The Cowboys trailed 23-3 at the half with Romo completing just 8 of 17 passes for 82 yards. With the win, the Panthers improve to 11-0 on the season.
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Davis landed on Romo on this sack, jamming Romo’s left shoulder into the turf. With Romo out, the Cowboys will go back to what they had been doing before, losing football games. You’re winning, you’re shutting down one of the best receivers, keep your mouth shut or watch what you say after the play. “We set the tone early”.
Neither offense punched through for a touchdown for the remainder of the first half, but Carolina did not need to in order to control the action. The opportunistic Panthers defense got started on the third play from scrimmage when Kurt Coleman intercepted a forced pass in the direction of Jason Witten and returned it 36 yards to draw first blood. In his four previous games at Lambeau, all losses, Cutler had thrown 12 interceptions.
“It was tough. We worked hard to come back”. With this one, I said, ‘Just make the cutback’. Some of the poor decisions I made are uncharacteristic of me. “I was able to continue to cut it back and get into the end zone”. However, we got to witness the benefits of playing it safe, as late in the second quarter Luke Kuechly picked off a pass and took it to the house for his first career pick six. Robert Turbin and Darren McFadden led the Cowboys with just 11 yards apiece, making many Dallas fans clamor for the return of DeMarco Murray, who tore up opposing defenses last season.
“He (Romo) checked into something, and Thomas kind of looked at me and asked me if we wanted to check”.
To my knowledge, I couldn’t name one player that retired due to repeated broken collarbones.
“Oh man, I haven’t done that in a while”.
There is a good chance Romo, 35, will not play again until 2016. And Carolina kicker Graham Gano booted field goals of 49, 43, 25 and 50 yards, nearly outscoring the Cowboys by himself. Romo came into the game on Thanksgiving with 778 passing yards and five touchdowns with four interceptions.
In a game within the game, Norman basically limited Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant to two catches although the receiver was targeted eight times. The 80-yard march took 7:29 off to clock and extended the lead to 30-6.
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Romo fell hard on his left shoulder when he was sacked to the ground at the end of the third quarter, and it seems to be a foregone conclusion that he suffered a fracture of the same clavicle for the second time this season. He was injured in Week 2 at Philadelphia and said the injury had a similar feel this time. “I don’t think he was seeing things quite as well as he normally does”. Panthers coach Ron Rivera will give the players Monday off and they’ll practice again on Tuesday in preparation for New Orleans. Without a solid run game, the Cowboys have become completely one dimensional, and thus very easy to defend.
