Tony Romo Has To Be Better

[Red Dragon]

34 TDs, only 9 INTs, 8-1 on the road and 4-0 in December? Hard to get much better than that.

 

[erod]

Have you noticed that every player on the team talks like Jason Garrett now?

 

[erod]

Exactly. I think this is a Garrett thing. No matter who the play caller is, we run the same types of routes. The only person we really utilize on the quick routes is Beasley. It's easy to take away a WR if you just keep lining him outside and allow the defense to bracket him the whole game. Hard to do that when you move him all over the place. The passing game is very vanilla at times.

And yes, the blitz kills us so much because we don't adjust accordingly. We keep running the same slow developing routes down the field.

How many routes do you think there are? All teams have the same route tree.

 

[DallasInDC]

Have you noticed that every player on the team talks like Jason Garrett now?

Yep, that gets me excited. That means everyone has bought in. Hostile explained early on what the value of JG would be as HC. I wanted to believe what he was saying but was not convinced from what I was witnessing on the field. This year has given me reason to think Hostile was right. As long as he surrounds himself with good x and o guys (which I trust he will do) he will have this team competitive year in and year out.

JG is jerry Jones' wildcard. If JG has sustained success here, it will change the narrative of JJ the idiot GM to JJ the genius GM. As it stands right now, how many GMs can claim 3 SBs, 4 HOFers, potentially 2-6 more HOFers. Even those who argue that Jimmy was solely responsible for building those teams (which I will always contend that they were equally responsible) couldn't deny that it was shear genius to hire Jimmy and should probably go down as one of the top hires in NFL history....and don't forget ge owns best trade ever as well. If JG were able to win at least one (preferrably) several SBs he would have to be considered a top GM.

 

[Doomsday101]

Yep, that gets me excited. That means everyone has bought in. Hostile explained early on what the value of JG would be as HC. I wanted to believe what he was saying but was not convinced from what I was witnessing on the field. This year has given me reason to think Hostile was right. As long as he surrounds himself with good x and o guys (which I trust he will do) he will have this team competitive year in and year out.

JG is jerry Jones' wildcard. If JG has sustained success here, it will change the narrative of JJ the idiot GM to JJ the genius GM. As it stands right now, how many GMs can claim 3 SBs, 4 HOFers, potentially 2-6 more HOFers. Even those who argue that Jimmy was solely responsible for building those teams (which I will always contend that they were equally responsible) couldn't deny that it was shear genius to hire Jimmy and should probably go down as one of the top hires in NFL history....and don't forget ge owns best trade ever as well. If JG were able to win at least one (preferrably) several SBs he would have to be considered a top GM.

I have come to the realization a long time ago that the situation is Dallas with the owner and GM being 1 in the same is not how others around the NFL do it. Jerry has made bad moves that have been costly and has made some good moves that have helped this team. I respect Jones but I would also say if I were in a position where I could buy a football team and I had to hire a GM Jerry Jones would not be on my list of GM's.

I do think this team can win with Jerry as the owner/GM as long as he is putting good people around him, however I think that is the key to success for any GM, none do it alone it is the people they hire and put around them that leads to success.

 

[DallasInDC]

I have come to the realization a long time ago that the situation is Dallas with the owner and GM being 1 in the same is not how others around the NFL do it. Jerry has made bad moves that have been costly and has made some good moves that have helped this team. I respect Jones but I would also say if I were in a position where I could buy a football team and I had to hire a GM Jerry Jones would not be on my list of GM's.

I do think this team can win with Jerry as the owner/GM as long as he is putting good people around him, however I think that is the key to success for any GM, none do it alone it is the people they hire and put around them that leads to success.

I think this is spot on. My opinion of JJs shortcomings is that he relied too much on the people he trusted rather than the people with talent.

 

[DandyDon1722]

I think this is spot on. My opinion of JJs shortcomings is that he relied too much on the people he trusted rather than the people with talent.

Bingo. Larry Lacewell on line one.

 

[Doomsday101]

Bingo. Larry Lacewell on line one.

For the record Larry Lacewell was hired by Jimmy Johnson and it was Larry Lacewell Jimmy wanted when he became the HC of the Dolphins and was very upset when Lacewell choose not to go.

 

[Doomsday101]

I think this is spot on. My opinion of JJs shortcomings is that he relied too much on the people he trusted rather than the people with talent.

I think the people you hire that you believe has the talent you also have to trust them. As I mentioned it was Jimmy who brought in Lacewell as the personnel guy when he came to Dallas and someone Jimmy trusted. When Jimmy left Lacewell was a guy who had done a good job to that point there was no reason for Jerry not to trust Lacewell to continue to do the job.

