Dak Is Now Going To Know What It Is Like Being Romo

[khiladi]

Romo had Garrett as his OC, who was totally incompetent in the running game do much so Wade Phillips tried to bring in Reeves to revamp it. Things only started to change when Callahan, by luck, ended up here though Jones and Garrett were trying to bring Sparano back to relive 2007. Our whole RG was basically to rely on Barber breaking tackles and our OL was utter garbage.

Dak would never survive with that clown, whose passing game primarily operates out of play action and Zeke.

And Dak was not that good the first half. Plus the screen INT and the toss before that were pretty bad. He still has clear questions on his deep ball.

And most of the guys here were bashing Linehan for his playcalling, but in the second half his TD calls, particularly the play action to Witten, was a thing of beauty. Though Dak sold that like no other and Dak has incredible mental fortitude. He's nothing like RG3, so people shouldn't expect a RG3 sophomore disaster.

Plus, GBs secondary was an utter disaster too. Battered and bruised.. they didn't have Shields who covered Dez in 2014.. and GB started playing way more soft than our DBs defensively..

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Pitiful thread start.

 

[hornitosmonster]

I don't think so. Dak elevated his game yesterday

 

[BlueStar22]

I have seen that nowhere lol. You need to cultivate a better internet experieence,

 

[tyke1doe]

Some or most of the blame can be given to the coaches but not all. Some players shouldn't be exempted for useless miscues. I'll keep saying it: some things cannot be coached out of some players. Doug Free is an OLD veteran by league standards. He's lined up less than three yards away from the ball but he's so limited by his decreased lateral foot movement that he CREATES a false start during a crucial drive. That's bad enough. On the next snap, Free almost gave his man a free crack at Prescott.

Some things you can eliminate through coaching. Some things you must be replaced because you cannot correct it through coaching. If the coaches are to blame for anything, not being certain which course to take is a valid criticism.

I agree. I didn't get into the "dumb players" point. The Patriots don't draft or acquire "dumb" players. We seem to have a few who make the same mistakes. We need to get rid of them.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I don't think so. Dak elevated his game yesterday

Nope.

It's not like Dak fumbled a hold or the offense fell apart like vs. the Giants in '07.

 

[slick325]

It comes with the territory. I tell people all the time that Dallas is America's Team not because it has the biggest fan base BUT because EVERYONE (including casual football fans) has a visceral feeling about them one way or another. The QB of the Cowboys will always be ridiculed until he raises a SB trophy then he will be ignored. Prescott's honeymoon even within the fan base will last until next season then things will be different for him. Hopefully he got advice from Romo on how to handle it as a professional.

 

[rpntex]

That wasn't on Dak that was on Mr terrible Clock management coach and piss poor defense in the first half.

No, we saw it all through the season. How many times did we see people post "Tony Romo is 2-4 in the postseason".

Beast is right… If Romo is 2–4, then Prescott is 0-1. Or maybe… Just maybe… People will finally realize that football is a team sport. Everyone shares in the wins and losses. You don't ever pin it all on the quarterback, even if that quarterback is Tony Romo.

 

[KJJ]

Dak isn't coming off a huge mistake with minutes to go and a playoff game on the line. He didn't fold yesterday, he helped bring us back and make a game of it after being down by 18 points mainly due to our defense. He tossed more TD's and had a better passer rating than Aaron Rodgers. His 3 TD passes was a rookie playoff record and he accounted for 4 TD's with a run at a very critical moment of the game. To be Romo he's going to have to suffer meltdowns, a number of ill-timed turnovers and several more elimination game losses. Not hating on Romo, just providing the facts.

 

[Gator88]

Nope.

It's not like Dak fumbled a hold or the offense fell apart like vs. the Giants in '07.

Comparing each situation give me 2007 Cowboys offensive performance over yesterday's Cowboys offensive performance. Everybody is ignoring how bad GB's D is.

 

[rpntex]

Romo had Garrett as his OC, who was totally incompetent in the running game do much so Wade Phillips tried to bring in Reeves to revamp it. Things only started to change when Callahan, by luck, ended up here though Jones and Garrett were trying to bring Sparano back to relive 2007. Our whole RG was basically to rely on Barber breaking tackles and our OL was utter garbage.

Dak would never survive with that clown, whose passing game primarily operates out of play action and Zeke.

And Dak was not that good the first half. Plus the screen INT and the toss before that were pretty bad. He still has clear questions on his deep ball.

