Romo Criticism

[birdwells1]

The reason for the romo decision making criticism is most realistic fans are looking at the big picture. The cowboys are suppose to win thats the way this team is built. We are not like the 1991 team where people said that we would be good in 2 or 3 years. The 08 cowboys should be the favorites to win the sb this year. When people criticize some of romo's decisions we think about how his play translates to dec.,jan., and feb. will this come back to haunt us then when its do or die.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

ROMO is just being himself.

 

[Doomsday101]

ROMO is just being himself.

I agree. Romo is not Troy Aikman and never will be, he is a guy who will take chances and most of the time they pay off in the form of big plays. Hell he was not looking to throw a 5 yard pass on 3rd and 20 he looked to take it down the field. Yes he makes mistakes but his ability to make plays is what has taken him from a no name 4th string QB to one of the top QB playing in the NFL today. With Romo you take the good with the bad but the good out weights the bad by a lot.

 

[lostinomiya]

Romo is great..but I am a little nervous when we are in the red zone and he is passing....

 

[Bungarian]

Couldn't this be added to the other thread? How about a merg?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Yes he makes mistakes but his ability to make plays is what has taken him from a no name 4th string QB to one of the top QB playing in the NFL today. With Romo you take the good with the bad but the good out weights the bad by a lot.

Right on the :money:

I suspect he will be like the rest of his career. That just comes with the gunslinger mentality he has. As long as he keeps making big plays and we keep winning I have no problem with that.

 

[Doomsday101]

Right on the :money:

I suspect he will be like the rest of his career. That just comes with the gunslinger mentality he has. As long as he keeps making big plays and we keep winning I have no problem with that.

I agree. If you want a Bus Driver at QB then Tony Romo is not your man. He is playmaker and he is going to attack defenses.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

You can attack but still manage the game. I don't believe that to have one, you must have the other. There is a balance there and many a QBs have found it. Many more do not, that's true but I think we all believe that Romo is special. He has to learn when the risk is worth the reward and when it is not. It's a maturation process. I do believe he will learn it because he wants to be better but it takes time.

I just don't believe that it's something you accept and move on. I don't believe that he would feel that way either but then again, I didn't call him this morning and ask him that question so that's strickly supposition on my part.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Hopefully, he's just getting it out of his system now instead of later.

 

[Doomsday101]

You can attack but still manage the game. I don't believe that to have one, you must have the other. There is a balance there and many a QBs have found it. Many more do not, that's true but I think we all believe that Romo is special. He has to learn when the risk is worth the reward and when it is not. It's a maturation process. I do believe he will learn it because he wants to be better but it takes time.

I just don't believe that it's something you accept and move on. I don't believe that he would feel that way either but then again, I didn't call him this morning and ask him that question so that's strickly supposition on my part.

I think he will only improve in his play as he become more and more experianced but I'm not going to go on the attack as some seem to do anytime Romo makes a mistake. Players make mistakes it is going to happen but how that player rebounds from a mistake matters more. We see 1 Int and we pick that 1 pass apart over and over and it gets old. Romo is a damn good QB and I would think most teams around the NFL would love to have him. He is not going to ever be perfect

 

[dguinta1]

Romo is great..but I am a little nervous when we are in the red zone and he is passing....

Makes two of us. :starspin

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

The reason for the romo decision making criticism is most realistic fans are looking at the big picture. The cowboys are suppose to win thats the way this team is built. We are not like the 1991 team where people said that we would be good in 2 or 3 years. The 08 cowboys should be the favorites to win the sb this year. When people criticize some of romo's decisions we think about how his play translates to dec.,jan., and feb. will this come back to haunt us then when its do or die.

Agreed.

ROMO is just being himself.

That flies for homerism. Not in reality.

I agree. Romo is not Troy Aikman and never will be, he is a guy who will take chances and most of the time they pay off in the form of big plays. Hell he was not looking to throw a 5 yard pass on 3rd and 20 he looked to take it down the field. Yes he makes mistakes but his ability to make plays is what has taken him from a no name 4th string QB to one of the top QB playing in the NFL today. With Romo you take the good with the bad but the good out weights the bad by a lot.

Exactly. He is not Aikman. So he needs to be more natural Romo in the "running if its there" sense... otherwise he will get tee'd off on and pressured into making those goofy mistakes... careless ones.

The last part remains to be seen when it counts. The team and Romo came apart at end of Giants game. Kudos to Tony for almost leading the team to a last minute gamewinning TD BUT... he was getting flagged for Intentional grounding etc.

Sorry for me... no pass in "Tony just being Tony" - you gotta be smarter than he is being. Just think if he runs when its there and isnt careless with the ball - our chances of success increase greatly.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I think this is just something we're going to have to live with when it comes to Romo. He just doesn't seem to want to learn that sometimes it's a better play to throw the ball away, and avoid the turnovers, then to attempt to make a huge play every down.

