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Blaming Romo for every loss is the biggest cliché in Dallas since guns, hats and boots.
Sure, Romo wasn't absolutely perfect today. With that said his stats are very respectable. 298 yards, 1 TD, 70%+ completion percentage and no INTs. Sure he had a fumble, and didn't play mistake free-football. But we can say that Dez's offensive pass interference was one of the worst calls of Week 2. That was a clean reception and completion. Should've been a 20 yard gain putting Romo with 320 yards. Then what about the drop by Dez? Easily a 40+ gain. You do your high school math there…
You can play the what-if game all week long, but it doesn't matter, it's nobody's clear fault, it's a team game.
Truth is, Romo wasn't perfect, but Romo didn't lose the game. Sure in that red zone he had Dez one on one, but the play calling is unpredictable, but in favor of the defense. There's absolutely no spark, no separation on the receivers, Witten isn't going downfield, EVER, Hannah can't break a tackle and Escobar has been dismal thus far. That without even mentioning the running game and Murray.
Truth is you can't put the blame on one man's shoulders. It is a team effort, and we were good enough to win today, but we didn't, Chiefs ultimately played smarter football and came out on top with the win. Tough loss no doubt, and as our schedule gets more difficult, we could have had this one, hopefully it doesn't cost us the playoffs.
Let's now analyze the rest of the league's QB's up until right now:
Jay Cutler, 290 yards, 3 TD's, but 2 INT's and a lost fumble. Ouch. His team however, won the game and Cutler gets a free pass from his fan base on this one. Individually a worse game than Romo.
Robert Griffin III, 320 yards, 3 TD's and 1 INT. Mostly the big numbers coming in garbage time and in reality wasn't much of a gamer today. His numbers good enough offensively but the defense lost.
Matt Schaub, 298 yards, 3 TD's and 2 INT's. Again, his team baked him up, his line was dominant and thus the rushing attack was very balanced and powerful. Was Schaub the reason they won? No.
Andrew Luck: 321 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Decent numbers, very similar to Romo, yet nobody blames him, cals him old, or says he is washed up.
Drew Brees: 152 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. He must be getting old, washed up and showing his very advanced age. Might as well cut him.
My point is, Romo may have not been perfect today, or last game by any means, but blaming him in every single game the Cowboys lose is cliché, there's too much in the game of football going on in order to blame a QB for a loss. Only Rodgers, P.Manning and Brady are a truly superior and a more perfect QB's than Romo today. You can make a case for Ryan and Rivers this week, but with Romo we are good enough to win. Focus should be on the running game, and the little things that make a difference collectively in order to pull away with close victories.
So far first place in the division, going home to face St. Louis. We must win these games and we should be alright. Enjoy your Sunday ladies and gentlemen.
Sure, Romo wasn't absolutely perfect today. With that said his stats are very respectable. 298 yards, 1 TD, 70%+ completion percentage and no INTs. Sure he had a fumble, and didn't play mistake free-football. But we can say that Dez's offensive pass interference was one of the worst calls of Week 2. That was a clean reception and completion. Should've been a 20 yard gain putting Romo with 320 yards. Then what about the drop by Dez? Easily a 40+ gain. You do your high school math there…
You can play the what-if game all week long, but it doesn't matter, it's nobody's clear fault, it's a team game.
Truth is, Romo wasn't perfect, but Romo didn't lose the game. Sure in that red zone he had Dez one on one, but the play calling is unpredictable, but in favor of the defense. There's absolutely no spark, no separation on the receivers, Witten isn't going downfield, EVER, Hannah can't break a tackle and Escobar has been dismal thus far. That without even mentioning the running game and Murray.
Truth is you can't put the blame on one man's shoulders. It is a team effort, and we were good enough to win today, but we didn't, Chiefs ultimately played smarter football and came out on top with the win. Tough loss no doubt, and as our schedule gets more difficult, we could have had this one, hopefully it doesn't cost us the playoffs.
Let's now analyze the rest of the league's QB's up until right now:
Jay Cutler, 290 yards, 3 TD's, but 2 INT's and a lost fumble. Ouch. His team however, won the game and Cutler gets a free pass from his fan base on this one. Individually a worse game than Romo.
Robert Griffin III, 320 yards, 3 TD's and 1 INT. Mostly the big numbers coming in garbage time and in reality wasn't much of a gamer today. His numbers good enough offensively but the defense lost.
Matt Schaub, 298 yards, 3 TD's and 2 INT's. Again, his team baked him up, his line was dominant and thus the rushing attack was very balanced and powerful. Was Schaub the reason they won? No.
Andrew Luck: 321 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Decent numbers, very similar to Romo, yet nobody blames him, cals him old, or says he is washed up.
Drew Brees: 152 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. He must be getting old, washed up and showing his very advanced age. Might as well cut him.
My point is, Romo may have not been perfect today, or last game by any means, but blaming him in every single game the Cowboys lose is cliché, there's too much in the game of football going on in order to blame a QB for a loss. Only Rodgers, P.Manning and Brady are a truly superior and a more perfect QB's than Romo today. You can make a case for Ryan and Rivers this week, but with Romo we are good enough to win. Focus should be on the running game, and the little things that make a difference collectively in order to pull away with close victories.
So far first place in the division, going home to face St. Louis. We must win these games and we should be alright. Enjoy your Sunday ladies and gentlemen.
