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In absence, Tony Romo has added 'assistant offensive coordinator' title
Todd Archer, ESPN Staff Writer
IRVING, Texas -- Last week Scott Linehan joked Tony Romo has added the assistant offensive coordinator title since suffering a broken left collarbone.
In a couple of weeks Romo will lose that title and go back to just being the Dallas Cowboys quarterback. This week Romo has been able to return to practice, throwing during individual drills without taking 11-on-11 snaps.
During his absence with the injury Romo has stayed as engaged as possible, and not only with the offense. He has also been spotted talking to defensive players and has had the ability to listen to the defensive calls during the games.
“Tony is as competitive a guy as i have ever been around,” coach Jason Garrett said. “He is so engaged. He is so interested in what is going on. He is a really smart football player. He understands situations. He understands people. So we have discussions like that: What is going on, what we should get to. Again I value his opinion. We have been around each other a long time. We know each other well. He really, really knows football. He has helped our football team in his absence.”
At different times he has offered suggestions to Linehan.
“I told him if he keeps coming up with ideas I’m going to hand him that microphone and I’ll let him start calling plays so he can see how when he calls those third downs when they don’t work, see how that feels,” Linehan joked. “You have some full ownership on that.”
But Linehan said Romo has been a help to Matt Cassel and Brandon Weeden in between series.
“It’s hard when you’re not playing,” Linehan said. “You can’t really influence the approach from an expectation standpoint from what you’re going to do as a player but you can certainly help the quarterbacks with the mindset, what we’re thinking when we get in this situation.”
Todd Archer, ESPN Staff Writer
IRVING, Texas -- Last week Scott Linehan joked Tony Romo has added the assistant offensive coordinator title since suffering a broken left collarbone.
In a couple of weeks Romo will lose that title and go back to just being the Dallas Cowboys quarterback. This week Romo has been able to return to practice, throwing during individual drills without taking 11-on-11 snaps.
During his absence with the injury Romo has stayed as engaged as possible, and not only with the offense. He has also been spotted talking to defensive players and has had the ability to listen to the defensive calls during the games.
“Tony is as competitive a guy as i have ever been around,” coach Jason Garrett said. “He is so engaged. He is so interested in what is going on. He is a really smart football player. He understands situations. He understands people. So we have discussions like that: What is going on, what we should get to. Again I value his opinion. We have been around each other a long time. We know each other well. He really, really knows football. He has helped our football team in his absence.”
At different times he has offered suggestions to Linehan.
“I told him if he keeps coming up with ideas I’m going to hand him that microphone and I’ll let him start calling plays so he can see how when he calls those third downs when they don’t work, see how that feels,” Linehan joked. “You have some full ownership on that.”
But Linehan said Romo has been a help to Matt Cassel and Brandon Weeden in between series.
“It’s hard when you’re not playing,” Linehan said. “You can’t really influence the approach from an expectation standpoint from what you’re going to do as a player but you can certainly help the quarterbacks with the mindset, what we’re thinking when we get in this situation.”