Cowboys Fall Hard vs. Cardinals

CARDINALS 30

COWBOYS 24

Can we stop pronouncing the Dallas Cowboys as "THE" best team in the NFL? Please?

Once again, the Cowboys showed the world why they are the most overhyped, overrated team in the league, dropping a crucial game to the Arizona Cardinals in overtime by a score of 30-24.

The Cowboys lost complete control of this game in the third quarter as the Cards went on a 17 point run to take a 24-14 before anyone knew what had happened. First, in the third quarter, Kurt Warner hit Larry Fitzgerald in the back of the endzone for the tying score with 3:21 to go in the quarter.

After Dallas failed to do anything on their next drive, the Cardinals took it right to Dallas with another touchdown. Sean Breatson was Warner's favorite receiver on the drive, making three catches 37 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown was an 11 yard pass down the middle to make it 21-14 Arizona.

Still, the Cowboys would not go away. Tony Romo hit Marion Barber in the flat, and Barber took the ball down the sideline for a 70 yard touchdown to cut the deficit to 24-21.

Then, in what could have been the biggest blunder of the year, Arizona coach Ken Wisenhunt decided to call a timeout as a potential game-tying field goal by Dallas was blocked by the Cards. If Wisenhunt had not called a timeout, the Cardinals would have held on at 24-21; instead, Dallas got one more chance. This time Nick Folk was able to nail the kick from 52 yards out to tie the game.

In Overtime, the Cowboys got the ball first and could do nothing with it. Romo was 0-2 on the drive and was even sacked by Chris Okeafor for a seven yard loss. Matt McBriar came out to punt the ball to Arizona, but the punt was blocked by Matt Biesel, who rolled over the ball and crawled into the endzone for the winning score.

The Cardinals have sole possesion of the putrid AFC West with a 4-2 record. They are the only team over .500 in that divison. The Cowboys fall to 4-2 and a game behind the unbeaten New York Giants.

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