After reviewing film, Romo was terrible and cost us the game

[Coy]

Was it a "massacre"? No.
Did Romo seem shell-shocked. YES!
Is all the blame on Romo? His mechanics did not work and his leadership udderly failed.
So I lean toward blaming Romo and not the line. Vater Time do not stand still. Get used to it because Romo might not get worse quickly, but he will not get better. Only older and less adept.
It happens to all QBs.

I bet you also said that before the season started right? And you can now argue that he was having his best season ever.

It was just one game, and even though he didn´t play up to his standards it certainly wasn´t close to the way he performed in week 1, let´s wait and see what happens before rushing to judgment, if (maybe it´s a big "if") he has no lingering effects from Monday´s game, we can contend this year, we showed it in the first half of the season.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Yeah, I'm not sure how it's Romo's fault if the coaching staff can't adjust to the same coordinator they've played for several years sending 6 or 7 guys against 5 offensive lineman even with the latter significantly upgraded. No QB plays good with constant pressure in his face.

 

[coogrfan]

You tell the best stories. Tell us about toast? I like toast.

Mmmm...toast.

 

[Brooksey]

 

[mahoneybill]

Now 4th down:



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As you can tell at this point, Parnell has regained his anchor and shoved Kerrigan far away from the QB. Both Witten and Tyron are holding their blocks firm. But because Romo turned his back on the play he fails to recognize that both Beasley and Williams are wide open downfield. It's not the ideal look you want on 4th down but this is what this blitzing team has given him and you can tell from their game plan that they were gonna blitz him and make him stay in the pocket and throw down the field while staring down the barrel.

He failed to do that on Monday night. Let's see how he responds.[/quote]

Great post of the recap, and this confirms what I thought I saw quickly during the live broadcast. Williams threw his arm up in the air signaling I'm open, but Tony went for the sideline throw to Dez.

The openness of Bease is just another missed opportunity. It's not like Washington blitzed us into oblivion, just a poorer choice by Tony, that I'm sure he will regret in the filmdom.

 

[TrailBlazer]

If Romo didn't get the protection right, that's still his fault. Can't be one blocker short and expect to be able to hold the ball for 3 seconds. Have a hot route ready to throw.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Yeah, Sturm is awsome in those columns, I just don´t think Tony is as bad vs the blitz as he was on monday night.

His numbers actually tracked almost exactly with his historical numbers against the all out blitz. Tony does not do well against that blitz.

 

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[HappyOnions]

I honestly think this team came in flat. They just won 6 in a row and they thought they'd just cake-walk the Skins; especially with Colt McCoy at QB. I'd hate to think that professionals take games for granted, but I honestly think that's what happened. There was no urgency, they didn't look sharp at all; almost as if they didn't even prepare, no fire, and it just seemed as if they were looking past the Skins (as were many here on this forum) and looking to Arizona.

If we do the same thing to Jacksonville, then they'll beat us, too. We need to play every team like we played the Seahawks. Forget about the record, go out and give it everything you have and prepare and study as much as you can.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

quote="Coy, post: 5777321, member: 1495"]I bet you also said that before the season started right? And you can now argue that he was having his best season ever.
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Let me make one think very clear. It can never be said that Gimme said he was halfing a good year.
He's been rational of late, i.e. being a skilled bus driver and letting Dez/TDWill/Murray pound the ball. He half not layered more personal stats, and is or was a role player who came to his senses and began being leader and not hero.
So, in the late October turf at Valley Ranch (In John Facenda vocce) when bodies straaain to get second wind going into the autuminal tunnel into winter's unrelenting hard ground, Romo is faced with a cheap, symbolic appearance against the Aaaarizona Cah-dinals whose menacing mauraders of mayhem rush headlong into the late afternoon shadows of the Cowboys backfield, and he will play to appease the football gawds and the Caesaresque Jerra of the oil-stained tundra, nervously fingering his ring high above the Lions and the gladiators of Suuunday lore. Nooo, in the autumnal ritual of NFL wars, in a fair place, Romo would rest his torso on a toned bed of sacrificial lambs hide. In three weeks, aaaafter the tilt in the Isles of Shakespeare, he would reappear. Healthier. Hardier.Our Hieronimous of Hades' heightented faaahhhrrenheit.

Romo is not good today. Nor Sunday nor against Jacksonsville. But after the bye, maybe a resumption of the Romo promise, yet unfulfilled. To make us dream again of playoffs payoff.

I will now come out of the trance. Must . . . half . . . mead

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I honestly think this team came in flat. They just won 6 in a row and they thought they'd just cake-walk the Skins; especially with Colt McCoy at QB.

Fully agree. And it was no walk in the cake, belief me.

