More pressure to win - Romo or RG3?

[Fmart322]

Originally Posted by ragintd

c) The Cowboys as usual have been expected to challenge for the division as they usually are year after to year by the media, fans, grandmothers, ect..

The giants and eagles have been picked by almost everyone the past 2 seasons. I don't know where your fan base gets the Cowboys have been picked to win every year. Also, ESPN hates the Cowboys. They love watching us lose just as much as you guys I bet. When you have a fan base as large as the Cowboys do you always report about them on every story because it creates ratings.

Now this part is my own opinion: You said that your fans are playing with house money but they won 6 straight, if they lose and don't make the playoffs I bet it'll sting more to your fan base then to ours. I still can't believe we even have a shot with how poor the Cowboys have been playing. The skins have been playing very good ball. The Cowboys play in the 1st half of most games has been horrible. Winning 5 of 7 still has me scratching my head as to how they did it.

[Tejano15]

I believe the Redskins as a team have more pressure, win 8 straight and now that win streaks means nothing with a loss to the Cowboys. The Cowboys have been underdogs all year so they aren't expected to win anyways.

QB pressure is more on Romo on the outside world but I have a feeling RGIII will put more pressure on himself being a young QB in the game itself.

[ragintd]

Originally Posted by DavidAK

No I didn't find anything that I really disagreed with. I think Romo does have more pressure. I just don't think that RG3 should get a pass if they lose, it's like you said..They're playing with house money. No big deal one way or another. Which I disagree. I think he does have pressure, #1 draft pick overachieving in terms of expectations..But now that he's here he has to take it.

Of course we will be majorly disappointed if RG3 craps the bed. But in the same hand, most of us are just happy we have something to play for on the last game of the season other then draft positioning. The vast majority of our fans never expected this. Thus most of us can walk away from this season seeing it as a success and a major building point for next year.

This has been a funny year for us Skins fan. The bar gets set higher every game since we shellacked the Eagles 6 weeks ago. Yes our expectation is to take it home at home this Sunday. And yes, I'll be royally pissed for the rest of the week if we lose. But, the future is so bright, i got to wear shades I think most Skins fans ultimately will give RG3 a pass with in a few days of the loss.

[BringBackThatOleTimeBoys]

From what I see on the internet, RGIII is already a football messiah, see some of the over-the-top remarks about his greatness already in the video below (2nd coming of Sammy Baugh, "Greatest thing to happen to Redskins...EVER", Synder can't be the worst owner if he picked RGIII)

Someone parodied the 2008 Hope campaign poster with RGIII on it.

While I think RGIII is already one of the better QBs in his rookie year and on the path to a potential HoF career, looks like his fans already have very high expectations of him

[Fmart322]

Originally Posted by ragintd

[Everyone had either the eagles or giants, hence their last game being scheduled previously for SNF.]

The NFL doesn't schedule a SNF finale. They wait till the 2nd to last SNF game to pick it. That way they can maximize ratings for which in turn make them more money on TV contracts. This game has the opportunity to be one of the highest watched regular season game in NFL TV history.

Trust me, that's the game the NFL schedule makers had in mind as the big one. Not either of our teams.

[ragintd]

Originally Posted by Fmart322

The giants and eagles have been picked by almost everyone the past 2 seasons. I don't know where your fan base gets the Cowboys have been picked to win every year. Also, ESPN hates the Cowboys. They love watching us lose just as much as you guys I bet. When you have a fan base as large as the Cowboys do you always report about them on every story because it creates ratings.

Now this part is my own opinion: You said that your fans are playing with house money but they won 6 straight, if they lose and don't make the playoffs I bet it'll sting more to your fan base then to ours. I still can't believe we even have a shot with how poor the Cowboys have been playing. The skins have been playing very good ball. The Cowboys play in the 1st half of most games has been horrible. Winning 5 of 7 still has me scratching my head as to how they did it.

Didn't say win, but challenge for the NFC East crown. Big difference. Everyone did pick the Eagles last year with the "dream team" and all. This year was more of an open competition with most people thinking the Giants. But Dallas is usually in the conversation. Skins, never. We been the whipping dog every year since Gibbs 2.0 left town.

