Video: Cowherd makes his case for Romo

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Style points don't count. We may be whatever you said but the bottom line is that Dak has lead this team to a 4-1 record and 1st place in the NFC East. You can call it dink and dunk or whatever you like but you also have to call it 1st place in the East.

Again. The running game is doing the heavy lifting and we are not getting chunk plays. It is a team game.

Romo can do better.

You actually going to address the arguments made other than a dismissal?

 

[mattjames2010]

Even after the next game, regardless of how it comes out, there is going to be controversy, which is how Jerrah likes it because the QB controversy is now a full blown media story and he is in the middle of it.

Take your tabloid garbage somewhere else.

"Jerrah" is saying it's Romo's team because it is Romo's team. He's the most proven player on our team, when he is healthy he is the MVP by far. Romo will be starting after the bye and you better deal with it quick.

 

[VACowboy]

Everyone wants to deflect what he is saying by pointing out he was wrong regarding game predictions. Red herring make for poor arguments.

No one wants to address his points about him throwing constantly underneath with safe throws to Beasley and Witten or the lack of passing scores.

We are 26th in the NFL with only 12 passes of more than 20 yards. We are fortunate to have such a dominant OL to score off the run. Prescott is completing under 50% of his passes in the RZ.

Dak is out of this world for a 4th round rookie but Romo is able to do so much more if healthy.

Fuzz, I always look forward to your posts and agree with you 99.99% of the time, but...

I haven't studied every pass play so I don't know the answer, but how many times has Dak chosen an underneath throw instead of an open guy on down the field? Could the dirth of 40+ passes be by design? I mean, yes, the team has a great OL and running game, so it only makes sense to me that the coaches have designed their offense around that strength to help the rookie QB succeed. Isn't that what we want them to do? I think we all know there will come a point where Prescott will need to air it out to get a win. Could be this coming Sunday when the team goes up against an insanely stout run defense at Lambeau Field, but I don't think that just because Dak hasn't racked up a bunch of TD passes that it means he can't. I think it means he hasn't been asked to. I think he has different skills than Tom Brady and is playing on a different team with different strengths, doing things a different way, so whether Dak can consistently hit guys 60-yards down the field is unknown. The truth of the matter is that the Dak Prescott-led offense is second in the league in total yards, 6th in scoring and 5th in putting the ball in the end zone, so who cares whether they do it on the ground or through the air? You say we're fortunate to be able to score running the ball because Dak isn't great throwing the ball in the redzone. I say the team is built to run and is playing to its strengths, and as long as throwing the ball to score is emphasized less in the offense by design I'm not going to judge Dak for not having top stats at doing it. There are a million variables in this formula that no one ever mentions. Hell, maybe Dak is being extra careful in the redzone or something. I think there's something to be said for the fact that Dak has yet to throw an INT, converts on third down and gets his offense into the end zone better than almost all other quarterbacks in the league.

I have no doubt that Tony would have thrown the ball down the field more than Dak has and thrown more TD passes than the rookie, but history says he'd have also turned the ball over and taken more sacks too. All that said, there is o bigger fan of Tony Romo than I am. None. I believe in the guy. He's carried his team for a long time and I believe a healthy Tony Romo would be a Pro Bowl-caliber QB in the Dallas offense and guide his team deep into the playoffs. What I'm unsure of is how healthy he will be and how long it will take him to blow off the rust, so until he's 100% healthy and sharp, Prescott should remain under center.

As far as facts go, there are a lot more of them that get omitted when this discussion takes place than just distance passing numbers and touchdown tosses. Like, Dak is 12th in the league in total air yards and has gained a higher percent of yards through the air than guys like Andy Dalton, Cam Newton, Derek Carr, TOM BRADY, AARON RODGERS, Philip Rivers, Matt Ryan and CARSON WENTZ. The only guy who completes a higher percentage of passes on third down is Garoppolo. So the idea that Dak is dinking and dunking his way down the field and getting carried by the OL and the running game is BS.

 

[CATCH17]

What's so silly is the emphasis on #s as oposed to WINNING. I take issue with the "Dak and Dunk" ....he's not hitting big shots down the field yet he's clearly shown the ability in the preseason. Further he's been surgical in the 10-25 range, on 3rd downs and he SUSTAINS drives. Dinking and Dunking if that's all it were would not be successful...at all...

Lets take the winning part out of it and just look what Dak gives us offensively.


The guy is just so efficient passing and he keeps defenses honest because they know if they over pursuit then Dak could take off running out the other side with the football.

