khiladi
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I am pretty optimistic about Romo for some of the following reasons:
1.
He bought time when pressured. The way Bledsoe was handling the pressure of the Giants, he would have been sacked at least 3 times more. It also allowed the Cowboys to do a lot more things offensively. The flea-flicker would have been a TD to TO, if the quarterback had quicker reaction time. I would be willing to bet Romo would have gotten the ball off by at least side-stepping the rush.
2.
Romo was acting like a leader. Everytime he was going under the snap, he was signaling the O-Line where the pressure would be coming from. He even audibled at the line, noticing the single coverage on TO in the red-zone. This audible is what resulted in the touchdown.
3.
No doubt, the interception that Romo threw when trying to hit Crayton was a bad throw. Crayton had made his move inside, and Romo just mis-fired. If he had put it in front of Crayton it would have been a touchdown. But, that had more to do with timing and work in game situations than anything else. Give it back to Romo te next time, it would have been an easy touchdown.
Compare this to Bledsoe's bone-headed decision in the red-zone on the Madison interception. Terry Glen was not anywhere close to open from the very beginning, with Madison playing AT THE LINE, and Bledsoe still threw it on a stupid OUT ROUTE. He could have read that from the line. The mistake of Bledsoe had to do with what his main problem is. Poor reaction time, and just plain stupid EVEN AFTER NORE THAN TEN YEARS OF PLAYING. This should be compared to the way Romo recognized the single coverage on TO, and how he adjusted.
4.
What really impressed me about Romo is what he did after that final interception. With a game-killing interception, most QBs would have faulted under the pressure and played it safe. Instead, Romo went straight up the field throwing a strike for a TD to Crayton over the middle. First, he put it on the money and second, he did not panic and fold. Bledsoe has been garbage on long strikes.
5.
We also forget that by the time Romon came in, the running game had been abandoned. Every down, Romo was forced to throw, and he still brought the team down field. It seemed as if the team became way more passionate, including TO. You could see the excitement from the team when Romo scored the two-point conversion.
6.
When TO made the drop on that 4th down, Romo kept his cool, and came back to TO the next drive for a TD.
7.
The fact is Witten started to be used a lot more when Romo came in. Instead of using him as a blocker to protect the quarterback, he was seeing plenty of single coverage. This opened up the passing game way more.
Say what you want, but the game plan changes as soon as Bledsoe is taken out. The effects are very noticeable. The Bledsoe era is over. He needs to retire.
8.
This was the first game of the season, I really did not mind the interceptions. The first interception was a botched play, i.e. batted at the line. The second, Julius Jones was wrapped up by his defender, with the defenders arms totally wrapped around Julius Jones not allowing him to free up for the screen. The last interception had more to do with experience. He just underthrew the cut of Crayton. More game play will correct this.
These are all mistakes of youth. The mistakes of Bledsoe, holding on to the ball too long, not recognizing where the pressure is coming from, and interceptions that are more of a result of stupidity despite over ten years of play are no longer correctable. I can't wait for next week.
BTW, our defense could not tackle worth **** in this game.
1.
He bought time when pressured. The way Bledsoe was handling the pressure of the Giants, he would have been sacked at least 3 times more. It also allowed the Cowboys to do a lot more things offensively. The flea-flicker would have been a TD to TO, if the quarterback had quicker reaction time. I would be willing to bet Romo would have gotten the ball off by at least side-stepping the rush.
2.
Romo was acting like a leader. Everytime he was going under the snap, he was signaling the O-Line where the pressure would be coming from. He even audibled at the line, noticing the single coverage on TO in the red-zone. This audible is what resulted in the touchdown.
3.
No doubt, the interception that Romo threw when trying to hit Crayton was a bad throw. Crayton had made his move inside, and Romo just mis-fired. If he had put it in front of Crayton it would have been a touchdown. But, that had more to do with timing and work in game situations than anything else. Give it back to Romo te next time, it would have been an easy touchdown.
Compare this to Bledsoe's bone-headed decision in the red-zone on the Madison interception. Terry Glen was not anywhere close to open from the very beginning, with Madison playing AT THE LINE, and Bledsoe still threw it on a stupid OUT ROUTE. He could have read that from the line. The mistake of Bledsoe had to do with what his main problem is. Poor reaction time, and just plain stupid EVEN AFTER NORE THAN TEN YEARS OF PLAYING. This should be compared to the way Romo recognized the single coverage on TO, and how he adjusted.
4.
What really impressed me about Romo is what he did after that final interception. With a game-killing interception, most QBs would have faulted under the pressure and played it safe. Instead, Romo went straight up the field throwing a strike for a TD to Crayton over the middle. First, he put it on the money and second, he did not panic and fold. Bledsoe has been garbage on long strikes.
5.
We also forget that by the time Romon came in, the running game had been abandoned. Every down, Romo was forced to throw, and he still brought the team down field. It seemed as if the team became way more passionate, including TO. You could see the excitement from the team when Romo scored the two-point conversion.
6.
When TO made the drop on that 4th down, Romo kept his cool, and came back to TO the next drive for a TD.
7.
The fact is Witten started to be used a lot more when Romo came in. Instead of using him as a blocker to protect the quarterback, he was seeing plenty of single coverage. This opened up the passing game way more.
Say what you want, but the game plan changes as soon as Bledsoe is taken out. The effects are very noticeable. The Bledsoe era is over. He needs to retire.
8.
This was the first game of the season, I really did not mind the interceptions. The first interception was a botched play, i.e. batted at the line. The second, Julius Jones was wrapped up by his defender, with the defenders arms totally wrapped around Julius Jones not allowing him to free up for the screen. The last interception had more to do with experience. He just underthrew the cut of Crayton. More game play will correct this.
These are all mistakes of youth. The mistakes of Bledsoe, holding on to the ball too long, not recognizing where the pressure is coming from, and interceptions that are more of a result of stupidity despite over ten years of play are no longer correctable. I can't wait for next week.
BTW, our defense could not tackle worth **** in this game.
