Last Series: All Pass Plays

[Picksix]

So on every single play of the last series, up to within the last three plays within the five, every single play was a pass with close to three minutes to play. From the way things looked, not a single call had a run as the primary play. Murray was lined up directly next to Romo and based upon what I could gather, he was clearly looking pass blocking and safety valve.

One of the benefits was that apparently, the Commanders didn't blitz essentially that whole drive, playing conservatively. And we all know how horrendous this offense is in the blitz.

This raises the issue, if what I'm seeing is correct, in the context of Aikman "raising the question" about the claim that Romo audibles in many situations. Based upon what I saw, especially in this clutch situation, the team goes with what it always does, which is rely solely on Romo's arm. The long play to T. Will, Romo bought time with his feet and as soone as he saw TWills man slips, he signaled to move in and tossed it. There was safety help on that dies but the slip helped.

I think this argument about audibling is BS.

The smoke route to Dez, that got the ball down to the 3, looked like a run, based on the reaction of the line. I think Romo saw a bunched front, and Dez getting off coverage.

 

[joseephuss]

The smoke route to Dez, that got the ball down to the 3, looked like a run, based on the reaction of the line. I think Romo saw a bunched front, and Dez getting off coverage.

It was a run call with a pass option. Just like the play last week when Romo threw his first interception.

 

[nalam]

A year? It's been four years.

We are always confused in protection against them. Four years.

That's not good , Eagles are a good blitzing team ,they are getting cutler several times in Philly

We better have a quick escape route ready for that .

 

[Picksix]

It was a run call with a pass option. Just like the play last week when Romo threw his first interception.

Yeah, I wasn't trying to suggest it was an audible. It was just like you say, an option. Last week it didn't work, and Romo got blasted. This week, it worked, and everybody's happy.

 

[rynochop]

Who else was worried that we were leaving too much time on the clock? I'm glad it worked out.

I was..but I didn't want to have to convert a 4th and 10 either.ha

 

[WoodysGirl]

Read on twitter that Garrett took over playcalling the last couple of series. Kinda makes sense. If you gonna go down. Might as well go down swinging.