Romo's Play

[SDCowboy]

Romo is playing some great football right now. He's as accurate as ever. When he gets time, he is incredibly fun to watch. I feel sorry for the people that don't realize what they're seeing.

When we're losing, people will overanalyze and lose track of reality. They'll want to pin down what exactly is wrong with the team. It ain't Romo folks. He's one of the best players on the team and is playing better football than just about anyone else on the team.

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[dadymat]

Romo is playing some great football right now. He's as accurate as ever. When he gets time, he is incredibly fun to watch. I feel sorry for the people that don't realize what they're seeing.

When we're losing, people will overanalyze and lose track of reality. They'll want to pin down what exactly is wrong with the team. It ain't Romo folks. He's one of the best players on the team and is playing better football than just about anyone else on the team.

exactly

 

[Ender]

That's of course a factor but if 700yards in two games is sub par play, that's saying something. :laugh2:

Honestly, his play hasnt been sub par, its been ok. not great but ok. Saying it was asub par was an exaggeration. but, he'd certainly be better off with a better o-line. the o-line is the real problem with this team. Im not a Garret apologist, im not saying his not part of the problem, but its hard to run any type of offense with this terrible oline

 

[rynochop]

For one game I'd like to see Romo call his own plays. He seems to play better when we have a sense of urgency or he's calling plays at the line.

Good point. I'd also like to see us go no huddle at certain points of the game for that same reason.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

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

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. If you don't like the post, nobody is twisting your arm.

Move on.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

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

But interestingly enough, his passer rating is 83.5. That's good for 17th in the NFL. With a completion % like that, you would think that this number would be higher.

This is not about bashing Romo. This is about what Romo can do to help himself and what the coaching staff can do to help as well.

 

[SDCowboy]

But interestingly enough, his passer rating is 83.5. That's good for 17th in the NFL. With a completion % like that, you would think that this number would be higher.

This is not about bashing Romo. This is about what Romo can do to help himself and what the coaching staff can do to help as well.

Yeah 2 fluke INTs that bounce of your receivers hand and another on a dropped pass will do that to your QB rating.

 

[theogt]

Yeah 2 fluke INTs that bounce of your receivers hand and another on a dropped pass will do that to your QB rating.

Oh, but receivers dropping passes and deflecting passes that hit them in the hands is Romo's fault.

 

[SDCowboy]

Oh, but receivers dropping passes and deflecting passes that hit them in the hands is Romo's fault.

So I hear. :laugh2: I'm not blaming the receivers for those INTs either but fluke INT's off receivers happen.

 

[Doomsday101]

I think most of his throws have been good and having ints coming off the hands of the WR is hard for me to put that on Romo. I do think he has been off on some throws but some times the reason is he is trying not to lead the WR right into a defender and he mentioned that in his post game. There are times he is going to put it more to the backside to prevent his WR from getting blown up and many other QB's do the same

 

[jazzcat22]

Romo is the least of my worries. If he has a problem than he'll fix it. He always does.


If I had 1 complaint about Romo its that he bought into being a mistake free QB so much that it has stopped him from doing what made him special in the first place and thats making plays with his feet.

right, and give Chicago credit, they had an offensive game plan I believe no one expected. Throw down field, as our defense always has a tendency to give up big plays. And we did.

 

[theogt]

Assume those 2 INTs are catches and Barron doesn't hold -- Romo is ranked 8th in the league in QB rating just ahead of Brady and Rodgers.

 

[SDCowboy]

Assume those 2 INTs are catches and Barron doesn't hold -- Romo is ranked 8th in the league in QB rating just ahead of Brady and Rodgers.

Even if they weren't catches (which the 1st one was), they just needed to not bounce into a receivers hand. It's just a bad break.

 

[Vintage]

I think most of his throws have been good and having ints coming off the hands of the WR is hard for me to put that on Romo. I do think he has been off on some throws but some times the reason is he is trying not to lead the WR right into a defender and he mentioned that in his post game. There are times he is going to put it more to the backside to prevent his WR from getting blown up and many other QB's do the same

When you throw the ball 50 times a game, some of your throws are going to be off.

Hell, when you throw the ball 20 times a game, you are still going to have some that get away from you.

Romo didn't throw that great of a ball to Witten. Yet... the ball still hit Witten. I guess we can blame Romo for not throwing a perfect ball there, and yes, Romo can easily throw a better ball than that particular throw... but its not like he overthrew it by 5 yards and was picked. It hit Witten. He was off. But not "omgwthbbq" off.

Its just symptomatic of the offense in general; everything is a little off in the timing.

And seeing how often Romo has to line up people pre-snap.... I wonder if the problem is moreso the routes being run than anything.... Because when you watch Romo throw to Austin, almost everything is crisp.

