Romo to his BFF

[fortdick]

That was not a back shoulder throw! lol... That was a poorly thrown ball and nothing more.

You have worn me down. Let's cut Witten and Romo! Who needs a HoF TE and the 5th highest rated career passing QB anyway?

 

[Cebrin]

I've always said he locks onto Witten too much... Definitely needs to see open WRs

Well, he's the All-Time leading receiver in Cowboys history. He averages over 11.1 yrds per catch. He's Second in All Time TE. At some point, you have to understand Tonys choices here and also realize that a LOT of plays are designed for Witten since he's a sure thing 99% of the time. It isn't just Tony that chooses Witten. It's the play-calling as well. That was a catch that Witten normally would have made. One play being blown out of proportion. Dez still holds more receptions and TD's for the year. I believe he has earned his nod from Tony as a go to guy now as well. Heck, T. Will had 7 catches in that game. If not for the fumble, we'd all be excited about his production. I still am. Hope he continues to grow.

 

[Cebrin]

"Only one throw..."

If I had a dollar for everytime that excuse is brought up whenever a thread like this is made. I made two similar threads in the preseason and I was told the same thing by you Romo Stans....."only one throw"..."only preseason".

Heard the same thing after the KC game and his inexcusable audible to T-Will in the red zone..."only one throw".

Games under Garrett's regime have come down to one possession the majority of the time. So it's not just one throw, it can be the difference btw a win and a loss.

Key word Garrett.

 

[Cebrin]

You think that was clear, do you? Things seemed to work out well for TO after he left, so, yeah, you're probably right.

The poor guy was just really misunderstood in San Francisco. I mean, Philadelphia. I mean, Dallas. I mean Buffalo. I mean, Cincinnati. I mean, with the IFL Allen Wranglers. I mean, in Seattle. I mean, with Hydrocodone.

Best response EVER.

 

[Cebrin]

It would be the defense's fault, bad o-line play, bad game planning etc...

2007 13-3
Offense 28.4 Points per game, 2nd in NFL. Romo is better now, T.O. now Dez, Crayton now Miles or T Will, Julius Jones now D Murray, Witten is Witten, O Line younger and playing well....What gives?
Defense: 12 interceptions, 7 fumble recoveries, 38 sacks Allowing only 20.3 points per game. Carr is better than T. Newman. Claiborne is better than Jaq Reeves lol. Barry Church is at least as good if not better than the Horse Collar king and Wilcox is still unknown. Greg Ellis and D Ware got most of the sacks. Bradie James in the middle. I don't see that we have that much difference in talent now than we did then. It is why we are hyped in the news so much. There is plenty of talent here to make a playoff run. We just aren't getting it done. These coaches need to scheme better on both sides of the ball.

 

[Hostile]

You're biting off more than you can chew by bringing the racial accusations into the mix unless you are ready to present factual evidence of it occurring.

Seeing as how the Cowboys coaches and players have never publicly thrown him under the bus I don't know how I could provide you with this proof. However, the allegations of him sowing racial discord were not first presented by me. They were alluded to around the time he was released from the team and even before it actually happened. I brought up nothing new here. It has been out there for quite a while. There's a reason why many of them won't talk about him at all.

 

[Hostile]

That was brought up in the media back then but no one knows how accurate that is. Bottom line is he split the locker room and was a bad influence on the young players. And the racial thing wouldn't surprise me if it was true. He went after Jeff Garcia and claimed he was gay. Then he turned on McNabb and later on Romo. It's the guy's MO. He's just a troubled player and problems followed him at every stop. After a while, it's just not a coincidence any more.

I would like to point out that this poster and I constantly disagree, yet we are reporting the same thing. That should tell you the allegations were there.

 

[SportsGuru80]

Well, he's the All-Time leading receiver in Cowboys history. He averages over 11.1 yrds per catch. He's Second in All Time TE. At some point, you have to understand Tonys choices here and also realize that a LOT of plays are designed for Witten since he's a sure thing 99% of the time. It isn't just Tony that chooses Witten. It's the play-calling as well. That was a catch that Witten normally would have made. One play being blown out of proportion. Dez still holds more receptions and TD's for the year. I believe he has earned his nod from Tony as a go to guy now as well. Heck, T. Will had 7 catches in that game. If not for the fumble, we'd all be excited about his production. I still am. Hope he continues to grow.

On the in completion to Witten Cole Beasley was wide open no excuse for locking on one guy like that.

 

[Cebrin]

On the in completion to Witten Cole Beasley was wide open no excuse for locking on one guy like that.

Unfortunately, dropped passes are in-completions.

