A thought about Romo

[VCDefectors]

I was just thinking about which of Romo's two seasons would be harder to get geared up for going into the next season:

1. 2006-07: The Seattle fumble
2. 2007-08: The Giants letdown

Man, you talk about a QB who's had to deal with a lot of adversity in a short period of time. But which of the two seasons would you say it would be harder to come back from? Your thoughts.

 

[jmac]

neither one should be hard for romo because neither one of the losses had to do with his QB play. the seattle loss was the bobbled snap and the giants loss was crayton's drop and his not running out his route on 3rd down at the end. Romo is just fine.

 

[LowTech]

The only thing Romo should get from that is incentive. He knows how close we are. Time to push it just a little harder.

 

[The Panch]

Probably both since they're each on his resume. Overall, people felt sorry for him after the Seattle game, but there's a lot of folks who blame his poor play this time on having a personal life. mehh. I blame it on him simply needing to grow up and mature his play. I think games like Philly and the Divisional Round should help him learn. I'm still not gonna be a believer of this team until they can stop playing mediocre in December and January, but I still have faith in Tony. It's only been two years and they already got him in the class of Peyton before winning the SB last year as an all time choker. If he starts slumping late again next year, then I'm gonna be pissed. But until then, I'm just gonna wait and see.

 

[danny0812]

Maybe if i saw him on the field as much as i do in commercials id feel better. he is on tv way too much IMO. Look at the season Brady had without doing all the commercials. Amazing the commercials ****** (manning/romo) are also 2 of my favs but wnet 1 and done. Lets concentrate on football this year. And you can blame alot of things on him in the giants debacle. Yes crayton couldve made a couple of big plays there but Tony looked overmatched. He looked defeated the whole second half. I personally think the red carpet has unraveled a lil too quickly for Tony. Hoping this is the year he breaks out of it or we will have to call him Danny White.

 

[AdamJT13]

I was just thinking about which of Romo's two seasons would be harder to get geared up for going into the next season:

1. 2006-07: The Seattle fumble
2. 2007-08: The Giants letdown

Man, you talk about a QB who's had to deal with a lot of adversity in a short period of time.

That's not a lot of adversity at all. And the entire list of the adversity he has faced as a starter wouldn't be much longer than that -- certainly not as long as most quarterbacks who have started only 28 career games. He is, after all, 19-9 as a starter.

But which of the two seasons would you say it would be harder to come back from? Your thoughts.

I'd say the Seattle fumble is more difficult. That was a simple play that he flubbed -- like a basketball player missing a layup at the buzzer, costing his team the win. (Yes, I know we still might have lost.) The Giants game was just a typical loss -- we didn't play well, and we lost. If we had played well, we almost certainly would have won. I think that's much easier to bounce back from.

 

[Dave the Sicilian]

I was just thinking about which of Romo's two seasons would be harder to get geared up for going into the next season:

1. 2006-07: The Seattle fumble
2. 2007-08: The Giants letdown

Man, you talk about a QB who's had to deal with a lot of adversity in a short period of time. But which of the two seasons would you say it would be harder to come back from? Your thoughts.

I think it was more difficult to come back from the Seattle fumble and he did it. And very well :
But now it's finally time to grow up...and I believe in Tony

 

[Yeagermeister]

Seattle......him dropping that snap was the reason our season ended.

NY was pretty much a team effort in suckage :laugh2:

 

[TDHND]

3rd times a charm? bring us that 6th ring baby.

 

[THUMPER]

Seattle......him dropping that snap was the reason our season ended.

I disagree. Our defense completely sucked in that game and even if we would have made the FG it is highly likely that Seattle would have simply marched right down the field and scored anyway, just like they had earlier.

I also believe that if Gramatica could have at least gotten in the way of the defender coming around the far side, Romo could have scored a TD or at least gotten the first down at the 1 yard line. Romo came very close to turning a disaster into a great play because he was alert. I don't fault him on that play and in fact thought he made a great move to recover from it.

Everyone makes mistakes from time to time but it is how you react to them that is important. His 5-INT game against the Bills is a prime example of that.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

LOL! It's his girlfriend, now he does too many commercials...whats next he showers too often and that is why the team was 1 and done?

lmao! Some people.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I disagree. Our defense completely sucked in that game and even if we would have made the FG it is highly likely that Seattle would have simply marched right down the field and scored anyway, just like they had earlier.

I also believe that if Gramatica could have at least gotten in the way of the defender coming around the far side, Romo could have scored a TD or at least gotten the first down at the 1 yard line. Romo came very close to turning a disaster into a great play because he was alert. I don't fault him on that play and in fact thought he made a great move to recover from it.

