It look like they have successfully killed all of the Romo magic

[jnday]

If the Romo hating shoe fits, I suppose you can wear it... I'm glad to hear you're not among them. The only thing being swept under the rug is people not understanding the link between YPA, completion percentage and risk/reward. Did you like the 5 touchdowns and 8 interceptions that Romo had through 4 games last year better?

If the current style that Romo has to play is the only way to keep him from being a turnover machine, he sure as hell is not worth the money he is being paid. Dink and dunk QBs come much cheaper and hit the salary cap less.

 

[Deep_South]

Cowboys vs. Chargers Analysis: The Tony Romo Illusion


http://thedctimes.com/2013/09/cowboys-vs-chargers-analysis-the-tony-romo-illusion/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed: dallascowboystimes/GaDt (DallasCowboysTimes)

Mostly just a hatchet job on Tony. There is simply no evidence Romo "padded his completion percentage". I think it is clear to all of us that we need to up our vertical passing game, but how much of that Romo controls is kind of nebulous.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

If the current style that Romo has to play is the only way to keep him from being a turnover machine, he sure as hell is not worth the money he is being paid. Dink and dunk QBs come much cheaper and hit the salary cap less.

You mean the current style that has him on pace to throw 32 touchdowns? Does that sound like dink and dunk to you? We have still had a few big plays (like the Dez TD yesterday, and the Harris/Escobar touchdowns against STL) in the passing game. You can get by with a lower YPA as long as you complete a high percentage of passes... it's when you dink and dunk at a sub 60% rate like Flacco or Bradford is when you get in to trouble. Romo is playing fine... Romo haters acting like they are suddenly fine with a high risk, interception throwing big play Romo is laughable.

 

[jnday]

You mean the current style that has him on pace to throw 32 touchdowns? Does that sound like dink and dunk to you? We have still had a few big plays (like the Dez TD yesterday, and the Harris/Escobar touchdowns against STL) in the passing game. You can get by with a lower YPA as long as you complete a high percentage of passes... it's when you dink and dunk at a sub 60% rate like Flacco or Bradford is when you get in to trouble. Romo is playing fine... Romo haters acting like they are suddenly fine with a high risk, interception throwing big play Romo is laughable.

You can get off the Romo hater label for everybody that is not pleased with his play this year. I have never been a big Romo basher , but Alex Smith can do the job Romo is doing . Defend if you will, but the lack of a deep ball is going to limit this offense more and more as the season goes on. As long as his stats is fine, you will defend him. I will defend him when the stats produce wins. Wins is the only stat that matters to me. The limited offense is not getting the best out of Romo as it is bring run now. If he can't pass deep without turning the ball over, he is not what you think he is anyway. He certainly is not worth the money with the bus driver style that he has adapted.

 

[big dog cowboy]

The limited offense is not getting the best out of Romo as it is bring run now.

You nailed it.

 

[Szczepanik]

I was telling my father this earlier. He asked me what I would change about the offense and I told him that I missed it when we were reckless. The reason our offense does NOT work to build drives down the field is because oftentimes we :

-Shoot ourselves in the foot with penalties
- Outside of Dez and Witten, we have no legitimate passing threats that are consistent. We need consistency, and we always have players who cannot move the chains if the passes are not to Witten or Dez
- Run blocking is not good enough.
-Where are the screens?!
-Where are the set Dez in motion plays?

Oh and when Romo gets reckless he at least forces the ball to our playmakers. We need Dez to make plays, he is one of the best WR for a reason. Target the man 15 times a game, I do not care but give him his chances. I would take Dez jump balls, or Dez deep passes in double coverage over single coverage to T.Williams or Harris.

 

[Cebrin]

So let me get this straight, without the "magic" he is 3rd in completion percentage, tied for 3rd in touchdowns, 4th in rating and 2nd in interception percentage... so WITH the magic, what he'd be on top of Peyton Manning right now? 17 TDs and 0 INTs? Is that how bad this team is, we need all-time historic QB play just to be competitive? And this is what Romo haters are on about now? How quaint.

Quote Kazuya Forever More!!!

 

[Cebrin]

The defense they played forced the dink and dunk. They made us "drive" because they can depend on a false start, holding penalty to get us a third and long, dropped passes and force field goals or punts. Not to forget the fact that the only true weapon is Dez. Witten is getting slow, T Will and Beasley are still learning and D Harris is D Harris.
Our defense wouldn't get off the damn field, period. That's why we lost. Our defense stunk up the game. No pressure = Breakdown in coverage = No win.

 

[KB1122]

I think he has played pretty well. But his stats are too high. Generally, I don't want my quarterback at 72 percent. It means he's not taking enough risks. 65 is about right.

That said, his stats improve his trade value, which we may need to explore.

 

[Cebrin]

You can get off the Romo hater label for everybody that is not pleased with his play this year. I have never been a big Romo basher , but Alex Smith can do the job Romo is doing . Defend if you will, but the lack of a deep ball is going to limit this offense more and more as the season goes on. As long as his stats is fine, you will defend him. I will defend him when the stats produce wins. Wins is the only stat that matters to me. The limited offense is not getting the best out of Romo as it is bring run now. If he can't pass deep without turning the ball over, he is not what you think he is anyway. He certainly is not worth the money with the bus driver style that he has adapted.

