It occurs to me that Romo is the offensive genius, not the coaches

[Christiann]

Tony is the Kanye of our generation apparently. #HeGotTheAnswersSway

 

[DallasDomination]

Remember when Romo signed his new contract and Jerry said we're going to give him more control over the offense? It occurs to me that it's not Linehan or Garrett who were the brains behind our premier offense last season, but rather Tony. The drop off since he got hurt has been stunning. I realize a lot of that has to do with his talent, but he's got to be one of the top in the league at recognizing defenses and knowing what the offense needs to do. I think he's been operating at a Peyton Manning level regarding strategy - recognizing defenses and knowing the right play to call.

The only credit I give to Linehan and Garrett is getting out of the way and letting Tony do his thing. But who knows? Maybe Jerry told them they had to, and Jerry actually deserves the credit. To be honest, when Jerry said that a few years ago I was skeptical it was a good plan, but I've got to give him props on getting Tony more authority over the offense.

Bingo!

How many kill kill and calling out defensive formations while he switches dezs route for a td do we have to see to get it folks. Romo runs the show and the coaches have their input.

 

[DandyDon52]

Might have something to do with the QB playing. Kitna didn't have any issue with it.

yes it does, kitna had been a starter for many years, and was a capable qb , who could also buy time, and make quick reads.
I dont really remember the kitna games that well, or how good the teams we played were.
They actually were a 500 team with backups, because the phil game would have been a loss had phil needed to win that game.
We played their bkups and won 14-13.

 

[JoeKing]

same with Rodgers, same with brady, same with manning (when he was younger), etc.

I was not making the point that Romo is unique to the league rather he is unique to the team.

 

[Aven8]

You're just figuring this out? Romo has made lots of mediocre talent look really damn good!

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Well not everyone can do it as efficiently as Robert Griffin III.

RGIII can't even read multiple texts let alone multiple fronts, stunts and formations ... etc.


Lmao

 

[esloan]

Genuses win the Motel Peace Prize, the Pulitzer and the FanDuel sweepstakes. Someone wake me when Genus Tony Romo takes this team to the Super Bowel this year or ever.

And if Romo is a genus, then there must be 5 other genuses out there in the NFL. Genus with Super Bowel rings and more than 2 career playoff wins.

Might want to learn how to spell genius before questioning someone else's intelligence. Romo reads defenses better than anyone nor named Brady, Manning or Rodgers.

 

[Sportsbabe]

Remember when Romo signed his new contract and Jerry said we're going to give him more control over the offense? It occurs to me that it's not Linehan or Garrett who were the brains behind our premier offense last season, but rather Tony. The drop off since he got hurt has been stunning. I realize a lot of that has to do with his talent, but he's got to be one of the top in the league at recognizing defenses and knowing what the offense needs to do. I think he's been operating at a Peyton Manning level regarding strategy - recognizing defenses and knowing the right play to call.

The only credit I give to Linehan and Garrett is getting out of the way and letting Tony do his thing. But who knows? Maybe Jerry told them they had to, and Jerry actually deserves the credit. To be honest, when Jerry said that a few years ago I was skeptical it was a good plan, but I've got to give him props on getting Tony more authority over the offense.

I thought you knew

 

[Tabascocat]

Garrett/Linehan's scheme = a wart
Romo = Dr. Scholl's

 

[TrailBlazer]

I once agreed with the OP. Jerry announced Tony would have some control of gameplanning as well as playcalling. Things went south in a hurry that year if you recall. I think hes good in 2 minute offense but to say he's an offensive genius?

 

[SDCowboy]

In the past, Romo has talked about getting into coaching as a QB Coach or Offensive Coordinator after his playing days are over. I've always kind of thought it'd be nice if we could draft a kid high, let him sit behind Romo for a couple years, and then have Romo retire and slide into the coaching staff to keep tutoring the new QB. Probably wishful thinking.

That would be awesome.

