Cowboys Burp It Up In 'Burgh
After building a 13-3 second half lead (despite playng like dog pooh for most of the first half) Tony Romo just threw a dart to DeShea Townsend with 1:40 left that went for a touchdown. Unfortunately, Townsend plays for the Steelers and Romo plays for the Cowboys and the score is now 20-13, Pittsburgh.
And while tight end Jason Witten is taking the blame for running the wrong route on this game-clinching play. Pittsburgh just scored 14 points in less than a minute. With 7:15 left they trailed 13-3.
The Cowboys, who bottomed out at 5-4 then rebounded with wins over Washington and NFC West weaklings San Fran and Seattle had recovered some momentum.
But against the 9-3 Steelers, Romo and the Cowboys offense played horrifically.
Their first seven drives ended thusly. Romo interception on pass intended for Terrell Owens. Handoff (?!) to Owens on third-and-2 and a stop on running back Tashard Choice on fourth-and-1. Three-and-out with third down pass aimed to Owens. Fourth-and-2 incompletion over the head of Owens. James Harrison strip-sack of Romo. Three-and-out. Romo pick on first-down in his own end.
Dallas was lucky to be down 3-0 at that point and Nick Folk banged a field goal to make it 3-3. In the third, Romo pulled a TD out of his posterior with a marvelous scramble and throw to Owens to make it 10-3. They added a field goal but Pittsburgh outgutted the Cowboys.
Romo melted down early and late. There was general confusion on a final Dallas drive on which Romo again threw to an unwitting Witten while TO raged.
The postgame's going to be fascinating.
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The steelers didn't show me anything, for a team that is suppose to be the #1 defense. Dallas beat their self.
The Cowboys may be America's team, but they got beat today by Pittsburgh's Team. Someone tell Tony Romo, Terrell Owens and Jason Whitten they must play 60 minutes of football to beat a team like the Steelers -- not 53 minutes.
the cowboys beat themselves by committing turnovers from the qb, special teams and the one desparate bomb by big ben in the 3rd qtr. the cowboys will bounce back, still have 3 games to go.
It's obvious that the Steelers are the better team all around, coaching and performance. week after week they have showed that they can compete with anyone in the league, even in the 3 losses, they were always in the game. give credit to the defense that doesn't give up and will continue to give them the opportunity to win every day. the way the Steelers are playing at this time, there is absolutely no other team with exception of the Giants that can give you that type of performance. any other game watched is like watching a non NFL game.