Pats v. Cowboys

Are you ready for some disappointment? This game is going to be a blowout. The Patriots are as good as we think they are, and the Cowboys are not.

Here's another prediction: Dallas will NOT have the best record in the NFC come playoff time. They might win their division, but they won't be playing in the NFC championship game. As we will see this afternoon, their defense is seriously flawed in defending downfield passing. And more importantly, Tony Romo might just suck.

OK, so Romo got off to a great start this year before last week's debacle. But recall the opponents. In week 1, he had 4TD/1 INT against a Giants team that, it seems to me, was not quite ready to roll. Week 2: 2/0 at awful Miami. Week 3: 2/1 against the falling apart Bears. Week 4: 3/1 versus awful Rams.

But last year he was great, right? Well... Here are his regular season numbers in five games against teams that made the playoffs (NYGx2, IND, NO, PHI): 4TD, 10 INT. Then of course there was the disastrous loss to Seattle.

So I'm asking the jury in the case of "Tony Romo v. Super-Stardom" to return to deliberation for the rest of this season at least. Today, for instance, we are going to see how a brilliant defensive coaching staff can destroy him.