My Tony Romo Blog

No one really stepped up last week and made plays for the Eagles. You could argue and say that Brent Celek did, but he contributed to an offense that scored zero points so its hard to give him too much credit. This week has got to be different. If the Eagles want to win, they need players to step up. The question is who is it going to be?

Offensively, Donovan McNabb gets the obvious nod. He's been on this team the longest and can really dictate the overall success of the offensive unit. Everyone knows he didn't bring his A-game last week and that is something that has to change. Although McNabb is the easy answer, I think the whole offensive unit needs to step it up this week. The line didn't provide great coverage last week and failed to open holes to give the running backs room to run. As far as the running backs, I think they will get a lot more opportunities to make plays this week and will have to step up when given the chance. The Eagles have three viable options in the backfield (four if you include Vick) and I believe each has their own style. You saw the success the Cowboys had with their running back tandem who are two different style of runners. This effort has to be emulated on Saturday night. If it is, big things will happen for this offense. It was apparent that no wide receiver had a spectacular day looking at the box score. However, what the box score doesn't show is the high number of drops by the unit. We have receivers that can make plays, but they have to catch the ball first.

Defensively, the team got taken to the wood shed early. They allowed the Cowboys to easily march down on their first drive and score. This set the momentum for the entire game and the Cowboys never looked back. The defense showed a little spunk in the second half, but it was already too late. I want to see the linebackers step up big this week and shut the run game down early. We all know the lack of blitzes that were sent Sunday and I expect that to change this week. Whoever blitzes needs to get in Tony Romo's face and let him know they're going to be there all day. Don't be surprised to see the Eagles load the box to stop the run early. Dallas used a lot of draw plays last week so the Eagles will need to be under control when they attack. Over-pursuing the play leaves you in no position to make a tackle.

Coverage definitely needs to be tightened as well. It seemed as though when Tony Romo needed to drop back and complete a pass to gain a big chunk of yardage he was able to do so. Miles Austin and Jason Witten combined for 13 catches on the day. This production needs to be limited much more. Those are Romo's top two targets and you know he's going to look there early and often.

The only good thing about losing last week was that it didn't mean the season was over. That doesn't hold true this week. The Eagles need to step up their game or they better pack their bags.

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Tony Romo has been an excellent quarterback for a few years now. He seemed to have come out of nowhere awhile ago, but he has vaulted up to being one of the more highly though of quarterbacks in the league. Dallas Cowboys fans have grown to love Romo too, thanks to both his story as an out of the blue kind of player as well as his performance on the field.

The Cowboys are one of the highest profile teams in the league and the player who plays quarterback for them always gains a lot of attention for themselves. During his brief career, Romo has played in some big games and made some big plays for the team. A number of his touchdown passes have been the difference maker in whether the team wins or loses.

Who though has caught more touchdown passes from him than any other player?

With 34 touchdown receptions from Romo, Terrell Owens is the man who has caught the most from the Dallas Cowboys quarterback. Owens came to the team after well publicized troubles in Philadelphia. Despite this, he made an immediate impact on the field. He also gave Tony Romo a reliable sure handed target to hit during his earliest days in the league, something that is priceless for a young quarterback to have.

There have been other great players catching touchdown passes from Romo over the years too, and they along with Owens should get some of the accolades that come down on the Cowboys quarterback. Romo though has proved year in and year out that he belongs being mentioned with the top quarterbacks in the NFL.

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After all of the talk surrounding the loss of Tom Brady, many overlooked what turned out to be the best game of the week. The Monday night showdown between Philadelphia and Dallas saw 7 lead changes, with Dallas finally prevailing in the 4th quarter in a 41-37 thriller at Texas Stadium.

The game showcased two high-powered offenses lead by two volatile quarterbacks, Philly's Donavon Mcnabb and Dallas' Tony Romo.

McNabb, who resembled the sly quarterback we once knew, looked healthier and more versatile than ever. McNabb was 25 of 37, for 281 yards and a touchdown. He also had a couple of carries for 20 yards.

