After running Romo out of town. This front office deserves this

[btcutter]

yes FO believed in dak but Romo was FINISHED.

FO was too blinded with trying to squeeze another 2-3 years out of Romo. They should have traded up from #4 to secure the franchise QB.
Giants will also regret this same move they just did by drafting Barkley instead of franchise QB.

 

[Galian Beast]

I agree with everything but "easy" schedule. It is a strange thing to say to me personally when every team in the division plays the same schedule except two games.

It was an easy schedule. I said it then and I'm saying it now. The only decent team we played, we lost to. Both Green Bay and Pittsburgh were struggling when we played them.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

And even though I'm off the Dak train it was still the right decision to start him over Romo in 2016.

 

[Clove]

I really wish now that 2016 never happened. It was fools gold and this staff is getting what they deserve.

When they fired Jimmy Johnson, and his players got old, they've sucked since. Jerry is getting what he deserves from doing that.

 

[Philmonroe]

It was an easy schedule. I said it then and I'm saying it now. The only decent team we played, we lost to. Both Green Bay and Pittsburgh were struggling when we played them.

Nah I don't use they were struggling stuff they were both playoff teams. People like you like saying the schedule is easy I don't believe in that. We just see things differently on that front.

 

[Gator88]

And even though I'm off the Dak train it was still the right decision to start him over Romo in 2016.

It was pretty clearly the wrong decision.

 

[Coy]

I really wish now that 2016 never happened. It was fools gold and this staff is getting what they deserve.

Mods, how can I like this a thousand times?
Thanks

 

[Galian Beast]

Nah I don't use they were struggling stuff they were both playoff teams. People like you like saying the schedule is easy I don't believe in that. We just see things differently on that front.

I mean I can probably find you video of announcers talking about those teams from around the time we played them. They were absolutely struggling.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

Nah I don't use they were struggling stuff they were both playoff teams. People like you like saying the schedule is easy I don't believe in that. We just see things differently on that front.

But they did, objectively, have a weak schedule that year. I don't remember exactly where it ended up being when it was all said and done, but it was in the easiest fifth or the league or around there.

They were the only team in the league to play a 1 win, 2 win and a 3 win team. And the AFC North was the worst division in the AFC.

 

[Philmonroe]

I mean I can probably find you video of announcers talking about those teams from around the time we played them. They were absolutely struggling.

I'm not saying they weren't but I don't look at schedules like that. Both them teams were playoff teams so I look at them as good. It isn't like we blew out the Steelers so even if they were struggling we were in the most of a big winning streak and almost lost. I think we won comfortably against GB though.

 

[Galian Beast]

I'm not saying they weren't but I don't look at schedules like that. Both them teams were playoff teams so I look at them as good. It isn't like we blew out the Steelers so even if they were struggling we were in the most of a big winning streak and almost lost. I think we won comfortably against GB though.

We weren't as good as our record suggests is my point. People got caught up in a winning streak instead of looking at why we were winning. It wasn't the QB.

 

[khiladi]

Dak looked like garbage against the two good defenses we played that year.. Minnesota and the Giants...

 

[Philmonroe]

But they did, objectively, have a weak schedule that year. I don't remember exactly where it ended up being when it was all said and done, but it was in the easiest fifth or the league or around there.

They were the only team in the league to play a 1 win, 2 win and a 3 win team. And the AFC North was the worst division in the AFC.

I disagree but this is something we all will just have to agree to disagree on.

 

[khiladi]

They deserved this when they sabotaged Wade and fired him mid-season while Garrett’s offense had 19 TOs in 8 games...

 

[kevm3]

The Romo fanfiction is getting tiring. What would have Romo and Garrett done together? We've seen nearly a decade of them together. Romo wasn't able to finish preseason. If Romo really wanted to play football, he'd have joined with the Texans or some other team.

 

[Everson24]

The Romo fanfiction is getting tiring. What would have Romo and Garrett done together? We've seen nearly a decade of them together. Romo wasn't able to finish preseason. If Romo really wanted to play football, he'd have joined with the Texans or some other team.

He never wanted to play anywhere else. He said that he would retire before going to another team. The hairline fracture in his vertebra had fully heald and he had surgery that off-season to shorten his clavicle which should have made it more difficult to break. He already knew how to manage his disk issue. We saw him play great that year.

He just wanted a chance to win his job back and Garrett denied him that opportunity.

 

[Zman5]

If you want to play this game, I would go farther and say I wished 2014 never happened. If we would have had an average season that year, I think JG would have been let go.
Instead, he got a contract extension.

 

[DallasEast]

Another Romo thread auto-attracting standard illogical injury counter arguments. Once again (but far from being the last time):

Going into 2016, Romo was the starter and Prescott was a backup along with Moore. Romo and Moore were preseason injury casualties. Prescott started and had a historic September and October run for a rookie quarterback. Romo was medically cleared to return as starter beginning November. At this point, the decision-makers (a.k.a. Jones and Garrett) had multiple logical options:

1. Start Romo. Sit Prescott. If Romo's performance sucked, sit Romo. Start Prescott.
2. Start Romo. Sit Prescott. If Romo became a quadriplegic, roll Romo onto a gurney. Start Prescott.

Short list. What actual real-life event happened?

Romo essentially retired mid November because the decision-makers decided two things:

1. The franchise had better odds of winning an NFL title with a rookie quarterback, a feat never accomplished in league history.
2. The franchise would transition to another permanent starting quarterback with a zero backup plan at the position beyond the mid-season mark of 2016.

Question: What is the perpetually unquestionable irony of the entire situation?

Answer: Peers, media members and portions of NFL fanbases completely supported Jones and Garrett's decision-making--the exact same two individuals who are ridiculed incessantly for not making logical decisions for the team.

 

[Motown12]

When I was in the Army I worked in the S3. I would arrange training sessions for our battalion like shooting ranges and the such. The nature of my job was that I would generally work 3-6 months in advance. When I asked to be moved out of the S3, everyone continued to give credit to my supervisor up until the day he needed to schedule a grenade range, but didn't get the right kind of grenades, practice grenades, nor did he reserve a range safety officer.

Basically, you can't fake it in life. You almost always get figured out. Prescott averaged 229 yards per game in his rookie year. Which was fine for the most part because the team didn't need him to do much more. The problem was we had a very weak schedule and you could see this kid's ceiling. Certainly wouldn't release a HOF caliber QB for him. It would have benefited Prescott to sit and watch Romo for 3 years or so. Not sure that would have turned him into an NFL QB, but he would probably be better than this.

First off I always appreciate anyone who served our country in the Military and this is not about how good/bad Dak is. But sit and watch Romo for 3 years? Romo had heart, grit, and was tough. But come on, his body was breaking down and just like they do with S. Lee now, he had to have rest days during the week in hopes his back would hold up for each game. It had nothing to do with his toughness, it happens. And while it's becoming clearer by the day just how much Romo carried this team including the HC, he won exactly two playoff game's. Is that all his fault? Absolutely not but "HOF Caliber?", let's not get carried away.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

As magical as it was I agree with you.

We’ve had teams primed and ready but we can’t throw the football.

We blamed Dez and at the age of 29 we deemed him washed up when in reality it had nothing to do with him.

32 NFL teams don't agree with you!