The Truth is Romo needs to be tamed

[Zekeats]

Dez doesn't drop that deep ball we win the game. And now here we are.

IFssssssssssssss.........If Dez doesn't catch the other deep ball we aren't in the ball game

 

[Zekeats]

Receivers know how to get open. The playbook doesn't allow them to though. If the playbook makes it so that you run your routes without any double moves or fakes then its easily defended. Thats the problem with the playbook. We have talented players but the playbook is holding us back.

I feel you.........I loved how Arizona used to put Larry FItz on the move and he would have all types of double moves and stuff....even when his qbs sucked and where the worst in the league

 

[jobberone]

Only thing I might comment on is not sure if Leary or Frederick blew their assignment. Either way they need to work better as a unit. Nice post.

 

[texbumthelife]

Only thing I might comment on is not sure if Leary or Frederick blew their assignment. Either way they need to work better as a unit. Nice post.

Frederick definitely blew a couple in the Kansas City game. I think rotating Waters and Bern had an adverse effect on him. Also, he looks to help the guards so quickly sometimes, that delayed blitzes are really giving him trouble. I understand the reasoning, obviously, but he has to give the play a little more time to develop.

The entire OL/Backfield (including Romo) panicked every time the Chiefs crowded the line. One of the reasons behind the development of the 12 offense is that you have versatility in those situations. It was very shocking we ran no delays, draws or screens.

 

[nalam]

Busdriver? That would imply that we are running the ball to a fault which is not the case. Romo threw 49 passes last week and 42 today.

Still bus driving , 2-4 yard passes will do that , they have to do that as it is even difficult that 4 yards by running.

 

[Hoov]

Receivers know how to get open. The playbook doesn't allow them to though. If the playbook makes it so that you run your routes without any double moves or fakes then its easily defended. Thats the problem with the playbook. We have talented players but the playbook is holding us back.

I'm not real thrilled with things so far. But to say the playbook does not allow them to get open is too easy. Do you even know any of the specific routes for each receiver on more than 1 or 2 plays ? Can you draw up the plays and show us ? How would any of us fans really "know" the playbook.

 

[mrmojo]

They have all but neutered Romo....with all the additional responsibility he has I believe he is thinking way too much and not just playing football. The rib injury doesn't help but his yards per pass is atrotious, I think he is very concious of trying not to make the big mistake and it is showing in the check downs he is making.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

OK, mens, at the count of 3 let's throw rocks at the OP for daring to say what need to be said.

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[GimmeTheBall!]

It does seem Romo is being very cautious with the ball. Would rather take throws short of the first down than risk the tight squeeze.

Cautiious? Cautious? At one point an interception was called back and the next play he threw the ball to a defender. If that is cautious I am Martellus Bennett.

No, wait. If that is cautious I am Todd Fowler.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

Cautiious? Cautious? At one point an interception was called back and the next play he threw the ball to a defender. If that is cautious I am Martellus Bennett.

No, wait. If that is cautious I am Todd Fowler.

LOL. Yeah, that series was brutal, Marty. But before all that, its just a bunch of dinks not even close to the first yard marker.

 

[Aurican]

What made Romo successful was his gunslinger mentality. Its no longer there and he's just another pocket passer. I thank Garrett for that! What they need to do is open it up for Romo. Move him out of the pocket like Green Bay does with Rogers. Use play action and for God sake why did we ever abandon the delay draw, which was our best running play a few years ago?

Not sure he can do that at all anymore, he looks slow and no longer makes player miss like he used to. Could be due to injury or just decline.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I'm not real thrilled with things so far. But to say the playbook does not allow them to get open is too easy. Do you even know any of the specific routes for each receiver on more than 1 or 2 plays ? Can you draw up the plays and show us ? How would any of us fans really "know" the playbook.

It seems that the playbook is too rigid. An example was when Romo threw that INT during the Giants game. That was because TWilliams did a double move which he did fake his man and was open. Yet Romo threw where he thought TWilliams was going to be. Now I know its still the receivers fault for running a bad route. But yet Bryant still makes the same mistakes too and its been more than 3 years that his played for this offense.

