TONY ROMO! A DEEP LOOK BACK AT HIS ICONIC 2014 SEASON!

one of the most polarizing quarterbacks in NFL history was Tony Romo we miss this game when we're done playing one day best game in the world despite what you think you know about Romo he was actually one of the better quarterbacks in the league during his career one of the knocks on Romo was that he had a reputation of not producing in the playoffs but what's never talked about among Romo's critics is how he literally put up the greatest postseason in history from a quarterback who didn't win a Super Bowl back in 2014 Romo was perfect as a quarterback in every column that year 2014 was one of the greatest seasons on offense in cowboys history in my opinion Romo was robbed of the MVP Not only was he fourth in passing touchdowns he was also tied for top 10 interception percentages was second in Aya had the highest passer rating in all of football had the highest quarterback rating in football according to pfr he was the most successful quarterback in the league with a 53.4 success rate he led the league in yards per attempt led the league in touchdown percentages and one can say that this was the greatest season for quarterback in cowboys history in terms of quarterback efficiency especially when we compare those numbers to quarterbacks of that season I'm not saying that's true but there's an argument that can be made Romo wasn't the only star in offense that year DeMarco Mary was outstanding he was arguably the best running back in football leading the league in rushing yards and touchdowns his 1845 rushing yards was a franchise record left side first down and more that's the record this The X Factor Bryant was a top five receiver in football this season fire atfield for br he's got it in the 10 to the he L the league in receiving touchdowns he is now the single season all time touchdown receiving leader and was eighth in yards and in first downs fourth and six Romo Cox and throws it over the middle wh 30 then you had Whitten who was top 10 in yards among tight ends and fifth in first downs the offensive line was the best in football Dallas had the fifth best offense in the league and the number one rushing attack the defense though wasn't nearly as good Jackson gets a block to Shawn Jackson they were ranked the easily 15th in scoring and had the seventh worst passing defense in the lead third and 11 Sanz able to step up The Bu time and then hits Matlin down the sideline Matlin running free tries to get by Willcox with yet still Romo led the Cowboys to a Tov for record in the NFC Easter division title okay we're going to put these these NFC East Division hats on we're going to have have somebody take a picture of everybody who's in here with their hat on okay and then by midnight tonight here's what I want you guys to do I want you to give it to somebody cuz as good as this is I think our sights are set a little higher than this aren't right in the north another quarterback in receiver Duo was making noise the 20 slings it in zone diving attemp is caught the lions were heading into the postseason as one of the hottest teams in the league winning four of their last five games Detroit Detroit had the ninth best defense and passer rating in football they were one of the best disruptive defenses in the league with 42 sacks which was eighth in the league it was becoming evident by week 15 that these two teams were heading towards each other in the wild card game by Wild Card Weekend predictions were true no one thought we would be here no one gave us a chance we surprised everyone Romo was a monster in this game he carved up the Detroit defense all afternoon throwing clutch passes after pass it's coming throws Williams makes the catch what I noticed about Romo after watching film was how mature he had gotten since his younger days for example Romo was under pressure a lot this game younger Romo would have just thrown the ball up and hoped for a big play Romo throws High intercepted with three minutes left pressure is on looed and intercept but he was more patient keep in mind dallis traed for the majority of the afternoon in fact they were once down 20 to 7 and not once did he panic and try to force things down the field another brilliant thing about Romo was in his mature Seasons from 2011 to 2014 once he dissected the philosophy of the defense he dismantled them pretty quickly hey 53 no I'm not Brooklyn if you stop on Slants they're 100% incomplete lions were in a heavy blitzing scheme it's obvious that their concept coming into the game was to get Romo to make decisions under duress and hopefully he could turn the ball over what the lions were doing was bringing pressure up the middle specifically by bringing single man pressure with a linebacker Romo noticed that whenever this linebacker Blitz Detroit was in a single man coverage but with the defensive coverage roll towards de Bryant along with the safety on the Deep ends so what does Romo do he shortens up his drop step from seven steps to three or four steps and went right after the Detroit Stevens a back who was checking Teran Williams now keep in mind the normal starter on the left side was Darius Slay instead of forcing the ball to