Tom Brady is a bus driver and he has rings. It's not just because he's a good QB, it's because he had a good team. We have NO weapons besides Dez. If you call Witten a weapon, you're living in the past. He's a possession receiver, not a threat. We need another threat. We over evaluate every walk on receiver that comes on to this team. That being said, T Will looked better this game besides his bonehead, game deflating rookie mistake. If he can keep trending upward with time as he is, he may in fact be a solid #2. NOW maybe we all realize how important Miles Austin is. If we can't get his production elsewhere, we can't afford to trade or let him go. The defense lost this game. We didn't have enough possession time to be an effective offense. They had possession 34:03. That's more than half the game and the majority of it came late. When you have two offenses that are essentially equal in talent you have two options to win the game. Time of possession battle or defense makes the difference. We lost in both categories.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

You can get off the Romo hater label for everybody that is not pleased with his play this year. I have never been a big Romo basher , but Alex Smith can do the job Romo is doing . Defend if you will, but the lack of a deep ball is going to limit this offense more and more as the season goes on. As long as his stats is fine, you will defend him. I will defend him when the stats produce wins. Wins is the only stat that matters to me. The limited offense is not getting the best out of Romo as it is bring run now. If he can't pass deep without turning the ball over, he is not what you think he is anyway. He certainly is not worth the money with the bus driver style that he has adapted.

No, Alex Smith cannot do the job Romo is doing but you can keep saying crazy things, maybe one of them will come true. Wins are not an individual stat which is usually the flawed foundation of the Romo haters flawed thinking. The problem is that playing this way requires other players to actually do something and step up and make a play and that is what fills Romo haters with rage because there is no 5 interception game for them to howl at the moon to.

 

[jnday]

No, Alex Smith cannot do the job Romo is doing but you can keep saying crazy things, maybe one of them will come true. Wins are not an individual stat which is usually the flawed foundation of the Romo haters flawed thinking. The problem is that playing this way requires other players to actually do something and step up and make a play and that is what fills Romo haters with rage because there is no 5 interception game for them to howl at the moon to.

There are no five five turnover games, but look at the result. His play is just as much of a reason for this offense stinking as any. Keep defending him though. His stats look good. That is all that matters.

 

[jnday]

Tom Brady is a bus driver and he has rings. It's not just because he's a good QB, it's because he had a good team. We have NO weapons besides Dez. If you call Witten a weapon, you're living in the past. He's a possession receiver, not a threat. We need another threat. We over evaluate every walk on receiver that comes on to this team. That being said, T Will looked better this game besides his bonehead, game deflating rookie mistake. If he can keep trending upward with time as he is, he may in fact be a solid #2. NOW maybe we all realize how important Miles Austin is. If we can't get his production elsewhere, we can't afford to trade or let him go. The defense lost this game. We didn't have enough possession time to be an effective offense. They had possession 34:03. That's more than half the game and the majority of it came late. When you have two offenses that are essentially equal in talent you have two options to win the game. Time of possession battle or defense makes the difference. We lost in both categories.

Romo has three ties the weapons that Brady has, but he doesn't get the results. Brady has never had the a Dez or Miles. Think about it while you look for another excuse.

 

[jnday]

The defense they played forced the dink and dunk. They made us "drive" because they can depend on a false start, holding penalty to get us a third and long, dropped passes and force field goals or punts. Not to forget the fact that the only true weapon is Dez. Witten is getting slow, T Will and Beasley are still learning and D Harris is D Harris.
Our defense wouldn't get off the damn field, period. That's why we lost. Our defense stunk up the game. No pressure = Breakdown in coverage = No win.

Take a look at the scoreboard . The points are not being produced. The problem with this offense is that it takes what is given instead of making the defense respond to stop them. I am sure every defense loves facing an offense that they can dictate to.

 

[Cebrin]

Romo has three ties the weapons that Brady has, but he doesn't get the results. Brady has never had the a Dez or Miles. Think about it while you look for another excuse.

No he just had a defense that doesn't suck. Now that his defense sucks, he can't win the big game either.

 

[Cebrin]

Take a look at the scoreboard . The points are not being produced. The problem with this offense is that it takes what is given instead of making the defense respond to stop them. I am sure every defense loves facing an offense that they can dictate to.

Troy Brown, Deon Branch, Wes Welker, they all suck.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

Brady has never had the a Dez or Miles.

Did he really write that? Embarrassing.

Edit: not referring to the typo.

 

[btcutter]

If Romo had just thrown 1 INT in SD, we would have had a thread discussing how his decision making is still poor and he takes unnecessary chances. How he cost us the game because we would have scored....blah..blah blah..

Now we are sitting here watching Romo "handling" the ball like Parcell would have wanted him to. Yes, Parcells would wanted a Romo with virtually ZERO turnovers rather than a gunslinger. And we have multiple thread and mediots writing articles about how Romo is losing the game for us because he is TOO protective of the ball.

He just can't win.

 

[Idgit]

I find this thread strangely comforting, because it validates for me that some fans are going to blame a QB literally without any regard whatsoever for how he's been playing, and that's going to make perfect sense to them.

 

[Rockport]

You can get off the Romo hater label for everybody that is not pleased with his play this year. I have never been a big Romo basher , but Alex Smith can do the job Romo is doing . Defend if you will, but the lack of a deep ball is going to limit this offense more and more as the season goes on. As long as his stats is fine, you will defend him. I will defend him when the stats produce wins. Wins is the only stat that matters to me. The limited offense is not getting the best out of Romo as it is bring run now. If he can't pass deep without turning the ball over, he is not what you think he is anyway. He certainly is not worth the money with the bus driver style that he has adapted.

I didn't realize Romo gave up over 500 yards and 30 points to San Diego. Missed that somehow. Must've been when I went to take a leak.