CZ POLL Do you want Romo to start the next game or stick with Dak? **ended**

[BAZ]

Wow the voting is close. Another bad week and I think it swings ten percent for Romo.

 

[Cowboy89]

I think Romo is the better QB. I could see Romo going toe to toe with Brady in a SB. Problem is he's a hit away from possibly being done for good.

 

[Tabascocat]

One more week to get back on track, I will even take Dak looking competent over flashy stats. Put up a stinker like last night and a change should at least be up for discussion among the brass.

I don't want them to have to go to a cold Romo in a playoff game, see what he has left before it gets to that point.

All Dak has to do is run 5 to 6 times......that will help tremendously!

 

[Beast_from_East]

If we don't win HFA, then we are going to have a really tough time getting through the playoffs - Dak doesn't look like somebody who could win on the road against any cold weather team in January at this point.

We need to win next week, period. If Dak isn't getting it done, give Tony a chance, it's not just about the loss yesterday.....the passing game has been the weak link for the past 3 weeks & Dak appears to be understandably shaken.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/blue-star/Watkins-Cowboys-Reaction_Dallas-Fort-Worth-405972006.html

Good points.

 

[Beast_from_East]

oh my friggin lord. if the coaching staff lacked confidence in dak he would not be here much less starting and for damn sure romo would have been back as soon as he was able.

the crap people make up is just astounding at times.

So that pitch on 3rd and 11 was not a play to protect Dak, but our brilliant coaches actually thought that would work?

OMG!!!!

If our coaches are that stupid that they think a wide pitch on 3rd and 11 was actually going to work, I am more concerned over that than if they were protecting Dak.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Dak should remain the starter, but if he struggles vs the Bucs, then we need to make the move to Romo.


I cant believe most of you are ok with letting our beat season in 20 years go to waste by continuing to start a stuggling rookie QB

The hate for Romo is that strong bro.............so-called fans are calling him names like vomit..............they would rather lose with Dak in all honesty.

They may get there wish if last night is a sign of things to come.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Not exactly the same situation, I think. Manning was signed as the starter. Last year, Manning started the season and was struggling to make the plays he was accustomed. Kubiak wanted more consistency from the offense, sat Manning and started Osweiler. Manning's benching was never meant as a permanent change. Osweiler did begin to struggle and Manning replaced him but it was also after Manning accepted his physical limitations and began managing the game better. In my opinion, Kubiak made the switch back because he believed Manning accepted the conditions of his new role.

In Dallas, Romo was the unquestioned starter. Injury benched him. Prescott ran away with the golden opportunity--so much so that some people (the front office in particular) tied the winning streak directly and almost exclusively to Prescott's presence in the offense. This association was summarized and accepted through the analogy, "You can't mess with the chemistry." The front office made the decision of making the quarterback change permanent. Romo understood and confirmed the move with The Statement. Dallas and Denver's situation are different in that Manning's was an intended temporary change until Manning got his act together and Romo's benching was a permanent change due to circumstance.

I don't necessarily agree with all of this.

It was widely reported that Brock was highly pissed at John Elway for replacing him as the starter, so pissed that Brock would not even go with the Broncos to the White House to celebrate their SB win.

Obviously Brock didn't see Manning's benching and him being named the starter as a temporary situation as you are saying, at least Brock apparently feels that it wasn't a temporary change. Otherwise, if it was just a temp move and all parties knew it was a temp move, why did Brock get so pissed about it? He obviously didn't feel it was a temp move at all and Elway back stabbed him by going back to Manning.

 

[logan]

Dak gets one more half. If he looks as bad as he did against the Giants you sit him down.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Does everybody forget Nick ******* Foles? RG3? ....


Who is to say Dak isn't a flash in the pan benefiting from a strong O line, run game, and weak opposition to make him look better than what he really is.

That is another reason the decision to name Dak the permanent starter over Romo was very premature.

RG3 looked great his rookie year, won offensive MVP, and then teams figured out how to defend him and now he is a JAG.

Can folks guarantee me that Dak is not the second coming of RG3? Maybe playing behind the best o-line in the league, with the best RB in the league, and with a WR that is arguably one of the best in the league (although he wasn't last night), has made Dak look much better than what he actually is?

I hope this is not the case, I hope Dak is the next franchise QB but all we have is just a 12 game sample. I have a 14 year sample with Romo and I know he is a franchise QB, you don't break every passing record in Cowboy franchise history if you are just a bus driver.

That is why I am very hesitant to part ways with Romo until I see if Dak can be more than just RG3 2.0.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

I am shocked at how close the numbers are. I am a Romo fan but definitely think you have to stick with Dak right now. If he should struggle against at Tampa and lose another game, then the door creaks open slightly for me.

If Dak does stumble, I would like to see Romo get the last two starts to get back into the swing of things.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Wow, the voting is almost even now.................roughly half the fan base wants Romo to start, half the fan base wants Dak to start.

The front office really botched this whole QB thing about as bad as an organization can botch it. They have effectively split the entire fan base in half now, unreal.