Basically, the offense doesn't allow for improvising I think. Its straight up, run the route that your supposed to and thats that. Its the prototypical vanilla offense.

I recall a play during preseason where Romo pump faked to Dez on a slant and then Dez went upfield on a broken play. It went for almost 20 yards. Now that the season has started playground plays like that are wiped from the playbook and its back to the same ole' vanilla offense that were used to with Garrett.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Not sure he can do that at all anymore, he looks slow and no longer makes player miss like he used to. Could be due to injury or just decline.

Maybe your right but Im hoping your wrong. Romo is not Romo without that elusiveness. Now his nothing more than a pocket passer.

 

[tomsanders921]

The problem is that we should not have to rely on just one play to decide whether we win or lose. With the talent we have we should be lighting up the scoreboard.

That is the nfl now. Most games come down to just a couple plays that go either way. Looks at all the games the past couple weeks that have come down to the very end. We missed several plays that we should have made, which was the difference in the game. The Chiefs made plays when they had to, we didn't. They win.

 

[DogFace]

Romo needs to be tamed not free to run the offense and change the calls
For all the talk of hurring the offense and being ready with 20 sec on the play clock we sure suck at that
From the little bit of play that Waters was in on he looked good to me.....didn't notice Berny good or bad
Claiborne got hosed on the PA call
Murray does run to darkness........way too much running with his head down
Romo looked horrible with the game on the line......throwing 3 straight 2 yard out patterns, 1 that was picked, next one was almost picked, not sure *** he is thinking at the end of the games but he looked like crap late
Whats with the shotgun pass crap at 1st and goal from the 5.......reminded me of the Jets game again.....that single play WAS the 4 point difference in the game
Durant while solid, looks slow........I would rather see Holloman get reps especial on passing downs, and when rushing the passer
Romo needs to look past Witten when things get rough
Terrance Williams looked a lot better than last week
Dez is a beast, just had a bad drop at a bad time.......but for every one drop he catches three passes he shouldn't have
Will Allen is steady.........but that's it, steady......Hope Wilcox can contribute soon
McCray earned his pay on special teams
Frederick was anointed a probowler by many fans around here but just tap the breaks a little......he got beat a couple of times by quick moves
Hanna needs to get past the first man when he has one on one in semi open field
Lack of 4 man pass rush continues to haunt this team.......especially lack of push in the middle
Barry Church was worth the deal.......for once, good move Jerry
Free looked pretty good
Just like the past 2 years or so once we get moving forward we move backward with a sack, false start, holding, delay of game, ect..........so annoying
Defense was very solid for lack of pass rush, just not a big fan of zoning the middle of the field open
Ever since Romo threw that pick 6 opening night years back we have been way to cautious when it comes to going for late half points........Why not throw a bomb at half time at midfield? Instead Garrett sits on it

I agree with every point. Except no four man rush. No sacks but I thought he was hurried many times with 4.

 

[DogFace]

Another big problem is the playbook. Are there options in there to allow receivers to actually get open? Maybe some play-action, crossing routes, posts, many other options should be available. That falls on the offensive geniuses on the payroll.

I can almost all but guarantee that 90% of the other NFL teams would know how to utilize Dez, Austin and Witten. We have three legitimate threats that somehow this team only knows how to incorporate one into their gameplans.

Can you imagine NE with our weapons?

Exactly.

 

[Eddie]

What made Romo successful was his gunslinger mentality. Its no longer there and he's just another pocket passer. I thank Garrett for that! What they need to do is open it up for Romo. Move him out of the pocket like Green Bay does with Rogers. Use play action and for God sake why did we ever abandon the delay draw, which was our best running play a few years ago?

Romo's 33 years old. There's no more gunslinger in him. He also has bad ribs.

So what is it? Gunslinger good? Gunslinger bad? You can't have it both ways.

