If Romo got injured would he get more respect?

[Idgit]

As a member of the Giants message board - I've been there for 6 years - I can tell you that winning two Super Bowls has by NO means gotten much of the criticism away from Eli Manning. He is still criticized very, VERY heavily by Giants fans.

Winning a Super Bowl only gets a little bit of the pressure and criticism away from a quarterback. And even then, it doesn't last for that long.

As a member of a message board, I can say this doesn't surprise me even in the slightest.

As to the national perception comment, all the Superbowl win changes is the fact that people can no longer use the 'but he hasn't won a Superbowl' argument against the player in question. By definition, that takes one line of criticism off the board. The rest is business as usual a week or two into the subsequent season.

 

[5Stars]

If Romo got injured would he get more respect?

Call me crazy but sometimes I wish Romo would have an injury that takes him out for 10+ games. It's not that I hate Romo its just the fact that he is under appreciated. I am sick of football fans and mostly Cowboys fans hate on our guy. It's like no one remembers the Quincy Carter, Drew Blesoe, Vinny Testaverde and Chad Hutchinson era.

If Romo gets injured and we go 2-8 in a 10 game stand would people appreciate him more? When our offensive is getting barley 200 yards a game and touchdown get "really" scarce, would people start to realize what he means to our team. They say absence makes the heart grows founder so if Romo got injured do you think he'd gain more respect?

I've been saying the same thing about if Romo got injured.

No...he would not get any respect! The people that hate him are people that have no clue about how hard the QB positions is to play, and having someone like Romo is something they will not appreciate. All they can focus on is the LAST game in Washington! They don't appreciate that if not for Romo the Cowboys would not have been in that position at all with all the injuries that the team had.

Now, if Romo would have won that game, the Cowboys would have got destroyed in the playoffs and Romo would get ridiculed even worse. IMO...Romo does not deserve to be the QB of the Cowboys, he would be better off with a team that appreciates him, not a team with a bunch of crybaby fans.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

No, he would not get any respect if he's injured. Nobody cares about the broken ribs, punctured lung, swollen hand, broken collarbone. Nobody cares.

For Romo, the only respect he will get is if he leads the team to a Superbowl.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

No, he would not get any respect if he's injured. Nobody cares about the broken ribs, punctured lung, swollen hand, broken collarbone. Nobody cares.

For Romo, the only respect he will get is if he leads the team to a Superbowl.

This, to me, is a really good post. Maybe the best post in this thread. It's all true, IMO, and there is no malice.

The thing that I think most people don't get is that it's not a hate Romo thing in most cases. At least, I suspect that this is not the case. It's more of a right of passage thing. I think everybody here wants to see Romo take his place along side Roger and Troy as iconic QBs in the history of the franchise. But in order to do that, he has to win playoff games and championship games. That's just how it is. It's not a hate Tony Romo thing. It's what it takes to be elevated to the heights we all want to see him reach.

Seriously, Tony is a good guy. Maybe one of the best people in Pro Sports. I want to see him succeed but he's got to step up and do it.

 

[5Stars]

True. I support Romo but if this team can get to a SB and win it then credit should go to the team. Troy has 3 SB but it was many people on the Dallas Cowboys who made it happen not just Troy. I don't see Dallas failures as a Romo failure I see it has a Cowboys failure. It is going to take guys on offense and defense to get to the top not just Romo.

Excuses, excuses, excuses....when will you ever learn the Romo and Romo alone is the sole reason the Cowboys are what they are. Once he is gone, the team will magically win multiple SB's.

 

[percyhoward]

I guarantee if Romo gets to a must win game this season and wins 1 or 2 people will start to change their perception of him, because they will have seen him come through.

People have been seeing Romo come through from the beginning. In 2006, we beat the Colts when they were 9-0, and had huge wins in December in New York and Atlanta when both of those teams had winning records and were fighting for the playoffs. We had to win at least two of those three games to make the playoffs, and we won all three. That's why the league took notice of Romo.

And that was just 2006. We win must-win games with Romo on a yearly basis. That's why we're competitive.

 

[5Stars]

People have been seeing Romo come through from the beginning. In 2006, we beat the Colts when they were 9-0, and had huge wins in December in New York and Atlanta when both of those teams had winning records and were fighting for the playoffs. We had to win at least two of those three games to make the playoffs, and we won all three. That's why the league took notice of Romo.

And that was just 2006. We win must-win games with Romo on a yearly basis. That's why we're competitive.

Those games don't count, it does not fit in with the hate. Only the last game in Washington should be considered.

