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Tony Romo balances safe vs. carefree
September, 11, 2014
By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com
IRVING, Texas -- Tony Romo's poor outing in the season opener has been dissected thousands of times over the last few days.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback said he was not as mentally sharp as he needed to be, which played a part in his three-interception game against the San Francisco 49ers. Blame lack of preseason work, blame rust or blame it on just a bad game.
Whatever it is, the Cowboys can't have it happen again Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, but is there a tendency to have an over-correction where Romo would play it too safe?
Romo has had 11 games in which he has had three or more interceptions in his career. He has responded the following weeks with 15 touchdown passes and eight interceptions. But he has had only two 300-yard games in that mix.
"I think you have to go off what the defense is doing," Romo said. "Like I told you, it's about my thought process through it. I don't think you think about anything other than what's happening right in front of you on that specific play and what you know you're going to be able to do a little more versus certain defenses than others. I think you've got to forget about the week before, good, bad, whatever it is, and move on to the next game. That's part of playing this position at a high level."
Romo will be seeing a 3-4 defense for the second straight game, but there are a lot of differences in how Titans defensive coordinator Ray Horton runs his 3-4 scheme and how Vic Fangio operates his in San Francisco.
"These guys will move a lot more," Romo said. "They'll want to slant, move and do some things to create some movement up front I think. They'll still play a form of 3-4, but they're a little different."
September, 11, 2014
By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com
IRVING, Texas -- Tony Romo's poor outing in the season opener has been dissected thousands of times over the last few days.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback said he was not as mentally sharp as he needed to be, which played a part in his three-interception game against the San Francisco 49ers. Blame lack of preseason work, blame rust or blame it on just a bad game.
Whatever it is, the Cowboys can't have it happen again Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, but is there a tendency to have an over-correction where Romo would play it too safe?
Romo has had 11 games in which he has had three or more interceptions in his career. He has responded the following weeks with 15 touchdown passes and eight interceptions. But he has had only two 300-yard games in that mix.
"I think you have to go off what the defense is doing," Romo said. "Like I told you, it's about my thought process through it. I don't think you think about anything other than what's happening right in front of you on that specific play and what you know you're going to be able to do a little more versus certain defenses than others. I think you've got to forget about the week before, good, bad, whatever it is, and move on to the next game. That's part of playing this position at a high level."
Romo will be seeing a 3-4 defense for the second straight game, but there are a lot of differences in how Titans defensive coordinator Ray Horton runs his 3-4 scheme and how Vic Fangio operates his in San Francisco.
"These guys will move a lot more," Romo said. "They'll want to slant, move and do some things to create some movement up front I think. They'll still play a form of 3-4, but they're a little different."