 

[Sportsbabe]

I've been as hard on Weeden as anyone here, but he certainly did enough in the Atl and NO games to come out with a win. It was the extremely depleted (by injuries and suspension) defense that lost those two games.

However, it was his inability to retain possession on offense (convert on 3rd down) that wore the defense out so thoroughly and helped the defense collapse by the end of those games.

In New England, he was just terrible, which was a shame because the defense had enough to win that game if Brady didn't have 500 possessions to score on.

So, I do agree that he could have won those two games... but I also feel like it is a good move to get the offense out of his hands.

It is what it is... the QB is the head of the household. He's expected to provide, protect, and secure the house. If he doesn't then he's not living up to his responsibility. Now it's up to Cassell. I'm excited to see what he can do with these unruly children.

 

[burmafrd]

Might want to learn how to spell genius before questioning someone else's intelligence. Romo reads defenses better than anyone nor named Brady, Manning or Rodgers.

gimme would not know a genius if he fell over one; or even if one introduced himself.

 

[WoodysGirl]

In the past, Romo has talked about getting into coaching as a QB Coach or Offensive Coordinator after his playing days are over. I've always kind of thought it'd be nice if we could draft a kid high, let him sit behind Romo for a couple years, and then have Romo retire and slide into the coaching staff to keep tutoring the new QB. Probably wishful thinking.

I don't recall Romo ever saying anything about getting into coaching. Jerry has said that he could see Romo coaching, tho.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

Makes them look good.

 

[Risen Star]

The problem with our offense has nothing to do with coaching and everything to do with personnel. The decisions that led to Brandon Weeden being one play away from starting here and a collection of stiffs in the backfield. This is what has burned us. WR too. It's hard to replace Dez Bryant, but I'd like to think this experience will enlighten them that WR is a need on this team going forward. Devin Streets aren't going to cut it.

We lost our balance from last year with the tackling dummies at RB and then when we lost our QB we became perfectly balanced. We can't do anything.

The offense sucks right now because our personnel department failed. Period.

Which can only bring one logical response from any truly informed Cowboys fan - Who the heck overruled Will McClay?

 

[CATCH17]

And if he does and has a QB comparable to Brandon Weeden, he will be a terrible coach.

Well he's got a solid at worst QB playing for him now.

Let's see what Garrett does.

 

[CATCH17]

The problem with our offense has nothing to do with coaching and everything to do with personnel. The decisions that led to Brandon Weeden being one play away from starting here and a collection of stiffs in the backfield. This is what has burned us. WR too. It's hard to replace Dez Bryant, but I'd like to think this experience will enlighten them that WR is a need on this team going forward. Devin Streets aren't going to cut it.

We lost our balance from last year with the tackling dummies at RB and then when we lost our QB we became perfectly balanced. We can't do anything.

The offense sucks right now because our personnel department failed. Period.

Which can only bring one logical response from any truly informed Cowboys fan - Who the heck overruled Will McClay?

Wrong..


Personnel is a problem but you can't have coaches that give the play away over and over.

When they started doing that then they started deserving the blame.

They should be blamed for gutless football.





Also, we have lost our balance because teams know exactly what we're going to do.

 

[CATCH17]

Wow this post shocks me from you. I don't completely agree with you though. If you have a REAL bad qb in there it can majorly impact the whole team. Not controlling the time of possesion can wear a defense out quick. I do blame the coaches for playing way too conservative though.

There is no dynamics with our playcalling or scheme.


Guys like Risen Star think 1960s grandma football is still ok.


Any coach that rolls out Brandon Weeden at QB and thinks it's a good idea for the whole world to know our play doesn't deserve a job in the NFL.

 

[CATCH17]

I believe you cannot have sustained success in the NFL without a competent QB AND a competent OC. If the OP is suggesting that it's just a competent QB and not both, I feel he is wrong. Unfortunately, this franchise has not been able to have both enough times in the past 15+ years.

We're just trying to win a couple of games.

Nobody is asking Garrett to move mountains.

Just be marginally competent.