How do you defend Tony Romo?

[percyhoward]

AFC Leaders QB Rating, Shotgun
(1.5625 Att/Game)

Rank Name Team Games Rating
1 Philip Rivers SD 10 107.3
2 Peyton Manning IND 10 95.5
3 Tom Brady NE 10 91.4
4 Damon Huard KC 9 89.5
5 Chad Pennington NYJ 10 86.7
6 J.P. Losman BUF 10 81.5
7 Daunte Culpepper MIA 4 80.7
8 Steve McNair BAL 10 76.2
9 Joey Harrington MIA 7 75.3
10 David Garrard JAC 5 73.9
11 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 9 73.6
12 Jake Plummer DEN 11 72.4
13 Byron Leftwich JAC 6 70.9
14 Andrew Walter OAK 10 68.8
15 Vince Young TEN 9 67.5
16 Carson Palmer CIN 10 65.6
17 Charlie Frye CLE 10 64.3



NFC Leaders QB Rating, Shotgun
(1.5625 Att/Game)

Rank Name Team Games Rating
1 Drew Brees NO 10 104.3
2 Tony Romo DAL 11 97
3 Marc Bulger STL 10 93.9
4 Mark Brunell WAS 9 92
5 Eli Manning NYG 10 80.7
6 Brett Favre GB 10 80.6
7 Brad Johnson MIN 10 79.5
8 Jeff Garcia PHI 2 78.6
9 Donovan McNabb PHI 10 75.4
10 Jon Kitna DET 11 72.5
11 Alex Smith SF 10 69.8
12 Michael Vick ATL 10 66.6
13 Matt Leinart ARI 7 61.3
14 Jake Delhomme CAR 10 59.4

Great info there.

Please post a link.

If not, how about red zone rankings? 3rd and long rankings?

 

[theogt]

without D&D you really cant say this is the way u stop him!!! because with BP first u have to stop JuJo and force 3rd and long... and even then that doesnt work!!! the Boys probally convert 3rd and 7+ better than anyone in the NFL the past month!

But if I had Romo and the Boys on 3rd and long I would rush 4 and spy! Romo security blanket is he knows he can run/create... I would take that comfort level away or at least let him know we have a game plan for his "Elways".

I sure hope they waste a LB spying Romo. He's only ran 3 times during 3rd down attempts of more than 6 yards. Taking away a defender over the middle guarantees a Witten first down.

 

[Gryphon]

Great info there.

Please post a link.

If not, how about red zone rankings? 3rd and long rankings?

http://sports.iwon.com/nfl/stats.html

 

[Gryphon]

Great info there.

Please post a link.

3rd and long rankings?[/QUOTE]

AFC Leaders %First Downs, Pass on 3rd Down
(3.125 Att/Game)

Rank Name Team Games Pct 1st Att
1 Peyton Manning IND 10 55.6 55 99
2 Philip Rivers SD 10 52.9 46 87
3 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 9 50 43 86
4 Chad Pennington NYJ 10 47.7 42 88
5 David Carr HOU 10 43.5 30 69
6 Tom Brady NE 10 42.4 36 85
7 Steve McNair BAL 10 42.1 45 107
8 Andrew Walter OAK 10 41.7 30 72
9 Joey Harrington MIA 7 41.2 35 85
10 Damon Huard KC 9 39.2 31 79
11 David Garrard JAC 5 38.9 14 36
12 Charlie Frye CLE 10 37.9 33 87
13 Jake Plummer DEN 11 36.5 35 96
14 Daunte Culpepper MIA 4 34.9 15 43
15 Carson Palmer CIN 10 34.7 33 95
16 Byron Leftwich JAC 6 31.7 19 60
17 Vince Young TEN 9 29.7 19 64
18 J.P. Losman BUF 10 28.8 21 73



NFC Leaders %First Downs, Pass on 3rd Down
(3.125 Att/Game)

Rank Name Team Games Pct 1st Att
1 Tony Romo DAL 11 59.6 28 47
2 Drew Brees NO 10 51.4 56 109
3 Matt Hasselbeck SEA 6 48.9 23 47
4 Drew Bledsoe DAL 6 45.6 26 57
5 Kurt Warner ARI 4 45.5 15 33
6 Brett Favre GB 10 41.3 45 109
T-7 Marc Bulger STL 10 40.2 41 102
T-7 Rex Grossman CHI 10 40.2 41 102
9 Donovan McNabb PHI 10 38.9 28 72
10 Eli Manning NYG 10 36 32 89
11 Matt Leinart ARI 7 35.8 24 67
12 Mark Brunell WAS 9 35.7 30 84
13 Michael Vick ATL 10 34.8 31 89
14 Alex Smith SF 10 33.8 26 77
15 Jon Kitna DET 11 32.6 31 95
16 Brad Johnson MIN 10 32.4 35 108
17 Jake Delhomme CAR 10 31.4 27 86
18 Seneca Wallace SEA 6 27.3 9 33
19 Bruce Gradkowski TB 10 27.2 22 81

 

[Gryphon]

Great info there.

