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Originally Posted by JackMagist
What you fail to mention is that those dumpoffs that you speak so disparagingly of were the 2nd and 3rd reads in his progressions. Which means that he was not dwelling on any primary receiver and holding the ball too long as Bledsoe is notorious for doing. His receivers have to get open down the field before he can throw it to them there. BTW those throws to the sideline 10 to 15 yards down the field are not easy throws. It takes a good arm to get the ball there as quickly as he was getting it there.
I'm not sure why you even bring Quincy into the discussion. Quincy was a decent QB if he could stand in the pocket his biggest problem was that he would panic and throw into traffic EVERY time he was flushed. That and he also could not make the reads anywhere near as fast as Romo does or he would not have been flushed as often. Quincy is about as irrelevant as you can get in this discussion.
For the record I am not advocating replacing Bledsoe with Romo just yet. Bledsoe played well last year and he is a good QB with one of the great arms ever. But Bledsoe does have his drawbacks in being immobile and holding the ball too long waiting on some particular receiver to clear. He needs to do more of the very thing you condemn Romo for doing...find that dumpoff guy and get some positive yards instead of taking the sack.
BTW You know you really lose credibility when you start quoting Randy Galloway on anything.
Dumpoffs are good and bad, it depends. For Bledsoe, I would agree he needs more of it. He holds on too long for the medium and long throws. But for QC (and yes any QB can be used as a comparison in a discussion and can be relevent) who could not read defenses and dump balls off fast because he "read" reciever 1, 2, and 3 so fast that he didn't give the play a chance nor "read" at all. (BP only had QC read half the field). Romo is using the full playbook and reading the whole field. He is probably reading his progressions which lead to the dump offs, but we don't know that for sure. Only the coach does. He maybe reading them too quick and not giving the play a chance. I hope not, but until a young QB proves himself making all the throws in a real NFL game then the too many dumps are classic rookie running to the safe bet too fast many times.
And I compliment Romo on those back shoulder streaks 15 yard throws. But those throws were about his throwing ability (which is not questioned as good enough). He made no read to decide to throw there. For a rookie, throw lots of go routes, dumps, slants, and outs...little if any reading.
And I don't care what idiot said it..."Trust in Big Bill Except QBs" has proven true so far.
The rest of the team is poised for the Superbowl. But the QBs are questionable. Let Jake Delhomme go, ruined Henson's confidence and throwing motion, hasn't got Romo any trash playing time for 3 years, not drafted a QB, etc...
