What a play on 4th and long.

Romo done his job, come on defence do yours now - squeeky bum time!!!!!!!

I could barely watch the last few minutes. Not one of Tony's best games but it was pleaswing that when it really mattered he converted the clutch passes. All the Lions fans bemoaning the flag/non flag in the fourth quarter yet forgetting all the calls against the Cowboys earlier in the game - comical and embarrassing. E.g and I only saw it once but the Lions got a roughing the kicker penalty flag yet the Cowboys didn't get one for a very similar play - both huge calls at pivotal moments. Thankfully Tony is clutch

great game

Had a good season..hope he has a shocker Sunday

sort of shows you though that it means fcuk all especially comparing the careers of Brady & Romo.  Romo has always had the ability , its under pressure when it matters most and until now he has lacked badly in that department.  Just hope it continue's tomorrow

19 attempts 15 completions (should be 16) 2 TD's  0 INT's.
143.6 Quarterback rating...


ELITE

He played well again Texas....maybe he will finally get some people off his back.

Patriots have won the SB so well done to people on them at good prices. They will destroy the Colts next week, not too bothered whoever wins out of the other two - Brady knows he will win it this year. Rogers isn't 100%, it's plain to see. I still don't understand how the Bryant Catch wasn't deemed a catch. Even if they have changed the rules, a guy a catches a ball, brings it in (possession), then afer 3 steps reaches out for a touchdown... for a sport to rule that a non catch is just laughable. It's worse than the roughing the kicker which wasn't called against the Seahawks last season against the 49ers at a critical stage which essentially won them the game and in effect the Superbowl. Worse officiating that football over here - just makes you think why do you bother wasting your time with it all

A passionate and reasoned response Swagger.....as a fan of the game i'd hate to lose with a call like that so we can only imagine how the Dallas players and staff feel.....

It was a brilliant catch and it just seems so wrong that the ruling states that it wasn't.

As rhino says..you put it well

It's also that we were all robbed of seeing an amazing last 3 minutes.
Would Dallas have punched in the touchdown from the 1 yard line - most probably yes with four downs.
Would Dallas have made the 2 point conversion - maybe
Would Rogers have got points for the Packers - I think he would have got at least a field goal if not a touchdown as he was hitting top form in the second half.
This would have left it to Romo to win the game if he had enough time on the clock which is what every neutral wanted to see

I have read the rules and loads of peoples opinion on the play, in my opinion (again I admit maybe I'm bias) but for me the main point is that the rule that was applied to overturn the catch was incorrectly applied to that particular play. We all know the various arguments for and against the catch I have read fair arguments both ways - that is part of the problem as I think the current rules are too subjective and open to debate so I think the NFL need to clear it up for future as imagine a Superbowl won/lost on a play reversed like that, just bad for the sport. The official nearest the call deemed it a catch so I was very surprised the call on the field was reversed, had he deemed it incomplete on the field then it's more understandable why they wouldn't reverse it the other way. With a close subjective call like that they normally go with the official who calls it live closest to the play which I think is the fairest way.

People might think it's fair enough the Cowboys went out after they got a break last week against the Lions - the point I would make is in that game I thought the Lions got every close call in the first half so it wasn't all one way traffic and they still had time to win the game after the flag was picked up - they muffed their punt immediately after the call and that was their own fault.

I think when all is said and done, the turning point was Dan Bailey missing the field goal at the end of the second quarter as I don't think the Packers would have come back from 17-7 but fair play to Rogers, he made a lovely throw to bring about the field goal to make it 14-10 at half time. The irony is Bailey is known as the iceman and clutch with his kicking and Romo has/had a reputation of choking when it really mattered yet in the last two play off games the roles were reversed!

I think the crux of it all, i believe, in plays like that, any benefit should be with the team making the play, in this case Dallas. The rules shouldn't just govern the game, they should encourage attacking, exciting play - what we all want to see! In cricket the benefit of doubt goes to the batsman, in soccer benefit of the offside rule goes to the attacker (at least it's meant to), in the NBA they have the magic circle beneath the rim where you can't be called with a charge - all rules that aren't just a matter of governance, but also designed to promote excitement, which strengthens the product. The NFL lost a highlight that would've been famous for years today and instead have controversy. That's a loss.

