I posted this in another thread. Here's the link that quantifies this next statement.
http://cowboyszone.com/threads/broa...after-this-season.276682/page-13#post-5351131
Here's the Cliff'sNotes:
Tony Romo has 5 seasons where his defense has been ranked 20th or worse in scoring.
Tom Brady has NEVER had such a season.
Drew Brees has 4 such seasons (in New Orleans) and the Saints have won 7, 7, 8 and 13 wins during those years. His stats for that 13-win year aren't significantly different from any other season where his defense ranked 20th or lower. The main difference was his defense was 2nd in the NFL in takeaways (39) and the Saints scored 9 or 10 times while their offense was on the bench.
Aaron Rogers has 2 seasons (counting this year) where his defense has sandbagged him. 2006 the Packers won 6 games. He has had 1 seasons with the 19th ranked defense but it was the year he threw for 45 TDs and 6 INTs, by far the best of his career.
Peyton Manning has many of these seasons, including this year. The Broncos defense has given up a similar amount of points as Dallas but the key difference between each team's records is that Manning has 49 TDs. Peyton has had big-win seasons with crappy defenses as well so he's basically the only QB in the NFL who can overcome having a defense that is ranked 20th or below in scoring.
Given Rogers ridiculous season of 45 TDs and Manning's 49 TDs this year, pretty much the only way a team wins with such a crappy defense is by having an unrealistic amount of TDs that only the best QBs in the league have had during their most productive years.
Without a doubt and more evident than ever after tonight, Romo is also hampered by his coaching staff.
With that said, you can call Tony Romo a choker if you like. He's certainly made his mistakes. But just know that nobody else is overcoming the crap he's been sandbagged with for the vast majority of his career and the only way he could even have a chance to shake that label is by throwing for 45+ TDs year-in and year-out........basically he just hast to move Heaven and Earth.
This is the best post I've seen in a while. Too bad it's been ignored in this thread. It was ignored in the other thread too.
Here's the deal, at least from my perspective. The problem with the Cowboys really boils down to one thing: Jerry Jones thinks Tony Romo is Peyton Manning, and he expects him to play like Manning. How else can we explain the miserable defensive performance year after year? The offense is decent enough to win games, and it's been that way for a while, but just about every year the defense is in the bottom third of the league, and nothing changes. Romo gets new weapons every year, but really, when was the last game changing defensive player drafted? Ware?
That doesn't matter, though. Jerry Jones has Romo, and to him that should be good enough. I mean, he's SO good that Jerry wanted Romo to have more control of the offense...just like Manning does. Unfortunately, Romo isn't Manning, and to expect him to play like Manning is foolish. Sure, if Manning had been playing for the Cowboys tonight, they probably would have won the game. But he doesn't. We have Romo, though, so heck, let's just put it all on him because, after all, he's just like Manning...or so Jerry and the Cowboys think which leads to results like tonight and Washington, and the Giants, etc.
Let's just get this out of the way once and for all. Romo is not Manning and to expect him to perform like Manning, over and over, in these situations is, again, idiotic. He's a good enough QB, but he's not on the same level as a guy who is capable of throwing 48 times a game an not make a mistake. Yet that's what Jerry expects as do MANY on this board. It's stupid.
Let's get something else out of the way. Romo had two killer turnovers, and both are on him. And hell, I like Romo, a lot, but yes, both are his fault. Having said that, though, what do you all expect? The team comes out of the locker room after the half and right away starts throwing the ball. As soon as I saw that, I knew they were going to lose the game. Did Romo audible out of run plays to pass or were those designed pass plays? I don't really care because either way what this tells me is that there is a gigantic problem with the coaching staff. Romo is an asset, and the head coach is the guy who determines how best to use that asset, and if he can't control that asset during the game, then he's either spineless or suffering from the same Manning love that plagues the owner. Either way, he needs to get the hell out of town.
Seriously. They were running all over the Packers, and the coaching staff decides that it would be better to, once again, let the game play out as if Manning was behind center? Really? With this defense the coaching staff either asked or allowed Romo to put it all on him in the second half?
WHY??
Romo is going to make a mistake. He's not Peyton Manning. He's an upper level talent, but he has weaknesses, and the more he throws, the more likely you're going to see those weaknesses. He threw the ball 48 times. It's GOING TO HAPPEN. I saw it coming. Many did, I'm sure. Yet, this crap continues to occur week after week. 26-3 lead at the half. DeMarco is gashing them. The defense is terrible. Hey, let's put this on Manning...uh...I mean Romo to win.
What the hell is going on in Dallas?
