Interesting fact about Dallas...

[TheSport78]

Since Romo took over as the starting QB in 2006, the Cowboys only have SEVEN game-opening touchdown drives. I found that pretty interesting. We have to get out to a fast start more often. Two of the seven drives were inside the redzone because of turnovers by our defense (@ PHI in 07', BAL in 08'). If we can get some more game-opening TD drives, I think it would set a better tone for the games to come. I don't know but it seems like it takes a quarter and a 1/2 for the Cowboys to get going on offense, to almost find their rhythm. Thoughts?

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

It seems like Romo is a bit of a rhythm passer. It takes a series for him to find a groove and then he's fine.

 

[AdamJT13]

Romo is a notoriously slow starter. His career first-quarter rating is only 68.1 (with only 10 touchdowns and 15 interceptions). His rating is 97.4 in the second quarter, then 107.6 in the third and 107.0 in the fourth. He's the highest-rated active quarterback in the third and fourth quarters.


Here's another Romo stat I just learned today. In the month of November, he is 11-1 with a 119.2 rating, a 69.7 completion percentage, 33 touchdowns and only nine interceptions. He actually lost his first November game (when Mike Vanderjagt's 35-yard field-goal attempt was blocked with 6 seconds left and Kyle Kosier's 15-yard penalty put the Commanders in field-goal range to win 22-19) but has won 11 straight since then. I'm pretty certain his November rating is by far the highest of any quarterback in history for any particular month with more than a handful of games played.

 

[TheSport78]

Romo is a notoriously slow starter. His career first-quarter rating is only 68.1 (with only 10 touchdowns and 15 interceptions). His rating is 97.4 in the second quarter, then 107.6 in the third and 107.0 in the fourth. He's the highest-rated active quarterback in the third and fourth quarters.


Here's another Romo stat I just learned today. In the month of November, he is 11-1 with a 119.2 rating, a 69.7 completion percentage, 33 touchdowns and only nine interceptions. He actually lost his first November game (when Mike Vanderjagt's 35-yard field-goal attempt was blocked with 6 seconds left and Kyle Kosier's 15-yard penalty put the Commanders in field-goal range to win 22-19) but has won 11 straight since then. I'm pretty certain his November rating is by far the highest of any quarterback in history for any particular month with more than a handful of games played.

Wow, those are some wild facts, Adam. I think Romo will always be a "slow starter," but he'll get stronger as the game goes on (proven by your statistics). Maybe we should turn into a "Romo stat" thread.

 

[bbgun]

Kinda unfair to pin that all on him. Any number of players can sabotage an opening drive via fumbles, penalties, crappy blocking, poorly run routes, etc. It's not always the QB.

 

[THUMPER]

Romo is a notoriously slow starter. His career first-quarter rating is only 68.1 (with only 10 touchdowns and 15 interceptions). His rating is 97.4 in the second quarter, then 107.6 in the third and 107.0 in the fourth. He's the highest-rated active quarterback in the third and fourth quarters.


Here's another Romo stat I just learned today. In the month of November, he is 11-1 with a 119.2 rating, a 69.7 completion percentage, 33 touchdowns and only nine interceptions. He actually lost his first November game (when Mike Vanderjagt's 35-yard field-goal attempt was blocked with 6 seconds left and Kyle Kosier's 15-yard penalty put the Commanders in field-goal range to win 22-19) but has won 11 straight since then. I'm pretty certain his November rating is by far the highest of any quarterback in history for any particular month with more than a handful of games played.

Great stats Adam.

Stupid Vanderjerk!

 

[TheSport78]

Kinda unfair to pin that all on him. Any number of players can sabotage an opening drive via fumbles, penalties, crappy blocking, poorly run routes, etc. It's not always the QB.

I agree. Actually going back to 2004, Dallas has only had two game-opening TD drives. I think a lot of it has to do with the opposing team "getting up" for playing the Dallas Cowboys. We'll always get a team's best shot because we're the Cowboys.

 

[AdamJT13]

Maybe we should turn into a "Romo stat" thread.

Here's a few more --

-- We are 22-3 when Romo has a passer rating of at least 92.0. (If you think that's good, the Patriots are 69-1 when Brady has a rating of at least 85.0).

-- Romo has 17 300-yard games in 40 career starts (42.5). The only guy I've found with a percentage of 300-yard games anywhere close to that is Kurt Warner, who actually has a higher percentage at 47.1 (48 out of 102). The vast majority of prolific quarterbacks (Manning, Favre, Marino, etc.) don't even break 30 percent. Marino's record for 300-yard games is only 63, and Favre has only 55. Romo already is tied for 38th all-time after two-and-a-half seasons and could be around 20th-25th by the end of the season.

