Romo's INT

[Romo2Bryant4Six]

Saw the gamecast on NFL.Com, but missed the replay today (Had to take the Mrs. to a wedding shower) Could anyone tell me how it happened?? Romo forcing the ball? Good play by the defender? or miscom. with Ogletree??

 

[JBS]

similar to the INT he threw to Ed Reed last year....In the sense that Romo kind of just threw it up...and the DB caught it...

 

[FanSince61]

go to DallasCowboys.com, then multimedia. Click on Romo's highlights against 49ers. The play is at about 55 seconds into the video.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Ogletree had a step, but Romo had a guy in his face and got nothing on the throw. Pick.

 

[rkell87]

just a bad throw under pressure too short and inside...easy six if he puts the ball over Os shoulder

 

[Romo2Bryant4Six]

thanks guys...i was just kinda hoping to see a preseason with no interceptions.but lets get it out of the way now

 

[sonnyboy]

This was not a typical Romo int. He was under pressure, but the guy wasn't right in his face. It was a good decision, just poor execution. And he had time to execute the throw. I can only guess that the ball got away from him/slipped out of his hand slightly, since it was so far off the mark.

It is nice that we have a thread on Romo's ONE int of the preseason.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

The pressure kind of closed in quickly and I think Romo thought the blocker (couldn't see who) would stand up his guy and he got hit when he threw it. It wasn't the best decision (I don't think it was anywhere near as bad as the Reed INT from last season), but he shouldn't have thrown it in that area because the WR was pretty much covered. If Romo didn't get hit, there's a decent chance the ball would not have been picked off. The silver lining in this (IMO) is that Romo reportedly stated he was mad at himself for making a bad decision. Again, it wasn't the worst decision in my eyes and he did get hit throwing the ball, but I like the fact that now he sees that as an unacceptable decision where in the past he would just shrug it off like that comes with him being a big play QB.

Baby steps, baby steps.




YAKUZA

 

[EPL0c0]

from what I saw (and can recall) he did basically what he hadn't done to that point in the preseason. He threw under a little pressure, kind of lobbed it over the Oline, i think was standing on his back foot, etc. It wasn't so much forced as just a dumb move.

He'll get on himself for it and learn...He's got a good bit of film to show him what not to do in those situations.

You'd have been proud of how well he protected the ball while moving around otherwise. Two hands on the ball, ball up close to his body...man I am just impressed with the work he's done in the offseason to get himself to do that while scrambling. VERY impressed.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

is there any video proof or article where Tony says he probably should have eaten that play??? Thats an improvement from "Hey, its like a punt."

 

[LeonDixson]

is there any video proof or article where Tony says he probably should have eaten that play??? Thats an improvement from "Hey, its like a punt."

Yes there was at least one source cited yesterday after the game. Don't ask me to find it, though; I'm the world's worst searcher.

 

[dbair1967]

is there any video proof or article where Tony says he probably should have eaten that play??? Thats an improvement from "Hey, its like a punt."

Yeah, I read it today on one of the new sites, it was either DMn ot FWST.

He said he should have just taken the sack.

 

[theogt]

Ogletree had a step, but Romo had a guy in his face and got nothing on the throw. Pick.

Actually, the CB was right in his hip pocket. It looked like he had a step only because the CB peeled off due to the ball being thrown so far short and inside.

Dumb thrown by Romo. I initially thought he had started his throw before he realized the rusher was right on him, but he in fact saw the guy right in front of him as he did the pump fake, then decided to throw anyway.

 

[TwentyOne]

just a bad throw under pressure too short and inside...easy six if he puts the ball over Os shoulder

I think this describes it the best.

 

[speedkilz88]

Actually, the CB was right in his hip pocket. It looked like he had a step only because the CB peeled off due to the ball being thrown so far short and inside.

Dumb thrown by Romo. I initially thought he had started his throw before he realized the rusher was right on him, but he in fact saw the guy right in front of him as he did the pump fake, then decided to throw anyway.

QBs will always throw it to the back shoulder and its either a td or an incomplete pass.

 

[theogt]

QBs will always throw it to the back shoulder and its either a td or an incomplete pass.

Romo was about 10-15 yards away from his back shoulder.

The CB couldn't have had better position.

 

[speedkilz88]

Romo was about 10-15 yards away from his back shoulder.

The CB couldn't have had better position.

It was a bad throw. If Romo had put it where it should have been it was a likely td.

 

[theogt]

It was a bad throw. If Romo had put it where it should have been it was a likely td.

If Romo puts every ball thrown into the endzone where it "should" be, then they're all TDs. But it's not like that was a given, since the CB had good coverage. The CB was right on his hip, exactly where he should be. Your point must be that every single go route is a sure TD as long as the QB puts the ball where it should be.

 

[speedkilz88]

If Romo puts every ball thrown into the endzone where it "should" be, then they're all TDs. But it's not like that was a given, since the CB had good coverage. The CB was right on his hip, exactly where he should be. Your point must be that every single go route is a sure TD as long as the QB puts the ball where it should be.

No, my point is that the corner wasn't in good position regardless what you think.

 

[theogt]

No, my point is that the corner wasn't in good position regardless what you think.

http://img33.*************/img33/6348/ogletree.jpg

To be quite honest, it's harder to be in a better position than what the CB is in here. This is the exact moment where the CB peels off due to the throw being so short and inside. You can see the football in the top left corner (I have circled it).

I know it's hard to see due to the crappy resolution, but that red blur surrounding Ogletree is a 49ers CB that is running stride for stride in his hip pocket.

That is NOT having a "step" on the corner.