3rd and 21.. clearly the play of the game.. Fault Haslett?

[shakinaiken]

we all know it.. this play in the 4th quarter was the game.. so,bad call by haslett? or just good luck by romo and bryant? thoughts..

[andy1282]

3-21. All out blitz. You lost the game. Singlehandeldy. Could we have scored a td or more, Sure. But this is a typical tough NFC east game. Thats how this games go. You dont get pretty. You play tough. Haslestt lost it. And only him remember that. 3rd and 21 and all out blitz with single coverage...

[SloppyOneXXVI]

Sending 8 there is stupid. Send 6 and have two back deep. We got over-aggressive, and it cost us the game.

[VaSkinsNut]

Sending 8 there is stupid. Send 6 and have two back deep. We got over-aggressive, and it cost us the game.

Bingo, all out blitz is fine but don't do it consecutively.

[mmzznnxx]

Come on, Kyle Shanahan's playcalling is just as much to blame in my opinion, if not more so. For the most part, the defense was stellar. They kept us in the game.

[skins4eva]

Come on, Kyle Shanahan's playcalling is just as much to blame in my opinion, if not more so. For the most part, the defense was stellar. They kept us in the game.

We have a winner. Putting this lose on the defense is ridiculous. Kyle S. and his god-awful playcalling lost us this game. It was a truly inept display. He's got to go...oh wait--he's the coach's son. What a f-ing joke.

[Sticksboi05]

We have a winner. Putting this lose on the defense is ridiculous. Kyle S. and his god-awful playcalling lost us this game. It was a truly inept display. He's got to go...oh wait--he's the coach's son. What a f-ing joke.

We aren't blaming the defense. Why do you keep saying that? We are saying Haslett made a terrible, foolish, horrendous decision. The defense was fantastic all night. He put them in a vulnerable situation for no reason.

[skins4eva]

We aren't blaming the defense. Why do you keep saying that? We are saying Haslett made a terrible, foolish, horrendous decision. The defense was fantastic all night. He put them in a vulnerable situation for no reason.

Fine--he had one bad call. Kyle had bad call after bad call all game. Why are you blaming Haslett for one decision when it was Kyle's crappy playcalling that made this game even remotely close to begin with???

[poopoobigelow]

why does there need to be "blame" here?... i'm sure most of even the most-optimistic skins fans had this as a loss before the season began... we showed that we can play with anybody in the league in their house...

what i liked about the third down blitz? we tried to win the game, not tried to NOT lose the game, which has been our trademark for many, many years...

in years past, our second to last drive would have been two one-yard runs and a check down for 3 yards and we punt the ball and give them tremendous field position... instead, kyle went for the win and came out firing and we moved the ball by throwing it...

in years past, we play prevent on the last drive and romo picks us apart and they move down the field for the winning score anyway... this time, we saw a chance and tried to make a play to win...

hindsight is 20/20 here... if kyle had three runs and out we would be blaming him for conservative play calling... if, on that 3 and 21, we rushed 3 and dropped everyone else, and romo had 15 seconds to scramble around and convert the first-down, we would be blaming haslett for not bringing pressure and acting chicken...

i, myself, like the new us of trying to make plays to win the game... didn't work out this time, but it will more times than not in the future... sure, it sucks to lose to the scum, but i think we grew a lot in this game tonight...

[redskinsNJfan]

thats the truth, kyle once again showed his ineptness for calling plays

[mmzznnxx]

Double post, please delete,

[authentic]

absolutely the worst call of the friggin season so far..Ughh!!!......Look you know what let me get to sleep before i get banned to saying somethings I don't mean. Peace out!!!!

[BuddyLeeGhostHunter]

It worked all game. The Cowboys were merely lucky enough to get the time to throw this time. It wasn't a horrible call.

If any side lost us the game it was the offensive side. You can't score 16 measly points and expect to win a road game. You can't have that many opportunities and fail to produce.

The defense did a decent job tonight and were put in a corner consistently.

[Sticksboi05]

It worked all game. The Cowboys were merely lucky enough to get the time to throw this time. It wasn't a horrible call.

If any side lost us the game it was the offensive side. You can't score 16 measly points and expect to win a road game. You can't have that many opportunities and fail to produce.

The defense did a decent job tonight and were put in a corner consistently.

You are failing to take into account the situation. If you want to play hard ball in the 2nd quarter, fine. With 2 minutes left in the 4th and up by a point, you play it SMART and play a prevent there and let them get their 10 yards and 4th and long. Instead you give them the once chance to get the big play. Hall 1-on-1 with any halfass receiver is a mismatch.

That was a horrible, horrible decision.

[BuddyLeeGhostHunter]

You are failing to take into account the situation. If you want to play hard ball in the 2nd quarter, fine. With 2 minutes left in the 4th and up by a point, you play it SMART and play a prevent there and let them get their 10 yards and 4th and long. Instead you give them the once chance to get the big play. Hall 1-on-1 with any halfass receiver is a mismatch.

That was a horrible, horrible decision.

That's all in assuming you cover it. The blitz didn't get home and it killed them. Romo had all day and probably would have completed it with even less pressure.

Hindsight is 20/20 and we don't know what would have happened. It's easy to second guess one play. However, it was working all night. Haslett merely went with his bread and butta'.