Is Tony the reason play calls have seemed boring and ineffective?

[DFWJC]

I think there are something Dallas will run with Dak in the lineup that they will not risk with Romo. Tony is not running QB sneak, he is not running the bootleg with a real option of running after all Romo has 5 rushing TD in his career Dak has 3 in 5 games.

of course

This was more about shaking up their fixed thought process.
I think if dak gets another 10 or so yards he'll already have more rushing yards than Romo did in all of 2014. lol

 

[Kevinicus]

Disagree.

We have added a lot of wrinkles here lately.

Bears game we were using pick plays.

49ers game we ran the screen to Beasley that got 45 yards to seal the game.

The roll outs, play action game, zone reads, and a screen game for the first time I can remember.


This is just off the top of my head.

Right now we are keeping teams honest and we have the defense thinking we are going sideways and just when they think that we hit them up the middle for a 60 yard Zeke TD.


It's less relying on sandlot/out athlete football and more about keeping the defense guessing.

Game 1 against the Giants.. They cheated with 8 & 9 in the box all day and we just let them. Not anymore.

Basically, after last year's embarrassment and Jerry's criticism, Garret & co. have decided to actually put some effort and planning into working to make things easier for their players instead of making Romo figure it out on the fly?

 

[65fastback2plus2]

This thread makes me want to punch myself in the face as hard as I can.

 

[Craig]

Winning is exciting. This playcalling is not. Short pass short pass run short pas run run run is boring as hell. 31 fan bases are bored by it. We are not
Because the cowboys are winning.

 

[Doomsday101]

Winning is exciting. This playcalling is not. Short pass short pass run short pas run run run is boring as hell. 31 fan bases are bored by it. We are not
Because the cowboys are winning.

NE has made a living off of it. Your right winning is exciting. Playing sound and smart football will win games.

 

[camelboy]

Apparently and unfortunately .... Yes

 

[Section446]

I've been saying it for years, he's been holding this offense back for far too long.

 

[Plankton]

This thread makes me want to punch myself in the face as hard as I can.

 

[Idgit]

I have to admit, I loll'ed, twice. And I never lol.

 

[jamesdojr]

Bingo. Exactly my point. They are going everywhere. Running back screens. Passes out the back field, WR screens, roll outs... If you have eyes, you see the difference in play calling. If tony changed the plays like everyone says, and dak runs the plays called as a rookie should, is tony over thinking and changing plays too often? I think its a very big possibility.

Disagree.

We have added a lot of wrinkles here lately.

Bears game we were using pick plays.

49ers game we ran the screen to Beasley that got 45 yards to seal the game.

The roll outs, play action game, zone reads, and a screen game for the first time I can remember.


This is just off the top of my head.

Right now we are keeping teams honest and we have the defense thinking we are going sideways and just when they think that we hit them up the middle for a 60 yard Zeke TD.


It's less relying on sandlot/out athlete football and more about keeping the defense guessing.

Game 1 against the Giants.. They cheated with 8 & 9 in the box all day and we just let them. Not anymore.

 

[jamesdojr]

I agree.

I think the problem is Romo is very predictable
and he will change the play to something he likes.

Which falls into a pattern other teams can decode.

With DAK, for the most part..we are seeing Linehan's offense unfiltered.

 

[jamesdojr]

I asked a question. I was thinking about it and wanted to get other thoughts. Please explain the problem you have, "intelligently"!

It's either an elaborate troll job, or he legitimately has an unhealthy obsession with Tony Romo. Look at his post history. It's bizarre.

 

[links18]

This thread makes me want to punch myself in the face as hard as I can.

It makes me want to punch something alright, but its not myself.

 

[links18]

This forum is getting to the point where I'm almost sick of being on here. Every thread we see people trashing Romo and it's getting pathetic. We're 4-1 and yet all we see on here is how Dak is God and Romo is suddenly one of the worst quarterbacks in the league. SMH, it's getting bad here.

Its getting ugly and embarrassing on the board.

 

[ConceptCoop]

Banned. Smh. Gotta be kidding me.

What team do we think he actually likes? Skins, Giants or Eagles?

 

[Redball Express]

Basically, after last year's embarrassment and Jerry's criticism, Garret & co. have decided to actually put some effort and planning into working to make things easier for their players instead of making Romo figure it out on the fly?

