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I think our running game was bad for a lot of reasons, injuries, no power running plays, and ineffective plays and play calling.

And like Freddy G said you can just tell when we are going to run the ball. I think this is true with most teams, but most teams rely on the run to set up the pass and we do the opposite..... except we just run sometimes, we dont set it up. The only thing that surprises me and catches me offguard is when we go deep, but even though it catches people off guard it can still piss us off. Like when its 3 & 1 and we go deep.

I wouldnt say the play calling and coaching was good this game but it was a lot better then what weve seen in the past. It almost felt like we were doing things offensively to take advantage of the some of the cowboys weaknesses... like there was a real game plan. The pace of the game was the best in what weve seen in a long long time.

The final timeout we called at the of the first half with the clock stopped with about 20 seconds left that took away our ability to run or throw inside because Kyle was arguing with a ref and we couldnt line up in time was what pissed me off the most. But we converted and Gaffney got a touchdown from Rex the following play. Still, that was more luck and we are very lucky we wernt forced to take a field goal. Overall the pace of the game from our offense often gave the cowboys defense trouble was probably the best weve seen all year. I love fast passed offenses.

Not going for 2….. im glad we didn’t. I know most think we should have gone for it, and i was thinking we were going to do it at the time, but in hindsight i think it was a good call.

OT - I think we ran right w Torrian right before Gano missed what would have been the winning kick. We handnt been able to run right all day and we ended up losing about 3 yards.

Calling the timeout. I get icing the kicker, I don’t know if it works, but I get it. But this was just dumb. Sure Romo got up and called a timeout that would have cost them 5 yards, but Shanahan didn’t know that was going to happen. But it was obvious the cowboys were rushed and were caught off guard with Garrett’s decision to kick on 3rd down. You only try and ice the kicker when things are going smoothly not when its chaotic. Mike Shanahan as a game manager is almost as bad as Gibbs 2.0.

Gano – I like him but hes just so off and on. But lets face it, he was forced to kick a 49er and 52er, those arnt easy makes and each time he came out to kick he was semi-rushed.

Orapko - im holding off on criticism because i think a lot of it is related to our bad secondary, and what looks like might be assigments he has to contain the QB from scrambling.

Hall – I don’t know if hes being forced to do things he cant physically do or what, but you just always know hes gonna make big mistakes at the most crucial times. I felt really good about stopping the cowboys on the 3rd and 10 in OT, but then it became 3rd and 15. Once that happened and our corners dropped back in an effort to prevent the cowboys from gaining more than 15 I knew we were screwed. Hall slipped and Bryant was wide open.

Torian – the dude just cannot catch at all, maybe that’s why we can always tell when we are going to run.

The refing – there were some very bad holding calls against us and a very questionable offensive pass interference call. Also the defensive hold (I think by Newman) on Anthony Armstrong in the 4th quarter was in my opinion a pass interference. Armstrong would have been in position to make the catch if not held and Newman was clearly going to be beat him. We ending up scoring on the drive with the really nice fade to Stallworth, but I was pretty pissed about the call. The announcers thought it was a great veteran move by the cowboys corner, which it was if just a hold, but I don’t think it was.

The announcers – I like Siragusa, and Kenny Albert is okay, but what was up with Daryl Johnston. The guy made a lot of Sam Huff style mistakes and said things that didn’t make sense or wernt true. I cant tell you how happy I was when Albert called him out on teasing Siragusa in the cliché offensive lineman sticking up for holding penalties way after Siragusa was defending the Redskins after being held for a hold. The dude was bad and off the whole game, im wondering if he had a big night out in DC Saturday night?

Me – I made that cowboys don’t cry video thing and then we lose (I was expecting that) but then the Eagles upset the Giants. Cowboys and Giants have the same record and are top of the nfc east….... my bad.