I have never seen it...

[goshan]

Romo - one of the top 3 rated passers in the NFL the past three seasons, and people basically are done with him.

This is one of the strangest things I have ever seen.

I am not interested in arguing about Romo, but what cultural phenomena is creating this sort of reaction?

The internet and the explosion of content?
The now society?

 

[zrinkill]

High Speed Internet and Iphones.

 

[theebs]

The reaction is because he plays in Dallas.

Sportswriters and the media use dallas as a ploy for attention.

IN the offseason they use the cowboys and romo's fame to draw people in, once camps starts they flip to we are so sick of hearing about the cowboys and romo.

Fans of other teams hate Dallas. So when a KC fan is just sick of his team losing cause they havent won a playoff game in the same time span as us, he/she can turn on the tv or read a paper and take solace in the fact that Dallas sucks. Watching Dallas lose cheers up fans of other teams whose teams lost that week or are perennial losers.

Now throw in the 24/7 media where everyone is a journalist with the right view of the story and everyone gets to jump in. Everyone across the country thinks they are an expert on the cowboys and they always talk about the cowboys in absolutes....like "They Suck" "they are all HYPE" etc etc etc.....

And it works. The bloggers have been driving traffic away from legitimate news sources, look at pro football talk. The guy who runs comes off as a complete moron, he offers nothing except reposting what real journalists in each nfl city have posted about their team, and he is always negative with the cowboys. Even if we had won the last two superbowls the cowboys and romo would receive the same treatment.

It is what it is. On weeks when Dallas plays on espn it gets bumped up a notch because they know feeding the machine of people who can all settle in and hate Dallas together is good for them. The espn machine is in full effect this week. They can change a veiwpoint on the cowboys team or a single player in a matter of hours with the size of their operation.

If romo played in Cleveland, Green Bay, Cincy, chicago, buffalo, Jacksonville he would be seen as a gritty hard working underdog constantly fighting for his team, a guy who doesnt quit and embodies the blue collar mentality of those cities.

Just look at the disparity in the way Aaron Rodgers is talked about nationally as opposed to Rodgers. Bob sturm is a packers fan. He talks about rodgers inability to ever bring his team from behind. He did it once the opening week. Last year he had the ball in his hands in the 4th qtr with the chance to go down and win the game and he failed every time.

Aaron rodgers has 7 career wins. 7. Yet he is viewed as the poor soul who hung in there and worked through tough times with many picking the packers as their super bowl team and Aaron rodgers as the league mvp. Why? Perception. Rodgers has done nothing. Yet he is perceieved to be a comeback guy who has complete command of the game. Romo is viewed as a mess of a human being let alone a football player.

It is how it will always be for romo. Playoff wins. Superbowl wins or not. The same media and fans who view one in one light view another differently, even though when their own criteria is applied it makes zero sense the conclusions they come to.

 

[rangers71]

People are crazy. It's as simple as that.

 

[Tio]

The reaction is because he plays in Dallas.

Good post.

 

[YosemiteSam]

It's the sheep / herd mentality.

The media says it, and the sheep / herd follow.

Most people can't think for themselves. They need someone to tell them what they think. The media screams Romo sucks, and the rest of the world thinks Romo sucks.

 

[viman96]

The turn on Romo is one of the biggest NFL knee jerks I have ever seen.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

QBs everywhere take alot of heat from media and fans. (Romo just gets more heat nationally) Go to any message board of a struggling team and you will find a QB thread. Quarterbacks take too much credit and too much blame.

Most fans don’t know all the inside workings so it is easy to just blame the QB. But gosh, Romo became such an easy target with his last game. He made some brutal mistakes.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Like they say, playing Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys is one of the most stressful and toughest positions in all of sports.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Personally, I think it's because Berman is a 49er buttbuddy and a Buffalo Homer. He obviously has zero love for all things Cowboys and every other sports affiliation basically follows lead on ESPN so..........

Done that in less then 5 minutes. Pretty impressive huh......

 

[The Quest for Six]

Dallas Mavericks forward Shawn Marion can't wait for the season to start | MainIs Tony Romo a franchise quarterback or a coach-killer?

5:56 PM Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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IRVING - Right now, we have no idea where Tony Romo fits into the NFL's quarterback hierarchy.
Is he a franchise quarterback? A solid starter? Or is he the ultimate tease, a coach-killer who will always leave you wanting more?
Don't feel bad, no one knows exactly where to put him, including Wade Phillips and Jerry Jones no matter how much politically-correct rhetoric they spout this week.
These days, Romo is consistently inconsistent, a huge problem for a team with high expectations that hasn't won a playoff game since 1996.
Sure, Romo's 94.7 passer rating is tied with Peyton Manning for the highest rating among active quarterbacks, but anyone who thinks they're comparable needs professional help.


