Jerry: Tony Romo will return at some point near the end of the year at the latest

[CVN68_Cowboys]

Ray Lewis knows a lot about winning. He said if Dak is pulled, the team may NEVER get that same chemistry back. We run the risk of derailing a near perfect season for the sake of seeing if Romo still has it? I just think that is not smart and putting individual above team.

If we were 3-4 right now, Romo was healthy and ready to go, and say Dak had 5 TDs and 12 INTs.... I think putting Romo back in would be a solid decision to see if he could improve things.

Listen to yourselves though... We are the BEST team in the NFC!!! Why should we even be thinking about changing anything? Baffling in my eyes.

He also knows a lot about murdering people. ZFG what he has to say about anything.

 

[Kevinicus]

Just out of curiosity, so based on what you saw in this game - absent the OT period - you don't think he's the future of this team? Or do you see something in his game based on the other wins that lead you to believe this?

I'm not saying he's not the future. I'm saying it's entirely too soon to tell and there is a lot of progress that has to be made to get to that point.

Are you saying that Dallas didn't do anything differently or adjust to the pressure but that the Eagles dialed down the pressure and we did absolutely nothing?

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I'm saying the Eagles dialed down the pressure. You'd have to ask them why they did it.

 

[Deep_South]

It would hard to convince me the Cowboys would have trouble adjusting to their QB of the last decade being back on the field. Impossible, in fact.

 

[Diehardblues]

The team is bigger and more important than the legacy of any one player.

But but but... what would that mean to all of the arguments for these last 10 years over Romo?

 

[Aven8]

After not playing for more than a year? In what world does that work out well for Tony or the team? I would rather just have Dak go down with the ship and chalk it up as a learning experience.

In the NFC Championship game?!?!? I pull out all stops to get it! Dak can learn more in the offseason. My point is/was if he's not getting it done. He wasn't for 3.5 quarters the other night, but did in the end thank goodness. I'm 100% for Dak.

 

[JJHLH1]

Did you watch the game, or just look at the numbers (Though, Your stats are wrong, He was 10/16 - 5 of 11 on the last 2 drives of regulation)? The defense got a turnover and Dak did nothing with it. That's 3 of those 10 points. On that TD drive he threw what should have been an interception on a decision that was so bad, the only thing that might top it was his decision to lob to an Eagles defender in the back of the end zone earlier in the game. Following that TD drive he was horrible on a 3 and out, including missing a WIDE open Dez for an easy go ahead TD, giving the ball right back to Philly, giving them a chance to win it.

The drive in OT (when the Eagles backed off) does not eliminate how awful he was before that...right down to the end.

I'm referring specifically to the 90 yard TD drive to tie the game with just over 3 minutes left as well as the 75 yard TD drive in OT to win the game. Both drives were clutch and executed well.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

They are doing what I feel like you should expect them to do. They're winning, things are working, so they're saving Tony and letting him rest more and more and get healed even more before they bring him in when they feel they have to.

 

[Nightman]

I'm referring specifically to the 90 yard TD drive to tie the game with just over 3 minutes left as well as the 75 yard TD drive in OT to win the game. Both drives were clutch and executed well.

And you skipped the 2 drives in between that were horrible......the dropped INT was a terrible decision

 

[toto1939]

I say put Romo in for the last game of the season if we are already guaranteed home field advantage in the playoffs even if we lose the last regular season game...would help protect Dak and also get the rust off Tony in case he is needed - it would have give an indication if Romo can leave the field under his own power after a few hits.

 

[gimmesix]

What it means to me is that if the training wheels fall off, they will roll Romo out there. If not, they will keep moving forward.

If the Eagles had caught the two other interceptions thrown to them by Dak, we might already by finding out if this is true. We can't thank Williams that one of those was not an interception. On the other, the Eagles CB proved just as bad as Scandrick at diving to intercept a pass.

 

[toto1939]

His performance in OT definitely has to be considered, but the way he played during the first 4 QTRs made it crystal clear that he has a very long way to go before being considered the future of this team let alone the best option right now.

I'm not sure we have much success if the Eagles were as aggressive in OT as they were the rest of the game.

The past 10 years of playoff futility makes it crystal clear that your home boy isn't the best option right now for sure.

