Romo Weak Arm?

[joseephuss]

Which passes are you talking about? There are probably a lot of factors as to why he under threw several passes this past season. Each specific pass could be evaluated and I doubt very few of them would be due to arm strength issues. The one to TO in the playoffs was not about arm strength. It was footwork and defensive pressure by the Giants. Several more poor throws I saw by Romo this year were much more footwork and technique related than arm strength. A couple of others I saw where I saw him under throw a receiver was when he tried a touch pass. He never put enough into the pass to begin with. It was almost as if he misjudged the distance or over estimated what his arm could do and did not step into the throws.

Everyone remembers TO's dropped pass against the Commanders last season. Romo threw a perfect pass and it was very deep. He has arm strength is more than adequate. He is not close to the weakest arm. Nor is he the strongest arm. Most of his missed passes are due to his poor impulse decisions. Poor decisions can lead to poor technique and poor technique will lead to poor passes.

 

[lcharles]

Dude. :stop:

 

[Redball Express]

he doesn't seem to have much accuracy there and it has been short of the WR at times downfield.

But remember, it was just his 1st. yr. as a starter.

There is room for improvement.

Of course, Troy Aikman was the same way, had no touch on the deep throw and threw it too flat, therefore missing guys regularly.

He's in the Hall of Fame.

And then we had Bledsoe, who constantly held on to the ball trying to throw the deep ball and he got sacked regularly and killed drives consistantly with that problem.

So pick your poison.

I'll take Romo and his short to middle high accuracy and his mobility to hit somebody on the run so the WR can get some additional separation and make a big play out of it.

Over having a cannon for an arm that is less directed or accurate.

But you are correct, he did underthrow some important passes at times and it's hard to say exactly why other than he needs more work on it.

:starspin ReDBaLL ExPreSS :starspin

 

[the kid 05]

Not sure if they are phony fans trying to stir up stuff, not sure if they are or are not Commanders fans.

However I do find it funny that they share the same computer. Heck maybe they are one person and backing up the initial post with a different username.

Hmmmm

LARGE! LOL! Right on brother!

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in seriousness mode:
id rather have a more accurate qb (like romo) then a qb that can chuck it down the field 60+ yards (culpepper and Ben R.) because its rare they have time to set up and reach all the way back to make that 60+ yard throw and be accurate

 

[AbeBeta]

he doesn't have elite arm strength but he's not weak by any means -- often mobility will sap the zing off passes as the QB doesn't get to set it up as well -- but that's a trade off that every mobile QB not named Elway or Favre deals with.

 

[zrinkill]

Is it just me or does tony romo have 1 of the weakest arms in the nfl? I mean he underthrew wr's plenty of times this year, the obvious 1 against the giants underthrowing owens for the game winning td on the last drive but it wasnt jus that. All season he has been underthrowing wr's and if usually when you dont have a very good nfl arm when you try to throw it hard it fludders which i seen plenty of times throughout the season. Im preety sure we didnt throw alot of deep ball's because romo cant get it there with the accuracy. This is just my opinion but i want to know what you guys think of tony's arm strenth i think it's average at best, just looking back at all the big plays we could have had werent converted mainly becuase of his arm strength. He needs to get it stronger forsure. I remember brady coming out he had a good arm but it seems now he has a dart and he didnt have that 5-6 years ago. Your thoughts?

Well he did underthrow plenty of passes probably because he doesnt have a great arm, but not everyone can have a cannon like brady.

Same guy ...... probable Commander fan.

The new Phillo and Prophet.

 

[reddyuta]

why we even discussing this.? sure,romo doesnt have the strongest arm but he makes up for it with his athlectic ability and quick release.this a non-issue as far as I am concerned.

 

[Hoofbite]

I think Romo's arm is plenty strong. I also think that he doesn't look to throw for world records when hes out there so by the time he would actually need to throw one way down the field comes, he has already checked it down or is on the move.

That ball that TO dropped against washington was a strike and it was a long ways down field.

I could really care less if he doesn't show or have the biggest arm in the league. He gets the job done. What I would like to see is a few less turnovers. Thats all he really needs to work on.

 

[LandryFan]

Onfieldrush and possibly Shooterware are a couple of phonies. Probably foreskin fan(s), posing as good guys trying to to start something out of nothing, as if we are going to march on Jerry's house with torches demanding he do something about Romo's weak arm. What garbage. Go back to extreme foreskins and then, please drink a nice glass of Clorox.

Agreed!

 

[Eskimo]

Romo's got good arm strength but he doesn't have an Elway/Favre type of arm. I think he just often chooses to throw passes with touch. He can zip it when he has to.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Neither TO or DeAngelo Hall think Romo has a weak arm.

 

[AdamJT13]

Well if Romo does have some flaw in his throwing motion when targeting WRs deep then it could cause more of a loose spiral, which could cause the ball to "die" and lose speed quicker. Also he may not be able to judge the necessary trajectory correctly, causing him to leave the ball hanging in some cases. Just two situations where ball speed at release isn't necessarily an indications of a players "in game" arm strength.

