Giving up on Romo

[theogt]

This thread was like a bat signal for stupid.

 

[Vanilla2]

I am a big Romo fan, but we arent doing the playoffs next year,

I know if I had a crystal ball I'd be doing better things with my time than posting as a miserable Cowboy fan on a web forum.

But that's just me.

 

[Vanilla2]

omg. you just dont get it. JJs has told you, in english, 3 times in a row, the playoffs are NOT his concern, filling his stadium. Why are you NOT getting this. This team is NOT, not playing for the playoffs, you werent 1 game away, you were a 3 time loser in one game. In no way, shape, form, any football knowledge has this guy proven to anyone who gets the game, that he is willing to make the changes to his football team.

earth to GB, the SKINS have changed coaches, whats that tell you.

I haven't heard or seen the three times we've been told jerry is only concerned about filling the stadium.

Links would be greatly appreciated so I can be as incense as you are.

Thanks in advance

 

[Vanilla2]

We have no choice but to keep Romo, there's nothing that can be done with him. But that doesn't mean you can't bring in his successor. And if Carr, Bortles or another top rated QB falls to us, we should take him and let him sit for a year or two.

Yes we need to draft defense, but it is asking for a miracle to if you expect these rookie draft choices to elevate you to the playoffs and SB as rookies.

I think with Romos contract they'd have to let em sit for three years if drafting this year.

 

[Vanilla2]

http://nfl.si.com/2013/10/06/tony-romo-interception-denver-broncos/

You're trying too hard

 

[Nightman]

Romo isn't going anywhere. His 13.5m salary for 2014 is guaranteed and 15m of 2015 will soon be as well. They will keep pushing his salary cap hit into the future, that is the way it is set up. In a few years when he can't play anymore they will take a big cap hit and move on.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

It's not so much giving up on Romo as it is being real. Anyone looking at this objectively can see that we need to be concerned with his replacement. Romo is 33 and has taken a pounding and has just had his second back surgery. It's possible he retires immediately. It's possible he plays a couple more years and is okay. It's very unlikely that he plays another 5 years.

There's also a very good QB class coming up in this year's draft. That's not being negative. That's being smart. Even San Francisco moved on from the great Joe Montana after his 4 Super Bowl victories. Why? Because it was right for that organization at the time. Same thing with Peyton Manning and the Colts. So maybe you draft a good young QB and Romo retires due to health. Okay, good, you've got your guy. Maybe Romo is well enough to play another year. Fine, he does so and the young gun understudies for a year. What if at that point Romo can still play? Fine. Then you have the choice of letting Romo go and developing the young gun or keeping Romo. You make an intelligent choice at that point. If the team had a great playoff season and is looking like it has another shot under Romo, then you keep him. If the team is looking like a total rebuilding project, you let Romo seek his fortunes elsewhere and rebuild with the young gun. And that's more fair to Romo, btw. If he's still a quality QB, maybe he goes to some team that's almost there, but just needs a good QB.

The thing you don't do is make decisions based on sentiment. I like Romo. He's a great guy, but I'm not going to base his keeping the QB job based on that. You base it on whatever is best for the franchise. For San Francisco the right choice absolutely was to let Montana go and let Young take over the reigns, as gut wrenching has that must have been for fans who loved the guy.

It would be a huge mistake for Jerry to stick his head in the sand and just assume that keeping Romo at QB is right, just because he likes him.

 

[Swaggstar1]

Are you not tired of the same results every year? Are u not tired of the same post game speech from romo after every game . Well I've had enough the same ending needs to stop the core guys on this roster are not getting any younger time waits for no man... I like romo a lot but it's time for him to go ...this class has a lot of QB prospects we need to start grooming an understudy ...we have nothing to show for at the QB Position besides a 33 year quarterback on the back end of his career with a serious injury ... Say for instance romo comes back healthy how will his back respond in a full 16 week nfl season? Romo has a lot of mileage on him I see no problem with addressing the qb position we need someone with poise. DOSENT fold under pressure someone confident to lead his team down the field and put up points .

 

[Swaggstar1]

Romo got what he wanted ALL THAT MONEY FOR WHAT ? He had his hands on the offense more this year and yet the same ending .

 

[KB1122]

Can we cut Romo June 30 without taking on his new contract? I might be in favor of that.

