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9:33 AM Thu, Dec 10, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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I don't know of another starting quarterback in the NFL serving as the holder for point after attempts and field goals, but the Cowboys will apparently make the switch to Tony Romo.
I'm OK with it but it is a risk. You don't want to put the quarterback under any unnecessary risk but this isn't unnecessary.
Nick Folk has missed five of his last seven attempts. Mat McBriar has accepted the blame for at least three of Folk's eight misses this year because of his holds. Wade Phillips has said Folk has a different mentality than most kickers that he has been around, which means he's not as, umm, flaky. But when a kicker doesn't have confidence in the where and the when of the hold, then it's time to try something new.
And why Romo makes the most sense is that he is the only player with experience in games doing it. You can make the argument that all of the experience isn't good (see Seattle playoff game) but it's not time to give Patrick Crayton, Sam Hurd or David Buehler a look a the job when they have never done it in a game, especially games as crucial as these final four will be for the Cowboys.
By the way, Romo has held since that slip in Seattle. It was at the Pro Bowl a few weeks later in Hawaii. Saints coach Sean Payton, also and Eastern Illinois grad and one of Romo's biggest supporters, was coaching the NFC team that year. As he went through some the week's work in a meeting with the players he closed the session with this: "And Romo, you're holding," which busted up the room in some laughter.
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Will Romo hold or pass?
9:20 AM Thu, Dec 10, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Argue all you want about whether or not it makes sense to have your starting quarterback as the holder. Using Tony Romo in this position has one obvious benefit.
This from special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who watched Romo hold for the first time in Wednesday's practice.
"He did a good job,'' DeCamillis said. "We will have a better feel (today) with some more reps.
"He definitely gives us some fake possibilities.''
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Todd Archer/Reporter Bio | E-mail | News tips
I don't know of another starting quarterback in the NFL serving as the holder for point after attempts and field goals, but the Cowboys will apparently make the switch to Tony Romo.
I'm OK with it but it is a risk. You don't want to put the quarterback under any unnecessary risk but this isn't unnecessary.
Nick Folk has missed five of his last seven attempts. Mat McBriar has accepted the blame for at least three of Folk's eight misses this year because of his holds. Wade Phillips has said Folk has a different mentality than most kickers that he has been around, which means he's not as, umm, flaky. But when a kicker doesn't have confidence in the where and the when of the hold, then it's time to try something new.
And why Romo makes the most sense is that he is the only player with experience in games doing it. You can make the argument that all of the experience isn't good (see Seattle playoff game) but it's not time to give Patrick Crayton, Sam Hurd or David Buehler a look a the job when they have never done it in a game, especially games as crucial as these final four will be for the Cowboys.
By the way, Romo has held since that slip in Seattle. It was at the Pro Bowl a few weeks later in Hawaii. Saints coach Sean Payton, also and Eastern Illinois grad and one of Romo's biggest supporters, was coaching the NFC team that year. As he went through some the week's work in a meeting with the players he closed the session with this: "And Romo, you're holding," which busted up the room in some laughter.
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Will Romo hold or pass?
9:20 AM Thu, Dec 10, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
David Moore/Reporter Bio | E-mail | News tips
Argue all you want about whether or not it makes sense to have your starting quarterback as the holder. Using Tony Romo in this position has one obvious benefit.
This from special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who watched Romo hold for the first time in Wednesday's practice.
"He did a good job,'' DeCamillis said. "We will have a better feel (today) with some more reps.
"He definitely gives us some fake possibilities.''
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