I think it goes further than that.

If you stop and think about the apparent difference we see between the offenses..

it's easy to see what is going on.

If the team is given in the huddle the play..

by the time they get to the line of scrimmage the QB looks to see the defense and either snaps the ball or audibles.

The players are thinking about how to execute the play and looking for their opposite man to play against.

Now if it's good to go..the ball is snapped.

Under Romo..he gets to the LOS and starts calling a new play and he's running the snap down to the last couple of seconds..

Suddenly, all of the players have to get the new play,

Rethink their assignment which maybe a completely different action..

and then go.

If you are doing all these mental gymnastics plus actually doing it..

all in a matter of mere moments..

does this take away from your execution?

Is it better to let the players just focus on the call and fire out.

Or make them have this moment of hesitation..?

I'd rather just snap the ball as called because I have set my energy to the play..

not thinking and processing the moment.

This is what I am seeing as a spectator.

I like what Linehan and DAK is doing vs. what Linehan and Romo does.

 

[ConstantReboot]

1014 wasn't sandlot either. It didn't have to be with a legitimate running game. Romo can hit more plays downfield. Dak is afraid to try. There were receivers free downfield, but he doesn't look that way much.

Eventually, Dak will see those plays, too.

I disagree. We threw quite a bit deep against the Giants. In all honesty we really don't need to throw deep if were able to just ground and pound.

 

[Proximo]

I asked a question. I was thinking about it and wanted to get other thoughts. Please explain the problem you have, "intelligently"!

Bro, I wasn't referring to you. Both me and the poster I was quoting were referring to the new guy who literally only posts about Tony Romo. Goes into every thread, and makes ridiculous statements about Romo to get attention.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Disagree.

We have added a lot of wrinkles here lately.

Bears game we were using pick plays.

49ers game we ran the screen to Beasley that got 45 yards to seal the game.

The roll outs, play action game, zone reads, and a screen game for the first time I can remember.


This is just off the top of my head.

Right now we are keeping teams honest and we have the defense thinking we are going sideways and just when they think that we hit them up the middle for a 60 yard Zeke TD.


It's less relying on sandlot/out athlete football and more about keeping the defense guessing.

Game 1 against the Giants.. They cheated with 8 & 9 in the box all day and we just let them. Not anymore.

Well you should reexamine the top of your head.

The pick play with 83 running a slant underneath them has been a staple since Linehan got here.

WR screen to Dez, Bease, or whoever else is nothing new. 88 is even better at it than Bease is. Harris was outstanding at it as well.

Watch Galian Beasts Romo video. you will see tons of fake handoffs, ie playaction.

While we didn't call the rollouts that is because that isn't Romo's game. If the top of your head could recall McGee when he was here, you could recall we used to run them for him a lot. Frankly it's checkers because you are reducing the reads to half a field. It helps simplify things for a young QB, it is not a innovative play call.

Your post only serves to reinforce my perception that you don't know what you are watching.

 

[CATCH17]

Well you should reexamine the top of your head.

The pick play with 83 running a slant underneath them has been a staple since Linehan got here.

WR screen to Dez, Bease, or whoever else is nothing new. 88 is even better at it than Bease is. Harris was outstanding at it as well.

Watch Galian Beasts Romo video. you will see tons of fake handoffs, ie playaction.

While we didn't call the rollouts that is because that isn't Romo's game. If the top of your head could recall McGee when he was here, you could recall we used to run them for him a lot. Frankly it's checkers because you are reducing the reads to half a field. It helps simplify things for a young QB, it is not a innovative play call.

Your post only serves to reinforce my perception that you don't know what you are watching.

We were using these plays but with no consistency. We're still not really using it with much consistency.

Then 2014 happened and everything went to what you see is what you get and we got predictable out of the formations we were in.

It was all that was last year.

Then game 1 this year it was more of us just constantly trying to cram it @ 8 or 9 in the box.


Do we still run at 8 and 9 man fronts? Yes... But over the last few weeks we have been taking advantage more and more of teams cheating with numbers in the box.

It's not the play itself that we have never used it's the fact that we are using these plays off the run game to keep teams honest.