Week 7 Recap - @ St. Louis

Dallas was absolutely embarrassed on Sunday. Nothing went right, everybody made mistakes and the crucial penalties were the only consistent thing from The Cowboys. The final score was 34-14, but probably should have been 34-7 if it wasn't for a garbage time Dallas TD by rookie Martellus Bennett in the final 2 minutes of play.

The Rams came to play, and new head coach Jim Hasslett helped these guys get revenge on Dallas. It was payback for Steven Jackson not being drafted in 2004 and for Dallas routing St. Louis even worse last year (35-7.) It was ugly, and The Rams showing up to play was only half of the problem.

Dallas didn't show up to do anything. It's not even fair to blame the injuries, because the simple mistakes all around were more than enough to lose this game.

Sure, everyone wants to blame Brad Johnson for throwing the 3 interceptions, but we can't forget Marion Barber's fumble and Anthony Henry getting beat on that deep ball, and the O-Line's recent inability to protect the quarterback, and newly signed punter Sam Paulescu's short punt, and Nick Folk's missed field goal in the 3rd quarter which would have brought Dallas within 10 points. Add all that together and it spells L-O-S-S.

Besides the score, S Roy Williams was lost again, this time for the season. Williams was returning for the first time since breaking his forearm, and early in this game broke the same arm, in a different spot. This time he'll go to I.R. and Dallas will need to scour free agency for a safety real quick.

Next week against Tampa Bay, things don't look much better. There is a possibility that Romo, Felix Jones and Terence Newman will still be out. Couple that with the fact Dallas' defense just allowed 34 points and the offense barely reached 14 points. Not to mention the coaching staff is now seriously making people question their leadership.

The sky really might be falling this time and if Dallas doesn't get some kind of divine intervention and go at least 5-4 heading into the bye, the final stretch of the season will be near impossible...