After 127 starts, Romo/Prescott by the numbers

[SultanOfSix]

And impressive considering neither has ever had a defense lol

Dak has had consistently better defenses than Romo. I posted a the team rankings by year a while ago in one of the older threads.

Romo's best defense was the 2009 season where it was the 2nd ranked defense in the league by one of the more well known statistical ranking sites. Unfortunately, his offensive line was woeful that year, especially against Minnesota in the playoffs.

Otherwise, his defenses have mostly been the latter half of the league for the majority of his career.

 

[DUO_CORE]

Is Dak playing in a more QB friendly league? Defenders aren't allowed to make eye contact with the QB nowadays.

 

[WillieBeamen]

Is Dak playing in a more QB friendly league? Defenders aren't allowed to make eye contact with the QB nowadays.

Yep, but the geniuses in here think they played in the same league.

 

[DUO_CORE]

Yep, but the geniuses in here think they played in the same league.

I mean, it is what it is. Dak can only play in the league as per the rules, as Romo did.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

This guy thinks Romo and Dak played in the same era…

Why would I think that????

 

[WillieBeamen]

Why would I think that????

Lmao, are you well?


Romo started his career almost 20 years ago. Dak was 13 years old when Romo started his first game.

You guys dont think when you post

 

[kramskoi]

And impressive considering neither has ever had a defense lol

That 2014 offense with the 21-22' defense would be Superbowl worthy.

 

[Whyjerry]

WINS: Romo 78, Prescott 78
LOSSES: Romo 49, Prescott 48
TIES: Romo 0, Prescott 1
PASS ATT: Romo 4,335, Prescott 4,354
COMPLETIONS: Romo 2,829, Prescott 2,919
COMPLETION %: Romo 65.3, Prescott 67.0
PASSING YARDS: Romo 34,183, Prescott 32,793
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS: Romo 248, Prescott 223
INTERCEPTIONS: Romo 117, Prescott 85
1ST DOWNS: Romo 1,659, Prescott 1,599
YARDS PER PASS ATTEMPT: Romo 7.9, Prescott 7.5
QB RATE: Romo 97.1, Prescott 98.3
SACKS: Romo 248, Prescott 263
4TH QT COMEBACKS: Romo 24, Prescott 17
GAME WINNING DRIVES: Romo 29, Prescott 24

PLAYOFF STARTS: Romo 6, Prescott 7
WINS: Romo 2, Prescott 2
LOSSES Romo 4, Prescott 5


Their stats are very similar across the board.

Remarkably close.

 

[DFWJC]

Why would I think that????

Nice.

First game starting dates a full decade apart, but there WAS overlap

10 years a big boost for QB stats. Has been for 4 decades now
Properly time-adjusted stats for Romo are far better....just as Staubach's are far better than Romo's

But the team results stuff is very interesting. Kind of amazing, really

 

[Blackspider214]

Clearly romo was better


“The same QB” is a lazy analysis when you factor in era, eye test, and the teams they had around them

And yet, he has 2 measly wild card wins to his career. Same as Dak. That is all that matters. The rest is semantics. No one cares about your situations and teams around you when you judge overall careers. Their careers are about as identical as can be.

Legacies are cemented in the playoffs. Where was Romo's clearly better moments than Dak in the playoffs? I'll wait....Each of them had 2 wins against inferior opponents; Romo's was Eagles, Lions. Dak's was Seattle and Tampa. Any time they faced better teams, all losses. Both fumbled #1 seeds at home.

 

[JBS]

And impressive considering neither has ever had a defense lol

This isn’t true

There have been a handful of seasons, not many, but some for sure, where the defense was good enough. Sometimes even better than good enough.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Lmao, are you well?


Romo started his career almost 20 years ago. Dak was 13 years old when Romo started his first game.

You guys dont think when you post

No, I do get the point you are making. Dak is playing in a different era now than Romo did early in his career. I get it.

But the game has basically favored the offense for several decades now. It's not like Romo was around in the 1990s when success was based on having a 1000 yard rusher and 3000 passing yards was considered an acheivement.

 

[diamonddelts]

yeah when your strategy is Safties at LB that can go wrong for sure..lol

Yes sir.

 

[fairviewfarmer]

WINS: Romo 78, Prescott 78
LOSSES: Romo 49, Prescott 48
TIES: Romo 0, Prescott 1
PASS ATT: Romo 4,335, Prescott 4,354
COMPLETIONS: Romo 2,829, Prescott 2,919
COMPLETION %: Romo 65.3, Prescott 67.0
PASSING YARDS: Romo 34,183, Prescott 32,793
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS: Romo 248, Prescott 223
INTERCEPTIONS: Romo 117, Prescott 85
1ST DOWNS: Romo 1,659, Prescott 1,599
YARDS PER PASS ATTEMPT: Romo 7.9, Prescott 7.5
QB RATE: Romo 97.1, Prescott 98.3
SACKS: Romo 248, Prescott 263
4TH QT COMEBACKS: Romo 24, Prescott 17
GAME WINNING DRIVES: Romo 29, Prescott 24

PLAYOFF STARTS: Romo 6, Prescott 7
WINS: Romo 2, Prescott 2
LOSSES Romo 4, Prescott 5


Their stats are very similar across the board.

Eerily similar. Wow.

 

[diamonddelts]

*QBs have similar numbers*


“ThEY aRR tHe SaMe PlAyEr!”

"Ya'll are doing lazy QB analysis. Yall ain't using the eye test."

 

[diamonddelts]

The thing is you like one not the other, the other poster likes the other....neither have facts that show one is better... so why would "Your observation" be better than "His observation" when facts "Stats the record of what happened" dont back up either? you can scream to the mountain top "My guy was better because i say so" and it still holds no meaning.

Women lie. WillieBeamen lies. But numbers do not.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

It takes a team.

Eli Manning was a turnover prone dumpster fire most of his career and Tony Romo was infinitely better than Eli. I will take this statement to my grave.

But Eli has two rings because he had a defense carry him twice. When could Romo or Dak ever say they had that support?

 

[WillieBeamen]

No, I do get the point you are making. Dak is playing in a different era now than Romo did early in his career. I get it.

But the game has basically favored the offense for several decades now. It's not like Romo was around in the 1990s when success was based on having a 1000 yard rusher and 3000 passing yards was considered an acheivement.

Bro, Dak plays in a league right now where you start with the ball on the 40 yard line if the K kicks it too short into the landing zone.

Romo’s entire career, a touchback started on the 20.

Regardless of the “era discussion”, Romo played under what many would call the “worst coach in cowboys history” Jason Garrett. Why isnt that considered in these comparisons?


I know why….

 

[WillieBeamen]

"Ya'll are doing lazy QB analysis. Yall ain't using the eye test."

Ha


You thought u cooked with that one…

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Bro, Dak plays in a league right now where you start with the ball on the 40 yard line if the K kicks it too short into the landing zone.

Romo’s entire career, a touchback started on the 20.

Regardless of the “era discussion”, Romo played under what many would call the “worst coach in cowboys history” Jason Garrett. Why isnt that considered in these comparisons?


I know why….

That rule started when, last year?

But I agree with you about Romo, he was the reason all those 8-8 teams under Garrett weren't 3-13. Romo had better teams under Parcells and Phillips but that was early in his career when he was still developing.