Lose the battle--Win the war!

[swede]

Cowpoke Rope-a-Dope.

Take 'em in Round Three of the playoffs.

[hoosier]

Re: Lose the battle--Win the war!

Well, I wasn't able to see the game, but after listening to those who did see it the consensus seems to be that there were plays to be made early in the game but rather than take what was there and be patient Favre kept going for it all. Apparently the hits were due to him holding the ball too long trying to find a man open deep when the medium routes were there the whole time. If Favre can settle down and go back to doing what he's been doing all season, they will have a much better showing on offense. They will definitely need more offensive production in a rematch to keep Romo and Co. off the field and allow the Packer defense to regroup, but I don't think its an insurmountable task. The defense definitely needs to play better but they won't be undermanned like they were last night either. Even though I couldnt actually see the game I was able to "watch" thru the Gamecenter option on nfl.com. I noticed that once GB closed the gap to 27-24, every second half drive by Dallas seemed to be aided by some huge penalty: two on Atari Bigby and the last TD by Dallas was due to the late pass interference call on Tramon Williams that gave the Cowboys first and goal at the Green Bay 5. It's inconceivable that even the rookies would play that badly if we saw them in Texas again....

I saw the same feed you did, so I definitely didn't have a full game to look at. The penalties were one thing, and there were also a few choice blown coverages or "what was that?" kind of plays: allowing Crayton to get wide open on 3rd & 19 (hold them to three-and-out there and it might have been a different second half), Fasano's td, Al Harris forgetting to turn and play the ball on deep passes to Owens....The whole defense just looked discombobulated. But if that's what it was, maybe it's nothing that can't be fixed the next time around.

[CaliforniaCheez]

Cowpoke Rope-a-Dope.

Take 'em in Round Three of the playoffs.

Close but no cigar.