For Several Years

[TwoDeep3]

I was slow on the uptake with Romo. Having been a walk-on, I wanted to see something other than just flash. I wanted substance.

As I stated in a post a few weeks ago, I believe in Romo. These interceptions do not deter my belief.

And here's why.

The steady argument for Romo back in the day was he made the plays and the stats.

Stats have always been a huge argument for him. He had the stats to be an elite QB.

So now the management has surrounded him with Austin, who is a very solid WR. Dez, who is solid at times but woefully inadequate when having to think on the fly. And Ogletree, who is perhaps smarter than Dez but loses focus.

The offensive line cannot adequately protect him and the running game has been non-existent.

So let me see if I have this right.

Romo is carrying the team by himself with two WR's that cannot guarantee they will be in the right spot or that they will catch the ball consistently.

Now factor in Romo is running for his life on nearly all plays and there is no running game to keep the defense honest.

And he still damn near beat the defending Super Bowl champs.

Yep, this is surely Romo's fault.

Climb off the ledge. This is the problem of the people that run this team fielding scrubs and knuckleheads for players and thinking the best player on the team can do it by himself.

Can we please go back to the days when everyone thought I was a Romo hater and defended him like he was their kid brother?

[GloryDaysRBack]

I agree w a lot of this.

Romo needs more help. A disciplinarian at HC, somebody who can reel him in just a tad. And a guy who can build a running game for him.

[ABQCOWBOY]

Originally Posted by TwoDeep3

I was slow on the uptake with Romo. Having been a walk-on, I wanted to see something other than just flash. I wanted substance.

As I stated in a post a few weeks ago, I believe in Romo. These interceptions do not deter my belief.

And here's why.

The steady argument for Romo back in the day was he made the plays and the stats.

Stats have always been a huge argument for him. He had the stats to be an elite QB.

So now the management has surrounded him with Austin, who is a very solid WR. Dez, who is solid at times but woefully inadequate when having to think on the fly. And Ogletree, who is perhaps smarter than Dez but loses focus.

The offensive line cannot adequately protect him and the running game has been non-existent.

So let me see if I have this right.

[View Full Quote]Romo is carrying the team by himself with two WR's that cannot guarantee they will be in the right spot or that they will catch the ball consistently.

Now factor in Romo is running for his life on nearly all plays and there is no running game to keep the defense honest.

And he still damn near beat the defending Super Bowl champs.

Yep, this is surely Romo's fault.

Climb off the ledge. This is the problem of the people that run this team fielding scrubs and knuckleheads for players and thinking the best player on the team can do it by himself.

Can we please go back to the days when everyone thought I was a Romo hater and defended him like he was their kid brother?

He has a pretty darn good TE as well and a defense that could be lights out if they could just start playing defense on the other teams 20 instead of our own all the time.

[Hostile]

LOL

Great Post. Sounds familiar.

[Bwareinrings94]

The Cowboys do not have fertile ground for a disciplined, efficient and effective team to develop. They have a few talented enough individuals from keeping this from flopping completely but too many holes for it to work. Jones simply, philosophically will always try to add talent vs. building a team. He would have to get lucky to find success and his track record of finding offensive lineman is poor to be nice.

I root for them and love the team but watching them after you watch a normal, capable franchise is like getting a root canal.

[cajuncocoa]

Great post, OP...I agree.

[Joshmil53]

100% agreed.

[Yakuza Rich]

He's not nearly running for his life on all plays or even close to it.

I still believe we should keep Romo around, but I think we need to be smart and start looking to transition into the phase of finding a replacement so when he is no longer a viable option at starting QB, we will have another QB in place.

I am alarmed by some of his inaccuracy lately. At first I chalked it up to playing on the road and perhaps some wind. But he was wild against the Giants, even on times he had all day to throw and had guys wide open.

I think it's flat out foolish to beleve that he's automatically got 4 more good years in him.





YR

[DanteEXT]

Originally Posted by Yakuza Rich

He's not nearly running for his life on all plays or even close to it.

