Can Romo throw the deep ball?

[5Stars]

I wonder what Carrie would say?

Someone needs to ask her!

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

he threw that 50 yard td to owens against atlanta last year. he also threw a deep ball to owens against washington last year,but owens dropped it. but ive been wondering why we haven't even took a shot at a deepball this season too.

don't forget the long pass to Witten which ultimately won us the Giants game.

 

[jrumann59]

what is the fastest 40 yd dash in the nfl add 50% and that is MINIMUM amount of time a QB needs to get the ball down the field so you are looking at the O-Line blocking for 6-7 seconds, not in todays NFL when you have D-Lineman running sub 4.7 40's and can out quick an O-Lineman.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I wonder what Carrie would say?

Someone needs to ask her!

nah, she's a good Christian girl, no wedding ring, no,,,,,

 

[Rampage]

don't forget the long pass to Witten which ultimately won us the Giants game.

how can i forget cause i was there!

 

[JDSmith]

Aikman had no long ball? Tell that to your Washington Commanders, in 1991 he threw a hailmary before halftime to Alvin Harper for a 59 yard score in the endzone.

In 1999 he threw a 76 yard strike to Rocket Ismail for the win, the ball traveled 60 before Rocket sprinted the final 16 yards to victory.

Tell that to the Green Bay Packers who suffered the longest touchdown pass in playoff history against them in 1994.

It was 94 yards from Aikman to Harper, Aikman was in his own endzone, Troy threw the ball no less than 65 yards, I'd say he had a good deep arm.

I don't think Aikman had a good deep arm. He had a very strong arm, but he was not a good deep ball thrower. You can site 3 or 4 examples from a 12 year career if you think that validates your opinion, but Aikman rarely put enough air under the long pass. Some guys throw it well because they get it high enough that the receiver can run under it, Aikman never did that. That's not saying he couldn't loft one up once in a while, he certainly had the arm strength, but it was never his best pass.

As for the poster who initiated the thread and whether or not Romo can throw it long... I don't see why it matters. He's got a phenomenal yards per attempt average as well as an even better yards per completion. So he clearly gets the ball far enough down the field, further in fact than nearly anyone else in the league. I'd say that's arm enough.

 

[jrumann59]

The Long TD stat is a fraudulent stat, most of the time it has more to do with the WR and blown assignments, unfortunately it is real hard to say where a QBs pass ends and the WR YAC starts

 

[Aikbach]

I don't think Aikman had a good deep arm. He had a very strong arm, but he was not a good deep ball thrower. You can site 3 or 4 examples from a 12 year career if you think that validates your opinion, but Aikman rarely put enough air under the long pass. Some guys throw it well because they get it high enough that the receiver can run under it, Aikman never did that. That's not saying he couldn't loft one up once in a while, he certainly had the arm strength, but it was never his best pass.

As for the poster who initiated the thread and whether or not Romo can throw it long... I don't see why it matters. He's got a phenomenal yards per attempt average as well as an even better yards per completion. So he clearly gets the ball far enough down the field, further in fact than nearly anyone else in the league. I'd say that's arm enough.

I can site a few instances and validate his career because you don't HAVE to throw deep often because of the risk involved, he DIDN'T throw deep often because he didn't HAVE to.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Parcells mentioned last year that Romo needs to work on the deep ball more...

 

[InmanRoshi]

I don't think Aikman threw a good deep ball either. Jason Garrett actually threw a really, really nice deep ball. Deep sideline routes really have very little to do with arm strength and more to do with touch and arch. The best deep ball passer of all time is Kenny Stabler, and he had the biggest noodle arm of any premiere caliber quarterback ever. I've never really thought Brady was a great deep ball passer either, and he prefers to throw to his short and intermediate WR's over the middle like Troy Brown, Deion Branch and Wes Welker. It doesn't take a particularly great amount of skill or accuracy to just let Moss go fetch it after you chuck one off your heals.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

don't forget the long pass to Witten which ultimately won us the Giants game.

Doh. How the heck did I forget that one? That one was perfectly thrown.