Can we credit Romo for the Defense

[CowboyChris]

Can we credit Romo for the performance of the defense lately? since he has become the starter, we now lead the league in time of possesion, and frankly we been going on alot of long clock eating scoring drives. :starspin

 

[theogt]

Sure. Give him a little of the credit. He keeps them off the field and when they are, they're in good field position.

 

[blindzebra]

In the sense that we no longer have an offense that keeps putting them in a hole...yes.

But I think it is also a factor that some of that youth on defense has started to get it.

 

[CowboyChris]

In the sense that we no longer have an offense that keeps putting them in a hole...yes.

But I think it is also a factor that some of that youth on defense has started to get it.

add one Jason Hatcher to that list, he is always causing some havoc:starspin

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I dont really see how you can credit him for doing what Bledsoe was oh so obviously not doing, protecting the football.

The defense was top 5 in yardage and up there in turnovers before Romo started playing. There were two issues that we wre having.

1) Having to defend a very short field multiple times a game. This was Bledsoes fault and should not be misconstrued as Romo doing anything 'for' the defense. He is SUPOSED to not turn the ball over.

2) Free safety play. The Galloway reception in the first quarter still shows this as our achilles heal on defense. Davis pass awareness is almost nil.

But in other news Romo is about done on his cure for cancer. The lysing enzyme is still giving him issues though.

 

[theogt]

I dont really see how you can credit him for doing what Bledsoe was oh so obviously not doing, protecting the football.

The defense was top 5 in yardage and up there in turnovers before Romo started playing. There were two issues that we wre having.

1) Having to defend a very short field multiple times a game. This was Bledsoes fault and should not be misconstrued as Romo doing anything 'for' the defense. He is SUPOSED to not turn the ball over.

2) Free safety play. The Galloway reception in the first quarter still shows this as our achilles heal on defense. Davis pass awareness is almost nil.

But in other news Romo is about done on his cure for cancer. The lysing enzyme is still giving him issues though.

How many Romo drives have stalled inside our own territory where we had to punt and give the opposing team great field position?

 

[adamknite]

I dont really see how you can credit him for doing what Bledsoe was oh so obviously not doing, protecting the football.

The defense was top 5 in yardage and up there in turnovers before Romo started playing. There were two issues that we wre having.

1) Having to defend a very short field multiple times a game. This was Bledsoes fault and should not be misconstrued as Romo doing anything 'for' the defense. He is SUPOSED to not turn the ball over.

2) Free safety play. The Galloway reception in the first quarter still shows this as our achilles heal on defense. Davis pass awareness is almost nil.

But in other news Romo is about done on his cure for cancer. The lysing enzyme is still giving him issues though.

:laugh2: freaking lysing enzyme, it's always the lysying enzyme.....

 

[2much2soon]

How many Romo drives have stalled inside our own territory where we had to punt and give the opposing team great field position?

His ability to consistently convert 3rd downs is huge

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

How many Romo drives have stalled inside our own territory where we had to punt and give the opposing team great field position?

When youre punter can kick it 65 yards in the air this matters little.

Im not saying that Romo's efforts dont impact the defense in any way shape or form BUT our TOP, yardage and takeaways have remained pretty constant. The only main difference has been in the points allowed and that IMO had everything to do with Bledsoe giving the opposing team the ball in out territory about 1.5 times a game.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

One could also argue the play of the defence has helped Romo look good by giving him short fields on a number of occasions.

It is a team game, the team is playing superbly. Pointe finale.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

:laugh2: freaking lysing enzyme, it's always the lysying enzyme.....

Actually, the work being done on cancer is nearing a breakthrough. There is an enzyme produced in cells which tells them to lyse, essentially kill themselves when there time is due. Cancer cells do not have this enzyme and apparently introducing it causes them to enter their normal death cycle and stops the rampant reproduction.

This would substitute for chemo and doesnt cause the sickness associated with it. Between that and the delivery systems being developed by bio/nanotechnology the cure for cancer is truly becoming a reality.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

I feel it necessary to correct something that was said on NFL Total Access on the NFL Network. In the program one of the guys said that Romo is benefiting from better defensive play - that with Bledsoe the defense was giving up 21 points a game but with Romo it is only giving up 14 points a game. The announcer made it suond like the defense is playing better for Romo than it did for Bledsoe and that's why Romo is having success. This is a load of crap! The REAL reason for the defense giving up more points under Bledsoe directly had to do with all those INTs and Fumbles that Bledsoe had, putting the other team in favorable scoring positions. Romo doesn't do that; he protects the ball instead and socres TDs instead of turnovers. I just had to laugh when I heard this on the NFL-N because the announcer was clearly talkig out of his buthole.

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[Undisputed]

One could also argue the play of the defence has helped Romo look good by giving him short fields on a number of occasions.

It is a team game, the team is playing superbly. Pointe finale.

Good point. The thing is, whenever you combine the best redzone team in the NFL with a defense that can create turnovers, you are going to have a lot of success. Not to mention longer drives giving our D some rest.

Just nice to see the Offense and Defense feeding off of each other.

 

[Dale]

For all I care, Romo can be credited for as much as anyone wants to.

The fact the weekend is just a day away? Thank you, Romo!

 

[Screw The Hall]

This is what Romo gets universally credited for ... our margin of error.

Players can just go try to make plays now instead of playing it safe because if they mess up Romo can cover it up.

Players can play and coaches can coach ... that's got to feel good.