I don't know if Romo survives that game

[MRV52]

All I know is if Romo was in there the Eagles would have been crazy to blitz like that. Romo would have destroyed them down the field and we would have won that game easily. Dak missed so many open receivers downfield. Dez could have easily had 2 more TD's with Romo.

 

[BlueStar22]

Romo would not be blitzed that way.

 

[CVN68_Cowboys]

All I know is if Romo was in their the Eagles would be crazy to blitz like that. Romo would have destroyed them down the field and we would have won that game easily. Dak missed so many open receivers downfield. Dez could have easily had 2 more TD's with Romo.

Not sure about that. We still aren't certain what 2016 Romo even looks like. The guy from 2-3 years ago very possibly doesn't live here anymore. Even Jason Witten was saying today on the Ticket regarding this that, at the end of the day, they all understand that this is a business and that a business decision will be made, not an emotional one.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

because I watched throw after throw missed, easy td's to Dez missed. I don't know what would have happened but Romo and dez are pretty great in the red zone and Romo is extremely accurate. Dak was confused like most young qbs will be against a good defense that is aggressive and he was throwing late.

Fair but keep in mind you can't just insert Romo into certain redzone opportunities. EVERYTHING changes. The entire game is different. Romo lost this same game in 2014. We split with philly in Romo's best year. If what you're saying is true then he would NEVER lose to philly.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

This was the first game where it was obvious that had we had a 100% non-rusty Romo, we would have won going away. The game was much more difficult than it needed to be. It was almost an impossible win. Dak is a winner, but I'll say it again: Ive seen Romo throw 5 interceptions in a game before, but I have NEVER seen Romo have such poor accuracy as Dak has last night.

It looks like in his entire career, Tony has had 5 games with 20 incompletions. Dak has 2 in 7 games. In three of Tony's 5 games, it took 50 or more attempts to get to that number. Dak has reached the number with 39 and 45 attempts.

 

[iceberg]

He would.

Tony only really gets injured 1 of 2 ways

1) Someone blows their assignment
2) He gets caught from behind

i would have put it more:
1) he plays
2) he gets tackled

 

[windjc]

It looks like in his entire career, Tony has had 5 games with 20 incompletions. Dak has 2 in 7 games. In three of Tony's 5 games, it took 50 or more attempts to get to that number. Dak has reached the number with 39 and 45 attempts.

Excellent research. I know Tony didnt play as a rookie, so maybe his stats would have been worse then too. But it is cause for concern or at least, if not concern, cause for realizing that the idea of Dak leading us to a SB this year is not exactly high %.

This is why I think we need to see what Romo still has in the tank. Find out if Romo still can be the Romo of 2014 or not, before hitching the entire train to Dak.

 

[CVN68_Cowboys]

It looks like in his entire career, Tony has had 5 games with 20 incompletions. Dak has 2 in 7 games. In three of Tony's 5 games, it took 50 or more attempts to get to that number. Dak has reached the number with 39 and 45 attempts.

In his entire career, Romo led teams have started the season 6-1. Dak also has one of those on his resume now, incompletions be damned.

 

[CxC1993]

Think he would've changed plays at the LOS more than Dak to help counter the blitz, plus would've made those difficult throws that Dak missed. Not a knock on Dak, he's fantastic for a rookie & I support both QBs. But Romo is on a different level mentally at this stage in the game. Health is the big question.

 

[Tenkamenin]

All I know is if Romo was in there the Eagles would have been crazy to blitz like that. Romo would have destroyed them down the field and we would have won that game easily. Dak missed so many open receivers downfield. Dez could have easily had 2 more TD's with Romo.

In 2014 Romo struggled against the Skins all out blitz, I think he took 6 sacks that game. Last night the Eagles were very aggressive and applied a lot of pressure. I'm not so sure how Romo would've done.

 

[windjc]

In his entire career, Romo led teams have started the season 6-1. Dak also has one of those on his resume now, incompletions be damned.

You really think that Dak can lead us to a SB victory this year?

