Dak, like Romo, is a garbage stat QB

[dfense]

This says a lot about Romo and his teams...

Yeah, 2014 to 2016 would have been his golden years. Everything started clicking for Romo offensively. He smoked his discs on the winning drive against the WFT. Then he gets hurt for 2015, then forced out after that. I like the 5 worst picks video thrown in there. I'd post a few videos of Romo magic, but we don't have all day.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Yes, it was @America's Cowboy that always uses that excuse for Romo when at the same time Dak is out making commercial all over the freaking country...what is the difference?

No, not the same. Dak makes commercials like Romo used to. He's not out going Hollywood, showing up sunburned while going to outdoor concerts a day before a game or going to Cabo during the playoffs.

 

[HonoluluCowboy]

Dak seems to be similar to Romo in being a QB who puts up good stats and wins against average teams and also puts up good stats against good teams but it seems to be late game catchup stats which ultimately come up short after falling behind early.

SO true

 

[5Stars]

No, not the same. Dak makes commercials like Romo used to. He's not out going Hollywood, showing up sunburned while going to outdoor concerts a day before a game or going to Cabo during the playoffs.

If that is true, then why does Dak stink as much as you say Romo stinks. You have no clue what Dak does in his off time and just because Romo did something why do you always try to compare the two? Because you know Romo is 10 times the QB Dak will ever be, and it hurts you, but I do understand.

 

[America's Cowboy]

This says a lot about Romo and his teams...

CHOKEMO TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!


How about this historical CHOKER fact?

6 TURNOVERS IN ONE GAME!!!!



No one can beat that!

 

[America's Cowboy]

If that is true, then why does Dak stink as much as you say Romo stinks. You have no clue what Dak does in his off time and just because Romo did something why do you always try to compare the two? Because you know Romo is 10 times the QB Dak will ever be, and it hurts you, but I do understand.

No, the facts about the Choker hurts you.

 

[5Stars]

No, the facts about the Choker hurts you.

Who always brings Romo into a convo about Dak? Uh, that would be YOU every time so you can try and change the suckness of Dak to Romo...that is your agenda. I know you are hurting, but I promise you will overcome and see the light someday.

 

[SultanOfSix]

CHOKEMO TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!


How about this historical CHOKER fact?

6 TURNOVERS IN ONE GAME!!!!



No one can beat that!

Romo actually led the team back to win that game against Buffalo in overtime despite five interceptions and a fumble.

Romo took chances earlier in his career. This resulted in a number of picks. The fact is, many times he had to due to the awful defenses he was stuck with. The Monte Kiffin led defense was one of the worst I've ever seen.

Jerry Jones, et al, killed Romo's possible Cinderella story more than Romo ever did.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Who always brings Romo into a convo about Dak? Uh, that would be YOU every time so you can try and change the suckness of Dak to Romo...that is your agenda. I know you are hurting, but I promise you will overcome and see the light someday.

Who responds everytime to protect Romo?

You and your Dak attackers.

 

[5Stars]

Who responds everytime to protect Romo?

You and your Dak attackers.

I don't protect Romo, he is gone and it seems you still can't get it. I attack Dak because he deserves it, he is an over paid bum. Now, don't blow a fuse I know it hurts you, but with some therapy you can get better...good luck.

 

[btcutter]

CHOKEMO TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!


How about this historical CHOKER fact?

6 TURNOVERS IN ONE GAME!!!!



No one can beat that!

But Dallas won that game against Buffalo.

 

[5Stars]

But Dallas won that game against Buffalo.

She does not want to hear that! Be nice, she is hurting.

 

[DFWJC]

But Dallas won that game against Buffalo.

Yeah....kind of kills the choker part, for that game.

Actually ended up having the game-winning drive after all of that chaos.

One of the best things about him is that is was so rare that he would have more than one bad outing in a row. I'm sure it might have happened, but it was very rare. And never a streak of 3-4 bad ones. Always rebounded

Old news though

 

[zeke21]

This is unbelievable.. I remember when we had to create a whole new 'Zone' to discuss the QB because the Dakstans had convinced themselves he was better than our potential HOF proven A grade QB.. and the arguments are the same.. the result is the same.. I could go back and bring up the same posts that predicted this EXACT future. Dak has NEVER been the answer. Dak was NEVER as good as Romo.

We cost ourselves a chance at a SB when we kept Romo benched for this fraud bus driving QB.

Romo could throw some picks.. he was a gunslinger.. you are what your are! I'd prefer a gunslinger than the current limp wristed, noodle arm idiot we have behind centre. Newsflash.. some of those picks from Romo were when he was chasing yet another win in a 'shoot out' caused by the fact that we had historically BAD defences.. Romo never benefitted from the defence getting 6 turnovers a game.. no.. he got stuck in 40+ point shoot outs.. and then gets blamed when, often on the run and desperate, he tossed up passes looking for miracles.

