Confidence in Romo..

[thssanders]

How many of you are confident with Romo when the game is on the line. I've always felt that he's a pretty good clutch player, but then i saw something last night. I was playing madden, i know i know, but they showed a stat at the bottom of the screen saying romo has 3 fourth quarter comebacks in his career.

I was playing the giants and it also said eli has 10 i think. For as long as Romo's been playing, 3 doesn't seem like very many. When i started to think about it, he seems to always move the team down the field at the end, but then they can't punch it in.

Look at the giants game in the playoffs a few years back. And the lions game at the end of the regular season that same year. Also, the pittsburgh game where he basically blew it. And what about the broncos game this year when he had miles open twice but threw the other way.

I'm not hating on romo because i am one of his biggest supporters, but i was surprised when i saw the stat and it really got me thinking.

 

[thssanders]

Against the packers this year he drove them down and then threw a pick on the goal line.

He did get a 4th quarter comeback against the chiefs and i think the eagles the first time around.

 

[Doomsday101]

I'm very confident in Tony Romo.

 

[zrinkill]

Very Confident.

 

[Danny White]

Against the packers this year he drove them down and then threw a pick on the goal line.

He did get a 4th quarter comeback against the chiefs and i think the eagles the first time around.

Also had one against the Redsk*ns this year in the 7-6 victory.

He was also very clutch in the 4th quarter of the Saints game, leading up to the botch by Folk.

 

[superonyx]

I'm going to reply in spite of the fact that this thread exist because you had a thought while playing Madden.

Like most will say I am very confident with Romo. Especially compared to the QB you were playing against in Madden (eli manning). Imagine how you would feel tomorrow if you woke up and turned on the TV to see Jerry traded Romo for Eli? Or almost any other QB for that matter. Cutler, Palmer, McNabb, Eli, Gerrard, Rodgers, ect ect. You would probably be pretty upset that Dallas traded away Romo. If you are not then its best you just go back to playing Madden. Maybe you can trade him to the eagles in video game world for Vick. Then the QB sneak would be a weapon for you.

 

[JBS]

Didn't we beat the lions that year? On a last second pass from Romo to Witten?

 

[thssanders]

Didn't we beat the lions that year? On a last second pass from Romo to Witten?

i thought we lost but i'm not 100%. Can't recall cause the game didn't matter, we already had the playoff seed locked up

 

[thssanders]

my bad.... we lost to them in 2006 when we couldn't punch it in.... but we did comeback to win agains them in 2007

 

[WarDaddy]

Romo has had at least 3 4th quarter/overtime comebacks THIS year. He's had a few more in years past. They have already been pointed out in this thread.

There was one "stat" that showed his passer rating in the 4th quarter is higher than the other 3 quarters for his whole career.

He is pretty clutch.

 

[tyke1doe]

You have to be careful about putting emphasis on comebacks. The obvious question you have to ask is "was the team in a position where it needed to come back."

If the Cowboys were losing in the last minutes of a game and Romo pulled out the victory, then that means the comeback would be noteworthy. But if the Cowboys are comfortably winning most of their games, the comeback stat would be less credible as an argument to knock Romo.

Some will take a quarterback who doesn't have to come from behind most of the times than a quarterback who finds himself in come-from-behind situations most of the times.

The latter may suggest that the quarterback has been careless throughout the game only to right the ship at the end. But wouldn't you prefer a quarterback who was consistent throughout the game, who piloted your offense to scores at the end of each series (or most series) so comebacks aren't necessary?

Moreover, I don't know how well one "learns" to be a comeback quarterback. It seems as if there's a "knack" for doing that. Of course, experience helps you in that area, but for all Brett Favre's experience, he kills as many comebacks as he completes. If Favre had played consistent and not given up so many interceptions throughout the game, maybe his comebacks wouldn't be necessary.

Again, I think comebacks tell a lot about a quarterback's poise, but relying on them as an end-all, be-all stat is misleading for the reasons I pointed out above.

 

[JBS]

Let's not forget the game at Giants stadium in 07. That was pretty clutch. Romo also drove us down field and put us in position to win at Washington, just to have the kick blocked and returned the other way. He also drove us downfield as you mentioned at Seattle. If you ask me Romo is pretty darn good in the clutch.

 

[thssanders]

You have to be careful about putting emphasis on comebacks. The obvious question you have to ask is "was the team in a position where it needed to come back."

If the Cowboys were losing in the last minutes of a game and Romo pulled out the victory, then that means the comeback would be noteworthy. But if the Cowboys are comfortably winning most of their games, the comeback stat would be less credible as an argument to knock Romo.

Some will take a quarterback who doesn't have to come from behind most of the times than a quarterback who finds himself in come-from-behind situations most of the times.

The latter may suggest that the quarterback has been careless throughout the game only to right the ship at the end. But wouldn't you prefer a quarterback who was consistent throughout the game, who piloted your offense to scores at the end of each series (or most series) so comebacks aren't necessary?

Moreover, I don't know how well one "learns" to be a comeback quarterback. It seems as if there's a "knack" for doing that. Of course, experience helps you in that area, but for all Brett Favre's experience, he kills as many comebacks as he completes. If Favre had played consistent and not given up so many interceptions throughout the game, maybe his comebacks wouldn't be necessary.

Again, I think comebacks tell a lot about a quarterback's poise, but relying on them as an end-all, be-all stat is misleading for the reasons I pointed out above.

The definition of a comeback quarterback is peyton manning. If he has the ball for the last drive, he is going to score a touchdown, no matter who he's playing.

 

[thssanders]

Let's not forget the game at Giants stadium in 07. That was pretty clutch

That was a pretty clutch game. He played great throughout the game. But he didn't do it against them in the playoffs.

But if i remember correctly his lined sucked the second half

 

[Idgit]

Oh, hooray. So nice to be back in the offseason. Maybe we can get some insight into why he didn't bring the NFC team all the way back in the probowl, too. Not sure what Madden says about that.

I wish somebody kept stats regarding how well QBs play at the ends of halves and at the end of games.

 

[CF74]

How many of you are confident with Romo when the game is on the line. I've always felt that he's a pretty good clutch player, but then i saw something last night. I was playing madden, i know i know, but they showed a stat at the bottom of the screen saying romo has 3 fourth quarter comebacks in his career.

I was playing the giants and it also said eli has 10 i think. For as long as Romo's been playing, 3 doesn't seem like very many. When i started to think about it, he seems to always move the team down the field at the end, but then they can't punch it in.

Look at the giants game in the playoffs a few years back. And the lions game at the end of the regular season that same year. Also, the pittsburgh game where he basically blew it. And what about the broncos game this year when he had miles open twice but threw the other way.

I'm not hating on romo because i am one of his biggest supporters, but i was surprised when i saw the stat and it really got me thinking.

There goes all hope of having a serious discussion...:laugh2:

How 'bout: Down by 10 in the 4rth quarter against a solid team, not some scrubs like Detroit, Kansas, or Washington, but a good team like maybe San Diego, Indy, or the Ravens; how confident are you that Romo will lead us back? 1 out of 3 the D caved once already but let's just say they stand this time...

 

[juck]

he has some good comebacks,but more chokes.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

We haven't lost that many games, so it's not likely he'd have that many comeback because we're usually not losing.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I was playing madden

:madden:

Stopped reading right there.

 

[thssanders]

The fact that i was playing madden really has nothing to do with the discussion. Thats just where i saw the stat and it got me thinking.