Giants vs. Cowboys

Bizzaro Game.

The Dallas Cowboys decided to play the worst game in years at the new stadium Jerry Jones had built in Arlington. George W. did the coin toss, and then later the announcers didn't know how to caption W. sitting with Madden, and the first thing I could think of was that they have about the same intellect, and were both in their occupation too long.

It was a bizzare game throughout and on every level. The running team became the passing team, the passing team did best when they ran. The Cowboys, of course, kept trying to pass and failing. No matter how badly Romo stunk up the field, Phillips kept him in. Romo throws a ball way behind Witten, and it bounces off his foot like a pro soccer-type of move and right into the hands of the Giants.

Romo, in the entire game, without exception, looked like a 15th round draft choice rookie playing in a pre-season game, and without a clue. He would throw it too high, he would throw it too low, and then there was the time he acted like the guy must have been a mile away because he threw it way too hard. No Romo, John Elway you're not, and you're not convincing anyone of that by blasting past someone 10 yards away from you. You should have more concerned about getting a TD instead of ripping it... loser.

I wish Parcells was coaching because Parcells would have yanked Romo out of there, let him sit and think about what a crappy job he was doing, and then put him back in later to see if any improvement happened. You can't let Romo keep on a roll of bad passing, because he thinks nothing of it and will continue to throw that way unless you slap him up side the head and make him address his problems.

Without a doubt, Romo will never be one of the Cowboys' great QBs. He'd have to have a few Montana-like seasons to erase that fine display of crappiness last night. I don't think he can do it. I know he can't do it. He's been in long enough to where it is now, what you see is what you get. I see inconsistentcy, and I see that when Romo sucks, he sucks hard. I don't think he really cares enough about his profession, about his teammates, the organization, or anything to make him want to be a better quarterback.

And how about coaching? Where was it. Phillips let Romo stay in the game... sure, for most QB's you need to keep them in else you shatter their confidence. Romo's not like that though, he needs to know that he can't just play like crap and get away with it. Parcells figured that out early on, Phillips should have figured it out by now. Being all buddies is fine off the field, but during a game, it's business. And in business, you need to cut your losses at some point.

But yeah, Romo totally lost the game for the Cowboys. It had to be the worst performance I've seen (or at least as bad as any) of any QB in pro ball. There's no excuse for it. Cowboys need a real QB, a hungry one that wants to win, that wants to be the best QB in the NFL.

Yes, Romo is highly rated, but that's to be expected from any Cowboys QB. He needs to be more than highly rated, he needs to be a good leader, he need to command respect, and needs to stop smiling after performing worse than a rookie QB.

I've been reluctant to "adopt" Romo for a few years now, and last night removed anything that may have led me to think that Romo was a good QB. A good QB needs to be fairly consistent, and Romo doesn't fit that bill. He has sparks, but that isn't good enough. He'll have a few good games, and then falls apart. Romo isn't a rookie anymore, he's been in there long enough to where he should know how to play. I don't care if later on he's the highest rated QB on paper... he still sux.

Look at Eli, not that he played as badly as Romo, but he wasn't doing that great at first, but got his stuff together in the game and ended up doing a good job overall. Romo, on the other hand, was consistently bad the entire game, with the exception of a handful of passes, some that should have been caught.

That's another thing, receivers need to catch the balls. WTF else are they being paid for? Romo made one great pass to Crayton, I believe, who was in double coverage but it was right to him... and it looked like he barely even tried to catch it.

As bad as Dallas played, the only reason they lost was because Romo was practically giving the Giants points. Simply a terrible game. Too bad it was the opener to that new stadium... at least it's memorable.