Twitter: Sturm talks Romo's inner self-preservation clock

[Wood]

Strum's is one of Romo biggest supporters in Media. Hardly case of him throwing a jab in there.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

There are plays designed to counter act the pressure Romo is getting, unfortunately, this couching staff does not have the ability to see this. Screen plays and quick slants are a rarity in this offense.

 

[bark]

After he got crushed a few times early on, I thought there was a clear decline in his velocity and accuracy. he just did not look right.
It wouldn't surprise me at all if he was hurting.
But then again, in the 4th quarter he seemed to again have some zip on the ball. Maybe he got a shot at halftime? No idea.

In any case, the dude is a warrior and has taken a total beating the past few seasons. He plays hurt, and sometimes REALLY hurt, and yet in those games (see Detroit two years ago, the Giants week 17 two years ago, and Washington week 17 last year) the expectations are still there to play like nothing is wrong. Well, something was wrong.

Relatively speaking, I think he was fine this past week, health-wise.
And in the end, as funky as he looked at times, he had 3 TDs, 0 ints, a 100+ rating, and an offense that scored 30. Many QBs dream of having a game like that.
That should have been enough.

You and I saw the same thing. Nick fairly rocked him early on

 

[TonyRomo17]

those first 2 hits by fairley affected him i think

 

[Gameover]

There are plays designed to counter act the pressure Romo is getting, unfortunately, this couching staff does not have the ability to see this. Screen plays and quick slants are a rarity in this offense.

Is it the staff?

 

[ufcrules1]

To me, the clock in his head thing is a remark on his toughness. Maybe not directly, but essentially, its saying he's avoiding hits and not making plays. That's a toughness criticism, imo.

I think that is pretty weak. I would never think that him getting rid of it too early is because he isn't tough. I would just chalk it up to him over thinking the situation or getting overly nervous. To each his own though. I don't think his toughness is ever questioned here. His brain is questioned all the time though.

 

[ufcrules1]

Is it the staff?

Good question.

 

[mahoneybill]

Hogwash from a Packer fan. Romo was hit 10 times on 30 passes. How is that not hanging in there?

Sturm always manages to get in a hit or two on Romo. He also sleeps in Packer jammies.

Welcome to the board , bringing some stats to back up your commentary. Well done.

 

[mahoneybill]

You and I saw the same thing. Nick fairly rocked him early on

I was waiting for a pancake sack… In other words wrap him up and slam him to the ground type. I think they aren't legal but who knows what would be called nowadays….

 

[dragon_mikal]

What frustrates me is the staff's lack of adjustments when it comes to making defenses pay when they're over aggressive. We see very little in the way of rollouts, screens or draws. It's just one of the most vanilla offensive schemes I've seen and why?

It's frustrating to watch.

 

[SDCowboy]

they scored 14 points on offense. . 16 points off turnovers.

Is this a joke? If the offense scores the points, the offense scored the points.

 

[Alexander]

What frustrates me is the staff's lack of adjustments when it comes to making defenses pay when they're over aggressive. We see very little in the way of rollouts, screens or draws. It's just one of the most vanilla offensive schemes I've seen and why?

It's frustrating to watch.

It is not really vanilla. It is just rigid. Either the down the field matchups work, or they do not. There is not a lot of flexibility to Garrett's gameplans.

 

[Gameover]

Is this a joke? If the offense scores the points, the offense scored the points.

I was wrong, the Cowboys actually scored 13 points off turnovers.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Sturm is right. In fairness to Romo though, he's never been good at this aspect of QB play...it's why some people hate Garrett for trying to turn him into a pure pocket passer. I saw Stafford display it on a lot of passes - he knew he was about to get hit but hung in there and threw strikes to his receivers. Kurt Warner was the king of of it.

That style of QB play not being Romo's strong suit + the injury history he's had, it's no surprise. You see the same thing with RG3 and Vick too

 

[Gameover]

Is this a joke? If the offense scores the points, the offense scored the points.

The Cowboys actually had five TO counting the TO on downs.

They gained 4 yards on the first TO and had to punt. Go offense!

Five yards for TD to Bryant on the second.

They gained 17 yards and had to punt on the third. Go offense!

They gained zero yards and Bailey kicked a 53 yard FG on the fourth one. Go offense!

Off the TO on downs, they gained 5 yards and Bailey kicked a 44 yard FG.

The offense gained 31 combined yards off five turnovers.

Go offense!

 

[BigStar]

Not surprising. Ever since the broken collarbone and the punctured lung, Romo has been reluctant to physically put his body out there like he did early in his career. He runs upfield less and less and his disturbing habit now of basically ducking down and taking sacks is fairly obvious. Goes with the territory, but it seems he is much more sensitive to pressure now, real and imagined.

I remember Aikman taking sacks this way towards the end of his career (shellshocked)..basically give up and duck under the defender.

 

[rcaldw]

To me, the clock in his head thing is a remark on his toughness. Maybe not directly, but essentially, its saying he's avoiding hits and not making plays. That's a toughness criticism, imo.

Instead of worrying about whether it is insulting, I would encourage you (if you record the games) to go back and watch the game early on with an objective attitude. See if you recognize him doing what Sturm says. I think there are other explanations for it than toughness. I think his ribs might still be hurting. I also think it is a fair question to consider whether or not he has in mind finishing the year. It is like a basketball game that comes down to the last 3-5 minutes night after night in the NBA. What happens early DOES count, but with the NFC East, you are almost certainly going to be playing for a playoff spot the last 4 weeks of the season. If we don't have Romo we are probably cooked.

 

[Crown Royal]

Sturm is right. In fairness to Romo though, he's never been good at this aspect of QB play...it's why some people hate Garrett for trying to turn him into a pure pocket passer. I saw Stafford display it on a lot of passes - he knew he was about to get hit but hung in there and threw strikes to his receivers. Kurt Warner was the king of of it.

That style of QB play not being Romo's strong suit + the injury history he's had, it's no surprise. You see the same thing with RG3 and Vick too

I would say this is very true. It has long been known that the game plan against romo is to pressure him up the middle. It is the fault of this staff not to know that and find ways to coach through it.

 

[DFWJC]

they scored 14 points on offense. . 16 points off turnovers.

They scored 30 points on offense.
The defense scored no points in this one.
If a turnover shortns the field and the offense scores, that is still an offensive touchdown. The ocasional shortend field (something all winning teams normally get) is something they have gotten more often this year compared to the last 4-5 years. It's pretty sweet.

 

[T-RO]

Hogwash from a Packer fan. Romo was hit 10 times on 30 passes. How is that not hanging in there?

Sturm always manages to get in a hit or two on Romo. He also sleeps in Packer jammies.

This. And how many hits can you take from Farley and not suffer a season-ending kill shot?