Romo's Play

[28 Joker]

Nick Saban wanted Jason Garrett to be his offensive coordinator at Alabama, but he would never allowed Garrett to throw 47 passes in Washington or 51 against the Bears. That is a fact.

There is too much pressure on Tony Romo to carry this version of this offense.

I have done some computations on Tony Romo's passing attempts in a game and Dallas' corresponding record. This is unofficial, but it should be real close to being accurate. I have Romo down for 1,955 pass attempts for his career, and I have him playing 61 games. I have included his 4 playoff games. Tony Romo has averaged 32.0 pass attempts per game during his career.

Here is what I found out. Some say that "it doesn't matter how often" Romo attempts a pass in a game, but my stats show otherwise.


35 or more: Dallas is 10-14 (W-L)
40 or more: Dallas is 3-6
50 or more: Dallas is 1-2

It should be no surprise that Dallas is 0-2. The offense has just jacked up 47 and 51 pass attempts, respectively. Dallas is 4-8 when Tony Romo attempts between 40-50+ passes in a game.

32 or less: Dallas is 21-6
33 or less: Dallas is 23-7
34 or less: Dallas is 29-7

When Tony Romo has to pass at least 35 times in a game, you are headed for trouble. However, when Tony Romo attempts 34 or less passes in a game, Dallas is a whopping 29-7.

Is it asking too much to get this quarterback a running game?

Getting Felix Jones in space and getting him some running room or running lanes would help out and help a bunch. It might be a good idea to get
Felix Jones the ball in space in the plus territory of the football field.

If you want to pound it, get Marion Barber the ball.

I would bench Tashard Choice.

Just get your quarterback a running game.....

I'm waiting?

Some believe that it's all about "execution".

It "doesn't matter" how many times Dallas attempts a pass.

 

[Wood]

Wouldn't you lose confidence if you had to overcome impossible odds to succeed on this team? Romo and Miles are the only reason we are even comparative. Tony has to overcome dropped passes for INTs, a line that gets him nearly killed every snap, constant drive killing penalties and receivers fumbling the ball.

I happen to agree with that.

 

[28 Joker]

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

The crickets are chirping....

 

[baj1dallas]

I would bench Tashard Choice.

Just get your quarterback a running game.....

are we losing because we're throwing, or throwing because we're losing? We ran early against Chicago, then they bottled us up.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

are we losing because we're throwing, or throwing because we're losing? We ran early against Chicago, then they bottled us up.

They didn't bottle us up, Garrett quit calling running plays.

 

[Kevinicus]

are we losing because we're throwing, or throwing because we're losing? We ran early against Chicago, then they bottled us up.

Because Garrett went to the Draw/Delay. We ran well with Gronk in there early with straight up running plays. The bears were keying on the delays and if that's what they're keying on, it's hard for those plays to work. Unfortunately Garrett deemed 2nd and 10 the only run worthy down and draws/delays the only run option.

But for the passing #'s you're right. Teams have high passing numbers generally when it's already losing, it's not that they lose because they have high passing numbers.

 

[Cas2800]

Yeah they will do that, but these all happen in each game. If there wasn't two freak INTs you don't think we would have scored on one of those? What about if Roy hadn't fumbled? What if we didn't have a drive killing penalty every SINGLE time this offense gets rolling? Nobody can overcome those odds. And to say Romo was rattle is off base. You don't throw for almost 70% completion on 51 throws if you're rattled.

Answer me this......

1. Who was under more pressure Jay Cutler ot Tony Romo?
2. Which QB was sacked more?
3. who seemed more composed?

Believe me, i am a Cowboys fan as well as a big Romo fan. I think right now he is feeling pressure when the pressure is not there. He is hurrying throws when if it took just a second more he would be even better then what he is. Like i meantioned several were behind the recievers and as the TEAM LEADER he needs to keep his composure. Thats all.

 

[InmanRoshi]

We need a DeMarcus Ware thread as well, because he's not earning even close to his paycheck so far this year. He should have 3-4 sacks already this year with the competition (or lack thereof) he's gone up against this year.

 

[alohawg]

When I watch our Offense Rich, I don't ever get the sense that we have a good idea of what we are supposed to be. We have a pounding back that we never use to pound with. We have a game breaking back that we never get out in space and throw the ball to. We have 3 WRs that could all stretch the field but we never do that with any of them. We have two TEs who we could pressure the seam with but we never really do that. We have the biggest OL in the NFL but we are throwing the ball, dinking and dunking 50 times a game. It's like we have no identity on Offense. Honestly, I don't know if our guys know who or what they are supposed to be in this offense?

 

[28 Joker]

Answer me this......