And for those worried about Dak's mental psyche that a benching would mess him up for good, well its fixing to be a hell of a lot worse for him if we lose in the playoffs. If we stick with Dak and get eliminated in the playoffs and don't reach the SB, half of the entire fan base is going to say "Romo would have got us to Houston" and Dak choked.

That is going to be hung around Dak's neck like an albatross for his entire career in Dallas unless he wins a SB himself. Otherwise, he will forever be known as the guy who stole Romo's job and choked when we had our best chance to go to the SB in decades. Doesn't matter if its true or not, that will be the perception from half of the entire fan base.

Like I said, the organization totally botched this.

 

[zeke21]

I am equally happy with starting Romo or starting Dak and then putting Romo in at the half (if Dak isn't lighting it up).

Right now though, I can't see anyway that Dak is going to be able to take this team to the SB. He has been lights out awesome this season but should have been benched when Romo was healthy (see Cassell). Dak came into the season as our 3/4th option QB and still only knows about 15% of the playbook confidently. I've loved what I have seen so far IF you consider it was his first 12 starts etc etc.. however you simply can not say that Dak has shown any level of play above that of Romo.

The chronic disrespect for Romo is what causes most of this.. the guy is #3 all time and you don't want to even give him a chance? Strange.

 

[Tabascocat]

Beast...they didn't botch this at that time. It is what most people would have done-stay with the hot hand. I was for staying with Dak too even though I thought Romo was our best bet in January.

The botching might take place next week if Dak struggles again and they stubbornly stay with him leading to a first game exit. There is no reason for the Jones' to say anything right now other than that Dak is the guy. Things can and will change fast behind the scenes....if those wheels haven't started turning already.

I repeat, nothing has been botched..............................yet. If Dallas sticks with Dak while he is playing bad all the way to the end, that is a botch.

This is a fluid situation and maybe Dallas lights it up next week and all is forgotten. Stranger things have happened

 

[GOLDENCHILD1688]

I said all season Romo should get his spot back. I never let the media and win streak blind side me from evaluating each player individually. Dak for most of the year has been an efficient game manager. That's great for a rookie. He's the future of the franchise but that time isn't now. in the process he did nothing Romo couldn't do in his limited playing style. He refuses to throw the ball downfield and often opts to dink and dunk. Only Jay cutler who missed most of the year had fewer downfield attempts then Dak. He also outside of QBR, which can heavily be skewed as high In his favor due to his game manager style, he was low ranking in mostly every other passing statistical category, especially the first half of the year. He did gradually improve in some of those areas but not consistently and unlike Romo who's normally always top 5 in those same areas. All the dinking and dunking and open receivers missed all game are easy to ignore when your winning. He left points on the field for weeks Romo wouldn't have but we ignored in name of the streak.

this team is fueled by the run. You slow down the run and blitz Dak and he looks like a deer in headlights. The Giants made him look shell shocked twice this year especially last night. How did he look vs Philly when they blitzed him early? Same in Pittsburgh? It wasn't until the run picked up he was able to muster anything and those are so so defenses. When Minnesota was able to stop the run most of the game as well the hiders all nights yesterday he couldn't do anything. You think other teams aren't watching this? You think they won't bring the kitchen sink at a rookie come playoff time

It's amazing to me how so many cannot only claim to be die hard fans who watched Romo's play but can't see the disparity between the two, but the level of disrespect y'all have shown him in the process. The same fans who screamed for him last year and saw his worth now act like he was never good. The same guy who when he had this offense in 2014 was more then a game manager. A guy who threw 38TD to 9int and was a MVP candidate. Now suddenly that never happened lol.

 

[iceberg]

2 might be the start of a pattern. Like I said let's see how he responds vs Tampa Bay before making any changes.

i think the real pattern is people are quick to panic.

 

[stilltheguru88]

Romo let us down. Lol at his die hard fans saying he deserves anything.He SCREWED US last year and would've this year if Dak didn't save us. It's his fault he's in the position he's in. Dak has been reliable (something Romo hasn't been for 2 years in a row). If Dak atinks it up again next game for the whole game then I'd make the change. If we win regardless of his play I'm not making the change though. You play to win the game.

 

[cowboyz]

I only play Romo if they lose to the bucks and lions. Then play Romo against the eagles as a warm up game.

 

[Doomsay]

I only play Romo if they lose to the bucks and lions. Then play Romo against the eagles as a warm up game.

If you are going to go make a switch, that would likely be too late - we'd have squandered HFA.

 

[iceberg]

Wow the voting is close. Another bad week and I think it swings ten percent for Romo.

well that should get him on the field.

 

[DallasEast]

I don't necessarily agree with all of this.

It was widely reported that Brock was highly pissed at John Elway for replacing him as the starter, so pissed that Brock would not even go with the Broncos to the White House to celebrate their SB win.

Obviously Brock didn't see Manning's benching and him being named the starter as a temporary situation as you are saying, at least Brock apparently feels that it wasn't a temporary change. Otherwise, if it was just a temp move and all parties knew it was a temp move, why did Brock get so pissed about it? He obviously didn't feel it was a temp move at all and Elway back stabbed him by going back to Manning.

In my opinion, there are very few people in the world who appreciate being demoted for any reason.