I'm usually against this but I think Romo plays in the postseason

[Coy]

I do think Romo is the better QB and gives us a better chance of winning the SB because our offense would be more explosive....

Saying that, that ship has sailed, this is Dak's team for better or worse, it would be hard to pull Dak if he is not playing well, when would you do it? He has shown all year long that even if he is not playing great he has the ability to make plays when it's needed, ( 4th Q) so I just don't see a scenario in which he gets pulled unless we are down big in the 2nd Half of the game, at that point maybe it would be useless to make a change.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Because what? Why? Does Romo suddenly do something he's never accomplished in his entire career because NOW...Now he finally has the "perfect" roster......Now it's all set and he won't have any adversity? I'll concede that Romo would play well now that he's been humbled having been hurt yet again and rightfully losing his job to an incredible rookie. With that being said, Dak defied all odds and handled adversity beautifully all season. He gave this team a new identity and created a fundamentally sound winning formula. He deserves the chance to lead this team.

That's just ignorance and emotion on parade. The Giants have proven they can stop Dak here in his rookie season, twice, Romo beat the Giants the last 5 times he played them...

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Recall Tony got blamed for the loss against Denver and Peyton Manning when he played great and the D gave up 51 points. One pick undid over 500 yards, 48 points, and 5 touchdown passes.

But, to answer your question, I think the accumulation of 3 losses against the same team in the same year would, in the end, supersede any of the specificities of individual games.

In any case, the solution is to just beat the Giants if we play them again.

Otay, I guess.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

That's just ignorance and emotion on parade. The Giants have proven they can stop Dak here in his rookie season, twice, Romo beat the Giants the last 5 times he played them...

Ya, but Romo hasn't played the Giants this season.

 

[zeroburrito]

dak will start unless we are losing or tied by half time.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

dak will start unless we are losing or tied by half time.

Nice. Romo the savior to the super bowl! Oh wait, he hasn't done that either.

 

[Wood]

Nice. Romo the savior to the super bowl!

I would go with if Dak has that rookie look in his eyes and game is slipping away...bring in Tony.

 

[Scandri100]

Meh just looked back at Dak's college numbers and he only has 5 picks thrown in his last year, He might be a better passer than i'm giving him credit for..Hopefully we punish teams with Dak's running skills.. We are not letting teams get away with Dak staying in the pocket like he did all year.

 

[Tabascocat]

Aside from an injury, I see only one possibility of Romo coming in........down by quite a bit after halftime. Let's say we are down by 17 or so and our opponent adds on to the lead after another bad series. They might go to Tony in the 3rd if we are down 20+ and Dak is struggling.

With that said, I don't see us being whooped because of Dak unless some defense totally surprises him with new looks and confusion.

It is ride or die with Dak unless he has a total meltdown. Romo looked real good and I think he is the better QB but this is Dak's team now.

If Romo was around 32 years of age, this might be a completely different situation and he should have been given the reins back. Yet, he is almost done and we have to go with what got us here.

If we get down by three TD's, I will be leading the charge to make the switch.

 

[Zman5]

If Dak is struggling and we are losing because of him in a game, I'm all for putting Romo in. You don't get many chances to get to the SB. JG owes it the team to make the change.

Having said that, I don't think Dak will struggle that much where we would be losing because of him.

 

[kramskoi]

I think its a bad idea,they should either play Dak or Romo ,Qb ryhtm is a real thing.

See...1971 season...Landry nearly blew it with his QB shuffle.

 

[Bleu Star]

Because what? Why? Does Romo suddenly do something he's never accomplished in his entire career because NOW...Now he finally has the "perfect" roster......Now it's all set and he won't have any adversity? I'll concede that Romo would play well now that he's been humbled having been hurt yet again and rightfully losing his job to an incredible rookie. With that being said, Dak defied all odds and handled adversity beautifully all season. He gave this team a new identity and created a fundamentally sound winning formula. He deserves the chance to lead this team.

I don't know why you even entertain this mess man. It's not worth the increase in blood pressure..lol

 

[Beast_from_East]

it just doesn't stop. The blatant disrespect for Dak Prescott is just disturbing.

