We need to get Romo out of the pocket

[Kevinicus]

I would really like to see some designed rollouts.

Why? You can't compare his success on plays that breakdown and he buys extra time to the design rollout. Usually when they do a designed rollout it turns out badly. Change your starting point from "Romo has success outside the pocket." to "Romo has success when the play breaks down."

 

[Denim Chicken]

Why? You can't compare his success on plays that breakdown and he buys extra time to the design rollout. Usually when they do a designed rollout it turns out badly. Change your starting point from "Romo has success outside the pocket." to "Romo has success when the play breaks down."

I can't recall many designed rollouts or other methods to intentionally get him out of the pocket. So I will continue with the premise that we may be able to purposely imitate the conditions in which he has been successful when plays breakdown.

 

[joseephuss]

Thread winner.

Off the top of my head I can't think of one memorable play from Romo on a designed roll out.

That would be said for a lot of QBs. Most roll out plays usually aren't designed for huge gainers. The exceptions are for big, strong armed QBs that roll to one side and then throw deep all the way across to the other side of the field. Romo has a good arm, but not an arm made for that type of throw. Although he has done a roll out to the right and throw a screen back to the left a couple of times that has broken for a good gain. Didn't Phillips the tight end score on a play like that?

 

[joseephuss]

I can't recall many designed rollouts or other methods to intentionally get him out of the pocket. So I will continue with the premise that we may be able to purposely imitate the conditions in which he has been successful when plays breakdown.

I can think of some designed rollouts. They usually result in quick outs, hitches or curls by the receiver.

 

[Zman5]

The conclusion I've come to over the past 3-4 years is that JG doesn't like Romo to roll out.

Fixed it for you.

 

[Rockport]

Romo's just as deadly in the pocket as he is on a broken play or rollout. The broken play seems to get more attention from the media hence this perception.

 

[Redball Express]

Don’t get me wrong, I would love our line to be respectable this year and afford our Captain plenty of time to make his reads in a warm, comfortable pocket--and I think they can. But Romo’s most dynamic and memorable big plays have come from outside. I think we need to find a way to get him a few opportunities to get outside the pocket in games (by design, not breakdown) and see if we can’t capitalize on one of his greatest strengths.

Now that he is banged up..

I doubt he runs at all.

They need to block.

 

[coult44]

Don’t get me wrong, I would love our line to be respectable this year and afford our Captain plenty of time to make his reads in a warm, comfortable pocket--and I think they can. But Romo’s most dynamic and memorable big plays have come from outside. I think we need to find a way to get him a few opportunities to get outside the pocket in games (by design, not breakdown) and see if we can’t capitalize on one of his greatest strengths.

This is why I said the other night I hope JJ and Callahan didn't take the Romo out of Romo. I love Romo rolling out, improvising, and making things happen. I think this is also what made Dez have a great year last year. If they make him stay in the pocket and only pass from the pocket, Dez will suffer and we will also.

 

[kruddy]

We line up in the shotgun most of the time and run draws off fake passes . If we would line up under center more often we would make play action a viable option. You must play straight up if you want to be able to force your will on other teams. I think our coaches can't see the forest for the trees. I know the rest of the league knows this.

 

[kruddy]

I am know done voicing all my complaints. Thanks for bearing with me.

 

[jobberone]

Not only does Tony have more time in a good pocket but the offense opens up considerably which to me is the bigger deal. You have time for longer routes and more complicated route running like say clearing routes and digs.

“When you’re able to have that kind of time, you can do a lot of things as a quarterback – move a lot of different people a lot of different ways,” Romo said.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/a...reseason/064d3a16-fc0c-4e3b-b0df-aad3df932c08

 

[T-RO]

Thread winner.

Off the top of my head I can't think of one memorable play from Romo on a designed roll out.

I can't remember a designed rollout for Romo in...well..forever. So it's hard to say that wouldn't work for him. As for whether or not Tony is comfortable in the pocket I think we need to remember the primary descriptor of the *type* of pocket he's been required to play within in recent years. The words: tissue paper come to mind. Hopefully the line can continue to provide more time...and hopefully Tony can recalibrate in his head the time he's going to have to let a play develop without getting (understandably) a little antsy.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Don’t get me wrong, I would love our line to be respectable this year and afford our Captain plenty of time to make his reads in a warm, comfortable pocket--and I think they can. But Romo’s most dynamic and memorable big plays have come from outside. I think we need to find a way to get him a few opportunities to get outside the pocket in games (by design, not breakdown) and see if we can’t capitalize on one of his greatest strengths.

Romo years ago, was the most deadliest QB out of the pocket. Parcells understood that. So did Peyton. Play action was a staple of our offense. Everything was great then. Then along came Garrett and installed a vanilla offense philosophy and turned Romo into a pocket passer. Now our offense is no longer a scoring juggernaut but it does rack up lots of yardage. Thanks to the red headed genius.

 

[Risen Star]

Romo years ago, was the most deadliest QB out of the pocket. Parcells understood that. So did Peyton. Play action was a staple of our offense. Everything was great then. Then along came Garrett and installed a vanilla offense philosophy and turned Romo into a pocket passer. Now our offense is no longer a scoring juggernaut but it does rack up lots of yardage. Thanks to the red headed genius.

Ah. so that darn Garrett has installed an offense that gets chunks of yards but no points. He's calling those big yards/no points plays.

Or...it's a personnel issue and as the field shrinks in the red zone our weaknesses up front get exposed but you as a fan don't want to admit your team lacks talent so you scapegoat the play caller.

Decisions, decisions.

I find it comical that Parcells and Payton understood how to best utilize Romo, since Payton left before Romo ever started in this league and Parcells played him in October of his final season and kept a short leash on the inexperienced starter. Who can forget the ultra conservative gameplan in Seattle for the playoff game?

 

[LOBO7]

Flex the TE out, bring him back in motion, leagle crack back on the end, Romo rolls outside,
TE peals off and drags with Romo towards the sideline. If the backer comes up to take Romo the TE should be open. All the while the Wide outs are hauling A down field. If and when the play allows time he finds someone deeper than his trailing TE. If they maintain coverage Romo keeps pressing towards the sideline trying to make the Corner or Backer brake off coverage and then hit whoever they leave open or Run if they stay in coverage. Thats one play one way to get outside. It makes the D have to worry about a whole other world of problems.
Romo can throw on the run thats how he won the job in the first place.

 

[jobberone]

They don't move Tony around that much by design. You can't run a vertical offense with people running all over the place making routes up on the fly.

 

[DuceizBak]

He does make great plays out of the pocket but those plays come from breakdown not design.

I agree with this completely.
Romo is by far more than capable of making plays inside the pocket.

People say "he's not comfortable in the pocket"
Well of course that's true when your offensive line is always collapsing.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Did someone say rollouts give the QB less time? LOL. Watch Matt Schaub have all day on a waggle to find his TE or WR way down the field. And he's a concrete-footed oaf compared to Romo.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Did someone say rollouts give the QB less time? LOL. Watch Matt Schaub have all day on a waggle to find his TE or WR way down the field. And he's a concrete-footed oaf compared to Romo.

In addition, it gets the defense moving the same way. Perhaps a way to get Dez into some exploitable coverages.

 

[TX Cowboy]

You'd have a easier time yanking a turkey leg out a dogs mouth than you would getting Romo back to
being a in motion type QB.