Romo's Red Zone Targets

[percyhoward]

[B][FONT="Arial"]Targets By Position
Inside Red Zone: WR 74% TE 14% RB 12%
Outside Red Zone: WR 52% TE 33% RB 15%[/FONT][/B]

[B]Red Zone Targets/Completions/Rating[/B]
Austin   22/13 79yds 3td 1int  86.9
Williams  14/8 54yds 6td 0int 105.4
Crayton   13/7 62yds 4td 1int  74.4
Witten     7/3 15yds 2td 1int  50.3
Hurd       5/2 15yds
Jones      4/4 -2yds
Barber     3/1 -1yds
Bennett    2/1 11yds
Choice     2/1 7yds
Phillips   1/0

[B]Percentage of Red Zone Targets[/B]
Austin   30.0
Williams 19.2
Crayton  17.8
Witten   9.5
Hurd     6.8
Jones    5.5
Barber   4.2
Bennett  2.8
Choice   2.8
Phillips 1.4

When Wade recently said words to the effect of, "We got away from Witten in the red zone. We need to get back to him," he wasn't kidding.

edit: Here's the exact quote:“There are things that Tony [Romo] and our receivers have done down there that are consistent and we try to do more of those,” Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said. “[Jason] Witten comes to mind more than anybody. We had been getting it to him a lot in the red zone. We didn’t do it quiet as much last year. We shouldn’t have gotten away from that.”

 

[theogt]

One of Roy's biggest positives is as a redzone threat. Hell, 6 TDs in 14 passes shows that pretty clearly. That 14 attempts needs to go up next season. I remember when Brad Johnson threw a corner endzone fade to Roy just after we acquired him. I was at that game and thought, "This should be fun to watch for years (with Romo)." But Romo never throws that route to Roy. Very odd.

 

[jobberone]

Interesting stats.

I love your sig.

 

[DallasEast]

That's the main thing I'm hoping to see this fall, namely getting Witten back more into the offensive mix. Some worship Austin, others beat glue out of Williams, etc., but Witten has always been a bonafide, all-pro weapon both inside and outside the redzone his entire career. He doesn't receive enough fan appreciation for his all-around game. Hopefully, he will have more opportunities this season to remind those who do not.

Good post.

 

[percyhoward]

The Two Faces of Roy Williams
Inside Red Zone:   14/8 54% 6td 0int 105.4
Outside Red Zone: 70/30 43% 1td 1int 68.9

 

[Four]

Roy Williams Is A Red Zone Beast Son!!!

 

[percyhoward]

I love your sig.

It looks like I won't have to take Graham and Unitas out of it next year, after all.

Thanks for waking me up.

 

[Rynie]

Someone on here has said this, but I forget who. I completely agree however.

"Garrett needs to quit getting 'cute' in the red zone".

...case in point...Denver game. I still get mad about TWO failed passes in the red zone.

 

[Hostile]

One of Roy's biggest positives is as a redzone threat. Hell, 6 TDs in 14 passes shows that pretty clearly. That 14 attempts needs to go up next season. I remember when Brad Johnson threw a corner endzone fade to Roy just after we acquired him. I was at that game and thought, "This should be fun to watch for years (with Romo)." But Romo never throws that route to Roy. Very odd.

I want to see us throw it to Roy and Bennett up high where they can go get it. Bennett especially. I don't think many DBs can get up where he can. TDs in the redzone are often about concentration. On QB and receivers. I also think Dez's sure hands will play a huge factor this year.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

RW11 has 1 talent for sure.


Austin & PC did good aswell.

 

[Doomsday101]

I think we have some good weapons but this team needs to do a better job of focusing and executing when we get into the redzone. Yards are tough to get down there and when you have negitive plays and penalties it becomes that much harder. For those think put it soley on Garrett, I disagree but do believe he shares in the blame as the OC.

