Does Romo go in the RoH?

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Jerry Jones shoulders blame
2/26/2014 - NFL TONY ROMO +1 more

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On the 25th anniversary of buying the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones said one of his biggest regrets is not having won a Super Bowl with Tony Romo as his quarterback, but places the blame on himself.

In a 30-minute Tuesday afternoon interview with KRLD-FM Dallas/Fort Worth, Jones also said there are some highly-priced contracts the team shouldn't have completed and believes the franchise would have won more titles if not for the current financial system in the NFL.


"We should have been knocking on the door and we haven't and I have no excuses, it starts here," Jones said. "But we have not. I know that to the extent that we have a healthy Romo, our best chance to get back to the Super Bowl is a healthy Romo."

The Cowboys have won just one playoff game with Romo as quarterback, 2009, and missed the postseason the last four seasons.

In the last three seasons, the Cowboys had a chance to reach the postseason by winning the NFC East in the regular season finale but lost each time.

Several years ago, Jones said he conferred with several former or current NFL personnel executives who advised from 2007 to 2010, the Cowboys had some of the best talent in the league. During that time, the Cowboys not only had Romo, but Pro Bowl players such as Terrell Owens, Flozell Adams, Jason Witten, Roy Williams, Marion Barber, DeMarcus Ware and Miles Austin.

Yet, the Cowboys could only manage one playoff win and advanced to the NFC divisional round twice, losing both times. After a first-round bye, the Cowboys were beaten at home by the New York Giants in 2007 and then the Minnesota Vikingsin 2009.

Since 1997, the Cowboys have compiled a 136-136 mark.

"Now for us not to having got it done during those years is a mess up," Jones said. "You got to get it when you're high like that. When you're high up on it. You can't miss your bus when you got your quarterback and you got good talent around him and if you miss that bus in the NFL."

Currently, the Cowboys are estimated to be $20 million over the projected $130 million salary cap for the 2014 season. The Cowboys, like most NFL teams, need to get under the cap by March 11.

The Cowboys can create $17 million in cap space with the restructured contracts of linebacker Sean Lee, cornerback Orlando Scandrick and Romo. The team is also thinking of restructuring Ware's deal. If the Cowboys release Ware, it opens up $7.5 million in cap space.

"All of that boils down to management of a cap, management of certainly having players that deserve to get the money that you got," Jones said. "When I look back on it, we probably paid some people that we probably would have been better off not paying."

 

[Dodger12]

Tony Romo will own every team passing record when he retires. I know, he didn't (or hasn't yet) win a SB but I just don't pin that all on Tony. Jerry playing fantasy GM and Garrett's on the job training wasted good years with Romo. He, along with Witten, will be in the RoH and they both deserve to be there.

 

[SultanOfSix]

This is not even a question.

 

[KJJ]

Like I said, you win. Congrats!

There's no winner or loser this isn't a contest.

 

[KJJ]

Well then, take Don Meredith's name down, if winning championships are the main criteria.

I already commented why Meredith is in the ROH he like Perkins helped pave the way. The criteria for being added to the ROH has changed a lot since Meredith and Perkins were added.

 

[Dodger12]

On the 25th anniversary of buying the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones said one of his biggest regrets is not having won a Super Bowl with Tony Romo as his quarterback, but places the blame on himself.

I hadn't seen this when I made my previous post. Jerry is being honest and he's absolutely correct.

 

[rags747]

You might want to read my posts on Witten.

Romo and Witten are locks for the ROH SB ring or not. Romo is the only thing that has kept the Boys relevant since 2006. Jerry loves him some Romo and Witten. Staubach and Troy had some great great teams, both offense and defense...Romo has had pretty much crap his whole time here although that is finally starting to change now that he is 35yrs old.

 

[joseephuss]

Some here including one who liked your post has claimed a QB's passer rating correlates to winning more than any other stat. Couldn't disagree with that more and have posted many examples as to why I don't agree. According to some on the site Romo is the greatest QB in Cowboys history due to his franchise passing records. Romo is ROH worthy in the eyes of Cowboy FANS who put passer ratings and numbers ahead of playoff success and championships.

