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QB Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys

HT: 6-2, WT: 219, Born: 4-21-1980, College: Eastern Illinois, Drafted: ---

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Stats and Week 21 Projection

WK	OPP	RES	CMP	ATT	PYD	Y/A	PTD	INT	RSH	YD	Y/R	TD	FPT
SEASON TOTAL			346	522	4184	8.0	31	10	22	46	2.1	1	355

Week 21 Injury Status and Other News

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Week 21 Matchup Info

The Dallas Cowboys have a bye this week.

Game Summaries

Week 1 at NYJ - Romo started off the game with a nice drive resulting in a touchdown to Dez Bryant. On the play, Romo threw it high and allowed Bryant to go up and make a play. The Dallas quarterback got hit early and often by the Jets and it took a while for the offensive line to settle down. When it did, Romo was able to move the ball well against the Jets' defense. Once again, however, Romo was his own worst enemy, fumbling twice (losing one of them) and throwing a terrible interception as well. On the pick, Romo rolled out to his right, looking for Dez Bryant. Somehow he completely missed Jets CB Darrelle Revis, who easily intercepted the ball and ran it back for 20 yards. Revis was able to hang back on Bryant because of safety help over the top, but there is no excuse for Romo throwing that pass. Revis was clearly in perfect position to intercept the ball and it's hard to believe Romo thought he could finesse it over the CB's head. The resulting set of downs allowed the Jets to kick a game winning field goal. The offense also had many bad delay of game penalties during the whole game. While that's on all of the offense, it's Tony Romo's job to avoid those penalties and more than one really killed a drive. Romo can put up great stats, but he's also very adept at giving up games as well.

Week 2 at SF - After a disastrous ending against the Jets in the season opener, Romo played exceptionally well against the 49ers. Adding to the performance was the fact that Romo cracked a rib in the second quarter. While he missed two series in the third quarter as the injury was being tended to, he quickly returned to the game and engineered three scoring drives in the fourth quarter and overtime to help the Cowboys win. Romo's rib injury did not appear to affect his throwing motion during the game as he actually looked more accurate with his passes in the second half. Romo and the Cowboys used a lot of play-action and a lot of shotgun snaps in an effort to loosen the short middle of the field. The strategy was effective as Miles Austin and Jason Witten were able to catch the ball on the run between 5 and 12 yards downfield for most of the afternoon. Romo's two best throws came with the game in the balance. On a 25 yard touchdown throw to Miles Austin, Romo deftly threaded the ball between two defenders under heavy pressure in the pocket. And on the game's final play, Romo read the defense perfectly as the 49ers bit on play-action. Jesse Holley was left wide open streaking down the hashmarks. Romo hit him in perfect stride, leading to a 77 yard gain and the game-winning field goal.

Week 3 vs WAS - Romo played through pain, played with receivers that didn't seem to know what was going on, played through bad snaps and tough penalties, and still managed to gut out a tough win. At the beginning of the game, Romo's throws seemed to lack a little zip, as he was getting passes batted down, and couldn't seem to get into a rhythm. But he settled in with the short passing game with Witten and Felix Jones, and eventually got things going. The loss of Miles Austin really hurts this offense. Perhaps as Dez Bryant's health improves, he will become more explosive and things will get better. But until then, Romo is just trying to piece things together, His receivers were just unable to get anything going, as Robinson and Ogletree both really struggled. On one play near the goalline, you could visually see Romo asking Ogletree what he was doing! On the final drive, Romo overcame a bad snap from center that occurred as he was trying to call an audible. Set back ten yards, he still was able to fire a dart to Dez Bryant for a 30 yard gain, which was without question the play of the game for Romo and the Cowboys. Then he hit Laurent Robinson on a comeback on the right side, that Robinson spun out of and turned upfield for 25 yards, putting the Cowboys down near the goalline. Despite his gutty performance though, Romo couldn't get it done in the redzone, which made this game much closer than it probably should have been.

