Cowboys OL - 10 sacks allowed in 2 games

[65fastback2plus2]

It 100% happened, and I'm big time pro Romo.

Didnt say it necessarily didnt happen...just i dont recall one and Id like to see it.

I recall 3-4 sacks directly that were all in the pocket.

 

[Stash]

Some of that is on Romo. He simply could not get the ball out of his hand these last 2 weeks. It was very irratating to watch I know that.

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This.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Romo's style of play leads to taking some sacks. You cant fault the OL on all of those sacks.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Yet this same OL allowed their QB the second highest Passer Rating within this group. Those 10 sacks are misleading. It's a combination of a few poor schemes against the Lions, some actual mistakes by the linemen, the leader of the OL being out, and Romo taking some sacks he could easily have avoided. This OL is far and away the least of the problems with this team.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Some of those are against Romo.

Even the announcers were commenting on how long he holds onto the ball.

I think the O-Line was entirely better in pass protection against the Packers than the Lions. I didn't have a problem with the pass protection against the Packers.





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[Doomsday101]

Some of those are against Romo.

Even the announcers were commenting on how long he holds onto the ball.

I think the O-Line was entirely better in pass protection against the Packers than the Lions. I didn't have a problem with the pass protection against the Packers.





YR

I agree, Romo will try to extend plays sometimes longer than he should. Good thing is he is not just throwing it up for grabs, as much as I hate the sacks I also know that Romo ability to extend plays is a big reason Dallas put together the season they have had.

 

[Staubacher]

The worst sack was a play action on first and 10 at midfield. Romo was trapped on the pocket and would have been really stupid to throw it away, grounding or a pick. He had no choice there.

Romo played turnover free ball for two playoff games, led multiple scoring drives, threw Td passes, and essentially made the winning throw on the offense's last real play of the game in both games. If that is not clutch and elite I don't know what is.

The OL played well also.

 

[Sydla]

I am not one to typically blame Romo, but a few of those sacks were on him, not the OL.

No matter how great an OL is, they can't block a DL forever. I think we got spoiled at times by some of those clips like in the Giants game where Romo stood back there forever. But at least two of those sacks yesterday were because Romo just held it and held it. And I think another was on a scramble where he should have chucked it away but spun back into a Packer charging down the line at him.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I agree, Romo will try to extend plays sometimes longer than he should. Good thing is he is not just throwing it up for grabs, as much as I hate the sacks I also know that Romo ability to extend plays is a big reason Dallas put together the season they have had.

There's always going to be sacks with our QB and the offensive scheme.

The offensive scheme requires the ball to be held longer by the QB so the routes can develop. The other thing is as far as QB's go, Romo is a little on the shorter side. So he has to use his feet to find himself a passing lane. A QB like Joe Flacco doesn't have that issue so he can just throw the ball. With Romo, sometimes he may have to step in the direction to find a lane and that is where a pass rusher may be coming free.

It's not a knock on Romo or really the offense, it's just the way things are. The sacks didn't cost us the game and I would rather see this than us relying on a dink-n-dunk passing scheme where Romo doesn't get sacked, but we don't move the ball effectively either.



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[Staubacher]

I am not one to typically blame Romo, but a few of those sacks were on him, not the OL.

No matter how great an OL is, they can't block a DL forever. I think we got spoiled at times by some of those clips like in the Giants game where Romo stood back there forever. But at least two of those sacks yesterday were because Romo just held it and held it. And I think another was on a scramble where he should have chucked it away but spun back into a Packer charging down the line at him.

Ever heard of a coverage sack? Why do we assume Romo had somewhere to throw it away from the pocket? At what point does this guy get benefit of the doubt?

 

[Sportsbabe]

half and half as regards blame

I would go a little extra and split it into 3rds: Tony, receivers getting open, and the O-line.

 

[Sydla]

Ever heard of a coverage sack? Why do we assume Romo had somewhere to throw it away from the pocket? At what point does this guy get benefit of the doubt?

Yeah I have heard of a coverage sack. But when you are standing back there for 8 seconds and then take a sack, it's hard not to question the QB. And that also doesnt change the fact one or two of those sacks came when he was outside the pocket. The OL didnt play flawless. But the idea that Romo didn't cause a few of those hits/sacks himself is just Romo homerism.

 

[burmafrd]

I would go a little extra and split it into 3rds: Tony, receivers getting open, and the O-line.

Yeah that makes sense; our WRs need more work on that

 

[burmafrd]

Yeah I have heard of a coverage sack. But when you are standing back there for 8 seconds and then take a sack, it's hard not to question the QB. And that also doesnt change the fact one or two of those sacks came when he was outside the pocket. The OL didnt play flawless. But the idea that Romo didn't cause a few of those hits/sacks himself is just Romo homerism.

and the idea of many here that it is mainly Romo is also BS

 

[Sportsbabe]

I would go a little extra and split it into 3rds: Tony, receivers getting open, and the O-line.

Except for Beastly. I feel he's our best route runner.

 

[Staubacher]

He never had a 8 second clean pocket in the game and offered himself up for a sack Don't accuse of being a homer than throw out a false statement

Yeah I have heard of a coverage sack. But when you are standing back there for 8 seconds and then take a sack, it's hard not to question the QB. And that also doesnt change the fact one or two of those sacks came when he was outside the pocket. The OL didnt play flawless. But the idea that Romo didn't cause a few of those hits/sacks himself is just Romo homerism.

 

[TonyRomo17]

A lot of those were coverage sacks

 

[Nexx]

at least half are on him. at some point he has to throw sail a ball out of bounds in vicinity of WR or at their feet and just get rid of the ball. i dont know how many times during the last two games i found myself yelling at the TV for tony to throw the ball way.

 

[CATCH17]

Romo also took forever to throw the ball. I know atleast 4 times I was yelling to throw the ball.

The OL has been bad in the postseason but romo doesn't help holding the ball.

We have a QB that holds on to the ball and a passing game that puts extreme amounts of pressure on the OL by not getting rid of the ball quick.

Our OL is amazing.

 

[Hook'em#11]

Romo's style of play leads to taking some sacks. You cant fault the OL on all of those sacks.

It also leads to INTs.. Which, didn't happen as much because he "didn't" try to make a play..

I agree with some about holding the ball too long. But, at least he didn't throw an INT in most cases..

It's Romo, and the QB that he is. Either we are gonna complain about INTs, or Sacks.. I will take the sacks all day long. Even more so when Dallas has a defense that can also make a play when needed.