Garrett Throws Romo under the bus

[rcaldw]

You guys kill me. First, you blast Garrett repeatedly for not calling guys out in public, like Parcells did. Then, when you perceive that he did by taking him completely out of context, you rip him for (supposedly) calling someone out.

There is a word for it..... agenda

 

[Wolfpack]

A really professional, self-secure boss (or head coach in this case), really would go out of his way to take care of this sort of thing behind closed doors. Red should have stepped up and supported Romo and the team or at least kept silent on the issue in public.

 

[visionary]

Some of you guys are so apparent. A clown? Did he even call the play? Someone is a clown, but it isn't Garrett and it wasn't the play caller.

Apparently some are more apparent than others
Not sure if that appears apparent to you

 

[Kevinicus]

No, he wasn't. NFLN had a breakdown of the play and Romo had almost no window to throw the ball in, not to mention a ref standing directly in his way. It was an ill advised throw that a veteran QB cannot make in that situation.

Yeah, I saw that breakdown...he was still open. The other 2 guys were irrelevant as they weren't going to get there in time (and didn't), and the only reason Travaython had any play at all was because the ball was behind where it should have been, and Escobar didn't cut the route as sharp as he could have. Yes, Murray was *more* open and was a safer play, but I try not to look at it from a hindsight perspective and actually think about it in the context of progressions and QB vision, not camera vision.

 

[rcaldw]

Apparently some are more apparent than others
Not sure if that appears apparent to you

You are such a visionary

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I listened to it and I simply don't agree that he's throwing Romo under the bus or implying that the loss is all on him. I feel he answered the question honestly. It was a bad decision at a bad time by Romo.

But Garrett isn't as stupid as quite a few others on this planet. He's not going to pretend that the defense wasn't the problem Sunday.

 

[visionary]

You are such a visionary

I know
It's a curse but someone has to bear the burden

 

[rcaldw]

I know
It's a curse but someone has to bear the burden

You bear it just as if you believe it

 

[Miller]

This is such an alien take to me, I hardly know how to respond to it. Last year showed you're not getting above 500 with a -13 turnover differential and a bottom-10 passing defense. It didn't show anything one way or another about passing more and winning. Passing more *effectively,*, yes.

It's beyond reason for me that anyone would criticize either Jason Garrett or Tony Romo for yesterdays game. Not beyond my expectation, mind you. Just beyond reason. Misguided thread topic notwithstanding, the reason we lost the game yesterday was that we could not effectively stop the Bronco passing offense at any point in the game. It really is not any more complicated than that.

I'm not sure what is foreign to you. When Demarco Murray runs the ball 20 or more times a game since his rookie season we have won EVERY game. In the two wins this year he has run like 24 and 26 times. In the losses, 14 or less. The key to winning games isn't throwing more, its running more and effectively using Romo to throw more efficiently. You are taking this game in a bubble and saying, we scored 48 therefore it is on the Defense, not the offense. In a bubble, yes that is true. The defense stunk and when you score 48 you should win. But I'm not looking at it in a bubble. I'm taking the last few years and looking at when we lost when Romo put up big numbers. In a majority of those games we were in a shootout or playing catchup from behind. In this game we fell behind after being up early. My issue is why not try and control the ball more and keep Manning off the field, especially with the D issues? It's simple. I see what you are saying but overall I don't think Garrett has ever gotten the idea of how to control the clock or use an effective run game to offset having Romo throw 45 times.

 

[CowboyGil]

Funny, majority of posters on here always yell how players are not held accountable for their mistakes, yet when the coach 'calls out' his QB for a poor decision, he's throwing him under the bus.

 

[TNCowboy]

Funny, majority of posters on here always yell how players are not held accountable for their mistakes, yet when the coach 'calls out' his QB for a poor decision, he's throwing him under the bus.

