Without Romo, Cowboys can’t keep up with Cardinals in 28-17 loss
LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE if you like the video and our channel: / newtime2014 Playlish NFL NEWS:http://goo.gl/qDj37F Playlish Football:http://goo.gl/hzHa9s Twitter:http://goo.gl/Qe8W8M Without Romo, Cowboys can’t keep up with Cardinals in 28-17 loss. ARLINGTON The Dallas Cowboys have gone from a six-game winning streak and having visions of a Super Bowl run to a two-game losing streak with uncertainty surrounding quarterback Tony Romo and locker room on the brink of turmoil. That’s the offshoot of Sunday’s 28-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals in front of a crowd of 85,688 at AT&T Stadium. Romo was held out of the game because of two small fractures in his back and is questionable for next week's matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. “We’re optimistic. We’ll see how he feels. It’s the same standard with the pain pain tolerance and how that relates to how he can function,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said of Romo. “We anticipate him going to London.” The Cowboys (6-3) will head to London with an out-of-sync offense and locker room rumblings behind the controversy with backup running back Joseph Randle and his bizarre booking video following his arrest last month for shoplifting. Randle called out teammates Dez Bryant and Josh Brent for their prior arrests and convictions, potentially harming team chemistry and raising a question of whether he will make the trip to London. “When you’re part of a team, a lot of things come up on a daily basis,” Garrett said. “It’s my job as the leader of the group to address the things that we feel needed to be addressed. Not a big deal to our football team at all.” The Cardinals took advantage of it all on Sunday _ especially backup Brandon Weeden’s ineffectiveness in place of Romo. Weeden completed 18 of 33 passes for 183 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. He was largely inept aside from an early drive to a field goal and a late 3-yard touchdown pass to Dez Bryant. The inability to pass and convert third downs allowed the Cardinals to load up on running back DeMarco Murray and the league’s top-ranked rushing game. Murray was held to 79 yards on 19 carries with a long run of 17. It stopped his NFL-record eight-game streak of at least 100 yards to start the season. “We didn’t play very well on offense. They came in with a commitment to stop the run,” Garrett said. “We needed to be persistent and consistent in the passing game and we weren’t.” Carson Palmer completed 22 of 34 passes for 249 yards and three touchdowns with one interceptions in rallying the Cardinals from a 10-0 first-quarter deficit. Dallas got on the board first with a defensive touchdown. Arizona took the opening kickoff and reached the Cowboys’ 46. On second down, Palmer was sacked by Henry Melton. On third and 12, Palmer was intercepted by rookie Tyler Patmon, who returned the ball 58 yards untouched down the left sideline for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead less than 5 minutes into the game. “I saw his eyes and I saw him throw the ball. I made a break on the ball and got my hands on it,” Patmon said. “It was great. I was telling a couple guys on the sidelines it was almost like it wasn’t real when I was running the ball. It was a great play and hopefully I can come up with a few more.” After a second defensive stop, the Cowboys scored again. Dallas drove to the Arizona 30, keyed by a 40-yard, third-down screen pass to Lance Dunbar, where the drive stalled with a false start, a 1-yard pass to Murray and an incompletion.