"These were two great football teams going at it...and there are a lot of positives we can take from this game." McNabb, always humbling, also added "What we need to do is focus on working on the negatives."

One of those negatives was the knucklehead play by DeSean Jackson. McNabb connected with Jackson on a long pass and Jackson proceeded to toss the ball backwards in celebration before crossing the goal line, losing the touchdown after review. The Eagles did retain possession and would end up scoring a few plays later on a Brian Westbrook touchdown.

Dallas also had their fair share of bad plays.

Early in the game, Romo lost grip of the football on a routine hand-off and fumbled into his own end zone. The Dallas play-caller was able to recover his own fumble, but when he tried to make a play the ball was knocked loose and recovered by the Eagles for a TD.

Romo finished 21 of 30, with 312 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also threw a costly pick early in the game.

Romo, who earned his fantasy owners a multitudinous amount of points this week (including myself), connected twice with Terrell Owens. The combined effort of the two Dallas stars garnered the pair some recognition as the best quarterback/receiver duo the NFL has ever seen. When you are mentioned alongside the famed duos of the NFL, such as Montana/Young and Rice or Manning and Harrison, you are obviously doing something right.

T. O.'s two touchdowns also propelled him past Cris Carter into 2nd on the NFL's all-time touchdown receptions list. Now, only the great Jerry Rice stands ahead of him. Rice finished his career with an astounding 197 TD receptions, a record some believed would never be touched. Owens 132 career, touchdown receptions trails Rice by 65 TD's. T.O. is certainly on pace to break that record, granted he plays long enough while staying healthy.

Owens, always McNabb's "humble" antagonist, was quoted after the game, "It doesn't matter what [the Eagles or anyone else] say(s) about me now." He also added, "The Lord has obviously blessed me with a lot of talent."

The game really was an old fashioned NFC showdown. It was the 6th highest scoring contest in Monday Night Football history, and the first half point tally was tied for 2nd all-time on a Monday night.

If you missed this one, try to catch some highlights, because it sure was a shootout.

After the game, Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said, "We kept believing in each other, and we came out on top."

If Monday night's action wasn't enough for you, the two teams will meet again in week 17 for the season finale of this great NFC East rivalry. After the performance each team put up on Monday night, one would tend to believe playoff implications will most certainly be on the line.

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Football is just a game. But the way some men carry on about it all through football season! You'd think... well, you'd think Brett Favre was a candidate for the Other Woman.

And the playoffs!!! Don't get us started. Of course, what with that sexy half-time show and all those funny commercials, it's a little tough for anyone with a sense of humor to hate the Super Bowl.

But it's a long, long time from the August NFL preseason to that smokin' February finale.

And let's admit it: too often during the interim, the conduct of some segments of the male species becomes downright rude, even going so far as to ignore their mates as if they were the Ugly Ducklings and Tony Romo and the Boys were the feted Homecoming Queens.

So your resentment is definitely understandable.

The main problem with resentment, however, is that it defeats your purpose. Assuming your purpose is to be Numero Uno in the heart and mind of your beloved.

And not just from March through July.

Frankly, resentment is not a pretty thing. Granted, jealousy can be kind of cute. Within limits. An occasional, "Oh, Sweetheart! Don't tell me you're jealous?" can even be a bit of an aphrodisiac.

But even the word 'resentment' sounds sullen. The turned-down disapproving mouth, the evil eye that, trust us, does nothing for your sexiness quotient.

So let's move away from that connotation-laden epithet, Football. Let's say that the Other Woman is not Tony Romo, but an actual Homecoming Queen look-alike. We'll call her Margot.

Maybe your Dearly Beloved met Margot at night class, or in the office, or wherever. But her name gets dropped from time to time. And you notice, when that happens, that all males present at the time (including your DB) get that annoyingly sappy look on their faces.

What to do?

Please. Do we have to tell you? Invite Margot to dinner, of course. Preferably a really big blowout dinner, like Thanksgiving or whatever holiday thing you're in to. You know: where The Family is assembled like a huge billboard trumpeting the Sanctity of the Home.

