khiladi
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2007 was wildly over-rated as far as the offense is concerned. Romo in fact hid the warts of Jason Garrett’s play-calling even then. Dallas even when they were the number 1 offense in the league was basically in third and longs more than any other team in the league, right up there with garbage teams like SF.
For Romo to perform that well in this context, is mind-boggling to just how good he was and how much he was carrying the trash.
Romo in fact was delivering at an absurd rate on third and long even in 2007, to the point it was unsustainable. They had no run game and Garrett was simply garbage as a play caller. That’s why the passing game in reality struggled to close out the season.
This idea he had turn over warts is completely bogus. In reality, he was constantly being asked to overcome third and longs from his very first season starting and his completely incompetent player never provided him any help.
This idea his OL was amazing and was good rushing is a joke, considering this stat.
Jason Garrett and Dak Prescott starting and the back stabbing of Romo are among the worst decisions this franchise ever made period. Jason Garrett outside of Dallas got a chance to prove his incompetent he was in NY which he did even better than expected and raise the legend of Romo even higher.
https://www.footballoutsiders.com/extra-points/2007/fun-dallas-third-down
Here are the teams with the most yards to go on third down this year:
DAL 8.6
SF 8.3
KC 8.0
MIA 7.8
OK, Miami and San Francisco have horrible offenses this year, Kansas City is getting nothing from Larry Johnson, so those make sense. What is Dallas doing here? How is that offense playing so well when they are constantly stuck in third-and-long?
For Romo to perform that well in this context, is mind-boggling to just how good he was and how much he was carrying the trash.
If you have access to the DVOA Premium Database, you can sort 2007 stats by down, so you know the answer. Here are the top third/fourth down offensive DVOA ratings so far this year:
DAL 90.0%
PIT 44.9%
ARI 44.1%
NE 43.5%
NYJ 43.1%
Wait. Here's passing only:
DAL 133.1%
NYJ 61.6%
NE 61.3%
DEN 56.3%
SEA 53.0%
Wow. That is a serious, serious gap.
Romo in fact was delivering at an absurd rate on third and long even in 2007, to the point it was unsustainable. They had no run game and Garrett was simply garbage as a play caller. That’s why the passing game in reality struggled to close out the season.
This idea he had turn over warts is completely bogus. In reality, he was constantly being asked to overcome third and longs from his very first season starting and his completely incompetent player never provided him any help.
This idea his OL was amazing and was good rushing is a joke, considering this stat.
Jason Garrett and Dak Prescott starting and the back stabbing of Romo are among the worst decisions this franchise ever made period. Jason Garrett outside of Dallas got a chance to prove his incompetent he was in NY which he did even better than expected and raise the legend of Romo even higher.
https://www.footballoutsiders.com/extra-points/2007/fun-dallas-third-down
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