Has any great QB had a crueler run than Tony Romo?

Funny, how many exaggerate here. Romo hasn't had that bad a run and it certainly hasn't been "cruel." He'll never go down as a "great" QB, he'll go down as a very good QB. His resume of accomplishments isn't good enough to make him a "great" QB. He'll never be inducted into the HOF which is where all "great" QBs end up. He went from an undrafted free agent to becoming a franchise QB.

He never lost his job on the field due to poor play and he played in 6 playoff games, winning 2 of them. His run in Dallas has been far from cruel, he owns practically every franchise passing record. He's had a better career than a number of QBs that were #1 picks and #1 overall picks. He had a solid career but like many QBs he didn't play in a SB or win a ring.
 
DandyDon52 said:
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From what I've heard Dandy Don Meredith used to get beat down a lot in games.

Well back then it was much tougher to play a long time, they could hit you low in the knees, hit your head with arm and hand , the old
head slap, and the helmet was not much of a helmet.
They could hit them way after pass was thrown, so Don played for what 8 years, and he had other options to make more $
and not be hit at all.
Back then Don probably made about 60,000 a year if that much.
The team had morton and a young staubauch , so he just decided to do something better.
Had they beat GB, he would have been a SB QB, but just didnt work out like that.

He made more $ away from football, and had a good time making that money.
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Yeah I knew they had it physically worse back then.

I've always heard/read that a lot of his walking away was that he was tired of taking all the blame for everything from the fans. Apparently he had it as bad as Romo did at one point where the fans simply didn't understand how good he was and how the team around him simply wasn't ready to be champions at the time and he took the brunt of the blame for it.

As QBs still do to this day.

Now obviously I'm basing that off of the opinions of people who were around during that time frame because that was a decade or so before I was even born.
 
iceberg said:
you mean, outside of win 8 games in a row.

did i miss it when romo did that?
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I guess you missed Romo winning like
iceberg said:
you mean, outside of win 8 games in a row.

did i miss it when romo did that?
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"My time is now! - RGIII
Clove said:
His record says, he's a fantastic regular season QB, that's all. Take a good look at his measley playoff record. Call me when you see the guy in the NFC championship game or the Super Bowl.
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That's about the logic I've been hearing. "He's won 8 in a row! Superbowl!"
 
fairviewfarmer said:
Dan Pastorini is another one who would gladly trade career results with Tony Romo.
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There's plenty of QBs who would trade careers with Romo which makes this thread title look even more ridiculous. This thread is about as ridiculous as the one started a few years ago asking if there's ever been a more disrespected athlete in sports history than Romo. :facepalm:
 
CanadianCowboysFan said:
and no one ripped Kelly for losing the big games.
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I don't recall anyone doing so.

Of course in 2 of those 4 appearances their Defense got absolutely DESTROYED and the Bills were never really even in the game. So it would have been hard to blame him for those.

Plus he got hurt in the second quarter against Dallas (Although the route was already beginning at that point I think).
 
Let's take a look at Tony Romo. A guy no one drafted, out of all the rounds, the entire draft, NO ONE saw anything in him. He played for a small school, and wound up with the top franchise in sports. He was gifted a HOF wide receiving core from the onset. To his advantage, he was able to take his small opportunity and turn it into multi millions. On his journey, he made things so much harder on him by escaping the pocket way too soon. Because of this, he's been hit, battered, beaten.

In 2014, 8 years after his first start, he finally was able to cut back on INTs, and wound up with solid stats. In the playoffs, we were lucky to get out of the Detroit game because of the refs bad call on the Lions. In the Green bay game, he made crucial mistakes before half time, and crucial mistakes at the end of the game.

Dak Prescott - 4th round rookie who played in the hardest division in college football. He took a sorry Mississippi State team to #1 in the country for weeks.
He was overlooked do to his running. Why did he run so much? You have to run when your receivers suck.

Fast forward: Romo gets hurt because he escapes the pocket for no reason. Elliott actually got his block in, all he had to do is stand in and make the pass. With his injury history, why leave the pocket anyways (IN PRESEASON)

Dak takes over. First game, Dez drops an easy touch down pass. Beasley drops an easy touch down. With those TD passes, we win.
Dak takes his team to an 8-1 record after that. He had a couple of shaky games early on but pulled it together to get wins. You know how some said, what if they figure Dak out, what will he do then. I think your questions have been answered. A couple of teams threw out some new wrinkles, but as the game went on, he figured it out, and pulled it out for us, in his FIRST YEAR. He doesn't make a ton of mistakes, he's just a very very smart QB. He takes the short to intermediate passes, and he goes deep when necessary.

You have Romo fans that think that throwing 300 plus yards means you're a winning QB. If this is the case, why didn't he go past the 2nd round again? Why haven't Ryan won anything? I can go on and on with QBs who threw for 300 plus who have never even sniffed the Super Bowl. Yards mean NOTHING.

Most people around these parts have no clue what a winning QB looks like. They must be like 21 or 28 years old, all they know is Tony Romo. My suggestion is to go root for another team if you can't get on board with Dak Prescott. Dak is a workout warrior who's never given the job back after getting the job due to injury.

The other day I was getting my oil changed, while sitting in the lobby, I saw this ESPN magazine with Dak Prescott on the front. I decided to pick it up and read it. It was AMAZING, and if I find the magazine, I'll post the entire article here.

