Aikman was never asked to do this much

[Carolinacowpoke]

Question; Is Romo asked to do too much? Since taking over for bledsoe we have virtually abandoned to run. It's fairly obvious to me that Romo can't handle that kind of pressure week in and week out let alone play in and play out.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

Sure he was, in his later years, when his star players were gone. He didn't fare very well, getting more concussions than playoff wins.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Aikman had a running game. Not saying without Emmitt Aikman wasn't "all that" because he was. But if we had a lead, the offense could count on Emmitt - and MOOSE - to pound through 8-man fronts and still put the game away. Romo doesn't have that luxury.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

Aikman NEVER had to do this much. The ability to run the ball controls an ENTIRE game. It controls how long your defense is on the field. It controls the play calling of the OTHER team because they know they will not be on the field much. It prevents your QB from getting hit often. It allows your QB to take a physical and mental break. Inside the 5 yard line Troy sat back and watched Emmit and the OL go to work. Romo makes mistakes...but he makes a LOT of plays...more than Troy EVER had to make.

 

[casmith07]

Aikman had a running game. Not saying without Emmitt Aikman wasn't "all that" because he was. But if we had a lead, the offense could count on Emmitt - and MOOSE - to pound through 8-man fronts and still put the game away. Romo doesn't have that luxury.

Yep.

Here's to hoping we get a shot to draft Trent Richardson.

 

[newlander]

Yep.

Here's to hoping we get a shot to draft Trent Richardson.

.....total freaking BEAST....but I know nothing of his mental makeup Casmith..care to share? He's more thatn intriguing make no mistake, he'll be better than Ingram in the NFL IMHO.

 

[GRD]

Put Romo in place of Aikman in the Jimmy J 90s team and you would see Romo having the same success as Aikman did.

Yea Romo is asked to do to much.

Oh yea Romo hands off to Emmitt

JG needs to balance out the Passing and Running game a bit..with that we will be alright.

We had the lead of 27-3 we should have been Running the ball before the interception to Bobby C..

A punt is better than an interception and at that time the defense was doing a good job

We weren't behind so JG needs to learn situational Football..

 

[Stautner]

Question; Is Romo asked to do too much? Since taking over for bledsoe we have virtually abandoned to run. It's fairly obvious to me that Romo can't handle that kind of pressure week in and week out let alone play in and play out.

So far this season we are running the ball 38% of the time - hardly abandoning the run, especially considering how our running game was comopletely stuffed the 1st 2 weeks.

As for Aikman, he had the benefit of a RB who would eventually become the all time NFL rushing leader - we can't treat Romo as if he has the same thing.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

We weren't behind so JG needs to learn situational Football..

This this this this this.

I love JG's organizational and leadership skills, but his situational playcalling leaves a lot to be desired. Not throwing deep passes with a 24 point lead in the second half is Football 101. I'm not saying don't pass out all, but on first down? And for more than 15 yards a whop? It is senseless and you can't defend those decisions.

 

[Doomsday]

Aikman understood how to play with in the scheme and he knew when to turn it up and when to let the game come to him. He got the fact that it is ok to punt. Aikman was also able to put his ego aside for the good of the team. Romo doesnt understand that part of the game, or just gets caught up in the heat of the moment. Either way Romo doesnt know when to dial things back and just play with in the scheme.

I get tired of hearing people discount Troy and Emmitt cause they had other good players around them. It is a slap in the face to how great they really were. All great teams have multiple good players on them, you still have to go out onto the field and make the plays to win the game. You can only be judged by your actual production, not some fairy land idea of what people think you would do with the same offensive line or WRs as some one else.

 

[Rack]

Part of the argument of getting Aikman into the HOF was that his numbers didn't look as inflated as others cuz the cowboys ran the ball A LOT in second halves of games to protect leads.


Garrett... you remember thsoe days? You know... times when we'd have a 2nd half lead and we'd run run run run run run run the ball to burn out the clock?


Not excusing Romo for a couple of BONE HEADED plays, but Garrett is to blame as well.

