Jerry Jones has been hanging Romo and Dak out to dry! Statistical Evidence

[CowboyFrog]

Are you talking about the 2010 game in Minny that a "better clutch" QB beat Romo and the Cowboys?

Did you watch that game by any chance?

Thats what i said..Rodgers and Farve games for sure and Farve took his Aikmen frustrations out on that team in that game because he was on fire in it.

 

[shabazz]

So why didnt they do well when Dak was making 400k a season?

fair question. When young Rayne was making scrub money, we had the NFL’s best offensive line and the leagues leading rusher in Zeke. Daks level of play was that of a 4th rounder so he couldn’t take advantage of all this talent around him. The defense was also a weak point as well.

if the Cowboys had a rookie Mahomes, Burrow, or even a rookie Herbert, they would have gone deep into the playoffs.

now the tables have turned and Dakota is the high paid player and the offensive line, receivers and running game are average to below average……..Rayne doesn’t have that elite talent like Rodgers to compensate.

I don’t expect him to. There is a reason he was a 4th round pick just as there was a reason Romo was an UDFA. I have always said that Dakota can be part of a championship team but the rest of the offense has to be way above average

I’ll even go as far to say that if Rayne Dakota Prescotta had his current experience in 2016, they could have easily been in the NFC Championship game providing the defense could hold their own.

 

[shabazz]

I wonder where Dan Fouts and the Chargers would have landed on this list. Or Warren Moon and the Run and Shoot offence Houston Oilers employed?

damn…..those are 2 gunslingers you just mentioned. Ballers

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Fair enough. Just wanted you to answer it.

This FO has been incompetent way before Romo and Dak were here. They have also NEVER focused on building a good defense. It doesnt sell tickets.

You keep attributing this teams failures on Dak and Romo but the real problem with this team isnt on the field. Its above it.

I'm not mad that Romo and Dak got paid, but Jerry and Co then has to shift to making it worth it by overcompensating to help them out to justify paying an average player that kind of money.

By all means. Get your money if you can.

This team has a lot of problems all over the place, but Romo was one, and Dak is one now. They aren't the only problem, not even close. But they are a problem.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

When Jerry pays a QB he expects them to do it all by themselves. When Jerry paid Romo, he said that Tony didn't need a good OL because of his improvising skills. It was to late when he found that he needed to invest on OL for Romo to succeed. Now he's doing the same for Dak. Instead of surrounding him with talent like that Rams and Chiefs do for their QB, he expects Dak to win with marginal talent and an beat up OL. But at least we have a decent defense. Jerry has never built a complete team.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

How many Super Bowls did Brady win with a top ten defense? Seven?

If Jerry isn't smart enough to listen to NFL history then he should move out of the way. If you want to win in the playoffs you need a strong defense to do so. And that's a fact backed up by NFL history.

 

[phildadon86]

Thats what i said..Rodgers and Farve games for sure and Farve took his Aikmen frustrations out on that team in that game because he was on fire in it.

Umm. Is that the same game Romo had .1 second behind the line? I remember the offense not doing anything in that game. Do you think Favre has the game he has if the Cowboys OL got off the team bus? I mean yeah he had a good game but it was a blowout. That doesnt really scream clutch to me lol.

 

[kuyyo_morro]

Jerry Jones didnt throw game ending interceptions or game ending slides. Paid both Romo and Dak $100m+

 

[phildadon86]

I'm not mad that Romo and Dak got paid, but Jerry and Co then has to shift to making it worth it by overcompensating to help them out to justify paying an average player that kind of money.

By all means. Get your money if you can.

This team has a lot of problems all over the place, but Romo was one, and Dak is one now. They aren't the only problem, not even close. But they are a problem.

I disagree but hey. It is what it is.

When you cant stop the run and win the trench battle. You lose football games. Nothing to do with the QB.

 

[Streifenkarl]

Romo and Dak both had teams that could have won the Super Bowl or at least made it. Romo 2007, 2011, and 2014. Dak 2016, 2018, and 2021. In the end they lost to teams with better/clutch quarterbacks. Eli, Farve, Rodgers twice, Goff, and Jimmy G outplayed our guys.

This is the way I see it also. There was enough talent on the team last year, but either coaching and/or Dak simply couldn't utilize it properly. Calf injury or not, from game 8 on to the defeat vs the 49ers Dak was a mere bus driver who never made a difference. If the team could pull a win off, they could have done it without him (see game vs Minnesota). And the games where he was really needed, he was a no show (yes, only one of many, but that's the point). Mahomes had to endure alot of games running for his life and still got something done. And at least on paper our o line was as good as his a couple of years ago.

I don't care what kind of football knowledge people here claim to have it what they think others have. In the end these are all just opinions and no one here really knows what's going on in the locker room. And as I said many times, I couldn't care less about what he earns. But what they show on the field (or not) is what it is. Mediocre. And Dak is a just a big part of said mediocrity.