In Romo's first 23 games as a starter, he was 17-6 with 50 touchdown passes, 24 interceptions and a 101.7 passer rating. When that stretch ended in 2007, the Cowboys were 12-1 and en route to earning the NFC's top playoff seed.
Since then, Romo is 11-9 as a starter with 34 touchdowns, 23 interceptions and a 85.0 passer rating.
The guy from the first 23 starts can lead the Cowboys to a championship; the guy from the last 20 starts can't.
My theory: Romo misses Parcells more than any other player on the roster.
No one challenges Romo like Parcells did. No one holds him accountable like Parcells did. Certainly, no one dog cusses him like Parcells.
When Romo screws up, there are no real ramifications - other than he feels badly. It's not like Phillips would ever bench him, even though Jon Kitna is a capable backup.
Romo's way too comfortable. He's the type of guy who's at his best, when someone like Parcells is constantly on his butt, while using language that would get your kids grounded for a month.
Phillips certainly doesn't employ that style. Neither does offensive coordinator Jason Garrett.
It didn't matter as much in 2007 because Romo had been around Parcells so long, he still embodied all of the coach's philosophies. Now, Parcells has been gone nearly three years, and Romo certainly isn't adhering to Parcells' philosophy.
All you have to do is watch him play.
Most of the expectations heaped upon Romo are based upon his first 23 starts, when he showed star potential.
That guy had 14 games with a passer rating of more than 100.0, while leading the Cowboys on winning streaks of four, five and six games. That Romo made the Cowboys a Super Bowl contender.
We haven't seen that Romo in a long time. Maybe, we'll never see him again. There are no guarantees.
Perhaps, we should accept that Romo will always be a player who's equally capable of making the big play and the big mistake in the same game.
The final 14 games of this season will determine whether we need to lower our expectations for the 29-year-old quarterback.
If that's the case, Jerry has made a $67 million goof. Jerry signed Romo to a lucrative deal that included $30 million in guaranteed money because he assumed he was the next great quarterback in franchise history.
We all did - unless you're into revisionist history.
Jerry made another commitment to Romo this summer when the owner released T.O., so the quarterback wouldn't have to fight for control of the team. Then the Cowboys spent the off-season making the offense more Romo friendly and doing whatever they could to make his job easier.
Garrett has tried to turn Romo into a game manager by relying on the running game in the first two games. Romo has yet to throw 30 passes in a game, something that only happened twice all of last season.
Still, Romo threw three interceptions - all on awful throws - against New York. Garrett can't protect Romo from himself all of the time by running the ball every play. At some point, Garrett must trust Romo not to screw up.
Surely, that's not too much to ask.

http://jacquestaylorblog.***BANNED-URL***/archives/2009/09/is-tony-romo-a-franchise-quart.html

Facts don't lie, Romo has been regressing since starting out 12-1 in 2007, period

 

[DallasKnight]

I define it at the microwave generation. Instant gratification. If they don't get it now, and I mean RIGHT now, they are unhappy. They don't know what working for it and building up to it means. They just want to pop it into the microwave and have it this very instant.

Romo is one of the best QB's in the league, and will work through this. Just give him a bit of time. And EVERYONE has bad games.

 

[Big Dakota]

Verry interesting read.

 

[Aven8]

Dallas Mavericks forward Shawn Marion can't wait for the season to start | MainIs Tony Romo a franchise quarterback or a coach-killer?

5:56 PM Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Jean-Jacques Taylor/Columnist http://www.***BANNED-URL***/blogs/images/email-icon.jpg E-mail http://www.***BANNED-URL***/blogs/images/email-icon.jpg News tips

IRVING - Right now, we have no idea where Tony Romo fits into the NFL's quarterback hierarchy.
Is he a franchise quarterback? A solid starter? Or is he the ultimate tease, a coach-killer who will always leave you wanting more?
Don't feel bad, no one knows exactly where to put him, including Wade Phillips and Jerry Jones no matter how much politically-correct rhetoric they spout this week.
These days, Romo is consistently inconsistent, a huge problem for a team with high expectations that hasn't won a playoff game since 1996.
Sure, Romo's 94.7 passer rating is tied with Peyton Manning for the highest rating among active quarterbacks, but anyone who thinks they're comparable needs professional help.


