What the Losers Said: Dallas Cowboys
by SSreporters on Oct 20, 2009 7:31 PM PDT
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The Seahawks lost. Actually they got pummeled. A fake punt by Captain Touchback got them in FG range for their only points of the game. If not for that I'm pretty sure that would've been the first time that the Seahawks had ever been shutout at Qwest Field. So as a result there will be no What the Losers Are Saying scoping the best in Arizona Cardinals misery. Instead I'm busting out a bye week special to lift the spirits of Field Gulls with my first ever Vintage WTLAS (AKA What the Losers Said).
Dallas is our next opponent and I figured they would be the best candidates to give this a test run. I contemplated picking the Romo fumble game, and also considered our miraculous 13-10 come-from-behind victory nearly a year to this day in 2005 as another candidate. For those who don't remember the latter game, Dallas had taken a 10-3 lead with 2:06 left in the game when Matt Hasselbeck, behind a competent offensive line, drove the 'Hawks down the field and got the tying TD pass to tight-end Ryan Hannam with under a minute to go. Drew Bledsoe then did what he does very well, and threw an interception to Big Play Babs, who did not get tackled until they were in FG range. Josh Brown kicked the winning 50 yard field goal to give Seattle an improbable victory and a 5-2 record heading into the bye-week.
In the end I'm combining the two to make it twice as fun.
We take a look back at the Cowboys' reaction those final few minutes of the contest as well as Post-game thoughts.
Seahawks 13 Cowboys 10
In-Game: Jose Cortez Misses 28 Yard FG to Start 4th Quarter
"Picking on kickers is something that the Paul Maguires of the world do, but man, Cortez just lost his job. Period. Those three points were huge."
"ho the hell do you miss a 28 yarder man? I can make that with my eyes closed and a building in front of me…….damn you superman…"
"bastard"
"CORTEZ FING SUCKS!!!!!"
"i don’t know why the O seemed to play for 3 when cortez is this bad"
So after doing some research to jog my memory I found out they got such a short field because Jimmy Williams muffed a punt inside the 10. We can rag on Forsett's inability to make a fair-catch properly or Nate Burleson making some weird choices on punt returns, but Jimmy Williams was a terrible punt returner. And for that matter, so was Peter Warrick.
In-Game: Ryan Hannam Scores Tying Touchdown
"Anyone need me to dial 911?"
"Forget a cardiologist, get me a beer."
"awww…crap"
"you cant keep putting D in this position. This falls on offense falls on [sean] payton falls on BP"
"how about some pressure?"
"fu…… this"
"no beer sales on sunday here in the bible belt"
Blogging the Boys game thread yet again went crazy.
Oh sure they were mad now, but then....
In-Game: Josh Brown Wins It!
cowboys need to hire that guy to kick
i would rather have flozell with a blown out knee kicking our fg’s..
Cortez, pack your bags…Payton, go to hell
Best 57 minute D in the NFL
fg…seahawks win…i be damned
kill the spic cockroach (EDIT: The user, named kodiak, had more offensive comments like this and was banned that day)
We can’t score in the red zone the past 2 weeks! lets try a pass every now and then down there and maybe keep the D guessing alittle!
Should not have been forcing the ball downfield with the pass with :19 or :14 secs left. Should have conceded OT and kept it on the ground or take a knee.
Remember there was a time where we used to win close games like that? I miss those days.
Post-Game Anger: Giveaway
"What a horrible thing to do. Why would the boys decide they didn’t want to win that game?
It doesn’t make sense. You can only slow the game down and run the clock when you are ahead by 2-3 TDs, not points. Its the new philosophy, "you play close games and you win some and you loose some."
We have 8-8 coaches leading 12-4 players.
The playcalling owes me a 7-0 start to the season."
Funny how everything turned out here, eh? Bill Parcells helped turn a Dolphins team around in one season and Sean Payton is coaching the best team in the NFL with one of the most exciting offenses in the league.