No one is putting one over the other. Everyone would love more SB trophies. It still comes down to football being a team support. The ultimate team sport in my opinion. Staubach and Aikman were great players. They also played on better teams. They would have been great in any era they played, but that doesn't mean they would have championships. They benefited as much from the teams they played on as they did from their on contributions. Romo and White didn't get as much help as Aikman and Staubach.

 

[KJJ]

Romo and Witten are locks for the ROH SB ring or not. Romo is the only thing that has kept the Boys relevant since 2006. Jerry loves him some Romo and Witten. Staubach and Troy had some great great teams, both offense and defense...Romo has had pretty much crap his whole time here although that is finally starting to change now that he is 35yrs old.

Witten may be a lock but Romo isn't that will be Jerry's call. To say the teams Romo has played for have been pretty much crap the whole time he's been here is ridiculous. He's had teams that won 13, 11 and 12 games you call those teams crap? He had a 9 win team in 08 that would have finished much better than that had he not had 9 turnovers the final 4 games that season.

 

[USMarineVet]

Witten may be a lock but Romo isn't that will be Jerry's call. To say the teams Romo has played for have been pretty much crap the whole time he's been here is ridiculous. He's had teams that won 13, 11 and 12 games you call those teams crap? He had a 9 win team that would have finished much better than that had he not had 9 turnovers the final 4 games that season.

I think your first sentence here says it all KJJ. It will be Jerry's call. We can all debate this till we're blue in the face, but in the end it will be Jerry and Stephen who have the final say. Personally, as stated, I believe this is all about individual achievement. But we're all entitled to our opinions. I can respect both sides.

 

[KJJ]

No one is putting one over the other. Everyone would love more SB trophies. It still comes down to football being a team support. The ultimate team sport in my opinion. Staubach and Aikman were great players. They also played on better teams. They would have been great in any era they played, but that doesn't mean they would have championships. They benefited as much from the teams they played on as they did from their on contributions. Romo and White didn't get as much help as Aikman and Staubach.

Many have put Romo ahead of Staubach and Aikman and the many polls that have been posted on this board are proof of it. Football is a team sport but the QB get's most of the blame and the glory. Staubach and Aikman helped make their teams better. The Cowboys could never win a SB until Staubach came along. Without either players contributions those teams wouldn't have won any championships. White took over practically the same Cowboys team that won a SB 3 years earlier. Most of the corp group was still in their 20's which is why those teams made it to 3 straight title games but White wasn't Staubach. The big difference between Staubach/Aikman and White/Romo is that White/Romo were more mistake prone.

 

[Blast From The Past]

Does Romo go in the Ring of Honor?

Does M-O-O-N spell MOON? Hecks yea he does!

 

[KJJ]

I think your first sentence here says it all KJJ. It will be Jerry's call. We can all debate this till we're blue in the face, but in the end it will be Jerry and Stephen who have the final say. Personally, as stated, I believe this is all about individual achievement. But we're all entitled to our opinions. I can respect both sides.

It will be Jerry's call and so far he's only added players who've helped the Cowboys win championships. There's a love/hate relationship amongst Cowboy fans with Romo. Most were ready to move on from him after the 2012 season not wanting to resign him. If the Cowboys never win a SB with him he'll receive most of the blame for it. It's going to be hard for Jerry to add a player to the ROH that so many Cowboy fans are torn on. Everyone knows he's real good but there's been a stigma with him that only a SB win will remove. There's times everyone loves Romo and there's been times everyone hates the post game threads every week are proof of it. Fans live in the moment with Romo and after last season everyone loves him. I just can't see how Jerry can justify putting him in the ROH if his playoff record remains sub 500 and he never even leads the team to a SB. It's a tough sell not having even reached a title game with him but it will be in the hands of Jerry. Even Meredith and Danny White led the Cowboys to a title games.

 

[rags747]

Witten may be a lock but Romo isn't that will be Jerry's call. To say the teams Romo has played for have been pretty much crap the whole time he's been here is ridiculous. He's had teams that won 13, 11 and 12 games you call those teams crap? He had a 9 win team in 08 that would have finished much better than that had he not had 9 turnovers the final 4 games that season.

