Thoughts after 2 weeks

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There is something wrong with Romo, and there is no way to get around this. He's still good enough to get by but for how long? He would be 27.4 mil in dead money if he was cut this coming offseason. Or 13.7 if released as a june cut and another 13.7 in 2016. Does Dallas go that route? A big decision has to be made tho this offseason. Because if he is on the roster next yr he probably has to take another restructure. Maybe its rust but there just seems like a lack of mobility and lack of zip on his throws. Lack of everything if you ask me.

Murray is going to be a candidate for MVP if he keeps this kind of season going. I wouldnt like for Dallas to commit to Murray for anything long term. I think a smart move would be to franchise him in 2015. It would be around 5.9mil. Its clear Murray is going to be a workhorse this yr. If the team keeps using Murray the way they have the first two games he will be around 408 carries for the yr. Im sure it will be less but you get the idea of the type of use he will get. Love the way he;s running now. Needs to hold on to the ball. Expect a big dose of Murray this week against the rams.

Dez had a comeback game today and that was with a double team on every play. Not liking the hits he's taking all the time with the style he plays with. wont hurt for him to go out of bounds from time to time. He does no good to the team if he's on the sidelines hurt.

Witten is having alot of mishaps this yr. Blocking and tips. He's another player who looks like he's lost something in the tank. Its time to start seeing what Escobar can do atleast in my opinion.

With all the attention that Dez is getting im suprised that nobody is reaping the benefits. I think some of that has to do with Romos poor play.

The OL is solid. Teams are delaying their blitzes and bringing more people then there are blockers. Thats been the case the first two weeks. Other then a few instances where the DL is getting to Romo its mostly these LBers and DBs blitzing late getting to Romo. Nobody is going to stop this team from running the ball. The team is averaging 173 yrds rushing a game and thats against 2 good defenses. Free had one of his struggle games today but nothing over the top. If you look at Romo's sacks alot of it is him overreacting and spinning into sacks. Romo easily escapes these sacks pre-back surgery.

The defense as a whole is getting better. I think Marinelli is going to live with opposing TEs having big games rather then WRs.

There was a little more pressure this week. Nothing that was game changing but enough to make Locker feel edgy. Crawford showed a couple plays of it, and Mincey has his moments. Melton created alot of disturbance inside. Most of Dallas pressure came from McClain and Carter tho.

McClain has made Lee as a MLB an afterthought in my head. He's making plays and hitting everything that comes his way. Of course that could all change if all of the sudden he doesnt like football again but i dont see that happening. He's a leader and he's showing what he brings to a team. He is extremely fast for his size.

Bruce Carter is back to his 2012 form. Guy is creating havoc around the LOS. And he's been close to blocking a couple punts. You have to applaud Marinelli seeing that Carter was not a WILL and sticking with him at the SAM.

Henry Melton in his first full game had a very nice game. Half a sack a couple QB hits and a Pass defensed along with a whole lot of disturbance inside.

Hayden continues to be a wall against the run. If McClain is slower to come back from his injury i'd like to just see Dallas use Coleman along with Melton on passrushing downs. He's quick off the snap and can beat guards initially.

Mo played a little better today but still needs work. Maybe just maybe he can get it together.

The secondary as a whole played a better game but Wilcox is still the weaklink. Still think this team needs to bring in a FS.

Bailey is a machine and i dont think he will miss a FG this yr.
 

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I still think Romo is not 100% physically. And I don't mean he is injured but I don't think he is 100% physically fit. Due to the surgery, he probably didn't get to train his lower body and it's showing in his passes.

Parcells was a huge believer in working out lower body strength for his QBs. Vinnie Testeverde was a huge beliver in doing heavy squats during the season. Hopefully, with time and proper training, he can get some of the lower body strength back.
 

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Thanks Latin Mind. What fun that game. The Oline is going to win us some games this year.
I am a little surprised Martin came together as quickly as he did.He might get Romo to the end
of the season. Yap, Romo is a worry. Those balls [announcers said] weren't delivered with the speed
as we're accustomed to. Escape-ability not like it used to be. Maybe it's conditioning.Romo played within himself.

Rolando is our new Mike next year, what a find. Jerry Jones was on the money with him.
The Guru has arrived. Marinelli is the very thing the scoffers doubt. We have some saying that
we have the weakest defensive talent in the league.Maybe so that just proves the point.
 

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I still think Romo is not 100% physically. And I don't mean he is injured but I don't think he is 100% physically fit. Due to the surgery, he probably didn't get to train his lower body and it's showing in his passes.

