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*WARNING* - This is a long post, it covers all of the games he has played this year!
I've seen posts around here stating how bad Romo has been, but has he really been bad this year? Or is that just the perception of unrealistic fans? Well, here's my take of his performance thus far.
Week 1 - NYG - (36/49 263 YDS 2 TDS 1 INT)
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1st half 25/34 188 YDS 1 TD 1 INT ////////////////////////////////// 2nd half *bruised ribs* 11/17 75 YDS 1 TD 0 INT
Romo had a pretty good day to start off the season, though he didn't have an eye popping game it was still good enough to pull out the W. His only interception came near the goal line of the Giants, Terrance Williams ran the wrong route leaving Tony out to dry on this one. Luckily it wasn't a pick 6. We punted the ball 6 times (50%) during the game, and it didn't help that we had a couple penalties and sacks to force those.
Low/High Grade - B-/B
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Week 2 - KC - (30/42 298 1 TD 0 INT)
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1st half *bruised ribs* 14/19 168 YDS 1 TD 0 INT ////////// 2nd half *bruised ribs* 16/23 130 YDS 0 TD 0 INT
Romo had a good game despite playing with bruised ribs. He missed a couple early throws and one in particular would've been a TD, though it still was a 50+ yard gain. As the game progressed Romo's accuracy worsened (missed easy throws), it seemed like his shots wore off and his ribs started acting up again. We punted the ball 4 times (33%), but we had sacks and penalties to help force those. It also didn't help we had 2 crucial fumbles and a crucial drop late in the game that could've potentially been a TD. If Romo is healthy, then chances are we pull this game out.
Low/High Grade - B-/B
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Week 3 - STL - (17/24 210 YDS 3 TDS 0 INT)
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1st half 12/16 112 YDS 1 TD 0 INT ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2nd half 5/8 98 YDS 2 TDs 0 INT
Romo had a stellar game, but he also had a stellar running game to keep the defense on their toes. Romo was very accurate and pretty much threw the ball at will for the whole game. Most likely would've had 4 TDs this game, but Escobar couldn't get his feet down early in the game on a fade route. We looked like an offense this game.
Low/High Grade - A/A+
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Week 4 - SD - (27/37 246 YDS / 2 TDS / 0 INT)
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1st half 10/15 115 YDS 2 TD 0 INT ////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2nd half 11/15 131 YDS 0 TD 0 INT
Romo started slow and was a little off, but it didn't help that SD was creating pressure early on. During the 2nd quarter Romo moved the ball better and put up 21 points, with the help of Sean Lee. We also ended up missing a 56 yard FG which proved fatal in the end. During the 3rd quarter we only had the ball once, and ended up punting. Down by 9 Romo got the ball with 7 minutes to go and drove us down to SD's 7 yard line, with 3 minutes remaining. He then hit Williams on a quick pass, but Williams ended up fumbling on the 1 yard line. Ball game.
Low/High Grade - B/B+
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Week 5 - DEN - (25/36 506 YDS 5 TDS 1 INT)
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1st half 14/19 222 YDS 1 TD 0 INT /////////////////////////////////////////////// 2nd half 11/17 284 YDS / 4 TDS / 1 INT
Romo came out chunking the ball and got us to a 14-0 lead. Sadly it didn't last long as we were down 28 - 17 with 40 seconds remaining in the half. With no timeouts Romo made a pretty pass to Williams for a long gain to set up the FG at the end of the half. After the defense gave up another TD to start the half, Romo came back and connected to Williams on a deep pass for an 82 yard TD. Denver answered with a FG, and then Romo answered it back with a long drive for the TD to Dez. Shortly after, Manning got intercepted and Romo capitalized by hitting Witten 3 times in a row for the TD to take the lead. Denver then tied it back up 41-41 with a FG, but Romo found Dez on a 79 yarder and then hit Beasely for the TD. Then came our defense doing what it does best, we gave up a TD late in the 4th to keep it at 48 even. With 2 minutes left on our 14 (Romo was sacked), Romo tried to hit Escobar but ended up throwing an interception. Ball game, game should've been a blow out in Dallas's favor, but nope.
Low/High Grade - A+/A++
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Week 6 - Wash - (18/30 170 YDS 1 TD 1 INT)
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1st half 12/19 96 YDS 0 TD 1 INT //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2nd half 6/14 74 YDS 1 TD 0 INT
Romo came out moving the chains nicely to set up a Murray TD to start the game. On his second drive of the game he was doing the same thing. He was moving the chains until one of their DE's made a great play by tipping the ball up in the air which caused it to be intercepted. Wasn't really a bad throw, just more of a great defensive play. Next drive T-Fred had a 10 yard penalty which ended up forcing us to punt. After Harris's second long return of the day, Romo avoided pressure on a roll out and threw a dime to Williams for the TD. Might be his best throw of the year, I honestly thought he was throwing it away. On the next drive Romo missed some throws, through the game he had a few errant throws. On Romo's last drive throwing the ball he looked good, he was moving the chains nicely until Williams made it 2nd and 20 with a penalty. Over the next two drives all he did was run the ball to end the game. Overall, it was his worst game of the season up to that point, though he still wasn't terrible.