Everyone makes mistakes from time to time but it is how you react to them that is important. His 5-INT game against the Bills is a prime example of that.

That defender was Hamlin I believe and he outweighed Grammy by about 60 lbs. He would have just been a bump in the road. lol

 

[Yeagermeister]

LOL! It's his girlfriend, now he does too many commercials...whats next he showers too often and that is why the team was 1 and done?

lmao! Some people.

It's because he wears his cap backwards. :laugh2:

 

[hendog]

That defender was Hamlin I believe and he outweighed Grammy by about 60 lbs. He would have just been a bump in the road. lol

Actually I think the defender was Jonathan Babineaux. But I don't think it matters who it was unless it was PeeWee Herman. I think Grammy might be able to block him.

 

[Doomsday101]

I was just thinking about which of Romo's two seasons would be harder to get geared up for going into the next season:

1. 2006-07: The Seattle fumble
2. 2007-08: The Giants letdown

Man, you talk about a QB who's had to deal with a lot of adversity in a short period of time. But which of the two seasons would you say it would be harder to come back from? Your thoughts.

I don't think he is going to have a hard time coming back at all. Things do not always go as planned ask Peyton Manning. Romo is a pro he will get himself ready for the upcoming season and do his best to get the Cowboys back to the top and put the past season behind him.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Maybe if i saw him on the field as much as i do in commercials id feel better.

Seattle was tough. But there was more than one reason we lost. Its been convered on this forum ad naseum.

• Parcells game plan
• Glenn Fumble
• Lack of TO involvement
• etc... etc...

New York - this team came close to pulling it out in the end... but this team was not the team it was for the first 12 games of the season or so...

Bottom Line: Romo is great and unique in his ability to handle pressure and media... but they found chinks in that armour (he brought it on himself)

Romo is already at a crossroads

1. Either choose football and only football during your career OR
2. Choose football and everything else along with ALL THE DISTRACTIONS

If he choose 2 we will always be good... but not good enough

 

[Yeagermeister]

Actually I think the defender was Jonathan Babineaux. But I don't think it matters who it was unless it was PeeWee Herman. I think Grammy might be able to block him.

He tried but was to far out of position and didn't have enough rocks in pocket.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Maybe if i saw him on the field as much as i do in commercials id feel better. he is on tv way too much IMO. Look at the season Brady had without doing all the commercials. Amazing the commercials ****** (manning/romo) are also 2 of my favs but wnet 1 and done. Lets concentrate on football this year. And you can blame alot of things on him in the giants debacle. Yes crayton couldve made a couple of big plays there but Tony looked overmatched. He looked defeated the whole second half. I personally think the red carpet has unraveled a lil too quickly for Tony. Hoping this is the year he breaks out of it or we will have to call him Danny White.

Eli was a commercial ***** too. Didn't hurt him too much. And that loss to NY was not Romo's fault. Well thrown balls were dropped by Fasano, TO and Crayton. And Crayton gave up on a play that might have changed the team's destiny. Romo was under tremendous pressure in the second half. Was he perfect? No. But the great Tom Brady didn't do too well against that same pass rush either, did he? To "blame a lot of things on him in the giants debacle" is a bit short-sighted. Of all the things that went wrong that day, Romo's play is nowhere near the top of the list. As long as Tony Romo is healthy, quarterback is a strength on the Dallas Cowboys.

 

[Doomsday101]

Eli was a commercial ***** too. Didn't hurt him too much. And that loss to NY was not Romo's fault. Well thrown balls were dropped by Fasano, TO and Crayton. And Crayton gave up on a play that might have changed the team's destiny. Romo was under tremendous pressure in the second half. Was he perfect? No. But the great Tom Brady didn't do too well against that same pass rush either, did he? To "blame a lot of things on him in the giants debacle" is a bit short-sighted. Of all the things that went wrong that day, Romo's play is nowhere near the top of the list. As long as Tony Romo is healthy, quarterback is a strength on the Dallas Cowboys.

I agree. Dallas did not lose that game because of Romo, there were plays for the taking and guys did not come up with the plays. Was Romo perfect no but all this BS about distraction is ridicules only people making an issue of it are those that play no part in the game i.e. fans and media. Romo knows his job but can't do it alone others in that game failed to come up with the plays and TO not being up to full speed clearly made the Giants job a bit easier

 

[BehindEnemyLinez]

I'm sure that personally he took the Seattle game harder than the Giants' one. While he's been under more scrutiny (mainly b/c of his personal life) this season I don't think that made him take this past postseason's loss any harder. Like many have stated previously, neither were TRULY all on him and w/ his confidence in himself I'd be shocked if he didn't bounce back and bring #6 to Big D!