Maybe it's Romo?

[RoyTheHammer]

Oh...so you mean like last year when the Super Bowl Champion Giants beat us in dramatic fashion in week 14 only to turn around the next week a lose to the hapless Skins 23-10?

I understand now...

:laugh2:

Ok, if we win our next 6 games like they did then i guess we can let it slide. We all know that isn't going to happen though. We've been pathetically inconsistent for years now. Its not just losing one game, we do this kind of crap all the time.

 

[spolcyc]

Romo is definitely not the problem. He gets such a crappy rap because of a few knucklehead mistakes late in games. Along with the always familiar line "can't lead the team to playoff victories" crap.

I don't think a lot of people saw it, but Romo lead some pretty mediocre cowboy teams to winning records. Romo's just Romo. He's the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. He's a lightning rod for those who hate us. I for one am thrilled that we have someone like him.

I feel like he puts too much pressure to do it all himself. That he can't rely on the defense to do what it's supposed to do. I'm hoping that will change this year and he'll relax some. I think he is understanding that you don't play in the NFL forever.

 

[Doomsday]

I am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination but when I looked at the All-22 I didnt see Romo as the problem with the passing game. I decided to get a subscription just to see if guys were running free and Romo missed them or not. In my opinion he was confused by the coverage a few times, but it was mostly either guys not getting open or Romo having to bale on the play before it could develop. The offensive line was just awful in this game. I saw a few times he might of been able to take a shot to Dez when he was singled but for the most part he didnt have time to work the ball down field at all.

Also most of the routes that JG had Austin and Dez running were deep, so the pressure kept forcing Romo to check it down, that to me is why Witten got so many targets. I dont know why we cant run short crossing routes ever. Especially with them playing so much man, how about hitting Dez or Miles in motion and seeing if they can make some one miss?

 

[gimmesix]

I'm not a stat guy but I did have the impression that Bryant had his best games w/o Romo and that concerns me a bit.

Having said that I'm more concerned about win/loss than Bryant's stats so I think the primary problem (this year anyway) is OL, followed closely by the DL. I think we are either strong or good everywhere else at the moment.


eta: It's been over a decade IMO that the Cowboys had a good OL.

A good tie-in to that is looking at Dallas' best season in recent memory. Despite losing to New York in the playoffs, it was the year Dallas went 13-3 (2007, I think).

That happened to coincide with one of the few years that Dallas' offensive line was considered a strength. (It wasn't perfect, which the Giants showed in the playoffs when they beat the line with speed, stunts and blitzes, but it was considered a very good line that year.)

The line makes holes for the running game to make it a threat. The line buys that extra second for the quarterback, so that he can wait for a receiver to uncover, etc. Teams can overcome mediocre line play (the Giants did it last year), but it absolutely is not easy to do especially with any kind of consistency.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

People act like we are going to go 16-0 and 8-0 on the road.

If I were to 'blame' someone, I would point at DeCamillis first and foremost. Blocked FG and fumbles that lead to 10 points in the first four minutes is hard to overcome no matter what.

i thought Romo and the offense and Rob Ryan's defense did a pretty good job bringing it to 10-7 at the half.

We were doing okay in the second half up until after the tate hit and personal foul on Carter near the end of the 4th quarter and between the crowd and the amped up momentum they had the rout began.

We spotted them two TO's and 10 points right off the bat. What on Earth do people think should happen?

 

[burmafrd]

Team has plenty of problems, yeah, I get that part of it. I realize Romo is the least of our worries. I still don't think that should absolve him from any blame.

He just doesn't seem like a pocket passer to me. That's the eye test though. At any moment Adam could come in here with the stats/facts and completely prove that observation as a false one.

But... others have said it, even actual NFL players. I even felt this way 2 years ago, so there could be something to it.

You can still be a rollout & improvising passer and post good statistics and numbers. I feel Romo may be that kind of passer.

tell me when in the last few years when Romo could TRUST he had a pocket?

 

[burmafrd]

A homer turning into a practical realist... I love it.

you are like the relation that everyone HOPES never shows up at any family gathering

 

[Red Dragon]

This is like perhaps the.....1,000th Romo thread? I'm actually serious. It seems genuinely plausible that 1,000 threads about Romo have been made on Cowboys Zone to date.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

People act like we are going to go 16-0 and 8-0 on the road.