Outside of the Giants OT thriller this was my favorite moment of the regular season. The game so close despite playing poorly, a game the 2004 Seahawks would've lost, and they showed the heart and determination to win it. I just had a feeling that day they could make the Super Bowl. It just seemed to be the 'Hawks' year. Dallas on the other hand completely crumbled after beating the easy stiffs like the Cardinals and Lions. They were 7-3 and finished 9-7.
Seahawks 21 Cowboys 20 (AKA the Romo Game)
via www.bartcop.com
In-Game: Terry Glenn Fumbles in End Zone for Safety; Seahawks Score Go-Ahead TD
Fumble for Safety:
I've got 25 million reasons why that play shouldn't be run to Glenn.....
that was the most f'd up, bizzare thing i ever saw.
he should've thrown it to TO. At least he would of dropped in for an incomplete
the Offense is just breaking my heart.
Jerramy Stevens' Eventual Game-Winning Touchdown:
Nice miss Roy. What could we do with out you---WIN!!!!!
Roy Freaking Williams. Pro Bowler.
williams SUCKS
at least it'll be a happy day when we cut that piece of overrated trash
what a way to quite possible [sic] lose a playoff game. I am completely sick now.
Seattle has been begging and pleading for us to win this game. They've offered it to us on a silver platter. Now, they're tired of holding it out there and decided they want to win since we refused to take it. Show some balls offense.
Blogging the Boys again. One year later heartbreak is there. Almost. That bolded quote was gold.
That last quote from Parl of BTB was true. Seattle had chances to win this game much much earlier but instead chose to kick FGs and turn the ball over on downs. But with a secondary playing Pete Hunter and having Rich Gardner as depth the defense did their job as far as keeping the 'Hawks in the game. Now the moments you have been waiting for....
In-Game: OH AND IT'S FUMBLED....BY...ROMO!!!
choke job!!!!!
I am sick
WTF
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Cut them all.
hopefully this will be the last time I see peanuthead (guessing it's Romo) in a Cowboy uniform...
i love romo but this fumbling shit has to stop
romo f*cked up big time
Adios Parcells and take Romo with you!
I don't need to add anything here.
Post-Game: Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
The Dallas Cowboys gave away a playoff game. They had multiple opportunities to win this game, with the biggest coming on a FG in the last minute from point blank range. But Tony Romo fumbled the snap, was caught from behind before getting the first down or a TD, and the Dallas season was officially dead. But Dallas wasn't content to lose it once, they lost it multiple times. They had a 3rd and 1 at the Seattle 10 in the fourth quarter, and instead of calling a simple QB sneak, they tried to hand it off, and they failed. Instead of a first down inside the 10, and the chance for a huge TD, they had to kick a FG. The defense then did its job and stopped the Seahawks at the 2-yard line on an amazing goal line stand. But in a bizarre play where Terry Glenn fumbled, the ball bounced out of the endzone for a safety.
Three huge plays in the 4th quarter, and Dallas failed on all three. Now they have a long offseason to take a look at what is wrong with this team. Why can't they handle the pressure? Why did they collapse down the stretch run of the season, and why did they collapse in the 4th quarter of the playoff game?
Heart-broken and angry, that's the only way to describe it. The offseason has officially begun and I wasn't prepared for it all. Early in that 4th quarter, I really believed we would win this game. But it wasn't to be, and now we have nothing but questions and anguish. This one was a bitter pill; it might take a while to get over it.
One last time from BTB, Dave Halprin did a quick write-up of the events.
Dallas would not be satisfied with losing like this however. They came up with new and creative ways to piss away an entire season in the span of 11 months this last calendar year. A home playoff loss to the eventual champion New York Giants in January, and then a 44-6 destruction in Philadelphia in December to knock them out of the playoff chase on the final day of the regular season.
Post-Game: Devastation
Everyone will always remember Tony Romo mis-handling a snap on a game-winning FG attempt, but their were many other factors that led to this awful loss that ended the Cowboys season. The play that also sticks out in my mind is when Terry Glenn fumbled deep in Cowboys territory and the ball went out of the endzone for a safety to cut the Cowboys lead to 20-15 in the 4th quarter. Then the defense, that had played well most of the game, lost track of TE Jerramy Stevens who got loose for a 37 yard TD in the 4th quarter to give the Seahawks a 21-20 lead. That set up Tony Romo to lead the offense right down the field at the end of the game to give Martin Gramatica a chance to win the game….but he couldn’t handle the snap.
