Offense shows signs of life
12:05 AM CDT on Sunday, August 6, 2006
By CALVIN WATKINS / The Dallas Morning News
Backup QB Tony Romo (9) went 8-for-18 for 86 yards in Saturday's scrimmage.
On Saturday, Parcells saw signs of progress. The offense scored four touchdowns and four field goals. That was despite receiver Terry Glenn seeing limited time and Terrell Owens (strained left hamstring) missing the scrimmage.
Even backup quarterback Drew Henson got a pat on the backside from Parcells.
"Yeah, that's a big compliment," Henson said.
Unofficially, backup quarterback Tony Romo went 8-for-18 for 86 yards and led the offense on two touchdown drives and another that ended with a field goal.
Henson completed 12-of-16 passes for 150 yards and started 4-for-4 until a Tyson Thompson drop. Henson also led the offense on two touchdown drives and one that yielded a field goal.
The starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe, missed his first three passes before finding Glenn on a 16-yarder. Bledsoe went 9-for-18 for 73 yards. Two drives ended with made field goals.
Parcells let the quarterbacks call some of their own plays
Before the scrimmage, Parcells said Romo would get more snaps than Henson during the preseason.
"Hopefully, I'm showing [Parcells] confidence every day," Romo said. "I think [Saturday] I didn't do anything to derail that. I think I had a pretty solid scrimmage, and I didn't make any turnovers, and we threw it away when we needed too."
All three quarterbacks worked with various offensive linemen against the first-, second- and third-team defenses. No. 4 quarterback Jeff Mroz did not take a snap. At one point, Parcells chastised Bledsoe for holding the ball too long.
Parcells said he was concerned about his offensive tackles. Rob Petitti (left) and Marc Colombo (right) worked with the first team and gave up two sacks on Bledsoe's first series.
On Romo's first series, tackles Jason Fabini and Adams allowed a sack, and the series ended with a 45-yard field goal.
"We got a bunch of different pass protections between our drop-back and our play-action," Henson said. "That stuff takes time with all of them getting comfortable with each other with all the defensive fronts that you see. I thought we were real comfortable out there."
The defense had seven sacks and numerous quarterback pressures.
With the first preseason game Saturday against Seattle, the Cowboys are close to implementing their entire offensive package. Parcells said the only problem is execution.
"We took some steps forward," assistant head coach Tony Sparano said. "At the end of the day, we have a long way to go."
By CALVIN WATKINS / The Dallas Morning News
Backup QB Tony Romo (9) went 8-for-18 for 86 yards in Saturday's scrimmage.
On Saturday, Parcells saw signs of progress. The offense scored four touchdowns and four field goals. That was despite receiver Terry Glenn seeing limited time and Terrell Owens (strained left hamstring) missing the scrimmage.
Even backup quarterback Drew Henson got a pat on the backside from Parcells.
"Yeah, that's a big compliment," Henson said.
Unofficially, backup quarterback Tony Romo went 8-for-18 for 86 yards and led the offense on two touchdown drives and another that ended with a field goal.
Henson completed 12-of-16 passes for 150 yards and started 4-for-4 until a Tyson Thompson drop. Henson also led the offense on two touchdown drives and one that yielded a field goal.
The starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe, missed his first three passes before finding Glenn on a 16-yarder. Bledsoe went 9-for-18 for 73 yards. Two drives ended with made field goals.
Parcells let the quarterbacks call some of their own plays
Before the scrimmage, Parcells said Romo would get more snaps than Henson during the preseason.
"Hopefully, I'm showing [Parcells] confidence every day," Romo said. "I think [Saturday] I didn't do anything to derail that. I think I had a pretty solid scrimmage, and I didn't make any turnovers, and we threw it away when we needed too."
All three quarterbacks worked with various offensive linemen against the first-, second- and third-team defenses. No. 4 quarterback Jeff Mroz did not take a snap. At one point, Parcells chastised Bledsoe for holding the ball too long.
Parcells said he was concerned about his offensive tackles. Rob Petitti (left) and Marc Colombo (right) worked with the first team and gave up two sacks on Bledsoe's first series.
On Romo's first series, tackles Jason Fabini and Adams allowed a sack, and the series ended with a 45-yard field goal.
"We got a bunch of different pass protections between our drop-back and our play-action," Henson said. "That stuff takes time with all of them getting comfortable with each other with all the defensive fronts that you see. I thought we were real comfortable out there."
The defense had seven sacks and numerous quarterback pressures.
With the first preseason game Saturday against Seattle, the Cowboys are close to implementing their entire offensive package. Parcells said the only problem is execution.
"We took some steps forward," assistant head coach Tony Sparano said. "At the end of the day, we have a long way to go."
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