 

[DallasInDC]

For the record Larry Lacewell was hired by Jimmy Johnson and it was Larry Lacewell Jimmy wanted when he became the HC of the Dolphins and was very upset when Lacewell choose not to go.

True unfortunately, JJ still developed a strong relationship and trust with Lacewell who has been linked to some of the less than stellar decisions made in the past two decades.

 

[DandyDon1722]

For the record Larry Lacewell was hired by Jimmy Johnson and it was Larry Lacewell Jimmy wanted when he became the HC of the Dolphins and was very upset when Lacewell choose not to go.

I get that, but the perception is he's the "Deep Throat" of the Cowboys, always lurking in the shadows, taking calls from Jerry on personnel decisions and casting charms and spells that seem to mesmerize Jerry. .

 

[Doomsday101]

True unfortunately, JJ still developed a strong relationship and trust with Lacewell who has been linked to some of the less than stellar decisions made in the past two decades.

and I agree but that trust was not built on nothing, Lacewell was brought in by Jimmy and had proven success. I do think he held on to Lacewell too long out of loyalty which I think sometimes is Jerry greatest fault

 

[Doomsday101]

I get that, but the perception is he's the "Deep Throat" of the Cowboys, always lurking in the shadows, taking calls from Jerry on personnel decisions and casting charms and spells that seem to mesmerize Jerry. .

I try to avoid the perceptions not always easy but some talk of Lacewell as if he was some bumbling fool with no credentials and the fact is he was highly regarded by Jimmy

 

[DandyDon1722]

I try to avoid the perceptions not always easy but some talk of Lacewell as if he was some bumbling fool with no credentials and the fact is he was highly regarded by Jimmy

Yeah I understand. There's just that image of Jerry, Larry and Barry all sitting around a table full of empty Johnny Walker bottles discussing the draft and who's gonna be next.

But not anymore.

 

[CowboyGil]

Of course Romo is his own harshest critic. No complaints from me.Like many have said, the offense is not the problem.

 

[kojak]

I will take a sack anytime over a pick. Those crying about the sacks would be screaming about more picks. With Romo that is the choice you have- a pick or a sack because he will never change holding onto the ball trying for a big play.

This is 100 percent true. After 8 years we all know Romo very rarely will throw the ball away. He has vastly improved in this area and the numbers tell the truth.

 

[CF74]

I believe the main reason why there's hope he will be better is because he will be a year removed from his surgery and with a full offseason, more time to heal and get stronger. I'm hoping for about 30% + increase in strength..

 

[Sampson]

When you look only at Romo's sacks and compare them to incompletions, obviously the incompletion is the preferred option. But when you look at every one of Romo's drop backs (not just the sacks), and compare them to every other quarterback's drop backs in the playoffs, you can see the decided advantage of his performance over those of the other QB.

Adjusted net yards per attempt looks at all drop backs (completions, incompletions, interceptions, throwaways, and sacks). Here is how Romo compared to all other playoff QB.

pass yards - sack yards + (20 x TD) - (45 x INT) / (attempts + sacks)

Romo 8.2
Flacco 7.6
Brady 6.9
Rodgers 6.4
Stafford 6.3
Wilson 5.7
Newton 5.3
Luck 5.3
Manning 4.6
Rthlsbrgr 4.1
Lindley -0.9
Dalton 3.8

If you don't think ANY/A has anything to do with winning football games, just know that passer rating has the highest win correlation of any major individual stat. One of the criticisms of passer rating is that it doesn't include sacks and sack yardage. Well, ANY/A does. It isn't talked about as much as passer rating, and it's hard sometimes to find the data without really digging. Although regular-season ANY/A can be found at PFR, I had to do my own work for the playoff ANY/A.

This study looked at 22 NFL seasons and found ANY/A to have a slightly higher correlation to wins than even passer rating.

Adam's version of the above stat does not include touchdowns, going by the theory that passing touchdowns are worth no more than the yards it takes to get them. Here's ANY/A without TD for this year's playoffs:

Romo 6.9
Flacco 6.0
Stafford 5.8
Brady 5.5
Rodgers 5.3
Luck 4.8
Wilson 4.3
Manning 4.2
Rthlsbrgr 3.7
Dalton 3.8
Newton 2.7
Lindley -1.4


Looks like Romo knows what he's doing.

So what you're saying is you don't think he can have 8.3?

 

[Sampson]

And stats are great, but they don't take into consideration the circumstances and situational factors of the game.

 

[landroverking]

Number one qb rating this year.

What more do you want?