Parcells was a huge believer in working out lower body strength for his QBs. Vinnie Testeverde was a huge beliver in doing heavy squats during the season. Hopefully, with time and proper training, he can get some of the lower body strength back.

Agree on Romo. Not sure he will be 100% this year.
 

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Romo is not in game shape. You can see some throws where he is releasing with little confidence. That's the negative.

The positive, once he works back into shape our offense is only going to get better. In the meantime, I'd look for STL to put 8 in the box and test Romo in the passing attack.

Running game is at it's best and it's been a while since I have had this much confidence with the Oline. To think, we have 3 of these guys for a while!!

McClain has filled Lee's void and is making plays. Carter is proving to be an asset as a SLB.

Corners were solid today and Wilcox needs to learn how to stop spearing his head on tackles or he'll be next to Holloman in no time.

Overall our offense just needs keep pushing until Romo gets closer to 100% and I can't wait to see Lawrence once he heals. Our defense can use him along with Spencer, and Scandrick.
 

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Nice win. The Cowboys really needed this win.

Bailey is just money.

Garrett & staff had a good game.

I thought our O line let Tony get hit too much & they took some sacks. Free I think. They need to work on that.

Tony has trouble throwing long but he was much better prepared today.

And lastly..the blue uni's look 100x's better than the white. :p
 

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There is something wrong with Romo, and there is no way to get around this. He's still good enough to get by but for how long? He would be 27.4 mil in dead money if he was cut this coming offseason. Or 13.7 if released as a june cut and another 13.7 in 2016. Does Dallas go that route? A big decision has to be made tho this offseason. Because if he is on the roster next yr he probably has to take another restructure. Maybe its rust but there just seems like a lack of mobility and lack of zip on his throws. Lack of everything if you ask me.

Murray is going to be a candidate for MVP if he keeps this kind of season going. I wouldnt like for Dallas to commit to Murray for anything long term. I think a smart move would be to franchise him in 2015. It would be around 5.9mil. Its clear Murray is going to be a workhorse this yr. If the team keeps using Murray the way they have the first two games he will be around 408 carries for the yr. Im sure it will be less but you get the idea of the type of use he will get. Love the way he;s running now. Needs to hold on to the ball. Expect a big dose of Murray this week against the rams.

Dez had a comeback game today and that was with a double team on every play. Not liking the hits he's taking all the time with the style he plays with. wont hurt for him to go out of bounds from time to time. He does no good to the team if he's on the sidelines hurt.

Witten is having alot of mishaps this yr. Blocking and tips. He's another player who looks like he's lost something in the tank. Its time to start seeing what Escobar can do atleast in my opinion.

With all the attention that Dez is getting im suprised that nobody is reaping the benefits. I think some of that has to do with Romos poor play.

The OL is solid. Teams are delaying their blitzes and bringing more people then there are blockers. Thats been the case the first two weeks. Other then a few instances where the DL is getting to Romo its mostly these LBers and DBs blitzing late getting to Romo. Nobody is going to stop this team from running the ball. The team is averaging 173 yrds rushing a game and thats against 2 good defenses. Free had one of his struggle games today but nothing over the top. If you look at Romo's sacks alot of it is him overreacting and spinning into sacks. Romo easily escapes these sacks pre-back surgery.

The defense as a whole is getting better. I think Marinelli is going to live with opposing TEs having big games rather then WRs.

There was a little more pressure this week. Nothing that was game changing but enough to make Locker feel edgy. Crawford showed a couple plays of it, and Mincey has his moments. Melton created alot of disturbance inside. Most of Dallas pressure came from McClain and Carter tho.

McClain has made Lee as a MLB an afterthought in my head. He's making plays and hitting everything that comes his way. Of course that could all change if all of the sudden he doesnt like football again but i dont see that happening. He's a leader and he's showing what he brings to a team. He is extremely fast for his size.

Bruce Carter is back to his 2012 form. Guy is creating havoc around the LOS. And he's been close to blocking a couple punts. You have to applaud Marinelli seeing that Carter was not a WILL and sticking with him at the SAM.

Henry Melton in his first full game had a very nice game. Half a sack a couple QB hits and a Pass defensed along with a whole lot of disturbance inside.

Hayden continues to be a wall against the run. If McClain is slower to come back from his injury i'd like to just see Dallas use Coleman along with Melton on passrushing downs. He's quick off the snap and can beat guards initially.

