Tony Romo Blocks The Kick
Betcha thought that was going in a more innocent direction, didn’t ya? Betcha thought it was a Tony Romo dream joke didn’t yah? Well now you’re here thinkin’ bout Skip Bayless touching his nethers and I’ve probably lost half my readership. Worth it.
That game owned really hard and it’s nice that out of 8 games we had at least one that’s been good playoff football. I guess you could argue Steelers/Chiefs but I’d smack you on the head for thinking 6 field goals for a winning team means good football was happening on your television. We’ve had 8 games, and 1 good one. Thank god that one good one was real good, because we seem to be in for a lackluster end to our lackluster season. Unless the Falcons win, because that would be new and cool.
Rodgers did Rodgers things for the entire first half and at the end of the game, though he got stifled in the second half somewhat. Packers almost gave up a massive heartbreaker (Which was hilarious in itself) but they then stuck it to a mighty Cowboys comeback with yet another impossible throw to Jared Cook and a big ol’ kick. 2 kicks, really, since Crosby got iced. Rodgers shows the world just how magical you can be if you cut family out of your life and become obsessed with proving people wrong.
As for the Cowboys, loathe as I am to admit it, but the team likely has a bright decade ahead. Team Tony was getting pretty loud in the first half calling for Romo to come in. I was dubious of Dak all year since the team never really had to lean on him to make the throws and QB the team to the top himself, but down by what felt like billions the Boys couldn’t lean on Zeke and Dak made all the throws and looked like the guy, so I’m on the Dak belief train now. Even though I want the Cowboys to eat all the dicks. Even though they deserve to eat all the dicks. All the dicks. One million dicks per second.
I also enjoy all the Cowboys fans who have consoled themselves on the loss with the look to the future. Yeah, things look bright, but your team was 13-3 (14-2 if they try week 17) and possibly the best team in the league, and you want to tell me the loss doesn’t hurt because of the future? We both know that’s a load of crap. We both know you are dying inside. We both know that the future is uncertain. I bet some Eagles fans will tell you bout a guy named Nick Foles. Things can change and the 2016 Cowboys could end up a huge missed opportunity just as much as they could end up the stepping stone to greatness. It’s why you gotta take advantage of those opportunities when you get them. Getting to the playoffs ain’t shit. Winning is.
So what’s everyone’s preferences now that we’ve only got 4 teams? The Falcons are the only real newbie to the crowd and are easily the team I’m rooting for most because teams that haven’t won SBs always deserve their first ring (‘cept you, Eagles!). After that the Packers and Steelers are on the same basic level for me, and then the heat death of the universe before the Pats again even though the Pats are probably going to win it since they are the only team left with a good defense.
Whatever happens, I hope we get at least one more game as good as Cowboys/Packers.
Ben vs Brady will be a good game. Our backup Trash Jones ‘kept up’ with the Angry Americans when Ben was hurt
As a Giants fan its surprising that I root for the Cowboys whenever theyre not playing the Giants. Ive just liked their players ever since I started watching football. Watching them lose to the Packers (who I cant stand but Im not sure why) was a real kick in the guts after the Giants match. On the plus side the teams Im rooting for are 0/8 this playoffs, so everyone bet on the Steelers and you’ll make money.
Have to go for Falcons from here, the best Superbowl result as far as Im concerned is “oh, yeah, thats fine I guess”. Worst case scenario is Steelers win. Ugh. Patriots I can always handle winning since its just more fuel to the Patriots-Slayers legend.
How did Skip Bayless react on his show to the Cowboys loss? I’m guessing he’s saying Rodgers is overrated and lucky and that the Cowboys got robbed somehow?
I did a pick-em thing with my family NCAA basketball tournament style
So I’m rooting for the Falcons to close the Georgia Dome with a win, then lose the super bowl so I win the pick-em thing.
Less than 3 months until the Storm begin their 1-13/2-12 2017 season.
Also because they got three straight bye weeks right to the championship game. Actually they might have gotten 4 straight byes right to the super bowl, depending on which Steelers team shows up.
Speaking about the Pats, btw
The Packers and the Falcons is gonna be the next good game. Big Ben has not played well IMO, I think the Pats will beat them.
As far as the Cowboys, I’d say don’t forget what happened to Kaepernick. Young rookie comes in and does well over the established vet. Couple years later teams figure him out amd he can barely start for a team. Anything is possible.
He could also just be the next Tony Romo. Plays on a great team with half the fans thinking he’s not good enough, spends his whole career working for a ring and never getting it.
Dak is a better quarterback than Kaepernick. Kaepernick succeeded in 2012 largely by using his legs as a threat to keep his receivers clean downfield. Once he started having to account for defensive backs he got into the bad habit of reading only half the field and taking off. Dak makes reads and throws his guys open.
I’m reluctant to blame Kaepernick’s regression on teams just figuring him out, because his regression happened to coincide with Jed York blowing the team to pieces and regressing the whole damn team.
Kaep never really changed outside losing some confidence because they tried to make him a real QB against his strengths. Dak seems way smarter than Kaep ever was.
I think deep down all Cowboy fans knew that rookies weren’t going to the Super Bowl their first year. These Super Bowl teams are filled with a couple of years of disappointment before they break through. Green Bay was opposite, they got theirs, and since have had years of disappointment. The Falcons are due.
