I don't know. It wasn't all Romo's elusiveness. Free has shut him down in every meeting between them. In the first game last year, he was getting beat by Free so much, that he switched sides to Barron and had better luck.
I understand why Jesse did what he did. The ball must break the plane of the GL for a TD. Holley probably figured that he might get caught from behind, and so he placed the ball ahead to break the plane, but yeah it was a risky move. I don't think he was trying to showboat. JMO.