If not, how about red zone rankings?

AFC Leaders QB Rating, In Opp 20
(1.5625 Att/Game)

Rank Name Team Games Rating
1 Philip Rivers SD 10 117.9
2 J.P. Losman BUF 10 108.8
3 Jake Plummer DEN 11 104.7
4 Tom Brady NE 10 104.2
5 Damon Huard KC 9 101.5
6 Carson Palmer CIN 10 94.6
7 David Carr HOU 10 94.4
8 Vince Young TEN 9 93.9
9 Peyton Manning IND 10 87
10 Joey Harrington MIA 7 84.6
11 Steve McNair BAL 10 81
12 Charlie Frye CLE 10 80.4
13 Andrew Walter OAK 10 60.4
14 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 9 58.6
15 Chad Pennington NYJ 10 54.3



NFC Leaders QB Rating, In Opp 20
(1.5625 Att/Game)

Rank Name Team Games Rating
1 Marc Bulger STL 10 105.1
2 Alex Smith SF 10 103.8
3 Tony Romo DAL 11 100.3
4 Bruce Gradkowski TB 10 99.8
5 Eli Manning NYG 10 99.1
6 Matt Hasselbeck SEA 6 97.9
7 Mark Brunell WAS 9 94.5
8 Rex Grossman CHI 10 93.2
9 Donovan McNabb PHI 10 82.8
10 Jon Kitna DET 11 80
11 Jake Delhomme CAR 10 78.1
12 Michael Vick ATL 10 74.4
13 Brett Favre GB 10 72
14 Drew Brees NO 10 66.2
15 Brad Johnson MIN 10 52.2
16 Drew Bledsoe DAL 6 46.3

 

[Gryphon]

Redzone Inside OPP 10 yardline

AFC Leaders QB Rating, In Opp 10
(.625 Att/Game)

Rank Name Team Games Rating
1 Philip Rivers SD 10 117.1
2 Carson Palmer CIN 10 114.8
3 Jake Plummer DEN 11 105.4
4 J.P. Losman BUF 10 101.8
5 Tom Brady NE 10 95.8
6 Damon Huard KC 9 93.1
7 David Carr HOU 10 91.2
8 Byron Leftwich JAC 6 89.9
9 Peyton Manning IND 10 77.5
10 Steve McNair BAL 10 73.8
11 Joey Harrington MIA 7 68.4
12 Charlie Frye CLE 10 56.3
13 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 9 52.5
14 Chad Pennington NYJ 10 50.3
15 Daunte Culpepper MIA 4 39.6



NFC Leaders QB Rating, In Opp 10
(.625 Att/Game)

Rank Name Team Games Rating
1 Eli Manning NYG 10 122.3
2 Tony Romo DAL 11 116.7
3 Jon Kitna DET 11 104.2
4 Alex Smith SF 10 98.3
5 Rex Grossman CHI 10 98
6 Seneca Wallace SEA 6 95.8
7 Marc Bulger STL 10 90.3
8 Jake Delhomme CAR 10 86.2
T-9 Mark Brunell WAS 9 79.2
T-9 Matt Hasselbeck SEA 6 79.2
11 Donovan McNabb PHI 10 66.1
12 Michael Vick ATL 10 59.7
13 Brett Favre GB 10 47.9
14 Drew Brees NO 10 41.3
15 Brad Johnson MIN 10 39.8
16 Drew Bledsoe DAL 6 39.6
17 Chris Simms TB 3 33.3

 

[theogt]

Here's an interesting ranking among NFC WRs only, Patrick Crayton ranks #1 in percentage passes caught per attempt. Glenn ranks #4 in that group.

 

[Dale]

I think the point about him being a slow starter is accurate. I'd contend he doesn't need 10 passes to get into a comfort zone, but more or less 5. It seems like he always starts 3 for 6 or 2 for 5 and then will throw just a few more incompletions the rest of the way.

 

[dogunwo]

Comments by Dllsduhon from another forum:

The biggest question in the NFL right now. You know that Tom Coughlin is trying to figure it out, and Lovie Smith has to be at least thinking about it, just in case.