I think even the most die hard Packers fans wanted the catch to stand to see their bad man Aaron Rogers win the game for them - everyone would have accepted that.


Are you on crack? Have you any idea how tortuous it was for Packers fans last night?

We marvelled at the atleticism of the catch and the defensive effort of Shield's, still don't understand the rule, think it's extremely unfair but remain absolutely delighted and without shame!

at the end of the day the kite jerry was writing out in the review booth wasn't generous enough...fin d'histoire
dallas led & were not able to kill the game off
professional losers & chokers
they were playing against a cripple led offense ffs
re the catch..tremendous athleticism..unlucky imho to get the call reversed
but they should've put the game to bed prior to that & as per usual(when it counts)they didn't
as for romo fangirls
i'm sorry he DOES NOT get it done when it counts
whereas the cripple on the other side does & did
unfortunately for him
he has hardly healed after 2 weeks off
and with only another week till next sunday
he can look forward to an uber physical,athletic,quick D jumping all over him

Come on Johnny - how can you blame the Romo?

He was playing with injured ribs and effectively a broken back as well. Credit to Rodgers who was exceptional in the second half especially given his torn calf but I don't see how that loss can be blamed on Romo. He made a few bonehead plays in not throwing the ball away and got sacked but he made the important throws when he had to, including the catch to Bryant at the end. Bailey's missed field goal attempt and Murray's fumble were the two self induced errors by the Cowboys but that's American Football for you and they still should have made Green Bay take the game into overtime or win it. Rodgers has lost a bunch of play off games recently but I still regard him as the best QB - it's often fine margins at this stage so I can't agree that Romo didn't get it done/choked - he threw that pass to Bryant on 4th and 2 with the season on the line - come on chokers wouldn't have even attempted the throw.

dlarssonf - maybe so but it would have been great to have seen the game come to its natural conclusion for all round closure. We will never know - Dallas may have got the TD, the 2 point conversion and Rodgers may have seen the clock out and won the game with a TD, or thrown a pick given the pressure (unlikely but you never know with the season on the line with one leg!), or only got enough yardage for a field goal giving Romo a minute to win the game with no timeouts etc (might have won it or thrown a pick himself!). For me it was just such a shame that the game ended the way it did and it's just brushed under the carpet and when you read the record books we will only see a Green Bay win.

Yeah I agree with you Swagger but the rule was called correctly and for me it was more of a disgrace that the flag was picked up last week against Detroit.  As a packer fan if what happened to Dez yesterday happened to Nelson or Cobb I would be sick too but if I was a Lions fan I would be fuming at what was basically cheating last week

I'm not saying it wasn't a bad call in the Detroit game but how many times do you see a similar play where a flag isn't thrown and you think that looked like PI but wasn't called. Teams will get those go for and against them at some point all season and my point was that the flags being picked up made it look worse. Also regards Detroit if Suh wasn't playing, which he clearly shouldn't have been, then Detroit would have got little pressure on Romo so chances are they would have been gassed much earlier. Also the roughing the kicker or whatever call the Lions got and the Cowboys didn't get for a similar play in the first half were also big swings in the game. That's football so on balance I don't think the Lions have too much to moan about - the facts speaks for themselves.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/nfl-tells-cowboys-they-missed-seven-penalties-on-lions-as-well-171012009.html

The Competition Committee are considering changing the catch rule which arguably shouldn't have even been applied to the Bryant catch is a completely different matter.

Mr Clutch is back!!!!!!! Romo's year?

Ive always been behind Romo but you cannot take Dak out of that team while he's making plays and helping earn the Wins. The offense currently seems to have great chemistry and bringing back Romo could change that. Romo will always be there if or when Dak hits the wall. Also Romo retires a Cowboy, no team will inherit that huge contract on a old and body broken QB. I honestly don't believe he would put his body thru hell for another franchise. Great position for the Cowboys to be in for a change!