Either way, we're not going places with Romo.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Romo's 33 years old. There's no more gunslinger in him. He also has bad ribs.

So what is it? Gunslinger good? Gunslinger bad? You can't have it both ways.

Either way, we're not going places with Romo.

What? Like what he did last year? The reason he got those bad ribs was that he sat in the pocket too long and the defense was teeing up on him. Move him around with a roll out. Defenses won't know what hit them.

 

[kramskoi]

Romo needs to be tamed not free to run the offense and change the calls
For all the talk of hurring the offense and being ready with 20 sec on the play clock we sure suck at that
From the little bit of play that Waters was in on he looked good to me.....didn't notice Berny good or bad
Claiborne got hosed on the PA call
Murray does run to darkness........way too much running with his head down
Romo looked horrible with the game on the line......throwing 3 straight 2 yard out patterns, 1 that was picked, next one was almost picked, not sure *** he is thinking at the end of the games but he looked like crap late
Whats with the shotgun pass crap at 1st and goal from the 5.......reminded me of the Jets game again.....that single play WAS the 4 point difference in the game
Durant while solid, looks slow........I would rather see Holloman get reps especial on passing downs, and when rushing the passer
Romo needs to look past Witten when things get rough
Terrance Williams looked a lot better than last week
Dez is a beast, just had a bad drop at a bad time.......but for every one drop he catches three passes he shouldn't have
Will Allen is steady.........but that's it, steady......Hope Wilcox can contribute soon
McCray earned his pay on special teams
Frederick was anointed a probowler by many fans around here but just tap the breaks a little......he got beat a couple of times by quick moves
Hanna needs to get past the first man when he has one on one in semi open field
Lack of 4 man pass rush continues to haunt this team.......especially lack of push in the middle
Barry Church was worth the deal.......for once, good move Jerry
Free looked pretty good
Just like the past 2 years or so once we get moving forward we move backward with a sack, false start, holding, delay of game, ect..........so annoying
Defense was very solid for lack of pass rush, just not a big fan of zoning the middle of the field open
Ever since Romo threw that pick 6 opening night years back we have been way to cautious when it comes to going for late half points........Why not throw a bomb at half time at midfield? Instead Garrett sits on it

Romo is structurally suspect. His rib injury will hinder him for how long, we don't know but it was evident that his mechanics suffered in the second half because of it.

The defense is still a work in progress. They should get better but enough to carry a team with a propensity for conservative game-planning and play-calling? I'm not so sure. The Cowboys face the same dilemma that has dogged them since Garrett took over ... an unbalanced, schizophrenic offense that becomes its own worst enemy, especially on the road, where Garrett's offense has failed to score over 20 points 21 times since 2007.

Look down the Cowboys schedule and determine which games the Cowboys will win by more than 7 points and that will largely determine the likelihood that they will make the playoffs and have success. Why?

2006-08, 37.5% of Cowboys games were decided by a touchdown or less; since Garrett took over the coaching reins in 2010, a staggering 69% [29 of 42 games] of their games have been "close." This is problematic; in an NFL landscape in which a close game can turn on a flukey, chance moment - a fumble, a controversial officials' ruling, a deflected pass, a slip on the turf - the best way to be a winning team is to avoid being in a situation wherein weather, a bad call, or just plain, dumb luck can determine the outcome.

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2013/9/16/4735258/quick-take-cowboys-chiefs-by-the-numbers

 

[jnday]

What made Romo successful was his gunslinger mentality. Its no longer there and he's just another pocket passer. I thank Garrett for that! What they need to do is open it up for Romo. Move him out of the pocket like Green Bay does with Rogers. Use play action and for God sake why did we ever abandon the delay draw, which was our best running play a few years ago?

Romo has been a different QB for the last three years or so. Do you remember when he said that they were changing his style of play to be more like Tom Brady? I think it started then. When he was at his best, he was much more like Farve. Thank Garrett for the change. He took away a part of Romo's game that made him special. In other words, Garrett ruined him. The stats look great at times, the results don't.