If Dak sucks next week against Tampa, thats 3 games. Might Need to go to Romo

[Miller]

@SportsSturm People can't handle Romo v Dak. Not everyone, but some employed adults are willing to cuss and name call complete strangers. At 11-2.

 

[Bullflop]

Jerry was asked about the possibility of them going to Romo if Dak faltered again & he said no -- it'll only happen if Dak gets injured. They want to give Dak every opportunity to prove himself and gain confidence as long as he's the starter. That's the smart way to handle it to preserve his confidence in the long run. Sitting him down for a sub is sure to create doubts.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Sorry, I was too drained to reply last night but you nailed it perfectly. They are the fans who are obviously agenda driven, even at the expense of our season. I just want to win. Regardless of how we get there. If it is Dak on a hot streak or Romo with fresh legs. But, at this point, I just feel we aren't going to get there with Dak.

A few games ago, I felt that he could take us there but it's apparent to anyone with objective eyes that he is struggling. I just don't feel that he can take it all the way right now. He's going through growing pains as any rookie will, but this is the worst time for it to happen. And this idea that we are hitched to him through good or bad this season and we just have to ride it all the way, doesn't make sense to me. Not when we have Romo who can step in and at least match the QB production we've had the last 2/3 games. It's getting ugly out there and it's only going to get worse, unfortunately.

I thought the last couple of games that maybe Dak was just pressing a little too much, but the game last night he just looked so bad that I really have doubts about him leading us to a SuperBowl this year.

What also concerns me is that pitch call on 3rd and 11 which was a classic "give up" move. The coaches did not have the confidence in Dak to let him throw the ball in that situation and were content to just take an L.

I didn't sign up for stuff like this, I was under the impression that Dak was better than Romo and that is why he was starting. Romo would have never pitched that ball in that situation, never.

 

[Beast_from_East]

My leash would be back-to-back losses where Prescott plays poorly. This amazing season seems to have made many forget how tough it is to succeed as a rookie, especially at quarterback. Games like this one are usually the norm instead of the exception.

We need to see if being a rookie has caught up with Dak, and if it has, then we need to pull the trigger. But it shouldn't happen until winning the East is on the line or securing the top seed is on the line. If we get to three losses, I feel that will be the case with the Giants chasing us at four losses and the head-to-head advantage and the Lions at 9-4 and Seattle at 8-4-1 in the chase for home-field advantage.

Good post, I agree with your assessment.

I give Dak the Tampa game and if he plays like crap, then he heads to the bench..................Romo then takes over for Detroit and Philly must win games.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Yes, they will because the object will be to knock Romo out of the game.

The point is the Romo can beat the blitz with his passing while Dak cant................now if Romo cant take a hit anymore, then we kinda need to know that so we know what to do with him in the offseason.

 

[Beast_from_East]

It's not a three-game slump. It's one bad game.

Dak was very good against Washington, and he was more than efficient enough against Minnesota. Those were "bad" games only in the fantasy football world.

We are talking about our 3rd down conversion rate of 18% over the last 3 games.........worst in the NFL.......that is main problem the team has right now.

I guess I needed to be more specific in what I was referring to.

 

[Beast_from_East]

You overreact much?

Its called being informed............I would recommend you try it sometime.

And discussing if Romo goes back into the lineup is hardly an overreaction my friend, in fact the new poll by Reality has 45% of fans wanting Romo to be named starter RIGHT NOW, not after the Tampa game.

So its kinda a hot topic right now, but if you were informed you would know that instead of making snide remarks.

 

[Ratmatt]

Its called being informed............I would recommend you try it sometime.

And discussing if Romo goes back into the lineup is hardly an overreaction my friend, in fact the new poll by Reality has 45% of fans wanting Romo to be named starter RIGHT NOW, not after the Tampa game.

So its kinda a hot topic right now, but if you were informed you would know that instead of making snide remarks.

