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Thanx Sturm
I think the earth shattering news is that it is not just the OL and Zeke, it is also play design and Dak
 

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He also said they would have to change the offense to suit Romo and get away from whats been successful. People generally dismiss the play action roll out with Dak but it is so good because he can burn you with his feet. Romo cannot at this point nor would we want him to.
 

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Thanks Bob!
In other words, if they are looking for a good spot to slide Tony Romo back in, Dak is not making that available. There is no way to know if he is motivated by this urgency, but either way, the bar is so high right now that it would be borderline absurd to mess with anything this offense has going. And make no mistake, if they do go back with Romo, while he might be top-notch, they would not be doing many of the same things they have been riding to success to this point.
Pretty bold statement right there. Pro-Romo camp won't like that.
 

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Pretty bold statement right there. Pro-Romo camp won't like that.
That is pretty bold coming from Sturm whether pro Romo, or anti Romo, or Sturm likes it or not Romo, will be on the field this season which Romo shows up nobody knows at this point they have to see what they have in Tony and this QB situation is similar to the Osweiler/Manning situation last season as long as this team keeps winning it doesn't matter who the QB is Dak, nor Tony.
 

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Kind of showed how bad the Browns defense was on Sunday.
Yes true the Browns was every bit as advertised bad on defense and the Cowboys took great advantage of it I'm just happy we have 2 Qbs who are capable of winning games for us and there isn't a team that I fear the Cowboys can't beat.
 

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He also said they would have to change the offense to suit Romo and get away from whats been successful. People generally dismiss the play action roll out with Dak but it is so good because he can burn you with his feet. Romo cannot at this point nor would we want him to.
Of course they would have to tweak the offense for Tony because he's not the athlete that Dak is and Tony has been playing in this same offense for 9 seasons so the play action roll outs will still be there regardless whose playing QB.
 

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He also said they would have to change the offense to suit Romo and get away from whats been successful. People generally dismiss the play action roll out with Dak but it is so good because he can burn you with his feet. Romo cannot at this point nor would we want him to.
Something I noticed about the fake pitch to Zeke followed by the long throw down the sideline to Witten was the Dak had his back turned to the defense for an extended period in order to sell that fake. I don't think that's something a lot of rookies (or even vets) can get comfortable doing, much less getting turned around and finding and executing the open throw. I can't see how Romo coming off of injury would be comfortable selling that fake with his back to the D like that.
 
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