 

[fredp22]

I dont agree with the article. the cap has a limit.
If u spend on the qb , rb, ol, te like we did you will have a limited amount left for the defense. If u spend more on the defense the author of the article would be screaming we didnt give Romo/Dak enough offensive support.
Our teams were solid even if we spent a little more on offense. Its our coaching (Garrett, MM) and FO (Jerry, Stephen) that keep holding us back

 

[DFWJC]

The Betrayal index spread of a whopping and unimaginable 41 (6th best offense EPA, 47th ranked defense/Special teams EPA cumulative) tells it all regarding misconceptions of Romo.

And the 16-2 all time record when the D had a positive EPA puts Romo in the very rare company of Mahomes, Peyton Manning, and Tom Brady is incredibly telling.
He was not those guys, but it reminds us how massively underrated he was by some.

 

[CowboyFrog]

Umm. Is that the same game Romo had .1 second behind the line? I remember the offense not doing anything in that game. Do you think Favre has the game he has if the Cowboys OL got off the team bus? I mean yeah he had a good game but it was a blowout. That doesnt really scream clutch to me lol.

i agree again with some its all QB ...nothing else can be happening in a game...I guess they skip running downs because they could only critique if the handoff was correct.

 

[DFWJC]

Romo and Dak both had teams that could have won the Super Bowl or at least made it. Romo 2007, 2011, and 2014. Dak 2016, 2018, and 2021. In the end they lost to teams with better/clutch quarterbacks. Eli, Farve, Rodgers twice, Goff, and Jimmy G outplayed our guys.

You think Dallas' 2011 team could have made the Super Bowl? Come on

 

[phildadon86]

This is the way I see it also. There was enough talent on the team last year, but either coaching and/or Dak simply couldn't utilize it properly. Calf injury or not, from game 8 on to the defeat vs the 49ers Dak was a mere bus driver who never made a difference. If the team could pull a win off, they could have done it without him (see game vs Minnesota). And the games where he was really needed, he was a no show (yes, only one of many, but that's the point). Mahomes had to endure alot of games running for his life and still got something done. And at least on paper our o line was as good as his a couple of years ago.

I don't care what kind of football knowledge people here claim to have it what they think others have. In the end these are all just opinions and no one here really knows what's going on in the locker room. And as I said many times, I couldn't care less about what he earns. But what they show on the field (or not) is what it is. Mediocre. And Dak is a just a big part of said mediocrity.

What did he get done? The chiefs won 4 of 7 games to start the season, and Mahomes was a big reason for those losses. Until the COACHES stepped in and changed the game plan Mahomes didnt look like Mahomes at all.

 

[DFWJC]

I wonder where Dan Fouts and the Chargers would have landed on this list. Or Warren Moon and the Run and Shoot offence Houston Oilers employed?

Good question.
Pretty far up there, I'm sure

 

[CowboyFrog]

You think Dallas' 2011 team could have made the Super Bowl? Come on

he thinks Goff and Jimmy G are the reasons we lost those games.....theres also that.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

What did he get done? The chiefs won 4 of 7 games to start the season, and Mahomes was a big reason for those losses. Until the COACHES stepped in and changed the game plan Mahomes didnt look like Mahomes at all.

Maybe it wasn't Mahomes fault and they were just getting beat in the trenches and not able to stop the run.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

When you pay stupid money to QBs on the level of Dak and Romo it leaves you VERY little room for error with the rest of the roster.

Not only do you have to basically have to hit on every other important position on the team, but you also have to hope most of them are playing at an elite level if you want to make a real postseason run.

Jerry and Co have proven that when they have very little room for error they will fail, over and over again.

You have more wiggle room with the rest of the roster when you have a real top QB. That's why most of the teams that win have an actual elite level QB or a really good QB on a rookie deal. When you pay elite money for average talent at the QB position then good luck doing what is needed for your team to succeed. Even more good luck is required when Jerry Jones is the roster builder.

Are you joking?
Romo at least had talent galore for the position and comparing him even pay check-wise to Prescott insults the game of football!!!

 

[baltcowboy]

So yeah Rodgers has made some magic moments out of beating us in the playoffs for sure...Farve had one of his best playoff games against us for sure.....Eli, Goff and Jimmy G did not so much, Eli played ok but Romo outplayed him and really once again our defesne did not show up...Goff???? Goff did not run for 260 yards on our defense 2 RB's did and one of them was not in the NFL 5 weeks before that game...Dak and Jimmy G played about the same and once again we got completley wiped in both trenches...Jimmy actually tried to let us back in the game....Context is a real thing.

Eli was clearly the better quarterback in the playoffs when we played the Giants. Eli is going into the Hall of Fame based of how he performed in the clutch. Jimmy G. and Goff outplayed Dak. Goff had a clutch run to hold onto the lead.