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

[KJJ]

With the exception of what I highlighted above, I've seen a few posts saying exactly what you are saying. BUT, they are few in number. The VAST MAJORITY of Romo "fans" praise Romo without being negative towards Dak. I have seen just as many Dak supporters who can't praise their guy without taking shots at Romo. You asserting that one side is better or worse at this than the other is ridiculous.

I do call BS on the one statement I highlighted. I've not see one poster - not a single one - stating a hope that Dak gets injured. If it indeed happening, of course, you'll be able to post a link to such a post.

I've seen at least 3 posters comment they wish Dak would be injured so Romo could get one last chance at a ring. It's difficult to find the posts because of all the threads that have been started discussing Dak/Romo and at least one thread was merged. However, here's a thread that was posted that backs me up. Read through the thread, the OP wasn't the only one who feels that way.

http://cowboyszone.com/threads/my-f...er-or-something-minor-to-keep-him-out.362880/

 

[KJJ]

The VAST MAJORITY of Romo "fans" praise Romo without being negative towards Dak. I have seen just as many Dak supporters who can't praise their guy without taking shots at Romo. You asserting that one side is better or worse at this than the other is ridiculous.

There's been far more ridiculous statements made about Romo than Dak. Romo has been around for 10 years as the starter and there's some FANS that have him as a first ballot Hall of Famer and better than Marino, Brady and Peyton Manning because he's more athletic. Polls have been started on the board with Romo FANS claiming he's the greatest QB in franchise history based on his stats and that he could have won multiple SBs on other teams because he's never had a good team with the Cowboys. One FAN commented to me last week that Romo never had the OL Dak has this season or a running game like this when that's exactly what Romo had in 2014. lol Dak hasn't been around near long enough for his FANS to make nearly as many ridiculous statements about him. Gabe made a comment about Dak being the greatest QB of all time but everyone knows Gabe's elevator is stuck between floors. He's on a different planet than everyone else so no one takes him serious. I love what I'm seeing with Dak but it's still very early in his career, however he has brought an energy to the team that I haven't seen since the days of Aikman and Staubach.

I'm certainly not saying he's the QB they were but he's elevated this team like I haven't seen since then. I'm convinced after 9 games we've hit on our future starting QB but how long of a future he'll have is going to come down to his W/L record and how far he can take the Cowboys. That's how all QBs are judged. He'll face the same scrutiny Romo faced over the years because Staubach and Aikman set the bar high in Dallas with 5 championships.

 

[Elusive6thRing]

There's been far more ridiculous statements made about Romo than Dak. Romo has been around for 10 years as the starter and there's some FANS that have him as a first ballot Hall of Famer and better than Marino, Brady and Peyton Manning because he's more athletic. Polls have been started on the board with Romo FANS claiming he's the greatest QB in franchise history based on his stats and that he could have won multiple SBs on other teams because he's never had a good team with the Cowboys. One FAN commented to me last week that Romo never had the OL Dak has this season or a running game like this when that's exactly what Romo had in 2014. lol Dak hasn't been around near long enough for his FANS to make nearly as many ridiculous statements about him. Gabe made a comment about Dak being the greatest QB of all time but everyone knows Gabe's elevator is stuck between floors. He's on a different planet than everyone else so no one takes him serious. I love what I'm seeing with Dak but it's still very early in his career, however he has brought an energy to the team that I haven't seen since the days of Aikman and Staubach.

I'm certainly not saying he's the QB they were but he's elevated this team like I haven't seen since then. I'm convinced after 9 games we've hit on our future starting QB but how long of a future he'll have is going to come down to his W/L record and how far he can take the Cowboys. That's how all QBs are judged. He'll face the same scrutiny Romo faced over the years because Staubach and Aikman set the bar high in Dallas with 5 championships.

Exactly, Danny White is sort of comparable to Romo. They both had about a decade as a starter but couldn't produce a championship. White had way more success than Romo even, with a threepeat of NFC Championship games but never reached a Super Bowl like Romo. That's why White isn't mentioned along with Staubach and Aikman. People blame the team when it comes to Romo but QB is the most important position. You are given the most credit when you win and the most blame when you don't, fair or not it's the way it is and always will be. Romo didn't win or even get to the game before the Super Bowl. 2-4 in the playoffs with an additional 2 week 17 losses that would have gotten us to the playoffs is not good enough. Even Peyton Manning took criticism before he won his first Super Bowl, it's a no excuses win league for Quarterbacks. If Romo won a Super Bowl and played well he would get the most credit but since he never did he gets the most blame.

