Super Bowl or bust, in some fans’ minds, and the team didn’t balk at that with an all-in approach during the offseason.
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-PASSING OFFENSE: F. Tony Romo was bad from beginning to end.
After the game, head coach Jason Garrett said he was still hopeful Romo would be able to return this season, though that outlook seems increasingly unlikely after Friday’s report. “No surgery”, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on 105.3 The Fan (via Jon Machota of the Dallas Morning News).
After a shaky season, Manziel has almost tumbled off the depth chart entirely after failing to commit to playing as much as he does to partying.
ESPN noted that Jones also said that Romo will not have surgery, but won’t be fully healed until March, effectively ending his season and in all likelihood the team’s playoff hopes.
Before getting hurt, Romo didn’t look anything like the only quarterback to beat multiple teams with records of 9-0 or better. The injured player received initial treatment from the Cowboys’ medical staff and then proceeded to the locker room for further tests.
“Yeah, you know, I’ve got diverse dancing ability”, Newton said after throwing for 183 yards and running for another 45. “We need to make a move now”. That doesn’t overcome where we’re at. “We have five games [left], and a game in the National Football League is precious”. We just need more information. The Cowboys still have a long December ahead of them.
They gambled on Greg Hardy. I still believe – and obviously the doctors will stand by that, and Tony felt good about it – we feel that he did the right thing.
Panthers middle linebacker Luke Kuechly intercepted two passes in the second quarter, part of a stifling effort by the Carolina defense in a 33-14 victory over the Cowboys on Thursday at AT&T Stadium.
It was the fourth time Romo has thrown multiple pick-6s in a game, and the first since a 34-18 home loss in 2012 against a Chicago defense that was among the league’s best in forcing turnovers. Talk about cruel irony for Cowboys Nation.
Romo was replaced by Matt Cassel, who started four games in his absence.
At least Dallas landed a top-10 pick following the 2010 season, and used it to draft Tyron Smith, who has become one of the top left tackles in the game.
In their next five drives – which spanned the second and third quarters – the Cowboys picked up just two first downs. “He fought his butt to get back and help our team to get into playoff position”.
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Romo will be 36 next season. He stayed down on the field after he was sacked by linebacker Thomas Davis. Ratings would be through the roof during those games if Tebow is the quarterback for the Cowboys. But it could be a problem. Romo’s final year of his signing bonus is 2017 when his cap hit jumps to $24.7 million, but his dead cap hit drops to $19.6 million. Worth sports, toyed with the idea that perhaps Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford might be in the cross hairs of the Dallas front office as soon as 2018.
