Don't you think it would be a good idea to change the offense to a more short pass offense like the Patriots. If he can take a 3 step drop and release the ball for short routes , he obviously has a lot less chance of getting hit and hurt. Life after Romo is going to be rough so they should try to do anything to prolong his career
The offense appeared to have changed somewhat in the 2 games that Romo played. In those games they had a lot of short and intermediate crossing routes and they used Dunbar a lot in the passing game. In the past, especially before Linehan arrived, they would rarely have any routes in the short/intermediate middle area of the field. When Romo would get early pressure, the receiver were often all still half-way into their routes.
They started off last season (Linehan's first) with with mostly the long developing routes but started to incorporate more the the short/intermediate routes in the middle of the field as the season progressed.
This years the short/intermediate middle of the field routes were an immediate emphasis more than I had seen at anytime in the Romo/Garrett time frame.
Once the backup QBs started playing, they missed a lot of throws on the quick routes like slants. Both Weed and Cassel struggled with accuracy/timing on slant routes. The ball has to lead the receiver on those but they were throwing it right at or behind the receiver. The pass offense then seemed to become longer routes with a RB short for the dump off. The ball seemed to end up going to the RB way too often because the backup QBs couldn't find the open receivers in time or the receivers without Dez were struggling to get open. In reviewing the All-22 it appears that the receivers often do get open but not at the same time that the QB is looking to that side of the field.
The bottom line is that the scheme has been able to get receivers open to some extent but the backup QBs are not finding them and when they do the ball is not always accurate.