Neither of those have anything to do with his arm strength. His arm strength is what it is. If he has a flaw in his mechanics, it might change how well he throws the ball, but it doesn't change his arm strength.

 

[DallasDomination]

Is it just me or does tony romo have 1 of the weakest arms in the nfl? I mean he underthrew wr's plenty of times this year, the obvious 1 against the giants underthrowing owens for the game winning td on the last drive but it wasnt jus that. All season he has been underthrowing wr's and if usually when you dont have a very good nfl arm when you try to throw it hard it fludders which i seen plenty of times throughout the season. Im preety sure we didnt throw alot of deep ball's because romo cant get it there with the accuracy. This is just my opinion but i want to know what you guys think of tony's arm strenth i think it's average at best, just looking back at all the big plays we could have had werent converted mainly becuase of his arm strength. He needs to get it stronger forsure. I remember brady coming out he had a good arm but it seems now he has a dart and he didnt have that 5-6 years ago. Your thoughts?

I think you probably are not a real fan..if you say " I think" when it comes to what our offense did last season, you dont know what youa re talking about.


But to answer your question. Romo has a Average Qb arm. But If He wants to dish it out He can. You dont remember the pass against the Lions? The T.O drop against the Commanders the year before...There was plenty of deep balls, he can do all the throws.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

His footwork is often off because he's so creative, .

That and defenses make it hard for QB's to get their feet underneath them. Unless you are Vince Young or Vick where teams don't want you outside the pocket under any circumstances, most QB's face defenses that want to make it difficult to set their feet, step and throw properly. Just about every QB has their footwork thrown off time to time by the defense. Peyton Manning does about as good of a job as any, and even he often throws off his back foot quite bit. Although that usually is about him trying to get the ball off quickly on a hot read.

As long as a QB can make all of the throws needed, then that's all of the arm strength needed.




YAKUZA

 

[AtlCB]

Coming out of college, Romo's passes were clocked at 57 mph.

Joe Flacco had the strongest arm in the draft this year. He threw 58 mph.

:fact:

Don't you ever get tired of ruining someone's opinion by bringing in the facts?

 

[ctrous25]

he doest have a cannon but he makes all throws he has too

also I should mention he makes all the throws he has to well

plus he might be the best playmaking QB in the NFL

 

[Marktui]

Is it just me or does tony romo have 1 of the weakest arms in the nfl? I mean he underthrew wr's plenty of times this year, the obvious 1 against the giants underthrowing owens for the game winning td on the last drive but it wasnt jus that. All season he has been underthrowing wr's and if usually when you dont have a very good nfl arm when you try to throw it hard it fludders which i seen plenty of times throughout the season. Im preety sure we didnt throw alot of deep ball's because romo cant get it there with the accuracy. This is just my opinion but i want to know what you guys think of tony's arm strenth i think it's average at best, just looking back at all the big plays we could have had werent converted mainly becuase of his arm strength. He needs to get it stronger forsure. I remember brady coming out he had a good arm but it seems now he has a dart and he didnt have that 5-6 years ago. Your thoughts?

He does not have one the strongest arms in the NFL. But it is far from weak. If you want to see a weak throw, go look at Chad Pennington of the Jets. No doubt Romo cannot throw a tight 60 yard spiral on a rope, but who really needs to? Romo has a quick release, a compact motion, throws accurately on the run and has vision to see the whole field. I will take that over a rocket arm any day of the week!!!

Btw, rocket arms are not a sure bet to be a Franchise qb, look at Jeff George, Ryan Leaf, Michael Vick.....those guys lacked vision. They could fire the ball to the receiver, but 8 times of out of 10 it was the to wrong receiver.

 

[masomenos]

Neither of those have anything to do with his arm strength. His arm strength is what it is. If he has a flaw in his mechanics, it might change how well he throws the ball, but it doesn't change his arm strength.

It certainly changes his effective arm strength.

 

[InmanRoshi]

I dunno ... seems like everything is on a line to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu-BWtv_3hY

Yeah, that 30 yard frozen rope to Crayton down the middle seem about :57 seconds in sure does look like a weak arm.

Also, judging a QB's arm just on the deep pass sideline go route is ridiculous. Most "deep passes" go 40 yards in the air, at most. Troy Aikman even said that Jason Garrett threw a better deep ball than him, does that mean that Garrett had a stronger arm? Throwing deep balls is as much (if not more) about loft, touch and trajectory as it is arm strength, and a miscalculation in any of those areas leads to a ball being "underthrown" as much if not more than arm strength.

 

[TheCount]

He doesn't have a weak harm, but his long passes do have a tendency to get caught up in the wind and end up underthrown. Not every QB has a laser, rocket arm like Peyton Manning, but accuracy is far more important.