Looking at game again first 3 drives, Romo choked...

[JBond]

revisionist history of Romo trying to be Tom Brady for a reason... his OLine is BIG, OLD and not too impress with a QB who fumbles snaps!


Flozell quit, the Oline quit and the entire team quit bc the QB was over-matched, again!

Why do you insist on making up crap?

 

[AmishCowboy]

Look Romo didnt have a great game by any means but He didnt choke.

The Vikings took away the short stuff and got pressure with 4 guys. If there was anybody open it was down field in longer plays. Romo just didnt have the time to let them develope hense why he was holding on to the ball. GArrett did not adjust to this and Romo ended up running for his life and getting sacked.


understand the game before you go out and say Romo Choked.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Oh please. If anything, it's Romo is surrounded by players who act more like bums much more often than he even has an off game and an OC that chokes.

 

[Arch Stanton]

Bring back Quincy.

 

[zrinkill]

Why do you insist on making up crap?

I could tell you ..... but it would get me a days vacation.

 

[JBond]

I could tell you ..... but it would get me a days vacation.

When we were 5-11 three consecutive years I understood and participated in the bashing. There are still legit issues that need addressing, but the mindless drivel some people feel the need to throw out there is beyond stupid. It is done with one purpose. To piss of the people that actually know about professional football. I never thought I would have to resort to the ignore function, but I can tell this off-season is going to force me to.

 

[BrassCowboy]

if only Romo wouldve had Tivo to help him make his in game decisions like you do..........

NO qb performs under those situations

 

[zrinkill]

When we were 5-11 three consecutive years I understood and participated in the bashing. There are still legit issues that need addressing, but the mindless drivel some people feel the need to throw out there is beyond stupid. It is done with one purpose. To piss of the people that actually know about professional football. I never thought I would have to resort to the ignore function, but I can tell this off-season is going to force me to.

Yea ..... I do not understand how anyone could be anything but excited to see how we improve next year.

Miles is gonna have more confidence ..... and have a whole year to gel.
Felix is gonna be the starter next year ..... I really believe that.
Spencer and Jenkins are gonna improve even more .......

Get some more solid O-line depth and a good kicker and we will be set for an even better run.

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[BrassCowboy]

BTW, I'm looking at game again...
First drive ball on 35 1st and 10, good protection, Romo holds ball to long instead of hanging in the pocket and stepping up he gets scared, looks lost, and fumbles....

2nd possesion ball on the 40, good protection, panicks and throws ball away.. then fumble snaps, no one touches him.....then instead of going for it on 4th and 1 we try a 50 yard FG---I know it was 48 but come on 4th and 1.....

3rd possesion, 1st and goal, 1st play wildcat, stupid...2nd and goal from the 8 shotgun formation, then 3 steps drop, panicks again, all he has to do is step up to the right had a whole passing lane, but spins left and gets sack... 3rd and goal from the 14, shotgun formation, drops back panicks again, all he had to do was step up and hit crayton over middle for TD, but Romo spins left again and throws ball away......

The only reason why I bring this up because while looking at game I saw the same thing so I just had to watch the first 3 series again because that to me was the telling point of the game to me.... 3 times in scoring position, one lousy FG...

While they were getting a little pressure it was coming from containment outside and Romo kept rolling right in to it....TO me looking at game again at least the first 3 series of the game Romo looked scared and lost...

sorry, but you are reaching and as someone perfectly explained - Romo struggled, be he far from choked. When you are constantly feeling pressure from your backside, and fumbling once or twice already, then of course you are going to be jittery and unconfident.

The oline was the sqaure reason for this loss as it was their responsibility to hold back that defense and they did not, not even a little so all you Romo haters who come in here constantly wishing we get a new QB when we already have one of the best, it just baffles me.

The oline struggled badly, but beyond that we were just out dominated, outplayed, and we lost. Time to move on. Not many here thought this would be the year figuring it to be atleast another year for us to gel and get good, but we got lucky and realized we are closer than we thought so that should bode well for us next year. Let's see what Wade & Co. can do next year now that he has this year to look back on.

Two years ago when we were 13-3, we all thought that would be the year but we didn't even take ourselves serious. We didn't take the game serious and Giants beat us for it as that season was a surprise to most of us.
The next year (last year), too many distractions with pac man, tank, TO, Wade, and team feeling like they were falling apart - was just not a good year.
This year, with talent still on the team but without the distractions mentioned above, we looked forward and they played through the rough losses but came out strong in the end and this team gelled together behind each other and all behind Wade, so this year was a success. Just need a little more time to ready.
So let's see what happens next year as we will see what we have as a team.

 

[birdwells1]

And get him more than one WR.

I think Romo not trying to get RW involved earlier in the game worked to his detriment. I know RW has struggled this year but you make yourself awfully easy to defend when you refuse to throw to a particular reciever. Don't you know that the defense recognizes what we all see? I'm not a RW fan but he just didn't forget how to catch passes overnight and I thought after a decent game against Philly he would get more looks.

All the people that want RW cut are going to have to face at least another year of him because of the cap hit. I say Romo and him better get their chemistry together because we will see alot more of that style defense next year. This is not just on RW but on the person that delives the ball to him.

 

[BrassCowboy]

Interesting cause two of his fumbles came when he was getting sacked so either your one of those folks who changes history to fit their opinion or you just like sounding stupid.

and the one that looked like the exchange, it looked like Kosier hit it as he was pulling early. can happen to anybody.

 

[Alexander]

The OL was unprepared for the Vikings, it is just that simple.