I would have had Romo come in the MINUTE he was healthy and I said that then and i"ve said it every day since. Dak isn't fit to be in the same discussions as Romo. Dak was handed a finely tuned race car.. finely tuned BY Romo.. and Dak kept it on the track.. fark how I'd love to turn back time and avoid that PS injury to Romo.. I think, TB style, he'd probably still be playing and loving this team around him.

Watching Romo engineer a drive was glorious.. now we just sit and pray Dak doesn't screw the pooch. We don't expect greatness from our current QB.. we just hope he doesn't play like complete trash. Oh and Dak got us to 11-5 right? Ummm no.. our defence got us to 11-5..

Romo was chronically underrated by some and the single biggest mistake this organisation has made was leaving him on the bench for Dak. I hope Jerry Jones rolls over with nightmares every.single.night at the thought of what he let happen.

I could put tape up of Dak regularly missing wide open receivers 6 yards in front of him.. WIDE OPEN and from a clean pocket... no way you find that on Romo. Romo was NOT perfect.. but he was a damn good QB and we flushed him down the toilet because of jersey sales.

 

[5Stars]

This is unbelievable.. I remember when we had to create a whole new 'Zone' to discuss the QB because the Dakstans had convinced themselves he was better than our potential HOF proven A grade QB.. and the arguments are the same.. the result is the same.. I could go back and bring up the same posts that predicted this EXACT future. Dak has NEVER been the answer. Dak was NEVER as good as Romo.

We cost ourselves a chance at a SB when we kept Romo benched for this fraud bus driving QB.

Romo could throw some picks.. he was a gunslinger.. you are what your are! I'd prefer a gunslinger than the current limp wristed, noodle arm idiot we have behind centre. Newsflash.. some of those picks from Romo were when he was chasing yet another win in a 'shoot out' caused by the fact that we had historically BAD defences.. Romo never benefitted from the defence getting 6 turnovers a game.. no.. he got stuck in 40+ point shoot outs.. and then gets blamed when, often on the run and desperate, he tossed up passes looking for miracles.

I would have had Romo come in the MINUTE he was healthy and I said that then and i"ve said it every day since. Dak isn't fit to be in the same discussions as Romo. Dak was handed a finely tuned race car.. finely tuned BY Romo.. and Dak kept it on the track.. fark how I'd love to turn back time and avoid that PS injury to Romo.. I think, TB style, he'd probably still be playing and loving this team around him.

Watching Romo engineer a drive was glorious.. now we just sit and pray Dak doesn't screw the pooch. We don't expect greatness from our current QB.. we just hope he doesn't play like complete trash. Oh and Dak got us to 11-5 right? Ummm no.. our defence got us to 11-5..

Romo was chronically underrated by some and the single biggest mistake this organisation has made was leaving him on the bench for Dak. I hope Jerry Jones rolls over with nightmares every.single.night at the thought of what he let happen.

I could put tape up of Dak regularly missing wide open receivers 6 yards in front of him.. WIDE OPEN and from a clean pocket... no way you find that on Romo. Romo was NOT perfect.. but he was a damn good QB and we flushed him down the toilet because of jersey sales.

Damn, this post hurt me, I cannot wonder what the Dak crowd is thinking. Also, Romo actually coached Dak during his rookie season while Garrett benched Romo and that was when Dak had a great season.

I remember when Romo told Jessie Holley on the sideline, we are going to do this...and BAM, Romo hit him for a TD and he did that play behind what the play call was going to be...that is how smart Romo was. However, Dak is better than Romo...I guess. lol

 

[zeke21]

Damn, this post hurt me, I cannot wonder what the Dak crowd is thinking. Also, Romo actually coached Dak during his rookie season while Garrett benched Romo and that was when Dak had a great season.

I remember when Romo told Jessie Holley on the sideline, we are going to do this...and BAM, Romo hit him for a TD and he did that play behind what the play call was going to be...that is how smart Romo was. However, Dak is better than Romo...I guess. lol

Yep those Dakstans never appreciate that Dak had Romo still guiding him and the team in that rookie year.. which still remains Daks 'best' year. How the fark can't they see that?! Your best year is your rookie year.. a year in which teams don't have tape on you.. you are handed a fully primed SB team.. you have the best young RB in the league this putting up 100+ per week without blinking.. one of the smartest QBs in the league in your ear telling you how to play and analysing the defence..

All Dak did (and you can go back and watch it) was hand off to Zeke until the D came up to stop it and then Dak would complete mid range passes that would then get a heap of YAC because of the 1 safety look to drive up his passing stats. It was simple and effective. It was actually perfect for the situation and I had no problem with it.

Then Romo should have come back in to week 12.. opened up the full play book and finished off the season with a deep play off run and possible SB.

Then I would be singing Daks praises.. he did a GREAT job in coverage.. we would have had this 'back up' on the bench.. our QB2 situation would be sorted.. it could have all been amazing.

