It's now pretty obvious. We can't score without Romo

[Aven8]

If we brought somebody in they would have to have played in a similar offense. There is NO way a QB can come in at this late juncture and expect to learn this offense with the limited snaps they will recieve going forward. Weeds it is!!

 

[Bullflop]

Would you want any of these guys ?

I prefer any one of them to what we have as backups. Matt is the son of Phil Simms and played at Tennessee. The other three are well-known as players, while Matt is yet to get established. He spent time with the Jets and was waived at his own request. The Bills picked him up the next day.

 

[Vinnie2u]

The Bills have Matt Cassel, E.J. Manuel, Tyrod Taylor and Matt Simms as their QBs. I doubt they'll keep all 4.

Just my opinion but they all suck.. Not to the level of suckiness that we posses but I rather tank if we lose romo..

 

[Bullflop]

Just my opinion but they all suck.. Not to the level of suckiness that we posses but I rather tank if we lose romo..

Yeah, I guess there's no doubt that tanking is preferable to having a much better backup.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Yeah, I guess there's no doubt that tanking is preferable to having a better backup.

No point is that no matter who the backup is we'll go 8-8 at best.. I rather get our future qb sooner than later. There just ain't 32 good qb's in the league. Much less good backups..

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

We can't score without Romo

That's why he get's the big money.

 

[Bullflop]

No point is that no matter who the backup is we'll go 8-8 at best.. I rather get our future qb sooner than later. There just ain't 32 good qb's in the league. Much less good backups..

U-m-m, we don't need 32 better QBs -- just one. We sorely need a decent backup ASAP. A potential starter could come later, such as in the next draft.

 

[Bullflop]

If we brought somebody in they would have to have played in a similar offense. There is NO way a QB can come in at this late juncture and expect to learn this offense with the limited snaps they will recieve going forward. Weeds it is!!

One of them could be kept as a 3rd QB to learn the system and be ready as a backup by either later this year or next year at the latest. Otherwise we're just losing time developing someone as a backup.

 

[Vinnie2u]

If we lose Romo this year.....

 

[Bullflop]

If we lose Romo this year.....

That's incredibly profound . . .

 

[Doomsay]

That is true for most every team in the league

I don't think so, there are plenty of back-up QB's playing well right no. We have 3 guys on our roster that should never see a regulation field again.

 

[Bungarian]

I don't think so, there are plenty of back-up QB's playing well right no. We have 3 guys on our roster that should never see a regulation field again.

Let's watch the teams that lose starting QBs this year and see. I will post a thread about it if or when it happens.

 

[sweetness0986]

We clearly need a viable option. We're not talking the next franchise qb at this point, but someone that can hold their own out there if Romo can't play. Yes, if your starting QB goes down for the season, most teams are likely screwed. But if we need a second option for a game or two, the season is still salvageable if we have someone with any sort of talent back there.

 

[cowboyuptx]

This thread reminds me of how un-freaking-beliveable it is that we got Romo as an UDFA... Like what's the hold up on finding Romo 2.0? Made it look so easy the first time...

 

[CowboyMike]

Maybe so, but I couldn't care LESS about 'most every team in the league'. I'm a Cowboys fan and have been since 1978. I don't remember too many years where our backup QB and third stringer looked this bad. Vaughn should be cut, bring in a vet via trade to backup Tony NOW and make Weeden the third stringer.

Apparently you don't remember our backups from 1999 through 2009 (save for when Romo was the backup).

 

[KJJ]

With the regular season almost here the Cowboys are too far along to improve on their backup QB situation this year. They have no choice but to go with Weeden he's the one they've been preparing the entire offseason with.

 

[CowboyMike]

So you didn't realize this last year when Weeden started the Cardinals game?

There is not even enough quality starters in this league at QB much less expecting a backup to come in and win games. Did you see what the Packers looked like last year when Rodgers went down? Pretty awful.

I will agree that Vaughan and Weeden are terrible and having someone else would be better. Orton and Kitna were very serviceable and both were starters as well in their careers.

Weeden started the Cardinals game down two starting offensive lineman, with a hobbled Dez Bryant, and absolutely no help from Murray who decided not to show up that day. All this against what ended up being the 5th ranked defense in the league.

Not to mention a majority of fans were lauding Weeden the week before and claiming that we would have won the Washington game if he had stayed in the game.

I doubt Romo would have performed well against the Cardinals either. Our team was hobbled, it was one of those weird days, and we were due for a loss like that.

It's time to stop judging Weeden based on one loss. We'll be lucky to go .500 with any good backup. That's just the way the league is unless you happen to catch lightning in a bottle. The purpose of a backup is to get you through a couple of games until your starter can get healthy. Weeden is capable of that. If you're expecting your backup to come in and light it up like your starter, then they wouldn't be a backup.

 

[AzorAhai]

Weeden started the Cardinals game down two starting offensive lineman, with a hobbled Dez Bryant, and absolutely no help from Murray who decided not to show up that day. All this against what ended up being the 5th ranked defense in the league.

Not to mention a majority of fans were lauding Weeden the week before and claiming that we would have won the Washington game if he had stayed in the game.

I doubt Romo would have performed well against the Cardinals either. Our team was hobbled, it was one of those weird days, and we were due for a loss like that.

It's time to stop judging Weeden based on one loss. We'll be lucky to go .500 with any good backup. That's just the way the league is unless you happen to catch lightning in a bottle. The purpose of a backup is to get you through a couple of games until your starter can get healthy. Weeden is capable of that. If you're expecting your backup to come in and light it up like your starter, then they wouldn't be a backup.

Weeden has a career completion percentage of 56 percent, more interceptions than touchdowns and a career QB rating of 72.5. Of the 2 seasons as a starter, 2013s QBR of 21.3 ranked dead last and 2012s 29.4 ranked 29th to go along with a 5-16 record in games he started in his career.

I don't really care who the b/u is, but trying to act like Weeden is NFL caliber in any fashion is pretty ridiculous. If he's starting, you can bank on a loss. At least thats what Vegas will do.

 

[bodi]

we are going to have to depend on the O line an run the ball

 

[adbutcher]

We need to start growing a back up QB tree, I'm surprised no one thought of that.