I was taking up for Romo early in his career when the fans on the forums torched him for the inopportune mistakes he would make at critical moments.
It’s possible to acknowledge imperfect behavior or actions without agreeing with someone’s overall negative assessment.That’s how I felt about Romo, it’s also how I feel about Dak. Though they both have/had their warts, there is still so much to appreciate.
The thing I find baffling is how the critics of Dak fail to acknowledge how his presence has changed this franchise from what many, including myself, would have thought post-Romo was going to be a bottom dwelling franchise for years into a seamless, without any transition whatsoever, contender on a year to year basis. But then a lot of them don’t agree with me that what the team is doing now is actually “contending”.
What I have learned as I get older, is that there is no use in arguing with another human about circumstances that you both see but interpret completely differently. I’ve never been successful at changing another person’s mind on such matters and they definitely aren’t changing mine.
I’ve also learned that I am eternally grateful to have a optimist’s perspective because, I believe, it allows me to enjoy life more fully than the alternative outlook allows you to.