So you,and 45% of the board,want to replace the QB that took us to 11-2 record,and won 11 in a row.Why?Because he had a bad game,or didn't win 12 in a row.Did you really think he wouldn't have some bad games this year.So you want to bring in Romo,who has played very little football,in the last 2 years.A player who has been badly injured,in 3 of the last 4 games he's played.You seem to think that Romo's going to step in and immediately be 2014 Romo.What if Romo plays badly,or gets hurt again?Then you go back to Prescott,who now has his confidence shaken.I do want to thank you for informing me.Informing me that you and 45% of the board are badly overreacting.

 

[RomoFor6]

That ship has sailed... Dak is the starter pending an injury. Would completely **** him up mentally if you benched him for poor play whilst having an 11-3 record. Let him ride through it and feed Zeke 40 x a game

 

[Wood]

Jerry was asked about the possibility of them going to Romo if Dak faltered again & he said no -- it'll only happen if Dak gets injured. They want to give Dak every opportunity to prove himself and gain confidence as long as he's the starter. That's the smart way to handle it to preserve his confidence in the long run. Sitting him down for a sub is sure to create doubts.

its touchy subject because of frailty of modern player. I remember McNabb getting pulled several times his rookie year and center of earth didn't implode.

 

[TwoDeep3]

He lost a fumble in both the Pitt and GB games, he threw a horrible pick late against GB and completed fewer than 50% of his passes against Philly. Just because he played well in the 4th quarter of those games doesn't mean he was good overall. The Pitt game is the best example. It wouldn't even have been close if he was good in the first half.

One of the most overlooked aspects about Staubach was his performance in the first half of games. Those teams which won so much for Landry had a habit of playing soft in the first half and get behind. Not all of them, but enough it made you wonder what was going on. Then they would find their groove and win. Or Staubach would will it so.

Not saying Dak is Staubach, or this is even the same. But going by the wouldn't be close if he were good in the first half is no indicator considering past history.

 

[Bullflop]

its touchy subject because of frailty of modern player. I remember McNabb getting pulled several times his rookie year and center of earth didn't implode.

Seems obvious to me that the FO and staff feels (at least, at this time) that their future lies with Dak and they want to give him every opportunity to prove himself. Could that change with a few more embarrassing losses -- sure. Nothing is written in stone, especially with Jerry being involved. He DID go so far as to add that Romo would only come in if Dak was injured, which sounds pretty specific. We'll see.

 

[RoboQB]

I have to say, I agree. I love Dak and admire him for what he's done and am glad to have him as our future. However, he's a rookie and there are going to be growing pains. We can not sit back and suffer those growing pains during a playoff run when we have Romo sitting on the bench. I feel that we have to start Romo if Dak struggles again against the Bucs.

My reason for replying to this post is to say that I have seen several personal attacks against "Romosexuals" and while I think it's weak and childish to do so, I'm not a Romosexual. I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan and have been my entire life. When Romo was well enough to start, I didn't want to bench Dak because I felt we should go with the hot hand and didn't want to upset the apple cart for fear of losing whatever magic we had going. Well it's obvious that he's struggled for several games now and I feel it's time to put Romo in.

It's my opinion. Not yours. If you are so insecure and weak that you cannot afford a fellow fan to have a different opinions than yours, then you have issues. We don't all have to have the same thoughts or opinions about our team as you do! The fact that some of you are outright calling names and saying Romo supporters are pathetic shows that you have a weak constitution. You don't need everyone to think just like you for your thoughts and opinions to be valid. You are able to stand on your own and have your own thoughts.

Personally, I don't care what you call me because I can promise you my mom has called me worse. But the bully/mob mentality has run off several good posters who refuse to post because they get tired of getting nailed for their opinions not being the same as yours. So grow up and realize that not everyone thinks the same as you do and get over yourself.

We are all fans here and we all want the Cowboys to get back to the SB we just happen to think they should go about it in different ways.