We have a screen game for the first time ever as well.


For me personally. I want Romo if we are trailing. He is as good as it gets when you need a QB to get vertical with the football and make magic happen.

If we have a lead.. Dak Prescott is the guy and he enhances our run game with the plays we can do off of it.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Not anyone with a brain. Which is why he went to Fox.

haha I chuckled at that

 

[CowboyStar88]

Dak and Dunk as oppose to Interception and Choke?

wow the hate Romo has gotten is disgusting... Really? This has been proven over and over again to be inaccurate. He is one of the best 4th quarter QB's in the game and had some crazy come from behind win numbers that was at the top of the league.

 

[CowboyStar88]

I cant take a guy who whines for four hours a day seriously.

That's how I feel about this political cycle

 

[DenCWBY]

Many will be unhappy with Cowherd's analysis - but he is dead on. Well stated. Romo brings a deep-ball threat aspect that Prescott simply does not. He's not at that point in his career that he is comfortable with deeper reads. It's just that simple.

Romo will shred defenses with this O-line and running game for as long as he can stay healthy. Because that IS what Romo does.

With all due respect, "For as long as he can stay healthy". If his health is not consistent which it has not been, all your other valid points really don't apply. Personally I would like to see Romo back as a starter but only if he can manage to look like the Romo we had in 2014. He now has all the parts around him, but it's up to his physical body to complete the deal.

 

[Stash]

Many will be unhappy with Cowherd's analysis - but he is dead on. Well stated. Romo brings a deep-ball threat aspect that Prescott simply does not. He's not at that point in his career that he is comfortable with deeper reads. It's just that simple.

Romo will shred defenses with this O-line and running game for as long as he can stay healthy. Because that IS what Romo does.

He also turns the ball over, something Prescott doesn't do. People want to point to his MVP performance of 2014 while trying to ignore or give him a mulligan for 2015, where he had 5 TD's to 7 INT's. Doesn't work that way. He didn't look like the 2014 guy before, during, or after injury.

And his physical unreliability far exceeds any other starting quarterback in the league by a country mile, and that fact can't be ignored or disregarded.

 

[tyke1doe]

It's no stupider than Rodney Harrison saying Dak should start or Garrett will lose the team when Harrison has no idea what goes on in our locker room and probably thinks Romo is the worst QB in the league anyway. These national guys don't know the whole story, they can only see the high level.
Cowherd is likely just amused that a QB on pace for 13 passing TDs and who isn't allowed to throw the ball downfield is causing such a stir.

I don't think Rodney Harrison said definitely that Garrett would lose the team. I think he said there's the potential that he could lose the team.

And Harrison has played in the NFL and has actually been in a locker room and understands the dynamics of the locker room.

And there's an issue that many don't want to talk about but is as real as America itself and that's the race angle. Whether we like it or not, there are guys with backgrounds who could view the demotion of Dak and the elevation of Romo as a race thing. I'm not saying it is. I don't believe that.

But I know guys at work who translate EVERYTHING from the race perspective. And if that dynamic exists in the real world, it exists in the locker room too. See Chip Kelly and Shady McCoy as an example.

 

[John813]

wow the hate Romo has gotten is disgusting... Really? This has been proven over and over again to be inaccurate. He is one of the best 4th quarter QB's in the game and had some crazy come from behind win numbers that was at the top of the league.

It's getting worse as the weeks go by, sadly.
In preseason, only a handful are excited for Prescott and think he can do well. The majority pray for a quick return for Romo.
Week 5, posters now are posting the very things that almost everyone defended against Romo years ago.

Intercept and choke?
Good lord.

I'm excited about Dak, hell I think he should continue to start if he keeps playing an effective game.

However, this praise one guy and bash another is sad. Think it's time to move onto another QB? I can respect that. Post absolute garbage and faux statements to bash someone just because? SMH.

 

[Kareemovweet]

What a jerk. He hates the boys. But I agree that you need a vertical threat as well. He makes some valid points.

Actually he is a Cowboys fan...

 

[Stash]

Let's see:

Two weeks ago, Prescott Andy the Cowboys had 'no shot to beat San Francisco' - WRONG!

Last week, they 'couldn't possibly beat a quality team like Cincinnati' - WRONG!

And now he's got himself a snappy catch phrase like Dak and Dunk which apparently he thinks makes him sound smart - WRONG AGAIN!

For weeks, he's been trying the same tired rhetoric, attempting to manipulate the facts like any con artist would, and continuing to look stupid.