The injuries to Romo does suck for him, but he doesn't necessary get blame for the injuries but he can't get credit for them either. I wish success for all Cowboy players so I would have loved to see Romo win a championship but he didn't and I think we have someone that has a better chance than Romo to win multiple Super Bowls.

 

[CrownCowboy]

I've seen a few of Gabe's posts and he has a 3 ring circus going on inside his head so I just scroll past everything he submits. The board is full of FANS who exaggerate, knee jerk and live in the moment. After the opener a couple of the most ridiculous threads ever were started by posters who were living in the moment. One is currently on the front page in the Rant Zone titled "Drafting Zeke was football stupid." Another one was titled "season is over" here's the link.

http://cowboyszone.com/threads/season-is-over.356308/

Haven't seen anyone call Dak the best of all time and were being serious about it. Romo clearly has some football left, I've never said he didn't but he can't stay healthy. Was watching some clips of him in practice yesterday and he looks like he's in discomfort when he runs. He doesn't look like he's moving very well, there's no fluidity in the way he moves. They showed him and Dak side by side, dropping back and throwing the ball and Dak looks so much quicker. It's easy to tell who the old QB is from the young QB. I can only go by what I've seen on this board and I've seen a lot more respect for Romo than disrespect, it all comes down to how you view things. If I make a few criticisms of Romo some see that as hate and disrespect. It's impossible to give one honest opinion of Romo that's negative without someone construing it for hate and disrespect. That's the nature of some FANS. I don't believe that if Romo were fully healthy that this offense would be better with him than with Dak because the read option is one of the reasons the offense has been so effective and you lose the read option with Romo. Romo has too much rust on his game for this offense to run as efficiently as it has with Dak.

Romo turns the ball over more than Dak and he takes more sacks which would further hurt this offense. Too many are stuck in 2014 with Romo and that was 2 years, several broken bones and 21 missed games ago. Even that Romo took 29 sacks in 15 games. There's simply no way a 36 year old QB who's missed as much time as Romo recovering from an assortment of injuries could step in and start playing better than Dak has played. Go look at some of the sacks Dak has avoided, NO WAY does Romo avoid those sacks. The one he avoided when the game was on the line against the Steelers in which he got the ball off to Witten was incredible! Dak can run and throw and his stats are right on par with Romo's from 2014 and his TD to turnover ratio is better. It's impossible for this offense to be better than it is without the read option and having a QB who's going to take more sacks and turn the ball over more. Dak has the 4th highest passer rating in the league this season and is second in total QBR just behind Tom Brady.

Of course people construe things differently, it does come down to how people view things for themselves individually.

But in this case it's pretty cut and dry. You do have a contingent of posters here that have disrespected Romo. Now you may not have seen it as disrespectful, but then again it's like you said: It all goes back to how you view things.

Tell me something. How many teams have you seen in the NFL ever, that has had long term success with an offense that was predicated on the read option? And by success I mean win a Super Bowl.

As for me, I'd rather have a Quarterback and an offense that runs between the tackles and is physical at the point of attack and has a Quarterback that can diagnose a defense and take a snap from under center, take a 3 or a 5 or a 7 step drop and make a defense pay for trying to stop that physical running game. Those, in different styles, are the types of offenses that win Super Bowls. Now granted, the read option offense has flashed. It has been successful in increments and gotten teams far. But sooner or later, you are going to have to have a Quarterback that can deliver the ball continuously and from the pocket down the field to win. I guess a caveat to that is the presence of a dominating, turnover creating defense on your team.

I'm not saying that Dak can't throw the ball or that he doesn't have an arm or that he is incapable of learning how to do these things. He has shown that he can sling it long, don't get me wrong. But, and this is just me, I don't have as much long term faith in a read option offense as you do. Of course, I'm sure you'll come back at me with numbers and I've seen them all.

Everything I have ever said about this situation and Tony Romo has always been contingent on his health. If he is healthy then he is the better player at the position in my opinion. The lastest body of work for Romo is as you mentioned, two years ago, which isn't that long ago to be honest. He had 34 touchdowns and 9 interceptions, 3 of which were in the first game. If he weren't healthy now then he wouldn't be the backup. As I said before I don't think he is finished and has some football left in him and if he ever did take the field I would be interested to see if he could play at the same level as he did a couple years ago. You don't think he ever will get to that level again and I can understand your stance. I do, but it really all doesn't matter at this point.

