4th & 2 - Anything Else Open?

[mldardy]

Beasley is not wide open. He hadn't even turned yet and there is coverage a few yards behind him. Also a free rusher closing on Romo.

I can't believe we're faulting the decision or the play on a freak call that had no business being overturned

Not sure what you are looking at but Beasley is open in that last frame. he's got 1 on 1 and the guy defending him is 4 yards off of him.

 

[Hook'em#11]

Not sure what you are looking at but Beasley is open in that last frame. he's got 1 on 1 and the guy defending him is 4 yards off of him.

Yep,,

Course, I don't mind him throwing where he did. Either way. I agree with the call. It got them there before. To me, what is upsetting is that Romo doesn't even look anyplace else, as well as not using a 3 step drop there, getting rid of the ball quicker. The safer play is to Beasley, possibly the smarter play. But, that is Dez out there and is their playmaker.. So, either way.

 

[demdcowboys#1]

It was a perfect throw, and a perfect catch. It was the right call. He was seeing double coverage all day, and had single man coverage on this look. Terrible rule overturns a spectacular catch, and if we do this play over again, I wouldn't have minded Beas being primary with a quick 3 step drop for Tony. However, I am very content with Romo's decision. It was the right one.

 

[Staubacher]

Not sure what you are looking at but Beasley is open in that last frame. he's got 1 on 1 and the guy defending him is 4 yards off of him.

2 yards off. And a defender closing on Romo too. Freeze frame doesn't account for the time to make the contested throw. Dez was just as open, and a better option.

Again, going to your best WR and making the play is enough for me

 

[romothesavior]

I love taking a shot like that on second or third and two, but not fourth down. Yes, Dez is a huge playmaker, but that's a very low percentage play and we only needed a handful of yards.

 

[LucaBrasi]

I think Tony said there was an opportunity to wait and someone probably gets open for the first down. But he also said this was single coverage on our best player, they went to it all year.

Have no problem with the play call or qb decision.

 

[pastordug]

Romo said there were other option but with Dez in a one on one he went to his big playmaker.

He may have said that but looking at those pics Romo has locked in on Dez. Period. There was no other option.

 

[Red Dragon]

I would have tried the field goal. This was the 32-yard line, not the 42-yard line.

 

[mldardy]

2 yards off. And a defender closing on Romo too. Freeze frame doesn't account for the time to make the contested throw. Dez was just as open, and a better option.

Again, going to your best WR and making the play is enough for me

Beas is at the 30 and the defender is at the 27 and he doesn't look like he is closing. He might have been closing had Romo looked that way but he isn't closing in that shot. By the time Romo gets rid of it that should be a catch for Beasley.

 

[Doomsday101]

He may have said that but looking at those pics Romo has locked in on Dez. Period. There was no other option.

He got the one on one he was looking for, he has had that look before and the results have been great. Your right he sees his playmaker out by himself on a one on one you bet he is going to take it. Saying well he could have thrown it elsewhere true yet he did not and we do not know what the results would have been. Sorry he got what he wanted and he took a shot and had it not been for a very questionable ruling Dallas has the ball 1st and goal at the 1

 

[JohnsKey19]

Romo made the right decision. The last thing you want is having to eat the ball due to a free rusher closing in on a 4th down.

 

[nablives]

If I'm going to second guess anything I guess it would be the playcall to begin with.

That's where I'm at with the call. I mean, don't get me wrong, it worked. Romo made the pass, Dez made the catch (despite the aftermath), so I can't sit here and say this was a disaster. What I don't like, and what I think some of us desperately want to forget, is how much time was on the clock. The Cowboys were going to be up by no more than 3, and possibly only 1. They were going to give Rodgers around 3 minutes to either tie or win the game against a defense he was shredding in the 2nd half, assuming Dallas scores a TD. That's insane. The goal should have been more than just scoring another TD. They needed to take time off the clock. In the heat of the moment, I think they may have forgotten how they won games this year. It wasn't just about being bold, it was about being smart. They could have been smarter.

 

[DFWJC]

Romo did everything right on that play.
Saw the mismatch and exploited it perfectly. The ball was there where his best receiver could go get and still have room to land in bounds.
His receiver did exactly that, but then also stretched for the endzone. I don't blame... Dez for doing that, but it was for sure a completion and ball on the 1/2 yard line if he'd had just pulled it in.
Still, don't fault him for doing what he does...go for the sticks.

But again, Romo did nothing wrong and nailed that play.
BTW, the guy to Romo's blind side (is that #39?) is rushing full speed and completely free and untouched, if you'll look at the last frame.
Could you imagine the scorn if he had taken a sack there? It would last forever.

 

[Staubacher]

Beas is at the 30 and the defender is at the 27 and he doesn't look like he is closing. He might have been closing had Romo looked that way but he isn't closing in that shot. By the time Romo gets rid of it that should be a catch for Beasley.

Should be. Key word. That same route was almost picked by the Colts and Skins.

Wasn't the Dez play an absolute should be? In fact it was a catch.

This is the very definition of monday morning quarterbacking. Have at it

 

[Idgit]

Romo said after the game (apologies if this was already noted, I just skimmed) that he had a few options on that play but that he had the coverage he wanted on his best option and was going to go with it.

Personally, I love that call, that throw, that catch at that situation in the game. Huge cajones on 4 and 2, and it should have paid off. My only complaint is that the way the clock broke, we left Rodgers with the ball and time-outs and time. But I don't really think we could have chewed up enough time to make it impossible for him, so maybe scoring fast was smarter in that case, too, if we wanted any shot at all of having the ball back after the next GB possession.

 

[sbark]

Beasley would have been the other option here I believe. But I'm not second guessing that decision or throw. Romo made the right call. Your best player had 1 on 1 coverage to go make a huge play and put you in position to win the game.

you take that match up and make that throw 100 times out 100.

Romo made the right call, he threw a great ball, and they made the right play. The officials simply decided that it wasn't meant to be on that play. That's going to happen sometimes too.

Yup.........play to win, in direct contrast to Detroit last week........

 

[Staubacher]

Romo said after the game (apologies if this was already noted, I just skimmed) that he had a few options on that play but that he had the coverage he wanted on his best option and was going to go with it.

Personally, I love that call, that throw, that catch at that situation in the game. Huge cajones on 4 and 2, and it should have paid off. My only complaint is that the way the clock broke, we left Rodgers with the ball and time-outs and time. But I don't really think we could have chewed up enough time to make it impossible for him, so maybe scoring fast was smarter in that case, too, if we wanted any shot at all of having the ball back after the next GB possession.

No guarantee even if we get the first on a short pass we score a td eventually. That was our best shot and we took it

 

[mldardy]

Should be. Key word. That same route was almost picked by the Colts and Skins.

Wasn't the Dez play an absolute should be? In fact it was a catch.

This is the very definition of monday morning quarterbacking. Have at it

Should be > he's within two yards and closing which is not true.

I'm not doing Monday morning quarterbacking you are assuming I am. I never said going to Dez wasn't the right play, it was but it wasn't the only option on that play which is what the OP's point was. pay attention. Have at it.

 

[DCBoysfan]

Thanks for posting, because initially I though he could have hit Beasly but looking at the frames its apparent he decided to hit the best player one on one.

 

[Staubacher]

For the last 3 years I kept seeing people here screaming at Romo whenever he ignored a one on one Dez.