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What are you talking about? Bledsoe is still doing all of these things just as well as he did when he was a rookie.
Because 60 new threads a week would clutter the board?
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Is this post a joke?
I agree about Bledsoe blowing opportunities. However, blame the O Line and credit Philly's D. In regards to Roy Williams. If you look at both td plays, he wasn't the guy covering. Watkins got beat when they blitzed Williams on one play and beat again. Williams just didn't give him the help over the top and took a bad angle to the play and the ball was behind him on the 2nd td.Romo is a smug little kiss butt IMO.I am not a Dallas follower at all, but every time they showed the sidelines with TO, who is there patting him on the shoulders or talking to him when he is mad, Yep Romo.He strikes me as one those guys who is saying things to TO like, "Wow, you were open on the play. I wonder why he didn't get that ball to you?"(of course that won't stop me from putting in a claim for Romo this week
What guns? Isn't Parcells the one who said he'll be playing Romo this year and was getting him ready in the preseason?
You're right, of course. But Williams should have knocked the ball down, jumped for it, anything - - I think he could have gotten to it fairly easily. Instead he was totally clueless. Both "safeties" today for Dallas were more like sieves.I agree about Bledsoe blowing opportunities. However, blame the O Line and credit Philly's D. In regards to Roy Williams. If you look at both td plays, he wasn't the guy covering. Watkins got beat when they blitzed Williams on one play and beat again. Williams just didn't give him the help over the top and took a bad angle to the play and the ball was behind him on the 2nd td.Romo is a smug little kiss butt IMO.I am not a Dallas follower at all, but every time they showed the sidelines with TO, who is there patting him on the shoulders or talking to him when he is mad, Yep Romo.He strikes me as one those guys who is saying things to TO like, "Wow, you were open on the play. I wonder why he didn't get that ball to you?"(of course that won't stop me from putting in a claim for Romo this week
I agree. Roy Williams is a big hitter but he is TERRIBLE in coverage. There is NO WAY Reggie Brown should have been able to make that catch on the long TD. Williams cut over and stopped about 4-5 yards deep in the End Zone and the ball went over his head by 5 yards. Why didnt Williams go towards the receiver? It looked like he thought he was going to pick it off and he totally misjudged it.You're right, of course. But Williams should have knocked the ball down, jumped for it, anything - - I think he could have gotten to it fairly easily. Instead he was totally clueless. Both "safeties" today for Dallas were more like sieves.I agree about Bledsoe blowing opportunities. However, blame the O Line and credit Philly's D. In regards to Roy Williams. If you look at both td plays, he wasn't the guy covering. Watkins got beat when they blitzed Williams on one play and beat again. Williams just didn't give him the help over the top and took a bad angle to the play and the ball was behind him on the 2nd td.Romo is a smug little kiss butt IMO.I am not a Dallas follower at all, but every time they showed the sidelines with TO, who is there patting him on the shoulders or talking to him when he is mad, Yep Romo.He strikes me as one those guys who is saying things to TO like, "Wow, you were open on the play. I wonder why he didn't get that ball to you?"(of course that won't stop me from putting in a claim for Romo this week
..............I HATE DREWNot a cowboy's fan, but while he may not save the season, he won't ruin it like drew has the 2 loses vs. Dallas and Philly. Clearly his fault.
Not a Cowboy's fan but he might just save it like Leinart and the Cards. Save it? maybe, maybe not but Warner was killing the Cards and Bledsoe is killing the Cowboys.
The difference is Leinart was a 1st round pick and the QB of the future while Romo was nothing more than a journeyman.
one of roy's greatest strengths, his aggressiveness, is sometimes his greatest weakness... especially at the end of games when he's trying to make things happen... reggie's TD was almost an exact replica of santana moss' 2 long TD's last season (2 of them being game winners at the end of the game)... roy blew all 3 of those playsBigDave said:I agree about Bledsoe blowing opportunities. However, blame the O Line and credit Philly's D. In regards to Roy Williams. If you look at both td plays, he wasn't the guy covering. Watkins got beat when they blitzed Williams on one play and beat again. Williams just didn't give him the help over the top and took a bad angle to the play and the ball was behind him on the 2nd td.Courtjester said:Romo is a smug little kiss butt IMO.I am not a Dallas follower at all, but every time they showed the sidelines with TO, who is there patting him on the shoulders or talking to him when he is mad, Yep Romo.He strikes me as one those guys who is saying things to TO like, "Wow, you were open on the play. I wonder why he didn't get that ball to you?"(of course that won't stop me from putting in a claim for Romo this week
To answer your question: No....BUT, we need to see what Romo can do. Bledsoe is horrid right now and Romo really can't be much worse, can he? Seriously.If Romo stinks it up, at least Dallas knows that a QB will be top priority in the next draft or they need to trade for one. Until we see Romo in there for more than a few sets, we cannot possibly know what kind of talent he has......I'm not insinuating anything, but I clearly remember people saying very similar things about a guy named Tom Brady a few years back. Is Romo the next Tom Brady? Probably not...but he cannot possibly look worse than the guy who's out there at the moment.