Okay I'm burnt out so I think we can stop there. Frankly I wouldn't mind seeing JerryWorld witness a crippled Seahawks team surprise Tony Romo while Sean Locklear contains DeMarcus Ware on the left side. But realistically that's not happening. Luckily they play this weekend so maybe if we're lucky they'll get key injuries that will keep them out of our next game.
With a depressing loss like last week's I think reading angry and equally depressed Cowboys fans rant away because their team lost to the Seahawks gives me good memories. It's payback for that Monday night debacle in 2004 in a way.
Until next time....
SEA! HAWKS!
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That OT Giants game
Was the first Seahawk game I attended. It was the most exciting thing i’ve witnessed in my entire life. I had to go to the bathroom at halftime but never got to it until after the game. It was so loud. I felt like I was having a heart attack after every field goal attempt.
My favorite Cowboys game has to be the 21-20 Wild Card playoffs. The Seahawks went from probably a 90% chance of losing to winning the game.
by Pessimistic Optimist on Oct 20, 2009 8:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Our win probability was 72% Dallas
When the Witten first down was reversed. After Romo fumbled it went to 99% Seattle.
http://wp.advancednflstats.com/nflarchive.php?year=2006&team=SEA&gameid=29183
October 11th, 2009: The day Justin Forsett became loved by Seahawks fans forever.
by SSreporters on Oct 20, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I meant at one point Dallas was at 92%.
But at the end yes you are correct it was 72%.
by Pessimistic Optimist on Oct 20, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That wildcard game will be one of my most treasured memories forever.
"Mayhap a hidden door lurks nigh. Let us search the environs."
by Fearless Frog on Oct 20, 2009 8:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Bears game (had we won) would've been better to me
I hope everyone remembers Shaun Alexander was having a great game. But of course when it mattered he couldn’t get 1 measly yard on 4th down and it may have cost us in the end.
October 11th, 2009: The day Justin Forsett became loved by Seahawks fans forever.
by SSreporters on Oct 20, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't we pass on 3rd and 1 on the play before that?
I understand they aren’t expecting it, but come on.
by Pessimistic Optimist on Oct 20, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I scalped the crap out of tickets and it was worth every penny
I even boo’d as loudly as I could when the long snapper, and kickers came out of the tunnel (before the rest of the team). I like to think that it was my heckling of the special teams players that gave us the victory! Too bad it was all Romo on a great snap.
by StonerHawks on Oct 21, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha I'm the ONLY person who voted for the 2005 game.
I loved both of them, but I enjoyed the regular season one more*. Not entirely sure why, maybe it was because I felt like we earned the 2005 one more. I mean, Romo failing like that is one in a million, I felt like we had lucked into that win at the end of the game. The 2005 was more satisfying. Although “The Romo Fumble” will always have a close place in my heart.
*: I may be crazy.
by Fear on Oct 20, 2009 11:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree, we probably did earn it more.
The Romo fumble was more of the Cowboys just made a really dumb play.
But since I wasn’t in Seattle at the time and couldn’t watch the Seahawks game, I chose the playoff game because that was televised everywhere, and games that you see live are more meaningful.
But I agree with PO, the Giants game is the best game I’ve ever seen. I cannot remember screaming more for a game then that (in my apt not at the game).
by LantermanC on Oct 21, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why didn't you use last years game as well?? LOL
In Romo we Trust
by Terry on Oct 21, 2009 6:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh no not you again.
Please be good at another team’s blog please.
I’d suggest everyone look-up Terry’s posts from rival NFC East blogs.
October 11th, 2009: The day Justin Forsett became loved by Seahawks fans forever.
by SSreporters on Oct 21, 2009 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last years game was hardly relevant to the conversation...