 

[skinsscalper]

It seems like Romo is a bit of a rhythm passer. It takes a series for him to find a groove and then he's fine.

I was going to say the same thing. It seems Romo needs a bit to find his groove.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Romo does start off slow... See that is the problem come late in the year too, he needs to be able to set the tone earlier in games.

 

[THUMPER]

Romo does start off slow... See that is the problem come late in the year too, he needs to be able to set the tone earlier in games.

I wonder if that was due to him trying to get Owens involved early.

 

[htownboyzfan]

More Romo stats....he is better on the road

He is 13-7 as a starter at home (65%) but is 15-5 (75%) on the road during the regular season.

He is 12-2 (86%) in night games, including 8-0 on the road.

 

[Hostile]

Here's a few more --

-- We are 22-3 when Romo has a passer rating of at least 92.0. (If you think that's good, the Patriots are 69-1 when Brady has a rating of at least 85.0).

-- Romo has 17 300-yard games in 40 career starts (42.5). The only guy I've found with a percentage of 300-yard games anywhere close to that is Kurt Warner, who actually has a higher percentage at 47.1 (48 out of 102). The vast majority of prolific quarterbacks (Manning, Favre, Marino, etc.) don't even break 30 percent. Marino's record for 300-yard games is only 63, and Favre has only 55. Romo already is tied for 38th all-time after two-and-a-half seasons and could be around 20th-25th by the end of the season.

Out of curiosity who was the 1 loss to? If I had to guess, Indy.

 

[poke]

without knowing those stats i knew romo starts slowly.

when he first got the starting job i would watch him at TS and he always
seems a little "too" pumped up at the start of a game.

i thought it would go away as he matures, i still think it might.

 

[sonnyboy]

More Romo stats....he is better on the road

He is 13-7 as a starter at home (65%) but is 15-5 (75%) on the road during the regular season.

He is 12-2 (86%) in night games, including 8-0 on the road.

That's amazing! I new he's been good on the road in prime time, nut off the top of my head I'd have guessed he had at least a couple losses in that spot.

If you think back to 2007, one of the few complaints we had about this team was its slow starts.

I have a idiotic solution to the problem. As I see it, it appears that the 2 min drill really gets Romo going.
He's great at it regardless of how the team's performed up to that point.
And there have been many occasions where his and the whole offenses' play did a 180 at the 2 min drill and carried on into the 2nd half.

Why not let him start the game in a 2 min drill? WTH Start off in a hurry up no huddle and see what happens.

 

[31smackdown]

I've always felt this was a product of the offensive coordinator putting out a lot of different formations early in the games to see what alignments he gets from the defense and then using those against the defense in the second half.

 

[TonyRomo#9]

this is definatly more an indictment of the offensive coordinator, since the first drive is allways scripted. so i would think they need to script some better plays.

 

[AdamJT13]

Out of curiosity who was the 1 loss to? If I had to guess, Indy.

Bingo. On Nov. 7, 2005, the Colts won 40-21, with Manning throwing for 321 yards and three touchdowns and Edgerrin James running for 104 and one TD. Brady went 22-for-33 for 265 yards, three TDs and no interceptions.

 

[AdamJT13]

Here are some December-related Romo stats --

-- As measured by passer rating, he has posted his four worst games and eight of his nine worst games in December. His only pre-December game with a passer rating below 72.8 came in that comeback win against Buffalo in 2007. We did win one other of his worst games, though, beating the Giants on the road in December 2006 despite Romo's 58.1 rating.

-- As measured by completion percentage, he has posted his three worst games and six of his seven worst games in December. The only non-December game of that bunch -- and the only win -- came against Miami in 2007, when he completed only 14 of 29 passes but threw two TD passes and had a 92.0 rating. The other six games were all December losses, and they all were among his nine lowest-rating games mentioned above.

-- As measured by yards per attempt, Romo's seven worst games all came in December. The only win in that bunch -- and the only one of the seven that doesn't fall into both of the two groups mentioned above -- came against Carolina in 2007, when he averaged only 6.12 yards per attempt but went 28-for-42 (66.7 percent) for 257 yards and an 81.2 rating in a 20-13 win.

 

[Iago33]

I agree. Actually going back to 2004, Dallas has only had two game-opening TD drives. I think a lot of it has to do with the opposing team "getting up" for playing the Dallas Cowboys. We'll always get a team's best shot because we're the Cowboys.

I'm glad teams overlooked the Cowboys in the early- to mid-nineties when we scored on many of our first drives.