How many times have we already heard the excuse “Dak was never the same after Atlanta, how could any QB recover from a game like that”. Really? REALLY? Give me a break.
Don’t even get me started on Romo, he’s just as responsible for his non Super Bowl as the coaching was.
ROFLMAO... well... when you get drafted to an NFL team, you expect to not get hit don't you? Like you, I seriously doubt that one game had anything to do with what all went down this season. But, it definitely gets used as the example of the whole season enough.
I was a huge fan of Romo though, and I felt many of those 8-8 seasons would have been more like 3-13 without him. But, in the same regard... he made some mistakes that cost him. I don't count things like fumbling the ball on a snap for a kick as one of them... The starting QB should have never been holding the snap anyway. That is just stupid in so many ways, it isn't even funny. I also don't count the Denver loss on him, because the defense did nothing that game... That was an amazing offensive game. But, he has definitely had his stupid moments.
Frankly, in my opinion he was better then Aikman, and better then Staubach... If anything he and Staubach are long lost relatives, by the escape artist acts they performed. But, Aikman was smarter then him when it came to trying to live to fight another day, and trying to stay on the field... but, he still missed a lot of games.
I hope Dak can amaze us with his transformation this off season. I hope he can still overcome the odds, when the situation isn't perfect. I have my doubts, but...we shall see. The 3rd year as the starter, if he stays on the field, will tell us everything we need to know. If it was Romo that made that big of a difference in Dak's play, then Jerry should have opened the checkbook, and he should have replaced Linehan. Although, I am with the people, that feel... the underneath passes were taken away, and game over. So I guess we will see if he has adapted. I will give him credit on some of the OTA throws I saw him making, while not under duress. But, I want to see some longer throws to see if those throwing mechanics changed.
I am am still of the opinion, Dak is a great person, but not the franchise QB we are looking for. But, I will say I was wrong if he ends up showing that he is. Like I have said... I don't want to play musical QBs.
So if he is the one... Great! But, if he isn't the one this season, let's make that change before it takes us another 23 years to reach the promised land.