Low/High Grade - C-/C
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Week 7 - PHI - (28/47 317 YDS 1 TD 2 INTS)
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1st half 11/23 160 YDS 0 TD 1 int /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2nd half 17/24 157 YDS 1 TD 1 INT
This game our whole offense was sluggish, more so then normal, it basically turned out to be a punt fest (18 punts combined). We had crucial penalties and sacks which led to a high amount of punts. Romo wasn't as bad as the box score would indicate, though he wasn't great either. Dez let a 50 yard TD pass go right through his hands for an interception. Also, Tanner ran the wrong route causing Romo's 2nd interception, which pretty much summed up our offense that game. We looked sluggish, had a high amount of penalties, sacks on key downs, and we also had a couple of drops.
Low/High Grade - C/C+
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Week 8 - DET - (14/30 206 YDS 3 TD 0 INT)
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1st half 8/17 66 YDS 1 TD 0 INT /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2nd half 6/13 140 YDS 2 TD 0 INT
Here's a statistic to chew on before we talk about this game, Romo was pressured on 47% of his pass attempts, the most in his career since 2009 (according to PFF). For comparison sake, Stafford was pressured on 27% of his pass attempts. Romo had a good game, especially considering the cards he was dealt. For the majority of the game his offensive line was getting whooped around, especially during the first half. When Romo had pass protection, he was easily the best QB on the field, in which he was 11 of 16 for 190 yds, 3 td, 0 int, and a 148.4 rating. There was a couple times where his WRs bailed him out with great plays, but there were also times in which they dropped easy balls (Williams was the main one). Overall, despite dealing with pressure on half of his throws, he still had a good game in which we should've won.
Low/High Grade - B/B+
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Week 9 - MIN - (34-51 337 YDS 2 TDS 1 INT)
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1st half 13/20 120 YDS 0 TD 0 INT /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2nd half 21/31 217 2 TDS 1 INT
Romo had a good game, though the 6 or 7 drops didn't help one bit. He had some balls sail on him or just completely off the mark, but that's to be expected when you throw the ball 51 times. For the most part though, his accuracy was on and he was able to give his WRs a chance to make a play. Romo had a couple drives ended because of sacks, but overall his pass protection was good. Although Romo had a good game, he almost put the dagger himself in the Cowboy's back. Down 23-20 with 5 minutes left on the clock, Romo had a chance to once again settle the "choker" label, so what does he do? Come 3rd and 9 he tries to force a tight ball to Williams, who gets his route jumped by a DB and the inevitable interception occurs. Luckily for us and Romo our defense forced a 3 and out to give #9 a second chance. He didn't waste it either, he put together a drive from our 10 completing 7/9 passes and throwing the go ahead TD pass to Harris. He was spreading the ball wonderfully on that drive, he even decided to give a pass to the ref, though the ref didn't exactly catch it .... Overall, Romo had a good game and conducted a 90 yard GW drive, can't ask for more then that.
Low/High Grade - B+/A-
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Week 10 - NO - (10/24 128 YDS 1 TD 0 INT)
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1st half 3/9 20 YDS 0 TD 0 INT ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2nd half 7/15 108 YDS 1 TD 0 INT
I'm not going to lie, I missed a lot of this game, so I'm just going to go over what I did see. Romo was inaccurate for the majority of the game I watched, and we also killed ourselves with stupid penalties. I seen Witten had another drop, and also Romo over threw Dez for a wide open TD. I seen a couple things I did like though, but there wasn't much. I liked how we kicked the onside kick to at least attempt to catch back up, even though we just went 3 and out. I also liked the play where Romo swapped Dez and Beasely which led to our biggest gain of the night, we need to see more of that in our offense. Overall, I watched sporadically, but the parts I did watch was a complete mess. It was easily Romo's worse game of the year, at least the parts I saw, though it seemed like he played a little better in the 2nd half. Sadly I can't say anything different for our team as a whole either, everyone looked horrible except Harris (special teams). This is the type of game you burn the game film and never speak of again, it never happened.
Low/High Grade - F/D-
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Overall he has played very good this season, though he has had a couple off games. I view it as he's had 3 GREAT games (DEN,STL,MIN), 2 VERY GOOD games (SD, DET), 2 GOOD games (NYG, KC), 2 OK games (WAS, PHI), and 1 BAD game (NO).
Low/High Season Grade (thus far) - B/B+
So what do you guys think? Am I way off base here on my assessment of Romo's play this far into the season? I've seen many people post that Romo hasn't been that good this season, but I think they're over reacting just like usual. The dude has still played like a top QB in NFL, even if he is having a "bad" year. In reality, there's only 5-6 QBs who are playing at the same level he is this year. Enjoy it while it last, because he's not always going to be here.