 

[birdwells1]

Those games don't count, it does not fit in with the hate. Only the last game in Washington should be considered.

"Win or go home" games are the biggest games not "win and play next week" games.

 

[5Stars]

"Win or go home" games are the biggest games not "win and play next week" games.

Wrong, as usual. Every game is a win and play next week! How the hell do you think the Cowboys even get to play in a "win or go home game"? They do that by "win and play next week". smh

 

[Gameover]

If he got hurt and had to miss games?

No... he would get exposed then

The Cowboys would average near 30 points w/o Romo

It aint nothing like a qb who is capable of throwing receivers open!

It aint nothing like a qb who has command of his huddle

 

[Gameover]

This is nothing but a Troll post...!

I speak from the heart and gut

You do know the Cowboys averaged 31.5 ppg in 2010 w/o Tony Romo? with an garbage line

 

[CoCo]

The thing that I think most people don't get is that it's not a hate Romo thing in most cases. At least, I suspect that this is not the case. It's more of a right of passage thing. I think everybody here wants to see Romo take his place along side Roger and Troy as iconic QBs in the history of the franchise. But in order to do that, he has to win playoff games and championship games. That's just how it is. It's not a hate Tony Romo thing. It's what it takes to be elevated to the heights we all want to see him reach.

Seriously, Tony is a good guy. Maybe one of the best people in Pro Sports. I want to see him succeed but he's got to step up and do it.

I suspect your are correct in some cases. But there certainly are many Cowboy fans who are definitive in their belief that Romo is a choker and an obstacle to the team getting to and winning in the playoffs. That is also the angle the novice-mediots (not all) play up.

 

[percyhoward]

"Win or go home" games are the biggest games not "win and play next week" games.

That's like saying "It's not the nine wins that are important, it's the ninth win." They are one and the same thing.

 

[ufcrules1]

I speak from the heart and gut

You do know the Cowboys averaged 31.5 ppg in 2010 w/o Tony Romo? with an garbage line

Are you sure we average that many points without Romo? If so, that is pretty insane. Old man Kitna averaged more points than Romo that year with the same garbage line?

 

[TheFinisher]

Are you sure we average that many points without Romo? If so, that is pretty insane. Old man Kitna averaged more points than Romo that year with the same garbage line?

I looked it up, from weeks 10-16 that year with Kitna (Wade was fired after the week 9 debacle against GB) we scored 33, 35, 27, 38, 27, 33 and 26 for an average of 31.3 ppg.

But in weeks 8, 9 and 17 we scored 17, 7 and 14. McGee was QB in week 17.

Kitna didn't give a **** lol. He was all about airing it downfield that year.

 

[Eskimo]

The real reason we got better scoring production is Garrett got them to execute plays better and block better by changing practice habits. Starting Felix also helped.

The biggest difference was defeated Siberia scheme changed dramatically and resulted in 2-3 turnovers per game.

Hopefully we'll see more of that this year with Kiffin.

 

[TheFinisher]

The real reason we got better scoring production is Garrett got them to execute plays better and block better by changing practice habits. Starting Felix also helped.

The biggest difference was defeated Siberia scheme changed dramatically and resulted in 2-3 turnovers per game.

Hopefully we'll see more of that this year with Kiffin.

Yea, it's just too bad that Garrett hasn't gotten the same scoring production since.

 

[Gameover]

Kitna didn't give a **** lol. He was all about airing it downfield that year.

That's a back handed compliment.

Kitna had the ability to read the entire field and anticipate when recievers would be open.

 

[birdwells1]

Wrong, as usual. Every game is a win and play next week! How the hell do you think the Cowboys even get to play in a. win or go home game"? They do that by "win and play next week".

That's like saying "It's not the nine wins that are important, it's the ninth win." They are one and the same thing.

I meant to say "lose and play next week" games.

 

[Hoofbite]

Someone sleep through 2008 - 2012?

I doubt there's been a QB who has the same number of broken bones over the past few years.

There's a pretty simple reason why Dallas Cowboys fans see a lot of criticism of Dallas Cowboys players......they follow the team. More than that, when someone attacks a Dallas player it's taken as a personal attack a lot times.

How many people here were chaffed that Ryan Fitzpatrick was crapped on in the media and then by his GM over a recorded phone call? Anyone here shed a tear for Mark Sanchez? I haven't read a single article about how Mark Sanchez sucks. I can't remember seeing one but I guarantee they exist. Then again, I don't care about Mark Sanchez and don't frequent a message board that posts every article about Mark Sanchez or the Jets.