Has there ever been a QB as unclutch?

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by Risen Star

Good stuff, percy.

It's easy to blame Romo. It's lazy too.

Look, I've been accused of being a hater over the years. Mostly because I'm not afraid to criticize my own team. But I can not lay the blame on this team's failures on the QB. That's not to say he hasn't made mistakes, but when you look at his overall body of work he's been good enough to win with. The rest of the team hasn't.

So if you want to plan on winning next year you start with Tony Romo and build around that. Let's actually do this Romo-friendly thing the owner talked about years ago.

He's not entirely blameless in this.

Yes, they need to upgrade the lines. They also need to put a bigger emphasis on the run game, and lessen Romo's load. He cannot carry this team to where we would all like to see the Cowboys go to.

He has had to bear too much of the burden, and he cracks in the biggest spots. His play on Sunday night was abysmal, as was the play of the line and the adjustments from the coaching staff. When he doesn't play at a high level, they cannot win.

They need to change that formula so it isn't all on Romo. They also need to find his successor and begin to groom him.

[DFWJC]

So the last 5 gmes of the season are all huge.
Romo is insanely clutch in all but one of them....so he's "unclutch"

[DFWJC]

Originally Posted by juck

Not elimination games under the bright lights....wake up

All those games were huge.
In fact, I bet the pressure in game one at New York with the whole nation watching, vs the defending champs, after a bad ending for Dallas last year, had the same level of pressure.
He was masterful in that game.


I was not the pressure that killed Romo, it was some bad decsions under well-desinged blitzes coupled with a cracked rib. Add it up and he had a bad game vs a better team.
On that drive with the 3rd pick, he looked very comfortable completing a pass right before the pick. He just should not throw that ball. We're all pised about it. But that was not choking, that was just a bad play.

[187beatdown]

Originally Posted by Gameover

RG3
Mark Sanchez
Peyton Manning
Tom Brady
Big Ben
Luck
Ponder(although AP might be better than all our skill players combined)
Cutler
Wilson
Brees
Rivers

Lolwut?

Romo has no running game, no OL, and no D, so you name a bunch of players who have all of those things.

[Primetime42]

Originally Posted by Risen Star

Good stuff, percy.

It's easy to blame Romo. It's lazy too.

Look, I've been accused of being a hater over the years. Mostly because I'm not afraid to criticize my own team. But I can not lay the blame on this team's failures on the QB. That's not to say he hasn't made mistakes, but when you look at his overall body of work he's been good enough to win with. The rest of the team hasn't.

So if you want to plan on winning next year you start with Tony Romo and build around that. Let's actually do this Romo-friendly thing the owner talked about years ago.

If this guy of all people is willing to say that, it oughta make you think.

No offense of course, buddy. Your take is of appreciated.

[Venger]

Originally Posted by percyhoward

Romo (31st/29th)

Said it all year, we will get as far as Romo can drag us - he's not Atlas for crying out loud.

Romo was aided by a great break out second half by Dez and a nice step up season from Spencer, but good grief this team has a sieve OL, cannot run for crap, and the defense was decimated.

[DFWJC]

Originally Posted by 187beatdown

Lolwut?

Romo has no running game, no OL, and no D, so you name a bunch of players who have all of those things.

Don't bother. he's the king of trolls.

[ManicDepressiveMan]

[percyhoward]

Originally Posted by Plankton

He has had to bear too much of the burden, and he cracks in the biggest spots.

I'd say that's an understatement followed by an overstatement.

For the most part, he is the one who has elevated some average-to-bad teams into the very positions where he "cracks." More than any other player, Romo is responsible for making these games meaningful in the first place. Washington was only a "big spot" because of the previous eight games.

Just like last year in New York (where Romo played well, btw), the last game of the season was only a "big spot" because Romo and the passing game lifted an otherwise bad team to an 8-8 season.

[Risen Star]

He lost to a QB who threw for 100 yards on a 50% completion percentage.

That's all that needs to be said. When Romo has that kind of luxury to fall back on, then you can judge how clutch he is.

Griffin was awful in the biggest game he's ever played. Is he not clutch either?

[Venger]

Originally Posted by Risen Star

He lost to a QB who threw for 100 yards on a 50% completion percentage.

Because he wasn't expected to pull a rabbit out of a hat that was in his @$$ for his team to win... when was the last time the defense carried us to victory? Anyone here realize that had we beaten the Redskins we'd have gotten in with a negative point differential?

I think it's far easier for a team to carry a QB deep into the playoffs or a Championship than vice versa. I present to you Trent Dilfer.

[DFWJC]

Originally Posted by Risen Star

He lost to a QB who threw for 100 yards on a 50% completion percentage.

That's all that needs to be said. When Romo has that kind of luxury to fall back on, then you can judge how clutch he is.

Griffin was awful in the biggest game he's ever played. Is he not clutch either?

I looked at his stat line again yesterday and was thinking the same thing.
Dallas loses by 20 or more if Tony has those stats.

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by percyhoward

I'd say that's an understatement followed by an overstatement.

For the most part, he is the one who has elevated some average-to-bad teams into the very positions where he "cracks." More than any other player, Romo is responsible for making these games meaningful in the first place. Washington was only a "big spot" because of the previous eight games.

Just like last year in New York (where Romo played well, btw), the last game of the season was only a "big spot" because Romo and the passing game lifted an otherwise bad team to an 8-8 season.

Do you think he cracked on Sunday night?

One thing about him - yes, he has played well to get them to this position. Romo has been undervalued by the masses from that standpoint. In these win or go home games, he has not played to the same level. I was at the game in NJ last year - he missed Bryant on a deep pattern on the first drive of the game that could have set the tone for the game. It was a relatively routine throw that he overthrew by 3-5 yards.

One other theory about why he doesn't play as well in these spots - with the games leading up to them, there is a "tomorrow" (read: another game to follow). He knows that there will be another game the next week, so the pressure isn't quite the same. In a game like Sunday, the only way tomorrow exists is if you win. He presses as a result, and, IMO, since he isn't as confident in himself as he portrays, he misses throws that he would usually make in his sleep, and forces the issue when it isn't there.

I like Romo as a player. He just cannot bear the burden of carrying the team, and needs the organization to make it a priority to provide him with the support so he isn't carrying the team.

Jimmy Johnson said it best: it's not how many big plays you make, it's how many bad plays you avoid. Romo failed that test on Sunday.

[KJJ]

Originally Posted by Risen Star

He lost to a QB who threw for 100 yards on a 50% completion percentage.

That's all that needs to be said. When Romo has that kind of luxury to fall back on, then you can judge how clutch he is.

Griffin was awful in the biggest game he's ever played. Is he not clutch either?

RG3 didn't have a good game but even gimpy he still made some plays and didn't do anything to get his team beat.

[percyhoward]

Originally Posted by Plankton

In these win or go home games, he has not played to the same level....With the games leading up to them, there is a "tomorrow" (read: another game to follow). He knows that there will be another game the next week, so the pressure isn't quite the same.

The only reason the Saints' loss didn't knock us out of playoff contention was because the Giants lost later. Romo could not have known that would happen.