Romo's Play

[rross0329]

i think a quarterbacks coach would be great for romo, and since dallas dont have one, send romo to a team that has a quarterbacks coach. send garret and phillips with romo, and let them destroy another team.

 

[craig71]

i think a quarterbacks coach would be great for romo, and since dallas dont have one, send romo to a team that has a quarterbacks coach. send garret and phillips with romo, and let them destroy another team.

Wade Wilson is not here any longer. He still is listed as being on staff on the Boys' website.

Craig

 

[zrinkill]

i think a quarterbacks coach would be great for romo, and since dallas dont have one, send romo to a team that has a quarterbacks coach. send garret and phillips with romo, and let them destroy another team.

Go away troll

 

[Chuck 54]

Romo has been incredible at times, but in the first two games he looked like he had happy feet to me. Against Chicago he seemed to want to get rid of the ball before he needed to, like it was a hot potato...which is weird since he wasn't being hit or knocked down. And it wasn't just the pass to Witten that was intercepted and the missed throw to Choice though he clearly had the happy feet and released too soon on both of those. There were lots of times when he seemed antsy and rushed the throw instead of waiting...then on the final drives, he seemed to plant his feet and stand strong. It's really hard to figure him out sometimes.

However, I do know one thing...he's not the type of QB to stand in the pocket and take a hit in order to give his receiver that extra split second to get open and deliver the pass. That's just not his game, which is not necessarily a bad thing...he likes to vacate the pocket and move around instead, but so far this season, he just seems skittish to me, even when he's putting up big overall game stats...lots of rushed throws when he's not really under pressure yet.

 

[LUVDABOYS]

People always point out what kind of accurate QB Romo is. I just can't understand that.

From what i see Romo is able to deliver accurate passes but then again he throws bad ones too. Often his balls are behind the WR and it doesn't seem to get better in the last 2 to 3 years. It's more like getting worse.

He may be able to throw accurate passes but he isn't able to do so on a consistent basis. If you were a hater you could argue he is only lucky on those accurate ones. I for myself think he should put some serious work on that problem. And a problem it is to me. I too think at least two INTs were his fault becuase his pass was not on target.

I believe, from what Romo said, those passes are right on target. Because of the position of the defenders or his anticipation of where the receiver is going to be sometimes the ball isnt where it maybe should be. But I think most of his passes are exactly where he intended them to be.

 

[LUVDABOYS]

Apparently, I and many of the people who watched the play live. Like always, you leave out the detail. Post the hit Miles takes for going up and catching that ball.

looks to me like the ball has to be thrown high or the defender (30?) picks it. That particular ball was thrown where only Miles could catch it. The hit/fumble was a risk. 9 out of 10 times it's an incompletion or Miles catches it.

 

[LUVDABOYS]

The throw to Witten was terrible. I don't see how anyone would argue otherwise.

Tony said he threw it too soon, anticipating that Witten was going to turn that way, but this time they miscommunicated. Bad decision? obviously. Bad throw, maybe not.

 

[Cas2800]

As i mentioned earlier, Romo was feeling pressure that was not there and was throwing the ball early.

For those of you arguing that Romo was not at fault for Witten INT i think you need to listen here at the 6 min mark.

http://app.quickblogcast.com/files/1/3/2/0/2/128698-120231/broaddus_sep21.mp3

 

[ConstantReboot]

Dallas is 4-8 when Tony Romo attempts between 40-50+ passes.

The crickets are chirping....

And yet we can only muster two TDs. Something is wrong with our offense and it boils down to who is calling the shots.

 

[28 Joker]

And yet we can only muster two TDs. Something is wrong with our offense and it boils down to who is calling the shots.

I agree.

There needs to be accountability from the top of the organization to the coaches and players.

Garrett loves to attack vertically, down the field.

That is fine.

Just do it within a 34 pass attempt limit. That should be the goal, imo.

When you get past 35 and into the 40+ range, you are asking for big trouble.

Get it done.

