Bold, explosive, spicy, and sweet.

The Buffalo Bills tasted an upset and were thoroughly enjoying the zesty flavor of handing the Cowboys their first defeat in front of their frenzied and frantic fans on Monday Night Football for the first time in 13 years.

Buffalo was flying high with a ton of momentum after creating six turnovers including two INT’s for a TD, returning a kickoff for a touchdown, and watching their rookie QB Trent Edwards have an outstanding debut. 

Then the full moon came out, Romo woke up, a confident rookie K nailed two 53-yarders as time expired. Suddenly, the Bills’ wings were set ablaze and they came crashing to earth in a smoldering heap as Dallas flew to 5-0 for the year.

Tony Romo was sitting on an orange cooler after throwing his fourth interception looking dejected and hanging on by a thread. I hadn’t seen this look since he walked off the field in Seattle last January. This was just simply not his night. Besides the INT’s, he lost a fumble, and overthrew his receivers. He found Jason Witten earlier in the game and did make some key throws to keep Dallas within striking distance, but he suddenly found himself on the cooler wondering what the hell went wrong.

Then, his family showed up.

Witten jogged by slapped the side of his butt. Terence Newman came over and put his arm around Romo and whispered something in his ear. Five other players, including T.O., came over and forced him to look them in the eye as they encouraged him that the game was not over. Receivers coach Ray Sherman came over to get a drink and chatted. Right before Dallas’ final TD drive, coach Wade Phillips leaned over to Romo and said, “Wouldn’t it be amazing if we won this game?”

Britney Spears meeting with the Pope and gas prices falling to $1/gallon would happen before you’d hear Bill Parcells say that to his quarterback or see this kind of familial unity on a Big Bill team. This type of affinity that appears to strengthen weekly just might rival anything ever seen on a Cowboys team.

When you consider all these factors, in addition to the fact that these Cowboys are truly having fun playing (and coaching) with enthusiasm, it makes you think that Dallas can beat anybody this season.

Welcome, New England.