The 3rd Romo pick

[kojak]

Heart Breaker.

[FiveRings]

Originally Posted by CowboysYanksLakers

Romo is what he is... A choke artist in the clutch of the biggest games, say what you want but the facts are there.

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I didn't realize we're the Dallas Tony Romos. It's a team effort, Romo is one out of 53 players that need to contribute to win. Just a few off the top of my head, Ware bit early all night long, Ogletree is dumb, our O Line did a good job blocking, bad job picking up blitzes and that all amounted to the loss. Remember, if the D makes the final goal line stop the choke artist has another shot.

[nalam]

Originally Posted by Hoov

They actually were having some success running the
....
. When Manning has a blitzer come right through untouched he automatically runs to the edge of the pocket and throws out of bounds - doesnt even look for an option. Then you can try something else next play.

Romo lives and dies by trying to do too much , A couple of possessions back he took a 15 yard sack which was another dumb play , instead of running backwards and do some thing why can't he take a couple of steps to the side and throw away the ball ? I can't understand , may be by making big plays by evading would be sackers he has a foolish confidence .

I still can't overcome the fact , everyone knows that D is running on fumes and it can hold barely and to win this game offense had to fire on all cylinders , still the offense game plan was so bad and skins with their def game plan really out-coached us. No answer for their all-out blitzing all game long.

Offense had to play good that means Romo has to play good but he was off-game and was off in the throws and throwing interceptions. Such a shame, when you expect the Franchise QB to be the savior , he turns into a goat. I respect Romo's abilities , stats etc but he is not a SB winning QB , at least he won't be unless he has enough offense and defense talent around him and he didn't need to win games by himself , just manage the game, like RG3 did y'day.

[boardn10]

I will give Romo one more year and that is it! No more. With a good line and a good back, he has a chance to be great, but if he does this next year, it is time for his replacement.

[CitySlicker202]

People like to mention when "The Book" comes out on RG3 he'll no longer be productive in the league. Well, "the book" on Romo is getting a hand in his face and he'll force a ball right to the other team on cue. There's a reason why RG3 only had FIVE Interceptions the entire season......he knows when to take a sack and live to see another down. Romo approaching 33 has yet to learn this. The 3rd Int was just a tragic train wreck you'd expect from a rookie QB.

[rocyaice]

Originally Posted by CitySlicker202

People like to mention when "The Book" comes out on RG3 he'll no longer be productive in the league. Well, "the book" on Romo is getting a hand in his face and he'll force a ball right to the other team on cue. There's a reason why RG3 only had FIVE Interceptions the entire season......he knows when to take a sack and live to see another down. Romo approaching 33 has yet to learn this. The 3rd Int was just a tragic train wreck you'd expect from a rookie QB.

Romo had 10 int's last year. So did he "get it" last season and just "forget it" this year?

[Super_Kazuya]

Originally Posted by Gemini Dolly

Reminded me a bit of the JPP pick.

This has to haunt him worse than the Seattle blunder.

Me too, though the JPP was a much more impressive athletic feat. I thought they were both nice little plays that no one on our defense could dream of pulling off (except for maybe Lee). Tony got fooled, but it happens, especially with the rush in your face. I was way more upset with Romo with the crappy first half performance that could have turned that final drive from a desperation drive to a run out the clock drive.

[ifixoldhouses]

Originally Posted by Venger

Third pick, the Redskins LB runs UNTOUCHED up the middle - Romo has to have the ball out of his hands in less than TWO seconds. He threw it to his hot outlet but their LB dropped back off the line and made a nice play on the ball.

Don't like the throw? Romo is backpedaling because if he dares stop much less get into the throw he gets creamed - he has to get it over the blitzer to his outlet. It floats high, and the Skins LB makes a nice play on the ball.

He was supposed to - from what I've read here, get rid of the ball, or eat it, with the perfect hindsight of it being picked. "Get rid of it" is what he did. Pick.

Not to mention he had a fractured rib since 2nd quarter, He didn't want to get hit again. He would be allright behind a solid LIne.

[rocyaice]

That's one thing I notice no one mentioning. Romo was out there with Witten, Hanna, Ogletree, Harris and Beasley and still managed to score and get us down 3. Even scored a 2 point conversion. It just wasn't much that could be done when Miles and Dez were both out. That doesn't mean throw a pick though.

[Boyzmamacita]

Originally Posted by rocyaice

That's one thing I notice no one mentioning. Romo was out there with Witten, Hanna, Ogletree, Harris and Beasley and still managed to score and get us down 3. Even scored a 2 point conversion. It just wasn't much that could be done when Miles and Dez were both out. That doesn't mean throw a pick though.

It would also help if someone would block for him. Too many jailbreaks last night. The O-line is way too inconsistent. They gave him 8.12 seconds on the first TD throw, then I saw Free (and others) literally just laying on the ground on some other plays. There's plenty of blame to go around. Romo should've thrown a better pass on the last int., but if he had his normal receivers (and if somebody threw a block), he may not have been throwing to Murray in the first place.

[BigDaddyJP7983]

One thing I thought about at the time of the 3rd int. If Romo lofts that pass a little bit further downfield and lets Murray run under it (instead of throwing it directly at him), they gain 60+ yards, as the replays showed that there was no other defender on that side of the field, as the WR had run a post (I think) and dragged the safety with him. The LB had a great angle on a direct pass, but his momentum would have left him far behind Murray if the ball had gone a little further upfield. I know Romo didn't have time to consider how to throw it, but it would have worked for a big gain. Just my way of saying that this game was lost on a matter of inches. (Ogletree forgetting to raise both arms to catch a pass also comes to mind as a cause, not to mention that high school coaches could have adapted better to the blitz).

[sideon]

All this excuse making is ridiculous, Romo screwed up big time in a big game situation and that's all there is to it. Whenever any other player screws up we blame them, but when #9 goofs we always want to spread the blame to everyone. This is who he is and we just all better accept it.

[UncFelix28]

Originally Posted by sideon

All this excuse making is ridiculous, Romo screwed up big time in a big game situation and that's all there is to it. Whenever any other player screws up we blame them, but when #9 goofs we always want to spread the blame to everyone. This is who he is and we just all better accept it.

I am not so sure they are excuses, but people are trying to get into Romo's head and figure out what he saw on the play & why he thought Murray would have been alone in that split decision with a LB blitzing right up the gut in his face.. It turned out to be a very silly and stupid decision..

[TwoDeep3]

Originally Posted by UncFelix28

I am not so sure they are excuses, but people are trying to get into Romo's head and figure out what he saw on the play & why he thought Murray would have been alone in that split decision with a LB blitzing right up the gut in his face.. It turned out to be a very silly and stupid decision..

They're excuses.

These people have been making them for years after losses when Romo turns it over.

[UncFelix28]

Originally Posted by TwoDeep3

They're excuses.

These people have been making them for years after losses when Romo turns it over.

I don't agree with you... I think even Romo's biggest supporters realize it was a ridiculous throw and he was to blame for the loss.. Some people do study the game you know??? They try to figure out what the QB was thinking on certain plays & why he made certain throws. NOT excuses, just trying to highlight the play and share their thoughts on where the QB thought he could go in that split second with a LB coming free in his face. Everyone knows Romo was to blame for the loss dude, but some don't feel the need to pile on, instead they try to bring a little insight to the board instead of just posting the thousandth ROMO is awful post, he can't win the big game... We all know that is what Romo is labeled as right now, just some posters would rather talk about what happened on the play