What Are the Dallas Cowboys Playing For?

“The hard part is playing when youre trying not to get hurt, which is silly, ” Romo said after he threw three interceptions and Carolina returned two of them for touchdowns before the injury. A number of quarterbacks might be available at that point including Paxton Lynch of Memphis or Jared Goff of Cal. Either would make an ideal understudy for Romo and give this team a chance to fully realize the potential of that strong roster.

Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera looked up at the enormous videoboard in Dallas on Thursday to see what went wrong during a run that matched the Cowboys’ longest of the game.

The hope some held for Dallas to somehow manage a return to the playoffs was probably unjustified to begin with, but now it is gone.

There is definite indication that Bryant is not fully healthy, and he has only been with Romo for one complete game this entire season. Cassel completed 13 of 19 passes for 93 yards and had a two-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter for Dallas. “Obviously you don’t replace a guy like Tony Romo, but at the same time, you’ve got to be you and hopefully the guys rally around you and you move forward”. Their top running back, Darren McFadden was stuffed at the line of scrimmage mostly, with the exception of an eight yard run, thus proving how much better the Panthers were in the trenches.

The book on the Cowboys’ 2015 season has been closed and everyone’s wondering what exactly went wrong with the Cowboys in 2015. He threw three total interceptions including two pick 6s, as the Panthers cruised to a 33-14 victory.

Safety Kurt Coleman picked off Romo’s second pass of the game and took it back 36 yards for a score. They gained 21 total yards, with six of those coming on the ground. They haven’t drafted one in the 1st round since Troy Aikman way back in 1989. Graham Gano nailed four field goals in the win. Chris Jones averaged 47 yards per punt in the game. However, he should have trusted Darren McFadden to run the ball more than 10 times.

In his postgame news conference, was asked if the Cowboys could climb out of the hole created by their seven-game losing streak in his absence.

A source close to Romo told ESPN’s Ed Werder that Romo is out for the season, though an official word has yet to be announced. The injury, more than the loss, is what will likely doom the Cowboys to another year without a playoff appearance.