Week 4 vs DET - It was the tale of two halves for Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys. Romo started off the game strong, leading the Cowboys down the field on their opening drive for a TD. The pass was a beautiful floater into the end zone where Dez Bryant was able to beat his defender for the score. On the next series, Romo led Dallas down to the one yard line, but the offensive line couldn't get the push that they needed and Felix Jones was stuffed on 4th and goal from the one. In the second quarter, Romo again led the Cowboys down the field with a beautiful 44 yard bomb over the middle to Laurent Robinson to set up Dez Bryant's second TD reception -- a quick stick route where Bryant was working one on one again and Romo put the ball where only he could go and make a play. When he found Witten in the back of the end zone to start the third quarter, putting the Cowboys up 27-3 at the time, it looked like Dallas was going to blow out the 3-0 Lions in a big statement game. Unfortunately the wheels came off at that point. On his next possession, Romo missed Bobby Carpenter coming over from the LB spot and threw the ball right too him for a pick six. On the next series, On the next series, after a couple key first downs, Romo again coughed up a pick six on a quick slant route to Robinson where the CB made a great play and shifted the momentum to Detroit's favor for good. His final mistake came late in the 4th quarter, where Romo was under pressure and while falling back and throwing from his back foot, he chucked a weak pass down the middle of the field and it was easily picked off for his third INT of the day. Detroit promptly drove down the field and scored the go-ahead TD with less than two minutes to play. It was the worst collapse in Dallas history, and it fell squarely on Romo's shoulders.

Week 6 at NE - As has become the norm, Tony Romo had an uneven game against the New England Patriots. While he made a number of fantastic throws including some high velocity out-route passes that resulted in large gains, Romo simply couldn't put together the consistency needed to score after long drives. Between curious play calling near the goalline and untimely sacks, the Cowboys offense sputtered in the red zone leading to field goals and not touchdowns. Romo's best throw of the day came in the fourth quarter to Laurent Robinson. On the play, Romo threw a hard pass to the outside where only Robinson could catch it. The receiver broke a tackle and turned up the sideline for a long gain. Romo also had a great throw to Jason Witten with 20 seconds to play and the Cowboys needing a score. On the play, Witten ran up the seam. Romo had to buy time with his feet, eventually stepping up in the pocket and delivering a hard pass between two defenders to Witten. Unfortunately, playcalling at the goalline resulted in another field goal on the drive as the Cowboys called for a shovel pass in to the teeth of the Patriots defense on third down from the six yard line. On his touchdown pass - which incidentally came on a fairly conventional play - Romo took the snap at the goalline and looked off the safety to the right side. Jason Witten snuck to the left side of the field where Romo tossed him a pass that resulted in a touchdown. Romo clearly can play quarterback at a high level and has moments of fantastic play. However, his inability to finish out drives is hampering his ability to be an elite quarterback.

Week 7 vs STL - Tony Romo's stat line was far from impressive against the St. Louis Rams as he threw for fewer then 200 yards in a game where Dallas scored 34 points. That said, he was very accurate on longer throws to the outside and was able to spread the ball around enough outside the hash-marks to keep running lanes open for DeMarco Murray's big day. Romo's best passes came on three step drops where he got rid of the ball quickly. His single best play came on a touchdown pass to Dez Bryant that he placed low and ahead of his receiver in a place where only Bryant could catch it. For all of Romo's well-documented struggles this season, he played masterfully against the Rams as a game-manager and calming influence on his teammates as the Cowboys put together one of their more impressive performances in some time.

Week 8 at PHI - Romo didn't have a terribly game, per se, but he wasn't able to do much to increase the Cowboys chances for victory either. He suffered an early interception when target Martellus Bennett bobbled the ball up in to the air for Nnamdi Asomugha to catch. Otherwise, most of Romo's completions were on short routes within 3 yards of the line of scrimmage. The Eagles did an outstanding job in covering Dez Bryant and Miles Austin downfield. With the exception of a single blown-coverage late in the game that resulted in a 70 yard touchdown, Romo was unable to complete a single pass that went more then 9 yards in the air. Furthermore, his receivers were unable to gain more then 4 yards after the catch on any single reception (outside of Robinson's touchdown). The Cowboys' deep passes were broken up or off target as Tony Romo never had a chance to establish a rhythm with his receivers in the first half. His best pass came on the long touchdown to Robinson. On the play, Romo correctly noticed the Eagles had Robinson in single coverage to the right side and the safety was leaning inside faking a blitz. Romo stood tall in the pocket under immense pressure before lofting the deep pass, hitting Robinson in stride.

