Is Romo sucking you in again?

[jobberone]

This rings true to me.

Romo is the only superstar on the team and he's just taking too much credit for its success or failure.

That being said..it's not the first QB who couldn't win world championships in Dallas.

Seen this before many times.

Meredith giving way to Craig Morton.

Him giving way to Roger Staubach..

Staubach giving way to Danny White..

Morton and White couldn't cut it much like Romo.

They also put the franchise thru long failure periods, too.

So yes, Romo is a ticking time bomb IMO.

A bit melodramatic. You conveniently forget Roger lost a SB and muffed some games. One to the Rams to derail perhaps the greatest team of that decade. And Dallas had a great TEAM for about 15 years not just a great QB.

But rant on.

 

[jobberone]

Count, the "when he's good, we're good," simply isn't true. Wish it was.

He may be the only QB in NFL history to put up very high QBRs and the team still lose.

 

[5Stars]

I'm a big Romo fan but I still haven't forgave him after the Washington game from last year.

I just don't always trust him because he will put a dagger in your chest.


With that said he is pretty much all we got because our defense sucks, our coaching sucks, and the offense plays with zero urgency if the game is close or we have a lead.

OMG...!

Build a bridge and get over it already! smh

 

[jobberone]

pocket presence and field vision aren't the same thing. Romo misses open guys all the time, and always has. I do agree that pocket presence is one of his biggest strengths.

Every QB misses wide open receivers multiple times a game for various reasons. Sometimes Romo seems to get locked into his favorite target but they all have their favorites. I will admit Romo does that too much for my liking. I see that ability and I've heard multiple commentators comment on his ability to see the field even when scrambling which is not something many can do with such success. So I'd say you're on the wrong end of this argument. I will admit he's not the greatest QB I've ever seen but he's in the top 50 somewhere TBD.

 

[5Stars]

Yeah, that Washington game converted a lot of Romo homers over to the realist side. I honestly have zero confidence in not only Romo but the whole team, coaching staff, and Jerry. I still root hard and watch every single snap and try to tell myself things will be different, but the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. That is what is happening here in Dallas and it drives me crazy.

Truth is, we are just medicore and that is the worst thing we could be. I would rather us crash and burn and start over like SF did, and like KC did. etc/. 8-8 is just the worst possible thing ever. It's torture.

So, with that said, you admit you are insane. Got it....

 

[5Stars]

Ok? You're talking about one game out of many. I can cherry pick one game with Brady, Brees, Rodgers, and Manning as well to show how they're the "weakest link".




You're right, Romo is the only reason this terrible team has any chance, he's the only reason we're relevant come week 17. If it weren't for piss poor defense then this team is at least 9-3 right now, but yah that's on Romo.

Great QB + Terrible Defense = Mediocre

Every.Single.Time

Why even respond to that dude! You are just pissing up a tree with him and his Romo hate.

 

[Rack]

I must admit I haven't been the biggest Romo supporter. And my two biggest offseason gripes were extending Romo and Franchising Spencer. But for some strange reason this year seems different. I feel like Romo's play has carried this team. And he's taken on a bigger leadership role. So I look forward to the next four games. And I hope Romo can shed the Greek tragedy label.

He's always carried the team and he's not showing any more leadership than he has the last few years.

I think you finally took your hater goggles off and see him for what he has been all along.

 

[5Stars]

Nope. Those days are long gone since 2011.

I do not trust him to play well if we are in another "win and in" situation.

Of course not....tell us something we don't already know. But, ufcrules gave you a like, so, kudos for that. smh

 

[5Stars]

For the most part, you know someone's full of B.S in regards to Romo when they start off like this -

"I'm a Romo supporter, BUT"

"I used to be a fan of Romo, BUT"

"I love Romo, BUT"

"Romo's good, BUT"

"Romo wasn't the reason we lost, BUT"

It's funny when people criticize the guy, they feel the need to put they're a Romo supporter before it, like that somehow makes their criticism more legit. Always a good laugh.

Or, how about the fans that talk crap about anything and everything Cowboys and then come up with this gem.
"But, I hope they prove me wrong."

Talk about being two faced.

 

[5Stars]

Let's bring some realism to this homer party.

Romo's has beaten only 1 team over .500 this year. In the one game he won against a team over .500. he threw 2 interceptions, a fumble, and managed to manufacture 1 score from a drive, and that was against Philly. So why should I be optimistic against a perennial failure when all he beats are sorry to mediocre teams? His defense saved him in the Philly game, that defense played like the 85 bears. NY Giants offense outscores ours, but thanks to J Heath who scored a TD, we outscore the Giants.

And we beat a last place in their division sorry raider team on the backs of, NOT Romo, but the running backs of all things. So beating sub .500 teams don't impress me. If Romo actually takes us to an NFC championship game, I will start looking at him differently. If he takes us to a Super Bowl, I may get on board. If he wins one, I will be buy his Jersey and proclaim him great. I don't want to hear **** about the team needs to perform because this thread isn't about the team, it's about just Romo. So obviously the only time you guys mention it is when someone like me asked for championships, then the team term comes out.

Woo Hoo, yay for you! You go bro, ufcrules gave you a "like". Celebrate!

