The "Regression" of Romo

[Aven8]

He did the same thing last year. Missed him in stride on slants all the time. I think his conifidence is shaken. Spotlight isnt on TO demanding the ball, dropping a couple passes a game and being "thrown to" 16 times a game. Its all on Tony. And its obvious, he is afraid to mess up.

Which brings me back to coaching. I'm not talking about HC..I'm talking about the OC/QB coach. When he had David Lee his career was pointing up. Now he isn't progressing.

BTW Let's not act like Romo isn't a good QB. He isn't a one hit wonder like the Derric Anderson's, or Bulger's of the world. He just needs to be coached better by a real coach.

 

[skinsscalper]

Doubt it. I don't see how TO would miraculously make Tony start hitting throws he's missing by a wide margin.

Romo sucking has very little to do with who he is throwing to, if any at all.

While I'm not real high on Romo, right now, I'd have to disagree with the last statement.

Honestly, I don't think Romo trusts any of his WRs right now. I really don't. That's why I think a dash of Ogletree would help a bit, and it has very little to do with his skills set being superior to Williams or even Hurd. Ogletree was the ONLY WR I heard Tony mention, by name, that he was really impressed with by his route running. Sure, he did the PC thing and pimped the Cowboys new shiny "thing" (Roy Williams) and expressed his confidence, publicly, in Hurd's and Austin's ability to fill the chasm of playmaking ability left behind by the scapegoat release of T.O. (the scapegoat part being more and more clear as the days go by), but Ogletree is the one WR that he specifically praised for his route running ability (i.e. "I can trust this guy to be where he's supposed to be").

Cowboys WRs are not reading the field or the blitz the same way that Romo is. That is crystal clear. Yes, it happens on occasion (otherwise we wouldn't complete any passes). Much of the evidence that lies in the lack of WR yardage week in and week out (with the exception of a Tampa Bay team that's coverage was as confused as a schizophrenic in a house full of mirrors).

Compound that with the fact that Romo has been coached out of being Romo, both by himself and Garrett, (there are merits for both sides of that coin), and we have an offensive attack that is about as "Romo unfriendly" as we can possibly imagine.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Teams figure out players in this league.

Teams didn't know how to stop Romo before, he would make plays outside of the pocket, and constantly keep defenses guessing.

The minute he became Tom Brady, teams were capable of scheming and basically daring him to throw the ball over their head - which he hasn't been capable of doing this year. Safeties standing at the first down marker suggests one of two things, our receivers can't get any separation, or Tony Romo doesn't have the arm to work the ball deep down the field. Its a little of both.

 

[braw]

Which brings me back to coaching. I'm not talking about HC..I'm talking about the OC/QB coach. When he had David Lee his career was pointing up. Now he isn't progressing.

BTW Let's not act like Romo isn't a good QB. He isn't a one hit wonder like the Derric Anderson's, or Bulger's of the world. He just needs to be coached better by a real coach.

You are correct Sir....Why does anybody not call for the firing of Wade Wilson, the guys claim to fame is killing the confidence of 2 other QBs ( Grossman and Orton). The only reason Orton is recovering is because he has a real coach now.

Romo was never a finished product when he got here, he has improved while watching ( study work from Testaverde) and throwing motion from David Lee..

Garrett is the OC so they work on mismatches, overall passing routes, not on mechanics.

All the changes with standing tall in the pocket, moving forward in the pocket, these are all Wilson's doing. That guy is a terrible QB coach and the problem he is the one teaching Mcgee as well. So if that kid expect to have a chance Jerry get rid of Wilson.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

It's been spoken about on this forum several times, but it's blantly obvious that Romo has regressed. In 2007 when he had the great year, we still had Sparano on this staff. Believe me....I'm not saying for one minute that is why Romo had the great year, but it's worth looking in to.

I have a couple of questions though. Is Wade the problem, or is Garrett and his lack of experience the problem? Remember he was a QB coach and suddenly became the OC and Asst. HC. It's pretty much the same story as another coach we know up in DC that is doing very well right now, Mr. Zorn.

As Cowboy fans we embraced the hire because he was one of our own, and let's not forget "Ivy league" trained. What we forget though is that Wade was undermined coming into the position, and Garrett's only experience was QB coach for Jay Feely, amongst other spares in Miami.

It also brings in another point to question. What has Wade Wilson ever accomplished? Seriously.......what? If you can answer that I will pay you handsomely! Has he ever coached a decent QB? I've never understood the love for this quy with our organization. Is it because he is cheap, or a good soldier? When is the last time we've even seen him???? Does he really coach for us still, or does he do it through Twitter????

My whole point about this situation is that Romo has regressed as a QB. Jerry is as much to blame as anybody. The Romo friendly deal is BS! Just like Wade can't change his style, Romo can't change his style either. Romo is who is....but that renegade style can be coached. It's been proven in this league for decades. Unfortunatly we have the wrong coaches in place. Remember Lloyd Christmas for the past couple of years??? How bad were our ST's? What has one coach meant to that unit thus far?

If Jerry is in to looking out for his investments he will make the right decision and get "Romo friendly". By bringing in a coach that will not take away his playmaking his ability, and teach him what he really can, and cannot do. Until then I feel this team will continue to regress. We as fans will complain....and we will continue to point fingers, and blame Wade, receivers, OL, heart, etc. But after closely examining the situation it's seems fairly simple. 12-12 in the last 24 games......2 consecutive games without a TD pass for this first time in his career.

What I'm most afraid of folks.....is that we have wasted three years of Romo's career.

Maybe the talent from 2007 isn't surrounding him as it is now.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Maybe the talent from 2007 isn't surrounding him as it is now.

Only thing missing is some ******* that caught 38 TDs for us.

Damn I remember when this team used to live and die off the big play. Then we put all our eggs in the Felix Jones big play basket, and well, here we are today.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I think losing his anticipation is something that was usually a problem come December. This wasn't really recognized and then Wade and Garrett took over and he again had issues in December. Reads were slow, anticipation was off, results were poor. Then in '08 his reads were slow and anticipation was off come Week 3 against the Packers. Now we are seeing slow reads and anticipation problems early in the year.

I think part of the problem has been Wade Wilson. With David Lee here we had a a guy that could work with Romo's mechanics to make him throw accurately and consistently. Wilson has worked with Quincy Carter, Rex Grossman and now Romo and something tells me he just isn't a very good QB coach.

I don't think Garrett has been that bad this year. Maybe he needs to start rolling Romo out more, although that makes things a little more risky. I also think that we were not strict enough on making him protect the ball and still make plays downfield. They are not mutually exclusive and if they would've forced him into protecting the ball better earlier on I think he wouldn't be regressing so much right now.




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