Ryan vs. Rodgers should be exciting. There will be more scoring than a Raiders (Jackson) Chiefs (Okoye) Tecmo Bowl Game. Hopefully we get two exciting games this weekend.
No love for rice or LT?
long time reader first time commenter.
That game was an absolute roller coaster of emotion. I saw my college team lose when they doinked a field goal after being iced three times in a row, which is apparently legal…So I wasn’t a huge fan of the way the end set up. But Mason Crosby was clutch.
In a slightly drunk and very euphoric state, I may have booked a flight to Atlanta for the NFC Championship Game. As a Packers fan, this will almost certainly result in them losing now. Sorry everyone.
A good point gets inadvertently brought up.
A Packers SB win would cause Skip no small amount of grief (assuming he cares personally even a fraction as much as his TV persona does). And who doesn’t think that’s an Amazing thing?
As a Vikings fan fuck you and your fucking team
As a Bears fan, I concur
As a Lions fan, I… I… ah fuck it, I’m retiring
As another Bears fan, I second the concurrence.
Ah, the vikings. “Five and Oh whoops our season’s over”
I like Crosby’s Cheese Shoe.
…..So THAT’S what a Bayless shuddering Shang-ri-la looks like….
Beats my fanfic.
As a Cowboys fan that lives in Portland, I was very very pissed for the first quarter…I thought it was the typical disheartening break down I sorta expected. I can’t say I am happy with how it ended, but holy hell this team’s future looks bright. Dak has guts, Zeke is dominant, and that O line. I am looking forward to the next few years.
Out of the teams left…my order for SB win desire goes as follows. Falcons, Packers, Pats, Steelers. I hate the Steelers less than the Pats…but Tom Brady spiting the league will be hilarious in a very tragic way.
Uh steelers don’t have a good defense? I’d like to think they have a pretty good one.
Falcons > Packers > Heat Death of the Universe > New England Steelers
Mostly based upon the Falcons not being a recent winner and the Packers still being part of the better NFC superbowl variety to the More-Of-The-Sameness of the AFC. Guess I’d like the Patriots to lose the SB more than the Steelers though.
As much of a Falcons Fan I am, I REALLY want them to win a Super Bowl so bad. This year is the year! If the Cubs can win the World Series, if Donald Trump can become President, then dammit the Falcons can win the Super Bowl!!!!
“OH GOD SKIP WHAT ARE YOU DOING”
“GET OUT I’M ABOUT TO RELEASE A HOT TAKE”
WIN!
Classic Draw Play at it’s best! All the essential ingredients are there: Funny drawings and expressions, making fun of a non-Giants NFC East team, and gratuitous masturbation!
[twenty years from now, on a sidewalk]
SCRAGGLY OLD HOBO DAVE IN SUNGLASSES: i was once something, you know
PASSERBY: excuse me?
HOBO DAVE: something. i was one once. you know.
PASSERBY: err, alright–
HOBO DAVE: i drew comics. on the intertubes. about the footballs. i had everything! i even had a tweeter.
PASSERBY: is that right.
HOBO DAVE: i had it all. but then one day. one day was my downfall.
PASSERBY: really.
HOBO DAVE: one day i drew Skip Bayless masturbating to a fantasy of Tony Romo winning a playoff game for the Cowboys while actually being Tim Tebow.
PASSERBY: approximately zero percent of what you just said made any sense.
HOBO DAVE: and then all my readers left! they left because i made them think about Skip Bayless masturbating. and Tim Tebow. i was ruined! now i’m here, on the street, ranting at passerby about my bygone glory days.
PASSERBY: really. and it’s all because of Skip Bayless?
HOBO DAVE: [lowers sunglasses] it’s undisputed.
I am surprised so many fellow Cowboys fans thought this was the year they get the ring. Looking at our relatively soft schedule and knowing that our defense needed lots of help, I figured we’d run into trouble once we get to a really high octane offense. It’d be a shootout at that point. That’s why it was surprising that Rodgers didn’t do so well during the regular season against the Cowboys. Once I heard that Rodgers was getting hot at the end of the season… I knew we were in trouble.
Still, that comeback to make the game competitive in the second half… wow. Yeah, it stung to claw back from all that and lose it in the final seconds. The future isn’t guaranteed to anyone, so it sucks to lose this chance, but putting in a damn good showing DOES mitigate the sting somewhat. I’ve said before I’m also a huge Romo fan separate of being a Cowboys fan, so I hope he himself goes somewhere to finally get his own ring.
As a Saints fan, to all of you saying you’ll be rooting for the Falcons, I’d like to quote one of our truly great modern philosophers:
“You go to Hell!!! You go to Hell and you die!!”
Hell is still better than another Packers Super Bowl
hate the goddamn pats
and packs
and stacks
Nah, the Cowboys will be lucky to get to 10-6. I’m predicting 8-8. Their cap situation is BAD. Plus Dak isn’t that good. And this isn’t the first time the Cowboys lost their first playoff game (which I called all year) after going 13-3. Then they went 8-8 forever.
So as an Eagles fan, it was great seeing them lose, because I know they’ll suck for years to come.
Why do you hate the eagles dave, I love you and I dislike the giants the least of all our rivals :'(