Absolutely dumbfounded by the Romo disrespect

[Sarge]

For me, it's not about disrespect, it's about what Dak is doing. You are seeing history in the making here. There is no question in my mind about it.........again, with all due respect to Romo. Dak has "it".

 

[Cowboys22]

I have been posting a opinion of mine for about 3 years now which is that there is no one currently associated with the team with the exception of Stephen Jones that will still be associated with the team the next time the Cowboys win a super bowl. I now no longer hold that opinion and it is 100% due to Dak Prescott. In fact, I now think a super bowl is possible as early as this year. It's not Dak's arm or his talent. It's everything about him that screams winner. I just have full confidence that he will find a way to get it done and will not have a let down in big games like we are used to in the Romo era. It may not happen this year but at some point very soon, I expect him to take this team to a championship.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Everyone is on an emotional high. They don't use logic. Trading Romo is illogical.

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[PA Cowboy Fan]

I have been posting a opinion of mine for about 3 years now which is that there is no one currently associated with the team with the exception of Stephen Jones that will still be associated with the team the next time the Cowboys win a super bowl. I now no longer hold that opinion and it is 100% due to Dak Prescott. In fact, I now think a super bowl is possible as early as this year. It's not Dak's arm or his talent. It's everything about him that screams winner. I just have full confidence that he will find a way to get it done and will not have a let down in big games like we are used to in the Romo era. It may not happen this year but at some point very soon, I expect him to take this team to a championship.

For the first time in a long time, I can see our future and I like it. Hopefully I can finally change my signature this year.

 

[slick325]

I agree with the OP there has been a level of disrespect shown to 9. But it's expected since everyone always likes the shiny new object or toy.

I believe Romo will win back his spot. Once he is back practicing he will do exactly what he did the last time he was the team's 2nd string QB...dice up the 1st team defense like tomatoes and onions going into Dez Bryant's soup. I think everyone remembers Darren Woodson saying he knew Romo was going to be the starter because he was killing the 1s in practice. And that was a young inexperienced Romo. This defense is playing well but I have no doubt at all that Romo is going to kill them in practice. The media and the players will likely tell the stories and it will force Garrett and the staff to make the change.

Nothing like good competition.

 

[haleyrules]

I have been posting a opinion of mine for about 3 years now which is that there is no one currently associated with the team with the exception of Stephen Jones that will still be associated with the team the next time the Cowboys win a super bowl. I now no longer hold that opinion and it is 100% due to Dak Prescott. In fact, I now think a super bowl is possible as early as this year. It's not Dak's arm or his talent. It's everything about him that screams winner. I just have full confidence that he will find a way to get it done and will not have a let down in big games like we are used to in the Romo era. It may not happen this year but at some point very soon, I expect him to take this team to a championship.

Agreed 100%. This is a different Cowboy club and on the verge of doing great things. Bank on it. The F.O just needs to stiffen that Defense a bit and its a SB guaranteed. The parts and more important the will and real ability is there.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I’m not dumbfounded. There’s likely to be some disrespect anytime a QB, even a popular QB, is replaced by the shiny new toy. And Shango said it best about Romo after the injury against Seattle…I’m tired of all of the drama involving Romo.


I think that speaks for many Cowboys fans.


Of course, a lot of it wasn’t Romo’s fault. Jerry Jones loves the drama as well. And by the same token, much of the drama wasn’t Jerry’s fault either. But either way, it’s been taxing on many Cowboys fans and all we have to show for it are 2 playoff victories.


Then you have the fact that he plays for the Cowboys coming into play. Quite frankly, to many Cowboys fans when they see Romo they see Danny White (I was always a fan of White). But many of them are used to Staubach and Aikman. So in a sense, the fanbase has been programmed to see Romo as a Danny White or a Don Meredith and sees Dak as a Staubach or Aikman.


I think some Romo fans have revisionist history about him. They tend to believe that Romo was some super accurate thrower of the ball who never made a bad read. That’s not what I saw in Romo here. I thought he was darn good, but not elite. And unfortunately, some very bad coaching didn’t help him at all.


But again, we’ve won 2 playoff games in Romo’s career coming from an organization with 5 Lombardi trophies. And for now, not only are we winning games, but we are winning games convincingly and doing it without the drama. After a while that may cause some Cowboys fans to be resentful of Romo…far more than he ever deserved.





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[PA Cowboy Fan]

Remember at one time Romo was the shiny new toy. It happens.

 

[YosemiteSam]

If you don't like drama, get out of the Cowboy's kitchen.

 

[slick325]

Remember at one time Romo was the shiny new toy. It happens.

