Cowboys vs Packers: Play by Play

[zack]

Zack, just curious.. how old are you man?

40. I'm an old Div 2 receiver that played a Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

 

[Nation]

Who cares? We already know the D is depleted, we've had 17 + different guys on the line alone, back up LB's, safeties, etc.
We know what's wrong with the D but what is the offenses excuse? Romo is surrounded by weapons and 1st stringers so he has No excuse.

None....


-Next

Look where they are in points per game, he doesn't need an excuse

 

[ufcrules1]

40. I'm an old Div 2 receiver that played a Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

Cool. I don't know why but I had thought you were a youngin... I'm 35.

 

[LucaBrasi]

I used to blame Romo, he's a pretty damn good qb. Sunday, he was certainly not as accurate as he usually is. Last year, the great Drew Brees who everyone kisses his ***, went 7-9 playing with one of the historically bad defenses. Looks as if Romo is going to get the same results this season. Tony Romo is toward the bottom on the list of things that ail this team. Owner/GM Jones and Pro Personnel Director Jones would be 1 and 2 on that list.

 

[5Stars]

How many punts can we expect our defense to have in order for this team to be successful? Can we expect that they will force 2 punts against Washington? How about the Eagles? Can we get the Eagles to punt one time? So, yes, the offense has to be perfect. They have to score on every possesion in order to be in "any" ball game. Thoughts?

Don't waste your time with ufcrules.

 

[5Stars]

They didnt have to play perfect to win this game

The defense sure didn't, right?

 

[5Stars]

Sure, but why does it just have to be Tony? You make it sound like everybody else is doing thier jobs and Tony is the only one who isn't. There's so much that goes into making plays and drives successful or unsuccessful, but unfortunately, all we tend to see is the guy with the ball. How about all the plays where an OL blows and assignment, or a RB doesn't hit the right hole, or a WR/TE runs the wrong route or drops a pass. All those things lead to losing games, not just whether or not the QB calls a poor audible, or throws a bad pass.

Sure, we've needed Romo to play better. But why? Because we're just not that good in other parts of the game. This past game, sure, we had the running game going, and definitely should have stayed with it. And Romo blew it on that INT to Shields. The last one, looked like he went where he was supposed to go, but Beasely screwed up and stopped on his route. Dez can cry about the missed passes (and there were definitely a few) but if he doesn't slow down on his out and up, he has an easy TD.

We have good players on offense. The QB is one of them. He needs to be better, but if you really break down the film, you'll see that so does everybody else.

Stop posting facts, dude! ufcrules blames Romo for offense, defense and special teams! Don't waste your time.

 

[5Stars]

Cool. I don't know why but I had thought you were a youngin... I'm 35.

Tell him that if he dogs Romo a lot that you guys could become good friends. lmao

 

[Picksix]

Actually, I pointed out why it was Romo's fault on offense. He overthrew Dez several times and overthrew him twice and we had to settle for field goals, he checked out of a run on 2-6 when he shouldn't have, he didn't set his feet and threw a CRUCIAL Int. I mean, who gets the lionshare of the blame for the way the offense played this past Sunday? Tony... period. Dez, Murray, Witten, and the Oline all played terrific ball out there.

Tony HAS got to play solid football. We did not pay him elite level money to play average to below average out there. He is a big reason our offense sucks this year.[/quote]

I agree he was bad. I'm just saying you can't lay it all on him. Just as you can't give him all the credit when the offense plays well.

 

[zack]

Cool. I don't know why but I had thought you were a youngin... I'm 35.

No problem. I've seen my share of bad QBs for the Cowboys. Lol

 

[Corso]

Actually, I pointed out why it was Romo's fault on offense. He overthrew Dez several times and overthrew him twice and we had to settle for field goals, he checked out of a run on 2-6 when he shouldn't have, he didn't set his feet and threw a CRUCIAL Int. I mean, who gets the lionshare of the blame for the way the offense played this past Sunday? Tony... period. Dez, Murray, Witten, and the Oline all played terrific ball out there. Tony HAS got to play solid football. We did not pay him elite level money to play average to below average out there. He is a big reason our offense sucks this year.

True.

Somewhat- he IS the reason why we have won the games we have won- you can't pin it on much of anything else, really.
AND- he is A reason why the offense hasn't been what it could be.

