Great article about Romo and playing from behind

[Meat-O-Rama]

In the opening week of the 2014 NFL season, the Dallas Cowboys’ Tony Romo threw three interceptions against the San Francisco 49ers, all with his team trailing. The Cowboys lost that game by double digits, but Romo’s performance earned him consideration for this column’s inauguralGunslinger of the Week award. It surely soothed Romo’s disappointment.

The Gunslinger award goes to the quarterback who takes the kinds of risks necessary to maximize his team’s chances to win, even if they’re unpopular with the commentariat and regardless of whether they pay off or not. Generally this means a quarterback who is willing to throw interceptions (or otherwise be very aggressive) when his team is down to improve its chances from dire to just not so great.

There has been a lot of great gunslinging in the NFL this year — including from Andrew Luck, the risk-appraising savant who beat out Romo that first week, and Matthew Stafford (who has been establishing himself as an all-time great at big second-half comebacks). But Romo has led the pack.

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[ologan]

Damn...where's the Advil??? (JK- Fun to read1 don't pretend to get all of it, but somebody went to a lot of trouble! Now if they could do something along those lines for the O line!!).

 

[DFWJC]

Gunslinger of the Year

 

[rayyyy5x]

i feel like this is a great article, and also an excellent judge of a fan's football knowledge (depending if they understand it or not)

 

[yimyammer]

I really enjoy thoughtful analytical articles like this.

Peeps, enjoy Romo while we got him because when he's gone there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, I hope that day is a long way away

 

[Sportsbabe]

I really enjoy thoughtful analytical articles like this.

Peeps, enjoy Romo while we got him because when he's gone there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, I hope that day is a long way away

Brilliant!

 

[Sportsbabe]

I wonder if Romo is aware?

 

[percyhoward]

in losses (2010 - 2014)
among NFL's top 10 rated passers with 2400+ total attempts
4th qtr or OT, score + or - 8 points
(includes playoffs)

Passer Rating (yards per attempt)
Romo 82.7 (7.7)
Rodgers 79.7 (6.9)
Roethlsbrgr 74.4 (6.9)
Brees 65.3 (6.6)
Stafford 64.2 (6.1)
Flacco 61.4 (5.9)
Ryan 60.9 (6.1)
Brady 57.1 (5.6)
PManning 53.1 (6.6)
Rivers 46.0 (5.8)

 

[percyhoward]

2014, when trailing
(same group of QB)
Romo 112.1 (9.3)
Rodgers 93.8 (7.3)
Brady 92.9 (6.3)
Brees 92.6 (6.9)
Ryan 91.1 (7.4)
Rivers 90.7 (7.6)
PManning 88.7 (6.8)
Roethlsbrgr 87.6 (7.6)
Stafford 82.7 (6.6)
Flacco 74.1 (6.5)

 

[AdamJT13]

2014, when trailing
(same group of QB)
Romo 112.1 (9.3)

After that Week 1 debacle against the 49ers, Romo's passer rating when trailing was 124.5.

 

[Wezsh0T]

Very cool article. Interesting graphs to show stats in ways I hadn't considered. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Longboysfan]

Now that was well written. Thank you for posting.

 

[Longboysfan]

If you follow back and look some other articles written by
Benjamin Morris - all good.

 

[vicjagger]

I enjoyed that one!! Excellent find!

 

[SuspectCorner]

' ... The Cowboys lost that game by double digits, but Romo’s performance earned him consideration for this column’s inaugural Gunslinger of the Week award. It surely soothed Romo’s disappointment. ...'



' Romo faced a point deficit in 13 of the 17 games, and he won nine of those 13. ...Teams that trail as often as the Cowboys normally don’t win as much as they did. Since 2001, Romo’s 69 percent win rate in games trailed has only been exceeded twice by teams that trailed in 13 or more games. Those teams: Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts in 2009 (who won 10 of 13), and Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in 2011 (who won 11 of 15). ...'

Bah-zang! Romo-haters, please feel free to chime in. Please.