Romo's INT

[HoosierCowboy]

What a bunch of wasted commentary! It's a preseason game; Romo threw a INT; he's allowed a bad throw or two in preseason.

 

[utrunner07]

It was another typical Romo interception. Throwing it up in the air, as he is about to get hit and as he is falling backward, just in the random direction of where the reciever might be. Instead of just taking the sack or throwing it out of play he decides to play jackpot and give away a possesion. Romo played good the rest of the game, not great but good, but its plays like this that make me think he is never going to improve to that next and final level, because they just keep on happening.

 

[Aikmaniac]

That wasn't his only bad pass of that drive. He threw what should have been an INT a few plays earlier, when Dre Bly was all over Miles Austin and Romo still forced it in to him. Bly dropped the pick.

Austin slipped on that timing route dude.

 

[Doomsday101]

I'll take the ratio of TD to ints from Romo any day of the week. Yes he made a mistake and threw an Int as do every QB in the NFL he also has put up a hell of a lot of TD in an offense that has been the bottom in rushing attempts and relied on the pass.

 

[TwoDeep3]

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...

This is exactly right. My very first impression is he just threw it up for grabs. Then I remembered the first pick by Reed in the Baltimore game.

He has played very well all preseason. Worked hard to correct some mistakes he has made in the past.

This pass seemed like he reverted to last year's player.

 

[Doomsday101]

This is exactly right. My very first impression is he just threw it up for grabs. Then I remembered the first pick by Reed in the Baltimore game.

He has played very well all preseason. Worked hard to correct some mistakes he has made in the past.

This pass seemed like he reverted to last year's player.

Why many QB's make that same mistake and yes Romo will make them as well. He needs to cut down on them but not one single QB can say they do not do the same from time to time with pressure in their face not Peyton Manning or Tom Brady or any other QB. Romo is not going to be perfect and guess what no other NFL QB will be either.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Why many QB's make that same mistake and yes Romo will make them as well. He needs to cut down on them but not one single QB can say they do not do the same from time to time with pressure in their face not Peyton Manning or Tom Brady or any other QB. Romo is not going to be perfect and guess what no other NFL QB will be either.

Dooms - I understand what you are saying. I agree all quarterbacks, if they throw a pass in this league will make a mental error or the ball will end up in the defense's hands.

But this play Romo turned away from looking down field and just hefted the pass. This was not a tipped ball nor a great defensive play.

Romo threw this and it was a pick from the moment it left his hands. He winged it on a prayer.

But good news, his comments on the play after acknowledge that he made a boneheaded decision.

From a Tim McMahon article:

"You have to make a better decision under distress at that moment," Romo said. "When something breaks down on a play that's long developed on the field, you have to make sure you minimize the mistake and I enhanced it. So we will look at it and improve upon it. But I'm upset with myself for making that decision."

This is improvement on Tony's part. Before he'd just chalk it up to being part of the game. It wasn't. It was his misstep.

But I believe he will begin analyzing his decision making and try to calm himself, or at least rein in the go-fer-broke attitude.

I'm very pumped about that.

 

[Doomsday101]

Dooms - I understand what you are saying. I agree all quarterbacks, if they throw a pass in this league will make a mental error or the ball will end up in the defense's hands.

But this play Romo turned away from looking down field and just hefted the pass. This was not a tipped ball nor a great defensive play.

Romo threw this and it was a pick from the moment it left his hands. He winged it on a prayer.

But good news, his comments on the play after acknowledge that he made a boneheaded decision.

From a Tim McMahon article:

"You have to make a better decision under distress at that moment," Romo said. "When something breaks down on a play that's long developed on the field, you have to make sure you minimize the mistake and I enhanced it. So we will look at it and improve upon it. But I'm upset with myself for making that decision."

This is improvement on Tony's part. Before he'd just chalk it up to being part of the game. It wasn't. It was his misstep.

But I believe he will begin analyzing his decision making and try to calm himself, or at least rein in the go-fer-broke attitude.

I'm very pumped about that.

I saw the play and knew he made a mistake when he did it, he knew he made a mistake. What I'm saying is mistakes even the same one in the heat of battle will still happen.

You hope he cuts down on it but it is the reason DC try to put the pressure on the QB to force a mistake.

I'm glad Romo knows he made a mistake and knows he has to make better decisions but in the end these type of mistake are going to happen as they do for all QB's who play the game.

It is like a pitcher knowing he threw the ball where he shouldn't have and watches as the batter takes it out of the park, the pitcher knows it was his mistake and try as he may it will happen again because the only guys who do not make mistakes are the ones sitting on the sidelines.

All in all Romo does not make many big mistakes. I would have the say the main one is carrying the ball loosely when trying to avoid the rush

 

[zrinkill]

Austin slipped on that timing route dude.

Look at that guys post history before you waste your time arguing with him.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Romo will not change.
He can say what he wants to the media. He is what he is. A mini-Favre. He will chuck it up for grabs.

Just because he says "I shouldnt have thrown it" as opposed to, "its just like a punt" doesnt mean he has changed or will change.

Show me then I will believe it.

 

[speedkilz88]

Theogt, you're going to love this. Bryan Broaddus is on GAC and said that it was Julius Crosslin's fault that Haralson got to Romo which caused the pass to go towards the middle. He said if Romo could have followed through with his throw that the pass would have been to the outside and would have probably been a touchdown.

 

[theogt]

Theogt, you're going to love this. Bryan Broaddus is on GAC and said that it was Julius Crosslin's fault that Haralson got to Romo which caused the pass to go towards the middle. He said if Romo could have followed through with his throw that the pass would have been to the outside and would have probably been a touchdown.

Well, yeah it was a terrible block by Crosslin. You'd like to think Anderson makes that block in a regular season game.

I'm not saying it couldn't possibly be a touchdown. I just think it's a stretch to say it's "likely" or would "probably" be a touchdown. If all the QB has to do is throw it to the outside to get a TD there, that's essentially an unstoppable route, and that's just an absurd notion.

I do agree typically that a perfectly placed pass with a correctly run route will almost always beat good coverage. But the characterization of this play has been that he was open and it was an easy pitch and catch if he doesn't get hurried. That's just wrong, considering the CB has perfect coverage on the play.

 

[Doomsday101]

Well, yeah it was a terrible block by Crosslin. You'd like to think Anderson makes that block in a regular season game.

I'm not saying it couldn't possibly be a touchdown. I think it's a stretch to say it's "likely" or "probably" would be a touchdown. If all the QB has to do is throw it to the outside to get a TD there, that's essentially an unstoppable route, and that's just an absurd notion.

True. Had he been able to step into the pass I do think he gets it to post where his guy gets it or it goes incomplete but with pressure bearing down like that he would have been better off taking the sack. Easy to say from the comfort of my couch.