True that, but I watched this closely and Jaworski who I think gets good info had said that Parcells loves Romo for what that is worth. It carries weight with me. And I think if he is going to make a change now is the time. QB change at home against the Texans. If he doesn't do it now then he may ride Bledsoe ride into the ground this year. Just a interesting topic, I think there is a good chance it may happen, and in fantasy terms that is about %25 to me. I can also see him sticking with Bledsoe but Parcells is a realist and Bledsoe isnt getting it done right now.
I saw your "journeyman" description of Romo and I didn't think that was accurate. He went undrafted but was then with the Cowboys for his first 4 years of his NFL career for what that is worth.
the cowboys are not going into "rebuilding" mode after this loss... more than their interest in seeing what romo can do, they are more interested in W's... at this point of the season, bledsoe still gives them the best chance to win... things may change later in the season if the cowboy's don't right the ship...sorry, but brady took over the starting job due to an injury to bledsoe... brady's success was a surprise to just about every football fan in the world (probably including the NE coaching staff)
Good post. I bolded the comment about timing becausae I think there's a littlemore to this comment than meets the eye. Remember the play where Bledsoe underthrew TO? To started slow and then as Bledsoe passed he sped up. Bledsoe thought he was zigging but instead he zagged. Timing.Why might the timing be off? Practice, or a lack thereof. TO and Bledsoe didn't get much time together in camp or practices. I think it showed on that play. Not sure you can blame either for that play but you can look at the lack of practice causing a lack of timing.David Dodds said:
Actually, the defense scored 7 of those points, so the offense only scored 17. Philly got 7 directly on defense and 10 more right after turnovers after only gaining 17 total yards in both drives combined, so if you net those out from the offensive output, the offense really did nothing productive on a net basis. Net yards passing (net the 7 sacks) was only 174 yards, which is pathetic on 45 pass plays considering Bledsoe's 3 INT's and 3 fumbles. And remember, Philly didn't have Kearse but still sacked and pressured Drew all over the place.However you look at it when looking at everything, Drew lost this game for the Cowboys. Adequate play from the QB spot would have won it for them, despite a couple of defensive breakdowns.
Precisely.He'll get the start next week. Does ok then he'll get Indy who seems very vulnerable right now to getting upset.
yeah because dallas is a LOCK to beat houston right? let me guess... MARK IT DOWN??!bledsoe and the oline were atrocious today, but it's not time to throw in the towel at 2-3... it's still anyone's division in the nfc east
wow, probably the only person on earth who actually "feels sorry for TO"
As I mentioned earlier, Bledsoe and Glenn are clicking. Their timing and routes are together. T.O. has abundant talent, but far less experience working with Bledsoe. I mentioned that too. I didn't however make any excuses for T.O. being covered. You have to remember that this is T.O.'s first season with Bledsoe and they've only played 3.5 games together. T.O. missed most of the preseason with hammy problems and now is playing with a broken hand. Glenn on the other hand has been there with Drew for years.
I understand timing I'm with you on that but if the guy is covered 1 on 1 running a go route throw the damn ball to him and trust him to make a play. When you running in routes and comebacks I completely agree that you need to have your timing down but when you got TO in man on man coverage and your not having any sucess in the passing game take a shot.
Part of the reason the O line has looked so bad is because Bledsoe's back there. Everyone now knows the way to beat Bledsoe is to pressure him up the middle, as he can't move (other than his TD run) and will take a sack or make a bad throw, so that's how defenses will play him. Romo is much more mobile, so in those situations he'll just take off and pick up positive yardage rather than take a sack or turn the ball over. I bet the O line will look much better with Romo in there as a result, as defenses will be less aggressive on the pass rush so as not to give up big runs. Parcells knows this, and has stated the O line is a reason to switch to Romo.Romo did have quite a bit of time with the first team in preseason, starting and playing one whole game and playing extensively in others, and he's been with the Cowboys for years, so it's not like starting a rookie. NFL "insiders" have said that Parcells has complete trust in Romo, and the Cowboys passed on getting higher profile young QB's because they have Romo, whom they resigned to a sizable contract extension in the offseason.The Cowboys have been getting Romo ready to take over this season, both with the business side and the playing side, and Parcells has even stated he's going to play Romo this year. Bledsoe's days as the starting QB are numbered, and that number may be extremely low.
The point I was making was that the problems were not entirely Bledsoe's. His WR dropped passes and missed their routes which lead to some of the problems. The Oline didn't do as well protecting as they could have. Still Drew was part of the problem. What I'm getting at is I doubt Romo could do any better under the circumstances. Romo doesn't make his WR's run better routes or keep them from dropping passes or make the Olin pass block better.Could it be that the reason they did as well as they did was because of Bledsoe? What would Romo do better? Clearly he has no experience to help in these situations and will be prone to rookie mistakes.