[ragintd]

[QB pressure is more on Romo on the outside world but I have a feeling RGIII will put more pressure on himself being a young QB in the game itself.[/quote]

I agree. If you could have seen some of the looks he was making on the sideline when we played Cleveland will tell you he wants to be the man and will dictate himself to getting there. So I'm sure he pressuring himself to get the win and preform his best game ever.

There is a pic of him floating on Extremeskins.com with him wearing a t-shirt that says, "No pressure, no diamond" Think that should give you a little incite into what he's thinking right now.

[ragintd]

Originally Posted by Fmart322

Trust me, that's the game the NFL schedule makers had in mind as the big one. Not either of our teams.

I'm sure, but I think that had more to do with the Redskins then the Cowboys. But the NFL knows that any giving year any given team can rise up and challenge. Worst to first. The NFL is littered with that now. They leave that game open for that reason. Whole reason the NFL came up with the flex TV scheduling. They are not dumb people. It's all about the money. The money comes from TV contracts. Higher viewership equals bigger money for a bunch of rich guys who want to be richer.

[kmd24]

It's obviously Romo. First, Dallas has a much richer tradition at QB than the Redskins, so Romo is held to a higher standard. Second, Romo's closer to the end of his career. He won't have more than a handful of chances left to make any noise. Third, you'll never hear Jerry Jones acknowledge that the Cowboys won't make the playoffs until they're mathematically eliminated. Shanahan announced plans to "evaluate personnel" after the Skins' 6th loss. Finally, just consider the difference between how fans have adjusted their expectations after this relatively minor knee injury versus Romo's broken rib last year.

The good news is that Romo is more capable of handling it at this point. I think he thrives on it and finally has a group of guys around him who can rise to the challenge.

[EGG]

One of the biggest problems we have is that a majority of people buy into the media's narrative, and not just with sports,,, We shouldn't give a flying flip what any of those marginally informed, agenda driven morons has to say about Romo before or after this game,,,,,, it's all just noise designed to make your tongue wag.

Now if you want to talk about actual pressure on the QBs and not the perceived pressure that the media gins up, then Romo has much more to deal with because he and the other skill position players basically have to carry the entire team. It's a suicide mission that will be over in the next 1-2 weeks whether Romo plays well or not, his magic tricks will only go so far.

Griffin has a solid team around him, he doesn't have to carry anybody this week, just go out there and play reasonably well against an extremely banged up and soft defense.

[Fmart322]

Originally Posted by ragintd

Didn't say win, but challenge for the NFC East crown. Big difference. Everyone did pick the Eagles last year with the "dream team" and all. This year was more of an open competition with most people thinking the Giants. But Dallas is usually in the conversation. Skins, never. We been the whipping dog every year since Gibbs 2.0 left town.

I'll agree that the media loves to build them up and taking great joy in knocking them down.

[DavidAK]

Originally Posted by BringBackThatOleTimeBoys

From what I see on the internet, RGIII is already a football messiah, see some of the over-the-top remarks about his greatness already in the video below (2nd coming of Sammy Baugh, "Greatest thing to happen to Redskins...EVER", Synder can't be the worst owner if he picked RGIII)

Someone parodied the 2008 Hope campaign poster with RGIII on it.

While I think RGIII is already one of the better QBs in his rookie year and on the path to a potential HoF career, looks like his fans already have very high expectations of him

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That was some funny stuff right there

[Blackspider214]

Not even close. It's Romo. RG3 is a rookie and should not even really be in this situation yet. Win or lose, he's had a hell of a season. This will be our 3rd do or die game in the last game in 5 seasons. We have lost the other 2 and in pretty ugly fashion. Romo is always labeled as a choker and loses every big game he plays. This would be another one they can talk about if he loses. Even if it's not his fault.

[Idgit]

There's enormous pressure on both players, but the media pressure is definitely going to be on Tony. That's ok. We play pretty well this season in games like this, and it's not like there's much more pressure you can put on a team or a QB than win-or-go-home. Tony will play very good football. I'm sure of that much. RGIII needs to prove it, since he's not been in many of these situations yet in the NFL, but he's probably going to come out and play great, too.

[Lazyking]

Romo.. there is no debate. RG3 will have ten years or more to win the division. The Cowboys lost last year in this same situation.