DMN Blog: Anonymous scout rips Romo

[Idgit]

When the hell was Romo making simple throws in his first 5 starts?

 

[blindzebra]

the point I took was "throwing off the wrong foot", everythig else was mute to me.

and he was right.

And I saw that the whole preseason too. He can study all he wants, but the mechanics,,,

Guys I like him, but the "deep throat informant" has a very valid point. flush him out, make him run, throw off the wrong foot like Brett (his idol).

this obscure informant can't be Skip Gayless?

You turned off the volume after that?

 

[Clove]

One of the reasons romo played Bad at the end of last season is because our defense took a huge crap on us and romo had toplay from Behind. Yea romo didnt light up the place either but Lets' be honest our D was the real issue.

Romo is fine..

Another thing I noticed last year in the offense, is that Parcells and company didn't use the backs much in his passing attack. If you watched Garrett's offense, he always has atleast 1 back in the pattern as a dump off guy or something.

I rarely saw JJ in the passing game, and JJ could take a simple hitch play, and turn it into a ton. This year Romo will not have to force it down-field, and always have a dump off guy to go to as the Moose did for Aikman back in the day.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Someone on here mentioned that part of Romo ineffectiveness came after we got a real kicker. When we got Grammy, Bill didnt gamble and "go for it" as much. Bill said as much in a PC last year.

I believe this to be true to a certain extent.

 

[Coakleys Dad]

SO.............You like him...........he's like Favre...............Favre won a SB.............So you're good?

niceeee.....

 

[McCordsville Cowboy]

the point I took was "throwing off the wrong foot", everythig else was mute to me.

and he was right.

And I saw that the whole preseason too. He can study all he wants, but the mechanics,,,

Guys I like him, but the "deep throat informant" has a very valid point. flush him out, make him run, throw off the wrong foot like Brett (his idol).

this obscure informant can't be Skip Gayless?

I cant stand the Brett Favre Comparison.

Sure his play in the pocket, sawgger, his competivenessm and desire to make a play when things break down might resemble Fav...

but Favre can throw 65 Yards off of his back foot on the run, while Romo couldnt throw 65 yards stepping into a throw with a 25mile per hour wind behind his back.

 

[jackrussell]

it could be true.
it could be a writer throwing gas on a romo-fire to gain a name for himself.

How can you make a name for yourself if you don't divulge your name?

 

[jackrussell]

the point I took was "throwing off the wrong foot", everythig else was mute to me.

and he was right.

And I saw that the whole preseason too. He can study all he wants, but the mechanics,,,

Guys I like him, but the "deep throat informant" has a very valid point. flush him out, make him run, throw off the wrong foot like Brett (his idol).

Way off...those are his strengths.

Seemed to me that the way to neutralize Romo at the end of last season was to in fact keep him within the pocket to make his decisions and throws.

 

[joseephuss]

http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/

ESPN.com did a season preview for each team and granted a scout anonymity in exchange for a no-holds-barred take. In the case of the Cowboys, the scout roughed the passer.

Tony Romo is the weakness. I'm not sure he’s the answer. He played well when he replaced Drew Bledsoe because teams didn't know how to defend against him and because he was making simple throws. But during the last four to five weeks of the season, he couldn’t make the plays his team needed him to make. He looked like Rex Grossman, throwing off his back foot. They do have some weapons for him, and they've got a good defense, so his mistakes won't be magnified until the playoffs.

Romo is not the weakness. He may not be the strength of the team, but he can play adequately enough not to be the weakness. Right now the weakness is the o-line until the prove otherwise.

Romo may not be the answer. That is yet to be seen. I think we have seen enough to know that Romo is not the problem.

He was not making simple throws when he replaced Bledsoe. You don't put up a high yards per attempt making simple throws. It is true that the more game film opposing defenses got on Romo the better they could game plan him. I think everyone expected that to happen. It is also true that QBs learn from experience and can get better. Romo can get better.

He never looked like Rex Grossman. Grossman has played in 24 games and been counted on as the starter since coming into the league in 2003. That means he has seen a lot more reps in practice, training camp and the regular season yet looks horrible. Romo may have been in the league as long as Grossman, but is much less truly experienced. And with that less experience has still looked better than Grossman.

Romo does have a tendency to get away from solid mechanics. I think that is a fair assessment. You could apply that same exact assessment to most young, inexperienced QBs. Romo can learn from his mistakes. Will he? We don't know yet, but it is possible. This is not like Bledsoe who kept throwing off his back foot well into his career. Some actually thought he would learn not to do that when he came to Dallas. He didn't. Romo is young enough to learn and hopefully will.