 

[slick325]

Did you watch the game, or just look at the numbers (Though, Your stats are wrong, He was 10/16 - 5 of 11 on the last 2 drives of regulation)? The defense got a turnover and Dak did nothing with it. That's 3 of those 10 points. On that TD drive he threw what should have been an interception on a decision that was so bad, the only thing that might top it was his decision to lob to an Eagles defender in the back of the end zone earlier in the game. Following that TD drive he was horrible on a 3 and out, including missing a WIDE open Dez for an easy go ahead TD, giving the ball right back to Philly, giving them a chance to win it.

The drive in OT (when the Eagles backed off) does not eliminate how awful he was before that...right down to the end.

Dallas was SO lucky that McKelvin (I believe it was McKelvin) didn't intercept that pass that preceded the game tying TD to Dez. Surprised more analysts haven't mentioned it even in passing when discussing how clutch Prescott was in the final drive in regulation and Overtime. If that is intercepted, I wonder what Jerry is saying on 105.3 The Fan today regarding Romo's health and timetable. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. That pass could have led to a totally different climate on the Zone and probably inside The Star. Game of inches. Happy for that win though but man...

 

[JJHLH1]

The past 10 years of playoff futility makes it crystal clear that your home boy isn't the best option right now for sure.

That's what I don't understand. If Tony had led the team to a Super Bowl or at least an NFC Championship appearance once during his 10 years it might make more sense. The team is playing well right now. Stay the course. Jerry is on the right track with his comments this morning.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

The past 10 years of playoff futility makes it crystal clear that your home boy isn't the best option right now for sure.

And the last 50 plus years of futility should make it pretty clear that we aren't going to win a Super Bowl with a rookie QB.

 

[Kevinicus]

I'm referring specifically to the 90 yard TD drive to tie the game with just over 3 minutes left as well as the 75 yard TD drive in OT to win the game. Both drives were clutch and executed well.

Are you just ignoring the should have been game ending interception on the 90 yd drive? And I guess the drive in between those is just ignored as well? So, if it's good, heap praise and worship...if it's bad, ignore?

 

[Kevinicus]

That's what I don't understand. If Tony had led the team to a Super Bowl or at least an NFC Championship appearance once during his 10 years it might make more sense. The team is playing well right now. Stay the course. Jerry is on the right track with his comments this morning.

That's when I know someone doesn't have a good argument.

 

[Nightman]

Are you just ignoring the should have been game ending interception on the 90 yd drive? And I guess the drive in between those is just ignored as well? So, if it's good, heap praise and worship...if it's bad, ignore?

the first end zone INT was jaw droppingly bad as well.... I hoped he learned from it

 

[JJHLH1]

Are you just ignoring the should have been game ending interception on the 90 yd drive? And I guess the drive in between those is just ignored as well? So, if it's good, heap praise and worship...if it's bad, ignore?

Not ignoring it. That's part of football. It would be like me asking you are you ignoring the dropped TD passes by Beasley and Dez in week 1 - the Cowboys should be 7-0 right now. Either the play is made or it isn't. Dak was going against a stout defense that made Big Ben look bad in their 34-3 thrashing. The bottom line is he got the job done. That's all I care about.

 

[JJHLH1]

That's when I know someone doesn't have a good argument.

Because the playoff record of a 10 year starting quarterback isn't important? Romo is 2-7 in win-or-go-home games. That needs to be factored into any decision and I'm sure it will be. I'll stick with Jerry on this. His comments this morning give me hope they will do the right thing.

 

[DallasEast]

And the last 50 plus years of futility should make it pretty clear that we aren't going to win a Super Bowl with a rookie QB.

Off-topic, but it amuses me how some people (not you) battle against enormous odds every year. Anything's possible. A rookie quarterback may some day win the Super Bowl but the odds are stacked sky high against that happening. Likewise (and the reason for my rant), I enjoy the annual "We could go undefeated!" chant that some fans shout when their team starts the year without a loss. I've been saying "No team will ever go undefeated in today's salary cap free agency parity driven NFL" every season for over 20 years now whenever someone chants the nonsense at me. It's not going to happen but some people love the long odds. I still remember people saying the '07 Patriots would go undefeated. Good times...

/rant