ESPND: Bill Callahan: Cowboys should simplify things for Tony Romo

[CyberB0b]

Originally Posted by DCBoysfan

I have never been a fan of the head coach calling his own plays on offense or defense I would like to see Callahan make the calls.

Seems to work fairly well for NO and GB.

[WoodysGirl]

Originally Posted by Hoov

Is it too much for Romo to make the pre snap adjustments or is it too much for him to get the rest of the offense to run the right play when he is making the adjustments.

I think it's more the latter than the former.

[Doomsday]

I agree with Callahan, keep it is simple!

[jnday]

I have thought for a while that the confusion that goes on in the seconds before the snap was hurting the offense. Romo has to line up the entire offense before a play can be run. I think much of the miscommunication between Romo and the WRs comes from things being too complicated.

[RoyTheHammer]

Originally Posted by jnday

I have thought for a while that the confusion that goes on in the seconds before the snap was hurting the offense. Romo has to line up the entire offense before a play can be run. I think much of the miscommunication between Romo and the WRs comes from things being too complicated.

[28 Joker]

The total mess that is the Dallas Cowboys offense is squarely on Jason Garrett's shoulders, imo. How many years has Jason Garrett been in charge of the Dallas offense? This is year six, and Tony Romo is still throwing interceptions all over the place and turning the football over during segments of a season. Garrett and Romo are tied at the hip, imo. How many years have they been together now?

Tony Romo should be held accountable for his play and his share of mistakes. Ultimately, the football is in his hands. However, who is holding Jason Garrett accountable for his coaching or mistakes or his mismanagement of games? Do the Cowboys have a legit, trained, qualified NFL general manager who can objectively evaluate Jason Garrett and hold him accountable for his performance?

The Cowboys are just set up for failure, and Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones are the puppet masters.

Bill Parcells left the Cowboys a solid foundation to build upon. Moreover, Parcells has stated more than one time that the Cowboys should be able to win with Tony Romo. When Parcells makes that statement, he is taking a veiled, justified shot at Jason Garrett and Jerry Jones, imo. Jason Garrett and Jerry Jones are tied at the hip, too.

[big dog cowboy]

Originally Posted by Bluestang

I don't think this change is really for Romo, but I think it directed more for the other 10 guys on the offense.

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[djmajestik]

Originally Posted by Hoov

Is it too much for Romo to make the pre snap adjustments or is it too much for him to get the rest of the offense to run the right play when he is making the adjustments.

I think this is a product of how dumb our players are. Half the time they don't know which route to run, where to lineup, how to read a defense effectively.

So what I took from it is he is simplifying the offense so that Tony can call a play, and the players can just focus on running it.

[burmafrd]

much more likely this is a veiled shot at the rest of the O for not being able to figure things out.

We do not have a really complicated offense. So sadly I must go more towards the idea that our players are just not that smart.

[Joe Rod]

Didn't they do this last year as well?

[Rack Bauer]

Romo doesn't need things simplified. The offensive line does.

[Gaede]

Red flag that we need to 'simplify' things. When coaches start saying that, there's a ton of things going wrong that we don't even know about. It's like a 'players only meeting'. But then again, anyone who has actually watched the games already knew our offense was dysfunctional

On the plus side, I think this article shows the benefit of having an OC like Callahan. An experienced football guy who can come up with ways to run the offense better. He fixed the presnap penalties the game before, and I think they're right about simplifying things for the offense. It's a great thing that we have someone to counter Garrett's inexperience and unwillingness to do anything different.

[Seven]

There's three teams WORSE at running the ball than us? That's got to be brutal to watch.

[tyke1doe]

Originally Posted by Rack Bauer

Romo doesn't need things simplified. The offensive line does.

Yeah, I don't think this is on Romo as much as it is on the rest of the offense. Anyone who has watched the Cowboys can see that Romo is trying to get guys in place before the ball is snapped. You really can't do that unless you know the offense. I just don't think the players know, and because Romo is the play caller and does know (and because any turnover is going to point back to him), Callahan is basically taking the burden off Romo's shoulders in having to make complicated calls and make sure the offense knows what it's supposed to be doing when those calls are made.

[JonJon]

Originally Posted by Rack Bauer

Romo doesn't need things simplified. The offensive line does.

I think this applies for Dez Bryant as well. I think all the pre-snap audibles combined with him having to make pre-route and hot read adjustments for each audible made is too much for him and others. Simplify it and suddenly everyone is on the same page with less confusion. Then all it comes down to is execution. I think this will help the offense tremendously.