Video: Is Tony Romo a Hall of Famer? Jesse Holley says

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I'm not sure if he has a case or not but I am sure of a few things.
1) He was a lot better than most want to admit. Public perception was largely swayed by the hatchet job the media did on him after the botched hold in Seattle.
2) Is there another time in history that there were so many HOF QB's active? It has to Manning(s), right?. Wilson came in the middle of his run. Plus other very good QB's like Rivers or guys like Flacco that got hot at the right time. I mean that's just bad timing. To get an MVP during those years, you are going to have to be on SB winner. Like the great players that played during the Jordan era who were overshadowed.
You left out 3 of the best
Brady, Rodgers, Brees...even Ben
 

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26 QBs are in the Hall of Fame. Not 260. Romo is not making the cut. Looking at how exclusive the QB list is, I'm starting to doubt Eli will get in. If he does, it will be VERY late in his eligibility.

Troy Aikman 1989-2000
George Blanda (Also PK) 1949-1958, 1960-1975
Terry Bradshaw 1970-1983
Len Dawson 1957-1975
John Elway 1983-1998
Brett Favre 1991-2010
Dan Fouts 1973-1987
Otto Graham 1946-1955
Bob Griese 1967-1980
Sonny Jurgensen 1957-1974
Jim Kelly 1986-1996
Bobby Layne 1948-1962
Dan Marino 1983-1999
Joe Montana 1979-1994
Warren Moon 1984-2000
Joe Namath 1965-1977
Ken Stabler 1970-1984
Bart Starr 1956-1971
Roger Staubach 1969-1979
Fran Tarkenton 1961-1978
Y.A. Tittle 1948-1964
Johnny Unitas 1956-1973
Norm Van Brocklin 1949-1960
Kurt Warner 1998-2009
Bob Waterfield 1945-1952
Steve Young 1985-1999
 

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26 QBs are in the Hall of Fame. Not 260. Romo is not making the cut. Looking at how exclusive the QB list is, I'm starting to doubt Eli will get in. If he does, it will be VERY late in his eligibility.

Troy Aikman 1989-2000
George Blanda (Also PK) 1949-1958, 1960-1975
Terry Bradshaw 1970-1983
Len Dawson 1957-1975
John Elway 1983-1998
Brett Favre 1991-2010
Dan Fouts 1973-1987
Otto Graham 1946-1955
Bob Griese 1967-1980
Sonny Jurgensen 1957-1974
Jim Kelly 1986-1996
Bobby Layne 1948-1962
Dan Marino 1983-1999
Joe Montana 1979-1994
Warren Moon 1984-2000
Joe Namath 1965-1977
Ken Stabler 1970-1984
Bart Starr 1956-1971
Roger Staubach 1969-1979
Fran Tarkenton 1961-1978
Y.A. Tittle 1948-1964
Johnny Unitas 1956-1973
Norm Van Brocklin 1949-1960
Kurt Warner 1998-2009
Bob Waterfield 1945-1952
Steve Young 1985-1999
Agree. It would be tough.

He needed more years.

If you take the top 25 QBs all time and time-adjust their QB rankings, nearly every one those players have already made the HOF. Romo would be between 11th and 15th on that list, btw....depending on how it is calculated.
Every single player ahead of him or anywhere near him is a current HOFer or certain future one (Brady, Rodgers, etc).

But again, with no ring, you need to play way longer than he did. 2 huge strikes.
 

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Agree. It would be tough.

He needed more years.

If you take the top 25 QBs all time and time-adjust their QB rankings, nearly every one those players have already made the HOF. Romo would be between 11th and 15th on that list, btw....depending on how it is calculated.
Every single player ahead of him or anywhere near him is a current HOFer or certain future one (Brady, Rodgers, etc).

But again, with no ring, you need to play way longer than he did. 2 huge strikes.

Yeah he needed one or the other to make it a valid argument.

Seeing that Simms is not in yet makes me believe Eli will have a difficult time making it.
 

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The argument against “Plunker” is pretty easy... he wasn’t any good. Didn’t even make a single Pro Bowl.
Things aren't as black & white as a few short sentences on a message board. Like a lot of players, the situations you are put in greatly determine your "success" regardless of your personal talent. I think you could easily make the case that his early career was greatly defined by the situations he was put into. Personally, I think the fact that he overcame them to have success late in his career shows a lot of resolve. If you watched him play, he tended to play his best in the clutch. Hard for me to see how a two time SB winner & one SB MVP isn't enough for HOF consideration regardless of overall stats.
 

