News: Staubach and Aikman back Dak

[cern]

Yeah, they asked a bunch of young guys who were 'cool with Dak' and 'hip to his partying', blinded by the temporary success of the record and the team suffered for it. The last thing they should have done is asked the 'team' which more than played out the last few years.

romo was king between the 20's. but his record in playoff games was etched in stone. i'm sure parcells had a lot of respect for emmitt. but he understood a 30 year old rb is not the future of your club. same with romo. injuries mounting. as a rookie thrown into the fire, dak did pretty well for himself. and i seriously doubt the team's decision has little to do with being "cool with dak". know when to hold them, know when to fold them.

 

[shabazz]

hate is a strong word, I bet 98% of the people you think hate him simply want a different qb

that said though but those people need to embrace it. He is the qb next year and in 2022 and 2023 and 2024

Agree with the first part of this. An adults prospective

The 2nd part of this is highly unlikely though. If it was true, he would have been signed already. The best Dakota will get is a 2nd franchise tag......but I believe he won’t even get offered that. He will be replaced

 

[khiladi]

If he was healthy, why did he retire instead of going to another team? are you telling me no other team wanted a healthy Romo as there QB... by the way this isn't exagerated nonsense not meant to be taken literally...I would literally like to know.....

Duh, because Romo already explained why. He didn't want to start over, despite multiple teams inquiring and then CBS came calling.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...nfl-team-he-was-looking-at-before-retirement/

Teams were still inquiring even last year.

https://fansided.com/2019/01/21/tony-romo-nfl-quarterback-contract-offers/

Nowhere does Romo say he felt he couldn't play.

You see a trend here. You make baseless comments. I actually bring forth the evidence, you just move on and come back later, with more nonsensical posts that don't deal with actual facts.

 

[khiladi]

romo was king between the 20's. but his record in playoff games was etched in stone. i'm sure parcells had a lot of respect for emmitt. but he understood a 30 year old rb is not the future of your club. same with romo. injuries mounting. as a rookie thrown into the fire, dak did pretty well for himself. and i seriously doubt the team's decision has little to do with being "cool with dak". know when to hold them, know when to fold them.

Romo was hindered by Garrett as a play caller, like I said, until he got control as a play caller in 2014. Garrett couldn't field a RG to save his life. Garrett didn't even have Romo allowed in game planning meetings until he was forced by Jerry when the new contract of Romo came into play. Whole "peyton-like" responsibilities Jerry was referring to was actually giving more control to Romo, at the expense of Garrett. Romo was able to force Jerry's hand at that point.

 

[shabazz]

Kind of like you posting yet another "We have to love Dak" because he has led Dallas to a 1-2 playoff record. I don;t think so.

Funny stuff right there

I’m still waiting for his, “ Kim Jung-un endorses Dak” thread......it’s only a matter of time

 

[CowboyFrog]

Duh, because Romo already explained why. He didn't want to start over, despite multiple teams inquiring and then CBS came calling.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...nfl-team-he-was-looking-at-before-retirement/

Teams were still inquiring even last year.

https://fansided.com/2019/01/21/tony-romo-nfl-quarterback-contract-offers/

Nowhere does Romo say he felt he couldn't play.

You see a trend here. You make baseless comments. I actually bring forth the evidence, you just move on and come back later, with more nonsensical posts that don't deal with actual facts.

Baseless...wait you think Romo said "if I cant play for Dallas I aint playing" as he is pissed they "did him dirty" so which is it....did he love the Cowboys so much that he couldn't bring himself to dawn another Jersey or did they do him dirty?

 

[cern]

Romo was hindered by Garrett as a play caller, like I said, until he got control as a play caller in 2014.

and yet romo and witten were always at stars and mavericks games with garrett. not sure what they did when the games were over. bff's.

 

[khiladi]

Baseless...wait you think Romo said "if I cant play for Dallas I aint playing" as he is pissed they "did him dirty" so which is it....did he love the Cowboys so much that he couldn't bring himself to dawn another Jersey or did they do him dirty?