Instead our FO was hoodwinked and coach was a buffoon.. who threw away an elite QB for a rookie.

I'm not surprised that Dak has never reached the heights of his rookie year again.. not one bit. Dak is the luckiest man in football bar none. A truly charmed NFL career.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

No, not the same. Dak makes commercials like Romo used to. He's not out going Hollywood, showing up sunburned while going to outdoor concerts a day before a game or going to Cabo during the playoffs.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Oh, did he not choke three times in the playoffs?

Why not enjoy the good parts bruh? Did you fall asleep late in these games? I know...this hurts. But it's for your own good!

 

[khiladi]

Tony Romo had a play caller, who in NY, proved once again he couldn’t field a running game to save his life. It wasn’t just defense it was an offense predicated solely on Romo trying to make a play that ruined this franchise for years.

Just to put in perspective, even in the 2007 year, which was supposedly an all-time great roster for the Cowboys and a record-setting one offensively, well into October, the Dallas Cowboys LED THE LEAGUE in yards to go on third down at 8.6 yards. This was even more than awful offenses like KC and SF. The offensive DVOA rating of the Cowboys on 3/4th down despite this fact was a whopping 90%, second only to Pittsburgh at only 44.9%. If you go by passing only, Dallas rating was 133.1%, with the Jets at second at 61%.

What this clearly indicates is Jason Garrett in charge of the passing game was garbage from day 1 and Romo was being asked to constantly bail out the offense in third and longs. This type of play would not even be close to sustainable, especially in the NFL, and it actually became more and more obvious by the end of 2007 when Romo couldn’t even get the passing record against an awful Commanders team on the last game of the season. This is exactly what happened when Garrett took charge of the offense from day 1 and it wasn’t simply because of a ‘high ankle sprain’ by TO that the offense started suffering.

However, that third-down performance is totally and completely unsustainable, and when it comes back to earth, the Cowboys will not look as formidable as they do now. No team has ever put up a third-down passing DVOA over 100%. Only three teams have ever been over 75%: the 1999 Rams (76.4%), the 2004 Vikings (88.7%), and the 2006 Colts (93.1%).

There is a reason Wade Phillips wanted Dan Reeves here. Again why was it so bad…

2) Why are the Cowboys in third-and-long so much? Let's look at rushing on first downs:

Julius Jones: 30 carries, 104 yards
Marion Barber: 22 carries, 202 yards

Dak-stans lie to themselves when they claim Romo as playing in the same circumstances to prop up their mediocre QB. If any QB from day 1 as a full time starter was required to carry a franchise, it was Tony Romo.


https://www.footballoutsiders.com/extra-points/2007/fun-dallas-third-down

 

[zeke21]

Tony Romo had a play caller, who in NY, proved once again he couldn’t field a running game to save his life. It wasn’t just defense it was an offense predicated solely on Romo trying to make a play that ruined this franchise for years.

Just to put in perspective, even in the 2007 year, which was supposedly an all-time great roster for the Cowboys and a record-setting one offensively, well into October, the Dallas Cowboys LED THE LEAGUE in yards to go on third down at 8.6 yards. This was even more than awful offenses like KC and SF. The offensive DVOA rating of the Cowboys on 3/4th down despite this fact was a whopping 90%, second only to Pittsburgh at only 44.9%. If you go by passing only, Dallas rating was 133.1%, with the Jets at second at 61%.

What this clearly indicates is Jason Garrett in charge of the passing game was garbage from day 1 and Romo was being asked to constantly bail out the offense in third and longs. This problem became more and more obvious after 2007. This is exactly what happened when Garrett took charge of the offense and it wasn’t simply because of a ‘high ankle sprain’ by TO.


[qupte]However, that third-down performance is totally and completely unsustainable, and when it comes back to earth, the Cowboys will not look as formidable as they do now. No team has ever put up a third-down passing DVOA over 100%. Only three teams have ever been over 75%: the 1999 Rams (76.4%), the 2004 Vikings (88.7%), and the 2006 Colts (93.1%).

Again why was it so bad…



Dak-stans lie to themselves when they claim Romo as playing in the same circumstances to prop up their mediocre QB. If any QB from day 1 as a full time starter was required to carry a franchise, it was Tony Romo.


https://www.footballoutsiders.com/extra-points/2007/fun-dallas-third-down[/QUOTE]
Nailed it.

And then when Romo did get enough power to dictate things.. or enough sway with the Jones'.. we spent the years building an OL.. then we made DeMarco Murray look half decent and Romo was gunning but still only had 1 half legit WR in Dez.

God.. what would Romo have done with a rookie Zeke? Even now.. a healthy Romo playing with Zeke and Pollard.. with Cooper, Gallup, Lamb, Wilson as targets.. eeeek.

Anyway that time is long gone. But excellent post.. nails what Romo had to endure during his career.. the fact that he was still considered elite despite the slop around him most of the time.. speaks volumes.