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This is the Daily Troll by the Dak slobberers :facepalm:
We really can’t find any fake Dak propaganda stats on Twitter anymore, can we? Everyone on this forum knows Tony isn’t going to make the Hall of Fame, but yeah let’s have a bunch of brainless Dak slobberers blow off some steam against their strawman.

Lmao. A post that has that 0.0000000% to do with Dak, you make it about Dak. You are pathetic one in the top 3 of the worst people who post. You spew your agenda in any thread on here about a man. Newsflash, its the deadest part of the offseason and we run out of stuff to talk about it, hence this thread.

Everyone knows he won't make it? Lmao. Riiiiiight. Plenty of people think he will make it and believe he is deserving. Quit spreading a false narrative for your sole intention to bring up Dak and spew your agenda.
 

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Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honour a definite yes. Hall of Fame sadly no.

It might be a simplistic way to analyse but I ask myself could the history of the Dallas Cowboys be discussed and written without mentioning the impact that Tony Romo had on the franchise? In my view the answer is no. He has to be included.

I ask myself the same regarding the history of the NFL and in my view yes it can be told without the inclusion of Tony Romo. Had the franchise been run as efficiently as it has been over the past 5 years and had he been coached by anyone decent during the same period of time then there's every chance that he would be in the Hall of Fame.
 

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Agree. It would be tough.

He needed more years.

But again, with no ring, you need to play way longer than he did. 2 huge strikes.
agreed. He's in that weird "hall of very good" where reputation and accolades wise he's about 80 to 85% of the way there but really needed some longevity to give him that extra boost

Kind of like Frank Gore and Philip Rivers. They're in that very good bracket but with their insane longevity will get over the hump and get in.
 

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Yeah he needed one or the other to make it a valid argument.

Seeing that Simms is not in yet makes me believe Eli will have a difficult time making it.
I disagree because Eli won 2 SBs to Simms 1, and Eli will end up top 10 in both career TD's and career yards, and Simms was never that high in career categories. I'm not an Eli fan by any stretch, but I think he is a sure thing to make the HOF.
 

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I can understand the lack of playoff success as a big factor against Tony's playing career merits for the HOF. I'm ok with the Hall of Very Good. You are still talking a very small % of NFL QB's getting recognized at that level.

Maybe the strongest endorsement for him was that other players wanted to watch him play. I have heard several opposing players saying they were watching when not on the field. They knew something magical could happen. St. Louis first down on the snap over his head. Incredible OT win against KC (Miles' breakout game), Punctured lung game against SF, any of the seemingly endless spin away from defenders (including JJ Watt), etc.
 

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it is called the hall of FAME lol not hall of great players or champions lol.
Tony was the most famous qb while he played, and now will be famous as a broadcaster.
It is also about what a guy does for the nfl and game of football, so I can see tony getting in someday.
 

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Anybody that wears a Cowboy’s uniform is a HOF. No other teams matter. Case closed.
 

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"The NFL is a meritocracy". These are the words of Tony Romo himself. So based on this, Romo is not a HoF'er.

it’s the Hall of Fame. Not the hall of stats.

and Tony Romo is famous.

everyone knows who Tony Romo is.
 

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26 QBs are in the Hall of Fame. Not 260. Romo is not making the cut. Looking at how exclusive the QB list is, I'm starting to doubt Eli will get in. If he does, it will be VERY late in his eligibility.

Troy Aikman 1989-2000
George Blanda (Also PK) 1949-1958, 1960-1975
Terry Bradshaw 1970-1983
Len Dawson 1957-1975
John Elway 1983-1998
Brett Favre 1991-2010
Dan Fouts 1973-1987
Otto Graham 1946-1955
Bob Griese 1967-1980
Sonny Jurgensen 1957-1974
Jim Kelly 1986-1996
Bobby Layne 1948-1962
Dan Marino 1983-1999
Joe Montana 1979-1994
Warren Moon 1984-2000
Joe Namath 1965-1977
Ken Stabler 1970-1984
Bart Starr 1956-1971
Roger Staubach 1969-1979
Fran Tarkenton 1961-1978
Y.A. Tittle 1948-1964
Johnny Unitas 1956-1973
Norm Van Brocklin 1949-1960
Kurt Warner 1998-2009
Bob Waterfield 1945-1952
Steve Young 1985-1999


lol Romo ain't getting into the HOF. Why is this a question.
 

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I disagree because Eli won 2 SBs to Simms 1, and Eli will end up top 10 in both career TD's and career yards, and Simms was never that high in career categories. I'm not an Eli fan by any stretch, but I think he is a sure thing to make the HOF.
Same here, not a fan at all but if we're being honest you have to look at him never missing a single game except when his ******* HC benched him for a game. That's significant.
 
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