Here are three things I've noticed.

1. Get a hand on him. Tony has looked very good under pressure so far, but he has a nasty habit of putting the ball up for grabs when a defender is bringing him down, trying to avoid a sack.

2. Force him to his left. Tony is very good in the pocket, particulary out of the shotgun, and devastating when he rolls out to his right, but like most right handers, looks a little less comfortable going to his left. The interception that was called back on a holding penalty against Indy was on a rollout to his left, and being on that side limits the places he can go with the ball, which is why he doesn't do it as much. If I'm an opposing DC, I want Tony out of the pocket and moving to his weakside, hopefully into the arms of my best pass rusher, the one that normally lines up on that side.

3. Get to him early. This is the big one. If Tony has one weakness, and it might only be one, it's that he's a slow starter. As a starter, he has three turnovers and has been sacked five times. All three of the turnovers (two picks and a fumble) were in the first quarter, as well as three of his sacks. He only has one first quarter touchdown pass in five starts (he has at least three in every other quarter), and his passer rating is a very sub-par 63.9. Compare that to his utterly absurd ratings in the second (128.8), third (128.5), and fourth (109.6) quarters, and it leads you to the conclusion that it takes about seven to ten passes for him to get into a rhythm. A good example was the Tampa game, where he had TO and TG both for sure touchdowns down the right sideline, but threw short and inside both times, rather than putting it in front of them. Later in the game he hit Patrick Crayton and TG in stride on the exact same kind of route.

You cannot defend Tony Romo. His style is impetuous. He defense is unpregnable.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Have Jessica break his heart is the only thing I can come up with.

 

[jackrussell]

Years back when asked "how do you defend this West Coast offense?" Tom Landry replied to the effect that "while an offense can get a jump on the defense, given time, the defense will figure it out, and then it gets copied by others."

I'm guessing sooner, rather than later, someone will have at least a viable answer. And I'm putting my money on Sean Peyton in a few weeks.

 

[stag hunter]

What is Romo's rating with 3 receivers?

you need to change that signature

 

[superpunk]

You cannot defend Tony Romo. His style is impetuous. He defense is unpregnable.

Does he want to eat Tim Lewis' children?

 

[percyhoward]

Thanks for the link, Gryphon.

Now here's a little ditty that I never seem to get tired of:

Passes Thrown Away Intentionally (2006)
Bledsoe 12
Romo 1

And they've each played exactly 5 and 1/2 games.

 

[The30YardSlant]

1. Get a hand on him. Tony has looked very good under pressure so far, but he has a nasty habit of putting the ball up for grabs when a defender is bringing him down, trying to avoid a sack.

*Speaking of every QB at any level in the history of football*

 

[theogt]

Thanks for the link, Gryphon.

Now here's a little ditty that I never seem to get tired of:

Passes Thrown Away Intentionally (2006)
Bledsoe 12
Romo 1

And they've each played exactly 5 and 1/2 games.

Those stats are a little off. I can think of 3 passes thrown away intentionally by Romo right now.

 

[TruBlueCowboy]

The "get your hands up" comment is a good one because he is careless with the ball sometimes but I think all coaches train their players to do that. I think if I was a DC, I'd challenge him to beat me deep. Seems like many of his bad passes, even when he's had time, were deep. I'd challenge that arm, cover the gimme stuff that his quick release and smart wits seem to excel at in short yardage, and force him to throw it deep. Course, that's sort of what I thought Tampa would do with their cover 2. Romo is quickly becoming one of those QBs you have to defend with flawless execution. They're throwing out their strategies, start with the Commanders game when they blitzed the hell out of him to see if he was ready, but he's not flinching.

 

[TruBlueCowboy]

Years back when asked "how do you defend this West Coast offense?" Tom Landry replied to the effect that "while an offense can get a jump on the defense, given time, the defense will figure it out, and then it gets copied by others."

I'm guessing sooner, rather than later, someone will have at least a viable answer. And I'm putting my money on Sean Peyton in a few weeks.

Yup... that's the game I fear the most on our remaining schedule. Petyon never got his props in Dallas. Smart man, especially with the offense. If anyone knows what works best against Romo, it will be the guy who encouraged the Boys to draft him, along with his coaching staff, some of who have worked with or against Romo a few years.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I would try take away the quick slants

the quick slants are the ones Ds are allowing in order to contain Glenn and TO from hurting them deep

 

[Zaxor]

You cannot defend Tony Romo. His style is impetuous. He defense is unpregnable.

so there won't be any Romo babies?:laugh2: