Off Topic: Tony Romo now a racist
by Sharky on Dec 12, 2008 5:19 AM CST
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From the "it was just a matter of time" dept, looks like one of Cahill's fellow Obama voters has some strong opinions on Romo and Witten's relationship.
According to multiple sources within the Dallas Cowboys, there is an emerging internal conflict involving three of the team's highest-profile stars.
As the preseason Super Bowl favorites struggle in the final month of the season to simply make the playoffs, wide receiver Terrell Owens has expressed resentment toward Tony Romo, apparently jealous of the quarterback's relationship with tight end Jason Witten
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3763209
But Owens seems to be finding it increasingly difficult to conceal his irritation. Last week in Pittsburgh, on the first possession of the Cowboys' most important game of the season, a team source who reviewed the game tape said Romo threw an interception when Owens mysteriously failed to complete his route. Troy Polamalu intercepted the ball at the place where Romo expected Owens to be. Later in the half, Romo underthrew a pass for Owens that was intercepted by Ike Taylor and Owens gestured openly in Romo's direction as he walked toward the sideline that the ball should have been thrown further upfield. But what upset Owens' teammates most of all was his response to the interception Romo threw on a pass intended for Witten that Deshea Townsend returned for the game-winning touchdown in a 20-13 defeat. Both the quarterback and tight end publicly accepted blame for the Cowboys' season-high fifth turnover. In contrast, Owens said the offense stunk, that the team can't win with turnovers like those and then suggested his defender was playing off in single coverage and that he was open but Romo decided to throw elsewhere on the fatal play. On the sideline, Owens was seen yelling at a Cowboys assistant coach. In his news conference after the game, Owens implied that Romo's decision to throw to Witten was the wrong one, saying, "It's his job to go out there and assess what the defense is, and he made that decision.''
I also found this interesting..
With Phillips calling plays, Dallas Cowboys defense has stiffened
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Romo a racist?
Or Owens showing his true colors and reminding everyone why two other teams dumped him
by Taylor on Dec 12, 2008 5:53 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I made up the racism thing to be clear
Theres no mention of that in the article.
by Sharky on Dec 12, 2008 6:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
-100
that’s a pretty harsh statement, and considering it’s unwarranted it’s completely unnecessary it should never have been added.
by sam in so cal on Dec 12, 2008 4:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 12, 2008 8:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not following......
Who is Tony Romo? The Cowboys?
No idea what this is about.
You dick that was uncalled for - male cheerleader
by iorange555 on Dec 12, 2008 6:39 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Terrel Owen
unhappy with not enough balls thrown his way. Shocking story.
Owens, here is a novel thought, catch the ones thrown at you, and more might come your way. He’s been fairly terrible in the games I’ve seen this year.
Nolan Ryan is the Greatest Pitcher ever, because Google says so.
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by DJCahill on Dec 12, 2008 6:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
exactly
at least keyshawn seemed to catch the balls that were thrown at him
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 12, 2008 8:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
man
i dont know if i can take anymore of this… I can no longer watch or listen to anything Sports related b/c all i hear about is all this stupid cowboy shit. I love the cowboys, but its a soap opera and the games are now only a side story. Its just becoming a huge bore to me, to the point that im already dying for baseball to get here again
by blalock84 on Dec 12, 2008 7:00 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
hmm
based on the harsh feedback, maybe i should delete this.
by Sharky on Dec 12, 2008 7:45 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
lol
some people don’t understand the quality of passes issue. They might need to go read KC Joyner.
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
by Longhorn on Dec 12, 2008 8:24 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
what does KC say abotu this whole romo/TO thing
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 12, 2008 8:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
probably
that he’s been thrown a lot of shitty passes or not catchable balls that were intended for him
by studcrackers on Dec 12, 2008 8:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
correct
never mind that romo is 3-8 in december…
here’s my line of thinking:
romo does not favor whitten over TO or any of the other open receivers. romo is scared shitless and is whitten is in the comfort zone. romo is not comfortable, and his latest effort stealing defeat from the jaws of victory in pittsburgh supports that.
by sam in so cal on Dec 12, 2008 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yawn
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Dec 12, 2008 7:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
+coffee
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 12, 2008 7:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This "plus" phenomenon is getting quite stupid.
meet me at the mawwl... it's goin dowwn...
by oc on Dec 12, 2008 11:24 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
its getting stupid?
it has been stupid for a long time now.
by JBImaknee on Dec 12, 2008 11:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, so is this "bitchy OC" phenomenon.
But watcha gonna do? They both have their uses.