Run the football to support your quarterback and offense.

Get it done.

That 4-8 stat is wrong. W-L

see this post:

I don't know why I added his 50+ attempts (1-2) to his 40+ attempts (3-6) and came up with a 4-8 record.

I counted his 50+ attempts twice when I did the 4-8 stat. I'm glad that I caught that.

You can disregard that stat.

However, I'm very confident in the numbers and stats that I came up with

 

[CowboySwagger]

Was the oline a factor in the Bears game? Offense can only muster 1 TD.

In 2007 our oline was just as bad as this year and possibly worst. Yet Romo had a record breaking year.

The reason to that was that Romo was allowed to scramble and improvise. His longest TD passes was when the protection broke down and threw deep.

Garrett's coaching has taken that all away from Romo. Romo has become more of a pocket passer and because of that he has been forcing passes due to what the play was drawn out to be.

This is why I'm saying this is all Garrett's fault. He has overcoached Romo to the point that Romo is no longer Romo.

Yes the O-line was horrid on some of our run plays and attempted screens vs the bears, and our scheme was made around our O-line not being able to block on runs and 7 step drop backs. Kosier killed two drives single handedly, watch the tape.

In 2007, Romo played out of his mind, Jedi type of football the shackles are on now so he has to be a "pocket passer," play mistake free football, and protect the ball, in other words boring but the strategy is implemented so Romo would hurt the team by his improve.

But Garrett didn't take it away to hurt the team he implemented it to save Romo's health. This way Garrett puts pressure on the O-line to create a pocket and not having him running around where eventually he will get hit bad and have a high probability to suffer a really bad injury. That was already happening.

Romo has improved in all the aspects that Garrett wanted implemented and Romo's not breaking your heart by stupid mistakes, but this O-line has been letting this team down for years.

Garrett nor Romo can overcome drive killers.

 

[CowboySwagger]

...Dallas did beat them twice that year with the same o-line...just saying

We beat them in the first two games because they were figuring themselves out and what their identity was. When they figured out themselves their front four tore our heart out by dominating this O-line....kinda like in Philly, then Minnesota.

 

[CowboySwagger]

If you think this INT is on Romo, you (i) are blind, (ii) have no idea what you're looking at, (iii) are bat-**** crazy, or (iv) all of the above.

The coverage is your most basic Cover 2. It's what the Bears do. Two deep safeties and then five defenders in zone coverage underneath. Even a 5 year old should know this coverage. Miles is supposed to run an out route that puts him just behind the underneath coverage. Tony knows this, knows what the Bears are doing, and knows he has one option -- throw the ball a little high and to the outside to get over (and between) the underneath coverage. He hits Miles right in the hands -- high and outside. It's a catch. Mission accomplished by Romo. Whoops!

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Dez was suppose to occupy his man more with an outside release and a wider split....it would have held up the CB before he releases him to the safety above...but he went inside it seems and he led him right to Miles but that was a beautiful pass to beat a Cover two on an intermediate route.

 

[CowboySwagger]

Here is the link to the Witten Interception.

Tell me that's a good pass and how it's all Witten's fault as well.

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Witten is not suppose to extended to the outside like that because he would get killed like Miles play but Miles got killed cause an incorrect release by Dez. Witten turns around with the ball in the air 7 yards in front of him he is suppose to sit and come back to the ball 1 yard where the ball was placed in the zone. If Romo would have lead him to be a "good" pass the way you see it....he would have been killed...Romo's read was correct and that was the soft spot for the first down. Oh but you want to blame Romo for that......do you really know whats going on.....on this route....have you ever played receiver....because that is a well placed football.

Now I know Romo didn't play a perfect game. But I disagree with the two interceptions being on Romo. Now the pass to Choice out on the flats that was just as bad as an interception.....I mean bad that was all Romo.

