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| Danny Trevathan makes the game saving interception against Tony Romo. |
Thankfully for us Cowboys haters Tony Romo is still their QB and will be for the foreseeable future after
signing a 6 year, $108 million contract extension with $55 million in
guarantees and a $25 million signing bonus this off season. That deal makes
Romo the highest paid player in Cowboys history and tops the $52 million in
guarantees that Joe Flacco (the next big QB flop) received from the Ravens as
part of his 6 year, $120.6 million contract. Hey Jerry Jones, thank you for cementing all your hopes on Romo it’s
really working out well for you so far isn’t it?
The X factor in the game as it has been in so many games for
the Cowboys is the checkered play of Romo. Despite having a career day throwing
for 506 yards and 5 TD’s it took only one bad throw to erase the glory of all
his gaudy stats. Romo is one of the most notoriously consistent chokers in the big
games. This one has to hurt as bad as any he’s ever had in his career. It didn’t
happen in the post season and the 2013 season hasn’t even reached the half way
point yet but the devastation is no less humiliating and demoralizing.
Personally every time Romo’s name comes up in a conversation
I think of this epic moment in 2006 when the Cowboys were playing the Seahawks
in the playoffs.
Romo will never live this one down until he leads a Cowboys
team to a Super Bowl win and frankly I believe that he’ll never come close to
even making it to a Super Bowl game or even a playoff win which is fine with
me. Next to the Raiders the Cowboys are 2nd on the list of most
hated teams so that's fine by me.
All of that said as Broncos Fans we come away from this win
having serious concerns about the Defense. The Broncos gave up 522 yards of total
offense. The Broncos had 4 sacks in the game (2 by Shaun Phillips) but take away those 4 plays and the Broncos were
not getting enough pressure on Romo. The Broncos had 4 DL at the line of
scrimmage most of the time and even when they blitzed they never really got to
Romo or slowed down. The secondary was and still is the achilles heel of the D
and they could not cover Jason Witten
or Dez Bryant. Tony Carter and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie were beaten up like baby seals.
It didn’t help that Wesley
Woodyard, Chris Harris and Robert Ayers were hurt in the game but
we have to expect better overall play by the team regardless.
The Broncos Defense has allowed 27.8 points per game. Once
the playoffs start this isn’t going to be good enough and it certainly won’t be
if they make it to the Super Bowl. Thankfully the Broncos play the down trodden
Jaguars next week so they’ll get a breather. The word is Champ Bailey will be back next week which is good because they need
his wisdom and experience but from a speed prospective I still think Harris is
just as good a start as Bailey.
Thankfully Von Miller
will return from his suspension just in time for the Colts game in Indianapolis.
Let’s all hope he’s finally learned his lesson and he understands that the game
could be taken away from him for good if he doesn’t fly right. His pass rushing
skills and tackling have been sorely missed. The Colts are a good team and his
services will be needed.
Knowshon Moreno
continues to amaze me. He had a sensational game yesterday, breaking tackles, running
with authority and he made key catches to keep drives alive. His performance
was overshadowed by Romo and Peyton
Manning but he was a big contributor in the win yesterday.
As for Manning he finally threw his first interception of
the season but when you consider that he’s thrown 20 TD’s for an amazing 1884
yards you can cut him some slack. He's playing at level right now that is beyond
what any QB has done before or since, let’s just hope he can carry it over to
the playoffs and a Super Bowl.
If the Defense can regroup and start playing better in the
secondary it doesn’t look like anything can stop the overwhelming and unstoppable
juggernaut that is Peyton Manning.