Coach should always hold his players accountable. But he should never do it publicly. He should never "call out" a player in the press. Especially the QB. When it comes to discussing your team, players should never, ever, ever, ever question their coach, and coaches - and other players - should never, ever, ever question the QB. Just like the drunken fool of a GM shouldn't be on TV or radio talking about what the team needs to do playcalling wise, or which player should be starting (or not). When you have a besotted, loudmouth old fool running the show, you're going to have an organization this dysfunctional.

But undercutting your team or your coach publicly does no one any good. I'm mystified why Garrett would make any comment about Romo even remotely negative.

 

[burmafrd]

the COACH should also admit his own failures. How often has Garret done that?

 

[Cebrin]

What do you mean you don't put your 55 million dollar qb in that situation, that's what franchise qbs are for. You have to at least get a couple of first downs so you can milk the clock and change field postion. Going 3 and out and giving Manning the ball with 2 minutes left, in a game where neither defense has shown the ability to stop the other, is a losing situation. You have to do whatever to try and put first downs together, remember Tom Brady when we played NE?

You take what the defense gives you, the defense was giving us the run. You don't put your QB in that position when you've 2:30 minutes and timeouts in a TIED game. It's not a do or die. Overtime was still an option and may not have been needed had you moved the ball with what was given. You run the ball on first down. Not make it 2nd and 16 and force pass against a 6 db set. It was suicide.

 

[birdwells1]

You take what the defense gives you, the defense was giving us the run. You don't put your QB in that position when you've 2:30 minutes and timeouts in a TIED game. It's not a do or die. Overtime was still an option and may not have been needed had you moved the ball with what was given. You run the ball on first down. Not make it 2nd and 16 and force pass against a 6 db set. It was suicide.

Suicide for a guy on the verge of breaking a 61 yo passing record and threw for 5 tds? This isnt Blaine Gabbert we're talking about.

 

[Doomsday101]

should have ran it on 1st down. the red headed genius was calling plays as if we were down two scores.

So Garrett was calling the plays this weekend? You guys will stoop to any level to attack Garrett. lol

 

[Doomsday101]

I get why people say we should have run, but that feels like hindsight to me. We had been going up and down the field on them with the passing game to almost no resistance. If we run and gain nothing, everyone is yelling at Garrett for "not trusting" Tony in the game of his career.

and believe me, I am no Jason Garrett fan

I agree. Dallas is moving the ball up and down the field putting up 48 points and now all of a sudden we should stop doing what is working? I don't think calling a run play would have been a bad call but claiming that passing the ball was a bad call is just stupid considering the success the Cowboys were having in the passing game. Hell I could understand if we were struggling throwing the ball but we weren't

 

[visionary]

Funny, majority of posters on here always yell how players are not held accountable for their mistakes, yet when the coach 'calls out' his QB for a poor decision, he's throwing him under the bus.

So, are you saying that garret did publicly call out his QB?

careful now.....

 

[CowboyGil]

Coach should always hold his players accountable. But he should never do it publicly. He should never "call out" a player in the press. Especially the QB. When it comes to discussing your team, players should never, ever, ever, ever question their coach, and coaches - and other players - should never, ever, ever question the QB. Just like the drunken fool of a GM shouldn't be on TV or radio talking about what the team needs to do playcalling wise, or which player should be starting (or not). When you have a besotted, loudmouth old fool running the show, you're going to have an organization this dysfunctional.

But undercutting your team or your coach publicly does no one any good. I'm mystified why Garrett would make any comment about Romo even remotely negative.

He had to say something to counter Jerry's 'moral victory' comment. I have no problem with Garrett's comment. He's getting exasperated. You can tell. regardless of gameplanning, players still have to execute.Besides, I think Jason & Tony have a good enough relationship so Tony knows JG's not throwing him under the bus.

 

[Idgit]

People want accountability until it's golden boy, for some reason he's above criticism. Had it been Dez or someone else half this board would be calling him a crack baby and other nasty stuff

Dez coughed up the *other* turnover in the game, if you'll remember.

 

[Doomsday101]

Dez coughed up the *other* turnover in the game, if you'll remember.

yep and it was costly. Agenda know no bounds. lol