Because I believe if Romo can play like he did in 2014, he can lead us to one.

 

[CVN68_Cowboys]

You really think that Dak can lead us to a SB victory this year?

Because I believe if Romo can play like he did in 2014, he can lead us to one.

I don't know, but I have more confidence in Prescott's most important ability that he has that Romo hasn't for years, which is availability. I really don't have a "side' in this argument, I just want to win. And we've seen the past few times that he's been hurt, Romo takes a couple of games to knock the rust off. Not sure that's a smart risk to take. I understand that people will say that Romo offers some thing in the long passing game that Prescott doesn't right now, but on the flip side, Prescott also has traits that Romo doesn't and never will. The play that has gotten us at least 4 red zone TDs this year, the zone read, isn't something Romo is capable of anymore.

 

[Clove]

It looks like in his entire career, Tony has had 5 games with 20 incompletions. Dak has 2 in 7 games. In three of Tony's 5 games, it took 50 or more attempts to get to that number. Dak has reached the number with 39 and 45 attempts.

Romo never played as a rookie so I'm surprised you didn't mention that. By the time Romo played his first game, he was 3 years in. Now you take Dak, let him sit for 3 years and then you compare the two, but you can't. Why? Because Dak is 7 games into his FIRST START EVER and is a rookie QB.

 

[KJJ]

I don't want Romo back and it's not because of any dislike or hate for him, it's because of how Dak is playing and leading the team. Romo likely wouldn't have survived the pressure Dak did last night. There were at least a couple of times Romo would have been plastered. He wouldn't have been able to get the ball off in several situations where Dak was able to and I'm not sure he could have avoided the trouble Dak did on the TD throw to Witten to win the game. Even with a healthy Romo we wouldn't have won, their pass rush would have gotten to him all night.

 

[ISUFan22]

If anyone thinks Dallas gets blitzed that much and in that same scheme with Romo at QB - they are clinically insane. I LOVE Dak - he's been fantastic. And I am mixed on who should be the QB once Tony is physically ready.

But Tony makes reads and throws that Dak simply isn't ready for yet as a rookie. And that causes defenses to prepare/execute differently.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

All I know is if Romo was in there the Eagles would have been crazy to blitz like that. Romo would have destroyed them down the field and we would have won that game easily. Dak missed so many open receivers downfield. Dez could have easily had 2 more TD's with Romo.

So does this happen EVERY time Romo faces philly or has he had sub par games. Games that we've even LOST?

 

[lostar2009]

Teams know Romo isn't that mobile anymore. They would be crazy not to blitz.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

Romo never played as a rookie so I'm surprised you didn't mention that. By the time Romo played his first game, he was 3 years in. Now you take Dak, let him sit for 3 years and then you compare the two, but you can't. Why? Because Dak is 7 games into his FIRST START EVER and is a rookie QB.

I assume it's common knowledge, like I assume you and other Romo haters are being intentionally obtuse when you continually say Romo has 2 playoff wins in 13 years.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

I don't know, but I have more confidence in Prescott's most important ability that he has that Romo hasn't for years, which is availability. I really don't have a "side' in this argument, I just want to win. And we've seen the past few times that he's been hurt, Romo takes a couple of games to knock the rust off. Not sure that's a smart risk to take. I understand that people will say that Romo offers some thing in the long passing game that Prescott doesn't right now, but on the flip side, Prescott also has traits that Romo doesn't and never will. The play that has gotten us at least 4 red zone TDs this year, the zone read, isn't something Romo is capable of anymore.

Thank you! Lost in all of this nonsense is the fact that Romo is unavailable AGAIN? We'd be maybe 2-5 or worse without finding this gem in the 4th round. Some of you clowns are down right arrogant after witnessing the year that was 2015. We couldn't buy a win.

 

[CVN68_Cowboys]

I assume it's common knowledge, like I assume you and other Romo haters are being intentionally obtuse when you continually say Romo has 2 playoff wins in 13 years.

I think anybody with half a brain knows Romo is the only reason those teams even made the playoffs. See last year.