dboyz
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What was Romo's problem last night. In a nutshell, I would say he was way too confident throwing the ball into spots it should never go. Romo sees the field well and sees things quickly, but he was trying to do too much, too quickly.
1st Interception. 4-man rush by the Bills. Overthrow of Witten. Maybe there was some kind of mix-up, but it looked to me like it was still thrown awfully far. Just an overthrow. Pressure was not a factor. And it wasn't a bad read as Witten was open.
2nd Interception. 4-man rush by the Bills. LB jumps route in front of Witten. It was a nice play by the LB. Romo locked onto Witten and just threw it without knowing if he was open. Bad read, but as much as anything a great play by the LB.
3rd Interception. Bills rush four. The volley ball interception. Inexplicably Romo drifts to his right as there is no pressure and he has lots of room to step up. He was just careless here when he didn't have a lane to throw into. This one was a real killer. A great play by the DE.
4th Interception. Bills rush four. Bad read. He just throws into coverage trying to get it to Hurd. He just forced a pass totally unnecessarily.
5th Interception. Bills rush four. To Witten at the goalline. Threw right into coverage. Bad read. It looked like Romo just made up his mind he was going to cram it into Witten. ON 2nd DOWN. Terrible decision.
My thoughts overall. First of all I'm a big Romo fan and think he can be great. His lack of game experience sometimes shows up though. He gets careless or thinks he's bulletproof. Sometimes it seemed, like on the last one Romo just made up his mind that he was going to throw it into the teeth of the coverage. This game should be a wake-up call. Also, our poor start really put us in the position of trying to claw back in.
Romo has a tendency when we are down to start flinging the ball around and not take what the defense gives you. He did this last year against New Orleans and Philly late in the year and threw a couple of awful interceptions. He's got to do a better job of managing the game especially when we're behind. He has to realize that he doesn't have to do it all himself. He has to let his guys make some plays.
To another point. I don't think teams to that well blitzing Romo. He's got a quick release and is able to make quick decisions. What I think we'll see teams do is drop off and play coverage while trying to keep Romo in the pocket. (I'm guessing this is what New England will do for the most part). Pressure was really not a factor on the interceptions. The only one it was a factor, Romo basically created it by drifting to his right.
Romo has to be able to dump off to the shorter routes and let guys make plays (instead of doing it all himself) and he has to be willing to occasionally tuck it under and run if teams are going to play that way, because there are times when they will cover everyone and you just have to take what the defense gives you. If we don't have it already, we should have a QB draw play for Witten to keep the defenses honest.
1st Interception. 4-man rush by the Bills. Overthrow of Witten. Maybe there was some kind of mix-up, but it looked to me like it was still thrown awfully far. Just an overthrow. Pressure was not a factor. And it wasn't a bad read as Witten was open.
2nd Interception. 4-man rush by the Bills. LB jumps route in front of Witten. It was a nice play by the LB. Romo locked onto Witten and just threw it without knowing if he was open. Bad read, but as much as anything a great play by the LB.
3rd Interception. Bills rush four. The volley ball interception. Inexplicably Romo drifts to his right as there is no pressure and he has lots of room to step up. He was just careless here when he didn't have a lane to throw into. This one was a real killer. A great play by the DE.
4th Interception. Bills rush four. Bad read. He just throws into coverage trying to get it to Hurd. He just forced a pass totally unnecessarily.
5th Interception. Bills rush four. To Witten at the goalline. Threw right into coverage. Bad read. It looked like Romo just made up his mind he was going to cram it into Witten. ON 2nd DOWN. Terrible decision.
My thoughts overall. First of all I'm a big Romo fan and think he can be great. His lack of game experience sometimes shows up though. He gets careless or thinks he's bulletproof. Sometimes it seemed, like on the last one Romo just made up his mind that he was going to throw it into the teeth of the coverage. This game should be a wake-up call. Also, our poor start really put us in the position of trying to claw back in.
Romo has a tendency when we are down to start flinging the ball around and not take what the defense gives you. He did this last year against New Orleans and Philly late in the year and threw a couple of awful interceptions. He's got to do a better job of managing the game especially when we're behind. He has to realize that he doesn't have to do it all himself. He has to let his guys make some plays.
To another point. I don't think teams to that well blitzing Romo. He's got a quick release and is able to make quick decisions. What I think we'll see teams do is drop off and play coverage while trying to keep Romo in the pocket. (I'm guessing this is what New England will do for the most part). Pressure was really not a factor on the interceptions. The only one it was a factor, Romo basically created it by drifting to his right.
Romo has to be able to dump off to the shorter routes and let guys make plays (instead of doing it all himself) and he has to be willing to occasionally tuck it under and run if teams are going to play that way, because there are times when they will cover everyone and you just have to take what the defense gives you. If we don't have it already, we should have a QB draw play for Witten to keep the defenses honest.