1. Who was under more pressure Jay Cutler ot Tony Romo?
2. Which QB was sacked more?
3. who seemed more composed?

Believe me, i am a Cowboys fan as well as a big Romo fan. I think right now he is feeling pressure when the pressure is not there. He is hurrying throws when if it took just a second more he would be even better then what he is. Like i meantioned several were behind the recievers and as the TEAM LEADER he needs to keep his composure. Thats all.

Some where Bill Parcells is shaking his head.

Jason Garrett's history shows a tendency to get too pass happy (to an extreme) and abandon the run. (see the 2007 Eagles game/ a 10-6 game).

It isn't championship football.

It's a Texas Tech mentality.

Garrett has all the talent on offense to get it done. He has so many extremely talented skill players that it's ridiculous. His offensive line should be good enough, not great. Is it asking too much to score some points while accumulating all those yards?

Is it asking too much of Garrett to take some pressure off the quarterback when the statistics show that Dallas is a better team when Tony Romo doesn't attempt 35 or more passes in a game. Plus, Dallas' record is even poorer (4-8) when the ball is in the air between 40-50+ times.

Get the quarterback a running game.

 

[TD-33]

Romo is fine. Bad day at the office, off a little with a few passes but he is still the man.

 

[28 Joker]

In 2008, when Tony Romo threw the football 34 times or less, the Cowboys were 7-0.

In 2008, when Tony Romo threw the ball 35 or more times, Dallas was
1-5.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Romo is fine. Bad day at the office, off a little with a few passes but he is still the man.

This. I started a thread about it that got gobbled up somewhere. He threw some low and some short, but we know what he is capable of. The whole team has to regroup.

 

[SDCowboy]

I happen to agree with that.

There are a lot of fans don't don't get it. This is a BAD team with a few great players doing everything they can to win. Unfortunately it require a whole team of competent players. Also unfortunately, Romo, as usual for Cowboys fans, takes 100% of the blame.

 

[dadymat]

It's hard to point to Romo and say that his play is poor. I mean, he has posted better numbers every year and we have had success as a team, even if it was not the level of success we have wanted as fans.

However, one of the things I absolutely believe has gone down hill, these past few years, are the mechanics of Romo. He has so much natural ability that he makes you forget about this but, I just watch Romo and I see him making decisions or sailing the ball or whatever it might be and I can't help but wonder if it was a bad decision to get rid of a QB coach. I know he works with Garrett and Garrett believes that he can do it but honestly, I do believe that Romo has regressed just a bit in this area. I know there is a fine line between restricting too much and not enough but it just seems as if Tony could benefit from this. It was talked about when we first let Wade go but it really hasn't been discussed much since. I wonder if it is time to revisit this. Lord knows that Garrett had better figure something out because we are not seeing the results we should be from this offense IMO.

The INT for Miles was on Romo and so was the INT to Witten IMO. He threw medicine balls to both Roy and Witten. I know your going to get hit but it just seems as if we are seeing a lot of throws that are resulting in negative results. Could be the result of how many times we are throwing but I just wonder if a QB coach would help focus things again?

it was a dumb post to start with....but this is where it became unreadable


he just came off his best season yet and now you think he is regressing after 2 games into the season when he has almost 700 yards passing and led a beauty of what should have been a game winning drive in final seconds last week

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

it was a dumb post to start with....but this is where it became unreadable


he just came off his best season yet and now you think he is regressing after 2 games into the season when he has almost 700 yards passing and led a beauty of what should have been a game winning drive in final seconds last week

He had such a great game this week and last week that we won....... I'm not sure if it is Romo or JG, I have a feeling its both. Romo is not making great decisions for the most part. His throws are off alot recently. And JG just needs to stick with the run, make a commitment to it.

 

[SDCowboy]

He had such a great game this week and last week that we won....... I'm not sure if it is Romo or JG. I have a feeling its both. Romo is not making great decisions for the most part. His throws are off alot recently. And JG just needs to stick with the run, make a commitment to it.

I love these posts that Romo's off. 67% on 51 attempts isn't "off". That's fantastic, especially considering the line.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

The pressure has to be spread out for Romo. the reason we are being identified as a passing team is because Garrett is forcing it to be that way.
You have to give the running game a chance. A team rarely starts any game with great yards running. It has to work in to a rhythm. We never give it a chance. Dorsett and Emitt needed carries to get going. We just refuse to give it a chance.

 

[dadymat]

He had such a great game this week and last week that we won....... I'm not sure if it is Romo or JG, I have a feeling its both. Romo is not making great decisions for the most part. His throws are off alot recently. And JG just needs to stick with the run, make a commitment to it.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

I love these posts that Romo's off. 67% on 51 attempts isn't "off". That's fantastic, especially considering the line.

He had some great throws. But, he also had ugly throws when it came down to crunch time. The passes to Roy and Choice were critical and he blew it. I dont blame Tony 100%, but hes also not without fault as to why we are 0-2.