Is this the Romo all his detractors have wanted all these years?

[CowboyStar88]

Where does he rank in yards and passes over 20 yards? And where does that rank in years past?

 

[Super_Kazuya]

Where does he rank in yards and passes over 20 yards? And where does that rank in years past?

I'm sure it's down, but I'll check. While I'm doing that, somebody check how many turnovers he had through 4 games last year...

 

[links18]

Romo is not the problem, but the QB we have out there right now is not really Romo. Its a guy who has been coached to protect the ball at all costs and play it safe. Its Brad Johnson with a little bit of flash now and again The result: 14 points.

Its true that his receiver haven't been helping him out and we have no run game, but this doesn't look like Romo out there.

 

[aikemirv]

right...except that he is in TDs, completion % and passer rating with a low in INTs.

Yards per attempt is one of the biggest performance measure of a QB and is one of the most telling factors of whether you win or lose. You can pass 60 times at 5 yards per attempt and you will probably lose. All these checkdowns are telling. Cowboys score when we make big plays.We are not consistent enough to make long drives.We will have a penalty somewhere or someone will do something stupid. (Dex drop, T WIlliams fumble - just for example for yesterday)

The reason we have won over the years is because of Romo and his ability to convert big plays. We are not good enough on defense to win with 20 points. We need 30 to consistently win. We can't cover and the only chance we have on defense is when we get to the QB.

His performance is not bad at all, it is just not enough for this defense!

 

[CowboyStar88]

I'm sure it's down, but I'll check. While I'm doing that, somebody check how many turnovers he had through 4 games last year...

The only reason I ask is because we are not seeing the explosive passes like we use to see at all. We really see a slow lumbering offense and a QB who looks kinda slow IMO. This isn't romo

 

[Redball Express]

Most people want more than 14 points.

Exactly.

It's all about the points.

Romo and his offense has declined eversince Parcells departed and the rest of that staff departed..the Sean Paytons and the rest.

Those guys were brought in to succeed Parcells and it never happened.

Jerry Jones decided early on Jason Garrett was going to be the next HC and that was the end of the line.

Shortly after that, Parcells thru up his hands and we have what we have now.
Mediocrity.

I've said this in other threads..

Jason Garrett is the new Dave Campo.

It isn't working, not going to work and until we get a coach with full authority to build the team, coaching staff and scouting department as he wants..

..forget any winning in the near future.

It's been that way now for decades folks.

The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over thinking outcomes will change.

Hello.

We are repeating our past with an owner who doesn't see it.

He's getting to be like Al Davis.

 

[Nexx]

Romo is not the problem. Haters are just blind with their hate. He was 27-37 and 2 TD's (with 4 dropped passes). He got the ball rarely in the second half and in the first half, drives were killed by dropped passes and penalties. Watch the game before you make such a ridiculous comment.

amen to this. i seriously think some people just want to blame romo for everything. i mean did you not watch the game? chargers offense controlled the ball majority of the second half cause of defense couldnt stop them.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Romo needs to start getting the ball downfield...QB rating is nice and all but if you're not making first downs it doean't matter.

Take a read:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/blue-st...son-an-Illusion-Through-Week-4-225792191.html

 

[dupree89]

Yea, Romo let some CZ posters dictate the playcalling

Thank you. I was going to post the same thing. The original poster madkes it sound like our "wants" are what has changed Romo. Gimme a break.

 

[noshame]

I think he has lost the ability to throw the ball deep consistently and with precision. That doesn't mean we still can't win with him playing the way he is.

This to the 9th degree.

 

[noshame]

Romo needs to start getting the ball downfield...QB rating is nice and all but if you're not making first downs it doean't matter.

Take a read:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/blue-st...son-an-Illusion-Through-Week-4-225792191.html

I was hoping somebody would begin to notice.

 

[Clove]

It is not Romo, it is the schemes and execution and lack of creativity. That falls on Callahan and Garrett. I seriously doubt that Romo is tentative due to media scrutiny, it is more likely due to the poor offensive gameplans installed limiting what he can and can not do.

The problem is, it's always some excuse. Romo lovers are begging for the receivers to suck, the offensive line to suck, anything else to suck so they can have something to blame Romo's lack of winning on. 14 points. Romo will blow out some scrub teams here and there, and occasionally win a game he shouldn't against a great opponent. But if you look over his history, he just can't string together victories. And now, he's a bus driver.

A 100 million dollar bus driver. I wonder how much it would cost to use our back up bus driver? Romo holds to ball as if he has 10 minutes to scan the field. His pocket awareness is getting bad, he used to get out of all those pressure situations and now he can't even do that. He's taking ridiculous sacks that he doesn't have to take. One play, he went down way before the defender got there. 2 years ago, he would've moved out of that situation and hit a receiver. The old Romo was a stat machine and not a winner, but the New Romo is an aging bus driver with the occasional great game.

