dcfanatic;3639017 said:
Keyshawn says Tony Romo is an average QB
People want to bark about Patrick Crayton's comments only being said because he's annoyed about now being on the San Diego Chargers. Trust me. Crayton was just being honest as usual and even said he liked Wade Phillips.
Now if you want to see a case of a guy who's filled with hate for the Cowboys because they dropped him like a hot potato then Keyshawn Johnson is the go to guy...
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Tony Romo isn't average. Stop it. Jason Campbell was average. Kyle Orton is average. Carson Palmer is average. Matt Hasselbeck is average.
Tony Romo is way above average. He's not perfect though. But the kid has only been a full time starter for four seasons now and he's putting up big numbers and wins as the QB of the Dallas Cowboys.
And yes I know he needs to stop with the INT's.
...i really wish Young had'nt gone to audible because Trent was about to say something relevant...however...i do share Young's view that it is systemic and we can all guess who the likely culprits are...nothing new here...
...Keyshawn is just off the mark here...an average quarterback would be a bus-driver (think Neil Odonnell/Kordell Stewart)...Romo is much more than that but i think he's being undone by a few things, some within his control and some not...
...first it is arguable that 5 of his 7 ints to Witten and Bennett means that they are'nt getting what they thought they would get from the 2 TE offense...something is not clicking there, whether it be balls thrown to high, not leaping high enough, defenses keying or whatever...and here i don't think that Garrett is helping Romo as much as he could...
especially with more judicious use of play-action...
...Garrett seems too reactive and conservative with regards to the offensive line, with good reason, but this offense won't really fly until it goes more vertical...the horizontal passing attack will become less effective as the season goes on and i think that the short passing game is hurting Romo's decision making, his yds/attempt, his read progressions and his comfort level...Romo is all about pushing the ball downfield, he's been that way from day one...asking him to play dunk-ball is like putting a four cylinder engine in a Ferrari...
...if Witten and Bennett are being asked to do more blocking than normal because of the line then you are closing part of the playbook and that does'nt get fixed this year...the Cowboys have what they have on the o-line for better or worse...
...finally, Garrett's penchant for the shotgun (namely S11) and his predictability from that and
other formations just adds to the difficulty the line will face in pass protection...and from this will come the sacks/penalties from an aging offensive line
that continues to slow, while Romo attempts to make something out of nothing from the consequent harrassment...and from this will come errant play at times...
...if this line can't
run or pass-protect (ala Sturm's Blog) then our worst fears are realized and Dallas is a Doug Free injury away from
real trouble...
...in the end, the demise of the Cowboys ends up being its offensive line, a unit that has gone neglected for eons while patched together with spit and glue...it has cost the Cowboys every year since 2007 but "The Management" seems more enamored with "shiny hood ornaments" than the engine that drives the vehicle...maybe Romo does leak oil in fifth but a quarterback one year removed from his best season as a professional having to suffer the indignities of horrible line play is a disservice...a disservice that Jones should have avoided not just this year but many seasons ago...
...Aaron Rodgers suffers the exact same problem in Green Bay, and no matter how many times he gets whacked they keep giving the keys to Clifton and Tauscher on the edge...they are lucky that Rodgers has only suffered a single concussion this year and not a lost limb or worse...
...the beatdown Romo sustained at the hands of the Titans is the best evidence yet of just how far the guys paid to watch his back have fallen, whether because of coaching, athletic decline or both...that it ended with a player being benched is just short of unprecedented...Romo deserves better...fans deserve better...and Jones is the man that better make it right...
