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Basically they played it close and short to deal with the Giants pass rush but the defense clearly saved that game for us..
Romo averaged only 5.37 yards per attempt in Sunday's season-opening win over the New York Giants, the lowest average of any victory during his career.
This was only the second time in his career that the Cowboys won with Romo averaging fewer than 6 yards per attempt. (Thank-you Defense)
“I think we were patient,” offensive coordinator Bill Callahan said. “I think that the way that the defense played in the game, we played complementary football.” (Complementary? Translation - Bus Driver Game Plan)
With the Cowboys playing with a lead essentially the entire game, the Dallas passing game was pretty much a dink-and-dunk operation all night.
(You mean as opposed to running the ball more? No it was dink and dunk from the get go.)
Only two of Romo’s 49 throws traveled at least 20 yards, neither of which he completed. By comparison, Romo averaged 4.6 such down field shots per game last season. (And one of them fell out of the sky like a dove drilled with buck shot on opening day of bird hunting season.)
Here's some sunshine for ya folks:
“I think we’re a pretty explosive offense and have been for a long time,” said tight end Jason Witten, who caught eight passes for 70 yards and two touchdowns. “I do think that was a good thing, what we did the other night. We knew their pass rush was going to be good and we talked about underneath throws, finding ways to stay ahead of the down and distance. I think that’s the reason why we had 74 plays in that 37 minutes of offense, was because we took what they were giving us.
“There’s going to be times for big strikes. Any time you have the opportunity to throw it up to 88, you’re going to have a chance to come down with it. I think we’re going to have plenty of the big play.”
espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4714851/dallas-doesnt-win-often-with-romo-so-conservative
Romo averaged only 5.37 yards per attempt in Sunday's season-opening win over the New York Giants, the lowest average of any victory during his career.
This was only the second time in his career that the Cowboys won with Romo averaging fewer than 6 yards per attempt. (Thank-you Defense)
“I think we were patient,” offensive coordinator Bill Callahan said. “I think that the way that the defense played in the game, we played complementary football.” (Complementary? Translation - Bus Driver Game Plan)
With the Cowboys playing with a lead essentially the entire game, the Dallas passing game was pretty much a dink-and-dunk operation all night.
(You mean as opposed to running the ball more? No it was dink and dunk from the get go.)
Only two of Romo’s 49 throws traveled at least 20 yards, neither of which he completed. By comparison, Romo averaged 4.6 such down field shots per game last season. (And one of them fell out of the sky like a dove drilled with buck shot on opening day of bird hunting season.)
Here's some sunshine for ya folks:
“I think we’re a pretty explosive offense and have been for a long time,” said tight end Jason Witten, who caught eight passes for 70 yards and two touchdowns. “I do think that was a good thing, what we did the other night. We knew their pass rush was going to be good and we talked about underneath throws, finding ways to stay ahead of the down and distance. I think that’s the reason why we had 74 plays in that 37 minutes of offense, was because we took what they were giving us.
“There’s going to be times for big strikes. Any time you have the opportunity to throw it up to 88, you’re going to have a chance to come down with it. I think we’re going to have plenty of the big play.”
espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4714851/dallas-doesnt-win-often-with-romo-so-conservative
