Romo Didn't Like The Call

[CATCH17]

4:30 left in the game. 3rd and 1. Cowboys call time out and discuss the play to run. Cassell, Linehan, Garrett, and Romo in a group discussion. Romo shakes his head and rolls his eyes and walks away. Cassell goes back out to throw a pass Dez dropped. If you recorded the game, look for it. The disgust on Rom's face was obvious.

I hated the call.


That's the kind of crap I hate about JAson Garrett and his scheme.


The season on the line and we run a similar play to Dez in GB last year.


3rd and short yesterday and we're running a back shoulder pass.



How about designing a play that gets a guy open instead of relying on choice routes and back shoulder passes.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Don't count on it. He will have made too much money to tie himself to a 18 hour a day 7 days a week 10 months of the year job. He will make just as much or more working one or two days a week for a few hours on TV. He will fulfill his competiveness on the golf course and other celebrity athletic events. If he does coach, it will likely be no higher than the high school level where the time commitment will still allow him to enjoy his millions.

That's what I thought, he'd be a lock for a Fox/CBS/ESPN/NFLN anchor spot - or even as a broadcaster.

But I think I read or heard somewhere that he wanted to coach when he's done.

 

[Cowboys22]

The real coach of this team is Tony.

If so, they would have listened to him. I think you mean the real offensive genius on the team is Romo.

 

[remdak]

I went back and looked at the sequence in question on NFL Game Pass. Romo was shaking his head while speaking with Linehan and Cassel. Dez was behind him. I couldn't tell if Dez was speaking or not. Romo could have been shaking his head about anything. I wouldn't read too much into it.
However, looking at the Dez drop again really made me sick. The ball hit him right in the chest.

 

[gimmesix]

Reality sux.

Yes, it does, because it means we're wasting the career of a QB who could have had the same kind of Super success as Aikman and Staubach. Too bad he doesn't have Landry or Johnson coaching him and the defenses and run games those two also built.

The only other QB we've had worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with Aikman and Staubach doesn't have anywhere near the support those two had in their heydays.

 

[Cowboys22]

That's what I thought, he'd be a lock for a Fox/CBS/ESPN/NFLN anchor spot - or even as a broadcaster.

But I think I read or heard somewhere that he wanted to coach when he's done.

I have no doubt he is considering it but when it comes down to it, the time commitment and equal TV money will be too much to pass up. He would miss out on all the celebrity golf tournaments and traveling the world in A lists circles. I could see him going back to his old high school and volunteer coaching for a few days a week and gamedays.

 

[utrunner07]

I didn't like it either. I don't view a 20 yard back should throw as a high percentage play on 3rd and 1 with the game on the line. I'd much prefer a high percentage shorter pass designed to get the 1st down and extend the drive.

Yeah, 3rd and 6 and we go with 3-4 yard dump offs to Witten and then 3rd and 1 we go with a 20 yard back shoulder to Dez, boggles the mind, as do most things with this franchise

 

[jazzcat22]

I hated the call.


That's the kind of crap I hate about JAson Garrett and his scheme.


The season on the line and we run a similar play to Dez in GB last year.


3rd and short yesterday and we're running a back shoulder pass.



How about designing a play that gets a guy open instead of relying on choice routes and back shoulder passes.

And the refs screwed us on one call, and Dez dropped it on this one.
The play was there, so the call was not all that bad.

I know what you are saying, and some what agree though. Many other plays could have worked as well.

 

[CATCH17]

And the refs screwed us on one call, and Dez dropped it on this one.
The play was there, so the call was not all that bad.

The playcall was bad. Just because it almost worked doesn't mean it was a good playcall.

The playcall in GB was bad as well with the game on the line.


The play designs were awful last year as well. I don't care how good Romo and Dez made them look we still had a terrible offensive scheme.

 

[mugsybows]

The real coach of this team is Tony.

Absolutely! Tony is to Garrett what Lebron is to his coach in Cleveland.

 

[EST_1986]

I saw that too....... I "guessed" he was disgusted at whatever Dez was saying. I was thinking Dez was saying "throw me the ball" and Romo just wanted him to shut up.

Dez got his wish.....then dropped the ball..................

thats all guesswork on my part....But Romo wasnt happy about something, thats for sure.

Pretty sure its the stupid play call, need 1-2 yards and you throw a back shoulder fade with a QB and WR with minimal practice together.

 

[LucaBrasi]

42 yards rushing on 21 carries. Yeah, I liked the call to throw it to Dez in single coverage on 3rd and 1. If you fancy yourself one of the best wideouts in the game, you make that catch. period.

 

[sweetness0986]

Yeah, 3rd and 6 and we go with 3-4 yard dump offs to Witten and then 3rd and 1 we go with a 20 yard back shoulder to Dez, boggles the mind, as do most things with this franchise

Seriously, why do we continuously throw it a few yards shy of where the first down marker is? We used to have Witten right on the marker and they'd convert all the time.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

I hated the call.


That's the kind of crap I hate about JAson Garrett and his scheme.


The season on the line and we run a similar play to Dez in GB last year.


3rd and short yesterday and we're running a back shoulder pass.



How about designing a play that gets a guy open instead of relying on choice routes and back shoulder passes.

Watch most teams and on 3rd and 1 they either run it, or run a quick slant. It's pathetic that this team can't or won't utilize the slant pattern.

 

[Richmond Cowboy]

I didn't like it either. I don't view a 20 yard back should throw as a high percentage play on 3rd and 1 with the game on the line. I'd much prefer a high percentage shorter pass designed to get the 1st down and extend the drive.

Not any lower percentage than 4th and 2 in GB going deep sideline throw.

 

[TheCount]

I seen that too. Shows this team is not all on the same page. Depending how you look at it.

Don't know how you can say that without knowing how often a QB disagrees with a called play, but runs it anyway.

Romo might have disliked it, but it was a great call. Everyone in the universe was expecting us to run it there and we did the opposite. Some are always complaining about the team being predictable, they do something unpredictable and now it's a bad call.

The players bungled the execution, and that's that.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

42 yards rushing on 21 carries. Yeah, I liked the call to throw it to Dez in single coverage on 3rd and 1. If you fancy yourself one of the best wideouts in the game, you make that catch. period.

yup...same deal last year vs. GB

 

[LandryFan]

That's what I thought, he'd be a lock for a Fox/CBS/ESPN/NFLN anchor spot - or even as a broadcaster.

But I think I read or heard somewhere that he wanted to coach when he's done.

The only place I've read or heard that is from posters on this site. If someone has heard that from a credible source, please chime in (I know...credible sources are extremely hard to find these days).

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I'll say it again, I hope Romo becomes the team's OC when he retires.

No thanks.

Don't want to use shotgun and throw it every down and run the playclock down to .0000000001 seconds and wonder why the O-Line and TE's make false starts and don't get the jump on the pass rushers who know when the ball is being snapped.

I'd rather have Hue Jackson or Robb Chudzinski.





YR

 

[Yakuza Rich]

yup...same deal last year vs. GB

Stop it.

He made the catch against GB.

The league is so incompetent that they had to change the rule just so they could make up for their bogus decision. The refs actually called it a catch and then the league had to get involved and overrule the catch.

It is an embarrassment to the game and we hear fans and media constantly say that they don't know what is a catch anymore because of it and it has been another notch in what is causing the decline in the popularity in the league.





YR