 

[Rampage]

I want to see us throw it to Roy and Bennett up high where they can go get it. Bennett especially. I don't think many DBs can get up where he can. TDs in the redzone are often about concentration. On QB and receivers. I also think Dez's sure hands will play a huge factor this year.

Romo needs to work on his endzone fades like Roy needs to work on his routes.

 

[Doomsday101]

Romo needs to work on his endzone fades like Roy needs to work on his routes.

I agree. That is one area where Romo needs to improve and not just with RW but with another big target in Bennett.

 

[percyhoward]

If you remember back to opening day in Tampa last year, Romo threw what ended up being a back shoulder fade to Bennett, and was lucky it wasn't picked. Bennett got up and pointed up as if to say "Get the ball up."

We never went back to it all year.

 

[THUMPER]

I want to see us throw it to Roy and Bennett up high where they can go get it. Bennett especially. I don't think many DBs can get up where he can. TDs in the redzone are often about concentration. On QB and receivers. I also think Dez's sure hands will play a huge factor this year.

So you see Bennett as a kind of a modern R.C. Owens?

"It's got to be the Alley Oop, there's no time for anything else!" Y.A. Tittle to R.C. Owens was money near the goalline.

 

[THUMPER]

[B][FONT="Arial"]Targets By Position
Inside Red Zone: WR 74% TE 14% RB 12%
Outside Red Zone: WR 52% TE 33% RB 15%[/FONT][/B]

[B]Red Zone Targets/Completions/Rating[/B]
Austin   22/13 79yds 3td 1int  86.9
Williams  14/8 54yds 6td 0int 105.4
Crayton   13/7 62yds 4td 1int  74.4
Witten     7/3 15yds 2td 1int  50.3
Hurd       5/2 15yds
Jones      4/4 -2yds
Barber     3/1 -1yds
Bennett    2/1 11yds
Choice     2/1 7yds
Phillips   1/0

[B]Percentage of Red Zone Targets[/B]
Austin   30.0
Williams 19.2
Crayton  17.8
Witten   9.5
Hurd     6.8
Jones    5.5
Barber   4.2
Bennett  2.8
Choice   2.8
Phillips 1.4

When Wade recently said words to the effect of, "We got away from Witten in the red zone. We need to get back to him," he wasn't kidding.

edit: Here's the exact quote:“There are things that Tony [Romo] and our receivers have done down there that are consistent and we try to do more of those,” Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said. “[Jason] Witten comes to mind more than anybody. We had been getting it to him a lot in the red zone. We didn’t do it quiet as much last year. We shouldn’t have gotten away from that.”

We definitely don't target Witten in the redzone enough.

BTW Percy, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the stats you post here. Thanks for posting them! :starspin :starspin :starspin

 

[theogt]

If you remember back to opening day in Tampa last year, Romo threw what ended up being a back shoulder fade to Bennett, and was lucky it wasn't picked. Bennett got up and pointed up as if to say "Get the ball up."

We never went back to it all year.

Romo's always been terrible at the fade.

 

[T-RO]

Romo's always been terrible at the fade.

In time Roy will help change that.

 

[percyhoward]

BTW Percy, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the stats you post here. Thanks for posting them! :starspin :starspin :starspin

Thanks. Here's a couple more:

Since the NFL draft began in 1936, there is no precedent for Romo-Bryant. This is the first time ever that the first or second WR chosen as high as 24th has gone to a division winner with a QB who was top 3 in passing yards the year before.

10 of Romo's 15 red zone TD's last year came out of 3-WR sets.

 

[Clove]

I want to see us throw it to Roy and Bennett up high where they can go get it. Bennett especially. I don't think many DBs can get up where he can. TDs in the redzone are often about concentration. On QB and receivers. I also think Dez's sure hands will play a huge factor this year.

Everything in this post is SPOT ON. We have these huge dudes on our team from Roy to Bennett to Witten and now Dez, I pray that we ditch the razor back in the red zone, and attack the end zone more often with ANY 1 on 1 coverages and just allow these guys to do what they do.