Romo to his BFF

[Kevinicus]

He wasn't clearly open. Weddle was in good position and there was another charger in the area. He was locked in to witten. He should've went through his progression and found Beasley. But As I said before, I don't fault romo for that particular play. Witten usually makes that catch.

Can't agree with that at all. He was clearly open, Weddle was trailing by a large margin (by NFL standards) and the safety wasn't going to get there in time. You see that, you hit it 100% of the time. When you go through progressions, you stop when you get to the open guy. Witten was the first read, he was open, it was the right play. The only thing that is remotely questionable is the quality of the throw...and why more plays like that aren't called more often.

 

[ufcrules1]

Wow...so we have multiple people on this thread saying he made a bad throw, and we have multiple people saying he made a perfect throw.

When the receiver has to literally stop his route and turn all the way around, that means it was a bad throw people. Witten made a good effort to try to catch it but it was a bad throw.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

It was a poor throw that I expected Witten to catch.

 

[TrailBlazer]

Can't agree with that at all. He was clearly open, Weddle was trailing by a large margin (by NFL standards) and the safety wasn't going to get there in time. You see that, you hit it 100% of the time. When you go through progressions, you stop when you get to the open guy. Witten was the first read, he was open, it was the right play. The only thing that is remotely questionable is the quality of the throw...and why more plays like that aren't called more often.

Witten didn't have enough separation. Weddle is faster than witten. I think it was purposely a back shoulder throw but weddle was there to disrupt witten enough for him not to catch the ball. If he was clearly open like you say, then it wouldve been an easy pitch and catch. Cant really blame romo tho because witten has the ability to catch passes even when theres good coverage. But on 3rd and 8, it wasnt a high percentage pass. Romo gets locked in on witten instead of going through his progression. The ball needed to go to Beasley there. It would've been a high percentage throw and a first down.

 

[ufcrules1]

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

 

[Hostile]

Below is a list of QBs in the NFL who would throw the ball to Cole Beasley in the above play over Jason Witten.











Thank you for your attention to my list. I like tacos.

 

[gimmesix]

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...

I continue to be amazed at how many people don't understand read progressions. They seem to think QBs have multiple sets of eyes where they can notice every receiver on the field at all times to see which one comes open. Instead, Romo reads the defense and throws to Witten because of the design of the play and the matchup. If Witten had not been open, then he comes off that read and possibly sees Beasley, if that was his next read.

Someone on here needs to teach a fundamentals of football class so maybe this kind of wrongheadedness will stop.

 

[TrailBlazer]

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

Do you have any facts or quotes to back that up? Or are you trying to push your own agenda like you did when you started this thread?

 

[burmafrd]

amazing how many feed the troll that started this thread

 

[kramskoi]

I'm sure the plan wasn't for the ball to bounce of Witten's chest.

Well in fairness, Weddle does manage to slap Witten's right arm at the perfect time to break up the catch. Should he have caught the ball anyway? Maybe, but Weddle did interfere with the catch.

 

[kramskoi]

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.

It looks like Romo had Witten on his mind from the moment of the snap. Beasley comes open a split second before he releases the ball. I think it was 3rd and about 8 on this play so I don't know that Beasley would have gotten the first down. Looks close though and maybe he does if Romo takes a little more time to assess.

 

[AsthmaField]

Look, it is like this:

Witten was covered.
Beasley was open.
Romo threw it the only place he could have for Witten to have a chance to catch it.
It wasn't a perfect pass.
It was a good pass that Witten should have caught.
He should have seen Beasley and thrown to him.
Many QB's in that situation would have gone to the reliable target and thrown to Witten.

This isn't rocket science. It isn't complicated.

It was one play.

 

[TrailBlazer]

Look, it is like this:

Witten was covered.
Beasley was open.
Romo threw it the only place he could have for Witten to have a chance to catch it.
It wasn't a perfect pass.
It was a good pass that Witten should have caught.
He should have seen Beasley and thrown to him.
Many QB's in that situation would have gone to the reliable target and thrown to Witten.

This isn't rocket science. It isn't complicated.

It was one play.

That's what I saw

 

[lane]

beasley is always open

runs the correct routes.

catches the ball no matter how bad the throw.

if romo threw him the ball on that play he would have gained at least thirty yards or housed it.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I agree beas was wide open there. He should have threw it to him. But that was a good pass witten dropped

 

[EPL0c0]

This is what happens when your QB is obsessed with his BFF. Check out Cole Beasley who is WIDE OPEN for an easy first down AND MORE. Who does Romo throw the ball to? His BFF who is covered by the best defensive player on the Chargers (Eric Weddle). We were down 23-21 here, after this play we punt and then Rivers throws the TD to Gates to pretty much put the nail in the coffin.

if Witten catches that, there's nothing to criticize.

 

[links18]

Romo could have made a better throw. Witten still could have made the play. Weddle made a play. Stay out of 3rd and 8.

 

[Kevinicus]

Look, it is like this:

Witten was covered.
Beasley was open.
Romo threw it the only place he could have for Witten to have a chance to catch it.
It wasn't a perfect pass.
It was a good pass that Witten should have caught.
He should have seen Beasley and thrown to him.
Many QB's in that situation would have gone to the reliable target and thrown to Witten.

This isn't rocket science. It isn't complicated.

It was one play.

I disagree with several of those. Witten was open. The ball could have been thrown elsewhere and Witten could have caught it (not that it was necessarily a bad throw). Though if it was the only place he could have thrown it, then it was a perfect pass which contradicts what you said. And he should only have seen Beasley if he missed the read on the open Witten going through his progressions.

 

[SportsGuru80]

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

 

[xobwej]

My apologies. I spoke inappropriately in this thread.

I disagree with the original post.