Memories of better times - 6 minutes of Romo to TO

[ghst187]

Good stuff. I was at the Houston game sitting second row directly behind our bench 40’yard line and we started yelling to put Romo in. Parcells clearly took our advice because Bledsoe was sucking. Ok not sure about the last part, but the rest is true.
We REALLY wasted greatness having Romo and TO...they were almost unstoppable. I truly believe had Terry Glenn been healthy in ‘07, we beat the NYG in the playoffs and probably NE in the super bowl.

 

[G2]

Now I know why you're on ignore. Back in the basement with you. Someone shows any video of the past and people make up agendas that aren't there but yet expose their own - Dak lover and Romo hater. Gotcha!!! Whatever you say!!

The important word here is "past." I supported Romo when he played and always liked the "underdog" in him, but this belongs in the appropriate thread.

Labelling someone a Dak lover is ignorant at best, he's at least the current QB. You would thing more fans would be supportive.

 

[dckid]

Romo derangement syndrome!!

 

[dckid]

Better times? And we won what again?

Where's the Aikman to Harper videos? Lol.

We didn’t win jack!!! Romo was a good QB like Dak. The discussion ends there.

 

[75boyz]

Good stuff. I was at the Houston game sitting second row directly behind our bench 40’yard line and we started yelling to put Romo in. Parcells clearly took our advice because Bledsoe was sucking. Ok not sure about the last part, but the rest is true.
We REALLY wasted greatness having Romo and TO...they were almost unstoppable. I truly believe had Terry Glenn been healthy in ‘07, we beat the NYG in the playoffs and probably NE in the super bowl.

Have no idea if Terry's full health would have ultimately contributed towards an eventual championship that year, but I know the '07 squad was and has been the best team since the last SB and it's not even close.

 

[Section446]

So crazy seeing a real QB fling it around, we haven't had one of those in a long time.

 

[DallasEast]

Haven’t seen criticism of QBs yet in this thread, only that the period was not better times.

Okay.

 

[Kolemmitt]

So crazy seeing a real QB fling it around, we haven't had one of those in a long time.

I know October feels like it was a long time ago, but it really wasn't.

 

[Kolemmitt]

You guys arguing Romo v Dak are missing the point. This franchise is lucky that we have found two very good franchise QBs that have kept us kinda relevant for almost two decades, with so little investment.
If you want to talk about better days, talk about the early 90s. Not just because of Aikman, I think he would have the same issues that Romo and Dak have had if he had played with those teams and those staffs, but because we were almost 100% led by the vision of one brilliant, relatively young, hall of fame coach. His vision drove the offense, it drove the defense, it drove special teams, it drove scouting.
After he left we had Jerry's vision and it fell apart rapidly. For the last 15 years or so we have had leadership by a committee of old, veteran coaches mixed in with "Jerry's Landry" of the moment, all led by Jerry and Stephen. Its just not a winning formula. How many great teams have been built with such a hodgepodge of leadership?
But go back to debating between the 2 QBs that are really two of the few shining spots we have had over the last two decades.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Haven’t seen criticism of QBs yet in this thread, only that the period was not better times.

So it is really a Romo is better than Dak thread. Got it.

You just admitted to putting this particular video to bring out haters. That’s an agenda. This should also be in the history forum.

And there it is.....making up someone else's agenda to serve your own.

 

[InTheZone]

Did you notice when the play clock was visible, it was always ticking down to one second?

Seemed to be a trait of Romo's.

I would always question the speed of the play being sent to him because it seemed they never had a lot of time during or after the huddle. Who knows

 

[InTheZone]

Best qb I've seen play for dallas. But Jerry screwed him like hes starting to with dak. Failing to put a team around the qb.

So many resources have gone to Dak to give him weapons now the other parts of the offense are falling apart and the d still needs help.

Now Dak wants more than the cowboys offered, lets not act like Dak isn't playing his role in screwing over the long term success of his team.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Every time any member suggests our current quarterback has sustained greater unnecessary criticism than his predecessor, I think of negative replies to threads like these.

Selective amnesia... because from the time Romo took over until he limped off the field, he got ALL the smoke.

 

[Qcard]

Five Facts about Romo

1. Great Underdog story
2. Average Success as a Franchise QB
3. Average Leadership ability
4. Pathetic Off-season Conditioning and Fitness regiment - Golf
5. Nothing more than Ring of Honor

No agenda I love Romo. I was at the Preseason game where Romo took his first NFL QB snap.
We were shocked at how excited the team was when this undrafted rookie took the field.
Romo was special but had an average to below average Success for a Franchise QB.

Nothing more than a Ring of Honor inductee.

 

[GenoT]

And they won how many Super Bowls...? I’ve lost count.

 

[blueblood70]

thats great but Romo to most Wrs were great to watch i mean dez had 75TDS, Whitt nearly as many.

odd just about all of them had career years with romo but not hollows yards, TDS..

hes my Favorite QB of all time here an di know that will rub a lot the wring way but "hes my QB"

 

[blueblood70]

Why Harper? Irvin was the primary receiver.

Plus, if winning is what we want, then we need to show Smith tearing teams apart behind a strong line, and a No. 1 defense stopping the opponent, to go along with Aikman to Irvin/Harper/Novacek. Aikman was a better quarterback than many here give him credit for being, but he couldn't have carried the teams we've had since he retired any further than our past two QBs have.

good comment..i agree..

when you get to play with a TEAM full of HOF players and coaches you have better chance at total team success as an induvial..Troys numbers were very pedestrian in the RS and very very average, not HOF worthy AT all compared to the greats, this was ES team, the OL, the defense, the kickers, and all the coaches TOGETHER made them individually appear great..hes in the HOF because of team success and the playoff runs, if they went by his stats alone he would be down there with forgotten QBs..

Tony, Dak, and Zeke and even Murray plug them in to those teams and im betting we are having a different conversation about their careers..

 

[dfense]

Why Harper? Irvin was the primary receiver.

Plus, if winning is what we want, then we need to show Smith tearing teams apart behind a strong line, and a No. 1 defense stopping the opponent, to go along with Aikman to Irvin/Harper/Novacek. Aikman was a better quarterback than many here give him credit for being, but he couldn't have carried the teams we've had since he retired any further than our past two QBs have.

Once Aikman lost the Playmaker, his days were numbered. They were never the same team again.

 

[Creeper]

***! At about the 2:07 mark, did you see the Giants DB punch TO way after the TD? I wonder if they called a penalty for that?

Anyway, TO was a great combination of size and speed.

As for the Romo controversy, Romo was a really good QB, but not without flaws. I still remember him single handedly throwing away a game against the Lions and another against the Jets after the Cowboys took big leads in both games. As good has Romo could be, he could be just as bad. At the end of his career Jerry really had no choice but to replace Romo with Dak. Romo was just too injury prone. Every time he got hit he broke something. The Cowboys were lucky Dak turned out to be as good as he was in 2016.

 

[blueblood70]

Did you notice when the play clock was visible, it was always ticking down to one second?

Seemed to be a trait of Romo's.

called reading defenses , i know novel concept we miss sometimes..notice how fast the ball came out, its because he already knew where he was going with the ball many times before the snap..