Well, it was just those comments that were mind-boggling. The rest was not.
- You think Romo's not in the same class as Eli? Come in!
- You not don't think Romo--of all people-- is all in with the team emotionally and physicall...in fact you think the exact opposite? wth?
- And finally, you are "through with Romo as a player"...that being the Romo who led the league in passer rating in both the regular season and playoffs last year and powered through it, most likely, in pretty bad pain in doing so.
Sorry, but those comments were specifically worth taking specific note of.
See the problem IMO is, people get so emotional about those things. Someone posts that a QB of our rival team is better and fans dont seem to have the ability to look at it objectivly. It's like someone of their family was attacked. I will never understand that. If Eli would have been our QB (Dallas QB) and Romo played for the Giants (for example) would you or any other picked Romo over Eli ?
Yes i do think Eli is a better QB then Romo. He has more talent and has shown it on the field. He did not play well the last seasons but still i think overall he is the better QB. And he won 2 SBs - AND, slow down a bit please - i know what you want to say. The argument here is
not the 2 rings but the ability to play in important games and win them. Hes been there and proved he can handle it. Beeing able to play good when it counts was always a knock on Romo. And when i look at his last two playoff games he did not change my oppinion. That does not mean he played bad but he wasnt that player i expect when i envision a top 5 or great QB. Romo has all the stats but to me he simply does not have "it".
I am not sure Eli is in the top 5 but that is not the question here. The question was (or the topic): Romo does not get the respect he deserves. Not if Eli is great or better then Romo. I put 7 Qbs into my list and you mentioned just one. So that means you also think that with the other 6 i am right ? So in fact that means you agree with me: Yes, i do think Romo gets the repect he deserves and he gets the critics he deserves as well.
I do not think my oppinion is mind-boggling. In fact there alot of others out there that think the same way (sports writers, well known ones and not so ones, fans etc...). So its nothing a informed reader wouldnt have read already.
And i do think that your statement is a bit offensive. But thats the way the internet these days works. People are anonymous so they don't feel the need to argue they just get emotionally and disparage.
Yes and i do think Romo is NOT a warrior and he is NOT preparing the right way for the season and/or games. But i do think he is emotionally all in with the team. I never said the opposite.
But let me say this also: I dont know Romo and never met him. All i can do is judge from what i read, and what i see (interviews etc...). And from that i got that oppinion. Maybe i would judge him completly different if i played with him, if i only knew him as a person. But i dont, so i build my oppinion from the things that i have.
Lets give you one explame why i think of Romo the way i do:
I watched the Niners game. And Romo looked very bad. He wasnt even able to move. The FO and Romo explained it that Romo hadnt the time to prepare right because he was hurt and they were cautious with his training reps and were holding him back. They even took the blame on their shoulders the way the explained it. And after that game i believed in that explanation. The problems i got with the explanation was when i saw what happened the following 2 weeks.
How long was it after the second back surgery ? 4 or 5 months ? I cant remember anymore. But the exact number of months doesnt matter. Point is it was months and a long time. And suddenly within 1 1/2 weeks after that game (in game 3) Romo played like he never was hurt.
Do you really believe he wasnt able to train (or just sporadically) for about 5 months because he was still hurt, went to his first game were he couldnt even walk upright and then only 1 1/2 weeks later he played like he never got injured ? I call that a miracle. But honestly i dont believe in such things.
Dont missunderstand me. I do think Romo played hurt. And all props to him for playing thru the pain. But i dont think he looked that bad because of the pain. He looked that bad because he did simply not pepare for the season. He did not do everything that was in need to be in shape for the first game. Had he, he wouldnt have looked that bad. I dont believe it was his injury that was holding him back in that game and i dont think it was the injury that hindered him to prepare the right way. It was simply his laziness. And i do think he is lazy when it comes to do the right work in preparing for the season. And i dont believe the FO when they say they were overcautios with his camp-reps. I do know a bit about life and how business works. You dont destroy your QB (or a leader of your franchise) in public. Even if he does not do the right things. They invested alot of money in that player. You dont destroy your investement. Especially when its that kind of a risky one.
Romo likes to talk alot about the things he works at. And thats cool because people like to hear such things and - over the years - Romo is someone who learned to say the right things. But he regulary starts the season overweight and out of shape. And that has nothing to do with his two back surgeries. That is a habit he has cherished over his whole career. When he was younger he was able to get away with it but as he got older it shows.
I do think Romo is not the workout warrior he should be to get the best out of him. He is someone who plays thru pain. But over the years i followed him i also noticed that Romo is someone who likes the spotlight alot. And therefore i dont believe in every grimace he shows when he is in that big pain we all should think he is in. I fell in love with Romo when Parcells brought him in for "the statue" in that New York game. And i was in love with him for a long time. But Romo changed as a person and i did not like that change. Maybe that change is something he needed to "survive" being the DC QB. IDK. I just know he left alot of sympathy on the way. Now to me he is someone who talks alot. Who puts himself and everybody around him in much brighter light then it actually is true. I do think that characteristic he already had in him and he developed it over the years. He needs attention. And is doing more for it then for the success of himself or the team.
Playing thru pain is valued by fans in a sport that lives by its archaic values. And it has something to it i admit. But in Romos case i cant deny the feeling that Romos knows about those things and uses it for his advantage. So i dont believe every pain hes trying to convince me of he is in.
The way Romo prepares is not the best for the team. Romo is a player that gets hurt easily. He plays thru the pain and injury afterwards but if he had prepared the right way i do think he could have avoided some of those. And thats more in the interest of the team.
Yes i dont question that he is emotionally very envolved. Romo is a fighter and he wants to win. He is not "ill" and gets our of hand with his emotions like Dez Bryant but i do think he wants to win the same way Dez wants to. But when it comes to put in the work for him its more about emotion than actually doing something to get better. Hes playing basketball and golf in the offseason. Instead of visting the gym and doing track & field stuff which would do him much better - and so for the team.
One last thing to think about before i have to finish: Ronaldo McClain does not like to train. He gets his shares of injuries to avoid camp etc. Still people get mad about him but they love Romo. For me thats ok. I can understand that people judge others differently because they like the one and dont like the other so much. Still i think its worth to be open minded about those things. Its important to be so you can be more consious about reality. To me Romo & McClain are the same type of players regarding preperation.
