Twitter: Cowboys working QB plan for Philly

[Air Force One]

Whole thing just seems weird

 

[links18]

With the injury history, lack of recent activity on the field, his age, and the Cowboys unwilling to expose him to opposing defenses, if you were a team looking for a QB, why would you trade assets for this player?

Because you are an incompetent GM.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I have no idea what this team is doing with its QBs, we literally are the only team in the NFL that is scared to play the backup QB because of risk of injury.

So if Dak gets hurt in a playoff game, Romo is coming off the bench cold with his last regular season game being Thanksgiving 2015?

I am sorry, but that is just dumb.

 

[Redball Express]

Sounds good to me. Let Dak play a quarter or half, then put Sanchez in.

This tells me Romo and Jerrah have an agreement to not play him and keep him healthy for his release.

I'm good with this.

 

[LatinMind]

M

My guess they are absoutley keeping him out of the game. They do not want any part of Romo running this offense. There is no upside at all for the coaches or the front office. If he looks great and then Dak struggles a little in the playoffs, do they lose with Dak or pull him. If he plays like crap or gets injured again, then they can't trade him.

Romo is a pro and does not need to play a lot to be ready to go. MIght take him a series or two but that is it.

Maybe you dont remember how bad he looked to start 2014 after surgery. He needs to play to be ready.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

I have no idea what this team is doing with its QBs, we literally are the only team in the NFL that is scared to play the backup QB because of risk of injury.

So if Dak gets hurt in a playoff game, Romo is coming off the bench cold with his last regular season game being Thanksgiving 2015?

I am sorry, but that is just dumb.

And just as dumb to play him with no LT and in the cold weather against a Philly pass rush. Two sides of the dumb coin I guess.

 

[Plankton]

I don't know and neither do you. But we will find out.

But I can tell you this genius, if we put him out there and he does get hurt, then no we won't get absolutely anything for him.

Genius? Well, isn't that special?

If they are concerned about him getting hurt, and that damaging his trade value, then don't think for a minute that potential trade partners aren't seeing the reticence being shown by the Cowboys.

In the playoffs, they will likely be facing better pass rushes than the Eagles. If they are afraid of him getting hurt here, it won't be any less risky in the playoffs.

 

[joseephuss]

 

[Irvin88_4life]

The ones that don't want Dak to play are the Wentz and Romo lovers

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

The ones that don't want Dak to play are the Wentz and Romo lovers

And crying "If Dak gets hurt." The IF/WHEN is on Romo

 

[Super_Kazuya]

M

Maybe you dont remember how bad he looked to start 2014 after surgery. He needs to play to be ready.

Newsflash: he didn't have a surgery. He had a hairline fracture in a small bone in his back that was so tiny, an MRI was needed to see it.
He has also never had this much lead in time before playing where he could just ease back into playing with no timeline. So while he may still need to get up to game speed, this wouldn't be like any other return he's had to go through.

 

[kramskoi]

Just as it's pure speculation Tony can get up after another big hit.

And don't you think they need to know this before a playoff game that he is actually in?

 

[Plankton]

And just as dumb to play him with no LT and in the cold weather against a Philly pass rush. Two sides of the dumb coin I guess.

The Cowboys will only be playing four offensive linemen on Sunday? You know, they can help Cleary out. Running backs chipping the ends, keeping a TE on that side, etc.

And, it's supposed to be 48 degrees in Philly on Sunday, so there's no weather excuse.

 

[kramskoi]

I have no idea what this team is doing with its QBs, we literally are the only team in the NFL that is scared to play the backup QB because of risk of injury.

So if Dak gets hurt in a playoff game, Romo is coming off the bench cold with his last regular season game being Thanksgiving 2015?

I am sorry, but that is just dumb.

If they are so deathly afraid of Romo being injured then maybe he should be third string rather than second.

 

[Verdict]

This thread makes me consider why Romo came out and said this is Dak's team in the odd fashion he diid it. I think some decisions were made way back then that Romo got on board with and his announcement played into that decision in some fashion.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

And don't you think they need to know this before a playoff game that he is actually in?

If he plays we'll know. Behind our OL and the running game, Tony can work short throws to get the rust off when starting a game.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

The Cowboys will only be playing four offensive linemen on Sunday? You know, they can help Cleary out. Running backs chipping the ends, keeping a TE on that side, etc.

And, it's supposed to be 48 degrees in Philly on Sunday, so there's no weather excuse.

Philly weather and the wind, we'll see.

 

[_sturt_]

If he's going to get hurt the first few times he gets hit, it will happen, and better to have it happen in the regular season, where you can get Sanchez up to some type of standard, then going cold into a playoff game where you don't know what you have. This is the central problem, or conundrum if you will...is that we just don't know what we have in Romo...and events have panned out in a way that "could" end up being a disservice to the team's overall objectives. It's just being smart...better to know and be able to formulate contingencies than to wing it and get bitten on the rear end.

I've made that same argument before. I not only get it, I once advocated it. Maybe still would except for the Emmett Cleary factor. That tilts the scale.

 

[HappyOnions]

I know people want to see Dak prepare himself more for the playoffs, but we've seen what's happened to Carr and Mariota. /

This game doesn't mean anything, so I think they should air on the side of caution and sit their starters for the 2nd half, or at least for the 4th.

 

[TNCowboy]

Doesn't make a lot of sense to play Romo behind what will likely be a patchwork OL by the time they put him in, against a team that blitzes a lot. It puts TR in a no-win situation. Very little would be gleaned by playing him against Philly unless you're playing all the starters, and I'd wager that most of the key starters will be spectators by the 2nd quarter.