Post by Ziggy/Franzen Troll on Oct 9, 2007 13:13:05 GMT -5
As monday night began the Cowboys(4-0) had much at stake, to be undefeated for next week against the Patriots, Buffalo(1-3) on the other hand had been upset-minded all week, and also attempting to beat an unbeaten team, something the Bears did just last sunday night against the Packers.
It was also a re-match of the past superbowls these two teams played in both won by the Cowboys
Buffalo not only had something to play for, but someone in Kevin Everett, who has been progressing throughout the NFL season. It meant alot to him that his team had been playing their hearts out for him.
The Bills got off to a fast 7-0 start with just 6 minutes gone by in the game on a 25 yard interception return by George Wilson, which was one of 2 Tony Romo interceptions in the 1st quarter.
But in the 2nd quarter Romo bounced back to tie the game at 7-7 on a 22 yard pass to Jason Witten.
After going 3 and out the bills defense picked off Romo for the 3rd time in the half, setting up a 24 yard field goal by Rian Lindell to give Buffalo the lead 10-3.
Costly penalties moved the Cowboys back into their own endzone, where Chris Kelsay, made Romo pay for throwing instead of taking a safety, by picking him off and walking not even a yard and scoring to give Buffalo a 17-7 lead.
With just 3 minutes to go it was important for Dallas to get at least 3 heading into halftime. Romo had struggled but Sam Hurd made the big catch to set up a Nick Folk field goal, cutting the lead to 17-10, in addition to that the Cowboys would be given the ball as well with a chance to tie the game, 4 turnovers and the cowboys were only down 7, you cant get any more fortunate then that.
Tony Romo opened the half by driving down into Bills territory, which the Bills have been tough on defense all game, Dallas could not get into the endzone, and had to settle for another Nick Folk field goal, which but the lead to 17-13.
Terrance Mcgee made sure Buffalo would score on the next possession by taking the ball 103 yards for the touchdown, giving the bills a 24-13, which was very critical against this kind of Dallas team.
Neither team scored after that in the 3rd, but Dallas was denied of the endzone once again, settling for another field goal, the score was 24-16, Dallas would need a touchdown and a 2-pt conversion to at least tie the game, next Dallas possession Romo fumbles the football, and Buffalo was well on their way to sealing the win.
A solid running game ran off the clock for a good amount of time, but the mistake made by rookie QB in position to clinch it, Trent Edwards' pass from the Dallas 11 was tipped by DeMarcus Ware and returned 70 yards by Terence Newman. Romo looked for tight end Jason Witten, Instead, he found linebacker John DiGiorgio at the goal line and DiGiorgio returned his first career pickoff 38 yards. That was the 5th interception thrown by Romo, and the 6th dallas turnover in the game.
But unfortunatly the Bills could not get a first down to once again clinch the win. Instead it gave Dallas a chance to tie the game, Tony Romo had finally gotten back in his normal stage, but most part thanks to the Bills playing prevent down the field. with 20 seconds to go romo found Patrick Crayton for just his 2nd passing touchdown in the game, but the Bills held strong and prevented the 2-PT conversion.
All Buffalo needed to do was get the onside kick, and a questionable call gave Dallas a chance, Sam Hurd made contact just after the ball went 10 yards but on the replay it showed he made contact much earlier then that. Nevertheless Dallas was given the ball with a chance to win, an incompletion with 1 second left called back gave romo only 16 seconds to get the ball in FG range, and he did just that in only 2 plays, Marion Barber and Patrick Crayton both made catches and ran out of bounds.
With 3 seconds left Nick Folk made the field goal, but Buffalo called a timeout which negated the first one, but the 2nd one went right down the middle, giving Dallas the win 25-24.
Dallas and Buffalo players thoughts after the game
"Oh, it's great," Folk said. "It shows you how good we can be and what we can do if we don't make mistakes. And even if we do make mistakes and we stick together as a team, we still stay in the game."
"That's a sign of a pretty resilient team," Romo said. "I think our team, outside of me, played an outstanding football game. They dug me out of it. It was tough to go through that, especially on Monday night.
"We made too many big plays to lose that game," McGee said. "It just seemed we had it won. We were one play short."
"It was embarrassing, embarrassing," Bills receiver Lee Evans, on the verge of tears, kept repeating in the somber locker room. "We had opportunities to put the game away, put some points on the board, give us a little more cushion. Couldn't do it. It's embarrassing."
Sure it may be embarrassing for the Bills, but was it more big for the Cowboys?. We will find out next week when the Dallas and New England meet up and decide "who is better".