His WR's and TE's AND OL fail him, yes. I have seen many breakdowns, many drops and miscommunications BUT:

I have also seen poor decisions, and many, many poor throws from the QB in the worst possible times.

I acknowledge the fact that other parts of the team shouldn't have even put him the position to win a game when he had already done everything humanly possible to win the game already, but you know what?

THEY DIDN'T and Jerry paid Romo over 100 MILLION DOLLARS- think about that, if you got paid 100 million dollars for doing something, anything... ... ... to compensate for HIS teams deficiencies. TO WIN THEM GAMES.

Time and time again when the team needs him THE MOST- when all the chips are on the table- something goes wrong and it has something to do with something that he has directly done or been involved with.
Almost every single time. I have never been a Romo-basher. 5Stars- you know this, we've battled in the same trenches, but- like I say: Call a spade a spade.

Romo does not have the ability to close the deal.
He cannot overcome Beasely stopping on a route.
He cannot overcome Dez dropping balls.
He cannot overcome Miles Austin becoming Ogletree-esque.
He cannot overcome his OL's failings.
He cannot overcome his team's defense.
He cannot overcome his favorite target, Witten losing steps.
He cannot overcome the playcalling,
He cannot overcome his coach.
He cannot overcome his Owner.
He cannot overcome his own tendencies.

He CAN do things that will help a team win, but's obviously he needs a lot of help himself.
Is that any different from any other QB in the league?
Maybe not- but keep in mind when the chips are down in the crunch- he get's crunched... a lot. That has to mean something.

It would be nice if he could get a game defense, and some guys on offense that only think about doing whatever it takes to win.
To dive for the ball, to fight on every single play, to be smart and situationally aware, but alas he doesn't and he obviously cannot overcome everything going against this team.

Where am I going with all this? Where have I been going?

I don't know man(s)- I'm just stream-of-consciousness-ing things right now.
My point(s) speak for themselves. I can argue them upon request and availability.

 

[5Stars]

True.

Somewhat- he IS the reason why we have won the games we have won- you can't pin it on much of anything else, really.
AND- he is A reason why the offense hasn't been what it could be.

His WR's and TE's AND OL fail him, yes. I have seen many breakdowns, many drops and miscommunications BUT:

I have also seen poor decisions, and many, many poor throws from the QB in the worst possible times.

I acknowledge the fact that other parts of the team shouldn't have even put him the position to win a game when he had already done everything humanly possible to win the game already, but you know what?

THEY DIDN'T and Jerry paid Romo over 100 MILLION DOLLARS- think about that, if you got paid 100 million dollars for doing something, anything... ... ... to compensate for HIS teams deficiencies. TO WIN THEM GAMES.

Time and time again when the team needs him THE MOST- when all the chips are on the table- something goes wrong and it has something to do with something that he has directly done or been involved with.
Almost every single time. I have never been a Romo-basher. 5Stars- you know this, we've battled in the same trenches, but- like I say: Call a spade a spade.

Romo does not have the ability to close the deal.
He cannot overcome Beasely stopping on a route.
He cannot overcome Dez dropping balls.
He cannot overcome Miles Austin becoming Ogletree-esque.
He cannot overcome his OL's failings.
He cannot overcome his team's defense.
He cannot overcome his favorite target, Witten losing steps.
He cannot overcome the playcalling,
He cannot overcome his coach.
He cannot overcome his Owner.
He cannot overcome his own tendencies.

He CAN do things that will help a team win, but's obviously he needs a lot of help himself.
Is that any different from any other QB in the league?
Maybe not- but keep in mind when the chips are down in the crunch- he get's crunched... a lot. That has to mean something.

It would be nice if he could get a game defense, and some guys on offense that only think about doing whatever it takes to win.
To dive for the ball, to fight on every single play, to be smart and situationally aware, but alas he doesn't and he obviously cannot overcome everything going against this team.

Where am I going with all this? Where have I been going?

I don't know man(s)- I'm just stream-of-consciousness-ing things right now.
My point(s) speak for themselves. I can argue them upon request and availability.

