Weeden’s time as Romo sub for Cowboys could be running short

The Cowboys came out in a defense the Patriots hadn’t prepared for – a variation of the dime – and when Brady came to the sidelines he and the coaching staff we able to equate it to a defense that was played against them in the past.

Cassel led the Patriots to an 11-5 record in 2008 when Brady was lost for the season to a knee injury in the opener. Tom Brady had been sacked six times in the first three games and was sacked five times in the first half.

It wasn’t as easy as his boisterous fans made it sound.

Unfortunately, Dallas’ offense was ineffective in its attempts to capitalize on the defense’s strong first-half play, as the Cowboys totaled just 59 yards of offense by halftime thanks to three-and-outs on every possession but one, which resulted in a field goal. “We protected better. I think we were more adjusted to their speed and a few of the things they were doing – that 3-2 odd look that they ran was something that they hadn’t shown before, so not that we didn’t – I wouldn’t say know what to do, but we didn’t handle it well as we did later in the game”. Last year, there was just one game all season where this was the case.

Garrett said in his Monday news conference that the determination of who will start at quarterback would be made “as the week goes on”.

“We’ve got to do better on first and second down to make him (Weeden) better on third down”, Williams said. It would be easy to place all the blame at the feet of quarterback Brandon Weeden but that would just be lazy. The Dallas running game was nearly mostly ineffective until it was too late.

“He’s worked hard, he’s a veteran player, he’s a smart guy, he’s been here for a little bit…But he’s certainly comfortable with our system”, Garrett said.

It is fair to note that teammates generally play better for a quarterback they believe in. After all, how many teams can afford to lose their starting quarterback for a prolonged period of time?

In addition to Buffalo, New England and Minnesota, Cassel has also spent four seasons as Kansas City’s starter.

Greg Hardy was reinstalled in the lineup after being suspended for four games due to allegations of domestic violence. This is his second season as the backup to Romo.

McClain, in the first game of his second season with Dallas following a violation of the league’s substance-abuse policy, had the first sack.

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His 59-yard scoring pass to Edelman put New England up 27-6 early in the fourth. Denver’s Chris Harris returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown with less than seven minutes to play to lift the Broncos to a 16-10 victory over the Oakland Raiders. We had several of those during the day.