Opinions on the Romo Pick

[aikemirv]

Terrible pass?

Great defensive play?

 

[superpunk]

Late pass.

 

[Aikbach]

One of those Brett Favresque mandatory *** passes he sprinkles in with the goodness.

 

[dallasfaniac]

Late pass.

Agreed. Even if the guy that intercepted it weren't there, the corner was blanketed on Owens, who was just waiting for the ball to arrive. It would have been swatted down, but at least the Giants wouldn't have had the ball.

 

[peplaw06]

I think he patted the ball one too many times

But it was a pretty good play by the DB. It wasn't one of those INTs that make you worry about him too much, unlike some he had last season.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Terrible pass?

Great defensive play?

Bad idea to throw it.

Perfected that play later with Hurd.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Romo never saw the defender who dropped into coverage after Tony made his initial reads. the defender's drop took him right into the path of Romo's pass. Perfect defense called against that particular pass

 

[Bull Frog]

Slow decision, but a good play by the defender who ran up then dropped back into the passing lane.

 

[InmanRoshi]

I don't think Romo ever saw the defender, and when you throw to the middle of the field 90% of the time in a game, eventually teams are going to start anticipating it.

 

[superpunk]

Agreed. Even if the guy that intercepted it weren't there, the corner was blanketed on Owens, who was just waiting for the ball to arrive. It would have been swatted down, but at least the Giants wouldn't have had the ball.

When they show the pass from behind the LOS, there is a place to throw the ball, although maybe it would have just been swatted down. Romo just waited too long to cut it loose, and Wilson came off his blitz. Bad decision, late decision, I think either one is correct. Running a play-action comeback route in the center of the field, though....is a tad risky in itself.

 

[dallasfaniac]

I'll have to pull it up again, but it also looked like the pass would have landed at Owens feet. It didn't appear to me (now that I think back on it) that it had much zip on it and was already taking a dive.

Edit: It was just a duck, might have been low but then the corner couldn't knock it away as easy.

 

[joseephuss]

Along with a bad play by Romo because the corner on Owens was already in good position, I thought it was a bad play call. Should have run the ball to burn the clock with just over 7 minutes left in the game and Dallas sitting on a 10 point lead. Mostly a bad play on Romo's part. T.O. was really the only one running a route and he was covered. Throw it away and then get ready for the next play.

 

[theogt]

Great defensive play. He likely didn't even see the corner. It was essentially a "zone blitz" type play and it worked. Nothing to worry about.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

99% on Romo, 1% on Crayton.

I originally questioned the playcall, running a curl from play action but Owens wasn't the primary receiver so I take some of that back. Romo clearly looked at Cratyon first. The problems started when it appeared that Crayton was very slow off the line then he didn't attack the corner at all getting no separation.

Still, Romo can't come back to that level after that long running play action. It just begs for a linebacker, or in this case a safety, to drop into the zone unseen after being sucked in by the play fake.

 

[flashback]

He threw it into triple coverage. I give a little bit of credit to the Giants for making it look like they were in double coverage, but it was still a bad read/decision.

Remember when Danny White used to drop back look left, look right, and then hit the middle linebacker between the numbers? That what it reminded me of.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

It's easy to underestimate the velocity of a pass if it gets swatted early.. I think Owens would have caught it. As stated, we had been killing them over the middle and the DB just made a good play sneaking back into the lane. Good read by the DB. Romo never saw him.

 

[Doomsday]

Late pass.

I agree if his timing was better and he threw it a bit sooner it wouldnt of been completed.

 

[Champsheart]

Great defensive play. He likely didn't even see the corner. It was essentially a "zone blitz" type play and it worked. Nothing to worry about.

This is how I saw it.

 

[NorthTexan95]

Great defensive play. He likely didn't even see the corner. It was essentially a "zone blitz" type play and it worked. Nothing to worry about.

Great description. When they showed a replay from behind Romo you couldn't even see the guy dropping until the ball was gone.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Great defensive play. He likely didn't even see the corner. It was essentially a "zone blitz" type play and it worked. Nothing to worry about.

It was a safety not a corner and that play had no similarity at all to a zone blitz.