Are Romo's pre-snap reads that good? Did Weeden check out of anything?

[RxMan]

I still haven't grown accustomed to Romo running the clock down inside of 2 seconds on every single play. He seemingly makes a dozen pre-snap checks at the line.
Thus, it made it very noticeable when Weeden just stepped up to the line and ran the play. Did he check out of anything? Was this the plan going into the game?

I think Weeden needs to be given a little more latitude in making pre-snap adjustments. I'm assuming there is a large trust issue.

 

[Future]

Romo is basically an OC, so of course he has more freedom.

But I don't know that it's really a trust issue with Weeden as much as it is, in this game, the approach was so conservative that there weren't many high-risk plays to check out of. I think the only real opportunities to do that were a couple of the times that the Falcons had 9 men in the box, and it's totally possible that LInehan wanted to take the risk-averse approach and run the football against it, especially considering how well we ran in the first half.

 

[erod]

Weeden doesn't have 1/10th of Romo's ability to read defenses.

But neither do 90 percent of the quarterbacks in the NFL.

 

[RS12]

Are Romo's pre-snap reads that good? Did Weeden check out of anything?

Saw Fred helping with that at times.

 

[Swanny]

Saw Fred helping with that at times.

I heard Weeden Kill a play once. And it was because Fred pointed it out.

 

[DeaconMoss]

I heard Weeden Kill a play once. And it was because Fred pointed it out.

He killed it. But didnt check to anything.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Weeden doesn't have 1/10th of Romo's ability to read defenses.

But neither do 90 percent of the quarterbacks in the NFL.

Yeah E I've heard Dilfer talk about Romo's pre nap reads and he says his football IQ is off the charts. Add to that the on the spot his hand signals to receivers and line calls and it becomes a different level of quarterbacking.

But Weeden doesn't necessarily have to be that guy - he just has to execute the play that's called and not turn the ball over. But as we all see - easier said than done.

 

[Deep_South]

Tony plays chess and Weeden will be playing checkers. But, Linehan could tell Weeden, "Throw the ball to Williams at the 10. If it is intercepted, it is as good as a punt, and that's all we're doing this half anyway. Just sling it."

 

[xwalker]

I still haven't grown accustomed to Romo running the clock down inside of 2 seconds on every single play. He seemingly makes a dozen pre-snap checks at the line.
Thus, it made it very noticeable when Weeden just stepped up to the line and ran the play. Did he check out of anything? Was this the plan going into the game?

I think Weeden needs to be given a little more latitude in making pre-snap adjustments. I'm assuming there is a large trust issue.

I heard Weeden saying "kill, kill, kill" once.

 

[jrumann59]

Tony plays chess and Weeden will be playing checkers. But, Linehan could tell Weeden, "Throw the ball to Williams at the 10. If it is intercepted, it is as good as a punt, and that's all we're doing this half anyway. Just sling it."

More like Tony is playing Chess and Weeden is still playing Go-Fish or 52 card pick-up.

 

[DeaconMoss]

I heard Weeden saying "kill, kill, kill" once.

Yeah. but he didn't change the call. Or if he did, it was a predetermined kill play.

 

[foofighters]

This is something I have said for years. Tony has achieved success in spite of JG playcalling. Last year, he seemed to pull it all together with our new OC. It's a shame that Tony will never get the credit he's due. The guy was undrafted and look at what he'd done. I doubt any current QB (that includes Rogers and Brady) could take on the pressure of being the Cowboys starting QB.

 

[Doomsday101]

No doubt Romo knows this offense a lot better than Weeden, Romo has been in the system for a good while.

 

[btcutter]

I still haven't grown accustomed to Romo running the clock down inside of 2 seconds on every single play. He seemingly makes a dozen pre-snap checks at the line.
Thus, it made it very noticeable when Weeden just stepped up to the line and ran the play. Did he check out of anything? Was this the plan going into the game?

I think Weeden needs to be given a little more latitude in making pre-snap adjustments. I'm assuming there is a large trust issue.

Please don't let Weeden change plays........

Based on last game where he made BONE HEAD decisions to throw that INT and sliding to take a sack to kill a drive.....Hell NO! Both plays were the ones he need to throw the ball away. He has really demonstrated little football IQ for me to trust him to change plays.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

This is something I have said for years. Tony has achieved success in spite of JG playcalling. Last year, he seemed to pull it all together with our new OC. It's a shame that Tony will never get the credit he's due. The guy was undrafted and look at what he'd done. I doubt any current QB (that includes Rogers and Brady) could take on the pressure of being the Cowboys starting QB.

Another way to look at it could be, this is not a very well-designed offense and it takes a 10-year vet waving his arms around like a madman and snapping the ball at :01 every down just to make it work correctly...

 

[LandryFan]

He killed it. But didnt check to anything.

Even if nobody else did, I thought that was funny.

 

[Deep_South]

Please don't let Weeden change plays........

Based on last game where he made BONE HEAD decisions to throw that INT and sliding to take a sack to kill a drive.....Hell NO! Both plays were the ones he need to throw the ball away. He has really demonstrated little football IQ for me to trust him to change plays.

Sturm explains the Weeden pick:

For on that 1st down, the Cowboys planned on catching the Falcons off balance. It was their 15th 1st down situation, and at that point they had run 11 times out of 14. They had Tyler Clutts and Randle behind Weeden and showed a power run. This was a chance to catch the Falcons in a run-look and then hit Terrance Williams or Brice Butler on deeper routes. Unfortunately, almost from the snap, Travis Frederick was beaten badly by DT Paul Soliai and Weeden had no chance to set his feet and make a throw. In fact, he was flushed out of the pocket immediately. From here, Weeden heads to his left and is being chased by Nathan Stupar. Randle and Jason Witten both see Weeden in trouble, so they try to mirror his path to the left sideline to give him some options. The play here is to get the ball out and face 2nd down. Not a big deal. The team is up, 21-7, and it is 1st and 10. This is not the time to try anything risky.
Instead, Weeden, a player who almost never takes a chance, decided that on this occasion he was going to try to hit Witten. His throw, impacted by Stupar's pursuit, sailed well over Witten's head and right into the waiting arms of safety William Moore. Moore took the gift to the Cowboys 23 yard-line and was the game's only turnover. But, it was a big one.

http://beta.sportsdaydfw.com/dallas...-morning-falcons-accept-gifts-deal-punishment

 

[Denim Chicken]

I heard Weeden saying "kill, kill, kill" once.

"kill, kill, kill me...."

 

[khiladi]

You can't check out plays, unless you've practiced with the offense and the team understands what plays would necessarily be called after the original one had been changed.

 

[conner01]

Yeah. but he didn't change the call. Or if he did, it was a predetermined kill play.

There is generally two play called
He checked to the other play called
Romo has the ability to change both called plays but that's probably to much to ask of Weeden
That something a vet with many years in the nfl does and a guy who knows the system very well