Romo was the shiny new toy replacing a guy who made his chops elsewhere thus there was no cache for him in Dallas. Bledsoe does not have anywhere near the equity Romo has in the Dallas community, in franchise history with teammates in Dallas, or with ownership.

Big difference. Had Romo been the shiny new toy following Troy then he would have had a tough time with the fan base. Much tougher than Prescott is having. And yes...I realize Troy won 3 chips so that places him in rare air League wide but especially in Dallas. But...Romo is a franchise QB as well.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

I've posted my feelings in another thread, but now with the media and our own fans calling for trading Romo? Just unbelievable, how knee-jerk, and honestly how painstakingly dumb people can be.

Like I've said before, I'm not claiming that Dak is not the future, I'm not claiming that what Dak has with this team isn't special, but are we watching different games? Dak is excelling because we have built a TEAM around him that is making it incredibly easy for him to do what he is doing. Finally the team AROUND the qb is special and if you insert any random/decent QB on this team with this o-line, Elliot, Beasly, Witten and co. along with a defense that's going to hold GB to 16 points at home, a lot of average to above average QB's would see the success Dak is seeing.

Dak's success is not unlike RG3's or Nick Foles, who came in to the league and lit it on fire. They had their organizations thinking of 5+ years of SB contention. I'm not saying that this is going to happen to Dak, but what happened to those hot shot rookies? DC's figured out their tendencies, game planned accordingly and these super-stars became very ordinary, very fast. Did Bill Belicheck throw out Brady for Matt Cassel because Cassel was playing good ball when Brady was out? No, he traded him for value and watched his career go up in flames in a system outside of NE. I'm not implying that Romo is Brady or that Dak is Cassel (Dak actually has a future here), but you don't throw out your proven QB when a new QB has just proven that you have a good system outside of the QB.

We can not afford to not see what Romo has left, we owe him that and the organization owes itself that. Romo has 1 or 2 years left? What is going to happen when those 10 yard cushions to hit Beasly over the middle disappear come playoff time and we go 1 and out? Are we going to just forever wonder what if? What if it was our veteran behind center that has seen 10 seasons of different defenses, with tape on him, who have schemed for him, and he's still played at an elite level?

After everything Romo has given for the team, you don't just throw him away for the new toy. It's honestly a no win situation. Either way the organization decides to go this season, their is controversy (where their shouldn't be). Keep Dak, well Romo could have won it all. Put in Romo, what a dumb move Dak could have won it all. This is going to be an emotional rollercoaster and one hell of a distraction, as it always seems to be with Dallas.

This post is horrible on several fronts imo. I understand the message. It's been stated ad nauseam on this board but here it could have been stated better. I start to wonder are you a fan of THE DALLAS COWBOYS or Tony Romo? Is your solution to just immediately insert Tony Romo?
1. Your thread is about the disrespect of Tony Romo and then you IMMEDIATELY do everything in your power to blatantly disrespect and undermine Dak Prescott. Great Job!! 2. So if any Bozo can create the energy and execute the offense the way Dak has why hasn't this happened before? Why has our record been so ****** without Romo with essentially the same team? We've even had several key injuries this year? I'll wait? Are you confident in starting Sanchez and having the train keep moving without losing a step? Right!!?? I can understand you advocating for Romo although I disagree with that line of thinking. You just have a backhanded ****** way of doing it that only adds to the "disrespect" that you're arguing against.

 

[swj010]

Just trust the coaches. Now that everyone recognizes that Garrett, Linehan and Marinelli are actually doing good things, it's time to trust their judgment on who to start. And don't start the b.s. that Jerry is going to jump in and decide over their objections. Elliott is reported to be a Garrett choice and Stephen Jones has openly credited JJ as the one who pushed to draft Prescott. Most important, they all want to win. So, let's trust those who know the team and the players the best to decide who should be the starting QB. After all, Charley Casserly said it doesn't matter. Either QB would win with this team.

 

[benson]

This post is horrible on several fronts imo. I understand the message. It's been stated ad nauseam on this board but here it could have been stated better. I start to wonder are you a fan of THE DALLAS COWBOYS or Tony Romo? Is your solution to just immediately insert Tony Romo?
1. Your thread is about the disrespect of Tony Romo and then you IMMEDIATELY do everything in your power to blatantly disrespect and undermine Dak Prescott. Great Job!! 2. So if any Bozo can create the energy and execute the offense the way Dak has why hasn't this happened before? Why has our record been so ****ty without Romo with essentially the same team? We've even had several key injuries this year? I'll wait? Are you confident in starting Sanchez and having the train keep moving without losing a step? Right!!?? I can understand you advocating for Romo although I disagree with that line of thinking. You just have a backhanded ****ty way of doing it that only adds to the "disrespect" that you're arguing against.

