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Chicago 34, Dallas 18: Staring a 6-10 Record Right in the Face
There were points in tonight’s game against the Bears that Cowboys fans had reason to believe. All of those points occurred before the 2:46 mark of the second quarter.
It was then that Tony Romo threw a pass towards Dez Bryant, who was apparently supposed to run a hitch route. He didn’t, and Charles Tillman picked off the pass and ran it in for a touchdown.
Sure, the Cowboys managed to cut the score to 10-7 going into halftime, but the nightmares were really about to begin.
The secondary had no answer for the Bears in the second half. The $50 million addition to the backfield, Brandon Carr, was burned badly on two different plays by Brandon Marshall. Morris Claiborne never saw Devon Hester blow right by the rookie corner on a 34-yard touchdown.
Tony Romo threw two picks that weren’t his fault. The last three picks were all his fault. The first of those three, and his third of the night, ended up in the arms of Lance Briggs, who raced 74 yards for a touchdown.
Nothing good came from the second half. Romo might have had the worst game of his career. Dez Bryant is the goat for the next week thanks to mental mistakes and dropped passes.
Jason Witten had a good game, but few of his 13 receptions came at times when they mattered. At times, it felt as if the team got Witten the ball for the sake of getting him the ball.
DeMarco Murray ran the ball 11 times for 24 yards. Felix Jones had one nice 13-yard run, but on kickoff returns he continues to insist on running the ball out of the end zone from near the back line.
Sean Lee is still a bright spot. He had 14 total tackles. Victor Butler had a decent game filling in for Anthony Spencer and even had a fumble recovery. However, Butler also did an Almost Anthony impression by failing to wrap up Cutler on what could have been a sack on third down.
Can it get worse? The next five games—
at Baltimore
at Carolina
vs. N.Y. Giants
at Atlanta
at Philadelphia
Anyone have confidence? Would you care to share that confidence with the rest of us?
There were points in tonight’s game against the Bears that Cowboys fans had reason to believe. All of those points occurred before the 2:46 mark of the second quarter.
It was then that Tony Romo threw a pass towards Dez Bryant, who was apparently supposed to run a hitch route. He didn’t, and Charles Tillman picked off the pass and ran it in for a touchdown.
Sure, the Cowboys managed to cut the score to 10-7 going into halftime, but the nightmares were really about to begin.
The secondary had no answer for the Bears in the second half. The $50 million addition to the backfield, Brandon Carr, was burned badly on two different plays by Brandon Marshall. Morris Claiborne never saw Devon Hester blow right by the rookie corner on a 34-yard touchdown.
Tony Romo threw two picks that weren’t his fault. The last three picks were all his fault. The first of those three, and his third of the night, ended up in the arms of Lance Briggs, who raced 74 yards for a touchdown.
Nothing good came from the second half. Romo might have had the worst game of his career. Dez Bryant is the goat for the next week thanks to mental mistakes and dropped passes.
Jason Witten had a good game, but few of his 13 receptions came at times when they mattered. At times, it felt as if the team got Witten the ball for the sake of getting him the ball.
DeMarco Murray ran the ball 11 times for 24 yards. Felix Jones had one nice 13-yard run, but on kickoff returns he continues to insist on running the ball out of the end zone from near the back line.
Sean Lee is still a bright spot. He had 14 total tackles. Victor Butler had a decent game filling in for Anthony Spencer and even had a fumble recovery. However, Butler also did an Almost Anthony impression by failing to wrap up Cutler on what could have been a sack on third down.
Can it get worse? The next five games—
at Baltimore
at Carolina
vs. N.Y. Giants
at Atlanta
at Philadelphia
Anyone have confidence? Would you care to share that confidence with the rest of us?