You Dak homers just love to argue for the sake of arguing. Your claim is rooted completely in the fact he was 'injured' and 'couldn't play anymore'. That is completely false and multiple teams inquired about him playing PERIOD. So I was right yet again...

 

[shabazz]

Romo was hindered by Garrett as a play caller, like I said, until he got control as a play caller in 2014.

......not to mention the sorriest offensive lines we’ve ever had.

If it wasn’t a false start, it was a snap over his head, or just running for his life.

.....we remember those days. The offensive line didn’t gel till 2016 and the “ New Boy King” was the Qb that got to enjoy it.

 

[shabazz]

and yet romo and witten were always at stars and mavericks games with garrett. not sure what they did when the games were over. bff's.

Perhaps buttockery, but who are we to judge?

 

[khiladi]

and yet romo and witten were always at stars and mavericks games with garrett. not sure what they did when the games were over. bff's.

Yes, Garrett followed him around, because Romo was his bread and butter, but as soon as Dak became the starter he was nowhere to be seen. I never denied Garrett's ability to be a politician. Even the DMN reported the rift, but gave it a colorful title to make it appear like Romo was to blame, with the headline. I also find it comical that Dak-homers love to scapegoat Garrett for his own performances, when Garrett was one of the primary drivers for this ineptitude we have a QB now.

"Rift between Romo and Garrett can be traced back to this slap at the Cowboys coach's authority"

 

[khiladi]

and yet romo and witten were always at stars and mavericks games with garrett. not sure what they did when the games were over. bff's.

......not to mention the sorriest offensive lines we’ve ever had.

If it wasn’t a false start, it was a snap over his head, or just running for his life.

.....we remember those days. The offensive line didn’t gel till 2016 and the “ New Boy King” was the Qb that got to enjoy it.

Apparently Gurode, who couldn't call plays from Center, a journeyman OL by the name of Columbo, a broken back Marco Rivera, and a major multiple year draft bust in the form of Leonard Davis were all-pro linemen before Romo came along and were on the level of Smith, Collins, Martin, Frederick, and Leary per Dak stans. Of course even the Frederick pick had nothing to do with Garrett, but had everything to do with Jerry asking Romo and Callahan. And Garrett burning bridges with Callahan is another reason our OL is fluttering as well.

 

[cern]

Perhaps buttockery, but who are we to judge?

lol

 

[OmerV]

Reasonable men can disagree. He didn't have to do the whole press conference thing .. He could have just sat quietly and let the team make the call. I wasn't talking about fighting for his job the following season.. I was talking about fighting for the chance to lead that loaded *** team to the playoffs. I would have asked for one game to show if I still had it or not.. then let the chips fall where they may. But that's just me.

The team already had made the call. He didn't concede the job, the team made the decision that Dak had the job.

In any case, while I think he could have adjusted his tone a little so he didn't sound so defeated, he was really only trying to squelch the kind of controversy that can hurt a team, which was what a team player should have done.

 

[RonnieT24]

The team already had made the call. He didn't concede the job, the team made the decision that Dak had the job.

In any case, while I think he could have adjusted his tone a little so he didn't sound so defeated, he was really only trying to squelch the kind of controversy that can hurt a team, which was what a team player should have done.

That team was like 10-1 when he made his speech.. and had won 10 in a row. I understand why Romo might have felt the need to do what he did.. I just don't think he should have done it. The best thing for the team is for the best players to play. If he was better than Dak then it would have been better for him to play.. Period. If he wasn't then fine.. Anyone who has been around Dak for 5 minutes should have known that giving Romo the opportunity to guide the ship for at least one game was not going to do anything to Dak's pysche. Nor would it have divided the team.. because most football players understand and live by the credo that if a man loses his job due to injury he should at least get a chance to get it back. It would have been different if Dak had played at a level Romo had never reached.. But he didn't.. Romo in his last full season was better than Dak had been that year.. That's just the truth.. so as good as the team was playing with Dak there was chance it could perform even better with Romo. Again, the only way to screw it up would be not to find the answer to that question..

