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It's time for Tony Romo to play better
10:50 AM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Tony Romo has been good this season. To characterize it any other way would be silly.
But he needs to be better, if the Cowboys are going to reach their lofty goals.
Romo has to do more than compile gaudy stats and make the occasional play that winds up on SportsCenter because he's turned chaos into yet another touchdown pass.
He needs to do a better job of managing the game and making decisions.
Although the game plan calls for him to audible out a running play, when there are eight men near the line of scrimmage, he has to be astute enough to know the Cowboys are good enough to run the ball against eight-man fronts.
Emmitt Smith did it all of the time. So does any other running back that's any good.
He has to know during the course of the game that passing every down is not the key to success - not when the NFL's most physical running back resides in his backfield.
He must also be astute enough not to force the ball to Terrell Owens. No matter what Romo says, that's what he did Sunday.
It doesn't matter whether he felt T.O. had a matchup he could exploit. Or whether the petulant receiver convinced him to direct seemingly every pass his way.
We all know the offense runs best when Romo goes through his progression of reads and makes the right throw because that ensures all of the Cowboys' offensive weapons get involved in the offense.
That said, we can't forget Romo has started only 31 games - not yet two full seasons. He's still learning. He's going to make mistakes.
But he's still one of the league's best quarterbacks. He just needs to do all of the little things it takes to play like one of the best every week.
10:50 AM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Tony Romo has been good this season. To characterize it any other way would be silly.
But he needs to be better, if the Cowboys are going to reach their lofty goals.
Romo has to do more than compile gaudy stats and make the occasional play that winds up on SportsCenter because he's turned chaos into yet another touchdown pass.
He needs to do a better job of managing the game and making decisions.
Although the game plan calls for him to audible out a running play, when there are eight men near the line of scrimmage, he has to be astute enough to know the Cowboys are good enough to run the ball against eight-man fronts.
Emmitt Smith did it all of the time. So does any other running back that's any good.
He has to know during the course of the game that passing every down is not the key to success - not when the NFL's most physical running back resides in his backfield.
He must also be astute enough not to force the ball to Terrell Owens. No matter what Romo says, that's what he did Sunday.
It doesn't matter whether he felt T.O. had a matchup he could exploit. Or whether the petulant receiver convinced him to direct seemingly every pass his way.
We all know the offense runs best when Romo goes through his progression of reads and makes the right throw because that ensures all of the Cowboys' offensive weapons get involved in the offense.
That said, we can't forget Romo has started only 31 games - not yet two full seasons. He's still learning. He's going to make mistakes.
But he's still one of the league's best quarterbacks. He just needs to do all of the little things it takes to play like one of the best every week.