Tony Romo gets his redemption vs. Giants

September, 6, 2012
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Eight months ago, Tony Romo made the long, slow walk to the team bus outside MetLife Stadium wondering how the Dallas Cowboys let a playoff spot slip away with another late-season fade.

On Wednesday night, Romo made the same long, slow walk to the team bus with two bags slung over his shoulders, his head up and with a feeling of promise after the Cowboys beat the New York Giants, 24-17.

"I don't think you downplay it or up-play it," Romo said in a near empty locker room. "It's a big win obviously because we beat a divisional rival on the road and those are tough wins to come by, especially ones that are against the defending champs. But at the same time, if we want to get to where we want to go, you've got to put your head down and grind again and you just have to keep, win or loss, do it again.

"It makes the feeling better when you win, but it's going to be the same approach when I get back [Thursday] as if we had lost. You have to make it that way. It's the only way to get to where you want to be in this league."

For more of Todd Archer's column, click here.
Todd Archer joined ESPNDallas.com in November 2010. He's covered the NFL since 1997 and the Cowboys since 2003. He covered the Bengals and Dolphins before arriving in Dallas. A Massachusetts native, Archer lives in the Dallas area with his wife and two children.

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