Edit to say my post was not directed towards you, @Beast_from_East just the first part lol

Very well said. I wish I could get my point across that well. That should be pinned as the mission statement of this board.

 

[vaturkey]

If we lose our next two and the reason is tied specifically to Dak playing poorly (ints/fumbles/missed open passes) then Romo will start against Philly IMO. If we win either of our next two even if Dak plays poorly he will start the Philly game. FWIW, I think we will split our next two and beat Tampa and loose to Detroit and then beat Philly (who are banged up and playing for pride). Detroit has a very hot QB and hot QB's give us problems. Stafford is a beast and has amazing arm talent.

 

[RoboQB]

Remember back when everyone thought we'd have home field advantage locked up early and the only Romo
debate was whether or not to start him in a meaningless game against philly..... good times.

 

[mattjames2010]

So you,and 45% of the board,want to replace the QB that took us to 11-2 record,and won 11 in a row.Why?Because he had a bad game,or didn't win 12 in a row.Did you really think he wouldn't have some bad games this year.So you want to bring in Romo,who has played very little football,in the last 2 years.A player who has been badly injured,in 3 of the last 4 games he's played.You seem to think that Romo's going to step in and immediately be 2014 Romo.What if Romo plays badly,or gets hurt again?Then you go back to Prescott,who now has his confidence shaken.I do want to thank you for informing me.Informing me that you and 45% of the board are badly overreacting.

*sigh* No one is saying "One bad game" - It's the fact that Dak has had bad games BEFORE this. They have been overlooked due to getting a W.

Not entirely sure why a lot of you continue to overlook what is being post over and over again. Is it intentional?

 

[Dodger12]

Jerry was asked about the possibility of them going to Romo if Dak faltered again & he said no -- it'll only happen if Dak gets injured. They want to give Dak every opportunity to prove himself and gain confidence as long as he's the starter. That's the smart way to handle it to preserve his confidence in the long run. Sitting him down for a sub is sure to create doubts.

If Dak loses his confidence in that situation, then maybe we all overrated him to begin with. Aikman sat for a sub and that was for a playoff game. I agree you don't sit a guy who was 11 and 1 with with an 11 game win streak. But you don't throw the season away either if Dak continues to struggle.

 

[Dodger12]

*sigh* No one is saying "One bad game" - It's the fact that Dak has had bad games BEFORE this. They have been overlooked due to getting a W.

Not entirely sure why a lot of you continue to overlook what is being post over and over again. Is it intentional?

The record blinds all else and some folks just don't want to look deeper. Dak has benefited from Zeke and the D. All he needed to do was be efficient and he's done that and played well within the scheme. But Dak is not yet capable of carrying the team and there's nothing wrong with that considering he's a 4th round pick. But his accuracy issues are a concern, at least for me.

 

[Bullflop]

If Dak loses his confidence in that situation, then maybe we all overrated him to begin with. Aikman sat for a sub and that was for a playoff game. I agree you don't sit a guy who was 11 and 1 with with an 11 game win streak. But you don't throw the season away either if Dak continues to struggle.

The staff has got to be realistic about it but you also can't discount the value of a rookie who has only lost two of his 13 games thus far. I can see both sides of the picture, though. It remains to be seen if the FO and staff will consider subbing Romo, although right now, they seem intent upon allowing Dak to right the ship before doing anything desperate. Both QBs are extremely deserving of doing well, imho.

Let's also consider the fact that there's a big difference between Tony looking great in a non-contact practice and doing so in a game when the opposition is dead set upon pounding him into oblivion. It's gotta be a tough decision to make, in any case. Let's just hope for the best, regardless of whoever gets the glory or the blame in the end. I just want this team to vindicate themselves this year and improve in 2017.

 

[Dodger12]

I agree. It's more a situation, to me anyway, where it's Dak's job to lose. But I think the worst case scenario is waiting until it's too late where Romo only plays 1 game before the playoffs if a change was made. It's too hard a position to come in and be effective without some live games under your belt.