Actually, Romo has only had 1 bad half so far

[JPostSam]

The rap on Tony Romo, as we all know, is that he is unreliable. Half the time he's brilliant, half the time he's a bonehead. It's the "Romocoaster".

Well, is that true? Let's see.

Through 9 games, Romo has completed 200 of 309 pass attempts for 2,508 yards, 16 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.

Those are actually very good numbers -- currently, he's the fourth-highest rated passer in the league -- yet we are constantly reminded that Romo is inconsistent.

However...

The only real "boneheaded" game that Romo has played this year was the Lions game. You know, the 3-interception disaster that snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Well, that was certainly a stinker. But take a closer look at it.

At halftime, Romo had completed 19 of 26 passes for 195 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs. At the start of the third quarter, he was 4-for-4 for 39 yards another TD. He was on fire, and the score -- 27-3, Dallas -- reflected it.

Then the wheels came off. From that point, he was 15-for-21 for 136 yards, 0 TDs and 3 INTs.

Horrible. Deserving of derision.

But, wait. Look at those season stats again. Take away this one miserable half of play and Romo is 185-of-288 (64%) for 2,372 yards, 15 TDs and just 4 INTs.

If Romo has been maddeningly inconsistent throughout this season... just when has that been, exactly? Is it even possible for a quarterback to be "inconsistent" while completing nearly two-thirds of his passes and throwing almost 4 TIMES as many touchdowns as interceptions?

But, hey, I must be cherry picking here. Lots of flawed quarterbacks have hot streaks; it's the bad times that make us see their true colors... right?

Again, let's look at the numbers.

The Detroit game was not just the only time this season that Romo has thrown more than a single interception in a half -- it was also the only time this season that he has thrown more than a single interception in an entire game. In 4 out of 9 games so far, he didn't throw a single interception at all.

Think that's insignificant? Consider this:

Tom Brady has thrown 10 INTs so far this season -- 4 of them in a single game -- with 3 multi-INT games.

Drew Brees has thrown 11 INTs so far -- 3 of them in a single game -- with 4 multi-INT games.

Eli Manning has thrown 8 INTs so far -- 3 of them in a single game -- with 2 mutli-INT games.

Ben Roethlisberger has thrown 9 INTs so far, including 3 in his lone multi-INT game.

Matt "Matty Ice" Ryan has thrown 10 INTs so far, with 3 multi-INT games.

Phillip Rivers has thrown 15 INTs so far -- 3 of them in a single game -- with a whopping 6 multi-INT games.

Michael Vick has thrown 11 INTs so far -- 4 in a single game -- with 2 multi-INT games.

Josh Freeman has thrown 13 INTs this year -- 4 in a single game -- with 4 multi-INT games.

According to the analysts, all these quarterbacks are supposedly better than Tony Romo. None of them has been slapped with the "inconsistent" label. None of them has been criticized as heavily or as frequently in the national media as Romo has. Yet ALL OF THEM have thrown more interceptions, with as many as or more multi-interception games, than Romo has.

What does it mean? That the "Romocoaster" is a sham. It's bunk.

No, we don't have a perfect quarterback. (No one does.) But we do have a great one. And, aside from one truly terrible half of play, he has been brilliant this season. Consistently.

 

[JPostSam]

...and just to pre-empt anyone from bringing up the Jets game:

Romo was 23-of-36 for 342 yards and 2 TDs before that late INT. He was good for a 101.9 rating.

Meanwhile, our running game managed a paltry 64 yards on 26 carries. We gave up 4 sacks.

Romo was the reason we were winning that game.

Was he also the reason we ultimately lost it? Was his interception with time winding down, the game-changing play?

No. That would be the blocked punt returned for a touchdown.

Without Romo, we lose that game to the Jets -- in New York, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, by the way -- by a wide margin.

 

[Big D]

I can dig it.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

...and just to pre-empt anyone from bringing up the Jets game:

Romo was 23-of-36 for 342 yards and 2 TDs before that late INT. He was good for a 101.9 rating.

Meanwhile, our running game managed a paltry 64 yards on 26 carries. We gave up 4 sacks.

Romo was the reason we were winning that game.

Was he also the reason we ultimately lost it? Was his interception with time winding down, the game-changing play?

No. That would be the blocked punt returned for a touchdown.

Without Romo, we lose that game to the Jets -- in New York, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, by the way -- by a wide margin.

You're forgetting Romo also fumbled at the goalline a series or two before he threw that pick too. I understand you want to defend him, but no one here is attacking him and he had made more than his fair share of mistakes early in the season. He seems to be getting more comfortable now, and its probably not a coincidence that he needed some time to find his groove coming off his injury and then facing another bad injury early on.