In Romo's first 23 games as a starter, he was 17-6 with 50 touchdown passes, 24 interceptions and a 101.7 passer rating. When that stretch ended in 2007, the Cowboys were 12-1 and en route to earning the NFC's top playoff seed.
Since then, Romo is 11-9 as a starter with 34 touchdowns, 23 interceptions and a 85.0 passer rating.
The guy from the first 23 starts can lead the Cowboys to a championship; the guy from the last 20 starts can't.
My theory: Romo misses Parcells more than any other player on the roster.
No one challenges Romo like Parcells did. No one holds him accountable like Parcells did. Certainly, no one dog cusses him like Parcells.
When Romo screws up, there are no real ramifications - other than he feels badly. It's not like Phillips would ever bench him, even though Jon Kitna is a capable backup.
Romo's way too comfortable. He's the type of guy who's at his best, when someone like Parcells is constantly on his butt, while using language that would get your kids grounded for a month.
Phillips certainly doesn't employ that style. Neither does offensive coordinator Jason Garrett.
It didn't matter as much in 2007 because Romo had been around Parcells so long, he still embodied all of the coach's philosophies. Now, Parcells has been gone nearly three years, and Romo certainly isn't adhering to Parcells' philosophy.
All you have to do is watch him play.
Most of the expectations heaped upon Romo are based upon his first 23 starts, when he showed star potential.
That guy had 14 games with a passer rating of more than 100.0, while leading the Cowboys on winning streaks of four, five and six games. That Romo made the Cowboys a Super Bowl contender.
We haven't seen that Romo in a long time. Maybe, we'll never see him again. There are no guarantees.
Perhaps, we should accept that Romo will always be a player who's equally capable of making the big play and the big mistake in the same game.
The final 14 games of this season will determine whether we need to lower our expectations for the 29-year-old quarterback.
If that's the case, Jerry has made a $67 million goof. Jerry signed Romo to a lucrative deal that included $30 million in guaranteed money because he assumed he was the next great quarterback in franchise history.
We all did - unless you're into revisionist history.
Jerry made another commitment to Romo this summer when the owner released T.O., so the quarterback wouldn't have to fight for control of the team. Then the Cowboys spent the off-season making the offense more Romo friendly and doing whatever they could to make his job easier.
Garrett has tried to turn Romo into a game manager by relying on the running game in the first two games. Romo has yet to throw 30 passes in a game, something that only happened twice all of last season.
Still, Romo threw three interceptions - all on awful throws - against New York. Garrett can't protect Romo from himself all of the time by running the ball every play. At some point, Garrett must trust Romo not to screw up.
Surely, that's not too much to ask.

http://jacquestaylorblog.***BANNED-URL***/archives/2009/09/is-tony-romo-a-franchise-quart.html

Facts don't lie, Romo has been regressing since starting out 12-1 in 2007, period

One JJT best reads. What this shows you is the worth of a good coach, and a QB coach. Wade Wilson is a waste of space! The last QB he coached was Rex "Pick" Grossman.

I love Romo...I think he's going to take us to SB...but not with these coaches. I love Garrett...but he's not right for Tony. Tony needs a guy to push him and scream at him hold him accountable. My pick is Holmgren.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

It's always been like this, the only difference you have alot more mediums to report it.

Heck, I remember reading a Cowboys book, where Don Meredith talked about how he and a few other players went to a restaurant and some fans didn't want to eat in the same restaurant with them because they had just lost a football game.

There are 3 definate things in life: death, taxes and people whining.

 

[AdamJT13]

In Romo's first 23 games as a starter, he was 17-6 with 50 touchdown passes, 24 interceptions and a 101.7 passer rating. When that stretch ended in 2007, the Cowboys were 12-1 and en route to earning the NFC's top playoff seed.
Since then, Romo is 11-9 as a starter with 34 touchdowns, 23 interceptions and a 85.0 passer rating.

JJT is either confused or can't count. We were 12-1 through Romo's 24th start. He's had 19 starts since then.

The guy from the first 23 starts can lead the Cowboys to a championship; the guy from the last 20 starts can't.

Really? A guy who averages more than an interception a game can lead a team to a championship? From the talk around here this week, you'd think that would be impossible.

My theory: Romo misses Parcells more than any other player on the roster.

Romo was 6-5 as a starter under Parcells and is 22-8 since Parcells left.

Garrett has tried to turn Romo into a game manager by relying on the running game in the first two games. Romo has yet to throw 30 passes in a game, something that only happened twice all of last season.

We didn't rely on the running game against the Bucs, we ran 23 running plays and 29 pass plays. Our passing game just scored too quickly to build up a lot of attempts.

Facts don't lie, Romo has been regressing since starting out 12-1 in 2007, period

All quarterbacks regress from a .923 winning percentage and a 107.7 passer rating.

 

[htownboyzfan]

Thank God for Adam

 

[viman96]

JJT is such a tool. IMO part of the reason the national media comes down so hard on the Cowboys is local media.

 

[RS12]

Who is done with him? He had a bad a game and still has alot to prove, so do 20 other NFL QBS. IMO still top 10 QB.

 

[YosemiteSam]

JJT is either confused or can't count. We were 12-1 through Romo's 24th start. He's had 19 starts since then.

It appears someone can't count. 12 + 1 = 13, not 24. Did we tie the other 11 games? :laugh2: