Romo verses Aikman
Tonight would not have happened to Troy Aikman. When Aikman played badly, the Dallas Cowboys lost. Now, understand what I’m saying. Aikman was a much different quarterback. Aikman was not a gunslinger. Aikman was a surgeon. He was on target and on time. When Aikman was not playing well, the Cowboys lost. That didn’t happen often.
Tony Romo was awful tonight. I started taking Phenergan (anti-nausea med) last in the first quarter as Romo threw 3 interceptions. 3! 2 of the interceptions were run back for touchdowns. Let me tell you what I saw. The Cowboys defense stepped up. Buffalo was 3 of 13 on 3rd down. They held the Bills to only 229 total yards.
Unfortunately, Romo was not done with the turnovers. He had 2 more interceptions and a fumble. OMG!! What an awful night. Somehow with the defense crashing Buffalo’s offense, Romo had a chance to redeem himself. He played great on the stretch. The Cowboys won with a last second field goal; 25 - 24. I did have 2 heart attacks.
Update: As a matter of fact, Romo is more like Roger Staubach if we are going to stay with the Cowboy analogy. Staubach could have a bad game then turn “it” on in the 4th quarter. In order the Cowboys to keep the game close against the Patriots, they are going to have to play error free ball. The Patriots will try and confuse Tony Romo will weird looks and blitzes. With 5 turnovers we will lose 60 - 3. On the other hand, if we can score early and make the Patriots play from behind AND no turnovers then we can do something special.
YOUR COMMENTS RE ROMO & COMPARISONS TO TROY & ROGER WERE QUITE APT. ACTUALLY ,I TURNED AWAY AS T.O.WAS STRIPPED OF THE TWO-POINT TRY ….ONLY TO BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN I DIALED ESPN !!!!
Thanks for your comments, Jim.
Dallas will have their hands full with New England.