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

Wow. Just an outstanding OP. And the follow-up post calls into question the aging adage to the effect that "sequels are never as good as the original".

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

...and just to pre-empt anyone from bringing up the Jets game:

Romo was 23-of-36 for 342 yards and 2 TDs before that late INT. He was good for a 101.9 rating.

Meanwhile, our running game managed a paltry 64 yards on 26 carries. We gave up 4 sacks.

Romo was the reason we were winning that game.

Was he also the reason we ultimately lost it? Was his interception with time winding down, the game-changing play?

No. That would be the blocked punt returned for a touchdown.

Without Romo, we lose that game to the Jets -- in New York, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, by the way -- by a wide margin.

He's also the reason we lost. Lose by a wide margin or a narrow one, at the end of the year, it's still a lose.

 

[noshame]

Look, the only guy who can convince the ENTIRE fan base that he's the man, is Tony. All Tony needs to do is finish the season in the same fashion as he's done the last few weeks. He doesn't need to be super Tony, just drive the bus. Don't cost us another game.

These Tony man love threads every single day are really becoming amusing.
The only guy who can cause cheers or boos for himself is Tony.

Let the guy do his own talking and buy a fathead for your bedroom.

 

[DallasEast]

That is a very good OP, but I just wanted to mention one thing. Each and every time a player tries to run with the football, he must cover it up and protect it. It does not matter if:

• the run was a called play or an improvised run
• the ball carrier is a running back or a quarterback
• the player running with the ball is Leon Lett or Tony Romo

It is not optional. A defender can potentially knock out or strip the best protected football. That means you protect the football in the best way possible in all situations to decrease the odds of fumbling. Romo's fumble may not have cost the New York Jets game, but it did subtract points in the form of a highly probable successful field goal.

It does not matter if a team has a one-point lead or 41-point lead. You do not throw away points in football. In Madden? Yes. In the real world? No.

 

[Switz]

...and just to pre-empt anyone from bringing up the Jets game:

Romo was 23-of-36 for 342 yards and 2 TDs before that late INT. He was good for a 101.9 rating.

Meanwhile, our running game managed a paltry 64 yards on 26 carries. We gave up 4 sacks.

Romo was the reason we were winning that game.

Was he also the reason we ultimately lost it? Was his interception with time winding down, the game-changing play?

No. That would be the blocked punt returned for a touchdown.

Without Romo, we lose that game to the Jets -- in New York, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, by the way -- by a wide margin.

Wrong the second half of the jets game was bad . two turnover tha the jets turned into points can be directly tied to dallas losing. Plently of teamd havevwon.games this season running for under 70 yards. Block punt hurt but special teams don't have wins and losses attached to them qbs and head coaches do.

 

[DallasEast]

Wrong the second half of the jets game was bad . two turnover tha the jets turned into points can be directly tied to dallas losing. Plently of teamd havevwon.games this season running for under 70 yards. Block punt hurt but special teams don't have wins and losses attached to them qbs and head coaches do.

Scott Norwood might disagree.

 

[Ultra Warrior]

...and just to pre-empt anyone from bringing up the Jets game:
Was he also the reason we ultimately lost it? Was his interception with time winding down, the game-changing play?

No. That would be the blocked punt returned for a touchdown.

Even after Romos 3 INTs in the Lions game, the Cowboys were still WINNING that game, yet that loss got blamed on HIM. Did he play a bad 2nd half? Sure. Did HE lose that game? No. The Team did.

 

[PBJTime]

Great post.:starspin

I wish more people would keep things in perspective.

 

[cnhnyy]

Romo is doing fine now however there is really no reason to sugar-coat his mistakes early on.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Everyone knows Witten cost us the Jets game

 

[shockandroll]

He's also the reason we lost. Lose by a wide margin or a narrow one, at the end of the year, it's still a lose.

The running game, punt team and defense are bigger parts of why we lost. Romo did enough and had the running game not stunk, he would not have been scrambling trying to run it in for a TD. That was a great effort by him that ended badly, it happens.

If the special teams did their jobs, Romo's not trying to make that throw that ended up an INT. Yes, Romo shares the blame, but he is not the reason we lost. He did almost exactly the same thing as Sanchez right down to the yards. If both QB's were the same, how is the loss or win solely the fault of the QB?

Romo's 2 turnovers went for a total of 3 points the other way. We lost by 4, the TD the punt team gave up was the difference. AT a minimum, the have equal blame but I would argue 7 points the other way was a bigger reason we lost.