The last thing I would do is restructure by pushing money into future years.

 

[Galian Beast]

We have no choice but to keep Romo, there's nothing that can be done with him. But that doesn't mean you can't bring in his successor. And if Carr, Bortles or another top rated QB falls to us, we should take him and let him sit for a year or two.

Yes we need to draft defense, but it is asking for a miracle to if you expect these rookie draft choices to elevate you to the playoffs and SB as rookies.

You have a combination of free agents and rookies, positioned to make a greater impact. I would draft 3 defensive linemen within the first 4 rounds. You combine that with 1 or 2 high ranked free agent defensive linemen, and then you combine that with guys like Selvie, Bass, and Crawford... and maybe they can put something together that resembles a legitimate defensive line. Look at what Seattle did for their bookends in 2013.

All the offense needs is one more offensive linemen, and that depends a lot on whether Waters will play again next year. Our core is nearly complete on offense, they just need time to grow. Williams, Escobar, Beasley, Harris... all getting plenty of reps next year.

 

[gimmesix]

I think with Romos contract they'd have to let em sit for three years if drafting this year.

I would think he'd sit for two and then push for the job in the third year, which I don't see as a problem. If he proved better than Romo before then, then I really don't care about Romo's contract ... I just want whoever's best in there helping us win.

That said, it would take a QB dropping to our draft spot out of the top 5-10 and being a better option at that point than the best defensive player available. I don't expect that to happen.

I'm not in favor of any scenario where we trade up for a QB, though.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Smh....my god people. ..im a troll for saying romo threw an interception. ...I got news for you..romo lovers....myself. .while most people thought drew henson wss going to be the qb of the cowboys...mi got news for you...romo throw untimely ints....oh noes...anyone who spouts thruth is a troll...lol..u guys are funny

I was wrong about Romo haters who don't get it -- there are the ten percenters - then there's the new species - the one percenters -- but it's a forum of opinion so they get their say too.

 

[barney]

He had a great season we were hardly play off worthy anyway one guy don't make a whole football team shut up!

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

I want to start another Romo thread. I guess I have to get in line.

Fan 1 - "We need a new QB"
Fan 2 - "We have Romo locked up for a few more years"
Fan 3 - "We need a new QB"
Fan 4 - "We have Romo locked up for a few more years"
Fan 5 - "We need a new QB"
Fan 6 - "We have Romo locked up for a few more years"

 

[noshame]

Sooo...when Romo can't perform at a acceptable level, then what do you do? Does he do the right thing, retire and return some of his bonus?

 

[dstovall5]

my point is the loss came on teh interception, if Romo goes down the field and scores, we win, no one is blamed. Romo throws the interception, no one on the D did. Romo did. Sorry, thats the way it goes. Like it or not.

Let's see if you'll have that SAME mentality when the "successor" arrives 2-3 years from now, if so, you're going to hate him just as much as Romo, especially if the defense isn't fixed.

When you're trying to bash a QB in a game where he threw for 500 yards and 5 TDs, that's when you know you got a stud at the QB position.

Keep grasping at straws my dude.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Come on...u cant put every stat out there to defend each player...should we brwak it down by evert play....who had more good line ..bad oline play per snap?


Every stat is not going to save every player in every situation. .romo is prone to untimely interceptions. ..deal with it

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.
I was responding to someone saying the oline was responsible for knocking Romo out for the season. The reality is the oline gave up less total QB hits than all but a few teams this season. They did there job very well- my comment wasn't defending Romo at all, but to point out the absurdity of blaming the online over the play that ended #9's season instead.

 

[Fredd]

Come on...u cant put every stat out there to defend each player...should we brwak it down by evert play....who had more good line ..bad oline play per snap?


Every stat is not going to save every player in every situation. .romo is prone to untimely interceptions. ..deal with it

Kinda like saying Romo's lone bad spot (interception) cost us the Denver game? oh, got it. Not that we couldn't pick out just one third down play where, if the defense held them and forced a punt, we win

 

[ShiningStar]

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.
I was responding to someone saying the oline was responsible for knocking Romo out for the season. The reality is the oline gave up less total QB hits than all but a few teams this season. They did there job very well- my comment wasn't defending Romo at all, but to point out the absurdity of blaming the online over the play that ended #9's season instead.

My fault than...thats on me