Romo May Need to Buy a New Home Outside of Dallas Soon

NOT REALLY! I like Romo. It is unfortunate that he has done so well so soon. He has really been a little raw the whole time but he’s been able to glisten with a couple signature throws that make him look really well, like the seam route to Jason Whiten. That throw is decieving easy to throw because it’s always when Jason is matched up on a slower linebacker who has had to turn their back and run to keep up with Jason and he can’t see the ball coming to knock it down even when he has good coverage on Jason. Romo has a LOT of rough edges and I think that they are starting to come out right now. Don’t get me wrong, Romo is a Pro and good at what he does…he just has a lot to clean up in his game.
Romo has never thrown the ball away when under pressure and is very Favre like in throwing an interception because he can’t settle for throwing it away or taking a sack. If he can keep his head on straight for another year or two and make progress in controling his competitive spirit to make better decisions under pressure, he could be a stud. Otherwise, as he continues to struggle under pressure, his confidence will chip away and he’ll become a Curt Warner type. Warner won the Super Bowl and returned with some poor games that changed the face of his expected SUPER career. Warner had to go find a mortgage in a new city for that.
This IS the point that makes or breaks Romo’s future, and all elite QB’s have this point.
I think there is a VERY good chance that Brad Johnson gets in there and provides that older veteran leadership in the huddle that some of those big lineman need, and we do well under Johnson. We’ll either spread out our offense and hit quick hitting plays to recievers to hold blitzers accountable, or we’ll spread out and release our backs for swing passes that also force teams to limit blitzing or zone blitz where now they have a defensive end trying to cover or keep an edge on the back out of the back field…that is a match up to take advantage of. The other option to help Brad Johnson is to have Jason Whiten and a back in the back field to pick up blitzes and which ever one doesn’t have a blitz responsibility will release from the back field for a 3-5 yard dump in the middle…that forces safeties and linebackers not blitzing to stay in the middle of the field to keep that dump in front of them and opens up quick slants where linebackers can’t drift into hook zones and flats…it also leaves the flag routes for Eldorado Owens to get away from double coverage with the safety overlap. While that safety watches that back out of the backfield to make sure he doesn’t release deep on the linebacker (linebacker is never expected to “run with” a back on a vertical by himself) and feels some comfort because in his perifial vision where the wide out is coming at him and therefore that safety’s feet go into cement and when it’s just too late, that wide out turns it back to the sidelines and the safety is behind on the read and makes it over there too late on the overlap. That’s my vision of the best game plan…we’ll see if they do either. Note: The Cowboys have been very reluctant to use the back as a reciever from the back field much this year, and it hurts them.