~ucbearcats blog written by marlins2004
nflnewsandnotes.blogspot.com/2007/10/monday-night-to-remember.html
It was also a re-match of the past superbowls these two teams played in both won by the Cowboys
Buffalo not only had something to play for, but someone in Kevin Everett, who has been progressing throughout the NFL season. It meant alot to him that his team had been playing their hearts out for him.
The Bills got off to a fast 7-0 start with just 6 minutes gone by in the game on a 25 yard interception return by George Wilson, which was one of 2 Tony Romo interceptions in the 1st quarter.
But in the 2nd quarter Romo bounced back to tie the game at 7-7 on a 22 yard pass to Jason Witten.
After going 3 and out the bills defense picked off Romo for the 3rd time in the half, setting up a 24 yard field goal by Rian Lindell to give Buffalo the lead 10-3.
Costly penalties moved the Cowboys back into their own endzone, where Chris Kelsay, made Romo pay for throwing instead of taking a safety, by picking him off and walking not even a yard and scoring to give Buffalo a 17-7 lead.
With just 3 minutes to go it was important for Dallas to get at least 3 heading into halftime. Romo had struggled but Sam Hurd made the big catch to set up a Nick Folk field goal, cutting the lead to 17-10, in addition to that the Cowboys would be given the ball as well with a chance to tie the game, 4 turnovers and the cowboys were only down 7, you cant get any more fortunate then that.
Tony Romo opened the half by driving down into Bills territory, which the Bills have been tough on defense all game, Dallas could not get into the endzone, and had to settle for another Nick Folk field goal, which but the lead to 17-13.
Terrance Mcgee made sure Buffalo would score on the next possession by taking the ball 103 yards for the touchdown, giving the bills a 24-13, which was very critical against this kind of Dallas team.
Neither team scored after that in the 3rd, but Dallas was denied of the endzone once again, settling for another field goal, the score was 24-16, Dallas would need a touchdown and a 2-pt conversion to at least tie the game, next Dallas possession Romo fumbles the football, and Buffalo was well on their way to sealing the win.
A solid running game ran off the clock for a good amount of time, but the mistake made by rookie QB in position to clinch it, Trent Edwards' pass from the Dallas 11 was tipped by DeMarcus Ware and returned 70 yards by Terence Newman. Romo looked for tight end Jason Witten, Instead, he found linebacker John DiGiorgio at the goal line and DiGiorgio returned his first career pickoff 38 yards. That was the 5th interception thrown by Romo, and the 6th dallas turnover in the game.
But unfortunatly the Bills could not get a first down to once again clinch the win. Instead it gave Dallas a chance to tie the game, Tony Romo had finally gotten back in his normal stage, but most part thanks to the Bills playing prevent down the field. with 20 seconds to go romo found Patrick Crayton for just his 2nd passing touchdown in the game, but the Bills held strong and prevented the 2-PT conversion.
All Buffalo needed to do was get the onside kick, and a questionable call gave Dallas a chance, Sam Hurd made contact just after the ball went 10 yards but on the replay it showed he made contact much earlier then that. Nevertheless Dallas was given the ball with a chance to win, an incompletion with 1 second left called back gave romo only 16 seconds to get the ball in FG range, and he did just that in only 2 plays, Marion Barber and Patrick Crayton both made catches and ran out of bounds.
With 3 seconds left Nick Folk made the field goal, but Buffalo called a timeout which negated the first one, but the 2nd one went right down the middle, giving Dallas the win 25-24.
Dallas and Buffalo players thoughts after the game
"Oh, it's great," Folk said. "It shows you how good we can be and what we can do if we don't make mistakes. And even if we do make mistakes and we stick together as a team, we still stay in the game."
"That's a sign of a pretty resilient team," Romo said. "I think our team, outside of me, played an outstanding football game. They dug me out of it. It was tough to go through that, especially on Monday night.
"We made too many big plays to lose that game," McGee said. "It just seemed we had it won. We were one play short."
"It was embarrassing, embarrassing," Bills receiver Lee Evans, on the verge of tears, kept repeating in the somber locker room. "We had opportunities to put the game away, put some points on the board, give us a little more cushion. Couldn't do it. It's embarrassing."
Sure it may be embarrassing for the Bills, but was it more big for the Cowboys?. We will find out next week when the Dallas and New England meet up and decide "who is better".
~ucbearcats blog written by marlins2004
nflnewsandnotes.blogspot.com/2007/10/monday-night-to-remember.html