 

[Biggems]

my assessment, romo went to his security blanket and it should have been a catch plain and simple. however, if romo is a little more patient and holds it for a split second longer, since he had great protection on the play, he could have thrown to a wide open beasley, and potentially got a huge gain.

im ok with the play as it went down.

btw, im more upset with the long FG try instead of punting and pinning SD deep. im upset with the tic tack PI call against us inside the 10. im upset with the refs completely ignoring the delay of game penalty on the play where SD got the 1st down, just before the Gates TD. im upset that our D got owned by 3 benchwarmer OL. im upset that we still dont have consisntency on offense, we are jekyll and hyde from week to week.

 

[khiladi]

Witten seems to be getting his catches, and I'm going by impression, when the progressions on WR routes are covered. He is Romo's outlet, the implication being, he isn't the primary target and the defense is ceding the middle of the field during those times. It is not like Romo is always looking for Witten, it is because teams are funneling and have been funneling the passes like that.

I don't think Witten has the speed anymore to attack down the seams, but the problem is we don't attack the seams, but rarely, ever since Garrett's play book. We seem to be doing it more though, but Dallas needs to start moving in direction beyond Witten.

 

[Zordon]

Seeing as how the Cowboys coaches and players have never publicly thrown him under the bus I don't know how I could provide you with this proof. However, the allegations of him sowing racial discord were not first presented by me. They were alluded to around the time he was released from the team and even before it actually happened. I brought up nothing new here. It has been out there for quite a while. There's a reason why many of them won't talk about him at all.

i remember the allegations just like i remember the allegations about aikman being a racist and homosexual. nobody credible (not even the e!spn dallas guys) were willing to put their names on that story b/c there simply wasn't anything there. trust if there was, we would have found out b/c everything in that locker room was being leaked to the media during those wade years.

 

[Cebrin]

Witten seems to be getting his catches, and I'm going by impression, when the progressions on WR routes are covered. He is Romo's outlet, the implication being, he isn't the primary target and the defense is ceding the middle of the field during those times. It is not like Romo is always looking for Witten, it is because teams are funneling and have been funneling the passes like that.

I don't think Witten has the speed anymore to attack down the seams, but the problem is we don't attack the seams, but rarely, ever since Garrett's play book. We seem to be doing it more though, but Dallas needs to start moving in direction beyond Witten.

Austin has been hitting the seam a bit. Too bad he was hurt for this game.

 

[Hostile]

i remember the allegations just like i remember the allegations about aikman being a racist and homosexual. nobody credible (not even the e!spn dallas guys) were willing to put their names on that story b/c there simply wasn't anything there. trust if there was, we would have found out b/c everything in that locker room was being leaked to the media during those wade years.

Not everything. I stand by what I said, he absolutely was a huge problem.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Is this still going?

Good grief.. Witten dropped a pass that hit him in the chest and would have given us a first down.

The end.

 

[5Stars]

Is this still going?

Good grief.. Witten dropped a pass that hit him in the chest and would have given us a first down.

The end.

Why do you want to stop the Anti-Romo stan party? The kids need to play, too!

lmao

 

[ufcrules1]

You have worn me down. Let's cut Witten and Romo! Who needs a HoF TE and the 5th highest rated career passing QB anyway?

Sounds like a plan.

 

[AsthmaField]

Is this still going?

Good grief.. Witten dropped a pass that hit him in the chest and would have given us a first down.

The end.

It is kind of hard to keep up with. Now we are talking about TO being unjustly persecuted by the haters, when all he wanted to do was win. He was such a team player that even arena league teams thought he was too good for them and cut him.

 

[percyhoward]

Target Breakdowns

2012
Witten 22%
Dez 21%
Austin 18%
Ogletree/Harris/Beasley 16%
Murray/Jones 12%
others 11%

2013 (4 games)
Dez 24%
Witten 22%
Williams/Harris/Beasley 17%
Murray 16%
Austin 13%
others 8%

Not much of a difference between the two seasons so far, except a 4% shift from WR (other than Dez) to the backs. Witten's share of the targets hasn't changed, and Dez's is actually up. Witten's 22% of his team's targets is 6th in the NFL among TE, which is about right, and if anything a little low.

Dez's 24% share of his team's targets is 25th in the NFL among WR, which is patently absurd.

The problem isn't Witten's 22%, it's the 54% that go to someone other than Dez or Witten.

 

[JohnsKey19]

The safer throw was definitely to Beasley. Given the leverage of the DB in addition to Beasley's quickness, that's a simple pitch and catch once Beasley makes his break. Once Weddle turns to follow Witten, the short middle was clearly the void in the defense. Romo the vast majority of the time is good at reading defenses, so he probably knew he had Beasley in a good spot if he wanted him. I think he simply chose to hit Witten down the seam. Probably should have looked elsewhere given the coverage but Witten still dropped a catchable pass.