We spotted them two TO's and 10 points right off the bat. What on Earth do people think should happen?

WIN!

Play the game like you have some coconuts and win the game against an inferior opponent!

 

[fifaguy]

First off, I'm the biggest Romo supporter around. You can easily search my posts to see me defending Romo in various Eli threads and other threads calling him in to question.

But maybe some of the problems with this team are attributable to Romo. You'll see time and time again people say things like "What is the one constant of these Cowboys" and the answer is Jerry Jones. But, another constant the past several years has been Tony Romo.

Another interesting thing to look at is Dez Bryant. He averages around 50ish yards a game with only a single 100 yard game. With Kitna, Bryant averaged 88 yards a game, had his only 100 yard performance with Kitna and averaged 1 TD in almost 4 games.

Just some food for thought. Bring on the facepalm emoticons.

He has had a number of very costly meltdowns over the past 7 years. On a team that is very solid, game in and game out, these gaffes would not be significant - little speed bumps and no more. But the Cowboys are not that team and thus his errors have been magnified in terms of thei importance, which is completely unfair to him because he is a great player...

 

[Frozen700]

maybe it's Maybelline.

 

[Frozen700]

Screw it, let's just shove Romo off a Cliff...then when we can't blame him, shove Ware, then Lee, then Witten.

Maybe the Commander Fan was right...Blow this team up....We suck

Blame everybody....

Better Lets all become Commander fans....you first though, we will join you right after, I promise.

 

[Red Dragon]

I saw the thread title, saw the poster who had made it, and.........yep, same old, same old.

 

[Gameover]

First off, I'm the biggest Romo supporter around. You can easily search my posts to see me defending Romo in various Eli threads and other threads calling him in to question.

But maybe some of the problems with this team are attributable to Romo. You'll see time and time again people say things like "What is the one constant of these Cowboys" and the answer is Jerry Jones. But, another constant the past several years has been Tony Romo.

Another interesting thing to look at is Dez Bryant. He averages around 50ish yards a game with only a single 100 yard game. With Kitna, Bryant averaged 88 yards a game, had his only 100 yard performance with Kitna and averaged 1 TD in almost 4 games.

Just some food for thought. Bring on the facepalm emoticons.

2010(w/Kitna):31.2ppg
2009:22.1
2011:23.2
2012:15.5
Witten w/Ktina:6td

I believe he holds the entire team back.

 

[Gameover]

Lately I have wondered if in Romo's attempts to limit INTs has not been taking enough chances on getting throws into covered players by throwing them open. I also wonder if he is waiiting too long for WRs to come open before releasing the ball.

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This post hits the nail on the head.

waiiting too long for WRs to come open before releasing the ball

Which makes the OL look worse than it is.

 

[blackbull]

This post hits the nail on the head.

Yes it did. Playing it safe so the media will stay off of his back? I don't know, but scared money don't make money. Handle your business Tony. Witten won't get that monkey off of your back I guarantee that.

 

[ufcrules1]

Lately I have wondered if in Romo's attempts to limit INTs has not been taking enough chances on getting throws into covered players by throwing them open. I also wonder if he is waiiting too long for WRs to come open before releasing the ball.

Who cares as long as he has good stats??? Isn't good stats what make a good QB?

 

[ufcrules1]

Witten won't get that monkey off of your back I guarantee that.

I'm pretty sure that has been confirmed for the last several years, yet he still throws to him non-stop and the coaches don't stop him.

 

[Frozen700]

Who cares as long as he has good stats??? Isn't good stats what make a good QB?

Agreed

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

First off, I'm the biggest Romo supporter around. You can easily search my posts to see me defending Romo in various Eli threads and other threads calling him in to question.

But maybe some of the problems with this team are attributable to Romo. You'll see time and time again people say things like "What is the one constant of these Cowboys" and the answer is Jerry Jones. But, another constant the past several years has been Tony Romo.

Another interesting thing to look at is Dez Bryant. He averages around 50ish yards a game with only a single 100 yard game. With Kitna, Bryant averaged 88 yards a game, had his only 100 yard performance with Kitna and averaged 1 TD in almost 4 games.

Just some food for thought. Bring on the facepalm emoticons.

Run Forest, run. This post is stupid.