I still believe we should keep Romo around, but I think we need to be smart and start looking to transition into the phase of finding a replacement so when he is no longer a viable option at starting QB, we will have another QB in place.

I am alarmed by some of his inaccuracy lately. At first I chalked it up to playing on the road and perhaps some wind. But he was wild against the Giants, even on times he had all day to throw and had guys wide open.

I think it's flat out foolish to beleve that he's automatically got 4 more good years in him.





YR

I thought he was on target with Witten for the most part, and Austin to a lessor extent (missed on a couple I know). Reminds me of RW times, on target with everyone else, RW passes were everywhere (RW still sucked here, though he was pretty solid redzone WR).

[Yakuza Rich]

Originally Posted by DanteEXT

I thought he was on target with Witten for the most part, and Austin to a lessor extent (missed on a couple I know). Reminds me of RW times, on target with everyone else, RW passes were everywhere (RW still sucked here, though he was pretty solid redzone WR).

He threw a bad pass to a wide open Dez. Dez still caught it for 55 yards, but it should have been an easy TD since he was so wide open. On the very next play, he misses Witten by a mile and Witten was open and that would have been another first down. Instead of making a TD on that drive, we come away with a FG.

He misses Hanna who was wide open, by a mile underneath. He missed Austin by a mile a few times and as Aikman said 'those weren't even close.'

I think his confidence is shaken a little. If he throws a TD like the one to Charles Tillman, he gets blamed for it. If JPP gets lucky and makes a great play, Romo gets the blame. But he has not been very accurate this year. He needs help, but I think we are making a bad move if we think that:

a) he'll stay perfectly healthy in the next 3 years
b) his skills won't decline in the next 3 years.

I think we have a possibly good situation here.

We could draft a QB in the 2nd round next year. Change up the offense scheme and get a different O-Coordinator. Romo should be able to pick up the new offense rather quickly, he's smart and a veteran. The rookie QB will be in an offense that should be suited for him and he can learn under one O-Coordinator.

Give the rookie 2-3 years to learn and then he can be ready for when we are done with Romo.

My issue here is I just get the feeling that we'll never look ahead and we will blow the opportunity to make a fairly seamless transition to a new offense and a new QB.







YR

[DallasCowpoke]

A good bit of what the OP has merit, but I'm sorry, some of y'all need to take your blinders off. Romo BADLY missed receivers on at least 3 occasions I recall sunday. And those weren't due to him "running for his life on nearly every play".

Romo's a very good QB and I'm happy he's there. But this complete absolution he's getting because of all the other factors mentioned, are just patently incorrect.

[SWG9]

Originally Posted by DallasCowpoke

A good bit of what the OP has merit, but I'm sorry, some of y'all need to take your blinders off. Romo BADLY missed receivers on at least 3 occasions I recall sunday. And those weren't due to him "running for his life on nearly every play".

Romo's a very good QB and I'm happy he's there. But this complete absolution he's getting because of all the other factors mentioned, are just patently incorrect.

There have been games where Romo's receivers and OL failed him miserably, but Sunday wasn't one of them. The line was more than adequate and Witten, Austin, and Bryant were all balling.

Romo flat out sucked Sunday, and he missed a lot more than 3 throws. A LOT.

[Eskimo]

I agree that some times Romo's teammates have let him down. I did not think he was one of the ten best players that we had on the field for us on Sunday. The Dez INT was probably a WR mistake but also a poor QB read. The Austin TD was a poor decision/throw, the JPP INT should have been lofted a bit more and I think he messed up the red zone sequence at the end of the game.

I do think he is playing at about an average level right now in the league and that isn't good enough for a guy making $11M per year.

I think his limitations in size, arm strength and ability to make reads has finally caught up to him and I don't think he'll be elite again unless his surrounding cast is elite. So we could still win with him with a great defense and a great running game but we usually haven't even had one of those most years here and this is a QB league right now.

I think we should try and trade him in the offseason and start over. He is never going to take us to the promised land but is still a valuable trading chip.

[CATCH17]

Agreed. All the garbage and chaos around him has finally caught up to him and he can not overcome it. This includes our playcaller and head coach.