True. But this is also a 3-7 team, afloat in a sea of semi-contention mostly only because the rest of the NFC East is fully of hole-filled boats.
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Romo’s first completion back in pouring rain was left-handed toss out of end zone to avoid a safety. Everybody felt it. We needed Tony’s kind of plays. With all of this Romo talk, let’s not forget the performance of the defense.
Romo went 18 for 28 for 227 yards.
Dallas knew it would get Romo back at a few point. This play opened the door for Dallas to make it a two-score game.
The defensive line wasn’t as consistently disruptive as it would like to be, but when it was time for the D-line to come through and shut the Dolphins down to finish the game, it was able to register three fourth-quarter sacks and keep the Dolphins from mounting any sort of a comeback.
Now, with the Cowboys at 2-7, Romo is back on the field and making weird and incredible plays like this one against Carolina on Sunday.
And while they prevailed on September 20 against the Eagles, the unthinkable came to pass: Romo broke his collarbone and went away for an extended period. Trust me, we will get to a more full and thorough review of Tony Romo’s day in just a bit, but I wanted to make sure we start at all of the dominoes that fall late in games in both 2014 and yesterday in Miami that have nothing to do with any passes that he throws. Hasselbeck the Colts backup quarterback – filling in for the injured Andrew Luck, led Indianapolis on a game-winning drive in Atlanta and Vinatieri hit a 43-yard field goal to give the Colts a 24-21 victory.
“(Dropped passes) and penalties really killed us”, Campbell said. But we really hurt ourselves.
All in all, the Cowboys dominated the time of possession, having the ball for two-thirds of the game. A team that could have been the best team in the National Football League, or close to it, and maybe, just maybe, might still get there. They are only 2.5 games behind the Giants and no other team in the division is playing particularly inspired football.
The Cowboys held Ryan Tannehill to 4-of-12 in the first half while LB Rolando McClain had a pick-6 for a rare, in 2015, Dallas takeaway.
Newton had just 246 yards passing but that was due – in part – to Washington’s five turnovers. Two plays later Kenny Stills got behind Byron Jones and Tannehill hit him in stride for a touchdown which tied the game. Lamar Miller averaged 6.3 yards per rush as Miami’s starting running back on Sunday.
Obviously the Dallas defense is owed credit for holding Miami to 14 points on the road, but it’s clear that the team benefitted from the return of its franchise quarterback. Miller is a home-run type of back. He can go the distance at any time, and the Dolphins have failed to find creative ways to get him more involved.
Undrafted rookie linebacker Neville Hewitt continues to impress.
TEXANS 24, JETS 17: In Houston, DeAndre Hopkins had two touchdown catches and Alfred Blue caught a TD pass from receiver Cecil Shorts to help Houston win three games in a row for the first time since 2012.
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That team that blew a lead against Atlanta and gave up a 100-yard kick return against NY and lost twice in overtime and couldn’t score against Tampa?
