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

[hutch1254]

Archie Manning, Dan Marino, Bert Jones.

 

[Tenkamenin]

I wish the writer of this piece would have pointed out Tony has had 3 different head coaches, numerous different OC's (Payton, Sparano/Haley, Garrett, Callahan, and Linehan), had to endure bad offensive lines for most of his career, had to put up with cancerous free agent signings, until recently bad drafts, and a meddling owner. I wonder how Tom Brady would have faired playing in Dallas under the same conditions?

The thing that annoys me the most about Romo's tenure is that Jerry took for granted his mobility. Unfortunately, this is often the case with mobile QBs. Mcnabb was throwing to crap for years until the Eagles decided to sign TO, and of course they go to the superbowl the same year.

 

[DandyDon1722]

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.

How 'bout that Tony Romo!!!

What a player - what a guy! Class act and the quintessence (look it up) of professionalism!

I can't wait for the next Tony Romo thread.

In fact - I hear he's a new sponsor for Valvoline Oil - maybe you can catch him at you local oil change store!

All Tony all the time!

P.S.

According to you - not one single player on the team deserves to win a Super Bowl except the quarterback. After all, you've said it - many times in fact - it's all about the quarterback - period.

So - no ring for you Zack or Zeke or Sean or Jason.

If Dak wins a Super Bowl - the rest of you were just window dressing.

Oh - did I mention - How 'bout that Tony Romo! What a guy!

 

[CrownCowboy]

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. 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.

With all due respect, I've seen equally ridiculous comparisons and statements made about Dak Prescott after only nine games. For whatever reason, Dak can do no wrong. It doesn't matter that he has the best Oline in football and a freak for a running back or a top 5 wide receiver. Yes, I have even seen it stated here on this forum that he is better than Tom Brady.

Some Dak enthusiasts go to extremes and some Romo enthusiasts go to extremes.

People overembelish and make ridiculous comparisons about everything under the sun. Some posters here have made the assumption that alot of the people here aren't old enough to have seen Staubach and Aikman play and that Romo was the first Quarterback of their favorite team that they have latched on to, if that makes sense. I can understand that rationale. The first year I really remember following the Cowboys was when I was six years old and we went 1-15. After that we became one of the best teams in the history of the NFL in my view. I thought Troy Aikman was a superhero growing up. I had a hard time realizing that Troy was done in 2000. I'm not comparing the careers of Aikman and Romo at all, by the way.

Things have to be put into perspective. Nobody knows what kind of career Dak will have. He has started it with a bang and looks like he could have a great one, but I'll never forget all the noise we heard about RGIII a few years ago and look how that turned out. Nobody knows for sure and yet you see post after post on here with people that can't just leave it at praising Dak. They have to attempt to tarnish Tony Romo at the same time. Some people here don't take too kindly to that, just as you seem so annoyed with some of the Romo FAN's as you describe.

I'm a Cowboy's fan first. Players come and go. I've been pretty vocal on here in my belief that Tony Romo is the better player and that I think he should start as soon as he is healthy. I still believe that, but I understand why they are sticking with Dak. The only question is can Romo stay healthy and I admit, I'm not as confident in.

As long as we are winning that's all that really matters.

 

[KJJ]

Archie Manning, Dan Marino, Bert Jones.

Marino? Lol He's only known as one of the greatest pure passers in NFL history and was a first ballot Hall of Famer. Nothing cruel about his career. He parlayed it into a broadcasting career and a lot of endorsements. He didn't get a ring but he's not alone.

 

[waving monkey]

wow.

someone redefined "doosh" today.

seriously I don't even want to post directly to him.

 

[stilltheguru88]

Ya really gotta love people who think Tony handing off to Zeke 20x a game would be leading the NFL in turnovers or something. What a stupid argument.

Go back and look at how many turnovers Romo had in all of 2014 handing the ball off to DeMarco Murray 20x a game.

34 TD's, 9 int's and 3 fumbles lost in 16 games.

Can we stop this stupidity already?

How many sacks taken? People ignore negative plays

 

[Brooksey]

Unfortunately for Romo he never had the right combination of team and coach. Garrett is just finishing this training now

Romo has been cursed ever since that bobbled snap in Seattle that sent Parcells into retirement

 

[haleyrules]

Archie Manning, Dan Marino, Bert Jones.

Don Meredith.. Graig Morton...Danny White...

