If you had it to do all over with Romo and Dak in 2016

[America's Cowboy]

"but romo hurt my feelings and I cried like a baby after the bobbled kick. Even now I look back and cry about it. Then he started girls and not me and went Hollywood. Dak likes guys like zeke, collins, and me. I like dak. "

You're finally learning!

 

[America's Cowboy]

I'm a fan of any scenario that doesn't involve Dak Prescott being the 2nd highest paid NFL player ever at the time of his contract.

I'm a fan of trolls getting banned for life from this website.

 

[Mk2_Cowboys]

I love Romo but Dak wasn’t the issue against packers .

 

[Illiniferret]

Romo should have been the starter for the playoffs.

 

[treykin32]

We win it all if Romo starts after he recovered from his injury. With Zeke a d the run game forcing lbs & safeties to play up, Romo & Dez would have had a field day.

 

[treykin32]

I love Romo but Dak wasn’t the issue against packers .

Dak was the reason the team was down big early in that game.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Dak was the reason the team was down big early in that game.

No, he wasn't. Stop lying.

 

[black label]

when you have chicken crap you gamble

 

[MarcusRock]

Which makes me wonder, if the starting QB couldn't score a blip against scrubs determined to lose to get better draft position, what would make the FO and HC think that same QB can beat GB?

Maybe you forgot that in that game the starting QB for the Cowboys had scored exactly (and let me quote the official NFL scoreboard ) "0.00" TD vs those Eagles "scrubs"? Not only he didn't score a TD, he looked awful and the Cowboys merely managed to score 3 points until Romo came to the field and gave #4 a free masterclass on how to play QB
Also, you selectively left out the fact that Romo's offense in that possession didn't have Zeke or Tyron Smith or Ron Leary, so.. talk about scrubs!

Or maybe the plan was to not give the Eagles what they wanted and Romo came in a did a final effyoo to Garrett. And since we're not selectively leaving out things, Romo had his chance to beat Green Bay.

 

[StarChamber_33]

Going back to 2016.

Even though Romo probably would have crumbled on the next sack he took, a part of me will always wonder what would have happened if Romo had been given a chance to gain his starting job back during the second half of the 2016 season.

Not saying that there was a chance in hell of that ever happening, but I do believe that if Romo had gotten the opportunity and if he could somehow have stayed healthy for the rest of the season, I do somehow believe he would have taken the Cowboys to the SB.

Something about that one series drive he had against the Eagles that made it look too easy. He looked like he was playing golf.

Knowing now that Dak was going to become just an above average QB, any regrets for not giving Romo one last shot?

Romo had ample opportunity through out his career with the Cowboys to win, but he didn't get it done.. Some of you delusional Romo stans always seem to forget that he was basically an "accident waiting to happen".. Careless turnovers | unforced errors | Balls inexplicably slipping though his hands. ** Sure he had a few good STATISTICAL seasons, but it never carried over into the Playoffs did it?! It was time to move on from him without any regrets because Romo wasn't good enough, healthy or not.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

I'm a fan of trolls getting banned for life from this website.

You would've been banned long ago if that was the case.

 

[nobody]

At the time, Romo was a better QB for sure. But three things prevent me from saying I'd change things: 1) Romo was just too brittle at that point, and 2) Dak had the locker room, and 3) Like was stated before, our defense wasn't gonna stop Rodgers. Romo could play lights out and it wouldn't have mattered.

Unfortunately it was Romo's time. If he hadn't have tried to make something out of nothing in a freaking meaningless Preseason game he wouldn't have gotten hurt and things might have been different, but he did. Fate, I guess.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Going back to 2016.

Even though Romo probably would have crumbled on the next sack he took, a part of me will always wonder what would have happened if Romo had been given a chance to gain his starting job back during the second half of the 2016 season.

Not saying that there was a chance in hell of that ever happening, but I do believe that if Romo had gotten the opportunity and if he could somehow have stayed healthy for the rest of the season, I do somehow believe he would have taken the Cowboys to the SB.

Something about that one series drive he had against the Eagles that made it look too easy. He looked like he was playing golf.

Knowing now that Dak was going to become just an above average QB, any regrets for not giving Romo one last shot?

I said it in 2016. I was screaming mid season. when Romo is healthy, he needs to play. there has never been a rookie who has won the superbowl or been to one. there is a reason. specially a rookie 4th round pick. so it was Jones' mistake. They were seeing $s, they were seeing Jersey's fly off the rack. they were making money and Dak had to stay in to continue the money rolling in. Romo, with that team would have had us in better position, specially with an imbecile coach like Garrett.

Romo should have become the starter.

 

[DallasEast]

No rookie has ever won a Super Bowl, so Romo should have been given his job back in the playoffs. Plus seeing Dak lead the Cowboys to a 13-3 record would have motivated Romo.

I truly believe that if Romo was allowed to start in the playoffs, we would have won the SB that year.

It's amazing how Garrett always talked about creating competition, but didn't Dak and Romo compete against one another. Because as they say.... pressure creates diamonds.

Bold was fact before 2016, in 2016, after 2016 and if-and-until a rookie quarterback does help their team achieve the goal.

