Gotcha, thanks. Good example of twisting stats to fit an agenda.
Romo's the highest-rated 4th quarter passer in the league and has a ton of game-winning drives to boot.
BUT let's shorten his career from 2006-13 to 2010-13 AND split up the 4th quarter into 2 inequal increments AND use ESPN's Total QBR instead of the traditional QB rating used by everyone else in any other setting and SEE!?! Romo stinks!
What a joke.
Notice how the guy didn't call it "Total QBR", he incorrectly labeled it as "quarterback rating" so that people would think he's referring to the traditional rating.
Why? Because an 81 "quarterback rating" is mediocre by today's standards while an 81 TOTAL QBR is OUTSTANDING. Like astronomically good.
So this is his ammo: in his cherry-picked time frame and in his cherry-picked inequal 4th quarter increments, Tony Romo is OUTSTANDING as a 4th quarter passer for the first 80% of the 4th quarter before dropping to mediocre (not TERRIBLE, mind you... a 44 Total QBR isn't NEARLY as bad as a 44 quarterback rating) in the final 20% of the quarter.
OooOOOH, let's cut the bum!!!
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He actually isn't lying. If you use Pro Football Reference, this is true. Also, quite a few sites have sourced the information coult provided.
Your stats are also true.
Personally, I feel like anyone can skew stats in their favor. For example, if you go back to 2010, Romo doesn't lead the league in game winning drives. And with the same token, if you skew coult44's 'final 3 minutes' to 'final 4 minutes' the numbers change in Romo's favor.
EDIT: Just so you are aware, the QBR Coult is using is not the standard metric the NFL uses but rather the ESPN metric. ESPN's perfect QBR is 100 and the NFL (the one which I consider official) is 158.3
Guys, again. For 6 years I was the biggest Romo supporter out here. I was the one on CZ and other forums having endless debates about Romo and how under appreciated he is. I was the one pulling out every stat there was on how good he really is. I've always been #1 ROMO Apologist. I'm still a Romo fan. I hope he turns things around and leads our favorite team to the the BIG ONE. Me, my wife, and my 4 kids all have Romo jerseys. My son's room is covered in Romo posters. Not that any of that matters to anyone, I'm just trying to point out that I'm not your typical "Romo Hater".
My change in attitude towards Tony started doing a big turn last season, and flipped completely during the last game of 2012 when he had the 4th quarter meltdown against the Skins.
NAV22, enough with the childish, personal attacks and insult spewing comments. If you don't agree, fine. If you want to debate, great. I'm not one who thinks everyone has to have the same opinion as me or they're dumb or stupid. My mind is open, and if you can prove me wrong, GREAT. I'm willing to change my feelings if they are proved to be incorrect. WIth that, I can assure you that I'm not one to make up anything at all. I don't throw out stuff and hope it sticks. I tell the truth and have no problem admitting to mistakes when I make them. With the internet and "GOOGLE" available to the world, why would I blatantly throw lies out there that could be easily found out. Argue and debate the facts. Leave the name calling, personal attacks, and other immature acts for the kids and non-Cowboys fans.
If you want to argue the stats with the number guys, feel free. I don't create or store them. If I find interesting numbers I'll throw them out there.I agree with Dejected that numbers can be found or spewed to back up most arguments, regardless of what side of the fence you're on. Just don't say stuff like "STAT'S DON'T LIE" then run and jump on your personal attack rants because a different number gets thrown back at you. I'll also keep in mind that that because I "know nothing" about football I should refrain from debating with folks like you. Wouldn't want to waste my time having good, albeit pointless football discussions regarding our favorite team!!!!