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 12, 2008 11:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not a phenomenon. It's a headache.
meet me at the mawwl... it's goin dowwn...
by oc on Dec 12, 2008 12:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I know, instead they should post
“this”, right? So much better.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Dec 12, 2008 11:56 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Thats what the dumbass Cowboys get
for getting a bunch of ex-cons and its-all-about-me players.
by Stevoo on Dec 12, 2008 8:11 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
remind me
which players on the team have been convicted of something?
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
by willamos2 on Dec 12, 2008 8:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
dont forget
the steelers are the best team in the history of the nfl, of football, of sport.
no one can touch them!
/sarcasm
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 12, 2008 8:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, to be fair...
…there’s this guy and this guy.
Though I don’t agree with his notion that the Cowboys are full of “ex-cons and its-all-about-me players.”
"Please. What the hell do you know about starting a sports-related website and then deciding to leave it to work on other things and then? How dare you, sir." -- Michael Schur, aka FireJoeMorgan's Ken Tremendous, to Will Leitch
by ghtd36 on Dec 12, 2008 9:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ex-cons that we know of:Tank Johnson, Pac jones
All-about-meToe (Terrell Owens), Pac Jones, they had Keyshawn, Roy Williams, Toe, Anthony Henry
by Stevoo on Dec 12, 2008 3:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Pac hasn't been convicted of anything
Is he a P.O.S.? Yes.
Michael Irvin was constantly involved with the authorities. Didn’t stop him on Sunday. Cowboys always have been a team of felons. But at least those felons won championships.
Gerald Laird: One Man, 5 Scoops.
by Maximilian on Dec 12, 2008 3:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Those felons did
these felons can’t even win a playoff game.
Pacman has been convicted of something
by Stevoo on Dec 12, 2008 4:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
what?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 12, 2008 5:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ex-cons
You should look that up.
It doesn’t mean what you seem to think it means.
Nah, noob.
by Brian Thomas on Dec 12, 2008 5:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Or that's what they get
when they have a wimp for a head coach and an camera-loving owner that makes the team so media-friendly that every small detail is exposed.
by Taylor on Dec 12, 2008 2:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
every small detail is exposed but
this T.O. thing is no small detail. It is him tearing apart his third straight team
by Stevoo on Dec 12, 2008 3:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This team
Is an extreme disappointment. T.O. always said the reason he was vocal is because he wasn’t getting the “respect” (contract , cough) he deserved in Philly. Well he’s paid Dallas and he still acts like a jackass. I really hope he didn’t drag Williams and Crayton into this bullshit. This team has the most important game of the year and we’re listening to this bullshit? Get your team under control Wade, and Jason Garrett sucks.
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Dec 12, 2008 9:37 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I think part of this comes back on Phillips.
It’s your team, dude. And if you really don’t know about what’s going on between these two, that is a major problem in your management style.
"Please. What the hell do you know about starting a sports-related website and then deciding to leave it to work on other things and then? How dare you, sir." -- Michael Schur, aka FireJoeMorgan's Ken Tremendous, to Will Leitch
by ghtd36 on Dec 12, 2008 9:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
JG doesn't suck.
All he can do is call the plays that get them in a position to score points. He doesn’t actually get to throw the passes or make the on-field decisions that result in successful implementation of his game plan. He called a good enough game to win last Sunday. His QB let him down.
by Athos on Dec 12, 2008 10:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree Romo was crap
But Garrett has gotten insanely predictable. I think he ran to the right tackle every 1st down in the second half against the Steelers. All these pitches and end arounds to TO are a joke. If TO wants the ball he can get open.
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Dec 12, 2008 11:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jason Garrett sucks
truer words have never been said.
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
by Longhorn on Dec 12, 2008 12:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Romo needs to start throwing more to Owens
I’ve been saying this for over a year. “Oh he’s double-teamed”. McNabb found a way to get him to him often, so can Romo/Garrett.
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Dec 12, 2008 10:14 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'd just be happy if he could get passes within 10 feet of his intended target.
That’s what killed him in Pittsburgh. It is baffling to me how he could have been as bad as he was all night long, especially as focused as the rest of the team obviously was.
by Athos on Dec 12, 2008 10:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
When you have a cancer
get rid of the cancer, which T.O. is, i am sick of the guy, but Jones loves him, so in my opinion this team will go NO WHERE as long as T.O. is here, sure he is talented no question about that, but individual talent only goes so far in a team sport.
by TRFAN on Dec 12, 2008 11:07 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Exactly...
Who would have thought that when Owens’ team isn’t winning big and in first place that he starts complaining.
