Was Romo Dak's brain?

darthseinfeld

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It's an amazing coincidence that these 2 "ordinary" games just so happened to come against the top 2 defenses in the league from a year ago.

Almost like there's a correlation. Almost.
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Two games into a season without Tony on the bench telling Dak how to attack the defense and he looks quite ordinary. People say Kellen is Dak's mentor but I think it was Tony.

its good point. With Romo basically accurately predicting each play as commentator you wonder how much he was helping Dak during game. I am only half kidding when I say Dallas should have signed Romo as coach and sit him right next to Marinelli during the game. :)
 

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It's called a JG effect.

I was skimming through a Washington Post article today about McVay and Goff with the Rams. The Post was obviously doing a spread on them because Scott was the OC for the Commanders last year and they played them today.

Basically they quoted Franklin, Goff's college coach and how he went to visit Goff when he was being coached by Scott in training camp. Basically the whole article had some nice commentary where Franklin spoke in the context of NFL coaches preparing college QBs sucked in reality, forcing QBs into a system and not adjusting them to what they do well. His whole emphasis was that NFL coaches ruin many college players, while most people say the opposite.

It had some nice commentary on even spread offenses and how people criticize certain offenses without legitimacy saying it doesn't translate well for QBs going into NFL. He basically said for example how people say we didn't go through progressions on the spread, or something to the effect, which wasn't true at all and they did it all the time, but it's just a matter of terminology. His whole argument was that it's the coaching that sucks and the NFL is full of bad coaches.

He mentioned that Dak in Mississippi Stare they basically only used half the field for him in his offense but the first year in Dallas they did well utilizing what he does well.

Basically the whole emphasis was that he feels Goff is in good hands, because McVey focuses the offense on what Goff does well and practices around it.

One can say this is the case with Romo having to do deal with guys like Garrett..
 

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its good point. With Romo basically accurately predicting each play as commentator you wonder how much he was helping Dak during game. I am only half kidding when I say Dallas should have signed Romo as coach and sit him right next to Marinelli during the game. :)

Jerry raved about him as a coach. The day Romo wants to coach, he'll call Jerry and Jerry will make it happen.
 

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Doubt it. Dak is still a very young QB in the NFL. Folks need to remember that when they anoint these guys too soon or dog them out for a bad performance.
 

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Can we just not talk about Tony? It makes me sick how it ended for him. Everyone who thought Dak was a better QB is going to get an education this year. The timing was right and Romo was injury riddled so I didn't fuss too much when Dak took the job. But we have a worse QB now than we did with Tony. No question about it.
I don't think anyone really believes that Dak is better than Romo at this point in his career. People who say that just hated Romo. Today was an outlier. The whole team was putrid from start to finish. When Witten drops a touchdown you know it's a bad day.
 

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Dak averaged almost 29 attempts per game last year. After dominating the clock in week 1 and starting out pass heavy this week, ultimately leading to repeated stalled drives and a deficit, he is currently averaging about 46 attempts per game. Drew Brees averages 42 per game for his career.

Whatever offensive game plans the team has come up with in weeks 1 and 2 need to change. This is not a high powered offense that should be utilizing the hurry up (week 1) or passing to set up the run like they tried tonight. With all the resources invested in the OL and RB, it's nearly criminal that Dallas has started the season trying to throw the ball as much as they have.

Garrett tried to stop Dak, but couldn't.
Damn you Dak. Damn you...
 

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I saw a clip from that stupid show "Undisputed" this week, and that slime-ball Skip Bayless had them play a clip of Romo throwing an OT interception in our last game against the Broncos in 2013, which we lost 51-48...

Then Skip starts carrying on about how "now the Cowboys finally have a QB that wont throw those back-breaking interceptions when you can least afford it"...

Suddenly he's pretending that he's not fully aware that Romo ranks among the best of all time in any meaningful 4th quarter statistics... Blaming Romo who went tit for tat in an epic showdown with Peyton Manning and the offense put up 48 points...

Yeah Romo lost that game, but he pulled off miracles in that game just to get us into OT... What did Dak do today when we needed him to carry the team? No show...

True, you could cherry pick stats and games to make a good argument for either Dak or Tony, but I'm just saying, Dak has not proven himself to the degree that Tony had... Romo carried the team and made us competitive, even when he was like a "diamond surrounded by poo poo"... Can Dak carry the team against a defense like Denver's if the run-game gets shutdown? No... Which is why I miss Romo.

All these people who were so ready to bury Romo in favor of Dak, they fell victim to FAKE NEWS and fake journalists like Skip Bayless.

I hope Dak eventually makes me eat my words.
 

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Can we just not talk about Tony? It makes me sick how it ended for him. Everyone who thought Dak was a better QB is going to get an education this year. The timing was right and Romo was injury riddled so I didn't fuss too much when Dak took the job. But we have a worse QB now than we did with Tony. No question about it.

Bubba, it didn't matter what everyone thought. Father time had the final say.
 

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So when Dallas wins next week, it's because Tony called Dak while on the sidelines and predicted every defensive play for him?
 
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