What is wrong with Romo?

[85Cowboy85]

22nd in total offense

Yes they are 22nd in yards. But total yardage has only a very low correlation with winning ballgames.

 

[TrailBlazer]

Yet you criticize his every move and blame him for all Cowboy failures.

Wrong again. Gets your facts straight. Show me one time blaming romo.

 

[Hoov]

Yeah, because TOs are only relevant when the defense scores. How many scores this offense get off TOs, through Bailey kicking a field goal? You know, like when our defense forced six TOs against the Giants and Dallas had trouble punching it in, but Bailey bailed this offense out.

When the defense gets a turnover I am holding my breath hoping the defense scores a td before the offense gets a chance to screw it up.

 

[TrailBlazer]

Yes they are 22nd in yards. But total yardage has only a very low correlation with winning ballgames.

Lol. I disagree. If your moving it up and down the field racking up yards that correlates to winning,
Denver is first in total offense, but you say it doesn't correlate to winning?

 

[Nation]

The only reason the Cowboys defense is better off in scoring defense versus scoring yardage is that Romo and the offense are not turning the ball over. Dallas is 26th in Red Zone TD %, it's not like they are playing some bend-but-don't-break defense.

 

[NJ22]

I dont want to hear from the fantasy football stat bois.

The excitement and improvisation is gone. He doesnt make big plays any more.

Is it coaching or another one of Jerry's kids that gets a huge contract and dials it in?

I am as big a Romo fan and defender as anyone. But I know exactly what you mean and I agree. I feel like he is so terrified to throw an int that he will not just let it go. We saw McCown throwing it up to his big wrs like stafford does but Tony is afraid to take a chance. Hate to break it to him but when your D is the biggest joke in the league you need to air it out. Safe decision making wont get it done when other teams dont have to punt. F the ints and AIR IT OUT!

 

[85Cowboy85]

Lol. I disagree. If your moving it up and down the field racking up yards that correlates to winning,
Denver is first in total offense, but you say it doesn't correlate to winning?

It does have some correlation. I did not say it had absolutely zero value. But there are other statistics which are much more important to winning. Passer rating is about 3x as good as yardage.

I'll give you that not every stat is perfect for the offense. I wouldn't mind some more yards or a higher YPA for that matter. But the most of the key ones which include the passer rating, turnovers given up and points scored are certainly in our favor.

Would you complain if the defense was 22nd in total yardage but was 7th or 8th in total points allowed with a healthy number of takeaways forced? If we had a defense like that we probably win 12 games.

 

[beevomav]

Time of possession is what happened to Romo..

Bears 37 minutes - Cowboys 23 minutes

Hard to do much in 23 minutes

 

[dstovall5]

Worst pass defense in yardage... Not worst pass defense in scoring. And they were middle of the pack in scoring until recently, the numbers obscured by the Saints and Bears. Outside of that, defense was holding teams in an average around the league.

In scoring, our defense ranks 26th and is only 1.8 points off from being 30th in the NFL. Our defense is terrible any way you slice it. Yards allowed? Terrible. Passing first downs? Terrible. Passing touchdowns allowed? Terrible. Getting offenses off the field? Terrible. We also have a terrible running defense, just our passing defense is so bad teams elect to pass on us instead. Against the run we're ranked 30th in yards allowed per run, which is good for a 4.8 YPC.

And seriously, your defense of not having to "score" if they just played is ridiculously dumb. Yardage doesn't put points on the board, TDs and FGs do.

Why is it dumb? Because it's true? Given up huge yardage chunks is the very reason we lost the Lions game with a minute left to go. You're right, sometimes defenses have a bend but don't break philosophy where they give up yards but no scores. But that's not the case for our defense, which is what I care about. We're a defense that bends, and a defense that also breaks. You'd have a point if we weren't ranked dead last in yards per game, and 26th in points allowed per game ...

Additionally, we already have close to ten more TOs this year than last year total, with three games left to play. This defense has added to our scoring on offense already more than last year. Our turnover differential is 3rd in the league, while last year it was 26th or so.

And one of the main reasons our turnover differential is so good is because our offense doesn't turn the ball over. If our offense turned the ball over, then we'd really have no chance at winning games and we'd probably be around 3-10 right now. And my point still stands that if our defense wasn't so terrible, then our offense wouldn't need those extra scores just to win games. I'd take an average defense any day of the week over a historically bad defense that creates turnovers.

Maybe you didn't understand the post, cause it has nothing to do with Romo. It has to do with the offense and play calling, thus my clear reference to offense by design and Callahan and Garrett. Maybe try and understand a post properly before shooting off an irrelevant post.

Where did I mention Romo in regards to your post? Maybe try and understand a post properly before shooting off an irrelevant post, like I said, I never mentioned Romo when I quoted you. Also, I understood your post clearly, but it's obvious you didn't understand mine.


Also, here's some defensive stats to chew on, just to show how terrible we are.

Passing Defense
Passer Rating allowed - 24th
Completions allowed per game - 31st
Yards allowed per game - 32nd
Yards allowed per pass attempt - 28th
Touchdowns allowed per game - 31st
Passing first downs allowed per game - 31st

Rushing Defense
Rushing yards allowed per game - 28th
Rushing first downs allowed per game - 31st
Rushing touchdowns allowed per game - 25th
Rushing yards allowed per attempt - 30th

Total Defense
Yards allowed per game - 32nd
First downs allowed per game - 32nd
First downs allowed per play - 32nd
Third down conversion % - 28th
Punts per play - 32nd
Punts per offensive score - 30th
Points allowed per game - 26th
Penalties per game - 20th
Turnovers - 3rd

Conclusion - Defense is down right terrible and is the sole reason we're 7-6 right now probably going to miss the playoffs, anyone with a brain can clearly see this. Though, this isn't a shocker, this is just par for the course in the Romo era.