And most of the guys here were bashing Linehan for his playcalling, but in the second half his TD calls, particularly the play action to Witten, was a thing of beauty. Though Dak sold that like no other and Dak has incredible mental fortitude. He's nothing like RG3, so people shouldn't expect a RG3 sophomore disaster.

Plus, GBs secondary was an utter disaster too. Battered and bruised.. they didn't have Shields who covered Dez in 2014.. and GB started playing way more soft than our DBs defensively..

I agree with a lot of what you posted, and I disagree with some as well.

First, I disagree on Dak's interception on that smoke screen. There really is no way for a quarterback to read that. You get the snap, and you throw - bang! bang! Hyde just happen to be coming on the blitz which put him in perfect position to pick it off. If he's not listening to begin with, he never comes close. That was just a fantastic play on Hyde's part.

I agree about Linehan. People who are complaining about his play calling we're not paying attention. There was only one "three and out" series in the first half. Dallas mixed up the run in the past well in the first half and move the ball practically at will. They committed two penalties that put them in difficult situations to convert. That had nothing to do with the playcalling.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Comparing each situation give me 2007 Cowboys offensive performance over yesterday's Cowboys offensive performance. Everybody is ignoring how bad GB's D is.

That's the thing people are failing too see. There was no excuse to not put up 40+ yesterday. Dak had the jitters to start off that's what held the offense back. You'll see Atlanta put up 40-50 next week.

 

[sean10mm]

Can we at least pretend to be real here for a second? Teams don't score 40+ routinely even on garbage opponents like the Browns. The Packers have some injuries but are nowhere near gutter tier where 40+ is a given.

 

[Gator88]

Can we at least pretend to be real here for a second? Teams don't score 40+ routinely even on garbage opponents like the Browns. The Packers have some injuries but are nowhere near gutter tier where 40+ is a given.

They were already 31st in pass defense and they lost pretty much their entire secondary. If they aren't on that gutter tier, I don't know who else would be.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Can we at least pretend to be real here for a second? Teams don't score 40+ routinely even on garbage opponents like the Browns. The Packers have some injuries but are nowhere near gutter tier where 40+ is a given.

You don't start scoring 3 points at home in the playoffs. That'll get you beat. We should've scored 40+ points yesterday. That's how you're going to have to beat the packers and that's exactly why Atlanta is going to Houston. GB's defense is Cleveland status right now and we made them look like the 85 bears for the first 20 minutes of that game. It cost us dearly.

 

[Diogenes]

That's the thing people are failing too see. There was no excuse to not put up 40+ yesterday. Dak had the jitters to start off that's what held the offense back. You'll see Atlanta put up 40-50 next week.

Stupid mistakes and boneheaded penalties had much more to do with the the bad start on offense than Dak did. That was what killed us early and it's not even close.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Stupid mistakes and boneheaded penalties had much more to do with the the bad start on offense than Dak did. That was what killed us early and it's not even close.

Yep and the whole point of this useless thread is that somehow Dak=Romo because of yesterday.

No.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Stupid mistakes and boneheaded penalties had much more to do with the the bad start on offense than Dak did. That was what killed us early and it's not even close.

Maybe you don't have the all 22 but guys were wide open on the first 2 series. Just some misreads. It's expected a rookie QB has never won a super bowl.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Dude, learn to actually read as a new year's resolution before attacking another poster.......My post was about the hypocrisy of it and I even stated that Dak was the first rookie to throw 3 TD passes in a playoff game and yet he is being unfairly criticized with this stupid elimination game stats that was created for Romo.

The entire post was about how Dak is now seeing how Romo felt, being unfairly criticized and blamed for losses that a lot of times were not his fault. How you got out of that post that I was throwing barbs at Dak and trying to elevate Romo above him is just flat out stupid.

Maybe they don't have school books in Farmer's Branch so its hard for you to understand, I don't know I am just guessing here.

Read? He ain't got time to read. He has a schtick that looks like an eight-year-old trying to do some indiscernible accent to think about.

 

[sean10mm]

The Packers gave up 24.3 points per game. And that's skewed by some blowouts earlier in the season. In their last 8 games nobody even scored 30 on them... except Dallas. The most other than Dallas was 27.

It's not the historic catastrophe people are trying to spin it as to attack Dak.

Also Dak's early drives were killed by drops and penalties.