Don’t Be Like This Me
The Cowboys are 2-6 and have lost all 6 games in a row since Romo went down. Before I go into it, allow me to air out my bias a bit:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
Ahem. *clears throat*. Now that’s out of the way we can more onto more serious discussion.
The Cowboys collapse is honestly surprising to me. I knew their chances took a big hit when Romo and Dez went out but I never expected a 6 game losing streak (With another loss possible this weekend against the Bucs with Romo still out). Last time Romo broke his collar bone they performed better than this, and on paper this should be the far superior team. I figured they’d lose at least 3, maybe 4 games but the offensive talent would keep things afloat just enough. But this? This is far worse (TOTALLY BETTER) than expected. It really shows you just how important Romo is to that organization. If anything positive comes out of this, it’s that the whole of Cowboy Nation will finally, finally respect Romo for the excellent QB he is. He finally seemed to be shaking off that stigma of choker these past few years, but even last year I still saw Cowboys fans calling him a choke artist and not giving the man respect. There is no doubt now. Romo is that team. They just aren’t the same without him. (THEY DONT DESERVE HIM LEAVE TONY RUN AWAY).
I’ve been contracted by Bleacher Report this season to make little bite size Draw Plays every monday (called NFLOLs. yeah yeah I know- name wasn’t my idea), and this was my most recent one, which I think fits here:
Anyway it’s not technically over for the Cowboys. The Giants are only 3 games in front and have a rough schedule coming up. The Eagles are just two games up. The Skins just one. Stranger comebacks have happened. But it’s hard to see the Cowboys season as anything but a let down (WONDERFUL RAINBOW OF HAPPINESS) at this point and they’d need to play perfect football to reach 10 wins. If they lose this weekend to the Bucs, they are toast.
(More like Dall-ass Cowboys amirite)
yeah, all the romo jokes are fun, but it’s always bothered me how seriously some people actually thoguht he was bad. maybe he and Dalton can split a couple of super bowls over the next few years and everyone can stop claiming they’re bad
The problem is, they will never win a super bowl, either one of them, the Bengals choke, and can they beat the packers, patriots, panthers, or even the broncos? Then the cowboys let the best rb in the league just leave, and they, the cowboys, always choke too. I really doubt they win a super bowl, either team.
The best RB in the league? Maybe if you take a naive look at total rushing yards from last year… with the best offensive line in the league. How well is he doing for the team he’s playing for, again? http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/rushing/sort/rushingYards
To be fair, Demarco Murray is far from the ‘best RB’ in the league. There’s a difference between leading the league in rushing one season (behind an amazing o-line) and being a once in a generation talent. I would easily put AP, Bell, Gurley, & Charles ahead of Murray in that discussion.
The difference between Romo and Dalton is that the Cowboys had been holding Romo back, while Dalton had been holding the Bengals back.
In 2021 this is funny cause now: romo was never appreciated as dak is awesome and dalton a backup for him
One of my best friends at work is a Cowboys fan, and we hang out regularly during games.
I have never seen a man so resigned to defeat as he has been this year, and half of my family is made up of Redskins fans! Poor guy needs a hug.
You clearly have never hung out with a Lions fan on a Sunday. Picture this: your Cowboys fan friend’s attitude this past Sunday….on every game day Sunday for the last 20 years. This has been my life as a Lions fan for 30 plus years
My stepdad is a cowboys fan and,these last 6 weeks have been agony for him, also mcmuscles hype has sadly died
What happened to sexy rexy??????
FOUND YOU!!!
Hey Dan. Sorry if your ring didn’t tell you, it’s been hanging out with me and bigfoot on the grassy knoll. If you want, Friday is underwater bingo night at Nessie’s place. Elvis will be there, you can come if you want!
The worst part of this whole situation is that all these NFC East teams play a prime time game EVERY WEEK. The giants are only kinda interesting to watch because they have Beckham. The rest of the teams stink. My Chiefs got flexed out of primetime this season against the chargers, but America is the still forced to watch the cowboys and eagles struggle to play a game on Sunday night football.
I didn’t even get to see the Giants and Saints because I’m not in either of those regions. That would have at least been a good SNF game.
Honestly, the 6-game losing streak isn’t that bad for me, as a Cowboys fan. Probably because I honestly think I am more of a Romo fan than a Cowboys fan. Like you said, the silver lining is that even his haters have got to be seeing the value he brought to the organization. That he always brought to the time. His talent alone is the only thing that kept us at 8-8 all those years because they DIDN’T BUILD A PROPER TEAM FOR HIM TO WORK WITH. They FINALLY do last year and everyone sees how just a little bit of proper support can make them into beasts.
Even stating that, I feel worse for Romo than I do for the Cowboys organization because Romo only has so many years left to get a Super Bowl and really shut people up. I want ROMO to win a Super Bowl. And Jason Witten, but he’s always been recognized as good.
My mind was kind of blown when I learned that Tony Romo’s name was actually Antonio Ramiro Romo.
Yeaaaaah, you’re way too optimistic about the rationality rabid fans.
Where’s my Viking Overlord Teddy Bridgewater drawing? Where?!
In the Uproxx article along with all the others, where they are supposed to be
http://uproxx.com/sports/2015/11/nfl-week-9-cartoons-and-predictions/
I love you.
What an underwhelming season for Dallas. They’re one of those teams that can’t handle a higher=place schedule (considering they’re 2-6 against what is against a 1st place schedule). Same thing with Detroit, the Lions were second place last year and now it would be an UNDERSTATEMENT to say they’re struggling. 1-7 looks awful.
I don’t know if the “harder schedule” thing really carries much weight anymore. a 1st place schedule only affects 2 games per season. It’s more the power of the divisions you play. Sometimes you luck out and play the AFC South (Like Dallas last year) and sometimes you get stuck with the NFC South (Which this year is pretty decent)
Always thought Romo was better than what people gave him credit for. Then again, I’ve only experienced the post-Aikman years from about 2003 Quincy Carter on.
Also, somehow Darren McFadden is one of the healthiest Cowboys on the roster this year despite the injury plague.
Where can I get the link to all the NFLOLs?
Don’t worry, my Bucs will let them break the streak just in time for a flurry of articles about how “they still have a chance!”
It sucks for the cowboys but….but they deserve it cause jerry jones is literally satan.