2. You can blame Garrett for not calling the timeout after the first down as much as you can blame Romo, if not more. It is very possible that they were telling Romo not to call it, in which case Romo is taking the high road in not mentioning it.

3. Romo’s point about not being sure about whether it was first down or not and thus spiking it is so ridiculous (spike it on 4th down?!?) that it makes me think he is covering for the coaches.

4. Bigger issue is- Garrett & Co. had more faith in their kicker to make a 49 yard field goal than they did in their offense to gain any more yards (or even not lose yards). They thought there was a better chance of Bailey making the kick than in Romo completing an intermediate pass.

Romo 37
Aikman 29

Go figure.

I think it’s time to start thinking about the Giants instead.
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Unless you are Jason Garrett and Tony Romo – WRONG.

THEIR job is to move on.

OUR job is to obsess, ridicule, complain.

The fact that he didn’t says, in pretty certain terms, that Romo did not do the wrong thing.

And if he did do the wrong thing, then Garrett failed to interrupt it, which puts the blame right back on Garrett again. So even if the reasoning of this piece is right, its conclusion is still wrong.

The fact is that Romo put the team in range for a field goal, and their kicker kicked a field goal. Garrett screwed that up with the time out, and Ryan’s defense whiffed unforgivably in OT.

I keep saying this: if you want to criticize Romo, then say he didn’t score enough points earlier in the game. That’s valid. Hunting for things like this is unseemly, and ignores the much greater likelihood of a problem with team leadership. Anyone who’s been on a team knows that things like this either flow from leadership, or they don’t.

Romo is the reason and Jason Garrett is terrible, but players win games…not coaches. Taking 19 seconds to spike the ball and just plain not knowing how to run a 2 minute drill is embarrassing to the ‘boys.

Two Things dude:
1) There is a difference between (deserved) critique and criticism and “hate.” Every idiot fan in the world likes to throw out the “HATE” term as soon as anyone questions their team.

2) Learn the english language and punctuation. For someone criticizing the author on this site, and how much smarter you are.. you proved only that you cannot properly spell or punctuate a single sentence.

Wow, can’t believe you can even turn the computer on…..

You’re just jealous Tony Romo can sleep with whatever woman he so chooses, while you’re sitting on your mom’s couch and bitchin about how you have to drag the trash to the street every week. You haven’t left your bedroom in years…

Think About It

Romo obviously had no idea he had 2 left, it was his responsibility to run it, not Garret’s, and Romo’s obviously not staying on top of the game and it cost them….

how can a franchise QB not know he has TWO TOs left when he’s running a hurry up?

Hey, that’s the only reason I watch a Cowboy game!!!

romo fulfilled his job…

Garrett was on the sideline. Not engaged in trying to execute plays. IT’S HIS JOB to know the situation. It’s everyone’s job, but really, it’s his ONLY job.

Garrett should have known better… so should have Romo.

On icing the kicker, the clock was running down and the offense was not set at the line, if Garrett hadn’t taken the timeout, there was going to be a 5 yard penalty, which would have taken them out of range.

They got beat by a better team – end of story!

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Totally correct. So many cowboys fans are saying it was not romo’s responsibility to call a timeout. Not true. He can call TO too.
They should have lost the skins game too when romo/Garrett screwed up. Saved by Shanahan