A show of hands, blokes, who thinks Romo can play 16, 12 or 10 games?

[TwentyOne]

Fans, I feel as if I am on borrowed time. My ruffian cousin (the real Gimme) is on his way back, so this might be among my final (and thus last) posts.

It has perplexed me no end that tony romo's acolytes believe him to
1. Be good for another 5 years
2. Return to action as if was still on his way here from Eastern Illinois
3. Actually, advance us into the playoffs, this year or any year.

I am curious as to what the consensus might be as for his durability for the 2016 season.

I want to find that special fan who thinks Romo can go through a 16-game season.
10?
8?

I just do not trust the aging mechanism. That is to say I believe Romo to be entering is final season.
The boy is fragile. That cannot be denied.

So tell us how many games Romo will be at. As in on the field.
Be strong, be truthful, be realistic.

To me its hard to be realistic just because right now every hit may be the last for Romo.

It is a guessing game so i chose the golden mean and give him 8 games (yes if he goes down again no playoffs for us).

 

[DejectedFan1996]

10

 

[StarBoyz83]

I say he'll play 14 and miss 2.

 

[rwalters31]

Heart says 16. Head says odds are set at 8... Wentz plays the other 11..

I have posted before that I have Romo going after game 4 and then Wentz takes over and Romo becomes a Dallas coach. In three years Jerry points him head coach and expires leaving the Cowboy nation angry and Cowboy zone expels us all.

 

[BHendri5]

Really or you serious? You and others act like he has never played a full season. You need to look at his career, since he has been a starter there has only been 2 seasons that he has played less than 10 games. That season he played 10 games was 2006 he took over the starting job halfway thru the season. So as the full time starter from game one he has played at least a full season give or take 1,2 or three games. So 2 seasons he has played less than double digit games.

Yes he has been injured but he is not injury prone, he is durable.
You kiddin me?

ROMO will play all 16 regular season games and playoff games and SBs this season and the next and the next, now after the 2018 season I am saying he most likely will retire or something.

 

[DFWJC]

OP makes it sound like a ton of people around here think Romo will play 5 more years.
So, as usual...he's trying to angle his way into disrespecting Romo or anyone who supports him.

But honest question...
Does ANYONE here think confidently he would play 5 more seasons?
I can't recall anyone here EVER ONCE saying that post 2015 season.
Not one person.

As for this coming season, I think the odds are very high that he plays 12-16 games....and ata very high level.

 

[Cowpolk]

14 regular season games and 3 post season games

 

[plymkr]

1. Romo plays 3 more years, 2 at a high level and then he starts to fade.
2. unfair comparison because no player at any position that has played for 10+ seasons, or even 5+ seasons is going to play as if they were coming out of college.
3. Romo is one person on a 53 man roster. He can't single handily make the playoffs for us or take us far in the playoffs. Personally I think that question is more on the defensive side of the ball. Can the defense be a playoff caliber defense? Can Romo be a playoff caliber qb. Absolutely. No doubt in my mind
4. He plays 13 games next season and we win the division and make the playoffs.

I admit fully that I am a Romo backer/apologist. But if people are going to hate on the guy at least be reasonable. Let's look at recent history. at the end of 2013 everyone said Romo was done after 2 back surgeries. He responded with the best season of his career and he was the best statistical qb of 2014. Now everyone is saying he's done cuz of his collarbone. Same song different station.

Putting all the blame on a team's success or failure on one player is unfair. Look at the Broncos this year. In the Super Bowl Peyton did not make a lot of plays to win it. His defense did. In '92 Aikman had the #1 rated defense in the league as well as the league rusher and top flight receiver who are both in the HOF. Michael Jordan never could past the Pistons until Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant got drafted and got few years under their belt.Dan Marino is in the hall of fame and he never won a super bowl, Jim Kelly of the Bills same thing. If the defense holds up their end of the bargain I feel strongly that Romo will deliver

 

[NumOneQB]

O/U 8 games

Give me the under.....

 

[SoBlue128]

Hate to say it but 6-8 games max with another top ten draft pick next year. Hope I am wrong but I can't see him making it through the season without that collarbone snapping again.

 

[Spectre]

I ain't no bloke

 

[rwalters31]

Really or you serious? You and others act like he has never played a full season. You need to look at his career, since he has been a starter there has only been 2 seasons that he has played less than 10 games. That season he played 10 games was 2006 he took over the starting job halfway thru the season. So as the full time starter from game one he has played at least a full season give or take 1,2 or three games. So 2 seasons he has played less than double digit games.

