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Bob Sturm: Tony Romo does things that replacement-level QBs can't even imagine
G.J. McCarthy/Staff Photographer
On October 23, 2006, the Cowboys were dueling with their old rival, the New York Giants on a Monday Night game at Texas Stadium. Inside the 2-minute warning late in the 1st half, the Cowboys had the ball down inside the Giants 5-yard line.
The Cowboys trailed the Giants at that moment, 12-7, so with a reasonable snap or two before the half, the Cowboys could go to the room with a halftime lead. Win the game and Dallas would start the 2006 season at 4-2.
So, what happened at halftime will go down as one of the most decisive and odd moves a Cowboys' head coach has made during the Jerry Jones era. After Drew Bledsoe got his angles wrong on a throw to Terry Glenn at the pylon on the left-front of the end zone, Sam Madison stepped in front of the pass and picked it off for the Giants. Bill Parcells was irate.
He pulled the plug on Drew Bledsoe. This leads us into another area of conversation about the ultimate power of a head coach under Jerry Jones. At least for that one moment in time, Parcells seemed to do what he wanted and make the boldest of bold moves to an undrafted QB who had done nothing in 4 seasons in the NFL from a guy who had been to a Super Bowl as a starting QB and was still playing reasonably well and had the team in a reasonable position (the weren't 0-6). It would be the last meaningful pass Bledsoe would ever throw in the NFL, and make no mistake, he was not happy to be yanked. Thanks to Pro Football Reference, here is the sequence:
http://www.sportsdaydfw.com/dallas-...1/24/sturm-decoding-linehan-romo-returns-spot
G.J. McCarthy/Staff Photographer
On October 23, 2006, the Cowboys were dueling with their old rival, the New York Giants on a Monday Night game at Texas Stadium. Inside the 2-minute warning late in the 1st half, the Cowboys had the ball down inside the Giants 5-yard line.
The Cowboys trailed the Giants at that moment, 12-7, so with a reasonable snap or two before the half, the Cowboys could go to the room with a halftime lead. Win the game and Dallas would start the 2006 season at 4-2.
So, what happened at halftime will go down as one of the most decisive and odd moves a Cowboys' head coach has made during the Jerry Jones era. After Drew Bledsoe got his angles wrong on a throw to Terry Glenn at the pylon on the left-front of the end zone, Sam Madison stepped in front of the pass and picked it off for the Giants. Bill Parcells was irate.
He pulled the plug on Drew Bledsoe. This leads us into another area of conversation about the ultimate power of a head coach under Jerry Jones. At least for that one moment in time, Parcells seemed to do what he wanted and make the boldest of bold moves to an undrafted QB who had done nothing in 4 seasons in the NFL from a guy who had been to a Super Bowl as a starting QB and was still playing reasonably well and had the team in a reasonable position (the weren't 0-6). It would be the last meaningful pass Bledsoe would ever throw in the NFL, and make no mistake, he was not happy to be yanked. Thanks to Pro Football Reference, here is the sequence:
http://www.sportsdaydfw.com/dallas-...1/24/sturm-decoding-linehan-romo-returns-spot