 

[burmafrd]

Nothing unusual from the haters from Ufcrules to Dolly to Clove to who ever. Their irrational and borderline insane hatred for the one player that frankly is the BIGGEST REASON we are relevent at all each season just shows how hatred clouds any small amount of intelligence one might have.

I think the biggest stat of all is the one that shows rating vs win/loss. NO OTHER QB IN THE NFL has such a low w/l ratio as Romo does when he is playing well. To anyone but a moronic hater that is the best evidence of all that he has never really had a complete team around him for any extended period of time. Unlike Manning and Brady and Brees and whoever. They have all had good to excellent teams AND COACHES around them for virtually their entire careers. And guess what guys? EVEN THEY do not make the SB and win it every year. Brady has not been on the winning side of a SB since 2004. Manning has 1 ring (leave Doofus out of this discussion); Brees has 1 ring. Rodgers has 1 ring. Think on that: those are the best QBs of this generation but in the last 9 years they have a total of 3 rings. Only an idiot would not understand that it takes a TEAM TO WIN A SB. No QB can take a team on his back and carry them; that is idiotic and stupid.

 

[burmafrd]

Woo Hoo, yay for you! You go bro, ufcrules gave you a "like". Celebrate!

ufcrules knows that no matter how much hatred he spews about Romo, Clove can never beat him out as the #1 Romo hater on this board; so he can afford to be generous.

 

[TheCount]

Hahaha, Another stat created just for Romo. "Did nothing for two quarters stat". Wow. Get a life man

If you had any sort of reading comprehension skills, I'd almost consider that an insult.

 

[JohnsKey19]

As Parcells used to say, you've all been sucked!

 

[TheCount]

For the most part, you know someone's full of B.S in regards to Romo when they start off like this -

"I'm a Romo supporter, BUT"

"I used to be a fan of Romo, BUT"

"I love Romo, BUT"

"Romo's good, BUT"

"Romo wasn't the reason we lost, BUT"

It's funny when people criticize the guy, they feel the need to put they're a Romo supporter before it, like that somehow makes their criticism more legit. Always a good laugh.

Ah yes, the battlecry of the "true fan" - Incapable of seeing both sides. You're either good or you're bad, that's it.

 

[5Stars]

Ah yes, the battlecry of the "true fan" - Incapable of seeing both sides. You're either good or you're bad, that's it.

You don't see both sides! You look at Romo and not the defense. You know, both sides? smh

 

[StarBoyz83]

Romo is the last thing wrong in dallas.

Wrong:
Defensive scheme
Offensive scheme
O line needs work on guards
Need a whole new d line / keep selvie for a starter/backup if we cant find a really good replacement. Keep ware if he takes a huge pay cut but still not sure if hes a starter anymore. Hatcher will be gone next year.
Need new safeties or better safety play church is good vs run but not pass. Church i think will improve so he will be the starter next year and Wilcox doesn't look very good
Need new linebackers or better play right now lee is the only real good one we have but is Injury prone. Lee is the only true starter.

 

[Direwolf63]

It's really very simple guys. Romo is our best player by far.

If he plays very well, we have a chance. Doesn't mean we win every game (see Denver), but we have a chance. Luckily, he plays well most of the time.

We he does play poorly, we are done for. The team around him cannot make up for Romo's poor play (see week 17 last year), especially the defense. He can pick up the defense on occasion when they are bad, but they don't pick him up when he is bad. Again luckily, it doesn't happen often, but it does happen. He's not a robot.

There are exceptionally rare occasions, like the first Phiily game, where this formula doesn't quite work, since there are human beings on the field. But in general, what I have above is what we have seen since Romo became the starter and what we will see going forward.

 

[Aikmaniac]

I'm curious how ufc and Clove would react if the Cowboys won a championship with Romo at QB.

"What a great victory! Romo almost gave it away though!"

"So happy for the team but we really need to look for Romo's replacement!"

"This SB win was nice but I'd like to see some consistency from Romo. Can he lead us back next year?!?"

 

[ufcrules1]

It's really very simple guys. Romo is our best player by far.

If he plays very well, we have a chance. Doesn't mean we win every game (see Denver), but we have a chance. Luckily, he plays well most of the time.

We he does play poorly, we are done for. The team around him cannot make up for Romo's poor play (see week 17 last year), especially the defense. He can pick up the defense on occasion when they are bad, but they don't pick him up when he is bad. Again luckily, it doesn't happen often, but it does happen. He's not a robot.

There are exceptionally rare occasions, like the first Phiily game, where this formula doesn't quite work, since there are human beings on the field. But in general, what I have above is what we have seen since Romo became the starter and what we will see going forward.

I kind of agree with some of what you say. I don't agree Romo is our best player by far. He plays the most important role in each game though since he handles the ball on every single snap and because of that he can have the biggest effect on if we win or lose games. Our team(That includes Romo) is just flat out poor all the way around IMO and it starts at the top with the owner. As bad as our team was heading into that Washington game, we STILL could have won it had Romo not choked it away by throwing 3 INT's. Kindly note, he played terrific in the 2 games leading up to that one and protected the ball very well (threw for 757 yards and zero interceptions) but the stakes were just too high for him in Washington, he folded as many of us expected he would and even converted some homers into realists right here on this site. He has to play better in big games like that. He didn't have to completely carry the team in that game, he just had to do a good job, and he didn't.