This team is 2nd in the league in total offense, and 6th in points scored. 'Dak and Dunk' that *******! They also have the 5th fewest offensive penalties in the league with that rookie at the helm.

Unlike Colin Cowturd, I don't care how the Cowboys offense gets the ball into the end zone, only that the Cowboys offense gets the ball in the end zone.

And anyone actually watching these games knows that Prescott has had at least three (and I believe more) passing touchdowns nullified or missed through no fault of his own. Beasley and Bryant dropped two in week one vs the Giants and Witten's motion penalty nullified another one this week. He's done his part, and then some!

It amazes me that a guy can be paid big money to be wrong week, after week, after week.

 

[ThrowuptheXDez88]

Cowherd is pathetic! Dak was dink and dunk in the Giants game averaging 5 yards per completion, but other than that he has averaged 9.7 YPC VS Commanders, 10.3 VS Chicago, 7.7 VS 49ers, & 9.5 VS the Bengals.. Pisses me off these morons get paid to just throw nonsense out there.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

I don't think Rodney Harrison said definitely that Garrett would lose the team. I think he said there's the potential that he could lose the team.

And Harrison has played in the NFL and has actually been in a locker room and understands the dynamics of the locker room.

And there's an issue that many don't want to talk about but is as real as America itself and that's the race angle. Whether we like it or not, there are guys with backgrounds who could view the demotion of Dak and the elevation of Romo as a race thing. I'm not saying it is. I don't believe that.

But I know guys at work who translate EVERYTHING from the race perspective. And if that dynamic exists in the real world, it exists in the locker room too. See Chip Kelly and Shady McCoy as an example.

You may be right. All I know is that most of these guys have never thought Romo was any good even when he was young and completely healthy, so it's hard to take them seriously.

The chemistry angle seems like a desperate grab from people who have no clue about the state of each team's locker room. Herm Edwards was a coach AND a player, seems to me he would see it from both sides.

 

[landroverking]

I get the feeling most of you don't watch Cowheard.
He's not a hater at all.
He and Jimmy are right about needing big plays down the field for the upper crust teams.
If it comes from Dak fine, if not Romo has to be the man.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

Also one thought I had is Cowherd was talking about Dak as if he had conclusive proof that Dak can not throw it deep. That also bothered me. Is it that Dak is not throwing deep because the coaches are instructing him not to or is it an ability/accuracy thing. I feel that the coaches are holding him back from making the deep throws out of fear that he'll turn the ball over. If this is the case then I hope Garrett starts to trust him more to make the deep throws because that's what we need to see and Dak needs to build confidence throwing it deep. Or is it that our main playmaking WR is out, or a combination of all three.

Although I disagree with you I appreciate a balanced measured response like this. I think a point needs to be made. Dak has fully shown that he can hit the deep ball. The bucket drop to Twill and The beautiful deep back shoulder to Dez in his first pre-season game. Then the adjustment in the pocket and hitting Butler deep on a dime where the ball traveled about 60 yards or so in the air on a rope vs Mia... If Dak CAN do this.. but the gameplan, situation, reads aren't dictating it at this point I'm fine. I actually am more impressed with a razor sharp mid range 10-30 range game yet because this is where you'll make your living in the NFL. Dak has obviously been able to keep teams off balance. He represents a NEW confidence that's WORKING. He's strong, mobile, smart and ascending. I DO NOT DISLIKE TONY ROMO but I think a very tough executive decision is in order. If we grade EVERYTHING Romo has to offer over his entire career.. not just 2014.. and WE ARE WINNING FOOTBALL GAMES.. while Dak is ascending at the same time, I don't think we look back. I feel like we're concerned about a few things that are counterproductive right now. 1 Romo's legacy, Romo's feelings, Style points, HOW we're WINNING.

 

[Dracula]

Until my shiny new toy breaks, I'll prefer it over an old toy, which hasn't been played with for over a year.

 

[Animosity]

Take your tabloid garbage somewhere else.

"Jerrah" is saying it's Romo's team because it is Romo's team. He's the most proven player on our team, when he is healthy he is the MVP by far. Romo will be starting after the bye and you better deal with it quick.

Hope you are ready to deal with Romo throwing game ending INTs AGAIN with the season on the line. 10 years and counting.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Dak is 7th in the NFL in yards per attempt, hardly Dak and Dunk.

Sorry can't buy into anything else he says after that.

Or any other clueless troll Cowboys fan that says the same.