You guys beat what would be a 4-12 team in the regular season, and then missed the postseason. I understand these bad memories of seasons past are upsetting, but if you’re going to attempt to troll you might consider choosing a more hurtful topic. No one here cares about last years game.
by Jason X USN on Oct 21, 2009 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was already a lost season.
In fact, that loss helped get us Aaron Curry, so thanks!
//salivates over the thought of Curry blowing up Romo
by thebyron on Oct 21, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Overtime with the Chiefs.
"Mayhap a hidden door lurks nigh. Let us search the environs."
by Fearless Frog on Oct 21, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one is more aware of Seahawk bloggers reactions to losing
than the bloggers themselves. It’s just fun to see other fans’ reactions to losing because it gives us a perspective. I think it also builds a camaraderie among fans as well as evidenced by us getting blown out by Indy and then us blowing out JAX yet maintaining good relations with both SBN sites.
by LantermanC on Oct 21, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That 13-10 Dallas game has a special place in my heart.
For some reason, I had never been really into football. I finally had a work schedule where Sundays were free though. I turned on the Hawks-Boys game, not really knowing the Hawks were that good. I was instantly a football fanatic and it sucks that I didn’t realize how good it was until that year.
The Giants game was amazing also, yelling by myself in my apartment, my roomate wondered what was wrong with me.
At the 21-20 playoff game in person, that was one of the happiest moments of my life. Just the euphoria of the crowd. I rambled, sorry.
I actually bought a Betancourt t-shirt.
by Hopefulmsfan on Oct 21, 2009 9:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No need to apologize for a rant involving great Seahawks games.
My twin brother was my roommate during the Giants game so we were both yelling, but my other roommate was from Boston, and even he was yelling the whole time because the game was that awesome.
by LantermanC on Oct 22, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeremy Stevens
Love him or hate him, the man, outside of the Super Bowl, made plays (although he is the only seahawk to score a SB touchdown!). He made a lot of boneheaded decisions too (hello Oakland), but he was a threat. Too bad he was dumb as a bag of rocks.
It is what it is...
by kidder95 on Oct 22, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Actually not dumb as a box of rocks.
He was in advanced classes in high school, and his dad is a science teacher (I used to sub in the school and even for him somewhat frequently).
He is, however, not a good human being. He’s a smart egotistical asshole that makes stupid decisions, not a stupid person.
Bird Law in this country isn't governed by reason.
by whiskey chainsaw on Oct 22, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great feedback
That is a great story. Much thanks!
It is what it is...
by kidder95 on Oct 22, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heheh..
funny thing, you can see I don’t think much of him despite giving him some credit.
I have more “insider” type stories about him as well that lead to my strong statement that he isn’t really a good person, but not stuff that made headlines like his DUI’s, etc.
Sad part, he was actually a pretty good kid before he started believing his own press clippings— which happened by the time he was about a freshman in HS. When he was with the hawks he treated some people I know pretty poorly without reason other than pure ego. Also, he can when he wants to be a very charming, thoughtful and intelligent individual. He just unfortunately would rather be an asshat most the time.
I’ll just go ahead and share a story. This isn’t the worst thing he’s done, but it does go to his overall character, and is a typical Stevens story.
His dad was the North Thurston HS frosh coach, and my friends all played for him. Now his dad being the coach, lil Jeremy was often at practice hanging out at the sidelines, shooting, etc. Typical, and he everyone said he was aiight back then. (I had moved to Onalaska HS so wasn’t part of the team and have only crossed paths with people who know Jeremy, but not actually Jeremy himself. So take everything I say with a grain of sand, it is all second hand, but second hand from people I know well and trust.)
Anyway, flash forward a few years to a party on a yacht on Lake Washington, and Stevens is a Hawk at the time. This was a daytime thing, while there were drinks, it wasn’t party central, more of a low key thing. Craig Terrill and a couple other Hawks were there, and my buddy worked in media behind the scenes. While he wasn’t a bigwig by any means, he is a heck of a nice guy and not someone you would think poorly of meeting him for the first time.
