After taking time to digest the atrocity that I witnessed two Sundays ago, I am still in shock of the complete meltdown. Tony Romo should be ashamed of himself for letting this happen again. Unfortuatly for Cowboys fans this happens far too often for comfort.
Believe it or not, the Detroit Lions will be the biggest challenge Dallas has faced this year. Matthew Stafford is healthy and throwing out of his mind. Calvin Johnson is a top 5 receiver in the league.
Jahvid Best is showing himself to be a top 10 running back when healthy. Brandon Pettigrew, one of the players Detroit drafted thanks to the dog butted Roy Williams trade, is turning out to be a solid tight end. Nate Burleson and Titus Young are at least as good as the #2 and #3 receivers Dallas will put on the field Sunday.
Brady Tinker and Everson Walls talk Game 2 about Jesse Holley and Tony Romo.
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Wow. I love the camera angles from this recap of the 49ers game.
Then the video pans to Warren Sapp, Chris Colinsworth, and Phil Simms. Warren Sapp goes after Tony Romo until he pops up on the screen for a surprise interview. Watch Warren Sapp back pedal off his earlier criticisms.
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Watch Tony’s expressions and the effort he goes to to talk with Ed Werder.
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I sat in a local wing restaurant last night, watching the most unbelievable comedy of errors in recent memory. Missed snap after missed snap. Dropped pass after dropped pass.running backs stopped behind the line of scrimmage. Wide receivers running wrong routes. A banged up Tony Romo managed to avoid a potentially catastrophic meltdown.
Tony’s an even keeled guy. Maybe too much so. Not last night. You could see the frustration on his face, especially if you could read his lips play after play. Phil Costa got an earful.
Warren Sapp, Michael Irvin, Kurt Warner, and company debate whether Tony Romo is a winner. Irvin backs him up saying that he’s a winner, but not yet a champion.
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NFL Live talks Tony Romo and how the public perceives him. Chris Carter praises Tony, but is realistic. He acknowledges that Tony will make mistakes late in the game trying to make things happen.
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But the question remains: is Tony Romo good enough to win a Super Bowl? Can he be a top quarterback in the league?
Chris Carter, rather than answering yes or no, wisely focuses on who Romo has to beat. It’s not that Romo isn’t a great quarterback. It’s that there are too many better quarterbacks ahead of him.
On Sunday, Tony Romo showed that he can be as tough as they come while playing through a broken rib and a punctured lung.
But there have been a lot of knocks on him as an NFL quarterback over the years since he busted onto the scene.
It is the year of herculean effort among Dallas pro sports stars. We all remember Dirk Nowitzki playing through the flu and hitting the last minute shot in the NBA Finals to put Dallas back in the series.
We all felt the outrage and the insult of Dwayne Wade and LeBron James mocking Dirk and making light of his illness.
