I think MJ\'s point is the fact that not having these penalties are part of the game. If you have them, they you are simply not performing at the same level of your opponent. Not to mention, you and Vivi seem to be taking away a lot from the Giants. They are the second best road team in the NFL (behind the undefeated Pats). They went to Tampa and won and then , they went, without a week off and played Dallas and won, at Dallas.
At the end of the game, which QB threw the INT? At the end of the game, who was dropping passes? At the end of the game, which team occurred to most costly penalties?
Hell, look at the last two possessions Dallas had. They had the ball at mid-field and every single time failed to do anything with it. The Giants had plenty of pressure on Romo and when he did get the ball off, his receivers were dropping it.
But yea, Dallas beat themselves.
C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT
T. Romo 18/36 201 5.6 1 1
C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT
E. Manning 12/18 163 9.1 2 0
Which QB had the better game? The one who threw a lot of balls but didn\'t complete most? The one who threw the INT and one touchdown? Or was it the other one?
And this will kill any team.
Giants / Dallas
Penalties 3-25 11-84
What is even more amazing is the fact that here are Romo\'s stats for last few games.
Romo completed 51.1 percent of his passes and threw one touchdown and five interceptions. In his previous 13, he completed 67.4 percent of his passes and threw 35 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
Anyone remember that? Everyone said Dallas simply was sucking because they had no motivation, due to the fact they had secured the 1st in the NFC. Doesn\'t appear to be so true now.
As for the Colts, this is yet another classic example of Dungy playing it way too safe. Manning and the crew had not played in three weeks and once again, it shows how rusty a team can get in that time. And Harrison may as well retire. He missed almost this whole season and didn\'t do much for us during the playoffs. I think it\'s becoming obvious that he has lost that drive he once had for the game. I hope I\'m wrong, but I doubt it.