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Otherwise known as elimination games have been a point of contention around here over the last few years. Mostly because people were defending a Romo performance, and he was the focal point of a season slipping into the off-season. Fair or not, Romo has been the face of this team, as he well should have been.
But...
Several answers came over the last three weeks which underscore people's positions on this board during our times of sorrow. And amazingly enough, it indicates both sides were right.
1. Fact: Romo was trying to do too much at times...
but...
2. He was the only player that could salvage a win considering the poor players surrounding him.
Sturm alludes to this point in his article today. King brings up Romo in the MVP argument, but tempers it with what has been in the past. Each article by the national press regurgitates the past as if it is etched in bronze. Romo was destined to fail in December. And even now, the entire football world waits for the other shoe to drop.
They're in for a surprising ride from here on out.
So in the big scheme of things, the Romo fans on this board were correct when they said he was the one and only, and much better than some of us gave him credit for.
However, on the flip side, he was trying too hard, which led to mistakes late in games that did fall on him. Because he was carrying all hope for victory. So, to be fair, he was carrying the team on his broad shoulders as best he could.
Romo has thrown the ball only 401 times, yet has completed 282 and only 8 picks. And if you factor in five of those came in two games this year, he is finally doing less and achieving more in a historic fashion.
So what this boils down to is both sides were right in the Romo argument.
But we just witnessed the Come Big of Stay at Home games the last three weeks. Even though Philly was losing out, once Dallas showed them the door, Dallas was prepared and more than capable to run the table.
Had Philly won the last two weeks it wouldn't matter. Dallas was going to take the East once they put Philly in the rear view mirror.
Every game was a potential elimination game over the last three weeks. Dallas answered the bell, and there could be no more pristine example of what some of us mean by an elimination games.
Keep winning, or sink into the mire of the also-ran.
I'm not picking a fight here. Just stating a case that has been argued. For those who blithely defended Romo, the elimination game definition was an indictment.
But the indictment is clear now.
It was the people assembling the team and not the player carrying the entire load.
But...
Several answers came over the last three weeks which underscore people's positions on this board during our times of sorrow. And amazingly enough, it indicates both sides were right.
1. Fact: Romo was trying to do too much at times...
but...
2. He was the only player that could salvage a win considering the poor players surrounding him.
Sturm alludes to this point in his article today. King brings up Romo in the MVP argument, but tempers it with what has been in the past. Each article by the national press regurgitates the past as if it is etched in bronze. Romo was destined to fail in December. And even now, the entire football world waits for the other shoe to drop.
They're in for a surprising ride from here on out.
So in the big scheme of things, the Romo fans on this board were correct when they said he was the one and only, and much better than some of us gave him credit for.
However, on the flip side, he was trying too hard, which led to mistakes late in games that did fall on him. Because he was carrying all hope for victory. So, to be fair, he was carrying the team on his broad shoulders as best he could.
Romo has thrown the ball only 401 times, yet has completed 282 and only 8 picks. And if you factor in five of those came in two games this year, he is finally doing less and achieving more in a historic fashion.
So what this boils down to is both sides were right in the Romo argument.
But we just witnessed the Come Big of Stay at Home games the last three weeks. Even though Philly was losing out, once Dallas showed them the door, Dallas was prepared and more than capable to run the table.
Had Philly won the last two weeks it wouldn't matter. Dallas was going to take the East once they put Philly in the rear view mirror.
Every game was a potential elimination game over the last three weeks. Dallas answered the bell, and there could be no more pristine example of what some of us mean by an elimination games.
Keep winning, or sink into the mire of the also-ran.
I'm not picking a fight here. Just stating a case that has been argued. For those who blithely defended Romo, the elimination game definition was an indictment.
But the indictment is clear now.
It was the people assembling the team and not the player carrying the entire load.