And then there was the rust Romo needed to shake.
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Romo demonstrated what’s been missing, passing for 227 yards and firing two touchdown passes in a 24-14 victory over the Miami Dolphins that snapped Dallas’ seven-game losing streak. And all it took was for the Cowboys franchise quarterback to get back on the football field. “But as players we’ve got to go out and do a better job”. “It’s one of those teams you have to stand up and fight and outlast them, and our guys did that”. He was a bit rusty at times, evidenced by his two interceptions.
He led the Cowboys to a 24-14 win over the Dolphins, throwing a game-winning touchdown pass to Dez Bryant with 14:55 left in the game. Carson Palmer overcame two early interceptions to throw four touchdown passes and, with 57 seconds left, completed three quick passes to move the team into field-goal range after the Bengals (8-2) rallied to tie it at 31.
Otherwise, all the offensive dysfunction that plagued the disastrous Brandon Weeden-Matt Cassel winless stretch magically went away. Lucky Whitehead made a great heads-up play and picked up the ball after it touched a Dolphins player (no risk, high reward decision) and ran it back for 18 yards to the Miami 36 yard line.
The Cowboys (3-7) are 3-0 this season when Romo starts. They are 0-7 without Romo, who was injured on September 20 on a hit by Eagles linebacker Jordan Hicks.
SEAHAWKS 29, 49ERS 13: In Seattle, rookie Thomas Rawls rushed for 209 yards and had two total touchdowns, Tyler Lockett caught pair of TD passes from Russell Wilson, and Seattle got back to.
“(Dropped passes) and penalties really killed us”, Campbell said.
“We’ve got to stop the run”, Miami defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said. In the Cowboys’ case they headed into 2015 believed to be the NFC East frontrunners because they came within a whisker of the conference title game a year ago. The Cowboys have a few really tough games – home for Carolina and at the Green Bay Packers.
It’s the correct calculation of risk versus reward, not to mention having the command of the offense that the Cowboys missed so much in Romo’s absence.
The Cowboys are in a unique late-season position with Romo, and are in even better position by playing in the NFL’s worst division. It makes the Cowboys good again.
Dallas’ dominating defense added to his comfort level, beginning when linebacker Rolando McClain scored the game’s first points and his first career touchdown on a 12-yard interception return. The defense sacked Ryan Tannehill three times and kept Miami’s top two playmakers in check. Miller also had a carry in the third quarter, a five yard gain on 1st-and-10 from the Dallas 42 yard line. Throughout their seven-game losing streak, Dallas has been far from ideal, but many of those losses have come as a direct result of the Cowboys’ inability adapt to their mistakes. But you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone who would argue the phrase “Dallas won because Romo was back in the lineup'”. That capped a 12-play, 93-yard drive.
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Romo’s very first pass attempt of the game looked like similar ones he’s made a thousand times before, including his signature spinout to the left under pressure.
