Garrett: Tony Romo 'a very young player'

[KB1122]

"We feel like Tony is really essentially in the prime of his career,” Garrett said. “He’s 34 years old. He didn’t start until I think Year 4, so he’s been a guy who has played six or seven years now as a starting quarterback. To me, he’s a very young player. He moves around really well. He hasn’t lost any mobility, ability to get away from people."

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There are many things that you can say about Tony Romo, good and bad. I think we should all be able to agree - he is not "very young."

1) Tony Romo would have to be the second oldest quarterback to win his first Super Bowl. Only John Elway was older.

2) The Super Bowl victory window for normal quarterbacks really ends at 34. After that, the guys that have won include John Elway, Roger Staubach, John Unitas and the outlier Jim Plunkett..

3) Listening to the press conference yesterday, what you as Cowboys fans realistically are looking at is four or five years of declining Romo, followed by two or three years of a young quarterback getting up to speed. That assumes that you find the right young guy on the first try. By that time, all of our good young stars (Dez, Lee, etc.) are going to be in their early 30s.

Realistically, if we don't make it this year, I could see the Cowboys out of playoffs for the next 7 or 8 years, maybe more.

 

[Zordon]

they have to say these types of things after investing that contract in him.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

Wow, KB thanks for the optimistic outlook!

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

they have to say these types of things after investing that contract in him.

And then the doomsdayers have to come out in force to counter it and propogate the "woe is us" cries.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Well, since the money has already been invested, I am hoping JG is 100% correct in his assessment!

 

[calicowboy54]

http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***...-of-years-of-great-football-left-in-him.html/

There are many things that you can say about Tony Romo, good and bad. I think we should all be able to agree - he is not "very young."

1) Tony Romo would have to be the second oldest quarterback to win his first Super Bowl. Only John Elway was older.

2) The Super Bowl victory window for normal quarterbacks really ends at 34. After that, the guys that have won include John Elway, Roger Staubach, John Unitas and the outlier Jim Plunkett..

3) Listening to the press conference yesterday, what you as Cowboys fans realistically are looking at is four or five years of declining Romo, followed by two or three years of a young quarterback getting up to speed. That assumes that you find the right young guy on the first try. By that time, all of our good young stars (Dez, Lee, etc.) are going to be in their early 30s.

Realistically, if we don't make it this year, I could see the Cowboys out of playoffs for the next 7 or 8 years, maybe more.

Im just glad Marcus Mariota, went back for his senior year w/out his top 3 wide receivers and his top 2 running backs... we might have a chance to get him in the 20 range

 

[ufcrules1]

Well, since the money has already been invested, I am hoping JG is 100% correct in his assessment!

lol.. I hate to burst your bubble, but he is 100% wrong in his assessment. Much in the same way he handles the play clock on game day.

 

[Aurican]

"Garrett: Tony Romo 'a very young player'"

Yeah right maybe if you think he'll play as long as Favre which is very unlikely

 

[Zordon]

And then the doomsdayers have to come out in force to counter it and propogate the "woe is us" cries.

you mean realists?

romo is old and broken down, deal with it.

 

[gmoney112]

I think he meant football years as related to age... I hope.

I think Tony will realistically be our starter for the next 3 seasons, and I wouldn't be too surprised if we took a developmental guy in each of the next couple of drafts.

It's a little relieving though to see the Kaepernicks and Wilson's of the world going to championship games and winning Super Bowls. If we can draft well enough we should be able to find a legitimate replacement when his time comes.

 

[Moderately_Askew]

Wow, hyperbole much?

Romo became a starter late and has a few more good years left in him.

 

[Idgit]

I think he meant football years as related to age... I hope.

I think Tony will realistically be our starter for the next 3 seasons, and I wouldn't be too surprised if we took a developmental guy in each of the next couple of drafts.

It's a little relieving though to see the Kaepernicks and Wilson's of the world going to championship games and winning Super Bowls. If we can draft well enough we should be able to find a legitimate replacement when his time comes.

It's pretty obvious that's exactly what he meant. And there's no point borrowing trouble. A franchise QB is difficult to find. We've got some time, but we need to be looking for the next one now.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

you mean realists?

romo is old and broken down, deal with it.

Realist = Doom & Gloomer?

Ok

 

[jnday]

And then the doomsdayers have to come out in force to counter it and propogate the "woe is us" cries.

Can't you see the reality of the situation? Is it your fandom and emotions that blind you to a 34 year old QB being at the tail end of his career? I would disagree with Garrett's opinion on any QB that is 34 years old. Romo has already lost his ability to throw deep and the two back operations will not be easy to overcome. 34 is not young in this league at any position. Sure there are exceptions, but there are some legit reasons to be concerned with Romo's age and injury history. Clinging to a QB that is in a state of decline can set this team back for years to come. There is nothing wrong with having hope that Romo can play at a decent level for a few more years. I had much rather be prepared to replace him and have an eye looking toward the future than see several years of clinging to a washed up QB with no replacement on the team. It doesn't matter if Romo is your favorite player. The reality is that he is an aging QB and his decline should not be ignored.

 

[SDCowboy]

He's been a starter for 8 years (going into the 9th), Garrett, but I do agree he's could be a young 34.

 

[pjtoadie]

He's been playing now for 8 seasons, Jason

 

[Doomsay]

"We feel like Tony is really essentially in the prime of his career,” Garrett said. “He’s 34 years old. He didn’t start until I think Year 4, so he’s been a guy who has played six or seven years now as a starting quarterback."

How disingenuous. Tony has been a starter since October of 2006, which is pretty much 8 seasons. Jason just swallowed the PR department's calculation and regurgitated the party line: "well technically, if we divide his 108 regular season starts by 16 and ignore his 4 post season starts, we come up with 6.75, which is technically less that 7, so we can say 6-7 seasons, even though the missing games from the numerator are largely due to games lost to multiple severe injuries to his torso, the most recent requiring spinal surgery last December, but it's like he was on R&R for those lost games, so technically, we can say 6-7."

To me, he’s a very young player. He moves around really well. He hasn’t lost any mobility, ability to get away from people."

"Neat, he can still run for his life in my predictable long to develop, scramble-dependent offensive scheme." That's what you typically look for in a "youngish" 34 year old QB coming off season ending spinal surgery.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

There is some truth to the concept. A lot of guys that didn't play as much early on did in fact play to a later age. Steve Young, Kurt Warner, Roger Staubach and Rich Gannon come to mind. There's not a huge sample size because most guys who don't play much early on don't amount to anything.

 

[tideh20heel]

I think he meant football years as related to age... I hope.

I think Tony will realistically be our starter for the next 3 seasons, and I wouldn't be too surprised if we took a developmental guy in each of the next couple of drafts.

It's a little relieving though to see the Kaepernicks and Wilson's of the world going to championship games and winning Super Bowls. If we can draft well enough we should be able to find a legitimate replacement when his time comes.

That is exactly the model we should be trying to follow. We should either buck up and take the hit next year and go into a full rebuild or trade Dez while we can get something for him because we will waste that guys career bouncing between 3 and 7 wins until this nightmare contract is over.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

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There are many things that you can say about Tony Romo, good and bad. I think we should all be able to agree - he is not "very young."

Agreed. I'm not sure what Garrett's intent is in saying this other than to stroke Tony's ego. How effective can that actually be?

We all know Tony is not going to get any better (physically) and he was never known as a cerebral QB even though he is great at improvisation. Right now, he is just a very good QB who is another year older.

If Garrett said what he said for our benefit, he is wasting his time.