This offense is awful

[rick2248]

And the only way this team can get better with Garrett is of Jones keeps Garrett out of the offense totally.

Garrett was resisting Callahan changing the offense, so Jerry went and got Linehan to call the plays. That was the compromise. So we are still in Garrett's garbage offense.

Whatever excuse we have about changing the offense comes from Garrett. Our best year with Romo was essentially when Garrett was out of the equation playcalling in his own offense.

Romo can learn any offense in a season.

Romo has been in Garrett's offense for 6 or 7 years now its the same as when he got here !

 

[Gadfly22]

There are (I think) 2 basic problems:

1. This offense is custom-tailored to Romo and his particular genius. He can make it work really well (though we really haven't seen that this season). But, just like a suit custom-tailored to Romo's size and proportions, this offense doesn't fit other QBs very well. They struggle, it's uncomfortable, things happen too fast for them to process. The end result is lack of production.

2. The offense lacks imagination. Tom Landry was an innovative thinker on both sides of the football, and he could routinely stay ahead of the competition. Jimmy Johnson didn't need a lot of creativity, since the level of talent he accumulated made up for the lack of imagination. I'm afraid that Garrett -- having developed in the Johnson system -- undervalues creativity and prefers plain vanilla, with Romo personally supplying creativity as needed. But put another QB back there, and things stay plain vanilla and easy for a defense to scheme and read. Which is why I think 3rd-and-1 has become such a hard down to convert and why receivers never seem to get much separation. The defense already knows where the play is going, and they can get there fast.

 

[LocimusPrime]

Pythagoras was a genius in his time. Heck a2 + b2 =c2. (Supposed to be squared symbol)
But now Pythagoras and his formulas are simple for any freshman in 8th grader. Time has passed for some of our innovate scheme makers.

 

[Miller]

The issue is the offense stinks without a QB that does what Romo does. Simple. The routes aren't complicated, the schemes aren't complicated and the system isn't a factor. Romo's ability to scramble, create and cause havoc out of the pocket makes "meh" seem exciting. You take that out and its a guys dropping back and hoping to find someone in the middle or close his eyes and throw it down a sideline.

 

[rick2248]

There are (I think) 2 basic problems:

1. This offense is custom-tailored to Romo and his particular genius. He can make it work really well (though we really haven't seen that this season). But, just like a suit custom-tailored to Romo's size and proportions, this offense doesn't fit other QBs very well. They struggle, it's uncomfortable, things happen too fast for them to process. The end result is lack of production.

2. The offense lacks imagination. Tom Landry was an innovative thinker on both sides of the football, and he could routinely stay ahead of the competition. Jimmy Johnson didn't need a lot of creativity, since the level of talent he accumulated made up for the lack of imagination. I'm afraid that Garrett -- having developed in the Johnson system -- undervalues creativity and prefers plain vanilla, with Romo personally supplying creativity as needed. But put another QB back there, and things stay plain vanilla and easy for a defense to scheme and read. Which is why I think 3rd-and-1 has become such a hard down to convert and why receivers never seem to get much separation. The defense already knows where the play is going, and they can get there fast.

Its not just Romo but any QB that can extend plays that's is what's lacking in this offense right now !

 

[vaturkey]

27th in the league in total offense. 30th in scoring. Yep, Jerry has some explaining to do.

 

[percyhoward]

I'm afraid that Garrett -- having developed in the Johnson system -- undervalues creativity and prefers plain vanilla, with Romo personally supplying creativity as needed. But put another QB back there, and things stay plain vanilla and easy for a defense to scheme and read. Which is why I think 3rd-and-1 has become such a hard down to convert and why receivers never seem to get much separation. The defense already knows where the play is going, and they can get there fast.

Going into the Washington game, we had converted 13 of our 17 short-yardage runs without Romo.

In the last two games, we're 0 of 4.