Gosselin: Without $108 million Tony Romo, Cowboys have no swagger, won't win Sunday

[percyhoward]

Goose's next article: "You know water is wet, but let me tell you why."

 

[jmac]

If Romo wasn't hurt Gosselin would have just written an article about how the Cowboys wouldn't win Sunday.

Right, the same with josh ellis who usually always picks against the cowboys, said on twitter that with Orton dallas wins 24-21 I asked him well what was your prediction with room in the line up? He said he didn't have a feeling on it yet. which I don't get

 

[jmac]

This game is going to be very interesting. I love Romo but it was obvious he was a shell of his former self, physically speaking. He just didn't have the arm strength or elusiveness he had just a couple of years ago and I knew it was his back.

Orton has a strong enough arm to go down field and stretch the defense. If we decide to play super conservative, we don't stand a chance. Orton is not a complete slouch and he has some experience and some weapons to use that he may not have had in Denver or Chicago. I just don;t have confidence that the current coaching staff can figure out a game plan to beat a quality coach in Chip Kelly.

No arm strength and on elusiveness still produced 31 TDS and 10int I'll still take that no matter what

 

[Blackspider214]

To go a bit further in the article:

http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sports/...-cowboys-have-no-swagger-won-t-win-sunday.ece

"If you don’t have a franchise quarterback in the NFL, you don’t stand a chance. Troy Aikman taught Jones that. Not necessarily with the three championship rings Aikman put on the owner’s hand -- but with the five seasons post-Aikman.

From 2001-2005, The Cowboys trotted out Quincy Carter, Anthony Wright, Ryan Leaf, Clint Stoerner, Chad Hutchinson, Vinny Testaverde, Drew Henson and Drew Bledsoe at quarterback and managed to win only 35 of 80 games. The Cowboys were no longer consequential.

When Romo hit the field for the first time with the Cowboys midway through the 2006 season, he was like a gift from the football gods. He made the Cowboys consequential again with his gunslinger mentality and knack for converting extended plays into big plays. There wasn’t a more entertaining quarterback in the NFL.

In his first full season as the starter in 2007, Romo steered the Cowboys to a 13-3 record and the top seed in the NFC playoff bracket. Jones believed he had finally connected the franchise dots of Staubach and Aikman with Romo. Great quarterbacking in Dallas always translated into Super Bowls.

But some poor drafting and personnel moves made the burden heavier and the task greater for Romo over the years. He was asked to do more with less than a Brees, Manning or Aaron Rodgers.

The fact that Romo has steered the Cowboys to a winner-take-all finale for three consecutive seasons is testament to his arm and value to this franchise. The Cowboys may not have been good enough to win those finales _ but Romo has always been good enough to get them there. As Romo goes, so go the Cowboys."

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What a shame we won't sniff the SB when Romo hangs it up. Today was a kind of wake-up call for the fans. Life after Romo won't be pretty........

When did we ever sniff a Super Bowl with him here?

 

[rockj7]

Dont let Vegas sucker you in the line jump tells me something is fishy 2 1/2 to 7 1/2 Vegas is about to make a killing

 

[Dodger12]

If it was his back, then it wasn't his arm strength. I see what you're trying to say, but I still disagree. On his underthrows it looks like he is not putting everything into it, not that he couldn't put more on it.

I'm no doctor but I just don't think there's such a drastic drop off in arm strength at 33 years of age. Back problems had the same effect on Aikman and probably was as much a contributing factor in his retirement than the concussions. Aikman had lost his mobility and his cannon at the end of his career.

 

[Kevinicus]

I'm no doctor but I just don't think there's such a drastic drop off in arm strength at 33 years of age. Back problems had the same effect on Aikman and probably was as much a contributing factor in his retirement than the concussions. Aikman had lost his mobility and his cannon at the end of his career.

It could be I guess, but I think it would be a tendency to put less on throws because of pain from whatever condition more so than the condition causing a physical lack of ability to put more on it.

 

[links18]

I cant believe the number of people declaring this game a definite loss.

The worst defense in the league and no Romp equals definite loss.

 

[Falcon554]

Me neither. In this league there are no guarantees. We still may lose but let's at least play the game before declaring us dead. I hope, HOPE it fuels the players, the team.

when has anything ever fueled this team?

 

[mldardy]

when has anything ever fueled this team?

There have been some moments. I mean we wouldn't be playing these type of games if we weren't fueled by something. You act like we go 3-13 or 4-12 every year.

 

[Dodger12]

this is my greatest concern as well. I dont think Chip Kelly is all of a sudden Don Shula, but I think we may be at a disadvantage.

Chip Kelly is a quality offensive coach and there's no question he's an innovator. The guy's been coaching for 20 years and worked his way up the college ranks and into the NFL. I never thought his system would work in the NFL but so far he's proving people wrong, me included. And he can thank Andy Reid for Shady McCoy and Nick Foles but if he can put together a solid draft in the next couple of years with his knowledge of college players and recruits, that team could be scary good so long as Foles is the real deal.

 

[dupree89]

The worst defense in the league and no Romp equals definite loss.

You might be right. In fact you probably are. But like I said in another post, I have a much better feeling about this game than I did the Saints game, as an example.

 

[punchnjudy]

In a best of 7 Dallas would have zero chance, but in one game guys can fumble, balls can get batted in the air...it only takes a few big plays to shift confidence and momentum. Obviously, they're the clear favorites, but none of us would bet our house on philly.

 

[Plankton]

I'm no doctor but I just don't think there's such a drastic drop off in arm strength at 33 years of age. Back problems had the same effect on Aikman and probably was as much a contributing factor in his retirement than the concussions. Aikman had lost his mobility and his cannon at the end of his career.

Aikman also had multiple shoulder separations and had elbow surgery twice.

Losing arm strength had as much to do with those injuries as the back problem did, if not more.

 

[Dodger12]

No arm strength and on elusiveness still produced 31 TDS and 10int I'll still take that no matter what

I don't disagree. Half of Romo is better than most QB's in the NFL. I don;t think anyone can argue that he's been more conservative, dink and dunk this year. Some is probably by design but I bet he doesn't completely trust his arm either.

 

[Dodger12]

When did we ever sniff a Super Bowl with him here?

Not sure of your question. Did I say we did?

 

[RS12]

Gosselin: Without $108 million Tony Romo, Cowboys have no swagger, won't win Sunday

I didnt like their chances with Romo, so, non headline.

 

[DFWJC]

He's probably right about Dallas losing.
But I think he picks us to lose almost every week.
I know he said we'd lose at New York, at Philly, and at Washington...so he missed all three of those.

Gosselin irritates me more each week. Every since he gave up doing draft stuff, I've cometo despise his wimpy Lil self.

 

[percyhoward]

I cant believe the number of people declaring this game a definite loss.

Good news is Cowboys are 6-7 without Romo since he's been the starter.

Bad news is we're 1-7 in those games when the defense doesn't get at least 3 takeaways or hold the opponent under 10 points.

 

[Dodger12]

It could be I guess, but I think it would be a tendency to put less on throws because of pain from whatever condition more so than the condition causing a physical lack of ability to put more on it.

I misunderstood your initial point CP but I agree with the bolded part. I hope that's the case because maybe with treatment or surgery, he can come back. He may not be as mobile as he once was but we can live with that if he still had the arm.