That friend of mine was on that frosh team, and eventually ended up talking to Stevens in typical mingle at a party fashion. He didn’t search Stevens out right away, and he didn’t talk about how cool it was that he knew an NFL player (Mike Sellers being from our class at NT and Travis Lee playing little league against us, we never were star-struck by such things) nor did he do anything else sycophantic.
It was just a guy from Lacey on a yacht in Seattle saying hello to another guy from Lacey on a yacht in Seattle, and my boy said, “I know you probably wont remember me, but your dad was my coach freshman year at Thurston, and you used to shoot hoops all the time on the side.”
Stevens looked down at him (my boy is about 5’9") and said in an arrogant asshole tone, “So?”
Who responds like that? I mean, you may not be interested in talking to someone you knew once, even if you don’t remember them, but that’s just a poor way to treat another person regardless of who they (or you) are. Pretty much a conversation killer, from a guy that is smart enough and charming enough to do better, if he had any desire at all to do so…
Bird Law in this country isn't governed by reason.
by whiskey chainsaw on Oct 22, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What an ass
And for the record..I go to Timberline HS (Senior). I know lots of people from North Thurston. Interesting.
Lets get Schmitt Faced!
by Pessimistic Optimist on Oct 22, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you go to Nisqually or Kamiakin (sp?)
Stevens dad taught at Nisqually, for the record.
If Kamiakin, one of my teachers at Chinook was Mrs. Peebles, who was at Kamiakin when I was subbing. It shocked her to no end to learn that I became an English teacher. I wasn’t exactly the best of students in middle school, heheh.
Bird Law in this country isn't governed by reason.
by whiskey chainsaw on Oct 23, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I went to Nisqually
Mr. Stevens was my P.E teacher. A big black man none the less lol. That’s awesome.
Lets get Schmitt Faced!
by Pessimistic Optimist on Oct 23, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you ever see Jonathan Stewart?
Or did he graduate before you came?
"Mayhap a hidden door lurks nigh. Let us search the environs."
by Fearless Frog on Oct 24, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah I didn't see him
He’s still on the weight lifting board though lol. Dude is a best.
Lets get Schmitt Faced!
by Pessimistic Optimist on Oct 25, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weird story. I'll never understand people like Jerramy Stevens.
I might as well be an alien observing a new species when it comes to people like him. I think all people act rationally according to their values and beliefs, but I have no clue as to what his values or beliefs might be to lead him to do some of the stuff he’s done.
by LantermanC on Oct 23, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For a second I thought you were talking about JaMarcus Russell.
"Mayhap a hidden door lurks nigh. Let us search the environs."
by Fearless Frog on Oct 24, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In that 13-10 Cowboys game he dropped an easy throw and it was an INT for Roy Williams
He’s a bust of a football player.
October 11th, 2009: The day Justin Forsett became loved by Seahawks fans forever.
by SSreporters on Oct 22, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tony Romo is gayer than a big bag of dicks.
Tony Romo is gayer than two guys having sex.
Tony Romo is gayer than a guy watching porn…WITH HIS DAD.
Tony Romo is gayer than a guy who gets a boner from playing World of Warcraft.
Tony Romo is gayer than assless chaps.
Lets get Schmitt Faced!
by Pessimistic Optimist on Oct 22, 2009 10:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
By the way
Don’t ask.
Lets get Schmitt Faced!
by Pessimistic Optimist on Oct 22, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ooh, ooh, I have a good one.
Tony Romo is gayer than Elton John!
"Mayhap a hidden door lurks nigh. Let us search the environs."
by Fearless Frog on Oct 24, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tony Romo listens to Cold Play.
And he’s absolutely killing my fantasy team in the Field Gulls league…
Bird Law in this country isn't governed by reason.
by whiskey chainsaw on Oct 25, 2009 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I listen to Coldplay.
Well, not really, but I enjoyed a couple of their songs.
"Mayhap a hidden door lurks nigh. Let us search the environs."
by Fearless Frog on Oct 25, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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