Yes, Romo eventually started looking like he expected to be sacked and it was a lost cause by that point. But when he is running for his life, it is hard to expect him to adjust when he was sacked more times than he ever has in his entire career. He did not respond well, but it was a jailbreak.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

I think Romo not trying to get RW involved earlier in the game worked to his detriment. I know RW has struggled this year but you make yourself awfully easy to defend when you refuse to throw to a particular reciever. Don't you know that the defense recognizes what we all see? I'm not a RW fan but he just didn't forget how to catch passes overnight and I thought after a decent game against Philly he would get more looks.

All the people that want RW cut are going to have to face at least another year of him because of the cap hit. I say Romo and him better get their chemistry together because we will see alot more of that style defense next year. This is not just on RW but on the person that delives the ball to him.

This loss was not on Romo, but I do fault him for completely ignoring one of his receivers. Yes, Williams has had some drops, but if he is on the field, you have to consider him one of your options. Romo did not. The one pass in the vicinity of RW was a throwaway that RW almost made a great catch on. They really need to get on the same page. Of course, Romo was under so much pressure, we'll never know which plays may have been intended for Roy if they ever developed. I don't have all the answers, but I know that if we are going to continue to put RW on the field, he has to be considered as an option by the QB.

 

[BigDFan5]

you guys are missing the point the OP just claimed he or a member of his family played for the boys for 4 years I call giant BS on that

 

[TellerMorrow34]

It's always nice to see when a person has their BS pointed out, clearly, in a thread how they just don't comeback to it.

Does the heart good.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

So I guess since it was a great called game bring back the whole coaching staff. Just fire the OL coach..... And all that about me saying I don't know what I'm talking about. talking smack you guys are in the same boat, at least I have family in the NFL and played 4 years for the boys and heard the stories....first hand about Romo, TO and everyone else....

listen....I am with you on half of this....Romo did panic.....when it is 4th and 4 and you throw a 1 yard pass to Witten....that is bad. But I think the panic started with Garrett....then Romo...then the OL. When it is 1st and goal at the 10...the ball MUST come out quick. If you cannot trust yourself as a QB with the only 2 plays that must be called...or trust the WR to run the route correctly, then you were never winnng this game. It is either a slant or fade to Roy. If Roy cannot be used in this situation, then whoever convinced Jerry to make Roy a Cowboy should be fired.

 

[dfense]

The first 3 possesions Romo choke he had time.. all he had to do was step up, in the first 3 possesion their was absolutely no pressure up the middle. he got scare and tried to run b4 pressure got to him...... after that once Minne knew he was scared that went all out, plus after the 3rd series that's when Flo got hurt.....

Maybe he was scared of punctuation and grammar.

 

[dthahn]

BTW, I'm looking at game again...
First drive ball on 35 1st and 10, good protection, Romo holds ball to long instead of hanging in the pocket and stepping up he gets scared, looks lost, and fumbles....

2nd possesion ball on the 40, good protection, panicks and throws ball away.. then fumble snaps, no one touches him.....then instead of going for it on 4th and 1 we try a 50 yard FG---I know it was 48 but come on 4th and 1.....

3rd possesion, 1st and goal, 1st play wildcat, stupid...2nd and goal from the 8 shotgun formation, then 3 steps drop, panicks again, all he has to do is step up to the right had a whole passing lane, but spins left and gets sack... 3rd and goal from the 14, shotgun formation, drops back panicks again, all he had to do was step up and hit crayton over middle for TD, but Romo spins left again and throws ball away......

The only reason why I bring this up because while looking at game I saw the same thing so I just had to watch the first 3 series again because that to me was the telling point of the game to me.... 3 times in scoring position, one lousy FG...

While they were getting a little pressure it was coming from containment outside and Romo kept rolling right in to it....TO me looking at game again at least the first 3 series of the game Romo looked scared and lost...

You're giving Romo way too much blame here. If he had the vision of a great running back then maybe he sees the lanes you're talking about but he's a QB. If he sees guys coming at him, he's going to run the other way like all other QB's would do. In my opinion, Romo's the most elusive QB in the league right now. He did the best he or any other QB with too much pressure could do.

 

[The Great Number 8]

The biggest problem was that they installed a game plan that was predicated on handling the Vikings front four with their 5 guys. They thought they could block them and get downfield on the corners and safeties where Austin would have lit them up. Then they quickly found out that Columbo couldn't handle Edwards and Flozelle got hurt. You can adjust to find ways to help on one side, but you can't on both. You could try to run 3 man patterns, but if you need Witten to block, a 3 man pattern with Austin getting doubled, and Crayton and Williams who struggle one on one. Even if you could get help on both sides with the backs, then you need to make sure Kevin Williams doesn't come up the middle and they had some problems with that as well.

You could try to roll Tony out, but if he goes right, then Edwards is going to be in his face because he's destroying Columbo. Since they were trying to double Allen, they might be able to try left, but then Tony has to find time to stop , set his feet or throw across his body.

Once they found out how wrong they were about blocking up front, they had nothing to go to that would have had a prayer of working. We lost the battle at every point along the line, and if you can't block, it wouldn't have mattered if Tony was on or not.

 

[Marktui]

In all honesty, you can never tell what the game really looks like from the angles that the tv shows. You cannot see the type of coverage that the defense is playing or what type of routes that our wr's are running. To sit there and say that Romo chocked is plain ridiculous!!

Romo cannot have a bad game?!?! That defensive line beat up our Oline all day long, they were coming off the ball with speed and quickness. They said afterwards that to beat us they could not let Romo just sit there and pick us apart. Their whole game plan was rattle and hit Romo on every play. Go watch other playoff games of other qb's, Brady, Warner, those guys were getting pressure and sacked and they are in the same boat as the Cowboys, getting ready to send their pro bowlers to play the Sunday before the Super Bowl.