Wildcard Sunday Chatter | Cowboys and Lions | 1/4/2015

[Cotton]

We've said it a few times already this season, but this was a game they would have lost prior to this season. Nice tosee the amount of character they've developed.

As an aside, Romo was horrid in the first half, and had we lost, he rightly would have shouldered much of the blame.

Yeah, but this time he had a great second half and pulled out the win, so this time he should be considered the hero.

 

[Carp]

Romo definitely was off in the first half. His passes were wobbly and he had chances to get rid of the ball a few times. The DL play was tough, but he was not good at all.

 

[Cotton]

Defense came up huge in this game.

 

[Carp]

Very sure tackling...Brent was good too, he got some penetration.

 

[NoDak]

Anthony Spencer deserves some credit, too. It's like he turned the switch on in the 4th quarter. I don't know if it was the RT becoming fatigued or what, but he suddenly looked like a legitimate big time pass rusher. He was generating a lot of pressure and his sack/fumble of Stafford should have been the game sealing play. Even after the Lions got the ball back, he continued playing hard.

We were even getting push up the middle, and with Spencer and Lawrence coming hard around the edge, our pass rush on that last drive was a thing of beauty. Hopefully, they can keep it up next week. We'll certainly need it against Rodgers and the Packers.

 

[Cotton]

I really want to find a gif of the Romo celebration after he threw that TD to Terrance Williams.

That was amazing.

 

[GShock]

Defense came up huge in this game.

Unbelievably so. I thought that the way they moved Stafford off his spot in the 2nd half was particularly surprising, almost always with the front 4 alone. I'm glad we did not single up Megatron more than a few times, because that was automatic for them, Marinelli deserves all the credit in the world. He is getting everything possible out of the talent he has.

 

[Cotton]

 

[townsend]

Too early to get my SB champions tattoo?

 

[Cotton]

So, is it PI when the defender is just trying to get the WR's hand off his facemask? I'm thinking, no.

 

[Cotton]

 

[Cotton]

Apparently, "Romoing" is now a thing...

 

[Texas Ace]

Defense came up huge in this game.

Yea, I mentioned before how they basically made two game winning plays on the same drive.

Remember when we couldn't get these guys to make one?

They were immense yesterday.

 

[ravidubey]

Anthony Spencer deserves some credit, too. It's like he turned the switch on in the 4th quarter. I don't know if it was the RT becoming fatigued or what, but he suddenly looked like a legitimate big time pass rusher. He was generating a lot of pressure and his sack/fumble of Stafford should have been the game sealing play. Even after the Lions got the ball back, he continued playing hard.

Dallas has done this all December down the stretch when they know the opponent is passing.

That it was Spencer consistently making the plays yesterday is yet another miracle in a long line of them that have happened for Dallas this season. I'm very happy for Spencer

 

[Texas Ace]

That was fricking awesome. You gotta find the .gif somehow.

 

[Cotton]

That was fricking awesome. You gotta find the .gif somehow.

I found a vine thanks to Sturm retweeting my request and posted it above, but really would like to find a gif we can add to our smileys.

 

[VA Cowboy]

I really want to find a gif of the Romo celebration after he threw that TD to Terrance Williams.

That was amazing.

Bob Sturm retweeted
Iamtdg I'd like to find a vine/gif of Romo's celebration while laying on the ground after throwing that late TD to Williams.

 

[Carp]

Spencer made an even better play yesterday following Bush out into the flat on a 3rd and 2 and screwing up the play.

 

[ravidubey]

Faceguarding is no longer a penalty... as long as there is no contact.

Here's the deal with that whole penalty/no penalty:

When Hitchens touched Pettigrew, the ball was still in Stafford's hand... which would have made the penalty illegal contact. However, that was not what was called on the field, the referee that threw the flag signaled "pass interference". Pass interference is called when there is contact WHILE THE BALL IS IN THE AIR... Hitchens, while he was faceguarding (which is legal) never touched Pettigrew. So by the rule, there was no pass interference, and they rightfully picked up the flag. So you ask: "what about the contact?". The "illegal contact" was never called on the field, so the referees were unable to enforce it post hoc.

It's the same deal with plays that are reviewed... in the process of a review, should the referee see a penalty that was not called or not called correctly, there is nothing that can be done about it.

For all the people complaining about the call, the referees were absolutely correct in picking up the flag for a pass interference penalty (because there was none), and the penalty for the the illegal contact (wich should have been called, but wasn't), it falls into the same realm as all of the other bad/missed calls that happen in virtually every game.

Not to mention when the ball was in the air, Pettigrew stiff-armed Hitchens' facemask. It was a very good non-call.

If Stafford puts some air under the ball it might have been a TD.

 

[Cotton]

Bob Sturm retweeted
Iamtdg I'd like to find a vine/gif of Romo's celebration while laying on the ground after throwing that late TD to Williams.

Yeah, it was very nice of him to RT that. Got a ton of responses that led me to the new term "Romoing". Ar at least a new use for the term.