Why are you shouting me out in this post? lmao

Romo does not have the ability to close the deal.
He cannot overcome Beasely stopping on a route.
He cannot overcome Dez dropping balls.
He cannot overcome Miles Austin becoming Ogletree-esque.
He cannot overcome his OL's failings.
He cannot overcome his team's defense.
He cannot overcome his favorite target, Witten losing steps.
He cannot overcome the playcalling,
He cannot overcome his coach.
He cannot overcome his Owner.
He cannot overcome his own tendencies.

If Romo can't overcome all of that, then why is he the QB of the Dallas Cowboys? If Romo cannot make this defense play better, what good is he! And, all of those receivers you are talking about? Those are all on Romo!

I hate to say this, because I don't like the brat, but if Eli were the QB of this team the Cowboys would have at least 11 wins! Maybe more!

But, at least Romo has healthy hamstrings!

 

[ufcrules1]

True.

Somewhat- he IS the reason why we have won the games we have won- you can't pin it on much of anything else, really.
AND- he is A reason why the offense hasn't been what it could be.

His WR's and TE's AND OL fail him, yes. I have seen many breakdowns, many drops and miscommunications BUT:

I have also seen poor decisions, and many, many poor throws from the QB in the worst possible times.

I acknowledge the fact that other parts of the team shouldn't have even put him the position to win a game when he had already done everything humanly possible to win the game already, but you know what?

THEY DIDN'T and Jerry paid Romo over 100 MILLION DOLLARS- think about that, if you got paid 100 million dollars for doing something, anything... ... ... to compensate for HIS teams deficiencies. TO WIN THEM GAMES.

Time and time again when the team needs him THE MOST- when all the chips are on the table- something goes wrong and it has something to do with something that he has directly done or been involved with.
Almost every single time. I have never been a Romo-basher. 5Stars- you know this, we've battled in the same trenches, but- like I say: Call a spade a spade.

Romo does not have the ability to close the deal.
He cannot overcome Beasely stopping on a route.
He cannot overcome Dez dropping balls.
He cannot overcome Miles Austin becoming Ogletree-esque.
He cannot overcome his OL's failings.
He cannot overcome his team's defense.
He cannot overcome his favorite target, Witten losing steps.
He cannot overcome the playcalling,
He cannot overcome his coach.
He cannot overcome his Owner.
He cannot overcome his own tendencies.

He CAN do things that will help a team win, but's obviously he needs a lot of help himself.
Is that any different from any other QB in the league?
Maybe not- but keep in mind when the chips are down in the crunch- he get's crunched... a lot. That has to mean something.

It would be nice if he could get a game defense, and some guys on offense that only think about doing whatever it takes to win.
To dive for the ball, to fight on every single play, to be smart and situationally aware, but alas he doesn't and he obviously cannot overcome everything going against this team.

Where am I going with all this? Where have I been going?

I don't know man(s)- I'm just stream-of-consciousness-ing things right now.
My point(s) speak for themselves. I can argue them upon request and availability.

I like this post. It's a post from a big fan of Romo and I can appreciate your honesty. What I take from your post is this. Tony does lead the team to some wins sometimes(Which is his job) but he also leads us to losses and typically can't be counted on in crunch time. I feel that way, you feel that way, his teammates feel that way, other players on other teams feels that way, etc.

You just get this feeling in crunch time he is going to do something stupid because you have seen it many time over. It's like a movie you have already seen, so you know what is coming but hope for a different ending. At the end of the day, Tony fits right in with this team as a mediocre QB(He hasn't always been mediocre, but he is now). Half the time he gets the job done and the other half of the time you can't count on him. Add to the fact that his skills are clearly and I mean CLEARLY declining and we are in really bad shape here in Dallas. We know our defense is bad... in a HISTORIC way but we also know we simply cannot count on the offense either and that includes the most important position on offense... QB.

 

[5Stars]

I like this post. It's a post from a big fan of Romo and I can appreciate your honesty. What I take from your post is this. Tony does lead the team to some wins sometimes(Which is his job) but he also leads us to losses and typically can't be counted on in crunch time. I feel that way, you feel that way, his teammates feel that way, other players on other teams feels that way, etc.

You just get this feeling in crunch time he is going to do something stupid because you have seen it many time over. It's like a movie you have already seen, so you know what is coming but hope for a different ending. At the end of the day, Tony fits right in with this team as a mediocre QB(He hasn't always been mediocre, but he is now). Half the time he gets the job done and the other half of the time you can't count on him. Add to the fact that his skills are clearly and I mean CLEARLY declining and we are in really bad shape here in Dallas. We know our defense is bad... in a HISTORIC way but we also know we simply cannot count on the offense either and that includes the most important position on offense... QB.

