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Touchdown was great. Romo's throw was a threaded needle on a rocket.
That was not an OL issue at all. All of the WRs had time to get into their routes but they were all covered. How is that possible with Dez, Miles, Murray and Witten ll overmatching their defenders? And how long does Romo have to stand back there until someone shakes free? Thatis not a scheme. That is chaos, that Jason relies on the players, not his own design, to rectify.
This is my issue. The scheme creates two major problems.
In a micro-organized scheme like a WCO, there are isolated hot reads that immediately are either open or have a lot of attention (which allow others to be open immediately). If you look at the play, there are a few players that are immediately in position (Dez and Murray) but the scheme calls for the routes to be completed to the defensive open voids, so Romo has to wait and choose, rather than get the ball into the hands of the skill position player for YAC. Getting the ball into the hands of the runner has more ball security and probability for at least minor sucess, but perhaps less big play payoff. Waiting, like Romo has to, puts him at risk, puts the ball security at risk but the payoff (typically improbable), is the big downfield play. Last year, throwing the ball 648 times for 65% completion rate means that Romo somehow had the time to make those completions and attempts in this ridiculous scheme. How would that happen with a weak OL who can't hold their blocks? They have to hold their blocks longer in this scheme than. Any other scheme in the league. So if Romo has to wait and then finally choose who is the MOST open, the play extends longer than it should and he keeps the ball longer than he needs to. Parcells cautioned Romo about trying to make a play rather than just getting rid of the ball.
The second problem is: if you look at the secondary, the Redskins have a very good idea of where Dallas is running the routes. This is from a few years ago but nothing has changed. It is a scheme without design or direction, just a bunch of recognizable tendencies that are still not fooling anyone. I realize that a TD is a TD and points are points, but Garrett was smiling as if his play was successful. Romo's play was successful. Garrett's play did nothing. I remember Lawrence Taylor getting yelled at by Parcells for free-lancing on a play even though it resulted in a huge sack. The point was Parcells, it may work once, but probably not twice.
Just hope Romo and Callahan overrule the Red Idiocy this season.
Ghenghis is an longtime DCC member. No way is he superpunk.
