Dallas Cowboys – 13, Arizona Cardinals – 19

Even though this game is considered the upset special, personally I’m less surprised by this final score than I was by the Colts coming within a touchdown of the Patriots.  Historically the Cowboys have played down to their competition and they do fall for the trap game often; this time at least you can’t fault Tony Romo (300 total yards, 1 TD) too much.  Romo did miss on some critical passes, but he didn’t turn the ball over, although he didn’t score as many touchdowns as most people thought he would.  Kevin Kolb (267 total yards, 1 TD) returned to the lineup and looked competent enough, picking his spots for throws well and hitting his receivers in time, as if he hadn’t missed any games.

Dez Bryant (8-86, 1 TD) finally showed up and looked like a #1 WR, which he hasn’t done very often this year, especially with the Cowboys missing the injured Miles Austin so much.  Laurent Robinson (4-72) had a fairly quiet game and had his scoring streak broken at five.  Jason Witten (5-47) threw in for the stat line that has been fairly typical of him as of late; he’ll have to pick it up in the next few weeks to help out those fantasy teams that are counting on him so much down the stretch.

Andre Roberts (6-111) is finally starting to come on, posting some useable stats the past few weeks, culminating in this week’s 100 yard receiving effort.  If you sorely need a Flex/WR3 for the post season, Roberts might do ok down the stretch.  Larry Fitzgerald (4-55) ended up with a quiet game, once again showing that he and Kolb tend to not always be on the same page, same as earlier in the year.

Demarco Murray (12 car., 38 yards) finally laid a stinker, and of course, just in time for the games to really matter.  Next week the Cowboys get a motivated Giants team that has played better against the rush as of late, so temper your expectations, especially with Felix Jones (6 car., 36 yards; 1 rec., 7 yards) starting to play a bigger role.

Beanie Wells (20 car., 67 yards, 1 TD; 1 rec., 6 yards) had a workman-like day, grinding out tough yardage and rewarding his owners with a touchdown.  LaRod Stephens-Howling (2 car., 16 yards; 1 rec., 52 yards, 1 TD) played the change of pace role, taking a 52 yard reception to the house.

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