Let's say Dalton somehow puts together a nice 6-1 or 5-2 run against this putrid schedule we face down the stretch while scoring say 20 ppg but the defense suddenly only gives up 17 a game.. other than a couple dozen "Anybody but Dak" fans would anybody really feel like we should just keep Dalton as our QB and dump Dak? I would imagine that most sane fans would see that Dalton was simply the beneficiary of better defense.. but I guess you never know..

 

[Typhus]

Hey @CATCH17 and @PAPPYDOG y'all should listen to the experts.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news-staubach-aikman-back-dak-125207160.html

you should start listening to your own internal self advice.. its instinctual and why you were born with it.

 

[gjkoeppen]

Yeah, they asked a bunch of young guys who were 'cool with Dak' and 'hip to his partying', blinded by the temporary success of the record and the team suffered for it. The last thing they should have done is asked the 'team' which more than played out the last few years.

Except this past off season where Prescott and Elliott were at a party when the virus first started, Prescott wasn't known as a party boy. His rookie year he wasn't out partying and didn't have a reputation of doing so. All you're doing is showing your hatred for Prescott with fake news.
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[gjkoeppen]

That team was like 10-1 when he made his speech.. and had won 10 in a row. I understand why Romo might have felt the need to do what he did.. I just don't think he should have done it. The best thing for the team is for the best players to play. If he was better than Dak then it would have been better for him to play.. Period. If he wasn't then fine.. Anyone who has been around Dak for 5 minutes should have known that giving Romo the opportunity to guide the ship for at least one game was not going to do anything to Dak's pysche. Nor would it have divided the team.. because most football players understand and live by the credo that if a man loses his job due to injury he should at least get a chance to get it back. It would have been different if Dak had played at a level Romo had never reached.. But he didn't.. Romo in his last full season was better than Dak had been that year.. That's just the truth.. so as good as the team was playing with Dak there was chance it could perform even better with Romo. Again, the only way to screw it up would be not to find the answer to that question..

Let's say Dalton somehow puts together a nice 6-1 or 5-2 run against this putrid schedule we face down the stretch while scoring say 20 ppg but the defense suddenly only gives up 17 a game.. other than a couple dozen "Anybody but Dak" fans would anybody really feel like we should just keep Dalton as our QB and dump Dak? I would imagine that most sane fans would see that Dalton was simply the beneficiary of better defense.. but I guess you never know..

For Romo yes there is that unwritten rule of not losing your job to injury but there's also another unwritten rule of not messing with your mojo. Also there was 10 weeks that Romo hadn't played and there very well could have been some rust that could have had an affect on the outcomes of games.
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[CowboyRoy]

There was a time when just about every team's holder for field goals and extra points was their starting QB. It was that way from the 30's until around 1979. The a starting QB got injured on a field goal and missed a couple of games. After that teams started using their backup QB as the holder and that lasted until a backup QB got injured and as it turned out the following week the starting QB got banged up later in the 4th quarter. So then by the 1990's the started having the punters doing the holding.

Parcells tried several players as holder in training camp and the kicker, Nick Folk, told Parcells he preferred Romo so Romo did the holding. It's also been noted that because of not just that muffed snap but because it happened on 8 other times during the season because the league had switched to special kicking balls that the time allotted to scuff up those balls was only 5 minutes and only 1 or 2 got scuffed and the rest were slick like every other new ball. Add in the rainy day and a wet slick ball, and the muff happened. After that season the league gave kicking balls the same time limit as the regular balls for scuffing. Parcells wasn't to blame for that anymore than blaming him for Witten not getting 10 more inches on the play before.\
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Yep, Parcells was a dinosaur and why he was over the hill in his methods when he got here. And why he failed.

 

[RonnieT24]

For Romo yes there is that unwritten rule of not losing your job to injury but there's also another unwritten rule of not messing with your mojo. Also there was 10 weeks that Romo hadn't played and there very well could have been some rust that could have had an affect on the outcomes of games.
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I fully understand not messing with your mojo.. but if they were so concerned about it why did they rest Zeke in the last game of the season and pull Dak after one series. I just think Garrett and Co. handled that situation poorly. If they had done a better job Romo could have had a fairly tale ending.. the Cowboys could have had another Lombardi AND have their QB of the future ready to step in. Talk about a win for everybody!!