Only in Dallas is a QB blamed when he throws for 500 yds and 5 TDs and loses or when his defense gives up 5 straight TDs in a half and blows a 23 point lead. The guy threw a bad pick (the other one Beasley stopped running his route) that ended up giving the other team the ball at the 50. We still led by 5. The defense was unable to stop anything. Romo did not have a great game, but they led by 23 points! As injured as the defense was, there was still Ware, Hatcher, Selvie, Hayden, Carr, Scandrick, Church, Wilber, Wilcox/Heath etc. That's most of our current starters. The LB situation was terrible but that does not excuse the D's absolute inability to generate any pass rush or stop ANY drive in the second half! Carr had an easy pick that he just dropped. That drive led to a TD. The Packers have guys diving and making picks while we have a 50 million dollar CB drop a gift in his hands. Same crap last week against Chicago with the dropped picks.
Romo has made some big mistakes in his career, and so has every top QB. Nobody was calling him a "coach killer" when he went on the road in windy, freezing NJ a couple of weeks ago and led the team to a critical game-winning drive (after the D blew yet ANOTHER lead). Nobody called him a coach killer when he took the team down the field for the game-winning TD against Minnesota. He wasn't a coach killer when he had five 4th quarter comebacks last season to keep this team alive despite a terrible OL, running game, and defense (take a look at what Eli has done in a similar situation this year). Nobody called him a coach killer in '09 when he went into New Orleans and outplayed Brees and the undefeated Saints, then beat Washington, the Eagles, and then won a playoff game. Most coaches in this league would love to have had a QB over the past 7 or so years play as well as Romo has played. The guy throws for 4 TDs and 0 INTs against the Giants in a huge late season game in '11 and loses because his defense can't hold on to a 12 point lead with 5 minutes left in the game! Sound familiar? I think we had double digit leads in 4 of our 7 losses this season. Is the real issue not obvious?! Some people are so hell-bent on finding that QB scapegoat that they'll harp on 1 bad audible and pass in a game where they score 36 points and led by 23 until the defense stopped making ANY plays. Romo missed some throws and made a bad play with his 1st pick, but to call him a coach killer when you look at the entire body of work is moronic. It's more like Jerry is a "franchise-killer" or Garrett is a "clock/game management idiot".
