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Very possible. He looked great last night. The o-line has to be of concern though. That being said, there won't be a better D-Line he'll face all year so it should be downhill from here.
Looks like we've got overreaction on both sides for Romo today. Exciting.
It's the Effing season opener and you are bothered by threads that are started to talk about it? It's kind of what everyone has been waiting on since Feb.I love these threads after 0.3% of the NFL games have been played
Give the guy NO CREDIT at all? Come on, you are making yourself look foolish.I'm sure your 2) point was a great one, but I didn't read it after 1)
Most likely scenario IMHO. But with todays rules and offenses going hurry up etc, there is a list of guys 12 deep that could crack top 5 if they stay healthy.
And besides that, it's 6.25% of the games played. He wasn't even close.It's the Effing season opener and you are bothered by threads that are started to talk about it? It's kind of what everyone has been waiting on since Feb.
Whining about holding is ridiculous. Kiwi got blown up by Murray and had to come up with some excuse for getting destroyed.
If you are going to post statements ripping on others for mistakes, the least you should do is be accurate/correct in what you post.1-Ogletree didn't score 3 TDs, he only scored 2. Also, only 1 of his two TDs came against a CB. The first TD came against (rather behind) the LBs on a broken play. Ogletree came across the middle of a zone play. When Romo broke the pocket, the LBs stepped up, and Ogletree broke behind them, to open space (which is what a receiver is supposed to do in that situation). On his second TD, Romo saw single coverage and audibled, Ogletree made a decent double move and beat the CB. Maybe another corner doesn't bite on the move, but that still doesn't change the fact that you were 100% wrong in your assertion that Ogletree just "ran straight ahead." 2-With regards to the refs, you are off-base there, as well. It took them too long to make each call, but they didn't make any egregiously bad calls. Could they have called more holding? Yes, but holding could be called more in EVERY NFL game, regardles of whether it is replacement refs, the regular refs, or Zeus himself officiating the game. Just because you thought (and the Giants complained) un-called holding was happening, doesn't mean it was different than most NFL games.
Wasn't the second touchdown against Corey Webster their #1 cb?Also I thought that was a pretty nice move. It was a basic double move but it looked like he saw webster staring at Romo so he started the double move in Webster's peripheral. Eyeing him the whole time and he broke when Webster reacted. Not saying this guy is the next big receiver but his breaking off for the first td and the double move were two solid plays.Just another weapon for Romo and insurance for Dez or Austin injury.
Butthurt Giant's fan? I'm sure the refs were on the hook to the Cowboys and purposely ignored holding calls when Dallas was on offense. I'm sure Giants DL complaints about holding are totally legit and have nothing to do with the fact that their team was outplayed. I'm also sure that the current standings in the NFC East have Dallas on top and NY dead last.
I love that the refs didnt call holding every play, heck swallow the whistles and let em play. You sound like a bitter giant fan. I dont recall but 1 holding call last night, and as we all know, you can call holding on every single NFL play
You don't recall but 1 holding because only 1 holding was called. I'm not saying they should have been called on every play. Simple fact is the no-calls were atrocious. On the Murray 48 yard run, Kiwi goes to tackle him all that ends up happening is Kiwi slaps his chest with his left hand because his right hand is being held and his right shoulder pad is being pulled. Watch the replay, the guy grabs him and just throws him to the ground from behind. Probably 8x out of 10 the real refs make that call. That's just one of many that I can give an actual highlight example. There were plenty of plays though where JPP had full arms wrapped around his neck while he was going for tackles, or where they'd let him run by then shove him to the ground from behind. In watching every game and play he'd had in the NFL I've never seen JPP as visually frustrated with the calls as he was last night.
I think the OP meant total NFL games not just the Cowboys gamesAnd besides that, it's 6.25% of the games played. He wasn't even close.It's the Effing season opener and you are bothered by threads that are started to talk about it? It's kind of what everyone has been waiting on since Feb.
Sounds like it, I thought the refs did fine last night. Holding can be called on every play. I am glad it isn't
If it's all the refs fault for lack of holding calls, why did Eli perform so poorly? Were the refs biased against the home team?
This. I didn't think Romo looked any better or worse than he's always looked. Same as he ever was.Whether that ends up translating into a top 5 FF QB depends on the performance of others, but Romo has always been worthy of being a fantasy starter (when healthy, obviously).
Probably best value at QB this year. Only guy besides Cutler who has a legit shot at QB5-6 than can be had after round 4 in almost all drafts. And Romo's done it more consistently, whereas people have to bank on a major production increase for Cutler.Only grabbed him in one league out of three, but pretty happy I did.
Penalties-Yards (DAL)13-86 (NYG)4-33
I suppose the Giants' OTs tackling Dallas rushers multiple times in the 4th quarter was a perfectly acceptable legal blocking technique. No problem. Carry on.
As a Giants fan, I didn't see anything that should be flagrantly called as far as holding, even on the big run by Murray. The reason the Giants lost the game is because they failed to convert Boley's int into a touchdown, and the drive killing drops. Yes the defense played poorly, but they didn't exactly lose us the game. You give any decent QB enough looks at an awful secondary paired with a tired pass rush, and they should pick them apart. Tony Romo didn't really look that great until the third and fourth quarter. The fact that he was playing with a new center though, should say something for Romo. Off the top of my head I would put these QB's ahead of Romo(fantasy wise): Brees, Rodgers, Brady, Stafford, Vick(when healthy). I don't see Newton getting as many rushing TD's this year, and performing more like the second half of last year. So I would say Romo is in the QB6-8 range. I don't think you can't ever blame losses on calls from the refs, that is why I love sports, the human element of the game.
Simple fact is that you have NO IDEA what you are talking about.The play was a toss to Murray. Kiwanuka saw it and got outside of the Dallas lineman. The lineman was out of position, and tried to make a block, but didn't even get his hands on Kiwanuka. Kiwanuka overran the play, and couldn't get squared up on Murray, and Murray lowered his shoulder and knocked him on his butt. He wasn't pulled down, he was run over!
After watching Romo last year a bit more seriously than I normally would (L. Robinson on FF team), I don't get the hate either. If he doesn't muff a hold (should he have even been out there? Your starting QB holds?) and brick against the Jets, we don't really have a reason to get all over him.
They are all guys that give you a chance at the top 5 and can be had in the middle rounds. They're all going to have 300/3 outings, but that just isn't very special these days. I don't see where the gloating is coming from.
was gonna post something like this.instead i will list his finishes in fbg scoring. 2, 9, 6, 30, 7. so ya, not a stretch at all for him to finish top 5 if he stays healthy. he has great set of weapons.
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Definitely no holding on this play, I actually thought it was very well blocked.