Yes he has been injured but he is not injury prone, he is durable.
You kiddin me?

ROMO will play all 16 regular season games and playoff games and SBs this season and the next and the next, now after the 2018 season I am saying he most likely will retire or something.

My history with injuries and father time have you beat. Romo has gone through to many recovery times and at his age this has a impact on performance. The aging process can be beat only if you can keep the routines up though your physical active life. If you notice Romo's escape routine and quick footed moves are gone and the reason he was injured the last time. So as much as I like Romo as our QB my faith in him lasting though a complete season is not good. A very good running game would help but even with the OL we have Romo is a setting duck waiting for the next injury. We need the next Romo on the team next year and that is why I we need Wentz drafted this year.

PS
Wentz is the real deal

 

[dfense]

Romo is the master of pain tolerance. He will play in games a normal human cannot. All 16.

I predict he will finish the final drive in a game and spit blood in the end zone. Then laugh while pointing at all the fans.

 

[DenCWBY]

He'll be very fortunate if he can last the season. I'll bet he does not start all 16 games, surprised if he'll last that long.

 

[BHendri5]

My history with injuries and father time have you beat. Romo has gone through to many recovery times and at his age this has a impact on performance. The aging process can be beat only if you can keep the routines up though your physical active life. If you notice Romo's escape routine and quick footed moves are gone and the reason he was injured the last time. So as much as I like Romo as our QB my faith in him lasting though a complete season is not good. A very good running game would help but even with the OL we have Romo is a setting duck waiting for the next injury. We need the next Romo on the team next year and that is why I we need Wentz drafted this year.

PS
Wentz is the real deal

I like Wentz, but he is not the real deal, he can like all others can become the real deal. We need Elliot and r
Romo is still elusive, he is not a sitting duck

 

[BHendri5]

haha you guys are too funny when it comes to this subject about Romo

 

[Ringsthething]

OP makes it sound like a ton of people around here think Romo will play 5 more years.
So, as usual...he's trying to angle his way into disrespecting Romo or anyone who supports him.

But honest question...
Does ANYONE here think confidently he would play 5 more seasons?
I can't recall anyone here EVER ONCE saying that post 2015 season.
Not one person.

As for this coming season, I think the odds are very high that he plays 12-16 games....and ata very high level.

Would that be a bad thing for Cowboy fans to do? He has great personal passing stats but has 2 playoff wins in 12 years with the team. Has had a longer run at being a playoff winning qb than any other qb in the Super Bowl era. Yes, the team is worse without him, but, like last season shows, that isn't all bad. When you are really bad you get a chance to draft the best qbs coming out of college to start a better rebuild. Eh?

 

[gimmesix]

Fans, I feel as if I am on borrowed time. My ruffian cousin (the real Gimme) is on his way back, so this might be among my final (and thus last) posts.

It has perplexed me no end that tony romo's acolytes believe him to
1. Be good for another 5 years
2. Return to action as if was still on his way here from Eastern Illinois
3. Actually, advance us into the playoffs, this year or any year.

I am curious as to what the consensus might be as for his durability for the 2016 season.

I want to find that special fan who thinks Romo can go through a 16-game season.
10?
8?

I just do not trust the aging mechanism. That is to say I believe Romo to be entering is final season.
The boy is fragile. That cannot be denied.

So tell us how many games Romo will be at. As in on the field.
Be strong, be truthful, be realistic.

In 2014, coming off back surgery, he started 15 out of 16 games. Before that, he started 15 to 16 games per season, except the other season where he broke his clavicle (2010). In every season he's started except those where he broke his clavicle, he's started at least 13 games.

So unless he somehow manages to break his clavicle again, I feel good about him starting 13 or more.

The first time he broke his clavicle this year was not because he's become a fragile QB, but because of the set of circumstances. He was in a non-protective position trying to reach for the ball he'd lost and was then driven to the ground. The second time was because his clavicle was shattered that first time and not all of the pieces had fully strengthened.

Age and wear and tear eventually get the best of all players, but I don't think we've seen a major pattern with Romo missing much time ... just a couple of years where broken clavicles were the issue. Now, the obvious concern is the strength of that left clavicle since it has been broken (in essence) three times. Hopefully, the procedure he decided to undergo will keep that from being an issue.

 

[DandyDon52]

It depends on how much they have him dropping back to pass, protection, the run game etc.
I dont think he is any more fragile than most other qb's.
But it depends on how many hits he takes.

 

[DogFace]

18