Babe Laufenberg: Genius List of 5 Things to Fix Cowboys.

[khiladi]

And read the other posts, I have said romo after the pump fake probably should have thrown it somewhere else, but when owens makes the move to the sideline he has position and if he finishes the route he at least breaks it up.

It isn't probably, he should not have thrown the ball at all. The route was to the corner and TO clearly pointed out TP.

and the sf defense in the second video is the same. Corner, slot corner safety over the top, he ran it to the sideline and up.

He ran it to the sideline, slowed down and hesitated, like he did against the Steelers, then broke the play, by going long. Also pay attention to the fact that the play didn't work even when they ran it against the 49ers.

Also, the Steelers safety was playing differently than the SF safety, who pretty much touched him within 5 yards and let him run. Number 30 on the 49ers released him way too early, while the Steelers safety had him blanketed even upto the point he made his cut. TP had nothing to worry about from the inside. He knew the break was coming to the corner. When TO made his cut, he looked for the ball, hesitated on the pump-fake of TR, turned around and saw TP right in his path. TP already had excellent positioning when Romo made the throw. That is a sign that the defense knows what is coming and they play it properly. There is a reason the Steelers defense was number one in the NFL. They play the proper coverages right. That is why they had the easy INT.

Even Singletary mentioned that even when they played TO at the line, they let him get a free release too early. They would simply touch him and let him run by. This was just one instance which exemplifies the whole point that Singletary was making.

I am just confused how romo is to blame when the wr broke it off to the sideline and the qb sees that and see's he has position and throws it, but the wr stops? I dont get it.

First of all, TO points it out. Secondly, TO hesitates on the pump, turns to run to the sideline, but TP is standing right in front of him making a break to an obviously already thrown ball. The Steelers had the play call right. They knew it was coming from the very beginning. It is called playing a defense as it should be played.

but I didnt expect you to say owens did anything wrong, you would never do that.

and isnt he always whining about getting the ball? And if so isnt this perfect proof of what happens when you give him opportunities?

This argument is pathetic. TO said the scheming sucks. Tony Romo said the scheming sucks. Defenses said they knew what was coming. Wat you have provided is clear examples of defenses knowing what was coming. If TO didn't think scheming had nothing to do with it, he wouldn't have mentioned it all year long. In the third clip against the 49ers, the Cowboys got a blitz and single coverage on TO up at the line, which is a totally different situation, and guess what. TO scored.

Garrett can sure call a good game when the defense singles TO and Tony Romo buys time with his feet...

 

[khiladi]

Hell, I believe even Troy AIkman, who likes to go on and on about how bad TO is, pointed out Tony Romo should have never thrown it.

 

[AsthmaField]

Theebs!
I beg you. The Score from tonight must be posted. I hope he recorded it.
5 Things to get The Cowboys back to the Superbowl. (Outside of firing Wade)

The List was:

1. K.O. T.O. - Cut Owens. Babe was no holds barred on this one. Cancer was not a strong enough term for "cannibalistic" Owens in Babe's opinon. Brutally honest.

2. Form a Cowboys Commitee - an advisory board to the owner of former players & coaches headed by Roger Staubach, Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Troy Aikman, and Darren Woodson. He also mentioned Randy Galloway, but I think he was joking. I hope.Grandpa Urine needs to stay locked & loaded with his Curevo & 1 hand and his Sports Writing for idiots book in the other while he waxes poetic with his collection of no-talent clowns on GAC at ESPN Radio.

3. Hire a QB Guru - someone to scour the planet for nothing but QBs. Ron Wolf was mentioned at a $1 million annual salary. Scout, draft & develop young QBs to avoid the Brad Johnson disaster of '08.

4. Ride Romo - Babe really believes Romo is the guy to get the Cowboys back, but he must be "leashed" as Parcells put it. The discipline of not turning over the ball must be the team's priority as it pertains to Tony Romo. He thinks he can do it (strongly),BUT if not see #3 and find his replacement!

5. Remove all Extraneous Hyperbolic Crap - No Hard Knocks, no drama, & none of the drama queen B.S. that surrounded this team before camp ever opened. Re-focus this group for lofting the Lombardi after the season not before Opening Day.

I cannot say in strong enough terms how much I agree with this list. What is a little exciting is that it could happen. There isn't anything in here that is that much of a stretch like Jerry stepping down or hiring a GM. We know that wouldn't happen.

The advisory group is an excellent idea as is the QB guru. If only those two things were implemented, I think it would make a big difference. Jerry would listen to Wolf and he certainly would take into consideration anything that Roger, Aikman, Woodson, etc. all agreed upon. There would be some changes made but in Jerry's mind it would be his doing with good solid input from people he knows and likes.

IOW... it might actually happen and it might actually work.

I also think staying out of crap like "Hard Knocks" is excellent advice too.

Maybe Jerry will bite on this? Who knows?

 

[percyhoward]

Babe didn't mention Garrett in his list, the interesting video discussion was focused on TO vs Romo, but I'll be damned if this didn't turn out to be the best Garrett thread yet.