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When time expired, all I could think to myself was: “This one falls entirely on Romo.” If he doesn’t throw just one of those three interceptions, there’s no way the Lions claw their way back into the game. 

The more I thought about it, the more I thought there was more to the loss than just Romo. Romo doesn’t feel the need to make those risky throws if the running game is consistent enough to guarantee they can take some time off the clock. Granted, a three and out is better than a pick six, but when you’re trying to keep drives alive to eat up clock, you’re usually only given one opportunity per three downs to make a play.

Two of the interceptions came on first down, but only one of them was arguably a bad decision. The other was a good read where Witten had his man beat down the seam, but the throw didn’t get there due to pressure. The interception on third down wouldn’t have happened with a more aggressive play on the ball from Laurent Robinson.

While I think it would be unfair to expect the defense to stop Detroit from putting up any points on a short field, they still could’ve done more to stop a Detroit comeback. Two touchdowns for Detroit in the fourth quarter were almost foregone conclusions because the defense had no answer for Calvin Johnson. 

We would be good to not fall apart at the seams going into the bye week half a game back of the division lead. We should be 4-0 after blowing two late leads — one to the defending AFC champs and one to the only undefeated NFC team other than the defending Super Bowl champs. We could be worse; we could be Philadelphia.