We can go back and forth on who we think is better but what would really be the point? There is thread upon thread discussing that very question and it has been beat to death. We can agree to disagree. The bottomline is that we are 8-1 and the FO has already settled on who is starting. I hope the read option takes us to the Super Bowl because winning is all that matters.

 

[CrownCowboy]

There's been far more ridiculous statements made about Romo than Dak. Romo has been around for 10 years as the starter and there's some FANS that have him as a first ballot Hall of Famer and better than Marino, Brady and Peyton Manning because he's more athletic. Polls have been started on the board with Romo FANS claiming he's the greatest QB in franchise history based on his stats and that he could have won multiple SBs on other teams because he's never had a good team with the Cowboys. One FAN commented to me last week that Romo never had the OL Dak has this season or a running game like this when that's exactly what Romo had in 2014. lol Dak hasn't been around near long enough for his FANS to make nearly as many ridiculous statements about him. Gabe made a comment about Dak being the greatest QB of all time but everyone knows Gabe's elevator is stuck between floors. He's on a different planet than everyone else so no one takes him serious. I love what I'm seeing with Dak but it's still very early in his career, however he has brought an energy to the team that I haven't seen since the days of Aikman and Staubach.

I'm certainly not saying he's the QB they were but he's elevated this team like I haven't seen since then. I'm convinced after 9 games we've hit on our future starting QB but how long of a future he'll have is going to come down to his W/L record and how far he can take the Cowboys. That's how all QBs are judged. He'll face the same scrutiny Romo faced over the years because Staubach and Aikman set the bar high in Dallas with 5 championships.

Again there haven't been far more ridiculous statements made about Romo than Dak. Do I really need to go over all the crap I have read here about it? Would it make a difference? And no, I'm sorry. You can't just blow off comments from a poster who has made numerous outrages statements about this situation and act like it was never posted. It was posted, some of his crap was agreed with by other posters and it was far more ridiculous than anything said about Dak Prescott.

 

[rpntex]

There's been far more ridiculous statements made about Romo than Dak. Romo has been around for 10 years as the starter and there's some FANS that have him as a first ballot Hall of Famer and better than Marino, Brady and Peyton Manning because he's more athletic. Polls have been started on the board with Romo FANS claiming he's the greatest QB in franchise history based on his stats and that he could have won multiple SBs on other teams because he's never had a good team with the Cowboys. One FAN commented to me last week that Romo never had the OL Dak has this season or a running game like this when that's exactly what Romo had in 2014. lol Dak hasn't been around near long enough for his FANS to make nearly as many ridiculous statements about him. Gabe made a comment about Dak being the greatest QB of all time but everyone knows Gabe's elevator is stuck between floors. He's on a different planet than everyone else so no one takes him serious. I love what I'm seeing with Dak but it's still very early in his career, however he has brought an energy to the team that I haven't seen since the days of Aikman and Staubach.

I'm certainly not saying he's the QB they were but he's elevated this team like I haven't seen since then. I'm convinced after 9 games we've hit on our future starting QB but how long of a future he'll have is going to come down to his W/L record and how far he can take the Cowboys. That's how all QBs are judged. He'll face the same scrutiny Romo faced over the years because Staubach and Aikman set the bar high in Dallas with 5 championships.

Once again , everything you just posted is irrelevant to what I posted.

What I said was "ridiculous" was your assertion that Romo supporters are more negative toward Dak than Dak supporters are negative toward Romo. Both sides posters on both sides should be able to praise their guy without tearing the other down. The majority of posters on both sides are objective in their assessment. Those who aren't are few in number. Yet you make it sound like the entire pro-Romo faction is negative toward Dak.

As to what you posted in this post, just how many posters have ypu run across that claim Romo "never had the OL like Dak has"? If it's more than one, I'd be amazed. I think we all remember 2014. even so, that's no more ridiculous than some posters proclaiming Dak as a "sure thing" AFTER NINE GAMES..The future is bright, and there is every reason to hope he'll continue to be what he's been this season so far. There is no such thing as a "sure thing" after nine games, however. And I can guarantee you that there have been more posters claiming this than there have been claiming Romo "never had the OL".

If Dak was playing for the Skins, or Eagles, or Giants, or anyone else, would those people be calling him a "sure thing"? Of course not. They'd be saying "it's only nine games!"

