I don't get this one? Those were beautiful passes into very tight windows. Everyone bitches that Dak can't hit a guy unless he is wide open but neither of those plays were wide open. They were perfect passes and Cooper managed to separate at the late second and come up with huge plays.
Romo missed plenty of throws and probably had just as many if not more boneheaded picks. People have revisionist memories when it comes to Romo.
And they are throws that first rate QBs miss too. Mahomes has arguably been the best QB in the NFL this year. Watch a game and you will see misses like that. Everyone loves to highlight the misses. Which are totally on Dak but at the same time you have to understand that QBs over throw receivers on deep passes sometimes. I would like to see him get better at it but it's something that is always going to happen to QBs. Most miss one or two of those every game. But they also are able to hit on some. Like Dak did against the Eagles.
Likely his best throw of the night.
Yeah it's such a tight window with the back of the endzone you really have to not only hit the receiver but also leave him enough room to get his feet in bounds. Everything about this one is spot on. Pretty impressive since the corner was playing off coverage and there wasn't a lot of space for Amari to get the separation.
Romo wasn't a fumble machine and wouldn't have missed Gallup time and again.
Tony Romo also has fumbled 8 times in a season before. So no, not really true either. Granted Dak has 3 more games left to best that. But Romo actually was a fumble machine at one point. Romo also missed his fair share of deep throws. But it's amazing how time can erase those moments from our memory. Google Tony Romo bad plays and watch the videos if you need a recollection of some of his boneheaded plays. There are lots.
There were actually people on Twitter today defending his deep ball percentage and noting that his percentage is the EXACT same percentage as the NFL average.
It is, but the ones he nailed to Cooper are the flip side of it. He has nailed a couple deep throws to Gallup in tighter coverage then the ones he has missed. Maybe he just needs him less open. It's weird like that.
Just glad we won't have to play in Seattle again.
He makes and misses deep throws like the ones you described at an acceptable rate, sure. But when he shits himself inside out trying to hit a wide open receiver is what's unacceptable. Those don't happen often. Even less, when it could seal a game. But somehow, Gallup has managed to do it three straight games now, and we have yet to cash in on them. When the receiver is that open, those should be completed 99% of the time if not more. Dak get's too excited and tries to sling the ball in there. Put some air under it and let the receiver run under it. Should be one of the easiest passes for him to complete. In fact, the tough part should be the actual catch, not the throw.
Fuck them. I would like a rematch.
Prescott hits Cooper more because he is a special talent that can adjust to his errant throws.
I agree, they aren't that good on the road. Not everyone has a luxury of a home field advantage like that. I also hate them.
