Difference between Dak and Romo

[marchetta]

Romo made everybody around him better, like Larant Robinson and Miles Austin who never did jack without Romo.

Dak doesn’t elevate our scrubs, he instead plays down to their level and ends up sucking himself.

And Romo puts up more than 6 points against a 4 win team............just saying

Who did Romo make better his 2nd year in the league?... I'm just saying.

 

[RoboQB]

So we ditched Romo for a QB that has bad mechanics and cant make simple reads unless he has the best RB in the league standing behind him?

Nice

Apparently. What's your take?
My post didn't mention the RB but it's easy to see the play calling is now more reliant on Dak making a play
now that there isn't 8 or 9 in the box... something he didn't have to deal with until the last three games.

 

[RoboQB]

Who did Room make better his 2nd year in the league?... I'm just saying.

Well, he made Parcells look like a genius for not cutting him.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Interesting.

How many guys was Romo making better in the middle of his 2nd year?

Well this is the problem. The team forced Romo out the door and Dak clearly isn't ready to put the team on his back.

I'll go to my grave believing we should have put Romo back in last year. He'd have performed at a high level last year and this year and Dak would have been able to sit and learn with a student of the game.

All those idiots who cheered Romo's benching are choking on crow this year. Unfortunately, no Cowboy fan is better off today.

I saw this tweet earlier.....ain't it the truth?

 

[Beast_from_East]

Apparently. What's your take?
My post didn't mention the RB but it's easy to see the play calling is now more reliant on Dak making a play
now that there isn't 8 or 9 in the box... something he didn't have to deal with until the last three games.

I am scared you are right, Dak cant play if he doesn't have Zeke standing behind him.

Right now Dak looks like he should be playing at Division 3 Western Omaha, not the NFL......................hate to say it, but its true.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Well this is the problem. The team forced Romo out the door and Dak clearly isn't ready to put the team on his back.

I'll go to my grave believing we should have put Romo back in last year. He'd have performed at a high level last year and this year and Dak would have been able to sit and learn with a student of the game.

All those idiots who cheered Romo's benching are choking on crow this year. Unfortunately, no Cowboy fan is better off today.

I saw this tweet earlier.....ain't it the truth?

You and me Mr. Makto have had our disagreements, all friendly I might add, but you are 100% correct in your assessment. Romo should have been given his job back once healthy, it broke every code of sports that you don't lose your job due to injury.

We are now seeing that Dak cant play unless he has the league's best RB standing right behind him.

 

[AzorAhai]

Drew Brees is a great QB but his WR are wide open most of the time. He actually plays in a real system where they get their WR open. Dak ,on the hand plays, in JG's Tecmo Bowl offense.

That’s true. Doesn’t change the fact that he throws into a lot of tight windows with a lacking level of arm strength. He does it with accurate ball placement and anticipation. Dak can’t do that right now so it hurts him when other less than ideal arm strength QBs donjust fine.

 

[wssaustin]

Zeke rushed for 200 yards & a 3TD's for the close comeback against Green Bay in last years playoff game? Ohh yeah that was Dak!

One of the reason we lost that game was we did not run Zeke enough, key downs we failed to convert, end game we did not run the ball and spiked it. Enough said. I loath Linehan after that game.

 

[AzorAhai]

Well this is the problem. The team forced Romo out the door and Dak clearly isn't ready to put the team on his back.

I'll go to my grave believing we should have put Romo back in last year. He'd have performed at a high level last year and this year and Dak would have been able to sit and learn with a student of the game.

All those idiots who cheered Romo's benching are choking on crow this year. Unfortunately, no Cowboy fan is better off today.

I saw this tweet earlier.....ain't it the truth?

They aren’t choking on the crow. They are doubling down and pretty much ignoring it. I would at least respect their take if they said Romo was done due to health while acknowledging Dak hasn’t been good for weeks.

It’s like the people who hated Romo for years think any criticism of Dak means they are praising Romo.

 

[Alohawg1]

Besides the obvious, Tony is far better in almost every measurable.

 

[Dorsett33]

That defense you are talking about held them to 3 points in the first half. They have begged the offense to score some points. What do you expect from a defense when the offense can’t score more than 7 points? They are bound to break.

Lol...yeah. They have given up over 92 points in the 2nd half of the last 3 or 4 games. They were lucky it was only 3 points. If they would have held them to 3 points for the game then you would have an argument. The game is 60 minutes....not 30. Doesn't matter if the offense scored 7 or 10 points. And I EXPECT the defense to do their job and not give up close to 30 a game. The defense didn't remotely do their job. Lmao...you got to be kiddin me with this response.

 

[Dorsett33]

Honestly, the QB is always under the microscope. So their mistakes are magnified.
Dak has a terrible habit of not setting his feet to throw. He didn't set when he over threw Williams for the 2pt attempt.
And probably his worst pass, the pick 6 near the end, he failed to set his feet again.
Dak also is struggling to make the correct reads. For example, Witten was open in the end zone on that pick 6.
That's not hate. It's just the truth. I love Dak as a player and hope to see him evolve. He needs to work on
his mechanics and work on certain types of throws and reads.

