My Vastly Different Take on the Romo INT

[Doomsday101]

People can spin this as they choose plain and simple Williams messed up, the coaches know it, Romo knows it, williams knew it only people who seem to not understand is some fans. If Williams like any player is out on the field then he is there to do a job and should be expected to carry the job out. Romo showed faith in Williams and Williams messed up. He is young he will learn, not the 1st time a young WR messed up. I don't expect the cowboys or Romo to give up on him

 

[Vtwin]

What I find interesting is that this play was not that much different than the infamous Jets interception. Different routes I know but same principal. In the Jets game Dez did exactly what Williams did. He ran the route, recognized the defender crashing the out and tried to take advantage of that by breaking it down field. Had he not done that, at best Dez muscles the ball in, at worst he fights off the interception.

Williams did pretty much exactly the same thing with the same result.

Somehow it was all Romo's fault in the Jets game and all Williams fault in the Giants game.

I place the fault on the receivers for the most part. It's a precision timing game. You just can't be surprising your QB.

Whether Romo made the right play call is completely irrelevant to the interception.

 

[jrumann59]

What I find interesting is that this play was not that much different than the infamous Jets interception. Different routes I know but same principal. In the Jets game Dez did exactly what Williams did. He ran the route, recognized the defender crashing the out and tried to take advantage of that by breaking it down field. Had he not done that, at best Dez muscles the ball in, at worst he fights off the interception.

Williams did pretty much exactly the same thing with the same result.

Somehow it was all Romo's fault in the Jets game and all Williams fault in the Giants game.

I place the fault on the receivers for the most part. It's a precision timing game. You just can't be surprising your QB.

Whether Romo made the right play call is completely irrelevant to the interception.

This play was almost an exact duplicate of the bears game last year where Dez did not run the right route and it cost us a TD like this one almost did.

 

[visionary]

Clearly the bulk of the fault lies with the WR and this is a good learning opportunity for him

on the other hand, romo is not completely blameless
a good manager knows the limitations of his workers and does not put them in positions they are likely to fail in
Romo is the manager on the field and works with Williams daily, he should have known that a rookie might have a tough time with a last minute adjustment

Dez is a great example of a player who had a tough time with this but has really grown and developed, williams can do the same

may also be an opportunity for the offensive coaches to sit down with romo and explain this to him

 

[conner01]

Nice right up, I like seeing different perspectives. We are horrible at getting into the endzone when we get inside the redzone and it has been that way for years. What causes it? I also question why he would be throwing to the rookie there, why he would audible to the rookie with barely any time on the clock, and why he would be throwing a slant pass on 3rd and 11.

watch the replay. tony read a blitz and changed the play. right call, bad route. the point of changing the play is to prevent a sack. if you score a td thats great but most important thing is move the ball and give yourself a shot. had williams ran the right route he could have maybe broke a tackle, or not. either way it's a positive play. he very well could have drawn a flag because the cb was fighting him for position. lots of positives things could have happened had he ran the right route

 

[CATCH17]

From a strictly execution perspective, it was all on Williams. But questioning why Williams is the target on that play is legitimate. You've got Dez. You've got Miles. You've got Witten. You've even got DeMarco out of the backfield as an option. Why are you going to a rookie playing his first game in such a crucial situation?

Because we let defenses dictate our offense. It would work better with more tempo and a better running game but when you do neither you're kind of just hoping you can dink and dunk your way to a TD without a drive stalling or committing a bunch of penalties.

 

[conner01]

Clearly the bulk of the fault lies with the WR and this is a good learning opportunity for him

on the other hand, romo is not completely blameless
a good manager knows the limitations of his workers and does not put them in positions they are likely to fail in
Romo is the manager on the field and works with Williams daily, he should have known that a rookie might have a tough time with a last minute adjustment

Dez is a great example of a player who had a tough time with this but has really grown and developed, williams can do the same

may also be an opportunity for the offensive coaches to sit down with romo and explain this to him

if he does'nt know the play he should'nt be on the field. he obviously knew what route he was suppose to run because he began running that route. he broke it off and thats where the issue was. he knew he was wrong and it won't be his last miistake. thats part of learning. normally it just ends in an incomplete pass, in this case the worst case scenario happended

 

[aikemirv]

Williams had the slant and had the space to cut it inside and run the route. He could have easily broken a tackle there. Slants are broken all the time for big plays. Normally if there is a blitz, a slant is a go to play and the middle of the field opens up for the WR.

This is Romo bashing at its finest level!