 

[rpntex]

I've seen at least 3 posters comment they wish Dak would be injured so Romo could get one last chance at a ring. It's difficult to find the posts because of all the threads that have been started discussing Dak/Romo and at least one thread was merged. However, here's a thread that was posted that backs me up. Read through the thread, the OP wasn't the only one who feels that way.

http://cowboyszone.com/threads/my-f...er-or-something-minor-to-keep-him-out.362880/

Wowe! I missed that thread, and I think the OP was out-of-line.

 

[KJJ]

Wowe! I missed that thread, and I think the OP was out-of-line.

It backed up what I said and proved you wrong. Don't just assume you've seen every post or thread on this board.

 

[KJJ]

Once again , everything you just posted is irrelevant to what I posted.

What I said was "ridiculous" was your assertion that Romo supporters are more negative toward Dak than Dak supporters are negative toward Romo. Both sides posters on both sides should be able to praise their guy without tearing the other down. The majority of posters on both sides are objective in their assessment. Those who aren't are few in number. Yet you make it sound like the entire pro-Romo faction is negative toward Dak.

As to what you posted in this post, just how many posters have ypu run across that claim Romo "never had the OL like Dak has"? If it's more than one, I'd be amazed. I think we all remember 2014. even so, that's no more ridiculous than some posters proclaiming Dak as a "sure thing" AFTER NINE GAMES..The future is bright, and there is every reason to hope he'll continue to be what he's been this season so far. There is no such thing as a "sure thing" after nine games, however. And I can guarantee you that there have been more posters claiming this than there have been claiming Romo "never had the OL".

If Dak was playing for the Skins, or Eagles, or Giants, or anyone else, would those people be calling him a "sure thing"? Of course not. They'd be saying "it's only nine games!"

What you posted was your opinion and I don't agree with it. You're getting everything twisted because there's a difference between "negative" and "ridiculous" and I said there's been far more "ridiculous" statements made about Romo than Dak. Ridiculous as in "positive" not "negative" so try getting things straight. Ridiculous don't always mean something negative, it can be something extremely positive. You can read whatever you want into what's being posted on the board. If Dak was performing at the level for other teams that he has for the Cowboys the past 9 games including preseason, I think most would be sold that he's the future of their team. He's been very consistent all season and there's been noticeable development in his game from week to week.

He's handled adversity extremely well and has played some of his best football when games have been on the line this season. A "sure thing" can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Jerry made a big financial decision to invest big in Romo after only 10 career starts in 2006 that weren't as impressive as the 9 starts we've seen with Dak. The Cowboys are a very QB dependent team, we saw that last season and there's NO WAY they would be sitting here 8-1, riding a franchise best 8 game winning streak if Dak wasn't the real deal. How much success he'll have only time will tell but he'll still have to play on his rookie contract for one more season before he'll want more money.

 

[rpntex]

What you posted was your opinion and I don't agree with it. You're getting everything twisted because there's a difference between "negative" and "ridiculous" and I said there's been far more "ridiculous" statements made about Romo than Dak. Ridiculous as in "positive" not "negative" so try getting things straight. Ridiculous don't always mean something negative, it can be something extremely positive. You can read whatever you want into what's being posted on the board. If Dak was performing at the level for other teams that he has for the Cowboys the past 9 games including preseason, I think most would be sold that he's the future of their team. He's been very consistent all season and there's been noticeable development in his game from week to week.

He's handled adversity extremely well and has played some of his best football when games have been on the line this season. A "sure thing" can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Jerry made a big financial decision to invest big in Romo after only 10 career starts in 2006 that weren't as impressive as the 9 starts we've seen with Dak. The Cowboys are a very QB dependent team, we saw that last season and there's NO WAY they would be sitting here 8-1, riding a franchise best 8 game winning streak if Dak wasn't the real deal. How much success he'll have only time will tell but he'll still have to play on his rookie contract for one more season before he'll want more money.

Once again (try too keep up, I can't keep educating you)...

I didn't say the things said about Dak or Romo - Positive OR negative - were :"ridiculous" (of course some of them were). What I called ridiculous is you asserting that either faction had some sort of moral high ground over the other.