What are you 12?

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

What are you 12?

14 and half ... thank you...

 

[BHendri5]

I too am dumbfounded by the lack of respect for Romo. People have just seem to have forgotten what he has done for this organization. I am all in on Dak, but Dak will be here we owe it to the fans, Organization and Romo to let him play out the string. If we do not have the team to win with Romo as the starter, then why do people think we have the team to win with Dak as the starter? I cannot wait to see what Dak will do for us, but let Romo finish first

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

I too am dumbfounded by the lack of respect for Romo. People have just seem to have forgotten what he has done for this organization. I am all in on Dak, but Dak will be here we owe it to the fans, Organization and Romo to let him play out the string. If we do not have the team to win with Romo as the starter, then why do people think we have the team to win with Dak as the starter? I cannot wait to see what Dak will do for us, but let Romo finish first

Problem is Romo is chronically injured? We might be 0-6 right now without Dak and we're BALLIN' right now. Why does Romo "deserve" to "finish?" What's on his resume that warrants immortality?

 

[Bleu Star]

I've posted my feelings in another thread, but now with the media and our own fans calling for trading Romo? Just unbelievable, how knee-jerk, and honestly how painstakingly dumb people can be.

Like I've said before, I'm not claiming that Dak is not the future, I'm not claiming that what Dak has with this team isn't special, but are we watching different games? Dak is excelling because we have built a TEAM around him that is making it incredibly easy for him to do what he is doing. Finally the team AROUND the qb is special and if you insert any random/decent QB on this team with this o-line, Elliot, Beasly, Witten and co. along with a defense that's going to hold GB to 16 points at home, a lot of average to above average QB's would see the success Dak is seeing.

Dak's success is not unlike RG3's or Nick Foles, who came in to the league and lit it on fire. They had their organizations thinking of 5+ years of SB contention. I'm not saying that this is going to happen to Dak, but what happened to those hot shot rookies? DC's figured out their tendencies, game planned accordingly and these super-stars became very ordinary, very fast. Did Bill Belicheck throw out Brady for Matt Cassel because Cassel was playing good ball when Brady was out? No, he traded him for value and watched his career go up in flames in a system outside of NE. I'm not implying that Romo is Brady or that Dak is Cassel (Dak actually has a future here), but you don't throw out your proven QB when a new QB has just proven that you have a good system outside of the QB.

We can not afford to not see what Romo has left, we owe him that and the organization owes itself that. Romo has 1 or 2 years left? What is going to happen when those 10 yard cushions to hit Beasly over the middle disappear come playoff time and we go 1 and out? Are we going to just forever wonder what if? What if it was our veteran behind center that has seen 10 seasons of different defenses, with tape on him, who have schemed for him, and he's still played at an elite level?

After everything Romo has given for the team, you don't just throw him away for the new toy. It's honestly a no win situation. Either way the organization decides to go this season, their is controversy (where their shouldn't be). Keep Dak, well Romo could have won it all. Put in Romo, what a dumb move Dak could have won it all. This is going to be an emotional rollercoaster and one hell of a distraction, as it always seems to be with Dallas.

Overreaction city bro. We're not trading Romo. We just want him to keep smiling on the sidelines.

 

[weaver21]

Problem is Romo is chronically injured? We might be 0-6 right now without Dak and we're BALLIN' right now. Why does Romo "deserve" to "finish?" What's on his resume that warrants immortality?

Romo has definitely earned the right to come back in. He's given everything for this franchise, including his heart, body and soul, and he's gotten nothing in return from both the front office and the fans. Jerry never built a good enough team around him and there are many fans who don't like Romo and have never respected him (just look around this forum and how quickly people have turned on him). There's no doubt in my mind that a healthy Romo would have this team at 5-1 just like Dak has done.

However, if the coaching staff makes the decision to keep Dak as the starter, then Romo will accept that and be ready in case he's needed. But he's carried this franchise for years and he certainly deserves to come back in and be given a chance to help this team if Garrett decides to turn to him.

 

[waving monkey]

He dinked and dunked more in that game than just about any other... when he wasn't fumbling or throwing it to the other team. Get over it.

I do think this is a little disingenuous, how many Romo fumbles and intercepts have we lived with.
Romo is a good QB [better then good] and will have his chance to come back in as he should.
He brings many intangibles to the field as Dak also does.
But if Romo goes down again this season we should bid him a due.