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[bear34]

The OL is run blocking. Romo didn't tell the OL or Murray that he was going to pass.

In run blocking with a run to the right, they generally allow the defender on the outside of the offensive left to run free. Tyron probably should have put a hand on him, but his primary concern on a run play like this is to squeeze down the inside gap.

Wrong. If he was run blocking, and allowing the defender free, he wouldn't had turned back when he got beat.
Bad excuses for the other 100 million $ man who stunk up the joint.

 

[bear34]

Yeah, but Romo was RUSTY!!!!

Oh wait, he does this all of the time.




YR

He is rusty all the time

 

[CyberB0b]

After watching how our OL dominated their DL, it's just makes this loss that much more worse that Romo made poor decision after poor decision.

This team cannot afford to give games away considering the question marks they have on the defensive side of the ball.

Garrett needs to put a leash on Romo. Should have done it 3 years ago.

 

[daveferr33]

As sturm and others point out, Murray would have walked in.

However, it also looks like Romo did have the throw to Dez but was too late.

After re-watching last night, Romo appears to have been late on a lot of reads. I wonder if it has something to do with his selling the playaction and not getting his eyes down the field soon enough. That appears to be the case with the missed opportunity to Harris. But in this play, he does appear to have his eyes on Dez the whole time.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Wow, you mean you picked run and they picked pass and you were right? What are the odds, oh I don't know, 50/50? You're a regular Nostradamus.

And if the play works nobody cares what you thought. You didn't like the RESULT. Fine, neither did I. I'm mad because Romo didn't make the play work. But stop acting like you just KNOW that if they run the ball that it's going to work. Murray could just as easily have fumbled the ball and it could have gone 90 yards the other way. Again, has it ever occurred to you that the running game is successful because of the exact same reasons that Romo called the run off?

You're being completely irrational. Everybody here can see that if he handed the ball off to Murray he would have at the very least picked up the first down. Except for you because you are apparently blind as a bat.

I don't like shotgun in that situation because even if you run the ball, the RB has a delay in when he can run. And if you use play action, you run the risk of getting sacked and losing yards. If you run the ball from shotgun, you're also more likely to lose more yards than if you had ran the ball with the QB under center.

It's a poor understanding of basic down and distance football. And Romo's bad decision on that play just made things worse.

But, I guess we are not supposed to judge players on their in-game decision making...said no credible coach or fan...ever.





YR

 

[cowboyblue22]

in game coaching and plays like that are the reason the dallas cowboys are 8 and 8 and could be worse.Thats why they don't win games.

 

[Bluestang]

Whatever happened to Stephen Jones' comments about running the ball more in the offseason?

This team talked about running the ball more from all levels within the franchise and then they follow up all that talk with plays like this.

 

[Angus12]

Wrong college. Eastern Illinois is the one.

That pic makes my blood boil. What did we do to get stuck with this guy?

Princeton should have the cajones to tell Eastern Illinois that they WILL run the ball in that situation. But I fear Arkansas has Priceton's stones in a jar on his desk.

 

[dstovall5]

Yall are gluttons for punishment. No way I'd want to still look at crapfest of a game three days later. Sometimes you gotta toss it into the toilet, ASAP! Never to be seen again.

What game?

I was onto Tennessee the minute Romo threw that 3rd INT.

 

[Hook'em#11]

I wish I could jump on the run run run bandwagon but I can't. You need balance, but Romo has to be the 2nd half of that attack, and he didn't do his part. I do agree that we should've run it at minimum twice down near the goal line. School intelligence doesn't equate to natural God-given common sense Mr Princeton/Columbia Univ.

Romo and the coaching staff did enough bad in the first half.. Didn't need anymore in the 2nd.

Balance doesn't score TD's.. Giving the ball to your RB , who is averaging 5yds or so a carry, against a defense that had shown no signs of stopping Dallas's running game, on the 2 yrd line..?

Scores TD's.

YOU RUN IT.. AND, YOU RUN it again. Take the 3 pts in that sense, better than the TO.

Course, on that pass play from the 2 yrd line. Doesn't help that Smith COMPLETELY missed blocking his man. LOL..

