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This one had all of the makings of a disaster written all over it. Romo came out looking like he had a hangover from last week’s gut punch. Then, Romo went down with a broken rib and was expected not to return. Kitna came in and looked just as good as he did in relief of Romo last season, but it still didn’t look too good. 

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Then, Romo came back on the field and took control of the game, throwing for over 300 yards and two touchdowns to Miles Austin and a 77-yard connection with Jesse Holley (more on him later).

With a performance like that, it’s easy to instantly forget this team’s problems, but we shouldn’t. Without the emergent performance of Jesse Holley, who accounted for 96 yards on the final two drives of the game (including the play that set up the game-winning field goal), the Cowboys could easily be sitting at 0-2. With a pretty good performance by the defense which had some timely stops, a gutsy performance by Romo and good play from Kitna in his stead, we still had to rally from two scores down and put it all on the unproven leg of Dan Bailey from 48 yards to force overtime after he had missed a 21-yarder.  

The silver lining here is Romo’s embracing of the leadership role, playing through the pain and taking Holley aside to tell him he would be targeting him after realizing the ball needed to be spread around more to pull out the win. 

Injuries are a big concern after this game. Felix Jones has a separated shoulder and Austin has a pulled hamstring. Hopefully, the long week will provide some time for the team to get healthy. 

A hard-fought win is a hard-fought win, but it’s only week 2 and it was only the 49ers.

Interesting Stat: Romo is the NFL career leader in 4th quarter passer rating.