Aikman still concerned about Romo's back

[CyberB0b]

Where have you been? The play book that once had a long ball in it has been taken away and buried deep under the turf. Romo was terrible at the long ball on his best days, with only a couple of completions in his career where the ball didn't look like a punt.

When TO was here, he consistently completed long passes. Arm strength was never his best attribute, but he was OK. You have to consider he was hurt most of last year and the playbook was limited to shorter designs.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

When TO was here, he consistently completed long passes. Arm strength was never his best attribute, but he was OK. You have to consider he was hurt most of last year and the playbook was limited to shorter designs.

That is my concern. I know Romo does not have the best arm, but last year he was off, way off on deep throws. Was that because of his back issue or is that an arm issue? Both? Either way, its not good. This season is going to be very interesting. If its more of the same dinks and dunks and not giving Dez enough air, its going to be a long and gloomy season. At first I thought Romo was just dinking and dunking to avoid turnovers, but I think it was more to do with his back.....or is it the arm?

 

[jobberone]

Romo has an NFL arm but he doesn't have a gun. He is one of the more accurate long ball passers over time. Last year he finished in the top ten at 43% accuracy for long passing which was a little off for him. What I found interesting was the disparity of QBR for the left side vs the middle and right. The middle was a sizzling 130+. The right 101+. The left was in the 70s. Our long ball attempts was #17 out of the top 20 QBs. Romo only threw 1 INT on the long ball tied for best in the league. He only had 56 attempts over 20 yds.

So there is no truth in him not being able to throw the long ball. We just didn't throw that many down the field last year. You can put some of that on the play calling and I"m sure Tony either decided not to throw or missed seeing some long targets.

 

[CyberB0b]

That is my concern. I know Romo does not have the best arm, but last year he was off, way off on deep throws. Was that because of his back issue or is that an arm issue? Both? Either way, its not good. This season is going to be very interesting. If its more of the same dinks and dunks and not giving Dez enough air, its going to be a long and gloomy season. At first I thought Romo was just dinking and dunking to avoid turnovers, but I think it was more to do with his back.....or is it the arm?

I agree, I am concerned, as well, but it's not like we are going to replace him anytime soon. We are going to ride him until the wheels fall off.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

Anyone who likes the Cowboy should be concerned about that back.

It's Easter time so let's just say all their eggs are in Tony's basket.

 

[TCjohns]

A good offensive line will help that back - I'm torn on Doug Free being solid

 

[jobberone]

Romo under pressure completed 49% of those passes with an Accuracy% of 61%. That was 12th best but only 8% from the top of the league. What you saw was fewer long passes and a tad bit of a dropoff overall from Tony last year which most attribute to injury. We only gave up 28 sacks and 16 hits but we did have 146 hurries given up so we protected Romo pretty well but didn't handle the pressure as well as we'd like.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

His arm looked dead to me in a lot of games. I've never thought of Tony as a good long ball QB.