Is this the new Romo?

[GimmeTheBall!]

I am not bashing Romo. In fact, he played fairly well. The INT was a freak play.

The striking thing was how Romo played: steady, restrained and careful but as if Dez and Austin did not exist.

I don't know if this was the gameplan: to not expose Romo to long passes that might be intercepted. Still, Romo played like a careful QB.

I kinda miss the gunslinger Romo, because this style of play (and through probably no fault of Romo) is boring.

 

[goshan]

I hope not.

 

[shockandroll]

I am not bashing Romo. In fact, he played fairly well. The INT was a freak play.

The striking thing was how Romo played: steady, restrained and careful but as if Dez and Austin did not exist.

I don't know if this was the gameplan: to not expose Romo to long passes that might be intercepted. Still, Romo played like a careful QB.

I kinda miss the gunslinger Romo, because this style of play (and through probably no fault of Romo) is boring.

Watch the game again since you missed it the first time. Romo did not have time for the plays to develop and as always, Garrett kept calling plays that take time to develop.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

I really hope it's not. Romo has to play the old Romo if we wanna rebound and make the playoffs.

 

[Future]

The "new" romo is a product of A) the fact that nobody ever helps him out when he makes mistakes B) he suffers when other guys screw up (Marty on the pick, guys running wrong routes, penalties, etc) C) the media just hammering on him all the time...that has an impact whether we want it to or not D) JG not trusting him and not using his skill set as much as he could...someone mentioned it earlier, Romo is constantly handcuffed by JGs playcalling

I'm not surprised to see a more reserved Tony....and it sucks. This is what we get when we complain about the picks. Big plays are high-risk. Tony no longer wants to take those risks.

 

[iceberg]

I am not bashing Romo. In fact, he played fairly well. The INT was a freak play.

The striking thing was how Romo played: steady, restrained and careful but as if Dez and Austin did not exist.

I don't know if this was the gameplan: to not expose Romo to long passes that might be intercepted. Still, Romo played like a careful QB.

I kinda miss the gunslinger Romo, because this style of play (and through probably no fault of Romo) is boring.

having the ball come to him on a hike like it's wading through molasis AND way to high isn't helping him any.

we've cried out to do something with the OL for ages. now that garrett is working on it, all that "time to gel" is suddenly all romo.

 

[TheCoolFan]

I think he's losing faith in the offensive scheme and the coaching. Obviously the OLine can't give him all day to throw but he's probably disappointed when he gets to the line of scrimmage and he's seeing things that he doesn't know how to solve/audible. Garrett is calling way too many slow developing pass plays (outside of that predictable WR screen that does nothing). Romo is dropping back, doesn't have all day to throw those slow-developing plays and ends up just checking it down underneath. I think Romo knows that this OLine isn't gonna give him the time to go through multiple reads and wait for one of the WRs to get open. The coaches need to give that offense a chance to do something by adjusting. Too much playing checkers when the defense is playing chess.

 

[CowboyManDan]

There's a pattern that I've noticed in Romo over his time as a starter....

We all know he has his bad games. I've noticed that after those games, for several weeks, he plays more conservative. Then when the bad game is far enough away, so that he has gained confidence again, he returns to his old aggressive self.

It seems like it's very hard for Romo to find a consistent middle ground between aggressive and conservative. That to me is his biggest flaw.

 

[Asklesko]

There is no old, new Romo. There's only Romo. This is who he has always been.

 

[JackWagon]

Romos biggest flaw is that he is not Troy Aikman or Roger Staubach

 

[jnday]

IMO Romo has not played like the " old Romo" since the 2009 season. His stats have looked good , but I am always left with the impression of "how did he do it? " cause it sure didn't look like he had that good of a game. I remember a statement that he made a couple of years ago when he mentioned that he was working on being a better pocket passer like Tom Brady. He started scrambling less and less afterwards. IMO he has been on a decline since then.

 

[sonnyboy]

The "new" romo is a product of A) the fact that nobody ever helps him out when he makes mistakes B) he suffers when other guys screw up (Marty on the pick, guys running wrong routes, penalties, etc) C) the media just hammering on him all the time...that has an impact whether we want it to or not D) JG not trusting him and not using his skill set as much as he could...someone mentioned it earlier, Romo is constantly handcuffed by JGs playcalling

I'm not surprised to see a more reserved Tony....and it sucks. This is what we get when we complain about the picks. Big plays are high-risk. Tony no longer wants to take those risks.