 

[iceberg]

seriously I don't even want to post directly to him.

if there was ever a year to just invent things to divide people up, 2016 certainly has been that year. you can understand how some people feel and how emotionally tied they can get to players and ideas. one hard lesson to learn is "nothing gold can stay".

but hell, i've even been railed for not being a romo fan cause i agree dak has earned it also and we're in an area we've simply never been before. would romo simply step right in and continue on given he's played what, 4 games in going on 2 years now? asking *that* questions draws some hate penalties for sure i can see.

it's a fair question, however.

i wanted romo to play since we had bledsoe sitting there doing nothing in the pocket but getting tackled. i went bat crap crazy one year screaming that romo only made the line look better, we've not fixed a thing from what got bledsoe killed at times. but he did make it look a lot better. he made this team look a lot better. in his career romo has given us everything he has and he's earned a very warm spot in the hearts of many fans.

but he's never given us 8-1.

all the "this line, that line, zeke effect and so on - maybe. but at best, maybe. you got something fantastic in one hand and a pile of maybe in the other are you really that quick to risk it?

the real question is if this continues and dak earns the starting role, would you ask him to step down so tony can drive or do you go with the next level you know is here but mentally can't accept you don't have more time to give anymore.

another fair question.

so i get it. i wish romo would have won the superbowl already and we'd all be happy. well many of us. i almost forgot where i was. i've loved watching almost every bit of romos play and the denver game.

we lost but man alive, the denver game.

this is a new team with one hell of a bright future and it sucks for romo but as fans of the team *and* romo i do see some people wishing dak didn't do so well so tony could get what many feel he rightfully deserves. but if dak shows he has truly taken over this team i don't open competition back up in camp, i build around this foundation and go.

sucks for romo - 100%. 110% for the true athletes out there. but for the team we need to move forward. we seem to have struck legitimate lightning in a bottle, so lets see what he can light up. if romo wants to stay and finish his career here FAN FREAKING TASTIC. if he wants to hit a team and try to keep playing, who can blame him?

bittersweet is one hell of a word but it looks like we need to prepare for it. if that means i'm not a romo fan to some, let it mean that.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

How 'bout that Tony Romo!!!

What a player - what a guy! Class act and the quintessence (look it up) of professionalism!

I can't wait for the next Tony Romo thread.

In fact - I hear he's a new sponsor for Valvoline Oil - maybe you can catch him at you local oil change store!

All Tony all the time!

P.S.

According to you - not one single player on the team deserves to win a Super Bowl except the quarterback. After all, you've said it - many times in fact - it's all about the quarterback - period.

So - no ring for you Zack or Zeke or Sean or Jason.

If Dak wins a Super Bowl - the rest of you were just window dressing.

Oh - did I mention - How 'bout that Tony Romo! What a guy!

Well some are saying they couldn't even enjoy a SB win if Tony wasn't QB'ing. Crazy talk.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

I was sad when Danny retired but I sure did enjoy those 90's SBs. I have to admit I never thought about him.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I wish the writer of this piece would have pointed out Tony has had 3 different head coaches, numerous different OC's (Payton, Sparano/Haley, Garrett, Callahan, and Linehan), had to endure bad offensive lines for most of his career, had to put up with cancerous free agent signings, until recently bad drafts, and a meddling owner. I wonder how Tom Brady would have faired playing in Dallas under the same conditions?

Blimey!
I knew there was a reason!

 

[daveferr33]

You make fair points. But you certainly hurt your credibility by make false statements such as:

but he's never given us 8-1.

His first full season as the starter he went 12-1.

I understand the argument in favor of keeping Dak as the starter. He's young, playing well enough, and is getting valuable experience leading this team down the stretch. He will only get better.

But downplaying what Romo has meant to this team to the point of falsifying the record is just too much for me.

 

[haleyrules]

I was sad when Danny retired but I sure did enjoy those 90's SBs. I have to admit I never thought about him.

LMOAO. There will soon be another forgotten one!

 

[drawandstrike]

How many sacks taken? People ignore negative plays

Well we're off the stupid turnover argument pretty damn quick, aren't we?

I call this progress.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

LMOAO. There will soon be another forgotten one!

I agree. Time marches on. Tony's been our starter for 10 years. He's had his chances. Yes I would have loved to see him QB a SB team but I'm not going to risk everything on a what if.

 

[stilltheguru88]

Well we're off the stupid turnover argument pretty damn quick, aren't we?

I call this progress.

Dak is on pace for less turnovers as well. I just added on sacks. I didn't move on from interceptions brotha.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

And another. I hated ABSOLUTELY hated the way Jerry treated coach Landry but when we were winning those SB's I didn't even think of him.

 

[haleyrules]

And another. I hated ABSOLUTELY hated the way Jerry treated coach Landry but when we were winning those SB's I didn't even think of him.

Yes. Jones treatment of Landry was a disgrace. He has tried to make it apologise in recent years. But, the old fans still have hard feeling about it.