We are in the midst of a possible Super Bowl run and all fans can talk about is Romo. We have the present, the future right before our own eyes and this is how you guys treat him. I'm hesitant to say this, but most of us don't deserve a Super Bowl.
 
Hostile said:
I could be wrong, and if I am I apologize. But in 1984 Gary Hogeboom was starting and against the Saints Danny came in and led us to a comeback win. I want to say it was either 30-27 or 27-24.
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it was hogeboom i believe n he was struggling badly so thats likely it.
 
dfense said:
I guess you missed Romo winning like

"My time is now! - RGIII

That's about the logic I've been hearing. "He's won 8 in a row! Superbowl!"
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All we can go by is the past/present. The present says that he's won 8 in a row. His past says he won 8 in a row. Shall we look at Romo's past?
 
KJJ said:
Funny, how many exaggerate here. Romo hasn't had that bad a run and it certainly hasn't been "cruel." He'll never go down as a "great" QB, he'll go down as a very good QB. His resume of accomplishments isn't good enough to make him a "great" QB. He'll never be inducted into the HOF which is where all "great" QBs end up. He went from an undrafted free agent to becoming a franchise QB.

He never lost his job on the field due to poor play and he played in 6 playoff games, winning 2 of them. His run in Dallas has been far from cruel, he owns practically every franchise passing record. He's had a better career than a number of QBs that were #1 picks and #1 overall picks. He had a solid career but like many QBs he didn't play in a SB or win a ring.
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Many here are bigger fans of Romo than the team itself. Have you seen the Romo as QB coach, then OC, and finally Dallas' head coach thread? It amazes me (and a good laugh sometimes) at some of the stuff I see here. Romo has had a stellar career and probably has a little left in the gas tank to go out as a starting QB for another team. Cruel career path? Raw deal? Jesus H. Christ people....
 
NumOneQB said:
Many here are bigger fans of Romo than the team itself. Have you seen the Romo as QB coach, then OC, and finally Dallas' head coach thread? It amazes me (and a good laugh sometimes) at some of the stuff I see here. Romo has had a stellar career and probably has a little left in the gas tank to go out as a starting QB for another team. Cruel career path? Raw deal? Jesus H. Christ people....
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They would have to be a bigger FAN of Romo than the team itself, if some are hoping Dak gets injured just so Romo could have a last hurrah. The Romo FANS are infatuated with his stats and career passer rating, it seems like that's all they care about. When you mention his lack of playoff success or that he hasn't won a ring they get pissed. There was a poll on the board awhile back asking who the greatest Cowboys QB of all-time was and Romo's name topped the list for a few. It amazes me the pedestal he's been put on by Romo FANS based purely on his stats. As crazy as it sounds I've run into Romo FANS who've argued he's better than Tom Brady. :facepalm: They look at his numbers and Houdini escapes and have convinced themselves that he's the best in the game. I've seen Brady, Rodgers and Peyton Manning's games torn down by those who think Romo is better. I've seen posts where Romo would win a SB for any team but us.

They try and spin he's never had a good team in Dallas which is ridiculous. If you mention his turnovers many will blame everyone but him. I've always had respect for Romo and thought he was an very good QB but he's not amongst the Mount Rushmore of QBs like some of his FANS think he is. If you don't agree that he's as wonderful as they think he is, you're labeled a hater. You can't give an honest opinion about him that involves any criticism without being labeled a Romo hater.
 
BraveHeartFan said:
Yeah I knew they had it physically worse back then.

I've always heard/read that a lot of his walking away was that he was tired of taking all the blame for everything from the fans. Apparently he had it as bad as Romo did at one point where the fans simply didn't understand how good he was and how the team around him simply wasn't ready to be champions at the time and he took the brunt of the blame for it.

As QBs still do to this day.

Now obviously I'm basing that off of the opinions of people who were around during that time frame because that was a decade or so before I was even born.
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yes and even landry was said to not be able to win the big games, and people wanted another coach!
I imagine don got some of the blame and maybe he deserved some of it, I have the ice bowl game and that is it with don.
They had a good year, and then lost to cleveland in playoffs, I would like to see that game and what happened there.

Plus landry may have told him he was going with morton, the next year, so don just retired.
 
KJJ said:
Funny, how many exaggerate here. Romo hasn't had that bad a run and it certainly hasn't been "cruel." He'll never go down as a "great" QB, he'll go down as a very good QB. His resume of accomplishments isn't good enough to make him a "great" QB. He'll never be inducted into the HOF which is where all "great" QBs end up. He went from an undrafted free agent to becoming a franchise QB.

He never lost his job on the field due to poor play and he played in 6 playoff games, winning 2 of them. His run in Dallas has been far from cruel, he owns practically every franchise passing record. He's had a better career than a number of QBs that were #1 picks and #1 overall picks. He had a solid career but like many QBs he didn't play in a SB or win a ring.
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If he would have played for another organization he might have been judged differently. This is the Dallas Cowboys.
 
mrmojo said:
Just curious about the age of some of these posters. Maybe Romo is all they've seen as far as great Cowboy QBs, because the love for him is off the charts. Imagine if they saw Roger play.
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Now I was in a deep depression when he retired. I was only a kid and he was one of the main reasons I became a fan.
 
KJJ said:
Hard to say leading the only team to ever reach the SB 4 straight times and being elected to the HOF as a cruel run for a great QB. Granted Kelly came up 0-4 in those SB's but he did have a great career.
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...and...cancer. Sheesh.
 
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