Romo to Williams still a work in progress

[sbark]

I'm not a big RW fan and he has dropped some easy ones but I have to admit that, for some reason, Romo seems to always throw the ball high to RW. At least more so to RW then the other WRs.

and yet Eli Manning and Plexico made a living to a big recvr up high..... the only thing that could slow it down was a pistol in the speedo's

 

[MapleLeaf]

Romo and Austin have similarly shown that kind of rapport on some plays, where a nod is all they need. Hopefully, Williams will get there with Romo.

...to do with Romo and everything to do with if Roy has enough ability to recognize defences in the pre-snap reads.

He has to know what Romo is taught to look for in pre-snap by Garrett, recognize that and adjust his route accordingly.

Over and over again people keep saying that Williams and Romo have to get on the same page. This is not the entire truth. What they need to do is to get on the same page of Garrett's playbook.

When we see this what are we suppose to do according to the OC's playbook? When those two are responding to the questions with the same answers then they are on the same page of the playbook.

Right now I would suggest that Romo, although not completely blameless, has a better grasp of the playbook than Roy does.

Given what he has done so far in the past month and a half.

 

[gimmesix]

...to do with Romo and everything to do with if Roy has enough ability to recognize defences in the pre-snap reads.

He has to know what Romo is taught to look for in pre-snap by Garrett, recognize that and adjust his route accordingly.

Over and over again people keep saying that Williams and Romo have to get on the same page. This is not the entire truth. What they need to do is to get on the same page of Garrett's playbook.

When we see this what are we suppose to do according to the OC's playbook? When those two are responding to the questions with the same answers then they are on the same page of the playbook.

Right now I would suggest that Romo, although not completely blameless, has a better grasp of the playbook than Roy does.

Given what he has done so far in the past month and a half.

I don't think it's necessarily a matter of not being on the same page in the playbook.The receivers in this offense don't just run to a particular spot on the field on every route but make route adjustments based on what the defense shows.

In other words, they have options based on what they see. Go back to the Denver game when Romo was expecting Austin to go out to the sideline when Austin read the corner and thought he was supposed to settle into a spot, leading to an interception. Same thing with Crayton on a crossing route earlier this year, and at other times.

Usually, Romo knows what to expect from those receivers, but sometimes they do the unexpected based on what they read.

It happens more with Williams because Romo knows less of what to expect from him in games. When he thinks Williams has made his final move and is heading to the sideline, Williams sees the corner turn his hips and makes another move and heads toward the middle of the field. When he thinks Williams is going to the pylon, Williams thinks he's going to get a jump ball.

That's one reason I like the strict timing-based offense we ran under Norv Turner. It was designed to take out the guesswork. Garrett's modified system allows more freedom for the receiver to get open, but there's also more room for errors.

Because of that, Romo and Williams do have to get on the same page. Williams needs to learn what body language Romo is going to read to throw him a pass, and Romo needs to learn when Williams is going to go in when he thinks he's going to go out and vice versa.

Of course, some routes are not left open to any interpretation, such as the hot route Williams ran. He's got to be ready on that.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

I wonder if some of those plays that we just chalk up to "miscommunication" is more "improvised" plays, where Roy Williams has already run his route, the ball hasn't come out and now he is just improvising and Roy Williams does one thing and Tony Romo thinks he is going to improvise and do something else.

I know on one of those miscommunication plays on Saturday, Roy Williams was done running his route, he wasn't open and was just improvising.

Tony Romo thought he was going to run upfield towards the sidelines and Roy Williams ran inside.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I think they're going to continue to get better together and it isn't going to kill us for it to take a little longer with the emergence of Austin as the #1 here. This will give Tony and Roy even more time to work on getting together on things and doing better and better.

We all want it to work out really well because it helps the Cowboys. Patience is what it will take to get there.