 

[Zordon]

The DE is still a yard away when Murray passes him.

Maybe the defender that is locked up with Martin could get off that block, but Murray has room to bounce wider.

It's definitely not 100% certain that he gets in.

I'm more irritated by the other goal-line play where Romo threw the INT because that one was only 2nd down.

It's not about getting in, it's about getting the 1st down. 100% chance he's at least getting that.

 

[hairic]

This is the picture to debate. There are 9 defenders with their eyes in the backfield at the handoff point. If the DB covering Beasley sees the handoff and drives on it, he'd be in the picture in the OP. Martin is being stood up at the LOS and is losing that gap. Smith is unblocked coming from behind, and there's an unblocked LB who is too late for anything but to help. The result of the play depends on how Murray reacts. Any hesitation at all and it's probably not a first down. If he lowers his head, he would probably at least get a first if not the TD, depending on how effective the DB was.

 

[Gameover]

Princeton should have the cajones to tell Eastern Illinois that they WILL run the ball in that situation. But I fear Arkansas has Priceton's stones in a jar on his desk.

Exactly!

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I wish Demarco would speak up. I think he's earned that right with the way he's played here in Dallas. Seriously, it's about time someone challenged this Romo-Witten-Garrett trio without the fear of being banished like the T.O. clan. I feel a little guilty grouping Witten in there but he's attached at the hip to his BFF and sounds like a broken record in his defense of him.

Garrett yesterday called Romo a "competitor."
We cannot continue on the road to futility with only a competitor. We need a real-deal QB who is nimble, accurate and doesn't make excuses and can say only "WE have to get better."

Oh, and the finger pointing by Romo to the younger receivers needs to stop. Keep it on the sidelines. But maybe Romo needs to blame someone for his "rusty" play.

 

[xwalker]

Wrong. If he was run blocking, and allowing the defender free, he wouldn't had turned back when he got beat.
Bad excuses for the other 100 million $ man who stunk up the joint.

All of the Cowboys' insider types like Broaddus have said the OL was run blocking. Witten was on the radio yesterday and acknowledged that they were run blocking.

 

[50cent]

There's no excuse being made by me. I praise Romo when he does well and I criticize him when he's struggling.

Fact is, Romo regardless of popular belief was very good in the redzone last year. We know what Romo is. You take the bad with the good with him. He's a gunslinger. The things you hate about him is what makes him good. He doesn't have bus driver in his DNA. I get it. I'm not happy about it but its who he is and its why he had 31 TD's and 10 INT's last year.

This is not just a red zone issue boss. This is an overall short yardage obvious run situation issue. Last season vs GB, when he audible out wasn't in the red zone, yet it was an obvious run situation that he unknowingly to others changed it to a pass. I can take the good with the bad, but not the stupid low football IQ with the bad. It's also a mentality problem, STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Wrong college. Eastern Illinois is the one.

That pic makes my blood boil. What did we do to get stuck with this guy?

LOL

Jason "Apologist" Garett: Princeton
Tony "Rusty" Romo: Eastern Illinois.

 

[50cent]

This is the picture to debate. There are 9 defenders with their eyes in the backfield at the handoff point. If the DB covering Beasley sees the handoff and drives on it, he'd be in the picture in the OP. Martin is being stood up at the LOS and is losing that gap. Smith is unblocked coming from behind, and there's an unblocked LB who is too late for anything but to help. The result of the play depends on how Murray reacts. Any hesitation at all and it's probably not a first down. If he lowers his head, he would probably at least get a first if not the TD, depending on how effective the DB was.

Now please explain why coach and QB thought it was a good idea to be in shotgun from the 2? Oh yeah and on 2nd and 1? This is not just a pass vs run issue, but also a schematic formation issue. Shotgun is just as dumb as pass in that situation.

 

[cowboyblue22]

if that would of been 90s cowboys it would of been touch down rush from e smith no timeout no talk no qb coming out of the play to pass the ball would of been td but that's the difference in coachs and players some get it some dont

 

[Cowboys606]

Changed from run to pass another disaster. Things like this why I called him a stat *****.