Mo played a little better today but still needs work. Maybe just maybe he can get it together.

The secondary as a whole played a better game but Wilcox is still the weaklink. Still think this team needs to bring in a FS.

Bailey is a machine and i dont think he will miss a FG this yr.

Great post. I agree on Romo not taking advantage of Dez being doubled teamed as a big issue. Seems TEs are having big games against 43 backers. Gates exploited Seattle.
 

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I thought this was a very good team win I just hope romo gets better and better hope the whole team just keeps getting better and better.
 

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Is Romo right yet? No
Was he better this week than last week? Yes
Is he our weakest link as some have suggested? Please -- it's week two and already Kaepernick has more turnovers than Romo (3 INTs & fumble). See how fast things change?
BTW - See tackle, safety & defensive ends for weak links.

I think we may be seeing his game evolve. Nothing snaps you back faster in life than your body changing (trust me) and I think he loves the game so much that he will evolve. Maybe he doesn't have the same escapability - maybe he won't need it that much anymore. Maybe he doesn't have the same velocity, Manning and Brady don't either. It happens.

We remember him running around when Jerry was proclaiming we didn't need offensive line help because Tony could move so well. Jerry was wrong of course but that's what Romo had to do for us to even be in the mix.

Now our eyes see something different, its not the same but it doesn't mean it has to be bad, I think he can pick his spots with play action now. I believe after this week teams will have to scheme differently against us or they will not get the ball back. If Romo knows changing his style of play will--

A.) Extend his career
B) Make the offense more efficient
C) Translate into more wins

He'll do it and Linehan will adjust the playbook accordingly. The only thing that he hasn't done yet is throw the ball down the field but I have a feeling that's coming with defenses having to respect the run on play action.

Maybe he'll be fine as he plays more and he'll light it up. Maybe not. I still don't believe this is who he is yet. He'll get sharper, but as far as mobility, he will adjust and we could be as good or better for it.
 

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Romo is definitely off, for one reason or the other. We'll see what happens over the next 14 games, but it's definitely a concern.

What's been nice is seeing the development of the passing game going through Dez, and the absolute domination of the run game. The run blocking has been superb, and Murray -- other than those two fumbles -- has been a beast. Back to Dez, it was nice today to see him moving the chains time and again, drive after drive.

Defensively, we're seeing a few of the things happen that needed to happen for us to improve -- the emergence of Rolando McClain, being chief among them.
 

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Is Romo right yet? No
Was he better this week than last week? Yes
Is he our weakest link as some have suggested? Please -- it's week two and already Kaepernick has more turnovers than Romo (3 INTs & fumble). See how fast things change?
BTW - See tackle, safety & defensive ends for weak links.

I think we may be seeing his game evolve. Nothing snaps you back faster in life than your body changing (trust me) and I think he loves the game so much that he will evolve. Maybe he doesn't have the same escapability - maybe he won't need it that much anymore. Maybe he doesn't have the same velocity, Manning and Brady don't either. It happens.

We remember him running around when Jerry was proclaiming we didn't need offensive line help because Tony could move so well. Jerry was wrong of course but that's what Romo had to do for us to even be in the mix.

Now our eyes see something different, its not the same but it doesn't mean it has to be bad, I think he can pick his spots with play action now. I believe after this week teams will have to scheme differently against us or they will not get the ball back. If Romo knows changing his style of play will--

A.) Extend his career
B) Make the offense more efficient
C) Translate into more wins

He'll do it and Linehan will adjust the playbook accordingly. The only thing that he hasn't done yet is throw the ball down the field but I have a feeling that's coming with defenses having to respect the run on play action.

Maybe he'll be fine as he plays more and he'll light it up. Maybe not. I still don't believe this is who he is yet. He'll get sharper, but as far as mobility, he will adjust and we could be as good or better for it.

No, NO and NO. IM sorry but Dont mention Romo in the same sentence as Brady and Manning. He might be in the same ballpark in salary but he is nowhere near them as a QB.

He is not going to extend his career. Im sorry but Manning had back surgery and never looked as bad as Romo. With Jerry voicing how much regret he has in not drafting JF, you can bet if a QB drops to Dallas this yr he will be picked fast and quick. And thats the right choice. It wouldve been the right choice this yr too. No matter how right the zack martin pick was. Manziel wouldve been the right pick aswell.

One thing i was suprised with Romo today was he killed a pass play into a run.
 

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I still think Romo is not 100% physically. And I don't mean he is injured but I don't think he is 100% physically fit. Due to the surgery, he probably didn't get to train his lower body and it's showing in his passes.