Yeah, we can't count on the offense to get a big lead just to let the defense blow it, then put it on Romo to try and salvage a game.

You need therapy, in a big way!

 

[ufcrules1]

I agree he was bad. I'm just saying you can't lay it all on him. Just as you can't give him all the credit when the offense plays well.

On offense, I can give him the lionshare of the blame against GB. With that said, I have NEVER given him all of the blame for any of our losses. Even in 2012 against Washington. I claimed he was the weakest link for sure and he sunk the team, but he doesn't get 100% of the blame. No, one player can ever get 100% of the blame for a team losing a football game. One player can get a lot of the blame, but never all.

Thanks for admitting Tony played bad out there Sunday. Nothing wrong with being honest with what you saw. We all saw it.

 

[ufcrules1]

I used to blame Romo, he's a pretty damn good qb. Sunday, he was certainly not as accurate as he usually is. Last year, the great Drew Brees who everyone kisses his ***, went 7-9 playing with one of the historically bad defenses. Looks as if Romo is going to get the same results this season. Tony Romo is toward the bottom on the list of things that ail this team. Owner/GM Jones and Pro Personnel Director Jones would be 1 and 2 on that list.

I would agree Jerry is 1 and 2 on the list of things wrong with the team.. followed by the coaching staff, and then the defense. I think Romo comes next though. You can't get paid 108M and be mediocre out there. You just can't.

 

[Corso]

Why are you shouting me out in this post? lmao

Romo does not have the ability to close the deal.
He cannot overcome Beasely stopping on a route.
He cannot overcome Dez dropping balls.
He cannot overcome Miles Austin becoming Ogletree-esque.
He cannot overcome his OL's failings.
He cannot overcome his team's defense.
He cannot overcome his favorite target, Witten losing steps.
He cannot overcome the playcalling,
He cannot overcome his coach.
He cannot overcome his Owner.
He cannot overcome his own tendencies.

If Romo can't overcome all of that, then why is he the QB of the Dallas Cowboys? If Romo cannot make this defense play better, what good is he! And, all of those receivers you are talking about? Those are all on Romo!

I hate to say this, because I don't like the brat, but if Eli were the QB of this team the Cowboys would have at least 11 wins! Maybe more!

But, at least Romo has healthy hamstrings!

Only because we have vehemently argued along the same front-line together on several threads.
You and UFC have had many arguments and I have injected myself (usually on your side) in several of them so since you're in this one also- I decided to throw a shout-out, so to speak.

It must have been a sign of respect I couldn't help doing...

And to answer those questions you posed as a response- because the team doesn't have a better QB, at least not one that can do more than he could.

Like I said- he is a good QB, but he can't overcome all that- not many could...

 

[5Stars]

Only because we have vehemently argued along the same front-line together on several threads.
You and UFC have had many arguments and I have injected myself (usually on your side) in several of them so since you're in this one also- I decided to throw a shout-out, so to speak.

It must have been a sign of respect I couldn't help doing...

And to answer those questions you posed as a response- because the team doesn't have a better QB, at least not one that can do more than he could.

Like I said- he is a good QB, but he can't overcome all that- not many could...

Actually ufcrules has me on ignore so I don't argue with him. He is like a child that if someone does not respond with a negative view of Romo he puts them on ignore. You know, like a child will hold his breath and close his eyes and cover his ears if he does not like something?

 

[Corso]

Actually ufcrules has me on ignore so I don't argue with him. He is like a child that if someone does not respond with a negative view of Romo he puts them on ignore. You know, like a child will hold his breath and close his eyes and cover his ears if he does not like something?

He put you on ignore? Weak... You're better than that, UFC.

But you remember we have been in the same trenches against the same "enemy" (I honestly like UFC so he isn't actually an enemy, so to speak) in more than one thread...

 

[CF74]

He has JG as his OC/HC.

-Next

So what you're really saying is Belicheck would have benched him already ok good idea...


Seriously though after he tanks another season with horrendous play we need to Doug Free his buttocks..
Romo needs to give the Dallas Cowboys some money back....


-Next