Romo to his BFF

[ufcrules1]

Fact: romo forces the ball to Witten more than any other receiver. The Bease was open right there but Romo never looked for anyone other than Witten. When its crunch time, Romo goes to Witten. If us fans know this, best believe the defense does.

On that play, Romo had the wrong read IMO.

Romo had the blinders on.. he had already made up his mind he was going to Witten and nothing was going to stop him. I assure you the Chargers game planned to take Witten out of the game. That is one of the best ways to stop Romo.

 

[CaptainCreed]

I disagree. I don't think Witten had enough separation from Weddle there. The ball was underthrown a bit but Weddle was all over him, even if the ball was thrown in the perfect spot Weddle was there to defend it. Why go after the best defender on the whole Chargers defense in a dire 3rd and 8? Kindly note Romo audibled to go to Witten as well.

He dropped the ball. Bad example.

 

[ufcrules1]

Honestly, I think the only reason Witten has a chance to catch the ball there is because it wasn't thrown to the right place. Just dumb luck because by the time the ball had gotten there.. Weddle had Witten covered where the ball should have been. Witten has to literally turn all the the way around and try to catch the ball in a very small window and Weddle had his right arm temporarily blocked making it very hard for Witten to bring it up in time to catch the ball.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I disagree. When a team decides to take your "pro bowl TE" out of the game and are all over him.. that means it creates one on one match ups with your other players. Beasley is majorly under utilized in our offense and especially on that play.

So we shouldn't throw it to Dez either since teams try to take him out of the game every week? NEVER let a defense dictate how you run your offense. And that's my biggest problem with this offense. Always taking what the defense gives them. Well they are giving it to you for a reason.....

 

[Nova]

That view does not look like Witten is open to me. Weddle looks all over him, we both know that Weddle is way faster than Witten and by the time the ball got there Weddle would be all over him.. which he was. Now, look at Beasley in this picture.. that is what you call open. If he goes to Beasley there he picks up an easy 20+ yards and we are in field goal range at the least. The proper play there is to use Witten as a decoy to open the field up underneath for Beasley for an easy first down and much more.

It's not the best view because by that time, Witten was slowing up because the ball was already half way there. Witten does a little stutter that briefly freezes Weddle, then goes by him. Weddle may be faster, but he got caught a little flat footed and had the pass been out in front, I don't think Weddle has that great of a chance to break it up. He'd probably get the tackle though with very little YAC.

Beasley is WIDE open. He's NCAA open on this play. Witten is about as open as you normally see from this offense. I don't think it was a bad idea to throw him the pass, I just thought it was a bad pass. But you're right, Beasley is clearly the better option.

 

[Tabascocat]

I have watched this play a dozen times over now. Witten had Weddle beat but there was help over the top(from the side actually) coming in fast. A better throw and we are not talking about this. Beasley did get free across the middle but it is hard to tell if he did so before Romo released the ball. I am more concerned with what Dez and TWill are doing. They do the usual curls there. What if Witten and Beasley do not ever get open? There are no other options for Tony to go to. The receivers not in the play need to be always moving just in case.

In short, Romo made a bad throw. Witten should have caught it but that is difficult for someone of his size to change his direction/stance to look for it, especially with Weddle coming in right at him.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Was Beasley wide open with alot of room to run? Yes.

Did Romo do something wrong by hitting a different receiver in the chest with the football for first down yardage? No.

/thread

Conspiracy theorists.. exit through the back door, please.

 

[aikemirv]

Beasley is tiny. If you had a view from Romos helmet I would love to see it. At every moment in a play not every receiver is visible. Romo saw Witten with a step. Beasley could have been behind a lineman at the time Romo saw Witten with a step.

 

[ufcrules1]

So we shouldn't throw it to Dez either since teams try to take him out of the game every week? NEVER let a defense dictate how you run your offense. And that's my biggest problem with this offense. Always taking what the defense gives them. Well they are giving it to you for a reason.....

Dez and Witten are 2 completely different animals. Dez routinely catches the ball in double coverage and can jump well over 10 feet and make circus catches. Apples and oranges! With that said, if other players are getting wide open.. and I mean really wide open, then you should go to them.

 

[ufcrules1]

Was Beasley wide open with alot of room to run? Yes.

Did Romo do something wrong by hitting a different receiver in the chest with the football for first down yardage? No.

/thread

Conspiracy theorists.. exit through the back door, please.

So Romo makes a bad throw and hits him right in the numbers? Witten does a 180 at the last minute to give himself a slight chance to catch the ball with Weddle all over him. Could he make the catch? Maybe.. should he be expected to make that catch with a TERRIBLE throw in traffic? Not at all. Get real.

 

[Seven]

From my viewpoint Romo is throwing it before


Yea I was about to say.......that has nothing to do with Romo. Witten didn't catch it and he should have.

