Explaining Romo's sack

This is a not biggie although TR knows better...that ball at about the 5 second mark should have been thrown through the goal posts...no need to take that hit
 
Fredd said:
This is a not biggie although TR knows better...that ball at about the 5 second mark should have been thrown through the goal posts...no need to take that hit
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Well, whatever he was thinking, he paid the price! Maybe next time he will think twice.
:D
 
Just waiting for someone to blame the OL, or the coaching staff, or the WR's, or the TE, or the RB.
 
wow, one meaningless play in a meaningless game, who knows what he would/could have done in a real game
--I was just happy he was not hurt
 
Some here are making this play a lot more complicated than what it really is. Just a bad play from Romo because he held the ball too long. And it's not the first or last time this has happened.
 
All this over-analysis of a preseason sack deserves a gif of the Ultimate warrior pimping Slim Jims

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wsmit058 said:
Some here are making this play a lot more complicated than what it really is. Just a bad play from Romo because he held the ball too long. And it's not the first or last time this has happened.
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I think what is happening is that some people do feel that way; its just a sack. But everytime Romo commits a negative play, there is always a defense team to possibly justify his mistake. If it was just a sack in some people's eyes, this topic wouldn't have been created.

I have been critical of Romo after the Washington INT, and IMHO, despite the fact that he had all day to throw, I like the fact that he took the sack. He obviously couldn't find anyone open, even if there were people open. I'd rather that than him forcing into double coverage. Yes he could have also thrown the ball away, but so could a lot of QBs in that situation. Rodgers is very similar in taking a sack similar to the one Romo took.
 
Fredd said:
This is a not biggie although TR knows better...that ball at about the 5 second mark should have been thrown through the goal posts...no need to take that hit
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And we have a winner.
 
I think I was more upset about the Witten hold, which, it was,..

Course, I was more then upset when , of course, The Raiders could hold all day long and NOTHING called.

This play with Romo though? Meh,, I don't see the big deal. Maybe he could of zipped into Witten? Maybe not. He took the sack, no big. In a real game, Five bucks says he tries to get it to Witten.
 
I will be your huckleberry.

Section444 said:
Just waiting for someone to blame the OL, or the coaching staff, or the WR's, or the TE, or the RB.
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4 Raiders beat 5 Cowboy OL. It appeared as if they were blocked, what happened?
 
I have no issue with that sack. He had his eyes downfield looking to make a play. If anything, this play possibly illustrates the newfound trust he has in the revamped OL. Sure, he could have ran it or thrown it away. At least he didn't launch it into tight coverage and get picked off like in year's past. He took a sack, but the offense didn't turn it over and put our defense in a bind.

What i also like is he wasn't really running for his life like we've seen for so many years. Given the opportunity to make the same play in the future, more often than not Romo burns the defense.
 
Zordon said:
He made the right reads, he was just too hesitant to let the ball go. He made the safety bite so why didn't he launch it to Dez? I think he realized in that millisecond that he missed an opportunity there with Dez and tried to get it back so that's why he didn't take the next best option in getting 7-8 yds from Demarco. Am I being too hard on our 100M qb for asking these questions?
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The problem is that people go off the deep end when they don't understand why Romo didn't throw to so-and-so open receiver, etc., (not saying you are) without understanding that there are likely reasons for the choices he makes, especially in taking a sack instead of "forcing" a ball somewhere he didn't feel it needed to go.

The only purpose I had in creating this thread was to show what a quarterback goes through (readwise) in making such a decision, for those who seemed to not understand such things. But as usual, a Romo thread turns into far more than that.

For the record, I still would have liked to see him put that ball up for Dez, but it still appears to me that when he cocked to throw, he saw the safety start moving toward Dez and pulled it down. I'd rather him trust Dez to win that battle.

As far as Murray goes, I don't know. I'm not sure what he saw, but he definitely was discussing something with Murray after they got to the sideline.

It's ultimately not a big deal, so maybe I should have just left it alone.
 
I was just impressed with the amount of time he had to throw. Maybe Romo was surprised too that he was able to get through all his reads that he forgot to throw the ball....It's a good problem to have, hopefully the pass blocking continues this way.
 
gimmesix said:
The problem is that people go off the deep end when they don't understand why Romo didn't throw to so-and-so open receiver, etc., (not saying you are) without understanding that there are likely reasons for the choices he makes, especially in taking a sack instead of "forcing" a ball somewhere he didn't feel it needed to go.

The only purpose I had in creating this thread was to show what a quarterback goes through (readwise) in making such a decision, for those who seemed to not understand such things. But as usual, a Romo thread turns into far more than that.

For the record, I still would have liked to see him put that ball up for Dez, but it still appears to me that when he cocked to throw, he saw the safety start moving toward Dez and pulled it down. I'd rather him trust Dez to win that battle.

As far as Murray goes, I don't know. I'm not sure what he saw, but he definitely was discussing something with Murray after they got to the sideline.

It's ultimately not a big deal, so maybe I should have just left it alone.
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I think the problem is that people go off the deep end trying to think of excuses as to why it wasn't simply a bad play by Romo in an otherwise good game for him. Its not that he didn't throw it to so and so, its that you can't stand in one place on the football field for 10 seconds and expect not to get slammed. If there wasn't anyone open.. scramble around a bit. I understand you want to keep your eyes downfield, but with that much time, and no one open.. you have to realize that the pressure is going to get there soon.. you don't have forever. Either scramble to buy yourself some more time, or throw it out of the back of the end zone.

Two choices that it seems like some of you don't even realize Romo has. Its not just throw into tight coverage or take a sack. I honestly still can't believe this is 7 pages, and im sure if you asked Tony himself he'd simply say, "Yea, bad decision.. you move on."
 
Just looked at this and basing it off his comments, the pump fake was to manipulate that safety. If he doesn't react to the pump, he goes to Dez, if he does move, he goes Witten. You can't see it, but that's where Witten was going to be, and who Romo referred to as his target. Witten might not have been/stayed open, or the pump fake pulled coverage to him, which would explain Austin being left wide open on his route way across the field. Can't see the entire field, so can only speculate.
 
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