Well, this game was just awful. The New Orleans Saints gave the Cowboys a 42-17 beating, and it could have been even worse if Coach Payton hadn't shown a little mercy and had his quarterback "take the knee" instead of trying to score on the last drive.
The Saints racked up 535 offensive yards. This is the third most numbers of yards given up by a Cowboys defense in their entire history as a franchise in the NFL.
Quite frankly, it looked like the Cowboys just gave up in the fourth quarter. Every now and then in the NFL, a good team has one of those days when they just can't seem to do anything right [kind of an out-of-control anamoly]. I hope that's what this was.
The Cowboys are still 8-5, and in good position to make the playoffs. But they need to bear down and make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen again. They have three very winnable games left on the schedule. Now they just need to make sure they win all three. Failure to do that will make what was looking like a great season into a very disappointing one.
The Atlanta Falcons are next. It is truly a "must win" game now.
I stopped watching right after TO made the TD. Considering TO was not pleased with it, it was a sure sign, this game was over the minute the Saints scored the second TD. They had Romo's number, and no matter what the Tuna says, I think Parsels was a bit cocky. I think he thought him being the master, he could smart his old student. But in reality, grasshopper kicked his ass all night. That is ok, they are still in first.
ReplyDeleteThe other reason it didn't bother me, I was already ecstatic from the game before. It gave me great pleasure watching Young kick the shit out of the Texans.