 

[KJJ]

Again there haven't been far more ridiculous statements made about Romo than Dak. Do I really need to go over all the crap I have read here about it? Would it make a difference? And no, I'm sorry. You can't just blow off comments from a poster who has made numerous outrages statements about this situation and act like it was never posted. It was posted, some of his crap was agreed with by other posters and it was far more ridiculous than anything said about Dak Prescott.

How you interpret comments that are posted is up to you. I'll blow off comments from a poster who I consider a "bleep." He posts outrageous comments just to get a reaction. Anyone who agreed with the crap he was posting is no better than him. If some want to expose themselves as being stupid and ruin whatever reputation they have here so be it. Someone was comparing Dak's rookie season with Kyle Orton's rookie year which is one of the most RIDICULOUS comments I've ever seen posted.

Dak has already thrown for more yards and TD's than Orton did and Orton only competed around 52% of his passes as a rookie and his passer rating was a miserable 59.7. There's several who agreed with that poster because these FAN boards attract a lot of idiots who have no clue about football. Some of the things that are posted are ludicrous! Posters are going to post what they want and and many don't have a clue. When someone posts something ridiculous I'll show just how ridiculous it is.

 

[rpntex]

It backed up what I said and proved you wrong. Don't just assume you've seen every post or thread on this board.

You mean like back in the preseason when you assumed that I though Mayiowa was going to be some kind of difference-maker, when in fact, I never even referenced him in any manner?

Maybe you should take your own advice once in a while.

 

[KJJ]

Once again (try too keep up, I can't keep educating you)...

I didn't say the things said about Dak or Romo - Positive OR negative - were :"ridiculous" (of course some of them were). What I called ridiculous is you asserting that either faction had some sort of moral high ground over the other.

You're the one being educated because you just said "What I said was "ridiculous" was your assertion that Romo supporters are more negative toward Dak than Dak supporters are negative toward Romo." I never said any of that. This is what I said.

There's been far more ridiculous statements made about Romo than Dak.

"Ridiculous" doesn't always mean negative, it can be something positive and I pointed that out in my post about those claiming Romo is better than Marino, Brady and Peyton Manning due to his athletic ability. Stop getting everything twisted.

 

[KJJ]

You mean like back in the preseason when you assumed that I though Mayiowa was going to be some kind of difference-maker, when in fact, I never even referenced him in any manner?

Maybe you should take your own advice once in a while.

I confused you with another poster. It happens when you're going back and forth with several different posters. I have a lot of posters coming at me in all directions wanting to argue and you've changed your avatar at least once.

 

[KJJ]

Tell me something. How many teams have you seen in the NFL ever, that has had long term success with an offense that was predicated on the read option? And by success I mean win a Super Bowl.

As for me, I'd rather have a Quarterback and an offense that runs between the tackles and is physical at the point of attack and has a Quarterback that can diagnose a defense and take a snap from under center, take a 3 or a 5 or a 7 step drop and make a defense pay for trying to stop that physical running game. Those, in different styles, are the types of offenses that win Super Bowls. Now granted, the read option offense has flashed. It has been successful in increments and gotten teams far. But sooner or later, you are going to have to have a Quarterback that can deliver the ball continuously and from the pocket down the field to win. I guess a caveat to that is the presence of a dominating, turnover creating defense on your team.

Seattle uses the read option with Russell Wilson because he's very mobile and it's worked well for them. They won a SB with the read option being apart of their offense. The Cowboys haven't made a lot if changes to their offense because Romo was the QB through most of training camp and part of preseason. We've made a few tweaks to the offense to cater to some of the things Dak does well but we're running the same offense with the read option as an added element to take advantage of Daks mobility.

Dak is a pass first QB who maintains being a passer until a play completely breaks down. He's shown he can pass from the pocket and outside the pocket. He doesn't run with the ball a lot and didn't run at all last week. He's a passing QB who can run with the ball. We're doing a lot of what we did offensively in 2014 by leaning on the run but Dak does provide a running threat that defenses have to respect. Dak has been doing a lot of what Romo has done by extending plays.

 

[CrownCowboy]

How you interpret comments that are posted is up to you. I'll blow off comments from a poster who I consider a "bleep." He posts outrageous comments just to get a reaction. Anyone who agreed with the crap he was posting is no better than him. If some want to expose themselves as being stupid and ruin whatever reputation they have here so be it. Someone was comparing Dak's rookie season with Kyle Orton's rookie year which is one of the most RIDICULOUS comments I've ever seen posted.

