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

[War Paint]

I had a gut feeling that was going to be converted. Told my dad right before the play NOT to rush everyone! send some back in coverage. Damnit.

Me too. I knew that was going to happen. The vibe I was getting before that play was just like the typical Redskins/Cowboys against all odds plays, like Testaverde throwing that bomb to win a game we thought we had, or Brunell converting those 4th and longs for those Santana TD bombs. I just knew we weren't going to hang on a one point lead and having 3rd and 21 was just too good to be true.

[akorn22]

It was like something i'd call in a game of madden. and i suck at madden

[Area51]

Doesnt make any sense at all. Even I, as an avid professional Madden player would never do that. The only time you send that many is when its a run or 3rd and short. Very bad play call, very very bad, i dont blame Deangelo for that. It was all Jim Haslett. Why would you do that?

lol @ professional madden player. Needed that laugh.

He should’ve kept Atogwe back playing center field. It was just last week that Fitzgerald smoked Hall on single coverage in the 4th quarter. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, **** me.

[HogNose]

I know, but we were in position to walk out with a win and the last "step" was an easy stop on 3rd and 21. Foolish, foolish, foolish. The plays late in the game carry more weight because you have less time to make up for them. Kyle's playcalling was a joke indeed, especially near the end zone, but in spite of it, we had the win ready and hand-wrapped. Then the clown call comes.

Yeah I know....it just pisses me off that this game went the way it did. Arghhh.. Anyway I'm crashing, I'm too pissed. We'll get them next time.

[JoeJGibbs]

That wasn't D Hall's fault. An all out blitz like that is designed to force the QB to get rid of the ball almost immediately. Just like the play before it when Romo had to chuck it on a slant. For some reason sometimes when the skins blitz they all run into each other like morons. There should be a free rusher and there wasn't one.

Dallas did a good job sliding protection, while Romo bought some time with his feet. That play took way too long. You can't ask a CB to cover a WR by himself in an entire field for an extended amount of time.... the facemask...now for that he's a jack@SS! lol

[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.

[A Skinhead in Saints Land]

I actually thought the 4th quarter was horribly coached on both sides of the ball. We ran the ball beautifully on the Hightower touchdown drive. Why throw it three straight times on the next possession. The 3-21 all out blitz was just ****ing stupid. How in the hell does that play even cross your mind in that situation?

[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.

[delmarvan]

Wow no one is blaming the terrible red zone offense that resulted in FG's??? It backfired but if we stop them its done. ZERO TD's. Anyway blame little Shanny and his play calling.

No , that doesnt matter, the cowboys didnt get anything going either, haslett messed up on a critical time.

[theivorhick]

There weren't very many big plays tonight, but every time there was one, it was Hall getting beat. While dude has gotten a lot better with his tackling skills, it doesn't make up for him constantly getting beat for big gains...

[Phat Hog]

I fee like, plain and simple, we need to get TDs in the red zone and not FGs.

[Frostx08]

You have to break at some point. The fact of the matter is the defense held ALL game. We got beat by field goals people.....FIELD GOALS!!! Had the offense done something this wouldn't be a conversation

[Prototype]

Bad play call, bad execution, bad coverage by hall. All three of those factored in that first down.

[SkinFaninOKC]

Not scoring a TD after the fumble recovery and the botched FG were the difference, not the3rd down conversion. I think I just heard Colin Cowherd and Skip Bayless climax.

[TD Riggo]

The poor red zone offense got us to this point in the game.

^THIS!

As ****ty as the Girls played tonight, we found ourselves only one point ahead of a team that never got into the end zone! You aren't going to win games 85% of the time when you're playing like that!