de in double coverage he went after the weakness of the defense on Williams touchdown play pay attention to the linebacker there he is again blitzing if you slow it down look at Romo's head and who he's looking at he's looking right at that linebacker right there he was anticipating the blitz all along the moment he blitzed he knew Williams was single covered again Williams was single covered against who Casas vau who only started five games that year who had signed with the lions in 2014 here's another example of Romo's genus football IQ so like we just went over the lions were doubling Bryant and Whitten all game the high routes were either Williams or Beasley but because Romo exposed and ate that concept up Detroit decided to switch up their defense on one of the most important plays of Romo's career Romo comes to the line of scrimmage with two plays one going to Williams the other going to Beasley but when he saw Detroit's coverage on Whitten he signaled out of the play and called the Y option one of the most Unstoppable coverages in NFL history R almost yelling out perhaps a protection they're going to double up the outside so it's going to be beas or Whitten here but what did exactly Romo see that made him switch up the play besides the single coverage you might can't see it but if you pay close attention Detroit is in a too deep Shell One safety is over Bryant's but watch this safety right here you see where he's at he's over on William's side now this gets me really excited watching this because this is a testament of how what you do with a player in the game can set up other players later for the majority of the game the Lions was in single coverage on Williams but doubled up on Whitten now since Romo exposed that coverage Detroit had to give the coronal who was checking Williams help by bringing the safety over Romo knew this and switched the play to the Y option over the midal he's got Whitten but what's even more brilliant is how both Whitten and Romo knew where they should go typically the white option is ran towards the numbers this way but remember the safety was no longer over wit because of Williams on the outside that left the middle of the field opened Romo knew where Whitten should go with his route and Whitten saw where Romo should throw it option route in the middle of the field both of them guessed correctly great route watch him drop him off Bo there's nothing like good football when it's done correctly Romo could have stayed with the original call that was given by the offensive coordinator most quarterbacks probably would have Romo was that rear quarterback who saw the game better than his own coach especially during his mature Seasons I would put a football IQ up there with anyone oh wait if you make that choice go because I know what you're thinking you're thinking is oh I lost the route so you just kind of slow and stop and I'm thinking oh we'll still make the route work you know he can't cover he's not seeing the ball yes I they're just coming after us now we takeing seven step drops we're not in our best interest if the guy goes inside honestly if the guy's all over you it doesn't matter come on you're the best player out here act like it before the game questions about Romo's ability to elevate his game in the big moments was all the media talked about Tony Romo will come through for me like he always does in big moments when it's called upon to deliver the goods he ain't going to be able to get it done you I cost the Dallas Cowboys a a playoff win and I don't know that I've ever felt this slow you know at any point so I don't know it's [Music] um his critics never gave him a chance finally this was the chance for Romo to prove to the world and to his critics who he truly was there comes a point in everyone's life whether it's in sports or any other Avenue that it's time to shut up or put up the magician Romo escaped as he often did and hit Williams with a dagger in the end zone Eno touchdown now I slowed this down because I wanted you to see Romo that's what a man looks like when he has overcome obstacles when no one else believed in him that's a conqueror's chant A Warrior's Roar some of you might say why am I making this a big deal it was just a wild card game and only a second win of his postseason career if you were one of the ones who said Romo was a choker in big games you don't get to ask that question that cheer was not only a cry of Victory but a call of confirmation to himself that he was worthy to play on the sacred grounds of the postseason that win was important because in a game to go home or Advance he won when the game was on his shoulders when his team relied on him in the big moments he got the job done don't count this team out they have been outstanding on the road played their best football on the road they've got their work cut out for him next week at Lambo but 8-0 on the season it's going to be a heck of a match up next Sunday although he won the battle the war wasn't over Romo had just defeated a giant but his next rival was a goat Dallas had to travel to an old historic familiar place just see the white creeping across the field the Frozen Thunder the ground that we're walking on was