Week 9 vs SEA - Once again, the Cowboys' Tony Romo led offense looked wildly inconsistent as the game began against Seattle. Romo managed to lead the team inside the five yard line on each of their first three drives but could salvage no more than two field goals for the effort. Romo's passes, however, were crisp and on target and he seemed very comfortable throwing the ball to all of his receivers regardless of down and distance. He had two excellent deep throws in the first half. Romo's best throw came on a deep pass down the right sideline to Miles Austin. On the play, Romo took a five step drop and deftly lofted the ball between two Seattle defenders to a spot where only Austin could catch it, resulting in a 37 yard gain. He had an almost exact similar pass to Dez Bryant to the left side of the field early in the first quarter resulting in a 39 yard gain.

Week 10 vs BUF - Romo found little resistance from the Bills defense this week as he carved them up for 237 yards and 3 touchdowns in the first half alone. Romo set a franchise record for completion percentage in the game with 88.5% as he completed 23 of 26 passes. On the second touchdown pass of the game, the Bills brought an all out blitz but Romo showed great awareness to spin away and find an open receiver in the end zone. When he gets time in the pocket as he did in this game, Romo can pick a defense apart. The Cowboys dominated the game on both sides of the ball and took their foot off the gas in the second half, which prevented Romo from putting up even bigger numbers.

Week 11 at WAS - In the first half, Romo was just not on page with his receivers. After a Fred Davis fumble, he had a short field, and after missing a connection with Laurent Robinson, hit Dez Bryant for a beautiful TD on a fade route. Romo needs to just throw it up to Dez more often. Why this doesn't happen more is a mystery. After that TD though, Romo just couldn't get into any rhythm for the remainder of the first half. He missed Robinson on a deep ball, in which Robinson was wide open, then he threw a pass to Dez in double coverage that Dez couldn't get to. Later on in the half, he and Dez were on different pages on a screen pass, and the Cowboys went into the half with only 10 points. In the second half, things got better for Romo. Although he started out the half missing Robinson on another mis-communication, he then settled down by getting the ball to Jason Witten, and then was finally able to connect with Robinson on a short touchdown pass. In the fourth quarter, Romo hit Ogletree on a clutch 3rd down throw to keep the drive alive, then scrambled to his left, got out of trouble and hit a streaking Jason Witten for a 59 yard touchdown. Romo was really able to use his legs in the second half to escape trouble throughout and keep plays alive. In overtime, Romo took advantage of a Redskins missed field goal and led the Cowboys to the game winner. Once again Romo was under heavy pressure, he scrambled out of the pocket, hit Dez Bryant on the left sideline for a big gain, and then the Cowboys kicked the game winner. The Cowboys passing game is still a work in progress, with two new receivers, but Romo is starting to find his groove, and is emerging as a very consistent QB who puts up big numbers every week.

Week 12 vs MIA - Tony Romo had a stellar game against one of the league's hottest teams in the Miami Dolphins. He faced constant pressure throughout but was able to scramble just enough to make a number of stellar passes to all points of the field. He threw the ball on a lot of drag routes and crossing routes and favored the mid-range of the field over short passes. Romo's best throw came in the fourth quarter on a touchdown pass to Laurent Robinson. On the play, Romo sensed pressure and left the pocket, buying time with his feet. At the last moment possible he threw a hard pass to the back right corner of the end zone for a touchdown. The play showed the best parts of Romo's game: when given a chance to make a play after a plan has broken down, Romo is as good as anyone in the league at avoiding pressure and creating a positive result. Romo had a similar play late in the fourth quarter as the Cowboys drove for the game-winning score. He sidestepped a fierce pass rush to find Jason Witten for a drive-extending gain. While he finished the day with two interceptions, it would be hard to place all of the blame on Romo. For the most part, he was in great control of the game and made excellent decisions and throws when his teammates needed him to come through the most.

Week 13 at ARI - Romo showed good vision all day long, but seemed to need to warm up into the game. The Cardinals pass rush had its moments but for the most part Romo had lots of time in the pocket. His big target was Dez Bryant, who was facing a tough matchup with Patrick Peterson at cornerback. At worst, Romo was inconstent -- throwing wild to Bryant on a 4th and 1, for example, then lobbing the ball to a wide open Felix Jones, only to have him not see the ball at all. Romo got into a groove in the second half, finding Bryant a number of times, despite the tight coverage, and using Laurent Robinson and Jason Witten to mix it up. It was a good, not great day for Romo, but he only missed a second touchdown (and 300 yard game) by that one pass.