Whose mistakes aren't amplified in the playoffs? Warren Moon is noted as a loser because of three straight years where his team lost to Denver, Buffalo and Kansas City in the playoffs. He made a few mistakes in those game and that is all anyone seems to remember. Meanwhile in those three games he completed 73.6% of his passes(career 54.8%), averaged 7.8 yards per attempt(career 7.2), had a TD to pass attempt percentage of 6.2%(career 4.3%), had a INT to pass attempt percentage of 3.1%(career 3.4%) and had a QB rating of 103.6(career 80.9). Oh and all three opposing QBs are in the Hall of Fame. So, yes any mistake is amplified and that applies to all players. Ask Peyton Manning about that. Joe Montana made plenty of mistakes against Dallas in the 1981 NFC championship game. Had Dallas won that game what would people think about him?

 

[superpunk]

Way off...those are his strengths.

Seemed to me that the way to neutralize Romo at the end of last season was to in fact keep him within the pocket to make his decisions and throws.

Also effective in keeping him under control is keeping the Dallas' run game around an anemic 2 ypc, forcing the Cowboys into continual 3rd and longs, along with the worst defense in the NFL for the last 4 games.

 

[dooomsday]

If you encapsulated those few games down the stretch, what would the scouting report be? It wasn't a pretty sight for a scout. We cant pretend it was.

But, there is a number of reasons he faltered and a lot of things went into it. Pretty much all of it can be corrected.

 

[FLcowboy]

http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/

ESPN.com did a season preview for each team and granted a scout anonymity in exchange for a no-holds-barred take. In the case of the Cowboys, the scout roughed the passer.

Tony Romo is the weakness. I'm not sure he’s the answer. He played well when he replaced Drew Bledsoe because teams didn't know how to defend against him and because he was making simple throws. But during the last four to five weeks of the season, he couldn’t make the plays his team needed him to make. He looked like Rex Grossman, throwing off his back foot. They do have some weapons for him, and they've got a good defense, so his mistakes won't be magnified until the playoffs.

This is also in the NFL review of the ESPN magazine, although they pick the Cowboys to win the NFC East.

This is what the scout says about the Eagles:

Everyone's concerned about McNabb, but their biggest issue is the D-Line. Every year, it seems they take a D- lineman high in the draft, and those guys don't dominate. Mike Patterson was okay, not what you'd expect out of a high draft pick. They might have reached for him. Bunkley never seemed to get into it. The rest of the line always seems to be hurt. Jerome McDougle hasn't been healthy yet, and he's going into his fifth season in the league.

 

[Sarge]

The guy is TOTALLY correct about him throwing off his wrong foot. I've been saying that same thing for 9 months.

 

[jackrussell]

The guy is TOTALLY correct about him throwing off his wrong foot. I've been saying that same thing for 9 months.

If a QB can throw off the wrong foot...can a kicker kick off the wrong hand?

 

[Sarge]

If a QB can throw off the wrong foot...can a kicker kick off the wrong hand?

It's about mechanics - you throw off the wrong foot, you're not going to be as accurate. Any Pee Wee coach can tell you that.

 

[Ben_n_austin]

I have a problem with the "Anonymous" part. If you feel that way, why not put your name on it.

Maybe he's been reading David Hume's Thoughts on Identity.

Wait a minute. Even David Hume put his name on that.

Never mind.

 

[Ben_n_austin]

If a QB can throw off the wrong foot...can a kicker kick off the wrong hand?

If there were a group of bright students that learned with ease....would any of them ever ask stupid questions?

 

[jackrussell]

It's about mechanics - you throw off the wrong foot, you're not going to be as accurate. Any Pee Wee coach can tell you that.

No, it's about sarcasm and people who take themselves too seriously.

 

[jackrussell]

If there were a group of bright students that learned with ease....would any of them ever ask stupid questions?

Something I never had to worry about.:

 

[sbark]

the point I took was "throwing off the wrong foot", everythig else was mute to me.

and he was right.

And I saw that the whole preseason too. He can study all he wants, but the mechanics,,,

Guys I like him, but the "deep throat informant" has a very valid point. flush him out, make him run, throw off the wrong foot like Brett (his idol).

this obscure informant can't be Skip Gayless?

.......Thus the investment made by Jerry J. this offseason in the OLine.......no more collapse into Romo's face in the right side guard.........which flushed Romo, forced him out to his Left......

Here to L.Davis..........