Wow! I don't care if you were a Cowboys or an Eagles fan, but that shootout last night had to be one of the most exciting games on Monday Night Football that I have seen.
The Dallas Cowboys came out victorious, but it didn't come without a fight! Philadelphia Eagles came out fighting, as I knew they would. The final score came to 41-37.
The offense fought hard and made the big plays, took advantage of the opportunities, and moved the ball.
Tony Romo has to learn not to make those mistakes of trying to make a play out of nothing all the time. He got away from a sack, but then overthrew Miles Austin and Assante Samuel intercepts the pass. This led to the Eagles first touchdown.
Later, Isaiah Stanback fumbles a kickoff return and puts the Cowboys deep on the five yard line. Romo fumbles the ball and instead of just dropping on the ball and take a safety, he picks up the ball and tries to throw it out. He fumbles the ball again, and the Eagles get a touchdown.
One thing about Romo though, he seems to forget those mistakes and still comes out and recovers well and proceeds with the game plan.
The return by Felix Jones shows how fast he is, but also how quickly he recognizes where to hit the opening.
The defense did enough to win the game, but I personally don't see much of improvement. They got pressure a few times on McNabb, but lot of times he was able to get away. They let a rookie, DeSean Jackson, get over 100 yards receiving last night. He did make a boneheaded play by celebrating too soon, why didn't Roy or Adam pick up the ball when that happened? Who got burned? Adam Jones did, that was his guy and he got burned.
This was the type a game the Cowboys need to win. They need to maintain and improve throughout the year.
I have to give praises to the Philadelphia Eagles, despite the loss, they showed that they will be a force in the NFC East this year!
Monday Night Thriller: Dallas Cowboys Win Shootout Over The Philadelphia Eagles
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Kyler Fields 7 months ago
all these people were on here talking smack about how the cowboys are going no where and how romo is just another over paid quaterback. well guess what they won lastnight despite the fact that romo played with a cast on his hands. so all you haters can go ahead and eat your words once again.
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