Dak has already thrown for more yards and TD's than Orton did and Orton only competed around 52% of his passes as a rookie and his passer rating was a miserable 59.7. There's several who agreed with that poster because these FAN boards attract a lot of idiots who have no clue about football. Some of the things that are posted are ludicrous! Posters are going to post what they want and and many don't have a clue. When someone posts something ridiculous I'll show just how ridiculous it is.

I hope and encourage you to do exactly that. Challenge posters that make ridiculous remarks.

I was merely pointing out that outrageous remarks have been made about Romo with the same, if not more, frequency than they have been about Dak.

I praise Dak and then I have given reasons why I think Romo would be a better fit now. A healthy Romo that is. I'm in the minority, but that's my opinion.

Some praise Dak and then immediately ridicule Tony Romo.

 

[CrownCowboy]

Seattle uses the read option with Russell Wilson because he's very mobile and it's worked well for them. They won a SB with the read option being apart of their offense. The Cowboys haven't made a lot if changes to their offense because Romo was the QB through most of training camp and part of preseason. We've made a few tweaks to the offense to cater to some of the things Dak does well but we're running the same offense with the read option as an added element to take advantage of Daks mobility.

Dak is a pass first QB who maintains being a passer until a play completely breaks down. He's shown he can pass from the pocket and outside the pocket. He doesn't run with the ball a lot and didn't run at all last week. He's a passing QB who can run with the ball. We're doing a lot of what we did offensively in 2014 by leaning on the run but Dak does provide a running threat that defenses have to respect. Dak has been doing a lot of what Romo has done by extending plays.

If this offense is almost the exact same as when Romo ran it albeight with minor changes, then why do people fret at the idea that a healthy Tony Romo couldn't run it better or atleast just as well? And if this is true and considering that the offensive line and wide receivers have all played with Romo in the past, why is this issue with team chemistry on the field so scrutinized? It seems like you are singing a different tune with this post than what you were implying before. I could be wrong though and if i misread you I apologize.

I disagree for the most part in your characterization of our offense as being virtually the same. I have yet to see Dak take a snap from under center and throw a football down the field. I'm not saying he has to or that he can't do it all I am saying is that he has not taken the ball from under center and passed the ball out of a 3, 5, or 7 step drop. All of his throws are from the shotgun or from outside the pocket on a designed bootleg. And although Romo did throw from the shotgun quite a bit, that's not the same offense Romo ran at all. Granted that I am not complaining or lobbying for one over the other. I am just simply stating things as I see it.

And the Seahawks was a good reference and they have had success with that style of offense, but they also have had a dominating, opportunistic defense that has facilitated such a philosophy overall in my opinion that has made it all work.

 

[Cowboy06]

It depends on what you mean by better. Is he more accurate and better at reading defenses? Yes. Is he better at running an offense, protecting the ball, and winning games? No. which is more important?

preach. the choir is singing .

 

[Dracula]

Today has finally arrived, Dak vs Baltimore. Baltimore has the #4 passing, #1 rushing, and is just the test that the Dak naysayers have been waiting for. We'll know today

 

[fifaguy]

There's been far more ridiculous statements made about Romo than Dak. Romo has been around for 10 years as the starter and there's some FANS that have him as a first ballot Hall of Famer and better than Marino, Brady and Peyton Manning because he's more athletic. Polls have been started on the board with Romo FANS claiming he's the greatest QB in franchise history based on his stats and that he could have won multiple SBs on other teams because he's never had a good team with the Cowboys. One FAN commented to me last week that Romo never had the OL Dak has this season or a running game like this when that's exactly what Romo had in 2014. lol Dak hasn't been around near long enough for his FANS to make nearly as many ridiculous statements about him. Gabe made a comment about Dak being the greatest QB of all time but everyone knows Gabe's elevator is stuck between floors. He's on a different planet than everyone else so no one takes him serious. I love what I'm seeing with Dak but it's still very early in his career, however he has brought an energy to the team that I haven't seen since the days of Aikman and Staubach.

I'm certainly not saying he's the QB they were but he's elevated this team like I haven't seen since then. I'm convinced after 9 games we've hit on our future starting QB but how long of a future he'll have is going to come down to his W/L record and how far he can take the Cowboys. That's how all QBs are judged. He'll face the same scrutiny Romo faced over the years because Staubach and Aikman set the bar high in Dallas with 5 championships.

Well said. One must not underestimate the team chemistry that is going on with Dak behind center, which is very refreshing indeed.