Romo needs to work on deep ball

[tyke1doe]

He threw alot down field last year with TG in the line up. We need TG back soon. He has the speed and the hands for long passes. Maybe Romo doesn't have the same confidence with the other WRs.

Add to that that last year, TO would run too close to the sidelines on deep patterns, leaving Romo no place to throw the ball but out of bounds. I remember Madden commented on this at least twice last year.

 

[DallasDomination]

I honestly dont know why poeple are even talking about this..Romo can drive us down the field just fine, He doesnt need to really change anything besides maybe rolling out a little more and running when He has to.

 

[adbutcher]

Not 30-yard slants?

You are wrong for that, lol.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

I'm dissapointed that we didn't challenge N.E. deeep not once. You have to stretch a defense even if incomplete.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I'm dissapointed that we didn't challenge N.E. deeep not once. You have to stretch a defense even if incomplete.

Yes. Because if you, yourself take away a dimension of the team then its one less dimension that the Pats have to figure out and defend.

 

[BouncingCheese]

Romo doesn't have a cannon though. If we want to throw deep like that he REALLY needs to step into his throws like Matt Hasslebeck. He is incredibly accurrate in the short to intermediate passes. Besides, who needs a cannon when we can just throw slant routes to TO and Terry Glenn when he is healthy and let them do the work? Why do you think Farve is doing so well this year? Look at the type of passes he is throwing compared to past years.

Lets not put a square peg into a round hole here.

 

[McCordsville Cowboy]

But downfield isn't 50 yard bombs. We want bombs and flea flickers!

He doesnt have the arm to make that throw....

 

[Beast_from_East]

He doesnt have the arm to make that throw....

I respectfully disagree.

I went to training camp in San Antonio and I watched Romo alot. On a couple of deep shots, the ball traveled at least 60 yards in the air. On the intermediate routes, he fires the ball in there. I watched several 15 yard out passes that were frozen ropes, would have knocked the receiver out if he didnt have a helmet on!!!

I watched alot of Romo's other throws and he has a nice, tight spiral on the ball with good rotation. That is the thing to look for on a QB to judge arm strengh, how fast of rotation, does the ball stay level in flight or does the front or back "tilt" in air, ect...

Romo has plenty of arm strenght, I would put him in top 10% of the league, in my opinion.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I want to see more 30-yard slants, our lack of them is disturbing

 

[Bob Sacamano]

guys remember the drill last year in TC, where they brought out the buzzer, and the QBs had to get rid of the ball in 3 seconds? and how Romo consistently got the ball off in that time? Romo gets the ball out quicker than most QBs in this league, that's where most of his success comes from, and deep passes, you need 4 to 6 seconds to allow your receivers to get down the field, esp. when one of your starters is Patrick Crayton, who relies on savvy and quickness, moreso than straight-line speed to get down the field, going up against good pressure teams like the Pats doesn't give you many of those opportunities

 

[Zman5]

You don't need a cannon for an arm to throw bombs. Jason Garret threw better long ball than Aikman. And Garret had weaker arm than Romo.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

You don't need a cannon for an arm to throw bombs. Jason Garret threw better long ball than Aikman. And Garret had weaker arm than Romo.

Exactly. Chad Pennington actually throws a nice deep ball considering how weak his arm is. It's all about technique.

 

[ringmaster]

You don't need a cannon for an arm to throw bombs. Jason Garret threw better long ball than Aikman. And Garret had weaker arm than Romo.

Where do you get this crap there was no way Garrett, threw a better deep ball than Aikman, that is like saying Garrett, had a stronger arm which we know he didn't it was decent but not better.

In the arms race Aikman had a much stronger arm than Garrett, or Romo and threw a nice deep ball in my opinion.

But I really don't care about a QB's deep ball as long as he gets the job done and Aikman, with his "weak deep ball" has three SBs the same can be said about Montana whose arm wasn't a strong either but has 4 SBs to show for it thank God, most of us wasn't GMs because the "weak armed" QBs wouldn't stand a chance.

 

[joseephuss]

Where do you get this crap there was no way Garrett, threw a better deep ball than Aikman, that is like saying Garrett, had a stronger arm which we know he didn't it was decent but not better.

In the arms race Aikman had a much stronger arm than Garrett, or Romo and threw a nice deep ball in my opinion.

But I really don't care about a QB's deep ball as long as he gets the job done and Aikman, with his "weak deep ball" has three SBs the same can be said about Montana whose arm wasn't a strong either but has 4 SBs to show for it thank God, most of us wasn't GMs because the "weak armed" QBs wouldn't stand a chance.

I don't know if Garrett threw a better deep ball than Aikman. The deep ball is probably the best pass Garrett did throw. It was probably the worst pass that Aikman threw. I thought Aikman was a poor deep thrower. He was much better on the intermediate passes, quick slants and deep outs. In my opinion the deep out was his best pass and he is one of the best all time at it. He would just take his drop, plant and fire it out there on a rope like clock work.

 

[ringmaster]

I don't know if Garrett threw a better deep ball than Aikman. The deep ball is probably the best pass Garrett did throw. It was probably the worst pass that Aikman threw. I thought Aikman was a poor deep thrower. He was much better on the intermediate passes, quick slants and deep outs. In my opinion the deep out was his best pass and he is one of the best all time at it. He would just take his drop, plant and fire it out there on a rope like clock work.

That is why my opinion is different from yours.

I say he was a good deep ball thrower and that is how I see it, but he was deadly accurate everywhere else with his passes.

 

[gbrittain]

He doesnt have the arm to make that throw....

I do not think arm strength to how far one can throw it down field.

Tom Brady is not known for his great arm strength, but he has certainly thrown some long TD bombs this year.

Chad Penningto who is known as one of the QBs with the weakest arm in the NFL threw a pass yesterday that was right at 50 yards in the air.

I would have to disagree with you and say that Romo does have the arm to make that throw.

 

[khiladi]

The problem is everybody is dropping extra men in coverage against the Cowboys, so the middle of the field and the short drop-offs are there. Also, they are focusing on taking TO out of the game. The problem, as I see it is, is Dallas hasn't really established a copnsistent running attack to bring men up in the box.

If we can establish an effective play-action, we can damn well get a bunch of huge balls downs the line. The pass to Sam Hurd against the Giants is evident. Giants were reading run all the way, and it was a perfect call.

Plus, I'd like to see more quick slants by TO...

 

[zeroburrito]

maybe the wr's are crappy and can't get open? all we have is TO. he just ends up throwing to whittan because he is actually good. sadly, that doesn't give us huge yards.