 

[lane]

I am as big a Romo fan and defender as anyone. But I know exactly what you mean and I agree. I feel like he is so terrified to throw an int that he will not just let it go. We saw McCown throwing it up to his big wrs like stafford does but Tony is afraid to take a chance. Hate to break it to him but when your D is the biggest joke in the league you need to air it out. Safe decision making wont get it done when other teams dont have to punt. F the ints and AIR IT OUT!

a thousand likes!!!

i could only give one.

 

[ilykdrama]

Very perplexing.

Some might say he's been neutered by Garrett & the rest of the apes upstairs.

Others might say his past failures have him shook.

I really dont know what it is. I'd take Tony against Denver every week. If you make mistakes you make mistakes but you cant be scared to take chances, which is how it looks like he is playing, afraid.

Yeah, this is always the topic that's pretty broad with local Dallas sports radio and I agree. Romo is a QB who is a gunslinger or is going to play to not lose. That's how he's playing this year. The Cowboys have taken all his moxie away and that's why our offense is pretty stagnant along with horrible play calling.

 

[Beast_from_East]

We've also played one of the softest schedules in NFL history in my eyes. If you can't make the playoffs with this schedule, you SUCK.

Thats why Opie is gone in 3 games.............not even Jerry can bring him back after choking away the NFC Least.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I am as big a Romo fan and defender as anyone. But I know exactly what you mean and I agree. I feel like he is so terrified to throw an int that he will not just let it go. We saw McCown throwing it up to his big wrs like stafford does but Tony is afraid to take a chance. Hate to break it to him but when your D is the biggest joke in the league you need to air it out. Safe decision making wont get it done when other teams dont have to punt. F the ints and AIR IT OUT!

And as soon as he throws a pick on a jump ball to Dez in the 4th quarter.................there will be 100 threads saying "Turnover Tony" cost us the game.

He had 500 yards and 5 TDs and had 1 bad throw that resulted in a pick against Denver and he was crucified by the fans, by the media, by everybody.

Funny how the same people calling for him to just air it out and not worry about the ints will be the first ones complaining about how much of a choker he is when he does throw a pick.

 

[ilykdrama]

And as soon as he throws a pick on a jump ball to Dez in the 4th quarter.................there will be 100 threads saying "Turnover Tony" cost us the game.

He had 500 yards and 5 TDs and had 1 bad throw that resulted in a pick against Denver and he was crucified by the fans, by the media, by everybody.

Funny how the same people calling for him to just air it out and not worry about the ints will be the first ones complaining about how much of a choker he is when he does throw a pick.

Totally the issue. I'll take the good with the bad, but with the way our D is playing they could never allow him to take the risks I'd love to see him take, sadly enough.

 

[Bay10]

Romo seems like he is scared to through the ball down feild. I don't know whats going on with this.

 

[beevomav]

Some forget the offense scored the two touchdowns in the their first three possessions against the Bears. Then came a three and out with two dropped passes and the Bears were off to the races. It's really hard to stay engaged with a defense as sorry as thing one. There is just no way to blame Romo or the offense for this mess.

 

[gimmesix]

I dont want to hear from the fantasy football stat bois.

The excitement and improvisation is gone. He doesnt make big plays any more.

Is it coaching or another one of Jerry's kids that gets a huge contract and dials it in?

I actually think he's been a little off this year. Maybe he's trying too hard not to make the bad plays that he's missed several good ones.

I think despite his lower interception numbers that he's definitely had better years, but everyone keeps harping on the interceptions and he's changed his game some to not be that guy. Add that to a system that doesn't do everything it can to put its best players in position to make plays and you have an offense that is just not as effective.

I'm a big supporter of Romo and think he has been abused by fans and media for years, but either he has to go back to being that exciting player who takes chances or he needs a system that creates better opportunities for him to be conservative and still be successful moving the team up and down the field.

 

[Idgit]

I'm confused that this is even a thread.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

That appears to be the game plan each week pound the ball and play it safe until the opponent gets us down by at least of couple of scores then become aggressive. Garrett keeps saying the Cowboys need to run the ball more but they need to score more and you do that by throwing the ball. The Cowboys need to have the same approach the final 3 games they had against Denver. They knew they were going to have to outscore Denver to have any chance of staying with them and we attacked from the opening whistle.

The Cowboys need to come out swinging on Sunday and put some points on the board because they may have to win out to make the playoffs. We have no defense so it's going to be up to the offense to win games. On Monday Night the Bears rushed for well over 100 yards but they also attacked threw the air. McCown completed 7 more passes than Romo attempted. If you're going to go down go down swinging that's the approach the Cowboys need to have the final 3 weeks.

bingo!

like i always say, if you're gonna lose, at least go down swinging. unlike the bears game ugh.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

lol.. because maybe he just signed a 108m contract and I'm sure the Cowboys expected big things from him. Instead he is playing like a scared girl out there and isn't earning his money.

he cant earn anything with a broken XYZ sitting on the bench