DMN Blog: Tony Romo's not too concerned about turnovers

[zeromaster]

We'll see if the nonchalant attitude works when the games get tighter. As far as learning from his mistakes, he still seems to be locking onto certain receivers too much. The Philly game is done with so lets not use that (game 3) as an good example of a tight game.

Does anyone doubt that on third and more than five his target is almost always Witten? Somewhere along the line a smart linebacker or DB may make him pay dearly for that preference.

jmo

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

He'll be okay...

 

[Hostile]

Funny, I loved that about Watters, especially because he was a 49er and eagle.

Yeah but we had selfish agendas ourselves then.

 

[sweetness0986]

As Romo said himself, his displeasure and anger is usually internal. I like that he has a positive attitude and I trust in his work ethic that he's going to strive for a turnover free game.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Tony Romo's not too concerned about turnovers
8:40 PM Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon E-mail News tips

Romo's response: So what?

"I am pretty sure we won the ballgame," he said when asked whether he was concerned with his turnovers. "If you never turn the ball over as a quarterback, you are probably not going to be that good. Everyone strives for no turnovers, but there's no ways you are going to make plays sometimes if you don't trust it and just let it go."

huh??? Didn't the QB who won the Super Bowl last year do it without throwing a pic???

 

[jobberone]

I love his nonchalant responses to hysteria over turnovers. The perfect temperament for a QB to have. The last thing you want is them to be stuck in the past. He moves one. That is great for this team.

He impresses me more all the time.

He probably could have been more resourceful with that answer which sounds more like 'get real and go bother someone else. We won'.

I guess I don't blame him. The media are constantly hounding them and constantly asking tricky questions without end.

But you're right. He has a great golfer's mentality. Always in the present and future.

What I like best is his focus on winning. He gets his share of double bogey's but he gets more birdies and eagles. He's going to be a great one if he stays surrounded with talent.

 

[Hostile]

He probably could have been more resourceful with that answer which sounds more like 'get real and go bother someone else. We won'.

I guess I don't blame him. The media are constantly hounding them and constantly asking tricky questions without end.

But you're right. He has a great golfer's mentality. Always in the present and future.

What I like best is his focus on winning. He gets his share of double bogey's but he gets more birdies and eagles. He's going to be a great one if he stays surrounded with talent.

Exactly. Remember when everyone used to complain about his golfing? I always took the opposite view for that reason.

 

[TheCount]

During the game you absolutely want your QB to have this attitude, otherwise he ends up throwing more ints. It's like that with all athletes, Jordan wasn't thinking about all the game winners he'd missed when he took them.

However, after the game and in preperation for the next one, you definitely want your QB thinking on how to take care of the ball better when he's out there. You can bet your bottom during practice Jordan took the shots he'd missed over and over to prepare better for next time.

 

[Hailmary]

One of the players I have had the most disdain for in my life was Rickey Watters.

I literally can't stand him.

If he ever fumbled it took 5 to 6 guys to calm him down and keep him in the game. Many times he would compound a fumble by running stupid or fumbling again.

Tony gets it out of his mind immediately and focuses on the next possession.

Perfect.

I see your point, I really do. I think a short termed memory is a good thing, especially for a QB.

.....But, I just hate the "so what" attitude. I think he could have worded his foibles differently. How he worded it made it sound like it's not a concern. I'm sure he's working hard to minimize his mistakes, but..............ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PBJTime]

We'll see if the nonchalant attitude works when the games get tighter. As far as learning from his mistakes, he still seems to be locking onto certain receivers too much. The Philly game is done with so lets not use that (game 3) as an good example of a tight game.

Does anyone doubt that on third and more than five his target is almost always Witten? Somewhere along the line a smart linebacker or DB may make him pay dearly for that preference.

jmo

You'd think...but we've been doing this for some time now.

 

[TheCount]

I see your point, I really do. I think a short termed memory is a good thing, especially for a QB.

