Comments on: Romo-friendly not so Romo-friendly? http://firejerryjones.com/2009/04/romo-friendly-is-not-romo-friendly/ No longer in business (but feel free to look around). Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:13:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Luis http://firejerryjones.com/2009/04/romo-friendly-is-not-romo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Luis Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:11:21 +0000 http://firejerryjones.com/?p=497#comment-461 It's a good thing this isn't a multiple choice question. There are so many different ways that this thing could go. The immediate and simple answer is that the offense would be "Romo-friendly". This is because he never has to have that little voice in the back of his head, reminding him that TO needs to have X amount of balls thrown to him every game. This will allow Romo to distribute the ball to numerous receivers. Romo is at his best when he is working without constraints. His improvisation skills are what make him a top 10 quarterback in the NFL. Take that away by having a receiver bitching and moaning, and he becomes the middle of the road quarterback that we saw in 2008.<br><br>Now, this all depends on whether or not Jason Garrett's play-calling improves. After taking the league by surprise in 2007, the offense became way too predictable last season. And with the emergence of Felix Jones and TaShard Choice as legitimate weapons, Garrett will have to balance the offense a little better than he has in the past. If he does that, however, the loss of TO should only be felt with the lack of Fox cameras permanently focused on the Cowboys sideline.<br><br>All that said, the onus will actually fall on Jason Witten and Roy Williams. The offense will only go as far as those two can take it. It's a good thing this isn't a multiple choice question. There are so many different ways that this thing could go. The immediate and simple answer is that the offense would be “Romo-friendly”. This is because he never has to have that little voice in the back of his head, reminding him that TO needs to have X amount of balls thrown to him every game. This will allow Romo to distribute the ball to numerous receivers. Romo is at his best when he is working without constraints. His improvisation skills are what make him a top 10 quarterback in the NFL. Take that away by having a receiver bitching and moaning, and he becomes the middle of the road quarterback that we saw in 2008.

Now, this all depends on whether or not Jason Garrett's play-calling improves. After taking the league by surprise in 2007, the offense became way too predictable last season. And with the emergence of Felix Jones and TaShard Choice as legitimate weapons, Garrett will have to balance the offense a little better than he has in the past. If he does that, however, the loss of TO should only be felt with the lack of Fox cameras permanently focused on the Cowboys sideline.

All that said, the onus will actually fall on Jason Witten and Roy Williams. The offense will only go as far as those two can take it.

]]> By: Luis http://firejerryjones.com/2009/04/romo-friendly-is-not-romo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Luis Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:11:21 +0000 http://firejerryjones.com/?p=497#comment-280 It's a good thing this isn't a multiple choice question. There are so many different ways that this thing could go. The immediate and simple answer is that the offense would be "Romo-friendly". This is because he never has to have that little voice in the back of his head, reminding him that TO needs to have X amount of balls thrown to him every game. This will allow Romo to distribute the ball to numerous receivers. Romo is at his best when he is working without constraints. His improvisation skills are what make him a top 10 quarterback in the NFL. Take that away by having a receiver bitching and moaning, and he becomes the middle of the road quarterback that we saw in 2008.<br><br>Now, this all depends on whether or not Jason Garrett's play-calling improves. After taking the league by surprise in 2007, the offense became way too predictable last season. And with the emergence of Felix Jones and TaShard Choice as legitimate weapons, Garrett will have to balance the offense a little better than he has in the past. If he does that, however, the loss of TO should only be felt with the lack of Fox cameras permanently focused on the Cowboys sideline.<br><br>All that said, the onus will actually fall on Jason Witten and Roy Williams. The offense will only go as far as those two can take it. It's a good thing this isn't a multiple choice question. There are so many different ways that this thing could go. The immediate and simple answer is that the offense would be “Romo-friendly”. This is because he never has to have that little voice in the back of his head, reminding him that TO needs to have X amount of balls thrown to him every game. This will allow Romo to distribute the ball to numerous receivers. Romo is at his best when he is working without constraints. His improvisation skills are what make him a top 10 quarterback in the NFL. Take that away by having a receiver bitching and moaning, and he becomes the middle of the road quarterback that we saw in 2008.

Now, this all depends on whether or not Jason Garrett's play-calling improves. After taking the league by surprise in 2007, the offense became way too predictable last season. And with the emergence of Felix Jones and TaShard Choice as legitimate weapons, Garrett will have to balance the offense a little better than he has in the past. If he does that, however, the loss of TO should only be felt with the lack of Fox cameras permanently focused on the Cowboys sideline.

All that said, the onus will actually fall on Jason Witten and Roy Williams. The offense will only go as far as those two can take it.

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