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Originally Posted by pyramider
The Texans will have to shore up the O line if they expect to get Romo when he gets released. All of those years behind a shitty cowbitch line left him the fragile china doll we see today.
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Wrong.
The O-line has really never been the culprit. THE biggest problem in Dallas during Tony's time under center (or shotgun, if you prefer) has been a porous Defense that could never put teams away OR hold onto a lead Romo and Offense had given them in the second half (even under Wade when they went 13-3, it wasn't a "great" D).
And primarily in the 4th quarter.....
...when it became necessary for the Cowboys to be in the hurry up offense, fighting the clock, and having to throw the ball to come from behind. In that case, as it was many times, Romo became a sitting duck for blitzing defenses and pass-rushing DE specialists who tee'd off on him becuz....
....becuz Romo chose to stay in the pocket and hang onto the ball a tick or two longer to buy time for his receivers to break free.
How many times over his career did we see Romo check down and throw a safe 5 to 7 yard pass to Witten (becuz Miles Austin, Terrell Owens, Patrick Crayton, Terry Glenn, Dez Bryant, etc, etc couldn't get separation from the DB)? When big plays and field position were needed, Tony took chances and (in the long run) those things cost him his health.
