Tony Romo Chokes Again

That was a good game last night.  RGIII showed up big.  Dallas played tough as usual, but there was just something in the air last night.  Everybody knew it.  I called it, just before it happened.

Tony Romo is a good NFL quarterback, but for some reason, he just can't win the games that he needs to.  I really feel for the Dallas Cowboys fans.  They knew deep down that Romo would pull a Romo.

Romo is better than a lot of quarterbacks in the NFL. He doesn't have any reason to hold his head down.  He just doesn't make the plays when he needs to.  He is like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football.  When the game is on the line, he swings and misses.

Really good NFL quarterbacks are hard to find.  Will Dallas get rid of Romo after another heartbreaking loss and disappointing season?  Who knows.  When you have a franchise that has won it all multiple times, you have a high standard that must be met.  When a team falls short, it can be really hard on the fan base.

Romo might not win a superbowl.  He choked again and the Cowboys will miss the playoffs.  Dallas Cowboys fans are probably pissed right now, but they should really take a look around the NFL and think hard before they talk about getting rid of Romo.  Good quarterback play is hard to find.

Niners versus Patriots - Big Win for San Francisco

The 49ers are moving forward with Colin K at quarterback.  He went into New England and helped lead SF to a victory against the Patriots.  The game was good from the Kickoff.  There were lots of big plays and lots of big hits.

The 49er defense really showed up in this game.  They had those Patriot WRs and Tight Ends dropping the ball in fear in the first half.  There was a bogus call against one of the 49er safeties for hitting a defenseless player.  The NFL is going to have to do something about those calls.  I don't see how you can play defense anymore.  The whole goal is to separate the offensive player from the ball and if you can't come up and make a big hit, it is going to be impossible to play good defense.  

I don't what happened to the 49er defense in the second half.  They started letting the Patriots get on track and they started racking up points like they were playing Madden.  A large Niner lead evaporated.  It really had me shaking my head.  The 49ers were agressive in the first half on offense and then all of sudden, they started having a string of three and out series.  One big note on the day was the number of times that the ball was put on the ground by both sides.  Colin had a hard time holding on to the ball and on the other side the patriots were getting blasted by the Niner defense and giving the ball right back.

Colin was having a pretty good day throwing the ball and you can just cringe at the thought of all the points that the Niners didn't put on the scoreboard.  They had missed field goals and dropped passes in the end zone.  The score could have really gotten out of hand in that first half.   This week we saw the re-emergence of Randy Moss and can look forward to more hookups between Colin K and Mr. Moss.  Michael Crabtree also had a big day.  I can remember just a few months ago people talking about him being a diva in the comments section on bleacherreport.  Crabtree has not been the problem. He just needed someone to get him the ball accurately.  Colin K is looking for those receivers down the field and connecting.

Tom Brady is a great quarterback and for a few moments I thought that the 49ers were going to make history in the wrong kind of way.  The Pats almost pulled off one heck of a comeback.  They were pulling out all of the stops. They had no problem going for it on 4th down and converting.  But eventually the 49er defense decided to tighten up again and added a few sacks.  I was hoping that Aldon Smith would get a few sacks in this game, but the Pats made sure that he was blocked enough to keep him off Brady.  There were a couple of other Niner defenders that did get through in time to hand Brady a nice hello sack.  Ricky Jean Francois and McDonald got in there and did a little damage at the right time in the second half.  

This was a really big win for the Niners.