 

[visionary]

if he does'nt know the play he should'nt be on the field. he obviously knew what route he was suppose to run because he began running that route. he broke it off and thats where the issue was. he knew he was wrong and it won't be his last miistake. thats part of learning. normally it just ends in an incomplete pass, in this case the worst case scenario happended

i agree with you in principle but he is a rookie
think how Dez was 2 years back

 

[Hostile]

What I find interesting is that this play was not that much different than the infamous Jets interception. Different routes I know but same principal. In the Jets game Dez did exactly what Williams did. He ran the route, recognized the defender crashing the out and tried to take advantage of that by breaking it down field. Had he not done that, at best Dez muscles the ball in, at worst he fights off the interception.

Williams did pretty much exactly the same thing with the same result.

Somehow it was all Romo's fault in the Jets game and all Williams fault in the Giants game.

I place the fault on the receivers for the most part. It's a precision timing game. You just can't be surprising your QB.

Whether Romo made the right play call is completely irrelevant to the interception.

Remember when Austin ended up letting Champ Bailey pick one on us a few years ago? He learned so much from that miscue that the next week he set the franchise record for receiving yards and become a legit threat. Not saying lightning strikes twice like that, but I do think the kid learned a valuable football lesson about this not being the sandlot.

 

[Staubacher]

Clearly the bulk of the fault lies with the WR and this is a good learning opportunity for him

on the other hand, romo is not completely blameless
a good manager knows the limitations of his workers and does not put them in positions they are likely to fail in
Romo is the manager on the field and works with Williams daily, he should have known that a rookie might have a tough time with a last minute adjustment

Dez is a great example of a player who had a tough time with this but has really grown and developed, williams can do the same

may also be an opportunity for the offensive coaches to sit down with romo and explain this to him

This is wrong on so many levels. So the coaches say hey Tony ignore the third WR even if he has favorable coverage you can't trust him. I think the coaches would just not have the guy out there to begin with.

The coaches trusted Williams to do his job and so did Tony. He failed. Harris will play more now and Williams will be given less opportunity until he learns how to play out there without killing his team with bad routes and drops

 

[Primetime42]

It's amazing when you know exactly what the thread is about and what the OP will say before you even click on it

 

[SDCowboy]

There is only one take. The correct one. It was on Williams. That's not a debate. lol

 

[ufcrules1]

Because we let defenses dictate our offense. It would work better with more tempo and a better running game but when you do neither you're kind of just hoping you can dink and dunk your way to a TD without a drive stalling or committing a bunch of penalties.

Was the running game that bad? Murray had close to 90 yards rushing. I thought the Oline played just fine and I thought Murray had a decent game too.

 

[Doomsday101]

There is only one take. The correct one. It was on Williams. That's not a debate. lol

I agree. If they did not trust him they would not have played him. He was not out there so mom and dad could see their kid on the field. He had a job to do and failed to do it. I expect this kid to learn from his mistake but seems we have those who are so much in to finger pointing than anything else. Mistakes get made you hope the player learns and you move on.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Clearly the bulk of the fault lies with the WR and this is a good learning opportunity for him

on the other hand, romo is not completely blameless
a good manager knows the limitations of his workers and does not put them in positions they are likely to fail in
Romo is the manager on the field and works with Williams daily, he should have known that a rookie might have a tough time with a last minute adjustment

Dez is a great example of a player who had a tough time with this but has really grown and developed, williams can do the same

may also be an opportunity for the offensive coaches to sit down with romo and explain this to him

Well said. Of course Williams messed up, but some of the blame has to go to the leader of the offense who should have known better than put the kid in that spot. That play had zero chance of working.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Well, it is all on the WR. Romo has to be able to count on receivers protecting the ball on that route. In a timing offense it is vital receivers be where they're supposed to be as the ball goes to a point in space where the receiver should be and is thrown before the receiver makes his cut(s). Williams committed a huge no no. Now if you want to say Williams is not ready for that kind of responsibility and place the blame elsewhere then look to the receivers coach and Garrett.

This. Its a very simple concept.

Receivers have to be where they are supposed to be or they are setting up their QB for potential failure. Its called execution. Williams needs to continue to work on his routes and timing; he may not have to work that hard in college but every week he will face a CB that can shut him down if he is not prepared. Eventually, I think he will get it.

 

[Doomsday101]

Well said. Of course Williams messed up, but some of the blame has to go to the leader of the offense who should have known better than put the kid in that spot. That play had zero chance of working.

If he is playing he is out there to do a job, if they did not feel he should be out there then they would sit him. Now if you are playign then do the job you are out there for. He was not a decoy the play was to him his job is to make the play plain and simple. Putting this on anyone else is lame

 

[Dodger]

Of course! It's Romo's fault.

smh

If you want to blame someone, how about blaming the guy who put Williams out there, a receiver who obviously was not ready for that kind of situation and did not understand what Romo wanted.

 

[mrmojo]

If he is in the line up he should know the play, the hand signals, the situation and the route. Thats on the coaches and the Kid, the coaches more so for putting him in a situation he was not ready for. Having said that Williams really needs to improve because he can be a viable threat with all the attention paid to the other offensive weapons.