.....But, I just hate the "so what" attitude. I think he could have worded his foibles differently. How he worded it made it sound like it's not a concern. I'm sure he's working hard to minimize his mistakes, but..............ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He didn't say "So what?", he said you have to trust yourself and your team mates and let it fly sometimes.

 

[Hostile]

I see your point, I really do. I think a short termed memory is a good thing, especially for a QB.

.....But, I just hate the "so what" attitude. I think he could have worded his foibles differently. How he worded it made it sound like it's not a concern. I'm sure he's working hard to minimize his mistakes, but..............ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the "so what" attitude.

Look, it's fine for the fans to lose their minds when we lose. It's even fine for them to lose their minds when we win. If we have football players who do this we will never win anything because this is the NFL. Other teams are going to have success against us.

I think his attitude is the best thing that could happen to this team.

 

[Hailmary]

He didn't say "So what?", he said you have to trust yourself and your team mates and let it fly sometimes.

I know he didn't say "so what", I was referring to his attitude.

"I am pretty sure we won the ballgame"

 

[WoodysGirl]

WFAA Blog

Romo: Ugly win better than a blowout
6:46 PM Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | Permalink
Aaron Chimbel
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Some of Tony Romo's post-game comments:

"I understand it's not the prettiest thing sometimes, but we did score 31 points and win the ball game," he said.

"We did a good job of not succumbing to the momentum."

"They did a good job, but we hurt ourselves."

"Everybody on this team understand we have a lot of good players."

"I'm pretty sure we won the ballgame."

"If you never turn the ball over, you not going to be that good."

"You'd love to never have a turnover, but that's unrealistic."

"I'm sorry that I'm not sorry that we won."

"At the end of the year it's going to be a W."

"You don't get crowned champions to be the best looking team right now."

"You just keep getting better and stack up wins."

"The best teams go out there and find a way to keep winning."

 

[Hostile]

"I'm sorry that I'm not sorry that we won."

Oh this one is pure genius.

 

[WoodysGirl]

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Phillips: Romo is a fighter
6:37 PM Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | Permalink
Aaron Chimbel
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Wade Phillips says they need to work on Tony Romo's penchant for turnovers.

The quarterback has seven in five games, but the coach likes how his quarterback responds.

"He continues to bounce back," Phillips said.

 

[cowboyrock]

Romo just does not get it. we all know we won. but we also know if we want to beat good teams like the Commanders and Giants. we cant turn it over.he has got to play better than he is. and he has got to change that everything is fine attitude. he sounds just like Wade Phillips.

 

[Hailmary]

Oh this one is pure genius.

I have to admit that that was a good line.

Hos, on a side note, how are you feeling about the bet? Still think that it's a lock that we won't have 2 1,000yd rushers after Felix's performance today?

 

[chinch]

"If you never turn the ball over as a quarterback, you are probably not going to be that good.

wow. that is really an ignorant statement. it's as if he doesn't realize he FUMBLES waaaaay too much, nevermind the INTs.

We'll see if the nonchalant attitude works when the games get tighter. As far as learning from his mistakes, he still seems to be locking onto certain receivers too much. The Philly game is done with so lets not use that (game 3) as an good example of a tight game.

tight games... so far the lackadaisical attitude hasn't worked in the playoffs.

now you know why he hasn't learned from his mistakes. cupcake doesn't make him accountable and now he spews "i'm pretty sure we won the game".

ugh.

 

[Hostile]

I have to admit that that was a good line.

Hos, on a side note, how are you feeling about the bet? Still think that it's a lock that we won't have 2 1,000yd rushers after Felix's performance today?

Let me put it this way. At the time the bet was made they needed to average 62.5 yards per game.

Barber is at 395. That means from here he only needs to average 55 yards per game to reach 1000. I expected him to get it, no big deal.

Jones is at 244. It is now up to 68.7 yards per game for him to get there.

I think that is unlikely. One more game where he is less that 40 yards would almost doom him and with 11 games left that is possible.