 

[Vanilla2]

Any thought that maybe the defenses are playing it safe and making dallas nickel and dime their way down the field.

It's on the RB/WR/TE to make a play out of those dump offs to maybe get the D to switch it up.

Break a damn tackle somebody.

Right now opposing teams know that Dallas will eventually shoot themselves in the foot.

 

[noshame]

More bad news, they have shown Witten with his standard push off on highlights for 2 weeks now, expect offensive pass interference to raise it's ugly head soon, then Witten is in trouble. In case you've noticed he's not getting a lot of separation these days.

 

[Tabascocat]

The problem is, it's always some excuse. Romo lovers are begging for the receivers to suck, the offensive line to suck, anything else to suck so they can have something to blame Romo's lack of winning on. 14 points. Romo will blow out some scrub teams here and there, and occasionally win a game he shouldn't against a great opponent. But if you look over his history, he just can't string together victories. And now, he's a bus driver.

A 100 million dollar bus driver. I wonder how much it would cost to use our back up bus driver? Romo holds to ball as if he has 10 minutes to scan the field. His pocket awareness is getting bad, he used to get out of all those pressure situations and now he can't even do that. He's taking ridiculous sacks that he doesn't have to take. One play, he went down way before the defender got there. 2 years ago, he would've moved out of that situation and hit a receiver. The old Romo was a stat machine and not a winner, but the New Romo is an aging bus driver with the occasional great game.

I see your points and agree to an extent. I am not a Romo lover or hater, but am glad to have him since going through the bad QB's this team has had since Troy. Romo is the best we have had since then. He may not be able to take this team over the hump or perhaps he can, I don't know. But what I do know, IMO, is this team will not win a SB under the combination of Romo/Garrett. One of them has to go and it will not be Tony now, so that leaves Garrett. Garrett's scheme and Romo is equivalent to oil and water, they do not mix. I would bet good money that other coaches could go all the way with Romo, whether it was three years ago or three from now. NO, SF, NE, SEA and GB comes to mind. Romo is not used properly for this team. I do agree Tony has his faults that need to be ironed out.

 

[SDCowboy]

Yards per attempt is one of the biggest performance measure of a QB and is one of the most telling factors of whether you win or lose

You must think Peyton isn't performing then. He is averaging .4 yards more per attempt than Romo and has been dinking and dunking all season. The difference is the plays for Denver are designed to get YAC.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Nobody asked for this. He's a gunslinger. Not a bus driver. His gunslinging mentality is why Romo is Romo. Nobody wants a dink and dunk quarterback. Especially in a offense that can't score. You can't score in the redzone and your not taking chances deep? That's a good way to average 14 points a game.

 

[Hoofbite]

Romo needs to start getting the ball downfield...QB rating is nice and all but if you're not making first downs it doean't matter.

Take a read:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/blue-st...son-an-Illusion-Through-Week-4-225792191.html

Geno Smith has 8.0 YPA......4 TDS, 8 INTs. Mike Vick is 2nd behind Manning.

Tom Brady is towards the bottom of the league.

Looking at only 1 stat is almost always going to leave you with an incomplete picture.

Romo's body of work thus far has been more than good enough to win. Anyone care to guess the last time he had 8 TDs through the first 4 games of the season? 2008. He's never had fewer INTs up to this point.

I'm sorry but anyone who has a problem with the way Romo is playing is just looking for any sort of excuse they can find.

 

[Hoofbite]

You must think Peyton isn't performing then. He is averaging .4 yards more per attempt than Romo and has been dinking and dunking all season. The difference is the plays for Denver are designed to get YAC.

Of course they are. They don't pin guys up against the sideline the way Dallas does with Dez.

Those guys are running all over the field.

 

[Ender]

8-8 at best with this Romo.

We were 8-8 with the other Romo also. I use to be a big Romo defender because at one point he was that good. Old age and taking a beating behind an awful O-line for years neutered Romo, not what fans or critics say. A lot of people would call me a Romo hater, but I'm not, I use to love the guy and I hope the offense can start producing at the levels it had in the past but I haven't seen it so far this season. Even against the Rams i thought a good offense would have scored 40+ on them.

I watch other great QB's play and I havent seen Romo make some of the spectacular throws they make in a while. Like i said previously i think he's closer to Alex Smith than a Drew Brees. Alex Smith is 4-0 and lost 3 games over the last two years so obviously its still good enough to win football games. But Alex Smith also has had a consistently good to great D and running game over the last two years something the Cowboys definitely don't have right now. The Defense can be good, but it has to be consistent.

Its should be obvious that its an organizational issue more than anything at this point.