Ex-NFL scout: Why Dak Prescott doesn't change plays at the line the way ex-Cowboys QB Tony Romo did

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Romo continually changed out of run plays. If you are not running the ball how can you play action? Out goes Romo and in comes Dak and now we are one of the top play action teams in the NFL. Thanks for pointing that out.

Wrong, he wasn’t. You obviously failed to read all the posts.

And play-action has nothing to do with RPOs, the point of bringing up play action was Garrett’s inability to field a running game. Just shows how much you know.. Further, Garrett was bottom five whenever he was in control in play-action.

We have the top play action team in the NFL because that’s what Linehan did for Dak when we started running the ball and we run a bunch of bootlefs for Dak, but the problem with bootlegs is it restricts the QB to half the field he’s running to.

Your response is so dumb based on the fact that Murray ran for 1800 yards the year Garrett was banned from playcalling and Romo ran play action less than half of what Dak did in 2016, meaning Romo was actually calling the plays to runn the ball.

Nice try..
 

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Wrong, he wasn’t. You obviously failed to read all the posts. And play-action has nothing to do with RPOs, the point of play action was Garrett’s inability to field a running game.

We have the top play action team in the NFL because that’s what Linehan came and did for Dak when we started running the ball.
Romo was ordered to stop checking out of run plays. If you can't admit that then there is no need to continue
 

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Romo was ordered to stop checking out of run plays. If you can't admit that then there is no need to continue

You have demonstrated your vast array of football knowledge by saying play-action with Dak proved Romo was checking out of run plays, as if play action correlates to RPO.. genius...

When that didn’t work, you claim it was Romo who was ordered by Garrett supposedly, who no longer was in control of the offense and banished from play calling, to not run. Yet Jerry himself says the exact opposite and so did Wade.

But I should admit it because you say so... OK... You are right, there is no need to continue...
 

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You have demonstrated your vast array of football knowledge by saying play-action with Dak proved Romo was checking out of run plays, as if play action correlates to RPO.. genius...

When that didn’t work, you claim it was Romo who was ordered by Garrett supposedly, who no longer was in control of the offense and banished from play calling, to not run. Yet Jerry himself says the exact opposite and so did Wade.

But I should admit it because you say so... OK... You are right, there is no need to continue...
Playaction had nothing to do with RPOs. We have been a top playaction team since we've had Dak as a starter.
 

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Playaction had nothing to do with RPOs. We have been a top playaction team since we've had Dak as a starter.

Of course it has nothing to do with RPOs.. you apparently said it did..

Murray ran for 1800 yards with Romo... What did he check out of? The difference was Jerry banished Garrett from the offense completely.

And again, Linehan used play-action more for Dak, because he’s totally reliant on the run as a QB and runs plenty of bootlegs. Romo used more play action with Linehan than when Garrett was in control, the latter was bottom of the league. But play action has nothing to do with RPOs.

Your claim Romo checked out of Garrett’s run plays is a joke. In fact, the Cowboys became a run first team with Romo became involved in the offense. That’s why they drafted Zeke over Ramsey...

You clearly have no idea what your taking about.

Garrett has Kyle Prton throw for 46 times and had Murray run 17 times in a loss that would have qualified them for the play-offs.. can’t blame Romo..
 
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Brad Johnson in his first start with the Cowboys in 2008, with a shot arm threw 34 passes. He threw for 33 passes for 122 yards the very next game and they scored 13 points.

This idea Romo was checking out of run plays that Garrett called, while Garrett has Brad Johnson throw for over 30 attempts a game is laughable. He would have probably hit that mark the next game too, if he didn’t get benched for Bollinger who threw 16 times in a single half...
 

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Of course it has nothing to do with RPOs.. you apparently said it did..

Murray ran for 1800 yards with Romo... What did he check out of? The difference was Jerry banished Garrett from the offense completely.

And again, Linehan used play-action more for Dak, because he’s totally reliant on the run as a QB and runs plenty of bootlegs. Romo used more play action with Linehan than when Garrett was in control, the latter was bottom of the league. But play action has nothing to do with RPOs.

Your claim Romo checked out of Garrett’s run plays is a joke. In fact, the Cowboys became a run first team with Romo became involved in the offense. That’s why they drafted Zeke over Ramsey...

You clearly have no idea what your taking about.

Garrett has Kyle Prton throw for 46 times and had Murray run 17 times in a loss that would have qualified them for the play-offs.. can’t blame Romo..
He didnt check out of anything. Why? Because he was ordered not to check out of runs. Hence an MVP level season.
 

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Lol....he dosent change because he dosent know what he is doing.

Simple as that.

But go Dak go !

Yep. Just look at when and where he throws the ball. The guy usually has to be pretty open to get the throw. The QB doesn't anticipate the window opening. He doesn't throw anybody open.

In terms of a pure pocket passer he may be the worst starting QB in the league.
 

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He didnt check out of anything. Why? Because he was ordered not to check out of runs. Hence an MVP level season.
If you’re going to keep saying something stupid over and over, you could save yourself a whole lot of trouble by providing some kind of source for it. Your imagination doesn’t count.
 

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If you’re going to keep saying something stupid over and over, you could save yourself a whole lot of trouble by providing some kind of source for it. Your imagination doesn’t count.
We're Cowboys fans we witnessed it. Watch the games and not just high lights lol
 

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He didnt check out of anything. Why? Because he was ordered not to check out of runs. Hence an MVP level season.

You claimed it was Romo checking out of the runs Garrett called.

Garrett was banished from the offense completely in 2014 and I gave you plenty of sources. Every single source says Romo was given control in 2014, meaning Romo ran the ball when Garrett was completely out of the way. Jerry himself said it was the coaches that didn’t run the ball.

Your excuse was that we are running the ball, but you forgot Murray ran the ball for over 1800 yards with Romo in charge. Your excuse now is they told Romo to stop checking out of run plays, which is further comical considering with Garrett in charge by 2012, we were running shotgun out of close to 50% of our pass plays in 2012, meaning the man calling the plays basically didn’t have a RB in the backfield a large majority of the time.

So suddenly we are to suppose that Romo was checking out of everything for seven years, but suddenly started obeying the orders of Garrett, who had Brad Johnson throw over thirty times a game with a shot arm and Kyle Orton 46 times in a play-off qualifying game, with Orton throwing crucial INTs as a typical Garrett offense does, because you say so...

You have no clue what you are talking about.
 

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We're Cowboys fans we witnessed it. Watch the games and not just high lights lol

Based on the fact they use more play-action now with a bootleg QB... you have absolutely no clue what your taking about the more you type in this thread...
 
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