Explaining Romo's sack

[gimmesix]

You're better than me because from this thread, you would think this is the first time EVER QB has been sacked.

People act like it's a big deal, so I just thought some of them must not understand progressions. I created this thread for the purpose of explaining why Romo, or any QB for that matter, wouldn't just throw to the open receiver.

 

[Rockport]

Romo should be throwing the ball away instead of taking a rookie sack like that. I guess at this point there is no hope in him changing his ways, he is the type of player who always thinks he can make a play. He is what he is....

And the Cowboys are better off because he is what he is.

 

[percyhoward]

Battle lines bein' drawn...

 

[big dog cowboy]

Slam me for it if you want, but for 108 million your QB should have been able to make some kind of a play with the time he had on that play.

Unless he figures it's just a preseason game and that specific play has no bearing on the regular season at all.

 

[Zordon]

I have seen fans pretty much say anybody but Romo.

I've seen fans say draft a QB to replace Romo. I've never seen any non-troll fan say anybody but Romo.

 

[gimmesix]

BTW, does anybody remember the quarterback we had who couldn't progress through his reads, so plays were designed so he'd only have to read half the field, or something along those lines?

 

[big dog cowboy]

BTW, does anybody remember the quarterback we had who couldn't progress through his reads, so plays were designed so he'd only have to read half the field, or something along those lines?

Hutch?

 

[dstovall5]

This is just too funny, people complain about anything. Tony Romo had a very good pre season debut, though people want to constantly nit-pick the bad plays when he's made many good plays to greatly overshadow the bad ones ... but no, leave it to "cowboy fans" to find some bad in the good performance. Just like that thread from the other day claiming, "Romo horrible vs Raiders". The dude was 6 of 8 for 88 yards, gimme a freaking break, that's a solid performance for ANY QB. Also, here's a little hint for you "Romo realists", since most of you claim you're not "Romo haters". Romo's one of the LAST guys you need to worry about on this team, he's been one of the FEW who have been consistently good for us. Though I'm sure "Romo realists" will say different.

 

[Zordon]

This is just too funny, people complain about anything. Tony Romo had a very good pre season debut, though people want to constantly nit-pick the bad plays when he's made many good plays to greatly overshadow the bad ones ... but no, leave it to "cowboy fans" to find some bad in the good performance. Just like that thread from the other day claiming, "Romo horrible vs Raiders". The dude was 6 of 8 for 88 yards, gimme a freaking break, that's a solid performance for ANY QB. Also, here's a little hint for you "Romo realists", since most of you claim you're not "Romo haters". Romo's one of the LAST guys you need to worry about on this team, he's been one of the FEW who have been consistently good for us. Though I'm sure "Romo realists" will say different.

Here we have another Romo stan creating another imaginary enemy to cry about. Sheesh man grow up.

 

[tupperware]

Unless he figures it's just a preseason game and that specific play has no bearing on the regular season at all.

We've all heard the it's just preseason stuff before

 

[gimmesix]

Hutch?

Don't think so, but I do believe it was one of the Parcells "era" quarterbacks.

 

[dstovall5]

Here we have another Romo stan creating another imaginary enemy to cry about. Sheesh man grow up.

Am I "Romo Stan" because I believe he had a good pre season debut? Or am I "Romo Stan" because I don't think it's a big deal he took a sack there? Or am I "Romo Stan" because I look past the few bad things he does? Also, please feel me in on this "imaginary enemy" that I've created. Seems like you're the one imagining stuff, grow up, seriously.

I'll be waiting for you to show proof of me "creating" this "imaginary enemy" you're talking about.
Again, grow up and stop falsely accusing people. I'm obviously not a "Romo Stan" or whatever the hell you're talking about.

 

[theogt]

Romo stan?

 

[hra8700]

From those gifs the interesting thing is that he pump faked to bryant, got the safety to bite and just at that moment bryant got free, but instead he moved on to murray, who was open for a short gain, but because he cut off his route i guess romo thought he could do better given how good the protection was. He then turned right and the next final read should have been austin but he noticed there might be room to get it to witten and BAM out of nowhere.

I dont think he should have thrown it away and Im not sure he should have checked down either it was second and long in easy field goal range. Sack gives you a field goal, short gain and 3rd and long probably gives you a field goal. Plus the protection was perfect.

But he did make a mistake in leaving bryant too early and why would you pump fake without looking to see if it worked...