Injuries do not happen according to timetables. If they did, Prescott would have been able to predict and avoid having his right foot swing around like a wet noodle at the end of his leg two years ago. The injury argument remains faulty:

• Rookie quarterback is the backup quarterback
• Veteran starting quarterback gets injured
• Rookie backup quarterback becomes the starting quarterback
• Rookie backup quarterback performs amazingly well during the first half of the season
• Veteran starting quarterback deemed medical fit to return to active roster

It is now decision time concerning the veteran quarterback. Do you:

a) Risk having your veteran starting quarterback sustain another possible on-the-field injury
or
b) Not risk having your veteran starting quarterback sustain another possible on-the field injury
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What actually happened was Jones and Garrett DID assumed the risk of allowing Romo to play against Philadelphia. "But But But! It was a meaningless game! But But But! He played against scrubs! But But But! He played one series!" Yada yada yada. Injuries occur only in real games, right? Scrubs never hurt another player, right? Injuries happen according to timetables, right?

In real life, Jones and Garrett did not want upsetting team chemistry because they thought (as others did also) that Prescott was the difference maker in a Super Bowl run. They gambled. They lost. Prescott performed well against the Packers. Personally, I do not fault him. I will always blame the decision makers 100% for taking the gamble of a Super Bowl run headed by a rookie quarterback.

Both could have taken another gamble. Take the chance of Romo not getting hurt. However, injures do happen. Romo had gotten injured before. Did that possibility exclude not starting Romo? Nope. Romo gets hurt. What are your options?

You replace paralyzed Romo with his freaking backup! Let's say Romo was not allowed to return to the active roster until the playoffs. Hypothetically, when would Romo get carried off on a stretcher? The first series? Oh hell! Too bad. Tough break. Better put Prescott back in. He has all game long to help the team beat the Packers. Right?

Second quarter injury? The backup quarterback has an entire half to beat Green Bay. Right?

Third quarter injury? Is the game out of reach already? Did Romo throw three touchdown picks during the first half before becoming a quadriplegic? Crap. Teams never rally from large deficits in the playoffs. They do? Oh. May as well let the backup quarterback salvage the game. Right?

Fourth quarter injury? No time for heroics from the backup quarterback. Right? Game over man. Game over. Man. Things would have turned out differently if Jones and Garrett had only started the rookie quarterback in the first place.

Whatever. Maybe Belichick, perhaps the best head coach in NFL history, can overcome the odds with a rookie quarterback, reach the Super Bowl, and possibly win it. Brady would be so jealous.

Oh wait.

/rant

 

[Vtwin]

Arguably the biggest mistake of the Jones era.

Rookie QB operating from a baby seat in the back = zero chance to go all the way.

Veteran QB operating the best offense he had throughout his career = legitimate chance to go all the way.

There was no downside to giving Romo the job back. If he gets hurt... you go back to Dak.

I'll take it one step farther and say that 2016 was probably the worst thing that could have happened to Dak from a non-financial perspective. He got way to much credit for driving the Ferrari to a great regular season and once the anointing oils started flowing he, to use his own expression, started smelling himself.

And here we are....

 

[shabazz]

He retired because they didn't give him his starting position back .

like a hot dog without a bun….

 

[NotForLong]

At the time, Romo was a better QB for sure. But three things prevent me from saying I'd change things: 1) Romo was just too brittle at that point, and 2) Dak had the locker room, and 3) Like was stated before, our defense wasn't gonna stop Rodgers. Romo could play lights out and it wouldn't have mattered.

Unfortunately it was Romo's time. If he hadn't have tried to make something out of nothing in a freaking meaningless Preseason game he wouldn't have gotten hurt and things might have been different, but he did. Fate, I guess.

Lol you forgot Momentum. . . then you would have all the talking points

The ones all you Dak Kool Aid Drinkers needed to justifythe idiotic decision of not putting Romo back in.

You figured the Downside was maybe not going deep in the playoffs of 2016. . . but the Upside was a Future Great Dak

Fools will believe anything

 

[ElGatoGrande]

2016 was yet another Jones blunder that not only hurt their chances for the subsequent years but also disrespected a Cowboy great,,, Jerry seems to do that a lot.

 

[JonesBoys]

Romo probably would have got hurt again after a game or two anyway. His body was done.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Arguably the biggest mistake of the Jones era.

Rookie QB operating from a baby seat in the back = zero chance to go all the way.

Veteran QB operating the best offense he had throughout his career = legitimate chance to go all the way.

There was no downside to giving Romo the job back. If he gets hurt... you go back to Dak.

I'll take it one step farther and say that 2016 was probably the worst thing that could have happened to Dak from a non-financial perspective. He got way to much credit for driving the Ferrari to a great regular season and once the anointing oils started flowing he, to use his own expression, started smelling himself.

And here we are....

2016 is STILL, 6 seasons later, Dak's best year in terms of efficiency and doing things right.

He is now in his prime chasing the ghost of his rookie season when, if you are a talented QB, you'd have surpassed your rookie season 10 fold by now.

2016 set us on a path for failure for the foreseeable future.