Also, spotting teams that many points can cause a team to alter its game plan or play. Even though they say Garrett sticks to his game plan regardless of the score, the players and Romo especially might feel added pressure. They were lucky to get that pressure removed by the turnovers early.

I don’t know why the coaches are blowing it off. I have always heard it said that coming out and establishing tempo, momentum, and the run are vitally important. I mean 6 points in the entire first quarter all year, come on!

1. They are a great team and are playing well and have a chance in the playoffs.

2. They are alright. They may not exactly dominate the other teams they play, but can make it to playoffs and can improve.

3. They aren’t any good and have no chance of making playoffs.

I should say that this season, I am somewhere between 1 and 2 (talk about fuzzy logic). Watching Brady and the Patriots offense at work last weekend, the one thing I realize is that Romo and his receivers need a lot more practise to perfect their route running and how he can squeeze the ball in at the right point. Even when he is able to do that, many of the times, it looks like the receievers aren’t able to make plays the way they should. The running game also needs to improve with better interaction between the O-line and the backs.

I felt that we should have been able to put more pressure on Brady like the one time when he fumbled and we were able to score a touchdown. Let us see how they can improve in the coming weeks.

The Patriots were able to come out and score early on and the Cowboys wasn’t able to make up that difference until the third quarter. Here is the problem though, in order to win a ball game your defense needs to make a few stops. If they can’t get off the field you aren’t going to get any offensive rhythm going.

Also your idea that teams are just going to decide to score early is a little off base. Teams go onto the field with the intent to score every drive, they have to score first.

Dallas lost a game this week, they are now 5-1. The sky isn’t falling yet, so lets just look ahead to the next game.