I don't think anybody is disrespecting Dak, but we are talking about playoffs now. This is win or go home, there is no tomorrow. So if Dak is struggling against the Giants or the Falcons for example and just cant get anything going and we are in a 17-10 game in the 4th quarter, you got to at least consider sending Romo in for a series just to see if you can get something going.

Where is it written in stone that if a rookie QB is struggling in the playoffs, that he cant sit down for a series or two to clear his head, maybe look over some ipad photos, talk with the OC about what he is seeing vs. what the coaches are seeing from the sideline or sky box, ect...

Based off today, I really would not have a problem with it.............would you seriously rather the team lose with a rookie QB being a little confused his first time in the playoffs while a 14 year vet with multiple probowls under his belt stands on the sideline and watches?

 

[Beast_from_East]

So you are fine with going with Dak all the way and if we lose so be it? But just letting Romo sit on the bench for good.

Unfortunately there are some posters here (not going to name names) that would rather lose the NFCCG with Dak than win it with Romo.

The Romo hate is that strong.

 

[haleyrules]

These threads are pointless. It doesn't matter what QB plays. They are both good and the club can win (or lose) with either. The FO will go with Prescott simply because he has been the QB and leader all season.

 

[Beast_from_East]

All I can say is, if we are eliminated from the playoffs by losing to the Giants for a third time this year with Tony Romo on the bench and clearly ready to play, it's going to be very hard going forward for our front office and coaches to explain how this happened. Impossible, actually, IMO.

Going to be that way with any loss in the playoffs..................if we get eliminated, Dak struggled in the game, and Romo stood on the sideline the entire time with his uniform and helmet on ready to go and he didnt get one single snap, wow.....

That is going to be hard for the team to justify. It may be another 9 years before we are the number one seed again, nothing is guaranteed in the future.

 

[Bullflop]

I seriously doubt that the FO would see fit to insert Romo into a playoff game that Prescott has earned the right to compete in and start. In doing so, it would indicate that they don't trust Prescott to live up to his status as Romo's successor. Let's not forget that Romo, himself, saw fit to step aside in an effort to eliminate any team dissention and/or doubts about Dak's worthiness as compared to Tony's. Controversy should rightfully be avoided, if humanly possible.

I do believe it's highly unlikely that the front office would want to jeopardize team dissention when it could readily be avoided by merely staying with the one "who brought them to the dance." Team unity is far too valuable to risk losing it through a faulty decision. I think it would only be wise to replace Dak for Tony in the playoffs if it were due to injury, imo.

 

[baltcowboy]

He got WRs heavily involved deep down the sideline.

He's not afraid to take advantage of that single coverage down the sideline.


IMO, Romo has probably thought all year that he could take advantage of the coverage Dez and T.Will are getting.

Interesting analysis. You put Romo in the game when the opponent is geared to defend Dak. It would cause problems for the defense. You have to defend them differently.

 

[CATCH17]

Interesting analysis. You put Romo in the game when the opponent is geared to defend Dak. It would cause problems for the defense. You have to defend them differently.

Yeah I'm not saying bench Dak or anything.

I just have a feeling we may see a little Romo sprinkled into the Dak attack.

 

[kramskoi]

Interesting analysis. You put Romo in the game when the opponent is geared to defend Dak. It would cause problems for the defense. You have to defend them differently.

Romo has never been afraid to go after the intermediate and longer range passes...there's always been a bit of the gunslinger in him. The first shot to Williams was a message to the rest of the NFL that unless his body fails him to the point that he cannot stand, he ain't planning on the rocking chair just yet. The guy is still having fun and obviously still wants to play. I don't know if Prescott has totally arrived at a point where he can threaten anywhere on the field at any time, but Romo has never had any compunctions about doing just that...never totally satisfied to check down...always looking to push the ball down the field...especially when given the kind of time that the current o-line can give him. Looking back at some of those Sunday night games from 2014 showed the ridiculous amount of time the line was giving him in the fourth quarter of games.

That said, I'm still with Prescott, but I still harbor serious reservations about him versus top flight defenses...two of which will feature in the playoffs...especially the Giants, who brought the high-flying Commanders down to earth with a thud. Linehan and Prescott better have a new bag for the next "date" with Spagnuolo, because the Giants defense is playing with some swagger.