I have to say I'm a little dissapointed in Romo/Garrett this morning. You just can't get to half time without scoring. Absolutley unacceptable.

You get to a point in a game where you have to respond on offense. If it means you go for it on 4th down or force a pass you shouldn't, so be it.

If we're down 24-7 getting the 2nd half KO, we're still in the game. We still have a shot.

If Tony throws a pick 6 and the half ends 31-0, what's the difference. IDK its just frustrating. I never anticipated the eagles offense to have half the success they did in the 1st half against our defense.

Not sure what the solution is/will be for our week 16 rematch, but I'd guess it starts with Lee and Carter on the field for 60 plays. We're going to need all the athleticism on the field we can get. Vic scrambling, McCoy's running and all those over the middle routes. If we need to play that cover two shell again, our ILBs' play will be the key.

 

[sonnyboy]

IMO Romo has not played like the " old Romo" since the 2009 season. His stats have looked good , but I am always left with the impression of "how did he do it? " cause it sure didn't look like he had that good of a game. I remember a statement that he made a couple of years ago when he mentioned that he was working on being a better pocket passer like Tom Brady. He started scrambling less and less afterwards. IMO he has been on a decline since then.

Speaking of Romo quotes, I remember him speaking on risk taking when behind in a game. I'm paraphrasing here, but it was along the lines of sure you can take the check downs the defense is dicating you take, but you're going to lose.

 

[nalam]

Watch the game again since you missed it the first time. Romo did not have time for the plays to develop and as always, Garrett kept calling plays that take time to develop.

Hit the nail on head.

Putting your players on a position to succeed with level of opposition , is missing from JG the OC for 5 years. Living in an imaginary world where in the execution will be perfect no matter what the opposition player skill levels ( a 90's hangover) is not helping.

JG needs to get an OC ,who is more flexible and has ingame mgmt experience.

 

[supercowboy8]

this is just it, when Romo is making plays poeple love him until he makes a mistake. Well if your going to try and make plays then your going to make mistakes. It hapens and he gets bashed for it by everyone but me.
I said after all the "bad Romo: games, this is who he is. If he doesn't play the gunslinger making plays QB then he plays that soft careful no big plays this team will not win.
Your QB has to be daring, risky, and willing to make plays and thats what I liked about Romo. I haven't seen that from him since the Lions game, where he made a few mistakes and got bashed big time for them. So I don't blame him for changing I blame the coaches, media and stupid fans that wanted his head for the change in the past two games.

 

[shockandroll]

this is just it, when Romo is making plays poeple love him until he makes a mistake. Well if your going to try and make plays then your going to make mistakes. It hapens and he gets bashed for it by everyone but me.
I said after all the "bad Romo: games, this is who he is. If he doesn't play the gunslinger making plays QB then he plays that soft careful no big plays this team will not win.
Your QB has to be daring, risky, and willing to make plays and thats what I liked about Romo. I haven't seen that from him since the Lions game, where he made a few mistakes and got bashed big time for them. So I don't blame him for changing I blame the coaches, media and stupid fans that wanted his head for the change in the past two games.

I don't bash him either.

 

[ROUSH8692]

Romos biggest flaw is that he is not Troy Aikman or Roger Staubach

Romo's biggest flaw are his "fans"

 

[Deep_South]

I think Tony is going to be fine for years to come. Having played QB in high school, all I can say is it is much harder than it looks, especially if you have no faith in your own line to hold off the defense for even one second, and the hang time of your center's shotgun snaps is one second.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

this is just it, when Romo is making plays poeple love him until he makes a mistake. Well if your going to try and make plays then your going to make mistakes. It hapens and he gets bashed for it by everyone but me.
I said after all the "bad Romo: games, this is who he is. If he doesn't play the gunslinger making plays QB then he plays that soft careful no big plays this team will not win.
Your QB has to be daring, risky, and willing to make plays and thats what I liked about Romo. I haven't seen that from him since the Lions game, where he made a few mistakes and got bashed big time for them. So I don't blame him for changing I blame the coaches, media and stupid fans that wanted his head for the change in the past two games.

+1

He can't win regardless.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Some how I bet this will some how turn into some way of blaming romo for something else. He wasn't careful enough and now he's way to careful. Geez.