The Jedi label was because he was elusive in the backfield. He might of ultimately not got it done in the Playoffs like the current quarterback, but even when he was one hit away from retirement he was still elusive. Can't take that away from him.
I just have to say, I agree, but, yes, there’s a butt. You can’t expect any quarterback to make it in the playoffs without help on both sides of the ball. Every time we’ve made it, the defense didn’t match the offense .
I think every fan as the right to critique any player on the current roster. It doesn't matter if the player is a quarterback, linebacker, running back, etc. What some of the Dak homers didn't realize was despite them posting endless propaganda threads on here, Dak got more hate than he would've otherwise, because of their hypocrisy and their willingness to bury other players that some fans like for the sake of propping their guy up. Then to go after cowboys Royalty like Aikman, Emmitt, and Irvin because of something to do about Dak, that seemed like the ultimate low. We heard crazy things like Aikman was average; that Dak would've won three superbowls on those teams and done better. That Emmitt had some sort of deminished mental capacity from taking one to many hits on the head, when he critized Dak, etc. Even Jimmy got some shade for saying that he wouldn't have re-signed Dak to that rideculous contract. The Irony is that Dak homers despite trying to change people minds ended up making people hate Dak more.
Elusive? Didn’t he get hurt in a preseason game trying to be elusive which essentially ended his career?
Where..in your eyes...was it Romo that failed us?
It’s funny though these same rules didn’t apply to Romo. You wouldn’t dare “criticize” Romo lol.
I expect you to say the same thing when bashing Romo.
Romo same nationality as most the fans in Dallas that live in and around the area. They tell me they had their hero and no one‘s taking him away from them. And that’s what it should not come down to.
Why do you keep typing and only continue to prove yourself irrational? One example of a player getting hurt who gets tackled from behind and lands awkwardly on his back due to it doesn’t nullify the many times previously where he was elusive.
Earlier in his career, whenever he threw down field my heart was in my throat, because it seemed like there was a 50/50 chance of an interception. The last 3 or 4 years though, I had a lot more confidence in his decision making.
Dak is C-3PO: An immobile, whiny robot who blames everyone but himself, when things go wrong.
I chalk this up to nothing more than repetitive media slant enforcing their confirmation bias in the minds of gags of the games. I believe Romo’s worst interception ranked season was when he threw 19 picks in one season early in his career where he threw an anomalous five picks in one game. Manning, Brees, and Brady had those games and multiple four pick games as well. The difference is obviously they had teams that competed for and won SBs and also had many more opportunities to update the narrative, one that happens with all QBs. Romo was far from a pick machine in the playoffs. In fact, he was pretty good at protecting the ball from interceptions in the limited set of games.
IMO, Troy had the luxury of having a put together team from the coaching staff to one of the best O-line in NFL history, which led to the NFL's leading rusher and a good set of WRs...not to mention the TE. And the defense was GREAT. Troy benefitted from that and as he should. Not to say Troy was trash cause he wasn't. But a superstar only because of the team around him. Not a QB that can put a team on his back
I think a lot of my concern was because the camera just followed the ball from Romo's hand, through the air, with no picture of where the receiver was until it got there. I'm talking only about the long bombs, of course. Showing the arc of the pass made me nervous as to what was waiting at the other end. But as I said, the last few years I had more confidence.
We aren’t talking about the other years. We are talking about him when he was 34. At 28 or 29 he for sure was elusive…well I don’t know if I’d call it elusive. Vick and Randall Cunningham were elusive. I don’t know if I’d call Romo elusive. He had great pocket awareness though.
Aikman didn’t walk in with an already made team though. He had to develop with trash around him and youth.
No, there is no “we” in this. No one limited Romo’s elusiveness to when he was just 34. Only you.
Romo's ability to sense pressure when he had no way of actually seeing it was almost spooky good...hence the Jedi title. He also seemed to mind-trick defenders at time with his escapes. He was never fast in doing it.
Exact reason he couldn't carry a team. Neither Romo or Dak had a FULL team whether walked into one or built. They were always missing something....coaching, key position players, entire units.
