Now that Tony Romo has shaken off the rust, he’s ready to take on unbeaten Carolina.
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Here are grades for the Dallas Cowboys in their 24-14 win over Miami.
As reported by Shreveport Times, the heavy rain and gusty wind was not able to stop Romo from leading his team to victory.
Romo pulled off his latest comeback victory Sunday, returning from a collarbone injury to throw for two scores, and the Dallas Cowboys won for the first time since he was hurt in Week 2, beating the Miami Dolphins 24-14.
Tight end Jason Witten had just two catches for 27 yards, but it seemed like he had more and fellow tight end Gavin Escobar, who had just five grabs for 46 yards all year, had two catches for 20 yards were two of eight Cowboys receivers, one off a season-high for a game, to make catches in the win.
On Thanksgiving Dallas will host the undefeated Carolina Panthers in what is suddenly a very interesting contest.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is finally in a good mood after getting his team back to full-strength, and breaking a 7-game losing streak.
“Winning”, Romo said, “is going to put a little more pep in everyone’s step”. And staring up from a 3-and-7 hole in the NFC East, that’s saying a lot.
Now the challenge is, what do they do next?
Speaking of that aforementioned first completion, in which Romo had to avoid the rush in his own end zone and make a left-handed pass, Jones, could barely contain his excitement, via the Star Telegram. It went for a short gain. This time, however, he doesn’t have two months of wear and tear since he’s been sitting.
RAVENS 16, RAMS 13 (at Baltimore) – Quarterback Joe Flacco tore ligaments in his left knee during the closing seconds and running back Justin Forsett broke both bones in his right forearm spoiling the Ravens’ last-second win.
(Tony) Romo made a difference. A third-down holding penalty on cornerback Jamar Taylor allowed the Cowboys to keep the ball, and he was beaten deep by Williams on another third down for the TD.
“If you truly want to be special and great, the great ones get off the field, they don’t get that penalty”, linebacker Kelvin Sheppard said. Everybody on the sideline sees it, and the guys on the field. That’s just big men coming down on you hard in a monsoon, trying to figure out how not to have a awful play at the first of a ballgame.
Linebacker Rolando McClain scored the game’s first points and his first career touchdown on a 12-yard interception return.
The secondary for the -1 favored Panthers has been stellar this season, ranking eighth in the league when defending the pass. Their success and ability to cover Dallas’ talented pass-catchers hinges upon the front four to get to the quarterback.
The Dolphins had the ball for only 21 minutes and went 1 for 10 on third-down conversions.
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“After all of this and everything that’s been said and done, we still have a chance”, Interim Head Coach Dan Campbell said. The Dolphins (4-6) increased the likelihood they’ll miss the playoffs for the seventh year in a row. Joe Philbin is no longer coaching the team, but it has not made much of an impact on their season because they are still not a competitive team, and the Cowboys proved that yesterday.
