NFL: Cowboys 25, Bills 24

posted at 12:08 am on October 9, 2007 by Bryan

Stunning. The league’s best offense went up against the league’s worst defense and got owned by that defense for most of the game. Tony Romo hurls 5 INTs and coughs up a fumble. The Bills turned two of his INTs into instant TDs. And Bills rookie QB Trent Edwards played a solid game throughout while “the next Brett Favre” looked more like the present Rex Grossman.

But at the end with the Cowboys trailing 24-22 with 18 seconds to go, it came down to an onside kick, a recovery by the Boys, two quick completions by Romo and eventually a 53-yard field goal by rookie kicker Nick Folk. Or, actually, two 53-yarders, one that counted and one that didn’t thanks to a timely timeout by the Bills.

The Cowboys shouldn’t have won this game. But they did, lifting them to 5-0. Good teams win big, and sometimes good teams win ugly, but the bottom line is that they win. The Cowboys square off against one of the league’s other two undefeated teams, the New England Patriots, at Texas Stadium on Sunday. It’ll be a wild one.

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Sorry fellas…..the Cowboy fans don’t have ego’s….we don’t need them since we have 5 Super Bowl rings.

Limerick on October 9, 2007 at 3:25 PM

The Bill’s coaches gave this win to the Cowboys. Thank you. We are grateful. Had the Bill played it conservative in the final minutes and not tried to pass for a touchdown to run up the score the Cowboys would have been 4-1. Instead of playing to win they played to make a statement. The statement kind of got lost in the translation.

Instead of Romo being roasted back here in Dallas he is being toasted. Thank you again Bill’s coaches. In your honor we are singing the new Bill’s anthem “Buffalo Gals won’t you come out tonight?”

Texas Mike on October 9, 2007 at 4:58 PM

Correction: I get my satisfaction knowing the Cowboys will get their butts kicked by the Patriots. (It’ll be first team they play that has a WINNING record, unlike a certain other team.)

Ian on October 9, 2007 at 12:30 AM

I guess you mean when they played them? Because the Giants, who are now 3-2, were 0-0 in Week 1. Pretty weak tea since the Pats have only played 1 team that had a winning record on game day, 1-0 San Diego, and none of them currently has a winning record.

clghitis on October 9, 2007 at 5:43 PM

Good teams win when the opportunities to win present themselves. Dallas is a good team, capitalized on the opportunity to win, and executed.

Against the Buffalo Bills…

If you want to see an opportunistic team taking advantage, and beating a team that should have won, see last year’s first round playoff game between the Pats and the Chargers.

Overcoming 5 turnovers is big, but it gets a bit smaller when the team you beat scores 3 points on offense.


SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

Pablo on October 9, 2007 at 6:26 PM

Stunning. The league’s best offense went up against the league’s worst defense and got owned by that defense for most of the game.

And they’ll be facing a somewhat different defense this week. The current #1 offense and #2 defense.

Pablo on October 9, 2007 at 6:32 PM

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