Image: Romo gives Bryant the thumbs up

[dbonham]

if I see the #88 or "Bryant" on a jersey, I am moving over lol. Regardless of tony's signals.

No way. I'm gonna go cover Hanna or somebody and let the corner deal with that monster

 

[Crown Royal]

Do you know what's impressive? The accuracy on the three TD throws. That is NOT an easy throw to make.

 

[gimmesix]

They were showing blitz/10 men in box. Romo even said after game thumbs up just meant run route they already called anyway. It wasn't a signal to change anything, just run what they called. Which was go route vs. 1 on 1 press coverage. Bryant beat his guy, Romo looked off safety (still had Williams, Beasley & Witten going out too) and dropped pass in perfectly to Dez.

Next time he does a thumbs up it might mean run route that was called and that could be a slant.

I thought he said it meant for Bryant to run a go route. But it's not like defenders can key on the thumbs up if that's the case because Romo has used a variety of hand signals with his receivers.

 

[mahoneybill]

The two of them are starting to develop a Aikman/Irvin type relationship on the field.

Both in terms on Chemistry, but also very importantly respect. Des in the post game interview said something to the effect that " Tony was so poised that we had to deliver for him "

He also kept away from the " me" and reinforced the " team"... Well done Dez... Mr X....

 

[mahoneybill]

Do you know what's impressive? The accuracy on the three TD throws. That is NOT an easy throw to make.

Agree. Finally saw some throws that looked liked all the other TD highlights from other QB's.. Well done Tony, O Line, and Mr. X.

 

[mahoneybill]

Didn't the corner have safety help on all three TDs? I don't think he was ever truly single covered, there was always help over the top. The execution (i.e. Romo's passes) was just too good.

Agree. You can clearly see the safety coming over on at least one of the plays. That guy has to chose between Dez or Williams when they go man coverage, and Dez ran a great route to get to the end zone before the safety could close to cause a problem.

Add in perfect throws by Tony and TD magic....

 

[sacase]

Romo was asked about that, and he indicated that, but also said he couldn't give away anything they are doing, then smiled.

I was gonna say, I thought this is exactly what Romo said, that he couldn't give away anything.

 

[CaptainCowboy12]

You knew when the refs threw that touchy illegal contact flag that the 'just interfere with the wide outs' coverage scheme from Thanksgiving wasn't going to be allowed.

Agreed. It was nice to see early on that instead of Dez having to wear a CB in his jersey all game he would actually get to run his routes.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

The brilliance is that Romo has a million gestures and signals that may not mean very much/something completely different to throw defenses off.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Interestingly enough, the Eagles defensive coordinator said that Fletcher had more help than not then entire game, it's just that on the occasionans he didn't, Romo saw it and went after him.

He gave a lot of credit to Romo for his coverage reads and said he burned them in some crucial situations.

He should discredit himself for not disguising coverages.