Twitter: Romo comments on losing his starting job to Dak

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Romo told Jerry he would help Jerry pick the next QB when he thought it was time. Romo definitely thought he had at least 2 years left before his body gave out.

I think Garrett was looking at riding the Dak wave to another contract extension. That meant Romo had to go. I thought it was time to move on as well. Dak won the job by the time Romo was healthy enough to play.
 

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He found out when he asked for an open competition for the job and was told no. He was better than Dak, no other reason to not have that competition.
Reasonable people can have different thoughts on whether that competition should have been allowed, but it's false to say there was no reason for the decision the Cowboys made. Romo was aging and therefore even if he could have stayed healthy, he was not a long term plan. That alone wouldn't have been a reason for the decision, but given the repeated health problems with Romo, the issue was highlighted. At the end of the 2016 season, Romo had been injured 3 of the last 6 times he had played in a game (1 being a preseason game), and those injuries caused him to not be available for the team the majority of 2015 and 2016. With the team having found what appeared to be a viable longer term player for the position, it was not at all unreasonable to decide that continuity in the offense was important, and therefore not risk having that continuity continually interrupted by health issues with Romo. Every team has to make a decision on when to move on from an aging player, and while the Cowboys hadn't expected that time to come with Romo at the point it did, they found what they felt was the right time given all the circumstances.

Again, a reasonable person may disagree with the team's decision, but that doesn't mean the team didn't have a viable reason for its decision.
 

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Teddy B ain't of Dak's caliber and Romo surely wasn't of Brees caliber.

You're mixing up the point.

NO had won 5 straight games and were considered the top team along with SF at the time.

If you apply the same "you don't mess with a run like that" Bridgewater remains the starting quarterback. That didn't happen.

That's the point the poster was making.
 

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:facepalm: I dont know how anyone could think that after watching Wentz beat the Cowboys with WRs off the street. You switch those two QBs for that game and I would bet Wentz wins with Dallas.

It’s because we've seen both guys play, over the course of four full seasons now, and Dak has outproduced Wentz across the board.
 

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I find it hard to understand that he was being selfish. He was the starting QB. Typically, you don't lose your job to injury, but as a team, they were winning. No one knows what would have happened if Romo was allowed to compete or even get on the field. To me, they should have opened up competition because it is always healthy. At the end of the day, the 2016 season went down into flames losing to GB. It would have been really interesting to see Romo on the field with Zeke in the backfield......

You don't have QB competition during the middle of the season. Way too busy getting ready for your weekly opponent. But having said that, I was a bit surprised how strongly they locked in on Dak as the starter. By that, I mean I thought they'd ride Dak as far as they could into the playoff but if/when he hit a wall, they'd turn to Romo and his experience to close. In other words, I was surprised Dak wasn't on a short leash during playoff coz inexperience.
 

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I bet if you ask the players at the time they most likely wanted to keep rolling with Prescott because the wins were coming.
 

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You're mixing up the point.

NO had won 5 straight games and were considered the top team along with SF at the time.

If you apply the same "you don't mess with a run like that" Bridgewater remains the starting quarterback. That didn't happen.

That's the point the poster was making.
There's no correlation. Teddy Bridgewater ain't Brees. Teddy B wasn't why they were winning those games. Let's don't kid ourselves here.
 

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Not sure Dak critics will ever accept it but he makes pretty clear it was the right decision. To me, it simply BAD LUCK for him but amazing things turn out. He now has a lifetime job, better than football and more money. Maybe he should send Dak a thank you card ....(LOL).




Wait, is he talking about the Cowboys winning 11 games in a row in Dak's rookie year?

Yah, the trolls still haven't gotten over that one. Even their hero Romo acknowledges how elementary the obvious decision was to go with Dak.
 

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Natural born loser. It was time to put him out to pasture. The Garrett of quarter backs. Good riddance.
 

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He found out when he asked for an open competition for the job and was told no. He was better than Dak, no other reason to not have that competition.

Sad that you actually cant think of any other reasons.
 

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There's no correlation. Teddy Bridgewater ain't Brees. Teddy B wasn't why they were winning those games. Let's don't kid ourselves here.

But the team was winning and playing at a high level. You don't mess with that was the point the poster made, but NOs did.That is the direct correlation, but you're always arguing a different point to suit your anti Romo agenda.
 

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Reasonable people can have different thoughts on whether that competition should have been allowed, but it's false to say there was no reason for the decision the Cowboys made. Romo was aging and therefore even if he could have stayed healthy, he was not a long term plan. That alone wouldn't have been a reason for the decision, but given the repeated health problems with Romo, the issue was highlighted. At the end of the 2016 season, Romo had been injured 3 of the last 6 times he had played in a game (1 being a preseason game), and those injuries caused him to not be available for the team the majority of 2015 and 2016. With the team having found what appeared to be a viable longer-term player for the position, it was not at all unreasonable to decide that continuity in the offense was important, and therefore not risk having that continuity continually interrupted by health issues with Romo. Every team has to make a decision on when to move on from an aging player, and while the Cowboys hadn't expected that time to come with Romo at the point it did, they found what they felt was the right time given all the circumstances.

Again, a reasonable person may disagree with the team's decision, but that doesn't mean the team didn't have a viable reason for its decision.

Good post OV......
 

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He found out when he asked for an open competition for the job and was told no. He was better than Dak, no other reason to not have that competition.

Yes, there was a reason to not have that competition. You create division within the team. The players start to chose sides. No good coach would have agreed to that type of request. The coach is in command and shouldn't let the players wishes dictate what happens to the team. I'm not even sure Romo actually requested an open competition. Seemed more like pure speculation.
 

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If Romo was younger and not as beat up as he was in 2016, he'd take the job back from Dak. Unfortunately, it was time for Romo to retire.
 

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You don't have QB competition during the middle of the season. Way too busy getting ready for your weekly opponent. But having said that, I was a bit surprised how strongly they locked in on Dak as the starter. By that, I mean I thought they'd ride Dak as far as they could into the playoff but if/when he hit a wall, they'd turn to Romo and his experience to close. In other words, I was surprised Dak wasn't on a short leash during playoff coz inexperience.

I think there is a lot of competition that goes on during the season, otherwise you would have the same starting lineups every week barring injuries.
 
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