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August 22, 2006
PFW: Fumbling away a golden opportunity
So much for Tony Romo's bid to become the Cowboys' starting quarterback.
at New York Football Giants 17, Kansas City 0
at Chicago 24, San Diego 3
at New England 30, Arizona 3
Seattle 30, at Indianapolis 17
Dallas 30, New Orleans 7
Not much to tell concerning the other three games. KC looked like they wished the preseason was over with already in losing to the Giants. Phillip Rivers received his official "welcome to the NFL, rookie" papers at the hands of "da Bears"; New England did likewise to Matt Leinart in the Pats' thrashing of the Cards. Indy tried to make a game of it with the Seahawks, but Shawn King simply isn't Peyton Manning.
Neither is Tony Romo, but he's still a damned sight better than Drew Bledsoe. However, Bledsoe looked extremely sharp in dissecting the Saints, who still have a ton of work to do under new coach Sean Payton.
Romo looked good, too, tossing a 48-yard pass-catch-run to Miles Austin. But he tried to do too much on one play when the protection broke down, and lost the ensuing fumble. N'awlins scored five plays later, which pretty much ensured Romo would be holding a clipboard again this season. 
The defense looked every bit as good as they did last week in throttling the Saints' offense. This is likely the Cowboys' best defense since the JJohnson days, and it'll be exciting to see how many quarterbacks shit their pants at having to face it (he said with fingers definitely crossed).
The PFW returns in a couple days.
Posted by Lord Spatula I, King & Tyrant at August 22, 2006 10:04 AM
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