Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda

A few crazy "what ifs" that I noticed tonight:

1.) What if any of the potential INTs would have been caught? Big point swings. The Newman drop looked to be the easiest. Instead of no points, they come away with 3.

2.) Is it just me or would you expect more of a push from Witten on the last pass? Great catch, granted, but he's SO much bigger than Tatupu...it's as if he ran into a wall. If only.

3.) How could this defense not know after the botched field goal attempt that Alexander wasn't going to get the ball? And then, to add insult, let him run (right up the middle again) for a 15+ run, essentially killing any chance of a comeback. Stop them at the 1 and the field is MUCH shorter for a drive to kick a field goal.

4.) I understand running the clock down and making them kill their timeouts. But, if the fear is that your defense can't make a stop, doesn't it make more sense to make them have to score a touchdown instead of giving a short field which could lead to a game winning filed goal? In other words, go for the throat and try to score a TD instead of messing around. A young aggressive coach would have put the impetus on the Seahawks to score instead of playing it safe.

5.) Can we stop giving a "Get One TD Free By Scoring on Roy" Coupon to every team we play? I'd have to look it up, but it seems as though he's responsible for a TD in every game we play. SOMETHING must be done at this position.

6.) All credit to Shawn, but how can you play a fairly aggressive defense the first half, then come back out and play the same loose, non-aggressive 2-deep zone defense (yes, the same defense that has sucked for the last month) again in the 2nd?

7.) Can we all hope Rivera has played his last game as a Cowboy?

8.) I think we can all agree that IF Parcells comes back, it'll only be for one more year. Does it make sense to go into another draft and FA period knowing that we have a lame duck coach and that the whole system could change within a year? Wouldn't you rather get a new coach and his system and players in here as soon as possible? For instance, what if Parcells decides to draft, yet again, another LB, but the new coach wants to run a 4-3, thereby potentially wasting the pick and setting us back ANOTHER year.

9.) Isn't it sickening to watch all of our supposed "stars" and vets (Owens, Glenn [both of them], Roy, James, Rivera) being the ones with the most obvious screw ups while some of the young guys and less heralded guys(Austin, JuJones, Carpenter, Crayton) actually stepped up? Dropped passes/INTs, blown tackles/coverages, un-timely missed blocks. It's hard to take.

10.) How different of a player might Romo have been had he started the beginning of the season? Perhaps, he would have had his downtime earlier in the season, allowing him to fight his way out of it in time for the playoffs. Maybe he could have overcome his fumble-itis earlier...oh well, woulda, coulda, shoulda.

-M