Parcells was a huge believer in working out lower body strength for his QBs. Vinnie Testeverde was a huge beliver in doing heavy squats during the season. Hopefully, with time and proper training, he can get some of the lower body strength back.

Vinny Spaghetti legs Testeverde? He's the example of the quintessential lower base of a quarterback in the NFL?
 

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Jeez LT, can't you back off for just a day?

Sure, we all see that Romo is not himself right now. No need to further insult the guy.
We get it.

As bad as it may seem, he did hit 66% of his passes, had 5-6 3rd down conversions, no turnovers, and a good rating.
He managed to gut it out and he better get better as the year goes on. But can't we at least enjoy a win and not have our fans insulting him?
 

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No, NO and NO. IM sorry but Dont mention Romo in the same sentence as Brady and Manning. He might be in the same ballpark in salary but he is nowhere near them as a QB.

He is not going to extend his career. Im sorry but Manning had back surgery and never looked as bad as Romo. With Jerry voicing how much regret he has in not drafting JF, you can bet if a QB drops to Dallas this yr he will be picked fast and quick. And thats the right choice. It wouldve been the right choice this yr too. No matter how right the zack martin pick was. Manziel wouldve been the right pick aswell.

One thing i was suprised with Romo today was he killed a pass play into a run.

I could have sworn that Johnny Football is currently Johnny Back Up in title town Cleveland to the living legend Brian Hoyer.
 

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Vinny Spaghetti legs Testeverde? He's the example of the quintessential lower base of a quarterback in the NFL?

I don't know what you are talking about but the guy could still throw when he was 41. He still had velocity to his passes. Did you even watch the Cowboys when he played for us?
 

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Testaverde's workout regimen key to his longevity
Updated: December 5, 2007, 5:45 PM ET
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Vinny Testaverde jokes never seem to stop. He once handed off to Bronko Nagurski. He was in the same draft class as Y.A. Tittle.

Funny thing though, the jokes end when the 44-year-old quarterback walks into the Carolina Panthers weight room -- and starts doing squats with the linemen.

"I don't think there is any quarterback that I've been around that works as hard as Vinny -- and definitely not as strong," said Jerry Simmons, the Panthers strength and conditioning coach.

It's probably no surprise that two of Testaverde's closest friends in the NFL are Simmons and Arizona strength and conditioning coach John Lott. He met Simmons when they were together with the Cleveland Browns in the early 1990s, and Lott when they were with the New York Jets in the late '90s.

Testaverde has combined their two philosophies into a weight-training and conditioning program that is the key to Testaverde being the oldest NFL starting quarterback to win a game.

While many men his age were sitting on the couch Sunday working on their beer guts, Testaverde was throwing two touchdown passes to move past Joe Montana into eighth place on the career list with 275.

Testaverde's tireless workout regimen includes cardiovascular exercises and lifting, specifically squats for strength in his legs.

"People see quarterbacks and they think, 'Oh, he has a strong arm.' But really the strength in your arm doesn't just come from your arm," Testaverde said. "It comes from your hips and your legs. I think the squatting has helped me tremendously to stay healthy and to have that longevity."


http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=3142986
 

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Jeez LT, can't you back off for just a day?

Sure, we all see that Romo is not himself right now. No need to further insult the guy.
We get it.

As bad as it may seem, he did hit 66% of his passes, had 5-6 3rd down conversions, no turnovers, and a good rating.
He managed to gut it out and he better get better as the year goes on. But can't we at least enjoy a win and not have our fans insulting him?

Romo got better as the game went on and he is both rusty and not in his ideal shape.

However, IMHO I believe Romo is going to get better as the year goes on. I think by the New Orleans game, weeks 4-5 we're going to be able to rely on the big play from him again.

That 3rd down conversion on the right side to Dez while Romo rolled out of the pocket and placed the ball low purposely where only Dez could get it tells me he still has it and just needs to play without further injury.

As long as the defense stays solid and the o-line allows us to sustain long drives and keep the defense in good field position then I am willing to hold jury by week 4 on if Romo is in inevitable but current decline.
 

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I don't know what you are talking about but the guy could still throw when he was 41. He still had velocity to his passes. Did you even watch the Cowboys when he played for us?

Vinny always had a big arm but he also had spaghetti legs.

I absolutely watched the Vinny years.

My post was based more off sarcasm to loosen things up around here than trying to state your post as incorrect.
 
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