Week 14 vs NYG - Tony Romo hardly put a foot wrong in this game, but began to struggle with his protection as the game wore on. Romo, despite the pressure, manoeuvred around the pocket very well, biding his time before finding receivers downfield. Romo tossed four touchdown passes in the game and connected well with Laurent Robinson for most of the game. Robinson was the recipient of Romo's second TD pass, a strike off a half roll to the right in the red zone. Romo fooled the defense on his first TD, rolling right before tossing the ball back to TE John Phillips on a backside TE screen. His receivers did let him down on a few occasions with drops and the center/quarterback exchange left a lot to be desired. At any rate, Romo fired two more TD passes, one to his former favourite target Miles Austin in the red zone on a similar play to the Robinson TD and the other on a pass to a wide open Dez Bryant. Romo missed a key third down pass late to Austin, who was free. If he had completed it, Dallas could have run out the clock in all likelihood. Romo left it a little too far ahead of Austin. Romo's fantasy owners will be pleased with this output.

Week 15 at TB - Tony Romo got the Cowboys out to a huge lead right out of the gate, and then coasted through the second half for an easy victory. Romo had 189 yards passing, 3 TDS and a rushing TD in the first half, putting to rest any thought that the game might come down to a last second FG again. Romo had plenty of time on most plays, and when the defense was able to get pressure, he was able to extend the play by stepping up or rolling out. His first TD pass was exactly this type of play, where he had plenty of time and then rolled out to avoid the eventual pressure, rifling the ball into Miles Austin for the first score. The play was contested, and Austin displayed that 'My Ball' mentality that you always want from an NFL receiver, wrestling the ball away from the defender for the score. The second TD came on the next play, where Romo was able to extend the play again with a roll out. The defense lost track of Dez Bryant and he was wide open when Romo hit him for the second score. The third TD pass came in the second quarter, another rifle pass to Robinson in the back of the end zone -- capping off an 89 yard drive and putting the Buccaneers in a huge hole. His rushing TD came when Kevin Ogletree wasn't able to get into the end zone on a stick route from the five yard line. Romo lined up with less than a minute to go, snapped the ball and followed his blockers into the end zone for his fourth scoring play of the half. His one black mark for the day was his fumble at the start of the second quarter -- where he rolled out to avoid pressure, but had the ball chopped out of his hands from behind as he was being sacked. It was a great play by the Tampa defense and got the Bucs on the board for the first time all day. To his credit though, Romo came out and led his team down the field for another 60+ yard drive that led to a field goal and put the Cowboys up 31-7.

Week 16 vs PHI - Tony Romo hit his hand off a PHI player's helmet very early in the game and was subsequently removed for the entire game. It never looked like Dallas had any intention to get Romo back into the game that mattered very little ultimately and QB Stephen McGee took over.

Week 17 at NYG - Tony Romo had very little production in the first half against the Giants on Sunday that was balanced out by a far better second half. Romo's poor first half performance was marred by poor pass protection, too few first downs and a total lack of possession as the Giants kept the ball for long drives at a time. Romo started off the game shakey as he missed a wide open WR Bryant down the field, simply overthrowing his WR by a yard. Romo then made a series of incredible escapes to avoid the sack by scrambling in the backfield before finally throwing to WR Bryant. Unfortunately for Romo he was passed the line of scrimmage and could have easily run for the first down instead. Romo was hit aplenty in the first half, had no running game and left with 3rd and longs to deal with. In the second game, the Cowboys came out with a quick passing style game and had great success early on. Romo led a fast drive with quick strikes and capped it off with a nice fade pattern deep in the redzone for WR Robinson to haul in and dive for the goal line for his first touchdown. He had then had a poor interception however, not looking again to his backside as he was trying to fit the ball into TE Witten on a short pass and instead finding S Rolle. Romo kept fighting and led another drive that was finished with a perfect slant pattern inside to WR Robinson for his last touchdown. The Giants didn't let up for long, scored again and kept the game out of reach despite the resurgence in the second half. Most of the blame for his loss should not be put on Romo as he did his part, without being spectacular. The Cowboys had very little possession of the ball, almost no rushing threat and were losing almost the entire game and had to play catch up due to the poor defensive effort.