 

[theogt]

Even if they weren't catches (which the 1st one was), they just needed to not bounce into a receivers hand. It's just a bad break.

Yeah, well, the ratings were so close in that group, if I assume they're catches it bumps him a couple spots and makes my point look better.

 

[InmanRoshi]

So I hear. :laugh2: I'm not blaming the receivers for those INTs either but fluke INT's off receivers happen.

Those deflected fluke INTs also tend to happen when you're flinging the ball around 52 times a game. Eventually these things inevitably happen. No QB is going to throw 52 consecutive pinpoint strikes. No WR is going to cleanly catch every ball that hits him in the hands. Peyton threw his highest INT total in 8 years last year. He also threw his most pass attempts in 8 years last year. Not a coincidence.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Yeah 2 fluke INTs that bounce of your receivers hand and another on a dropped pass will do that to your QB rating.

They were not flukes. He threw a medicine ball to Miles and it ended up intercepted. He throws that ball a bit lower and Miles probably makes the play. He threw a ball behind and high to Witten. Witten is not going to make that catch. Those are not flukes. As I said earlier, Romo threw two balls last week that probably should have been INTs as well. You can just as easily say that it was a fluke that those were not caught.

The point I'm trying to make is that, as I watch Romo, it seems to me that he is trying to make every play. He is not taking what the defense is giving him. I saw several plays that Romo could have checked down or gone to other WRs that were open. Maybe he's just not seeing this but I kinda doubt it. It feels like he's pressing. The team and JG are leaning on Romo a lot. When you look at Romo as the win or lose solution, then your not taking advantage of the rest of the team. One guy can not win. A team is what wins. By focusing on Romo, your just making it easier for other teams to defense you.

I want this team to be more balanced on offense. I want other guys to get involved in the offense. I want to play smart football and use our defense as opposed to butting them in bad positions and expecting them to always come through.

No team, ever, has won a championship by relying on the passing game as heavily as we are. It's never happened. My goal is not to make the playoffs or even win the division. My goal is to win a championship. I understand that this is only the second game but this business of throwing 50 times a contest has to stop. We have to bring balance to the offense or we will not win.

 

[SDCowboy]

They were not flukes. He threw a medicine ball to Miles and it ended up intercepted. He throws that ball a bit lower and Miles probably makes the play. He threw a ball behind and high to Witten. Witten is not going to make that catch. Those are not flukes. As I said earlier, Romo threw two balls last week that probably should have been INTs as well. You can just as easily say that it was a fluke that those were not caught.

The point I'm trying to make is that, as I watch Romo, it seems to me that he is trying to make every play. He is not taking what the defense is giving him. I saw several plays that Romo could have checked down or gone to other WRs that were open. Maybe he's just not seeing this but I kinda doubt it. It feels like he's pressing. The team and JG are leaning on Romo a lot. When you look at Romo as the win or lose solution, then your not taking advantage of the rest of the team. One guy can not win. A team is what wins. By focusing on Romo, your just making it easier for other teams to defense you.

I want this team to be more balanced on offense. I want other guys to get involved in the offense. I want to play smart football and use our defense as opposed to butting them in bad positions and expecting them to always come through.

No team, ever, has won a championship by relying on the passing game as heavily as we are. It's never happened. My goal is not to make the playoffs or even win the division. My goal is to win a championship. I understand that this is only the second game but this business of throwing 50 times a contest has to stop. We have to bring balance to the offense or we will not win.

Miles needs to hold onto balls that he catches. Period. I'm not blaming the INTs on the receivers. The bounces are just bad breaks.

 

[jobberone]

Romo has off days which is normal for any QB. My only fault of him is he doesn't check out of some plays he should. And while I don't know this is true and I only suspect it, I don't think he makes enough correct hot reads.

 

[Doomsday101]

When you throw the ball 50 times a game, some of your throws are going to be off.

Hell, when you throw the ball 20 times a game, you are still going to have some that get away from you.

Romo didn't throw that great of a ball to Witten. Yet... the ball still hit Witten. I guess we can blame Romo for not throwing a perfect ball there, and yes, Romo can easily throw a better ball than that particular throw... but its not like he overthrew it by 5 yards and was picked. It hit Witten. He was off. But not "omgwthbbq" off.

Its just symptomatic of the offense in general; everything is a little off in the timing.

And seeing how often Romo has to line up people pre-snap.... I wonder if the problem is moreso the routes being run than anything.... Because when you watch Romo throw to Austin, almost everything is crisp.

You get no argument from me. I don't expect every pass to be perfect but I do think for the most part Romo has been accurate with his passes. Frankly the one pass that I saw and disappointed in was the swing pass to Choice. With Choice one on one with a LB and no one helping a good pass could have resulted in an easy TD for Dallas. Believe me I don't think Romo play is the reason we are struggling