Too close for comfort

I thought that the Cowboys coaching staff had made a change for the better, and I thought that they had made a change for good. They made changes (defensively) against the Colts and Bucs that I thought that they would never make... I was glad that they made the changes, but shocked. They were creative and found different ways to pressure the QB and make them throw the ball before they wanted to. I was really looking forward to seeing this new defensive scheme against a team that heavily outplayed us in the first meeting this year. I thought things would be different this time around... I was wrong. I just don't get the philosophy of not getting pressure on the QB, while at the same time, letting wide-outs run free in the secondary. I thought that style of play was history after we saw the sucess of the previous two games? I just don't get it? Someone please make me understand. I don't blame the players near as much as I do the coaching staff in this one. That scheme has got to go.

I know that the primary objective was to stop Tiki Barber and limit his impact, but I don't agree with the approach. Eli Manning has been shown (in the past couple of weeks) to make stupid, game changing decisions when pressured... and you choose to let him get his confidence back by giving him all day throw the ball? Why change what you were doing before? Why not bring the same game that you brought to his brother, the same game that made the better of the two look flustered and make bad decisions? Again... I just don't get it?

Yes, we won the game. Yes, we took a commanding lead in the NFC East. But once again, we were that close to where one little mistake or one blown coverage could have cost us the division and COULD have put us in jeopardy of making the play-offs. I am happy that we got the win, but I am worried that we reverted to our old ways on defense.

• Romo came down to earth in this one, that's for sure. But when the pressure was on, he stood there and delivered. It was probably the best thing that could have happened for the long run.

• I guess getting rid of of Vander-jerk really paid off in this one. There is no way that he makes that kick in my opinion.

• Brady James and Keith Davis had absolutely horrible games. I counted multiple times that Davis took bad angles on plays that should have been stopped. They have got to be better.

• I agree with Mike... Barber is making a push to be the feature back. I like platooning the two guys, but at this point, Barber should be getting the bulk of the carries. He deserves it.

We got lucky this time... the Giants are a good team and we almost let them back into the race. Sorry to be so negative at a Cowboys win, but that was too close for me.

- S