 

[Zordon]

Am I "Romo Stan" because I believe he had a good pre season debut? Or am I "Romo Stan" because I don't think it's a big deal he took a sack there? Or am I "Romo Stan" because I look past the few bad things he does? Also, please feel me in on this "imaginary enemy" that I've created. Seems like you're the one imagining stuff, grow up, seriously.

I'll be waiting for you to show proof of me "creating" this "imaginary enemy" you're talking about.
Again, grow up and stop falsely accusing people. I'm obviously not a "Romo Stan" or whatever the hell you're talking about.

"Romo hater" = the imaginary enemy you've created in your head. People are in here being critical of a redzone possession b/c they know how red zone offense killed us last year yet all you see is "Romo haters" who "complain about anything". Like I said, grow up, and realize it is perfectly acceptable to criticize and challenge even our best players.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

I've seen fans say draft a QB to replace Romo. I've never seen any non-troll fan say anybody but Romo.

When people in this very thread are saying, "Well, Orton would've done it differently," it doesn't get much more 'anyone but Romo' than that.

 

[dstovall5]

"Romo hater" = the imaginary enemy you've created in your head. People are in here being critical of a redzone possession b/c they know how red zone offense killed us last year yet all you see is "Romo haters" who "complain about anything". Like I said, grow up, and realize it is perfectly acceptable to criticize and challenge even our best players.

When people "criticize" Romo, most of the time it's about stupid petty stuff, which is why I used the term "Romo hater". They either have unrealistic expectations for the guy, or they're just being a hater. Some of it is warranted, but a lot of it isn't and it's just hate. But according to you ,"Romo haters" don't exist and are just an "imaginary enemy" that I've created in my head. Like I said, how about you take your own advice, and grow up.

As for our red zone problems, a lot of it was from our horrible offensive live, lack of running game, and crucial penalties, though I'm sure you think most of was due to Romo's play. It wouldn't surprise me one bit. Shocker.

 

[Zordon]

When people in this very thread are saying, "Well, Orton would've done it differently," it doesn't get much more 'anyone but Romo' than that.

Yes, Orton, being a backup QB, most likely would have taken the check down.

Guess what, Brad Johnson would have taken the check down too. Somehow in the warped mind of Romo stans, I now want Brad Johnson to start over Romo lol.

 

[Zordon]

When people "criticize" Romo, most of the time it's about stupid petty stuff, which is why I used the term "Romo hater". They either have unrealistic expectations for the guy, or they're just being a hater. Some of it is warranted, but a lot of it isn't and it's just hate. But according to you ,"Romo haters" don't exist and are just an "imaginary enemy" that I've created in my head. Like I said, how about you take your own advice, and grow up.

As for our red zone problems, a lot of it was from our horrible offensive live, lack of running game, and crucial penalties, though I'm sure you think most of was due to Romo's play. It wouldn't surprise me one bit. Shocker.

The "unrealistic expectations" line is not going to work for the 100M dollar man anymore. Neither is the "oline excuse" if things continue to progress with that group. The reason people are being critical of him on that play is mainly due to the fact he had plenty of time yet still did not make the correct decisions. You can keep mentioning his stat line over and over, all I care about is points. Romo proved a long time ago that he can move the ball between the 20s. I don't care about that if it keeps leading to field goals.

 

[gimmesix]

From those gifs the interesting thing is that he pump faked to bryant, got the safety to bite and just at that moment bryant got free, but instead he moved on to murray, who was open for a short gain, but because he cut off his route i guess romo thought he could do better given how good the protection was. He then turned right and the next final read should have been austin but he noticed there might be room to get it to witten and BAM out of nowhere.

I dont think he should have thrown it away and Im not sure he should have checked down either it was second and long in easy field goal range. Sack gives you a field goal, short gain and 3rd and long probably gives you a field goal. Plus the protection was perfect.

But he did make a mistake in leaving bryant too early and why would you pump fake without looking to see if it worked...

I'm not sure it was a pump fake. It was a bigger motion than that. It looked to me like he saw Bryant clear the corner, but then saw the safety come over and as he began to throw and pulled it down. He probably should have checked to Murray after that at least, but by then a linebacker was closing on Murray and there was another defender to his outside. Looks to me like Romo still could have gotten it to him, but if he had doubts about it, I'd rather him not make the throw.