How great was Romo?

[BIGDen]

He was a great QB who, like Marino, Fouts, etc., never got the TEAM accomplishment of winning a ring. He’s like the 4th highest rated QB in NFL history despite playing behind some terrible OLs. He typically had bad defenses as well. Despite that, when healthy, he always kept this team competitive. He often carried the team which is what great players do. His postseason numbers, despite perception, are actually good too. He has like a 93 rating and a 4:1 TD:INT ratio IIRC. Unfortunately, he couldn’t catch the ball for Crayton/Fasano, prevent Murray from fumbling, or make Blandino understand what consitutes a catch. These are the breaks you need to get that ring sometimes. Flacco, Eli, Brad Johnson, Dilfer, etc have rings. Marino, Romo, Fouts are ringless. The SB argument is moronic IMO.

Sitting Romo and continuing to play Dak was the wrong decision and it becomes more obvious with each “passing” game.

 

[cern]

It was bad.

We had no Center, the opposing DL was often in Romo's lap at the snap.

arkin, nagy, Kowalski, livings, costa struck fear in the hearts of opposing defensive linemen.

 

[G2]

It was bad.

We had no Center, the opposing DL was often in Romo's lap at the snap.

One, it wasn't always bad. And when it was I would compare it to how it looks this season and end of last.

 

[InTheZone]

Their team was built around the defense. Our team was built around the QB. Perhaps our strategy was the wrong one, but the team had confidence in Romo. I had confidence in Romo. I don't subscribe to the theory he was never given a shot. He had a shot, was good enough to win it, but didn't. It is what it is.

No ones arguing he didn't have a shot, all teams and players have a shot...

If a great defense can carry a lousy qb like rex then a much better qb like Romo could benefit from whatever better defense he can get.

 

[G2]

He was a great QB who, like Marino, Fouts, etc., never got the TEAM accomplishment of winning a ring. He’s like the 4th highest rated QB in NFL history despite playing behind some terrible OLs. He typically had bad defenses as well. Despite that, when healthy, he always kept this team competitive. He often carried the team which is what great players do. His postseason numbers, despite perception, are actually good too. He has like a 93 rating and a 4:1 TD:INT ratio IIRC. Unfortunately, he couldn’t catch the ball for Crayton/Fasano, prevent Murray from fumbling, or make Blandino understand what consitutes a catch. These are the breaks you need to get that ring sometimes. Flacco, Eli, Brad Johnson, Dilfer, etc have rings. Marino, Romo, Fouts are ringless. The SB argument is moronic IMO.

Sitting Romo and continuing to play Dak was the wrong decision and it becomes more obvious with each “passing” game.

Oh no, no, no. Please leave Marino out of this.

 

[aria]

Lol, hypothetical Romo threads live on. It reminds me of the fans that still live in the early 90’s bubble and can only talk about how many SB trophies we have compared to other teams.

Why stop at Romo? If Staubach were still playing...

 

[CATCH17]

Romo over came Garrett about as good as you can possibly do.

Same with the Oline.. The Oline was great too.

 

[Legend]

Romo could not win a playoff game with a Cowboys record 13 pro bowlers in 2007.

Young fans at the time, thought the 2007 13-3 team was better than the 1992 team; until the 2007 team lost their first playoff game.

 

[kskboys]

You're a big PFF fan. Here are the rankings.

2010 - Total 9th, Pass 17th, Run 5th
2011 - Total 15th, Pass 16th, Run 15th
2012 - Total 22nd, Pass 26th Run 8th
2013 - Total 4th, Pass 9th. Run 2nd

It wasn't nearly as bad as claimed. Romo running for his life is party due to him wanting to extend plays. It's an over-exaggeration that has been built up over the years. Just like claiming Romo had no running game. We could run the ball. We chose not to. We even converted a high percentage of 3rd/4th and short on the ground when we ran.

I'm not.

I watched it. It was beyond terrible.

You got this one wrong, Heath.

 

[Aviano90]

until the 2007 team lost their first playoff game.

After beating the Eagles for our first playoff game since 1996, the Cowboys were talked about as being Super Bowl favorites leading up to the Vikings game. The Vikings used it as motivation and promptly handed us our ***. Then all of a sudden the team had no chance at all to win.

 

[IheartRomo]

He was the rare thing that all teams search for: a true franchise quarterback. Would have been really interesting to see how things would have played out if Parcells hadn't retired for a few more years or if someone other than Wade/Garrett had taken over instead.

What a complete and utter waste of a franchise, year-in-year-out top 5-8 QB. 2 playoff wins. Absolutely nothing to show for it.

 

[atlantacowboy]

We watched different games then. Why does Aikman have twice as many rushing yards if he's not mobile?

It is not even close to being double. Thats not the point anyway. What does rushing yards have to do with being mobile? Neither guy ever ran for more than 300 yards in a season. The difference is that Romo was more able to allude pass rushers and extend plays. That doesn't mean he was more apt to take off running any more than Troy.

 

[Aviano90]

I'm not.

I watched it. It was beyond terrible.

You got this one wrong, Heath.

I watched it too. It wasn't a great line, it was mediocre most of the time. It's not as good as it is after spending so many 1st round picks on it, but you guys make it seem like it was the worst and Romo just had to be superman.

 

[kskboys]

One, it wasn't always bad. And when it was I would compare it to how it looks this season and end of last.

No position/area is always bad. The 90's OL's, considered by many pundits to be the best of all time, wasn't always good.

That OL was historically bad.

 

[kskboys]

I watched it too. It wasn't a great line, it was mediocre most of the time. It's not as good as it is after spending so many 1st round picks on it, but you guys make it seem like it was the worst and Romo just had to be superman.

For about 3 years, Romo was superman just to not get killed behind that clusterfudge.

The OL was so bad in 2012, that Romo refused to renegotiate his contract unless Jerry agreed to go OL in the first round. Jerry needed Romo to redo his contract to get under the cap. Desperately. So, Jerry reluctantly agreed.

In this case, Heath, anyone not seeing how bad that OL was just does not want to see it.

 

[atlantacowboy]

I'm not.

I watched it. It was beyond terrible.

You got this one wrong, Heath.

Aviano is Heath?

 

[Aviano90]

Aviano is Heath?

yes.

 

[Aviano90]

For about 3 years, Romo was superman just to not get killed behind that clusterfudge.

The OL was so bad in 2012, that Romo refused to renegotiate his contract unless Jerry agreed to go OL in the first round. Jerry needed Romo to redo his contract to get under the cap. Desperately. So, Jerry reluctantly agreed.

In this case, Heath, anyone not seeing how bad that OL was just does not want to see it.

One year, it was bad. It wasn't 2012 bad every single year.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

At some point, Cowboy fans need to learn to move forward.......

 

[Legend]

No position/area is always bad. The 90's OL's, considered by many pundits to be the best of all time, wasn't always good.

That OL was historically bad.

Yes the OL was not always good especially when it had to go up against HOF defenders like Reggie White.

Garrett was getting sacked and hit in this game until he got some protection to throw to a receiving core full of weapons... Something Dak currently lacks.