Then - welcome her! Embrace her! Oh, Margot, I've heard so much about you! How delightful to finally meet you! And yada yada yada.

See, joining yourself to the potential - errr - distraction puts you in the same visual frame as your... oh, we do hate to say this, but it is that it is: your competition.

So too, Football. Now's your chance: learn enough in the off season so that you actually know when to cheer and when to boo. Speaking of which, once you allow yourself to know what's going on (and, yes: that really is what it amounts to), all that yelling can be quite cathartic.

It really does get the blood flowing. And that can be a good thing.

Especially during the post game...

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Dallas Cowboys' quarterback, Tony Romo, exploded onto the NFL scene in 2006. He took a Dallas team that was just 3-3 and brought them to the playoffs. Romo capped the year by being elected to the Pro Bowl.

The following season Romo set just about every Dallas Cowboys passing record on his way to leading the Dallas Cowboys to a 13-3 record. Romo was then the starter in the Pro Bowl.

Of course the knock on Tony Romo is that he can't win in the playoffs. Recently, his ability to perform in big games has also come under question.

But anyone who questions Romo's ability to fight through adversity doesn't know what Romo had to to go through to get to where he is today.

In high school Tony Romo went to Burlington High, a school that wasn't known for producing football players. Then his team switched to a more difficult conference which led to his team struggling his senior season. These two reasons led to him not being highly recruited.

He did get a partial scholarship from Eastern Illinois. However, in his freshmen year Romo performed very poorly. His coach actually doubted whether he should continue to be a quarterback for the team. Romo fought through that adversity and became the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year in his sophomore season. Tony Romo would win the award three more times.

Then Romo wasn't selected in the NFL Draft. He signed with the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent. His first year he was the third string quarterback for the Cowboys. Then in his second season he was almost cut by the Cowboys.

Eventually Romo would rise all the way to starter for the Cowboys. Though that was a great accomplishment, Tony Romo still needs to prove a lot more. Only time will tell if he can go from being a very good quarterback to being one of the best quarterbacks of his time.

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Dallas Cowboys Football at it's best for sure. It was the battle of the 5-0s - New England vs. the Dallas Cowboys. Who would come out the victor with a perfect 6-0 record and who would fall to 5 -1. The game had all the makings of a classic including two first rate quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Tony Romo, and two colorful receivers, Randy Moss and Terrell Owens.

On this day, in the end, it was not to be for the Dallas Cowboys as the New England Patriots proved to be a very mighty opponent. It took a lot for Tom Brady and the Patriots offense to stave off the Dallas Cowboys. With little running game, until the fourth quarter when the Dallas defense had become weary, Tom Brady was the story of the game passing through the air completing 31 of 46 passes, for 388 yards and five touchdowns (a career game best for him).

When it appeared as if momentum was shifting to the Cowboys, Brady and the Patriots offense proved to be too much for the Dallas defense. Eventually New England ran away with the game winning 48-27. The Cowboys gave it a good go and never stopped trying. With their first loss of the season behind them the Cowboys looked ahead to their next opponent at home, the Minnesota Vikings. Having learned some lessons and grown as a team the Cowboys were eager to face off against the Vikings who had won five straight over Dallas. The Cowboys got off to a good start as Romo led his team down field on a 14 play, 80 yard drive that ended in a five-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Owens.

The Vikings answered back with a touchdown of their own evening the score at seven. The Vikings struck again scoring a defensive touchdown following a Cowboys fumble and closed out the half with a 14-7 lead. In the second half the Cowboys took advantage of great field position to tie the game. A blocked field goal in the third quarter resulted in a return and touchdown for Dallas making the score 21-14. A field goal in the fourth quarter clinched the game as the Cowboys went on to a 24-14 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

Following Week 7 the Cowboys find themselves with a 6-1 record. They have a bye this week - time to reflect a little on the season thus far and time to fully concentrate on the season ahead. The team is eager to get back on the field and determined to win. The Cowboys next face the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Hopes are riding high for the fans and the players.

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