Now i've been reading all week how Romo is "stat padding" and needs to stop "dinking". He throws for 30 yards and now we're encouraging him to throw another dink even though Witten should've caught it. And I trust Witten a lot more than Beasley.

I don't.

I do agree with the rest of your post tho. Dead Nuts on.

 

[aikemirv]

I have watched this play a dozen times over now. Witten had Weddle beat but there was help over the top(from the side actually) coming in fast. A better throw and we are not talking about this. Beasley did get free across the middle but it is hard to tell if he did so before Romo released the ball. I am more concerned with what Dez and TWill are doing. They do the usual curls there. What if Witten and Beasley do not ever get open? There are no other options for Tony to go to. The receivers not in the play need to be always moving just in case.

In short, Romo made a bad throw. Witten should have caught it but that is difficult for someone of his size to change his direction/stance to look for it, especially with Weddle coming in right at him.

Romo made an imperfect through. I am not sure how it can be said that he made a bad throw when the ball hits the receiver in the chest.

So Romo makes a bad throw and hits him right in the numbers? Witten does a 180 at the last minute to give himself a slight chance to catch the ball with Weddle all over him. Could he make the catch? Maybe.. should he be expected to make that catch with a TERRIBLE throw in traffic? Not at all. Get real.

Those kinds of catches are why your boy Eli has a couple of rings!!

 

[ufcrules1]

I have watched this play a dozen times over now. Witten had Weddle beat..

I'm not so sure he did, although it may have appeared that way. Weddle has great closing speed and if you notice by the time the ball gets there, Weddle was in the right place to cover the play. So that tells me Witten didn't have him beat. The only reason Witten has a chance on that play is the last minute 180.

 

[Playmaker247]

That view does not look like Witten is open to me. Weddle looks all over him, we both know that Weddle is way faster than Witten and by the time the ball got there Weddle would be all over him.. which he was. Now, look at Beasley in this picture.. that is what you call open. If he goes to Beasley there he picks up an easy 20+ yards and we are in field goal range at the least. The proper play there is to use Witten as a decoy to open the field up underneath for Beasley for an easy first down and much more.

Cole Beasley is so open its not even funny!

 

[khiladi]

First of all, it seems Romo audibled, when he noticed that Witten had only a LB match-up because of Beasley on the right side as well.

Additionally, the deep safety, was looking at Beasley as the potental deep target, i.e.his eyes were on Beasley at the beginning and for a second when the ball was snapped. It appears he originally went forward towards Beasley, probably thinking help over the top that side.

The fact is Witten was open, but Romo underthrew him it seems. The read was actually correct. If it was Escobar, he probably could have gotten more sace because of speed and Romo could have sailed it more.

My take: Right adjustment by Romo, bad throw

At the same time, it shows that Witten's speed is probably a weakness in this offense now...

 

[Tabascocat]

Romo made an imperfect through. I am not sure how it can be said that he made a bad throw when the ball hits the rece

If I translated this correctly, I am almost positive Romo did not intend to put the ball in that position. It was under-thrown; hence, a bad throw. If Romo leads him like he normally does on those seam routes, it is a big gain. I think he just didn't put enough juice behind it is all.

 

[Idgit]

So Romo makes a bad throw and hits him right in the numbers? Witten does a 180 at the last minute to give himself a slight chance to catch the ball with Weddle all over him. Could he make the catch? Maybe.. should he be expected to make that catch with a TERRIBLE throw in traffic? Not at all. Get real.

The ball hit Witten in the chest. There is no definition under which this can be considered a 'terrible' throw. You are barking at shadows.

 

[ROUSH8692]

Yup on a key 3rd down... definitely agree with Romo going to Witten (Mr Reliable) rather than going to Cole Beasley (nobody).... Hit him in the numbers too... Even Witten patted his chest after noting it was "his bad"...

 

[ufcrules1]

The ball hit Witten in the chest. There is no definition under which this can be considered a 'terrible' throw. You are barking at shadows.

Right, Witten having to do a 180 means it was a good throw? Get real man! Even other Romo lovers here are admitting it was a bad throw. How you can deny that is ludicrous.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

So Romo makes a bad throw and hits him right in the numbers? Witten does a 180 at the last minute to give himself a slight chance to catch the ball with Weddle all over him. Could he make the catch? Maybe.. should he be expected to make that catch with a TERRIBLE throw in traffic? Not at all. Get real.

A "bad throw" that hit him in the chest.

A "TERRIBLE throw in traffic" that hit him in the chest.

lol

Your statement above that i bolded is why no one takes you seriously when you post this stuff, ufc.

I'll take "bad throws" all day from my QB if he's hitting every receiver right in the chest with the football.

I don't know if you've ever played football or not, but if a ball hits you in the numbers and you don't come down with it, the QB isn't the one that's going to take a tongue lashing.