13 win season, did Romo loose that game to the Giants? I say that OL choked in the 2nd half and were used and abused by the Giants DL, what did the Dallas D do just before the half of that game, u know the answer to that too. Crayton, did he have a key drop that Romo had to pull a Houdini on just to get him the ball? Romo's teams have always been patchwork at best, sometimes great offense and sometimes great defense, BUT never both together. Last yrs team was the best of Romo's career and yet the D still sucked. 4th and 2 game on the line and Romo nails it to Dez down the sideline, no catch ruled, but we still would have lost even with a TD there because our D could not stop a one legged QB all freaking game...How sad is that.

Are you saying that it has been Romo that has kept us from winning Championships? Does Eli have two SB rings on these past Dallas teams, no way in hell...he would have been killed.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

It truly is funny how often this comes up. Romo will go in the Ring of Honor if Jerry feels like it, nothing more and nothing less. Once Haley went in, any standards for going in pretty much flew right out the window.

 

[KJJ]

13 win season, did Romo loose that game to the Giants? I say that OL choked in the 2nd half and were used and abused by the Giants DL, what did the Dallas D do just before the half of that game, u know the answer to that too. Crayton, did he have a key drop that Romo had to pull a Houdini on just to get him the ball? Romo's teams have always been patchwork at best, sometimes great offense and sometimes great defense, BUT never both together. Last yrs team was the best of Romo's career and yet the D still sucked. 4th and 2 game on the line and Romo nails it to Dez down the sideline, no catch ruled, but we still would have lost even with a TD there because our D could not stop a one legged QB all freaking game...How sad is that.

Are you saying that it has been Romo that has kept us from winning Championships? Does Eli have two SB rings on these past Dallas teams, no way in hell...he would have been killed.

He certainly didn't do a whole lot to win it his 64.7 passer rating speaks to that but that was a total team loss offensively and defensively. Romo was slumping and the team was slumping heading into that game while the Giants were on the rise. Your comment that Romo has had nothing but crap around him the whole time he's been here was wrong. Not saying Romo has kept the team from winning championships but some of his performances prior to last season definitely contributed. His ill timed turnovers along with poor defensive play have hurt the team in previous seasons. Romo is never going to have the perfect team there's going to be flaws that have to be overcome if the Cowboys are going to win a SB with him.

 

[KJJ]

Are you saying that it has been Romo that has kept us from winning Championships? Does Eli have two SB rings on these past Dallas teams, no way in hell...he would have been killed.

Eli won a SB with a team the Cowboys dominated twice in 07. Romo took the Giants defense apart in both game tossing 8 TD passes. What got the Giants over the hump that season was Eli avoiding turnovers in the playoffs. Eli had 27 turnovers during the regular season that year and only one turnover in the playoffs. Him not turning the ball over repeatedly helped the Giants defense. It all started to turn around for the Giants when Eli started playing steady and stopped coughing up the ball. Eli won SB's with teams that were pretty average during the regular season. His 2011 team was the only 9 win team to ever win a SB.

 

[Vtwin]

It's the FANS

Everybody drink!

 

[Vtwin]

Three dozen threads and it's resulted in the same argument each time. Jerry hasn't added a single player to the ROH from the Landry era or his own era that didn't contribute to a Cowboys championship. Staubach and Aikman set the bar high for Romo and I doubt franchise passing records are going to be good enough to put Romo alongside 2 QB's that won 5 championships between them.

Who would have been worthy from the Jerry era aside from Ware, Witten and Romo? All still playing.

 

[wileedog]

Witten may be a lock but Romo isn't that will be Jerry's call. .

IMO you can't possibly induct Witten without Romo. If Witten had played with the QB carousel in Cleveland his whole career he certainly would not be the shoe in HOFer he is. And he's won as many championships as Romo, so why doesn't that apply to TEs? Especially a TE who has been considered one of the primary team leaders around here for over a decade?

If the team hasn't won because of Romo's mysterious lack of 'leadership', certainly Witten shares some of the blame for that as well, right?