paved by men who believed who fought who scraped the and Tundra Dallas versus the Packers in the postseason is as classic as any other rivalry in sports history but in order to make contact with this free spirit Dicky will need time to set up and the Doomsday guys are the guys who make the strong Cowboy pass rush are determined to be in his face all afternoon now will the champion Cowboys become the next pro team to repeat in the 9s postseason step one at home against Green Bay now the last in zone touchdown went up the again but this rivalry started when two icons walked the sidelines on the opposite side Don Meredith as he attempted to throw that pass it was intercepted In The End Zone by D Brown and the Packers have just taken the championship the Dallas Cowboys and for for the h works that's right uh Alis is a big game of the year and uh it's uh we're real happy we're going to play in Green Bay let me say that we enjoy playing Green Bay and our game plan is really not based on weather the field I understand won't be frozen so we can wear our cleats we have more speed than Green Bay overall in our team I think so I think a good feel is to our advantage the Ice Bowl came down to the final seconds of the game and was one on a brilliant quarterback sneak in Frozen temperatures star Begins the count takes the stap he's got the quarterback s and he's the in 2014 on another cold and frosty afternoon two of the best quarterbacks in the league put on another show for the ages the go route is as old as football cleats there are a multiple of things that make a go route successful but the three most important principles for the go route are timing accuracy and athleticism on the receiver's end whether it's speed or leaping abilities Comes The Rush from the outside they go the F out of the corner one of the best quarterbacks two receiver performance on the go route in 2014 was Diz Bryan and Tony Romo they were perfect Blitz Romo going D for Bryant going for the quick strike Romo to the end zone and it's I'm certain they could have did that in their sleep their connection was brilliant I miss it the Cowboys were fourth and two on the Paka 32 yard line Romo had just completed a couple of passes to Bryant and Beasley it looked like he was about to do it again Romo called The Go route the route that was Unstoppable All That season here's one down the sideline pass caught I just knew that was a catch the only ref on the field who was close enough to make that correct call said it was a catch too plus the more I thought about it this looked early similar to Dez Bryant catch versus the Giants during the regular season you see Dez Bryant is down before he's able to extend the arm across the goal if that was a catch then surely it was a catch now let's go we going to the championship and a brilliant catch by number 88 I was beyond happy of course but I was mainly happy for my nephew who's been a fan of the Cowboys through some bad seasons he was finally about to see his team in the championship I was also happy for Romo Whitten and de the work finally paid off and For the First Time The Sweat the toy you the criticism had all went quiet we had finally done it but then something wasn't right the referees they were taking too long but I've learned over the years concerning a replay on a touchdown is that whenever they take long they had already made up their minds they were just trying to see where the ball was spotted and how much time was on the clock look I've seen this from every view possible and in no case did that ball touch the ground the more the guy talked on the television and the longer the referee took my fears were coming true they can't no way after review it has been determined that wait I have to pause it you got to give me a second I haven't seen this in years oh what the heck the receiver did not maintain possession of the football as I sit there and Survey the damage you could hear pin drop in my mother's house we were confused disappointed and angry all at once like how dare they take this away from us this was our only chance and to make matters worse later they admitted it was a catch talk about a slap in the face and just like that the season was over Rogers drops to a knee the crowd on their feet the Pacers went on to win and doas went home defeated and demoralized yet Romo still played a brilliant game against the legend he had an amazing two touchdowns with out and interception in a Frozen stadium along with a mindboggling 143 passer rating that was the highest passer rating for losing quarterback in the divisional game in history even in the loss Romo showed the world that he belonged he put together an almost perfect postseason that would have rivaled the Legends Romo would retire a few years later and although the icon de Bryant went on to play for a few more years after at a high level Bryant seemed like he never really got over that horrible call back in Green Bay though both Legends are doing great in recent years I'm certain that from time to time each of them takes a look back on that Frosty cold evening and wonders what if until next time make sure to like the video and subscribe to the channel and as always thanks for watching