I love how some of the Cowboy fans try to stick up for the guy because he’s on their team. The guy is just a selfish jackass and this is nothing new. Did you really think he would act a certain way in SF and Philly, but then when times get a little tough in big D he’d be ok with it?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Dec 12, 2008 3:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
oh hes selfish, and great when its goin good
but when its not hes a little bitch
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 12, 2008 5:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
owens is right
romo isn’t going through his reads correctly
Mandatory reading before suggesting a trade
by ab03 on Dec 12, 2008 12:07 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Man, I'm no TO sympathizer
but I agree with him on this front, too. I don’t agree with Ed fucking Werder lurking around the Cows 24/7 and breaking every Us Weekly type gossip to ESPN, and I don’t agree with how public all this is. I can’t believe this kind of shit can’t be handled inside the clubhouse, between professional athletes and coaches being paid good money to “click”.
But Romo’s been forcing balls, like usual, only he wasn’t even close to accurate in the Pitt game. With Romo as our QB, we’re gonna have to get used to it because it’s the way he’s always been. And personally, I don’t understand why we don’t force more balls in TO’s direction, regardless of drops. The guy is a total playmaker, and needs to be getting 10 looks a game.
"Holland didn’t make that kid question his swing, he made him question his career path"
by trident on Dec 12, 2008 12:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
TO
Theres a difference in throwing him the ball 20 times and actually throwing the ball his way 20 times. If hes double covered theres no reason to force it in. Romo has done that a ton this year. And he does settle alot on Witten. Don’t get me wrong Witten is an amazing player and I wouldn’t trade him for any other TE in the league. But instead of settling on little 6 yard hitches sometimes if TO is being single covered let the play run its course a little. Maybe that 6 yard hitch to Witten could turn into a 30 yard catch by Owens. And there is no questioning the fact that this club is better when TO is making plays. Now JG and Romo have to get him in position and allow him to make those plays. Throwing into double coverage isn’t a playmaking situation. Put him in motion and let him run those drag routes where his size and speed allows him to run away from people.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
by bigsteve on Dec 12, 2008 1:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
targets:
TO – 113 + 55 catches
jason witten – 95 + 64 catches
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 12, 2008 1:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How many of those are good targets and bad targets?
You could throw it to TO 20 times a game but if its always when hes double covered that does no good. And from watching the Cowboy games I can tell you Romo throws to TO in double coverage waaaaaaaaay too often. All TO has said is that when hes open he should get the ball. Nothing wrong with that. The problem some of the time is Tony settling for Witten on a short quick route and not letting TO complete his route and get a big play.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
by bigsteve on Dec 12, 2008 3:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i think this is where the kc joyner stuff comes in – that was just a quick pull from espn
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 12, 2008 5:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
And what’s more, I think Garrett is doing a poor job. It seems the receivers are all-too-often either gunning it straight downfield or screening. I would actually place this more on Garrett than Romo: what’s Romo supposed to do when his receivers are covered downfield cause they don’t break the bump very well and Witten’s just sitting in the middle of the defense? I don’t think we’re seeing enough curls or crosses, or whatever else it would take to utilize these WRs effectively.
It’s hard to not agree with Owens, though, when you look at the last few games. And please—can we stop using Thrown To as dispositive of this argument? Not all throws are created equal.
by brettgardner on Dec 12, 2008 3:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
well
it’s not just owens. there are a lot fo plays where the receivers are open and romo can’t find them
Mandatory reading before suggesting a trade
by ab03 on Dec 12, 2008 3:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
I didn’t mean to intimate that it was an Owens-only problem.
by brettgardner on Dec 12, 2008 4:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i meant
that the receivers actually are getting open – so garrett isn’t a true culprit.
also, there aren’t many OC’s that can spring all of the receivers consistently
Mandatory reading before suggesting a trade
by ab03 on Dec 12, 2008 4:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
We’re both talking in the abstract here, of course. There are plays where guys get open and plays where they don’t. If a guy gets open on a poorly-designed play, he might be doing it in spite of Garrett, and it may cause a problem in the progression. Who knows?
I would never put all the blame on one or the other. Romo’s played poorly of late and Garrett has called poorly of late.
by brettgardner on Dec 12, 2008 4:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh wait
The OC doesnt matter..but now when something goes wrong he does?
I thought it was all about the players?
by Sharky on Dec 14, 2008 8:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm?
Don’t just make up my position.
by brettgardner on Dec 14, 2008 10:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
this is right
it was just a quick pull from espn bc i was at work and didnt want to look for kc joyner stufuf
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 12, 2008 5:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
and now we know TO is officially batshit crazy
The confrontation came a day after a source told ESPN that Owens believes Romo and Witten — close friends and road roommates — hold private meetings and create plays without including Owens.
per epsn
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 14, 2008 12:21 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
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