 

[DandyDon1722]

I agree it is disingenuous to say he cost us the game in overall. It's a team effort. There were drops, fumbles, missed tackles etc

But with all that said, and the game on the line with 3 downs to go. With all the plays that were called and everyone doing their jobs, I do think he dropped the ball and cost us the game. Please look at those OT plays in isolation and let me know what you think.

I can agree that he didn't execute those at a crucial time but cherry picking plays in an entire game never leads to a black and white conclusion. If Murray doesn't fumble we might never have this conversation. A block here a tackle by McClain on the screen there and it changes everything.

Unfortunately what it doesn't change is perception.

 

[cowboyfan4lyfe]

Skip Bayless maybe right Romo may have suffered a concussion during that game. He usually has good vision down the field. He play like a deer caught up in the headlights.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I can agree that he didn't execute those at a crucial time but cherry picking plays in an entire game never leads to a black and white conclusion. If Murray doesn't fumble we might never have this conversation. A block here a tackle by McClain on the screen there and it changes everything.

Unfortunately what it doesn't change is perception.

I can agree that, time after time too many things half gone wrong for Romo and the result is intimations of better things and then disaster, then high QB stats then 3-pix days then injury then one playoff win. So if Murray don't fumble Romo succeeds. That is Romo's history. And his legacy I am afraid will be 1 stinkin playoff win but we will half his personal stats to console us.

(there be so much angst in this response and I blame you, Tony. Yes, tears on my pillow . . . )

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

I saw a lot of 7 man blitzes. The 5 lineman and murray generally were able to block 6 defensive players consistently.

It is Romo's/OC's job to expose the defense and make appropriate adjustments for the extra blitzer.

Terrible adjustments throughout the game.

 

[tomsanders921]

Romo did play an awful game. But there were many other missed opportunities that would have won us the game. The two fumbles hurt as well as all the missed tackles on defense. The defense had trouble getting off the field in the 2nd half, which took away offensive snaps for us. I'm still shocked that Colt Mccoy could not be stopped in the 2nd half. The dropped touchdown by Dez didn't help either.

That being said, with all of that, we still should have won the game but Romo played terrible down the stretch. Say what you want about making adjustments to the blitz, but opportunities were there. I saw numerous times when Romo made an adjustment at the line and it turned into disaster. Did anyone notice when he had witten to his left in the backfield and moved him to the right pre-snap? It was obvious the extra rusher was coming from the left. I have no idea what Romo saw there.

It was a terrible decision by the coaching staff to try and score before the end of regulation and it nearly cost us the game. But Romo's decision to throw that ball to Terrance was terrible. That should have been a pick and set up Washington for the game winner. Take the sack and live to play in overtime.

On the 4th down play in overtime, Romo panicked and threw a bad pass to Dez. Terrance was wide open for the touchdown. If Romo moves out to his right he has a clear field in front of him to step up and deliver the ball. He could have easily ran for the first down as well. He just seemed shell shocked and started feeling pressure when it wasn't there. But I guess when you get pounded all game it gets in your head.

Bottom line, it was a team loss but we still should have won if Romo doesn't play terrible. Elite quarterbacks should win that game every time.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Overall, the team contributed to the loss obviously. That does not need to be stated.

But this great O-line and RB with no time restrictions-meaning you can keep pounding-has the ball with a 4th down joker in their hands. And they can't get one 1st down? Even after spotting the QB 8 yards on 1st down?

That's where to me he really lost the game because in the OT drive everyone did their jobs. 8 yards on 1st down. Play action pass, Witten is open on 2nd down. WR screen set up on 3rd down with Murray blocking for Dez but he looks off and comes back to Witten too late (and from film you can tell the Commanders game planned that he will pass to Witten as the LB literally sprints out to him with no regard for the play Romo faked). And then does a spin on 4th down due to being shell shocked, misses the route developments down the field in the process, ends up on the same spot with a clean pocket (meaning the spin was worthless to begin with) and then has nothing any more.

TONY ROMO LOST THAT GAME IN OVERTIME, SIMPLE AS THAT.

TOMY ROMO SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THE GAME IN OT, SIMPLE AS THAT.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

I kind of know where you're coming from and I feel the same....I fight tooth and nail for Tony but he had a bad game and the effort it took for the OP to point to reasons why is admirable and should be appreciated. That's a lot of work.

I think where it goes a wrong is the thread title. Saying Tony cost us the game is disingenuous. Saying he had a bad game is fair and balanced.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[tomsanders921]

Couldn't agree more.

He didn't cost us the game, but if he makes a play or two down the stretch (plays that were there to be made) we win. Simple as that.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

He didn't cost us the game, but if he makes a play or two down the stretch (plays that were there to be made) we win. Simple as that.

So you are one who thinks after laying on the field injured for several minutes, taking a shot in the locker room and walking around like he wasn't sure where he was it was a good idea to play him? It was a bad coaching move, simple as that.