Especially since we were decently effective at running the ball.


He's young (in terms of how long he's been in his position), but hopefully he'll learn.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Sure he was, in his later years, when his star players were gone. He didn't fare very well, getting more concussions than playoff wins.

Close the thread.

I wonder what some of these guys were watching or if they even saw the games back then.

 

[tyke1doe]

Yep.

Here's to hoping we get a shot to draft Trent Richardson.

Let's get the "Trent likes to smoke a doobie to relax" rumormill started.

 

[Stautner]

Part of the argument of getting Aikman into the HOF was that his numbers didn't look as inflated as others cuz the cowboys ran the ball A LOT in second halves of games to protect leads.


Garrett... you remember thsoe days? You know... times when we'd have a 2nd half lead and we'd run run run run run run run the ball to burn out the clock?


Not excusing Romo for a couple of BONE HEADED plays, but Garrett is to blame as well.

Especially since we were decently effective at running the ball.


He's young (in terms of how long he's been in his position), but hopefully he'll learn.

Your comment is much like critcizing the 49ers for not passing the ball like they did when Montana and Rice were there.

Apparently you are the one that doesn't remember those days. If you did you would remember Emmitt Smith, Larry Allen, Erik Williams, Nate Newton etc ..... You would also know that even when we were running we supplemented with passes to Novacek and Irvin - the slant was a bread and butter 1st down play.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

I get tired of hearing people discount Troy and Emmitt cause they had other good players around them. It is a slap in the face to how great they really were. All great teams have multiple good players on them, you still have to go out onto the field and make the plays to win the game. You can only be judged by your actual production, not some fairy land idea of what people think you would do with the same offensive line or WRs as some one else.

I do not want this point to get lost.

 

[Rack]

Your comment is much like critcizing the 49ers for not passing the ball like they did when Montana and Rice were there.

Apparently you are the one that doesn't remember those days. If you did you would remember Emmitt Smith, Larry Allen, Erik Williams, Nate Newton etc ..... You would also know that even when we were running we supplemented with passes to Novacek and Irvin - the slant was a bread and butter 1st down play.

So... what exactly are you arguing here? Or you just disagreeing jsut to disagree.


So it's smart to throw 47 passes in a game where you were leading (and leading BIG at one point) up until less than 2 mintues to go in the game?

Ok. Gotcha.

Since when is the slant one of the cowboys bread & Butter plays? Not too long ago people were crying here that we didn't throw the slant enough, now it's one of our bread & butter plays... and throwing it to a guy who has been on the team a week no less.

Yeah, that's intelligent.

Know what's even more intelligent? Run the ball three straight times, get zero yards (at worst), burn 3-4 minutes off the clock and punt to an offense that was playing like crap all day long.


24 point lead. Protect it. That's football 101. Someone with a username such as yours should know a thing or 2 about football.

Oh by the way... those 49er teams had Roger Craig and Tom Rathman on them... they didn't just throw the freakin' football around when they had 24 point leads...

 

[bbgun]

In my next life, I want to come back as Tony Romo. Praise when I succeed; endless patience and understanding when I fail. It's good to be the king.

 

[Zman5]

In my next life, I want to come back as Tony Romo. Praise when I succeed; endless patience and understanding when I fail. It's good to be the king.

Who is being patient with Romo today? Blaming JG along with Romo does not mean we are being endlessly patient with him.

People want to give credit to JG for all the good things his offense does yet all the bad things that happens with his offense is blamed on his players. Both credit and blame should be shared equally.

 

[ROUSH8692]

Sure he was, in his later years, when his star players were gone. He didn't fare very well, getting more concussions than playoff wins.

This!!!

Most dont remember these days when Aikman didnt look very good at all.

 

[bbgun]

Who is being patient with Romo today? Blaming JG along with Romo does not mean we are being endlessly patient with him.

People want to give credit to JG for all the good things his offense does yet all the bad things that happens with his offense is blamed on his players. Both credit and blame should be shared equally.

The OP; the person who started the "100% behind Tony" thread; bbailey423's thread; and so on.