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If Eli plays like he did against the Pats and Bucs, NYG win it going away. If Eli is Eli, then cowgirls of irving by 6-9.
Cowboys 31
Giants 17
Eli is a fake. He will crumble as usual.
If Eli plays like he did against the Pats and Bucs, NYG win it going away. If Eli is Eli, then cowgirls of irving by 6-9.
The Cowboys have sort of had this wrapped up for a while. They haven't really had a meaningful game since the Green Bay game. The Philly game was a big game for the defense, and the defense played well. They had to beat Carolina, not knowing Chicago was going to beat the Packers, and they did that. The Giants look much more focused as they've basically been in the playoffs for a month and needed the Pats game to try to get some momentum.
I keep arriving at the conclusion that this is the Cowboys' game to lose. If both teams come out and play their best, Dallas advances. If they show up without focus or take the Giants lightly they'll get embarassed. Even a sloppy close win is going to subject the Cowboys to a nightmarish week of answering questions due to the expectations.
Boys win 31-23
Yeah!!! Goooooooooooooooooooooo COWBOYS!
Wow, that dude was right to put her on his worst dressed list.
I'm afraid only my heart says the Cowboys will pull this one out.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...omo/index.html
Tony Romo's late-season slide wouldn't be so alarming if it hadn't happened last year, too.
Tremendous start to the season, tons of long-range touchdowns, huge passing performances, Pro Bowl selection -- the works. And then something happens in December.
Romo is 15-3 in his brief career through the end of November, and he's 3-6 from Dec. 1 onward.
Maybe it's a fluke. Maybe he's just been a little banged up late in the season -- Romo did play the last three weeks with a sore thumb on his throwing hand. But maybe it's more than that.
Last year, Romo had a monstrous 110.8 passer rating going into December and then a pedestrian 77.1 mark the last month of the season. And the Cowboys, who looked so good in winning four straight games soon after Romo replaced Drew Bledsoe, lost four of their last five games, including the playoff downer in Seattle.
This year, Romo took a 107.7 passer rating into December, and the Cowboys were 11-1. Since? He has a 50.7 passer rating and the Cowboys head into the playoffs having lost two of their last three games, including a blowout at the hands of the Redskins that was meaningless for Dallas but in which the starters played well into the game.
So far in his career, Romo has had six truly bad games, which we'll define by a passer rating under 60. Five of those games have come in his eight December starts.
Romo has already been anointed the Next Big Thing, although he turns 28 in a few months, is completing his fifth NFL season and has yet to win a playoff game. In Donovan McNabb's fifth season, he reached his third NFC Championship Game and won his fourth and fifth playoff games. Ben Roethlisberger had already won a Super Bowl by his 24th birthday. Heck, even Eli Manning -- who came out of college a year after Romo -- has more playoff wins.
That's why Sunday is so huge for Romo. It's a mandate on hype vs. substance.
But as the Cowboys-Giants game approaches, something is askew with Romo and the Dallas offense. And although the Cowboys should be able to escape the Giants at home, even with Terrell Owens still hobbled, this just doesn't look like a championship offense. There's something missing, something that has slipped away for the second year in a row.
Last year's slump began after a win over the Giants. It was a game the Cowboys won despite a poor performance from Romo. This year's slump began with a loss to the Eagles.
Both games had one thing in common. The Giants and Eagles both got to Romo. They not only hurried him, but also they hit him, intimidated him, changed the way he played the game. And in both cases, the battering he took seemed to have a lasting effect.
The numbers bear this out: Romo has been sacked just 25 times in 19 career starts from September through November (1.3 per game), but 22 times in nine games the rest of the season (2.4 per game).
No quarterback likes to get hit, but Romo dislikes it more than most. And when teams are able to reach him -- no easy task, because the Cowboys' offensive line is awfully good -- it affects Romo more than most quarterbacks. He rushes throws, gets skittish in the pocket, makes mistakes. Costly ones.
