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Tony Romo pleased with progress on cutting down turnovers
1:21 PM Wed, Sep 02, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Tony Romo's primary goal set this off-season was to reduce his turnovers after committing 21 in 13 games last season.
The preseason results were pretty good. He committed one turnover in five quarters of work and readily admitted after the game that he made a poor decision on the pick, saying he should have taken the sack instead of making a risky throw.
But Romo doesn't want to get into specifics about his turnover total. He danced around a question about how many of his turnovers last season were avoidable.
"I think every quarterback in the league should be looking at themselves from that same perspective and trying to figure out a way to minimize mistakes and turnovers," Romo said. "Believe me, there's not one quarterback in the league who hasn't done something, turnover-wise, that they can get away with saying oh, 'I'll never do that again.' Everyone has things that they're going to work on to try to improve upon.
"There's no set numbers. Sometimes things happen for different reasons in a certain play. You just have to understand what went through your mind and why you're doing certain things and what can you make and turn into something that can be second nature to you instead of having to think. That's where practice comes into play."
The concern with Romo's focus on cutting down turnovers was that it might detract from his playmaking ability. He acknowledged that there's an adjustment period.
"The time and effort you put in at practice, you'll see come out in those situations if you dedicate yourself to actually changing," Romo said. "Same with a golf swing. Tiger Woods changed his golf swing. It's not going to be as natural in the beginning, but eventually it turns natural, then you get all your feel and everything back."
Is protecting the ball second nature to Romo yet?
"I'm happy with the way the progression is taking shape," Romo said. "I still have a long way to go."
1:21 PM Wed, Sep 02, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon/Blogger Bio | E-mail | News tips
Tony Romo's primary goal set this off-season was to reduce his turnovers after committing 21 in 13 games last season.
The preseason results were pretty good. He committed one turnover in five quarters of work and readily admitted after the game that he made a poor decision on the pick, saying he should have taken the sack instead of making a risky throw.
But Romo doesn't want to get into specifics about his turnover total. He danced around a question about how many of his turnovers last season were avoidable.
"I think every quarterback in the league should be looking at themselves from that same perspective and trying to figure out a way to minimize mistakes and turnovers," Romo said. "Believe me, there's not one quarterback in the league who hasn't done something, turnover-wise, that they can get away with saying oh, 'I'll never do that again.' Everyone has things that they're going to work on to try to improve upon.
"There's no set numbers. Sometimes things happen for different reasons in a certain play. You just have to understand what went through your mind and why you're doing certain things and what can you make and turn into something that can be second nature to you instead of having to think. That's where practice comes into play."
The concern with Romo's focus on cutting down turnovers was that it might detract from his playmaking ability. He acknowledged that there's an adjustment period.
"The time and effort you put in at practice, you'll see come out in those situations if you dedicate yourself to actually changing," Romo said. "Same with a golf swing. Tiger Woods changed his golf swing. It's not going to be as natural in the beginning, but eventually it turns natural, then you get all your feel and everything back."
Is protecting the ball second nature to Romo yet?
"I'm happy with the way the progression is taking shape," Romo said. "I still have a long way to go."
