hand the reigns over to romo...

by CowboysFan4Life on Nov 11, 2008 11:23 AM CST Comment 11 comments

The cowboys need to be running shotgun against the skins... a lot. We need to come out firing. Romo is a stud qb, he's got the arm, he's got the weapons... it will help protect our line. it will get our weapons on the field. it will open up holes for barber, jones throughout the game... imagine the possibilities.... not only could we pass, we could set up brilliant screens, draws... shoot even dives with mb and tosses/jet sweeps with fj or mb....
Just imagine the idea of sending TO and RW deep on the sides, JW up the seam.. and then boom, fj middle screen or any screen... 20+ yards....

these formations can change through motion, play action, direct snap, etc etc...

               RW                               FA KK AG LD MC              JW
                                 TO

                                                     FJ         TR          MB

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               RW                               FA KK AG LD MC                                TO
                                           JW                                          MB

                                                                  TR          MB
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                                           MB   FA KK AG LD MC   JW
                                 RW                                                            TO                 FJ

                                                                  TR

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               RW                               FA KK AG LD MC   JW
                                 TO                                                                         FJ                      PC

                                                                  TR

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TR                                               FA KK AG LD MC   MB


                                                     JW         IS          MB

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I think we’ve become so one dimensional with the deep pass that teams T off on Romo, thus the injury, I say we come out in a base set, throw some slants to our WR’s (who both are great YAC guys) on first down, instead of the obligitory run. Maybe a quick pop pass to JW, throw in a run or a screen, let Romo get into a grove before we have him out there chuckin and duckin, then maybe open it up a little as the game goes on.

by stephen1 on Nov 11, 2008 12:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

true...

i’d at least like to open up in some of these formations, and then audible or switch formations… like in the 5 wide, switch formations to fj and jw in the backfield with romo under center and keep the 3 wide… we need to make it so we don’t always let the defense have time to match up

by CowboysFan4Life on Nov 11, 2008 12:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

good point!

by stephen1 on Nov 11, 2008 1:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If Garrett is smart

and we know he is being a Princeton grad, he should put this game into the hands of Romo and let him perform his magic.

I agree Romo operates the best out of the shotgun and we should have him in that formation at least half of the time.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Nov 11, 2008 12:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It's not so much

one offensive formation over the other. Or that one way of doing it is necessarily better than the other way. It’s the ability to mix it up. To try different things to keep the other team’s D off balance. Try going into the 2 minute offense every now and then. Romo runs that better than anything. Gotta go back to that innovative, pedal to the metal type offense we had last year. Of course, for that to happen our O-line needs to start blocking like last year.

by kameleon_o on Nov 11, 2008 9:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

+1

I want to see the old scrambling making plays with his feet Romo..

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Nov 12, 2008 11:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i believe the word you are looking for is...

ROMOBILITY!!!!!!!!! hah

by CowboysFan4Life on Nov 12, 2008 12:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I've been calling for this formation (option #1) ALL season !!

RW- outside wide left
TO- inside slot left
JW- split tight right
FJ- split left
MB-split right
TR-Shotgun

I don’t need to be a Princeton grad to realize we can run this formation EVERY single play, and have an open receiver down field, or in the flats, or over the middle….A simple play that can be run in less than 4 seconds, and eliminate any danger of Romo being harmed, or our o line being exploited. FJ & MB can both be kept in to chip block, or be available for dump offs, or delayed draws-dives-sweeps………….Now if Garrett only knew how to keep it simple.

A true diehard Cowboys fan since 1975.

"If you don’t take him off the field as a coach, he will just about die out there," Jerry Jones said. "That impacted my decision. It’s a Michael Irvin-type work ethic. That’s what we are talking about with Felix Jones."
- Owner/G.M of the Dallas Cowboys , Jerry Jones

by BoyzRback on Nov 11, 2008 5:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I just hope they run the ball this time

And don’t force feed TO the ball 20 times. That game was Garrett’s low point, IMO. If Romo audibled out of the run too much, Garrett or Wade should have told him to run the play as called.

Keep it balanced between run and pass as much as possible.

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on Nov 12, 2008 2:09 AM CST reply actions 0 recs