A six-game losing streak in the National Football League is usually a death knell for a team’s postseason hopes, but that Dallas Cowboys still have life thanks to the mediocrity of the NFC East. The margin of error, however, continues to shrink for the Cowboys, who will play the first leg of a two-game road trip in Florida with a visit to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. What can I say, it was repetitive. Smith said the unit, which started ex-Cowboy Sterling Moore and rookie free agent Jude Adjei-Barimah at cornerback the past two games, is getting better. “That’s what we should be talking about”.
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“When we have good play in the secondary, it allows you to do everything you’d like to do. We all know that”.
Garrett stopped short of saying Romo would play against the Dolphins, and wouldn’t declare that the broken bone has fully healed.
The news of Romo’s return desperately gives Dallas the shot in the arm it needed to potentially turn this season around.
“I haven’t looked at what would have to happen for us to win the division, which looks like the logical way to look at it”, Jones said.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-5) match up against the Philadelphia Eagles (4-5) at Lincoln Financial Field this week.
From one end zone to the other, the Bucs got away with playing the same old Bucs football that historians frequently have witnessed for decades. The star receiver, who made headlines the past week with a profanity-laced tirade aimed at reporters, later said while he expected a penalty to be called, he nevertheless should have done more to make the catch. “That’s just normal Jameis Winston as far as how I see it. He’s in that role”. That came just a few plays after Winston fumbled the ball at the goal-line, but a correct defensive holding call negated that play and the Bucs finished the Cowboys off from the half-yard line.
On third-and-4 with 1:07 left on the clock and the Bucs trailing 6-3, the Winston dodges Greg Hardy and scrambles for the end zone. It appears that the Eagles may be without Sam Bradford next week, as he went down with a concussion in yesterday’s game.
In years past, Tampa Bay would have found a way to lose a game like this.
Dallas had one last chance, but quarterback Matt Cassel’s throw for Bryant in the end zone was picked off by safety Bradley McDougald, his second interception of the year.
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“I’m going home to celebrate with my family”, he said. “I don’t know (why)”. Heath’s first interception ended a stretch of 134 consecutive pass attempts without a pick. Backup quarterbacks Matt Casseland Brandon Weedenhave gone 0-4 and 0-3, respectively, during Romo’s absence. Mike Evans had an outstanding performance for the Buccaneers, totaling eight catches for 126 yards. Meanwhile, the Bucs’ defense had three sacks, held the Cowboys to 42 yards rushing, and limited Bryant to five receptions for 45 yards. The Cowboys defense will find a way to bolster their rotation and incorporate more stunts and games to generate more pressure. He was doing that as early as last week, the first week he was eligible to practice while still on the injured list with a designation for return.