 

[Doomsday101]

Romo is doing fine now however there is really no reason to sugar-coat his mistakes early on.

I agree. Mistakes happen I see a boat load of quality NFL QB who have made costly mistakes this season that cost their teams games. It happens you move on. All in all Romo does a good job for this team but anyone expecting he will not make does not watch too many NFL games.

 

[Everson24]

The rap on Tony Romo, as we all know, is that he is unreliable. Half the time he's brilliant, half the time he's a bonehead. It's the "Romocoaster".

Well, is that true? Let's see.

Through 9 games, Romo has completed 200 of 309 pass attempts for 2,508 yards, 16 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.

Those are actually very good numbers -- currently, he's the fourth-highest rated passer in the league -- yet we are constantly reminded that Romo is inconsistent.

However...

The only real "boneheaded" game that Romo has played this year was the Lions game. You know, the 3-interception disaster that snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Well, that was certainly a stinker. But take a closer look at it.

At halftime, Romo had completed 19 of 26 passes for 195 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs. At the start of the third quarter, he was 4-for-4 for 39 yards another TD. He was on fire, and the score -- 27-3, Dallas -- reflected it.

Then the wheels came off. From that point, he was 15-for-21 for 136 yards, 0 TDs and 3 INTs.

Horrible. Deserving of derision.

But, wait. Look at those season stats again. Take away this one miserable half of play and Romo is 185-of-288 (64%) for 2,372 yards, 15 TDs and just 4 INTs.

If Romo has been maddeningly inconsistent throughout this season... just when has that been, exactly? Is it even possible for a quarterback to be "inconsistent" while completing nearly two-thirds of his passes and throwing almost 4 TIMES as many touchdowns as interceptions?

But, hey, I must be cherry picking here. Lots of flawed quarterbacks have hot streaks; it's the bad times that make us see their true colors... right?

Again, let's look at the numbers.

The Detroit game was not just the only time this season that Romo has thrown more than a single interception in a half -- it was also the only time this season that he has thrown more than a single interception in an entire game. In 4 out of 9 games so far, he didn't throw a single interception at all.

Think that's insignificant? Consider this:

Tom Brady has thrown 10 INTs so far this season -- 4 of them in a single game -- with 3 multi-INT games.

Drew Brees has thrown 11 INTs so far -- 3 of them in a single game -- with 4 multi-INT games.

Eli Manning has thrown 8 INTs so far -- 3 of them in a single game -- with 2 mutli-INT games.

Ben Roethlisberger has thrown 9 INTs so far, including 3 in his lone multi-INT game.

Matt "Matty Ice" Ryan has thrown 10 INTs so far, with 3 multi-INT games.

Phillip Rivers has thrown 15 INTs so far -- 3 of them in a single game -- with a whopping 6 multi-INT games.

Michael Vick has thrown 11 INTs so far -- 4 in a single game -- with 2 multi-INT games.

Josh Freeman has thrown 13 INTs this year -- 4 in a single game -- with 4 multi-INT games.

According to the analysts, all these quarterbacks are supposedly better than Tony Romo. None of them has been slapped with the "inconsistent" label. None of them has been criticized as heavily or as frequently in the national media as Romo has. Yet ALL OF THEM have thrown more interceptions, with as many as or more multi-interception games, than Romo has.

What does it mean? That the "Romocoaster" is a sham. It's bunk.

No, we don't have a perfect quarterback. (No one does.) But we do have a great one. And, aside from one truly terrible half of play, he has been brilliant this season. Consistently.

Great post. You make some very valid points. I sure wish we could re-do that second half of the Detroit game though. I just get the feeling that this is going to be the game we look back on as the game that kept us out of the playoffs. Reminds me of the 2005 week two 14-13 loss against the Commanders that kept us out of the playoffs that year.

 

[Established1971]

The rap on Tony Romo, as we all know, is that he is unreliable. Half the time he's brilliant, half the time he's a bonehead. It's the "Romocoaster".

Well, is that true? Let's see.

Through 9 games, Romo has completed 200 of 309 pass attempts for 2,508 yards, 16 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.

Those are actually very good numbers -- currently, he's the fourth-highest rated passer in the league -- yet we are constantly reminded that Romo is inconsistent.

However...

The only real "boneheaded" game that Romo has played this year was the Lions game. You know, the 3-interception disaster that snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Well, that was certainly a stinker. But take a closer look at it.