Side note: I was a big Dorsett fan back in the day. That run was a work of art.

Don't misunderstand me....Dak has his flaws like any other player in the NFL. Especially a 2nd year player. He makes bad reads at times. Bad throws. My point is, most people are looking at Dak's flaws (which honestly I think are other reasons than football reasons) and not mention the defense. It's ridiculous. This game has always been a TEAM sport. I've played this sport for years. No emphasis was put on the Ravens QB when they won the Superbowl. It was because of their defense. Dak is 18-8 since coming into this league. There aren't many QBs that can say that. And his foot work is much better this year. Does he still make bad throws at times....sure he does. There are 10 year QBs that make bad throws. It happens. Does he miss open receivers? Sure. Every QB in the league misses open receivers. But to say he's a bad QB when we have a defense that plays like that tells me that people don't know the game and want Dak out because of other reasons.

 

[Dorsett33]

You and me Mr. Makto have had our disagreements, all friendly I might add, but you are 100% correct in your assessment. Romo should have been given his job back once healthy, it broke every code of sports that you don't lose your job due to injury.

We are now seeing that Dak cant play unless he has the league's best RB standing right behind him.

Well....I think you can't stop just there. Dak can't play when the coaches can't make adjustments to put him in position to succeed. Dak can't play if the best left tackle is out for a couple games and he's constantly under pressure and sacked more in two games than he has been all season. Dak can't play if he has receivers that probably have a D+ at best at route running....with the exception of Cole Beasley.

I'm rolling with Dak. He has an 18-8 record since coming in this league. Does he need help? Of course he does. This is a team sport that takes 11 players on offense and 11 on defense to be a good team (And right now we have 5 at best on defense that may be descent).

 

[pansophy]

Interesting.

How many guys was Romo making better in the middle of his 2nd year?

It's okay, you can admit Dak isn't a natural passer. Even during his magical rookie year he didn't take a drop back pass without play action until week 15 because his footwork wasn't ready for it.

We made a long term decision moving on from Romo. I was so disappointed last year about it since we had a good team. But his body wasn't holding up and it's hard to argue against that.

But with Dak we are getting this year what we should have gotten last year. People complain about coaching, but then fail to see that coaching and scheme is what made Dak look so amazing in the first place.

I have some faith in Dak. He has always rebounded and grown as a passer. He did it last year when I was screaming for Romo to come back, and he has done it this year. During the first stretch of offensive struggles Dak was missing the 'in' routes and it was killing drives. He is hitting those now. So now defenses are giving him the outside and he isn't making those throws. The picks are Dak trying to go inside. He will be okay.

Any conversation that isn't about how horrible the defense is without 1 player - Sean Lee - is a waste of time because we aren't doing anything until we can stop giving up 30 points a game.

 

[The Natural]

The difference between Dak and Romo is one guy can stay on the field and the other cant.

 

[TwentyOne]

Romo made everybody around him better, like Larant Robinson and Miles Austin who never did jack without Romo.

Dak doesn’t elevate our scrubs, he instead plays down to their level and ends up sucking himself.

And Romo puts up more than 6 points against a 4 win team............just saying

Please stop those threads. Dak is playing his second season.

Romo was surrounded with prime talent at the receiving and most of the time at the RB position. The OL was also very good most of the time.

Romo was never a QB that was able to elevate people around him. He feeded from the talent around him. He was good no question, but he was not in the likes of e.g. Favre or Rodgers. Those are QBs who elevate(d) players around them.

 

[TwentyOne]

The only difference I see is Romo waits until the key game or when the game on the line and chokes .. Dak seem to start a pattern of choking throughout the game .. LOL

j/k

Dak is still my guy (for now)

HAHA. Nice one.

People loved the way Romo brought the team back in the 4th quater. They tend to forget that he often enough was the reason the team was playing from behind until the 4th because of him.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

HAHA. Nice one.

People loved the way Romo brought the team back in the 4th quater. They tend to forget that he often enough was the reason the team was playing from behind until the 4th because of him.

Thy tend to forget it because it’s a figment of your imagination. You can’t expect people to have knowledge of your vapid, made up facts.

 

[vaturkey]

Drew Brees is a great QB but his WR are wide open most of the time. He actually plays in a real system where they get their WR open. Dak ,on the hand plays, in JG's Tecmo Bowl offense.

I've been saying forever that perhaps the biggest mistake outside of firing Jimmy Johnson Jerry ever made was not turning the reins over to Sean Payton. That man knew offensive football like few others and Parcell's knew it.

 

[Gator88]

Romo didn't have a 6 and 10 year several years into his career?

Nope, the worst Romo's been where he played the majority of the season was 8-8 actually.