For all those who say Romo is the problem

[remdak]

That isn't my problem replacing him. This is not a zero sum game.

All this is is a strawman you can easily knock down.

Now I am not certain I would have replaced Romo. I do think he tends to either over believe in his skills when it comes to crunch time, or cannot keep a cool enough head.

In either case, replacing him doesn't enter into that.

But if I did want him replaced, something could have been cobbled together to make that so. Seems when Jerry got a snoot full and made a move for Mo Claiborne, he moved up to get the guy he wanted. So I'll allow you to extrapolate what could or could not have been done with Jerry on the war path.

You claim Alex Smith is merely a bus driver. You say that like it is a bad thing.

There have been quite a few bus drivers that have won it all. Not saying he ever will. But this is the flaw in your analysis, because YOU assign value from YOUR perspective.

The facts are simple. Romo has brilliant days. Romo throws for a great number of yards. The team loses enough that all that doesn't matter.

Under the big lights, Romo has shown he will fold at times. Not every time or most times.

But he now has a history that is perceived to reveal he will toss a pick at the most inopportune time of the game and the team will lose. Many excuses have been made for why those picks occur.

But in all those picks, the common denominator is Romo.

Ockham's Razor applies here. - It states that among competing hypotheses, the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions should be selected.

Meaning, with all the different theories as to whose fault it is the picks occur and the game is lost, the simplest is usually the one that is correct if you do not know thew exact causal effect.

The simplest hypothesis is Romo is the reason for the losing since he is the common denominator of all the picks that have lost games.

I'll play your game. It's also been proved that this defense will not make stops when it counts at the end of games. Common denominator all these years - Demarcus Ware.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Those reasons were not part of the anchor post, were they?

So now you are changing the subject.

How do you know they would not have built the team differently over the past several years if they had moved Romo along? Perhaps massaged his contract so they could trade him for a top or near the top pick?

You set the parameters of the debate by your original post.

I responded, and you now change the criteria.

That happens a great deal here, and in political debates. So I am not surprised at you doing it.

But to your original point, Romo has a large hand in losing critical games or losing late. There are other circumstances which come into play, such as the defense.

But when Romo needs to hold the ball and keep it away from the opposing offense, or make a drive to kick a field goal and win, he has shown in the past that he will at times throw the losing pick.

The defense dug the hole, Romo covered the team up and buried them.

 

[DallasInDC]

Its funny how easily you dismiss not going after Peyton.. lol.

Also, i think i'd rather have a bus driver QB here. Someone who just takes what the D gives them and makes smart decisions and doesn't try to force things. You talk as if that's a bad thing.

In hindsight we shoiuld have pursued Peyton as hard as we could and invested heavily in the OL. I'm sure there are at least 24 other teams that can say the same thing. But two things to consider when Peyton was released. 1) his injury was a huge concern and many called it career ending. The investment needed to sign him came with considerable risks 2) peyton was/is smart enough to assess the teams potential for allowing him to succeed, I.e. Right personnel and coaches already in place. I don't think the cowboys would have been an option with our OL problems at the time. The last place Peyton would want to be coming off injury Is with a team where the OL is constantly playing OLE`

 

[TwoDeep3]

I'll play your game. It's also been proved that this defense will not make stops when it counts at the end of games. Common denominator all these years - Demarcus Ware.

Not the subject at hand from the original post. But to play your game, DeMarcus Ware has not throw a game ending pick, as yet.

 

[Sarge]

Might I suggest repairing one of, if not the worst, defenses in the history of the NFL?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

You serious, Clark? All of Romo's picks and chokes are figments of our imaginations?
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[johnson2]

bus driver qb are for run first teams with defense that can make stops. would never work with Garrett passing 65% of the time

let's look up how much pts cam Newton or Alex smith or Russ Wilson defenses have given up per game this year. then look how much pts romo defense gives up each game this year.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

when someone says "trade romo, he will never be a winner" i think 2 things.

1. if he'll never be a winner, who would take him?
2. salary cap.

then dismiss anything they ever say again.

Don't forgit to turn off the lights when you leaf the stadium.

 

[Animosity]

Romo was never good, and now he is declining due to age. Hes oly going to get worse. We need to start grooming his replacement ASAP.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I say draft AJ McCarron out of Alabama. He knows how to win....makes good decisions...is a smart player.

Trade Romo, he will never be a winner.

And I disagree with your comments on Smith. I think he and the new coach (Andy Reid) in KC are proving how significant these roles are to a team.

I think Dallas could have similiar results with the Auburn head coach (Gus Malzahn) and QB AJ McCarron.

I would add that a McCarron-type player, coached by a discipline-like coach, would bring discipline to a position that now has a wacky, thow-off-one-foot-and-do-it-quick-before-those-two-defenders-close-in QB like Romo.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Romo was never good, and now he is declining due to age. Hes oly going to get worse. We need to start grooming his replacement ASAP.

I only disagree that he was never good. He has been good but not at critical times. But you are so right to say that age will not make him better but only worse.

 

[tm1119]

Blowing the whole thing up is an approach. High draft picks for several years could give you new opportunities to break our current status quo. However, given our GM and current inability to really coach up the players we have, I fear a starting from scratch approach could easily result in being perrenial bottom feeders a la the browns.

Looking at the draft data on QBs it is easy to see that if you want a franchise QB, you have much better chance of finding one with a top 5 pick (well duh). Anything after that becomes a real crap shoot with odds out of yourr favor. For every Tom Brady, there are 100 Josh Freeman's.

Yeah could you imagine how bad it would be if we blew up the team and we ended winning only 1 playoff game in the next 15 years???? Oh wait.....