Romo is effective -- and often brilliant -- when everything lines up perfectly. When the Dallas running game is churning out yards, Owens is healthy and terrorizing cornerbacks, and pass protection is stout, it's almost impossible to slow down the Cowboys. When things start to fall apart, he often isn't able to handle it.
That's why teams more and more are focusing their defensive efforts on doing everything possible to pound Romo, even if means giving up some big plays in the process. The Eagles did it in Week 14, sacking him a career-high four times, and Romo completed only 13 passes and threw three interceptions. The Redskins did it in the regular-season finale, and although the game didn't count, the hits did. Romo completed only seven of 16 attempts with another INT before leaving.
The Giants will try the same. They led the NFL with 53 sacks during the regular season, they beat up Jeff Garcia in their win over the Buccaneers last week, and they've been successful the second half of the season generating consistent pass pressure. But the risk is clear: When you don't get to Romo, he's tremendous. He'll pick you apart. When you don't get to Romo, you're going to lose.
There's a weird all-or-nothing to Romo's career so far. He's started 28 games, and performed at one extreme - either great or awful -- in almost every one. If a passer rating below 60 is bad and a passer rating over 85 is outstanding and the 25-point huge gap in between is average, Romo has been outstanding 21 times, terrible six times and average just once.
So the key is to figure out ways to pound him to the midsection, upset his rhythm, force a few mistakes, and get him out of his comfort zone. When he has time in the pocket and starts rolling, he's impossible to beat. But once he starts playing poorly, he rarely stops.
Of those 53 sacks, the Giants had exactly 2 against Dallas, one in each game, for a total loss of 12 yards.
Are you already making up excuses when they lose. How cute, guess your a Romo fan.
Very over-rated pass rush. I keep reading how Colombo and Flozell are going to have trouble with Osi and Strahan, yet they controlled them all game long in the last game.
What excuse? I did exactly what you did...quoted stats.
If that makes me a , guess it makes you one too.
I quoted an article there is a difference. The person that wrote the article is a then I guess, but then again so are you.
And you posted the article. Guess that makes you a as well.
Nope just posted the article to see the boys fans come out of the woodworks to make excuses. Thanks for that!
You still haven't showed me what excuse I was making in case Dallas loses.
Your using stats trying to justify that the Giants aren't going to kick the cowgirls asses this weekend. To me it looks like an excuse. The Giants are rolling, the cowgirls are sliding. Accept it, your team is going to lose!!
Just because you think its an excuse doesn't make it so. You can assume that it is but your assumption would be incorrect. You posted the article to prove your point that there is no way possible that Dallas can win. I just followed up on one of the stats mentioned. Nowhere did I once guarantee a Dallas win in fact I have said if Dallas plays like they have the last month I think they will lose. If Dallas plays like they are capable of, they have a very good chance to win. I'm not making excuses for anyone or anything. You seem to think Dallas has no shot...I happen to think they do. The question for you is this...I will still be here if Dallas loses, will you be here if they win?
So now you assume that I posted that article to prove a point. I posted the article just to see the Romo s (such as yourself) to come in and cry about something. It worked, thank you. I will be here with a box of tissues for you on Monday.
Why not? You assumed I was making excuses.
So...if someone disagrees with you, they are crying?
It was an attempt at making an excuse, a weak one at that. Not really but you cowgirls fans seem to cry about every little thing. Its funny to me.
No it wasn't....it was stating a fact. No excuses here.
Nice to know you fall back on the "all you (insert name here) fans think alike" ignorant blanket statement card.
I posted a little article and you along with one of your other pussy boys come in all defensive. Its funny how cowgirls fans get all defensive and start crying and then get defensive about crying. I can just imagine the waterworks after the next game.No it wasn't....it was stating a fact. No excuses here.
Nice to know you fall back on the "all you (insert name here) fans think alike" ignorant blanket statement card.
How is debating a topic being defensive? We are disagreeing on something and debating it?
Sounds like you are taking this a little personal.
Not really, to be honest with you I don't care who wins this game. Now I want the Giants to win so I can come in here and call you my !
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