 

[aikemirv]

Witten is not suppose to extended to the outside like that because he would get killed like Miles play but Miles got killed cause an incorrect release by Dez. Witten turns around with the ball in the air 7 yards in front of him he is suppose to sit and come back to the ball 1 yard where the ball was placed in the zone. If Romo would have lead him to be a "good" pass the way you see it....he would have been killed...Romo's read was correct and that was the soft spot for the first down. Oh but you want to blame Romo for that......do you really know whats going on.....on this route....have you ever played receiver....because that is a well placed football.

Now I know Romo didn't play a perfect game. But I disagree with the two interceptions being on Romo. Now the pass to Choice out on the flats that was just as bad as an interception.....I mean bad that was all Romo.

That is what I thought looking at the replay. It also reminds me of the Int in the Pittsburgh game 2 years ago when we lost that game. When a play like that occurs and it is between Romo and Witten neither Witten or Romo are going to throw each other under the bus. Romo and Witten are both going to point some blame to themselves in that situation - thats just the way it is!

I just see no way you can point blame to Romo on the one to Miles, that is unfathomable to me. As a WR going across the middle I don't want the QB leading me toward the defender. I want it on my back shoulder and I would rather have it up a bit even if I have to jump a bit because leading me low takes my head into a dangerous position. That just seemed like great placement to me. As Irvin said on NFL reel, he should have got that one against the body sooner like Roy did on the one he got hit on.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Witten is not suppose to extended to the outside like that because he would get killed like Miles play but Miles got killed cause an incorrect release by Dez. Witten turns around with the ball in the air 7 yards in front of him he is suppose to sit and come back to the ball 1 yard where the ball was placed in the zone. If Romo would have lead him to be a "good" pass the way you see it....he would have been killed...Romo's read was correct and that was the soft spot for the first down. Oh but you want to blame Romo for that......do you really know whats going on.....on this route....have you ever played receiver....because that is a well placed football.

Now I know Romo didn't play a perfect game. But I disagree with the two interceptions being on Romo. Now the pass to Choice out on the flats that was just as bad as an interception.....I mean bad that was all Romo.

Watch the play. Bennett is on the fly with that route. The DB either covers Bennett to protect against the TD, which was open, or he incorrectly closes on Witten, leaving the TD open. If the DB does what he's supposed to do, then the underneath is cleared and Witten is completely open. Either way, the ball arriving high an on his left shoulder pad, right as he turns out of his break is an almost impossible catch. Especially at the velocity that ball had to be thrown.

On the throw to Miles, it's a risky throw that didn't need to happen. You have Witten wide open just a couple yards shorter and to the middle of the field. Why throw into triple coverage when you can make the open throw with no danger?

I understand you don't agree but I don't see the point of forcing either of those throws when you had open guys in the pattern and much less chance of INT.

 

[jimmy40]

Witten is not suppose to extended to the outside like that because he would get killed like Miles play but Miles got killed cause an incorrect release by Dez. Witten turns around with the ball in the air 7 yards in front of him he is suppose to sit and come back to the ball 1 yard where the ball was placed in the zone.

Romo himself said it is an option route for Witten to turn inside or outside, he didn't say a damn thing about sitting or coming back to the ball.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

As i mentioned earlier, Romo was feeling pressure that was not there and was throwing the ball early.

For those of you arguing that Romo was not at fault for Witten INT i think you need to listen here at the 6 min mark.

http://app.quickblogcast.com/files/1/3/2/0/2/128698-120231/broaddus_sep21.mp3

Good link Cas. Thank you for posting it. I actually thought that the discussion on the running game was more interesting. As I suspected, the Bears are not impossible to run on. Just need to work on it a bit more and clean some blocking assignments up.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Romo himself said it is an option route for Witten to turn inside or outside, he didn't say a damn thing about sitting or coming back to the ball.

Hey Jimmy,

I didn't hear the presser from Romo. Thank you for posting that.

 

[jimmy40]

Hey Jimmy,

I didn't hear the presser from Romo. Thank you for posting that.

well maybe Romo doesn't know as much as the cowboyswagger dude.