Dallas had ample opportunities to pull out the game, if they could have gotten a 3 and out, but it didn’t happen. Give credit to Green Bay and Rodgers.
The shocker to me was the late-game reluctance to blitz by the Cowboy’s defense. Rogers just stood in the pocket and nailed pass after pass, eschewing the running game entirely. It was ridiculous.
FWIW, I felt like Manning threw the game against Indianapolis.
Last 2 minutes when they controlled the ball, he needed 11 points to tie. Denver went out of their way to throw the ball as screen passes with tackles in bounds near the line of scrimmage, burning up the clock. The last play, again a screen pass with multiple receivers down field, and the receiver one step from the sidelines with 6 seconds left turned into 3 tacklers instead of running out of bounds.
I felt the same way in the 3rd qtr, by their body language.
Fair enough. To be blunt, a good team counts on overcoming a bad call or two! Dallas failed to do so. Sigh.