Blaming Romo for every loss is the biggest cliché in Dallas since guns, hats and boots.

[Oh_Canada]

Some of the usual suspects that blame Romo for all of the Cowboys woes watch the games solely for the purpose of coming here to bash him. These posters are easy to dismiss because they obviously don't know anything about football.

Are you going to blame the oline or dline because that would be pretty predictable as well.

If he was hurt and the painkillers wore off I'll be ok with that excuse, but to say Romo's atrocious second half wasn't an OBVIOUS reason that contributed to the loss is naïve.

 

[dstovall5]

Eli just threw 4 int's. but no one will talk about that. They are going to talk about romo not being able to close games

And people say Romo had a bad game, can you imagine the amount of animosity Romo would receive if he just had the game Eli did? Romo played injured (facts, not an excuse) and still played solid football for the majority of the game.

 

[Staubacher]

WE CANT RUN THE BALL

That makes life difficult for EVERYONE not just Romo

 

[perrykemp]

IMHO Romo isn't the problem, however, I think we are starting to enter the phase of Romo's career where you can count on him to put the team on his back anymore either.

He is CLEARLY in at tier below the the Brady / P. Manning / Bree / Rodgers who can carry teams on their back. Unfortunately, I feel like the Cowboy front-office and coaching staff treat Romo like his one of those guys.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Eli just threw 4 int's. but no one will talk about that. They are going to talk about romo not being able to close games

That's right because Eli has won two super bowls. Romo has won one playoff game.

On that fact alone Eli gets a little more currency than Tony, it's the nature of the business.

 

[Ender]

Some of the usual suspects that blame Romo for all of the Cowboys woes watch the games solely for the purpose of coming here to bash him. These posters are easy to dismiss because they obviously don't know anything about football.

Really? I highly doubt that. Im sure people here want Romo to be successful.

 

[Redball Express]

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.

Ok.

Romo does not deserve the critism.

But he does need to accept that the offense is no better than last years.

Same turnovers, penalties and breakdowns offensively.

To win in this league..you have to score more than 16 pts.

Same ole Cowboys..same ole problems.

Nothing is going to change until Garrett is gone.

A few more games like this and that might actuallly happen.

Please.

 

[dstovall5]

Are you going to blame the oline or dline because that would be pretty predictable as well.

If he was hurt and the painkillers wore off I'll be ok with that excuse, but to say Romo's atrocious second half wasn't an OBVIOUS reason that contributed to the loss is naïve.

There were many płayers that contributed to that lose, Tony, Dez, Murray, Dunbar, Harris, and Claiborne just to name a few. All around team effort that contributed to the lose, wasn't just one player who gave it away.

 

[khiladi]

Romo was awful the second half and I'm a Romo fan...

 

[Ender]

Romo did well today but could had done better simply put.

Played well? CJ Ross is that you?

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

And people say Romo had a bad game, can you imagine the amount of animosity Romo would receive if he just had the game Eli did? Romo played injured (facts, not an excuse) and still played solid football for the majority of the game.

 

[Cloudy]

I'm not down on Romo. I think he does pretty good in this weak system.

I can't determine this and am not sure how anyone can. All I know is what I see. The choices of what plays to run and which players to throw to are as much on Tony as Callahan when you factor in the option to audible.

What I do see is Romo rushing throws to players far short of the sticks on third down. Romo missing throws like the one to Witten early in the 2nd half that should have been a 3rd down conversion.

He's had better pass protection these first two weeks than I can remember him having over any two week span in years. I believe in Romo and hold him to a high standard. With the support he's recieved we should be getting better play from him.

 

[Oh_Canada]

There were many płayers that contributed to that lose, Tony, Dez, Myrray, Dunbar, Harris, and Claiborne just to name a few. All around team effort that contributed to the lose, wasn't just one player who gave it away.

No doubt, but to always ignore the fact Tony makes bad errors at key times in games is ignoring what the rest of the football world sees.
He cannot miss that opportunity to throw to Dez inside the five when his star reciever is isolated on a one on one with a guy whose lunch he's eaten all day.
He has to know he can't plant and throw while he's running away from pressure inside his own 40.
He's can't throw two yd outs to his buddy when he needs six or seven for a first.

Again, if he was hurt and the meds wore off than fine, but bottom line is that his play in the second half was the main contributing factor to a game they should have won.

 

[Deep_South]

Guess who else couldn't run the ball today - the Giants. 17 carries, 23 yards, so Eli had to put the ball up 49 times and had four picks.

 

[Rockport]

Are you going to blame the oline or dline because that would be pretty predictable as well.

If he was hurt and the painkillers wore off I'll be ok with that excuse, but to say Romo's atrocious second half wasn't an OBVIOUS reason that contributed to the loss is naïve.

As I mentioned elsewhere, the second half performance was directly attributed to the fact that the Chiefs knew that the Cowboys weren't going to run the ball. They started rushing 5 or more on every play. Romo was under a lot of pressure in the second half.

 

[Rockport]

Really? I highly doubt that. Im sure people here want Romo to be successful.

Most do, but there's a handful that drool over him failing.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Not all Romos fault but im backing off my romo is a top 10 qb statement. Lol

 

[Oh_Canada]

As I mentioned elsewhere, the second half performance was directly attributed to the fact that the Chiefs knew that the Cowboys weren't going to run the ball. They started rushing 5 or more on every play. Romo was under a lot of pressure in the second half.

Sorry I don't buy that, he didn't have nearly the pressure Smith had and somehow the only one that made the crucial mistakes in the second half were Tony.
Btw-you will find no bigger fan of the team than me, I want Romo to succeed more than anyone, but I lost a lot of respect for him after the Commander game last year and he has to be better or this team is doomed for another 8-8 season.

 

[Rockport]

Sorry I don't buy that, he didn't have nearly the pressure Smith had and somehow the only one that made the crucial mistakes in the second half were Tony.

Romo didn't have is best game, but he wasn't the reason we lost the game. There were many mistakes. Penalties down at the goal line, a sack near the goal line, Dez dropping the ball, Dunbar's fumble and Romo's fumble. To put all the blame on Romo is just stupid.

 

[dstovall5]

No doubt, but to always ignore the fact Tony makes bad errors at key times in games is ignoring what the rest of the football world sees.
He cannot miss that opportunity to throw to Dez inside the five when his star reciever is isolated on a one on one with a guy whose lunch he's eaten all day.
He has to know he can't plant and throw while he's running away from pressure inside his own 40.
He's can't throw two yd outs to his buddy when he needs six or seven for a first.

Again, if he was hurt and the meds wore off than fine, but bottom line is that his play in the second half was the main contributing factor to a game they should have won.

Who's ignoring facts? Lets not just point out the bad plays on Tony though, how about on everyone?

Catch the ball when it hits you in the hands Dez, if you're this "elite" WR then show it. Dunbar, don't fumble the freaking football, especially in a close game like that. Ball security is more important then the extra yard that you're fighting for. Demarco Murray, learn to run to daylight, you piss me off with your 2.1 YPC, aren't you the real deal? Harris, don't get dumb penalties, they kill drives. Brandon Carr, learn to tackle, you got hurdled by Alex freaking Smith. And there's many more I can go on about ...

No one is excluding Tony from the blame, because everyone that watched the game seen how inaccurate he was in the 4th. For a second I thought Orton came in for him, because that guy looked totally different then the first half one.