DMN Blog: Here's Troy Aikman on the ill-fated Romo to Hurd incompletion

[DavidS]

Um, Troy is not infallible. I'm sure you could rustle up another HOF QB who'd come to the exact opposite conclusion on those plays. Fans love to rag on Troy when he's down on the Boys during a telecast, then shower him with love when he reflects their biases a few days later. Time to make up your minds.

Are you a Commanders Fan dude?

What a joke.

 

[rcaldw]

Did you watch the replay of the 1st one to Hurd? If the throw is on the mark (not above his head), it IS A WALK IN TD.

Go back, look at it again.

 

[skinsscalper]

I know how it works. The play fails so all of a sudden the peanut gallery hollers it was bad play calling I have been hearing this routine for over 40 years. Romo made the right read the play failed that does not make it a bad play call or a bad read on the part of Romo.

Maybe both a bad play call and/or read, maybe neither. Maybe Bailey just made a perfect play on the ball. I think what has most fans irked is the fact that our, so called, #1 WR was standing on the sidelines, our most passionate and determined RB was joining him, and our best pass cathcer was left in to block. To top it off, the OC or Romo went to the same failed play twice in a row (much like the week before against Carolina).

Now YOU tell ME which one it was.........

 

[zrinkill]

What does Troy Aikman know about winning football games ....

He is a freaking announcer ......

Shut your stupid Eagles loving face Troy Fakeman before I give you another concussion ...... Romo Sucks!

 

[khiladi]

Surprising... Troy Aikman defends his boy Garrett again, when all eyes are on Boy Wonder... Sounds familiar to last year when Aikman was calling out Roy WIlliams, as if he was the reason the offense was going down the tubes...

 

[zrinkill]

Surprising... Troy Aikman defends his boy Garrett again, when all eyes are on Boy Wonder... Sounds familiar to last year when Aikman was calling out Roy WIlliams, as if he was the reason the offense was going down the tubes...

Exactly ..... Troy has no credibility in Cowboys land.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Are you a Commanders Fan dude?

What a joke.

yes, he is

 

[khiladi]

Did Troy mention the great 'play-call' by Garrett that led to Hurd going for 50 plus yards... Uh no... because the play-call sucked... If it weren't for the fact that Romo could by time with his feet and Hurd happened to break his route, and Romo made a nice little pass, the team would still be 60 yards from the end-zone..

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Yep. Troy is loath to criticize his old buddy Garrett.

 

[bbgun]

Are you a Commanders Fan dude?

What a joke.

For having the audacity to disagree with Troy? Then I guess so. But thanks for not calling me an Eagles fan. That'd be worse.

 

[khiladi]

Yep. Troy is loath to criticize his old buddy Garrett.

I love Troy but his schtick is old. I remember him calling out Roy Williams last year for balls that Romo chucked up leading to an INT, because Red-Boy Genius couldn't do anything to halt the pressure that was being unloaded on Romo by the end of the year. While Roy wasn't doing much, plenty of the crap sure wasn't his fault.

 

[khiladi]

Everybody calls out Garrett, but very rarely, in fact never, have I heard Troy Aikman criticize Garrett...

 

[Bob Sacamano]

For having the audacity to disagree with Troy? Then I guess so. But thanks for not calling me an Eagles fans That'd be worse.

go back to ES ya joik!

 

[zrinkill]

go back to ES ya joik!

Why do you homers always do that .,...... just because he always bad mouths the Cowboys and hates everything about this current team ..... it does not make him any less of a fan.

People like you need a reality check ....

 

[Doomsday101]

Maybe both a bad play call and/or read, maybe neither. Maybe Bailey just made a perfect play on the ball. I think what has most fans irked is the fact that our, so called, #1 WR was standing on the sidelines, our most passionate and determined RB was joining him, and our best pass cathcer was left in to block. To top it off, the OC or Romo went to the same failed play twice in a row (much like the week before against Carolina).

Now YOU tell ME which one it was.........

I would loved to had RW on the play but he was injured. As for Barber I highly doubt Dallas was thinking run and had they ran and been stopped short there is no doubt the same people would be hollering about running instead of throwing in this situation. As for what irks fans? losing the game irks fans but in the end the playcalled on that situation was not incorrect no matter how much fans whine about it because the fact is any play that fails to work comes under fire.

 

[dbair1967]

Everybody calls out Garrett, but very rarely, in fact never, have I heard Troy Aikman criticize Garrett...

Aikman football smarts >>>>> CZ people

 

[TellerMorrow34]

There was probably nothing wrong with the call, and as Aikman said that is probably where the ball should go, but the difference is that most likely Aikman would have had Irvin or Harper or Kevin Williams lined up in that spot in his winning days when he made that throw. He wouldn't have been throwing the route to his 4th best WR on the play.

The match up was the problem in that call.

 

[bbgun]

Aikman football smarts >>>>> CZ people

Pretty sure that's not up for debate, not was it ever contended. That doesn't necessarily make him right about the last two plays, however.

 

[khiladi]

After a short gain up the middle on first down, Romo dropped back to pass on 2nd-and-9, held the ball, looked like he was waiting for something, and then simply dropped to the ground and took a sack for a 10-yard loss, something you rarely see from the slippery and determined signal caller.The sack in itself was disheartening, but became exceedingly so when Ron Jaworski calmly explained that this was a play action trick-play intended for Martellus Bennett, in which Bennett goes in motion, pretends to fall down so his defender leaves him, only to hop up real quick to scoot out the backside as the only receiver on the play. It is one of the most commonly used tight end trick plays in the game. You know, as an FYI for all those avid fans of tight end trick plays and all.However, Martellus either failed to get up or was held up trying to get out of the amalgamation of offensive and defensive linemen furiously beating the living sense out of each other. The bottom line is Martellus Bennett, the only receiver running a route on the play, was unable to get out on said aforementioned route.Since Bennett got knocked down/held up, Romo had nobody to throw to, and next thing you know its 3rd-and-19 and your kicker is missing a 40-yard field goal on a drive that three plays earlier seemed destined to end up in the end zone.Trick plays are supposed to take the defense by surprise, and, to give Garrett's credit, this was certainly a surprising time to run this play. The Cowboys were having no problem whatsoever moving the ball up the field using a conventional offense.There is absolutely no need to run a trick play in which Romo has no option should the first one not be open, which, believe it or not, happens quite frequently in the National Football League. A play like that, like most trick plays, results in either a big play or a big loss.Why Garrett felt the need to run such a high-risk-high-reward play on a drive that had tons of momentum is absolutely mind boggling. That is a play that should be run on first down, on the first play of a drive. At least if you have to take the sack because the tight end can't get out on the route you have two more downs to make up the vast distance that now separates you from the first down marker.Instead, Romo had to take the sack, putting him in the, ahem, unfavorable position of 3rd-and-19, which he understandably didn't convert. One Nick Folk shank later, and goodbye momentum, crowd enthusiasm, and first half energy.

And there you have it folks...http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...jason-garrett-still-looks-like-one-trick-pony

 

[Temo]

FFS, if you're an NFL writer the words "a lot of football jargon that I didn't understand" should NEVER be written. Educate yourself, then educate your readers. Terrible job.