. They couldnt stick it in there on the 4th and 1 GL play, but otherwise I thought they really showed well. They really handled the Detroit front easily IMO.
6) And another note to the play calling cry babies. Those of you who constantly bitch and moan about the team using the shotgun inside the 10, yesterday was another prime example of why they do it. They simply are not physical enough from these tight, short yardage formations to get enough push. The idea of going to the shotgun down there is to get the defense spread out more, and create running lanes that way. One thing they rarely do down there that I'd like to see tried is rather than going to the shotgun or short yardage offense, stay with a standard set of 2 WR's/1 TE and a RB/FB, or maybe go to a 1 back set with either 2 TE's/2 WR's or 3 WR's/1 TE. Run from a traditonal formation, and that way the defense still has to cover the entire field.
7) Two positives were clearly the play of Laurent Robinson and Dan Bailey. Bailey seems to be getting as close to automatic as there is now. His FG attempts get up quickly and seem to be damn near down the middle every try now. Since missing that chip shot against the Niners, he's hit 11 in a row and I dont that any of them had any doubt at all. Robinson was really impressive and once Austin and Bryant are 100%, we have a really impressive trio of WR's. He's dependable, seems to run good routes and has excellent speed.
8) Barry Church's play yesterday was pretty bad. Hopefully Sensabaugh doesnt miss any further game time, because he (Church) is a huge liability down the field in coverage. He's fine up to probably 10 yds or so from the LOS, but beyond that he seems lost and his lack of speed is quite evident.
9) YEAH!!!! Finally a freaking holding call on the other team. Only took a month. Way to go zebras, you dumb sacks of shit.
10) I havent seen an injury update from yesterday, maybe someone can post in this thread. I think I heard several more guys went down. I know Sensabaugh had a bad concussion, but I thought I heard 2 or 3 other guys went out too.
It will be interesting to see how Garrett handles yesterdays meltdown, which was an epic failure by the team. Never before in our history had we blown such a lead, and we did it at home. New England can definitely be had, St Louis is awful and has to come here. Philly isnt any good. Then we get Seattle, Buffalo and Miami at home in November, all 3 games which should be wins. Even with yesterdays devastating loss, we could be in pretty good shape by the end of November if the team can get healthy and get Romo to play without his head buried up his anus.
1) Jones and Garrett seem to be defending Romo again, but behind the scenes its clearly time for the come to Jesus meeting with him. I think he has to be told "hey look, we cant have this anymore. Either get your head out of your ass or your going to be benched". You cant treat him with kid gloves anymore. If he's going to be the QB here you cant have a totally different set of standards for him as you do everyone else. He has played brilliantly at times this yr, but he's also had stretches where he looks like one of the worst players in the league. Those 3 picks yesterday were just pathetic. Not a single one of those passes had any chance of being completed. Those are thros you try to make when your down 27-3 and desperate to make plays, not when you are up 27-3 and just bitch slapping the opponent.
2) As I pointed out a couple times to the play calling whine asses yesterday, there's no reason to complain about any of it. They didnt throw 25 passes in a row with a 27-3 lead. The play distribution ended up looking more lopsided because the last 8 plays of the game were passes, because they HAD to be passes. Before that in the 2nd half they had two drives end in one play (boneheaded picks by the QB), they had a 7 play drive with 5 runs that ended with an awful 3rd down pick. They had two 3 and out series, and ran the ball on 3 of those 6 plays. The idea that Garrett "gave up on the run" or "went pass crazy" is not true.
3) I dont remember what writer suggested it, but I think the one thing that would be interesting to ask Garrett is maybe did the thought of taking Romo out with a 27-3 lead cross their mind at all. We were stomping on them and the Lions really had no hope for victory, except for how the game played out with Romo's turnovers. Because they had such a big lead at home, in the 2nd half and with a rib & lung injury to Romo maybe they could have sat him for the remainder of the game. I seriosuly doubt Kitna (or even McGee) would have made any of those dumb throws Romo made.
4) The defense definitely deserves alot of blame too. They folded like a house of cards on that final drive, and in general played poorly the entire 4th qtr when we were outscored 17-0 and they gave up nearly half of the Lions 303 yds. The ending to this game defensively reminded me of MANY games just like this when Zimmer was the coordinator here. Play good or really strong for 3 quarters, but do absolutely nothing when the game was on the line in the 4th and blow a big lead.
5) Tyron Smith got owned bad on that sack on the final drive, but otherwise the OL was pretty strong. The Lions got credit for only two knockdowns on the QB the entire game. There was only one sack yielded. The run game did gain over 100 yds and averaged over 4.0 yds per carry. Romo had all kinds of time on virtually every drop back. They couldnt stick it in there on the 4th and 1 GL play, but otherwise I thought they really showed well. They really handled the Detroit front easily IMO.
6) And another note to the play calling cry babies. Those of you who constantly bitch and moan about the team using the shotgun inside the 10, yesterday was another prime example of why they do it. They simply are not physical enough from these tight, short yardage formations to get enough push. The idea of going to the shotgun down there is to get the defense spread out more, and create running lanes that way. One thing they rarely do down there that I'd like to see tried is rather than going to the shotgun or short yardage offense, stay with a standard set of 2 WR's/1 TE and a RB/FB, or maybe go to a 1 back set with either 2 TE's/2 WR's or 3 WR's/1 TE. Run from a traditonal formation, and that way the defense still has to cover the entire field.
7) Two positives were clearly the play of Laurent Robinson and Dan Bailey. Bailey seems to be getting as close to automatic as there is now. His FG attempts get up quickly and seem to be damn near down the middle every try now. Since missing that chip shot against the Niners, he's hit 11 in a row and I dont that any of them had any doubt at all. Robinson was really impressive and once Austin and Bryant are 100%, we have a really impressive trio of WR's. He's dependable, seems to run good routes and has excellent speed.
8) Barry Church's play yesterday was pretty bad. Hopefully Sensabaugh doesnt miss any further game time, because he (Church) is a huge liability down the field in coverage. He's fine up to probably 10 yds or so from the LOS, but beyond that he seems lost and his lack of speed is quite evident.
9) YEAH!!!! Finally a freaking holding call on the other team. Only took a month. Way to go zebras, you dumb sacks of shit.
10) I havent seen an injury update from yesterday, maybe someone can post in this thread. I think I heard several more guys went down. I know Sensabaugh had a bad concussion, but I thought I heard 2 or 3 other guys went out too.
It will be interesting to see how Garrett handles yesterdays meltdown, which was an epic failure by the team. Never before in our history had we blown such a lead, and we did it at home. New England can definitely be had, St Louis is awful and has to come here. Philly isnt any good. Then we get Seattle, Buffalo and Miami at home in November, all 3 games which should be wins. Even with yesterdays devastating loss, we could be in pretty good shape by the end of November if the team can get healthy and get Romo to play without his head buried up his anus.
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