At halftime, Romo had completed 19 of 26 passes for 195 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs. At the start of the third quarter, he was 4-for-4 for 39 yards another TD. He was on fire, and the score -- 27-3, Dallas -- reflected it.

Then the wheels came off. From that point, he was 15-for-21 for 136 yards, 0 TDs and 3 INTs.

Horrible. Deserving of derision.

But, wait. Look at those season stats again. Take away this one miserable half of play and Romo is 185-of-288 (64%) for 2,372 yards, 15 TDs and just 4 INTs.

If Romo has been maddeningly inconsistent throughout this season... just when has that been, exactly? Is it even possible for a quarterback to be "inconsistent" while completing nearly two-thirds of his passes and throwing almost 4 TIMES as many touchdowns as interceptions?

But, hey, I must be cherry picking here. Lots of flawed quarterbacks have hot streaks; it's the bad times that make us see their true colors... right?

Again, let's look at the numbers.

The Detroit game was not just the only time this season that Romo has thrown more than a single interception in a half -- it was also the only time this season that he has thrown more than a single interception in an entire game. In 4 out of 9 games so far, he didn't throw a single interception at all.

Think that's insignificant? Consider this:

Tom Brady has thrown 10 INTs so far this season -- 4 of them in a single game -- with 3 multi-INT games.

Drew Brees has thrown 11 INTs so far -- 3 of them in a single game -- with 4 multi-INT games.

Eli Manning has thrown 8 INTs so far -- 3 of them in a single game -- with 2 mutli-INT games.

Ben Roethlisberger has thrown 9 INTs so far, including 3 in his lone multi-INT game.

Matt "Matty Ice" Ryan has thrown 10 INTs so far, with 3 multi-INT games.

Phillip Rivers has thrown 15 INTs so far -- 3 of them in a single game -- with a whopping 6 multi-INT games.

Michael Vick has thrown 11 INTs so far -- 4 in a single game -- with 2 multi-INT games.

Josh Freeman has thrown 13 INTs this year -- 4 in a single game -- with 4 multi-INT games.

According to the analysts, all these quarterbacks are supposedly better than Tony Romo. None of them has been slapped with the "inconsistent" label. None of them has been criticized as heavily or as frequently in the national media as Romo has. Yet ALL OF THEM have thrown more interceptions, with as many as or more multi-interception games, than Romo has.

What does it mean? That the "Romocoaster" is a sham. It's bunk.

No, we don't have a perfect quarterback. (No one does.) But we do have a great one. And, aside from one truly terrible half of play, he has been brilliant this season. Consistently.

yeah espn and nfl netowrk have been doing these qb comprisons this last week, for some reason Romo & Eli (dufus) Manning keep getting matched up and all but 1 picks dufus. Just dont get it, Dufus had 25 picks last year, twice in his career over 20. Romo never did that. Eli has one more right now. He has blown plenty of games himself, he is very inconsistent. Just dont get it

 

[Doomsday101]

yeah espn and nfl netowrk have been doing these qb comprisons this last week, for some reason Romo & Eli (dufus) Manning keep getting matched up and all but 1 picks dufus. Just dont get it, Dufus had 25 picks last year, twice in his career over 20. Romo never did that. Eli has one more right now. He has blown plenty of games himself, he is very inconsistent. Just dont get it

He gets points for the ring. Let them make all the comparisons they want if Romo and the Cowboys can capture a ring his record breaking career will truly be appreciated

 

[shockandroll]

That is a very good OP, but I just wanted to mention one thing. Each and every time a player tries to run with the football, he must cover it up and protect it. It does not matter if:

• the run was a called play or an improvised run
• the ball carrier is a running back or a quarterback
• the player running with the ball is Leon Lett or Tony Romo

It is not optional. A defender can potentially knock out or strip the best protected football. That means you protect the football in the best way possible in all situations to decrease the odds of fumbling. Romo's fumble may not have cost the New York Jets game, but it did subtract points in the form of a highly probable successful field goal.

It does not matter if a team has a one-point lead or 41-point lead. You do not throw away points in football. In Madden? Yes. In the real world? No.

It's a neat idea but most QB's do exactly what Romo was doing when they are scrambling. He was still looking to throw and scrambling and at the last minute saw a opening and went for it. There are very few QB's who would have wrapped that ball up with both hands in that situation. You are talking about what's second nature for a RB, FB, TE and some WR's. Not for QB's.

Easy to say he should have wrapped up, QB's are not used to running into hits since they usually slide and almost all run with the ball in one hand. I agree it's football 101 for ball carriers, but don't act like Romo did something different then almost every other QB would have done in the same situation.