But I can live with it. At least he gives us a real shot to win every week and that's something we haven't had since Troy.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Romo is great..but I am a little nervous when we are in the red zone and he is passing....

Look at it this way, Romo is getting this team into the red zone more often than virtually any Dallas offense over the last 25 years.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Romo's overall approach as a gunslinger is fine. His only problem is he telegraphs 1-2 passes nearly every game that wind up as INTs or should-be INTs. This problem gets magnified if it happens in the red zone because the field is condensed and defenders are naturally in a better position to make a play on the ball.

Again, it's not his overall approach or mindset to be a gunslinger. It's just that for whatever reason, he forces 1-2 passes/game that have no chance whatsoever and in most cases the defender has a much better chance of catching it than the intended receiver.

With that said, he's still an elite QB right now. We're very fortunate to have him.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Romo's overall approach as a gunslinger is fine. His only problem is he telegraphs 1-2 passes nearly every game that wind up as INTs or should-be INTs. This problem gets magnified if it happens in the red zone because the field is condensed and defenders are naturally in a better position to make a play on the ball.

Again, it's not his overall approach or mindset to be a gunslinger. It's just that for whatever reason, he forces 1-2 passes/game that have no chance whatsoever and in most cases the defender has a much better chance of catching it than the intended receiver.

With that said, he's still an elite QB right now. We're very fortunate to have him.

Absolutely, we are very lucky to have him.


I do think that Garrett is telling him "you gotta stop that carelessness" - "woman and children can be careless, not men"

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I think he will only improve in his play as he become more and more experianced but I'm not going to go on the attack as some seem to do anytime Romo makes a mistake. Players make mistakes it is going to happen but how that player rebounds from a mistake matters more. We see 1 Int and we pick that 1 pass apart over and over and it gets old. Romo is a damn good QB and I would think most teams around the NFL would love to have him. He is not going to ever be perfect

I don't know that this is a fair assesment. Romo has shown that he has had issues in the Redzone. It's not just a one game thing. He has some things he needs to work out there. He also fumbles the ball a lot. Scouting Report on Romo says to go after the ball. Teams focus on it because they know that Romo will show it when pressure is on him. That's not a criticisam. That's a characteristic of his game that other teams have identified. It doesn't mean that he's not a good QB. It means that he needs to improve in those areas. I would never want Romo to stop trying to make plays. That is why he is so much fun to watch. But, he does need to work on when it's worth the risk. Those are things that you can work on and manage. There is a time for all things. It's part of the maturation process.

 

[Doomsday101]

I don't know that this is a fair assesment. Romo has shown that he has had issues in the Redzone. It's not just a one game thing. He has some things he needs to work out there. He also fumbles the ball a lot. Scouting Report on Romo says to go after the ball. Teams focus on it because they know that Romo will show it when pressure is on him. That's not a criticisam. That's a characteristic of his game that other teams have identified. It doesn't mean that he's not a good QB. It means that he needs to improve in those areas. I would never want Romo to stop trying to make plays. That is why he is so much fun to watch. But, he does need to work on when it's worth the risk. Those are things that you can work on and manage. There is a time for all things. It's part of the maturation process.

As I said the more experience the better I think he will become. I just get tired of seeing people nitpick every single int to death. He could throw 3 TD passes in a game and 1 int and people will spend all week dissecting the 1 bad play. I also think he gets us in the red zone quite a bit and considering how many points we put up we are not doing that damn bad. He will never be a bus driver that Parcells talked about but then I don't want a Bus driver I want a QB who is willing to go out and make plays for this team instead of being afraid he might make a mistake.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

As I said the more experience the better I think he will become. I just get tired of seeing people nitpick every single int to death. He could throw 3 TD passes in a game and 1 int and people will spend all week dissecting the 1 bad play. I also think he gets us in the red zone quite a bit and considering how many points we put up we are not doing that damn bad. He will never be a bus driver that Parcells talked about but then I don't want a Bus driver I want a QB who is willing to go out and make plays for this team instead of being afraid he might make a mistake.

If we could depend on the fact that we were going to outscore teams the way we are now, I would not worry about it either. However, that's not how the NFL works. As time goes on, the good defensive teams will narrow that gap. I believe you play how you prepair. Now is the time to correct those problems. I do not want a QB who thinks he has to go out and make every play. I want a guy who is smart enough to know when going for a low percentage play is not the smart play. I believe he will work this out. He knows that he has to. It's a situation where fans are calling Tony out for things that are irrelivant. He too recognises the fact that these are things he needs to clean up. I want him to win. I think it's very rare to win in the playoffs when you make the amount of mistakes we are making consistantly.

 

[utrunner07]

Look at it this way, Romo is getting this team into the red zone more often than virtually any Dallas offense over the last 25 years.

Who CARES? You don't win games by getting into the red zone...