His back was fine. Fully recovered from the prior season.
WHAAAAAAT??? Romo's back was fine? It was far, far from fine! They lied about it all preseason but it became clear pretty quickly it was NOT fine, and they acknowledged it was NOT fine!
So let me get this straight: the Cowboys on average ran the ball TWO EXTRA TIMES PER QUARTER, and that supposedly helped Romo's back? On average the prior year they ran the ball 5 times per quarter, compared to last year they ran the ball 7 times per quarter. Ok.
And because we ran the ball more, and is attributed to the success as you state... were and how then is that LUCK?
You are taking my general statement that the season was mostly luck, (it was, just a fluke) then trying to say I was saying specifics, like the running game success, being luck. Where clearly I differentiate the two.
You don't understand this concept that boozeman, Hoofbite, bbgun and many others here do. Making the run a featured part of the offense wasn't some Epiphany, some sudden change in philosophy or some genius plan, it was necessity to try to limit Tony's exposure to hits. Later on in the season when his back was healthier, they threw more, making for the average you're referring to. The success of this was mostly due to a pretty good back beasting it for a new contract.
Then with Tony's health assumed better at the start of a new season, that beasting back became expendable and we didn't draft a replacement. BECAUSE WE NEVER PLANNED TO FEATURE THE RUN AGAIN THIS YEAR.
You referenced the injury bug and it staying away and regarded it as luck.
It's not mostly just dumb luck when you go through a whole season with very few injuries to key players?
Still can't get over you're believing Tony's back was "fine" when even Tony himself said it was not. It wasn't.