You might be the most blind person I had a conversation with. We were losing games after scoring 35 points because the defense sucked.
Here read this and learn something. The guy was something special.
101.6: In the 11 years that have elapsed since Romo threw his first NFL pass, 69 quarterbacks have thrown at least 100 passes in the fourth quarter of one-score games. Only one of those 69 quarterbacks has a triple-digit passer rating in those situations. It’s Romo at 101.6, Peyton Manning at 99.9 and then Aaron Rodgers at 98.9.
7.9: Only two qualified quarterbacks in modern NFL history — Steve Young and Russell Wilson — have a higher career yards-per-attempt average than Romo’s rate of 7.9.
97.2: He’s the fourth-highest-rated passer in NFL history, behind only Rodgers (104.1), Wilson (99.6) and Tom Brady (97.2).
2.12: Among quarterbacks with at least 100 career starts, only four — Rodgers, Brady, Young and Manning — have higher touchdown-to-interception ratios than Romo’s mark of 2.12.
65.3: Romo finished his career with a completion percentage of 65.3, which was identical to Peyton Manning’s career rate. Only two quarterbacks — Chad Pennington and Kurt Warner — have walked away with higher completion percentages, and Pennington should hardly register considering his 7.2 yards-per-attempt average.
109.9: In games played during the final month of the season since 2010, Romo’s 109.9 passer rating is by far the highest. No other quarterback has a rating above 103.8 between Week 14 and Week 17 this decade
614: And although he was never viewed as a “winner,” Romo’s .614 career winning percentage is the 10th highest among 56 quarterbacks with 100-plus career starts. It’s also the highest winning percentage among the 12 undrafted quarterbacks who have made more than 60 career starts.
24: Since Romo made his first start in 2006, he and the Manning brothers have 24 fourth-quarter comebacks apiece. Only Matthew Stafford (25) had more during that span.
You left a few out
-The Cowboys played the
Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Wild Card playoff round on January 6, 2007. With the Cowboys trailing 21–20 on fourth-and-one with 1:19 left in the game, the Cowboys attempted a 19-yard field goal. Romo, the holder for the kick, fumbled the snap. He recovered the ball and attempted to run it in, but was tackled short of the first down marker, and turned the ball over on the Seattle 2-yard line. The Cowboys went on to lose the game.
-In the Cowboys' January 13, 2008, divisional playoff game against the
New York Giants, Romo was unable to lead his team to a come-from-behind victory. On fourth down with less than half a minute and no timeouts left, Romo threw the ball into the end zone, but it was intercepted by Giants cornerback
R. W. McQuarters, ensuring that the Cowboys were eliminated from the playoffs with a 21-17 loss to the eventual
Super Bowl XLII champions.
-In what became a de facto third playoff game for Romo shortly prior to its start, on December 28, Romo and the Cowboys failed to compete against the Philadelphia Eagles in a 44–6 loss.[31] Romo committed three turnovers in the game and went 21/39 for 183 yards and no touchdowns.[32] The loss dropped Romo's combined record in December to 5–8 and again raised questions about his performance in games of consequence.[2]
-Romo had a 104.9 passer rating in a 34–14 win of the
Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the playoffs, earning the first play-off win in 13 years for the Cowboys, and his own first career post-season win.
However, the following week in the NFC Division Round against the number two seed
Minnesota Vikings, Romo had three fumbles (losing two), an interception and was sacked six times in the 34–3 loss.
-Dallas and the
Washington Commanders had a two-way tie of 8–6 records atop the NFC East, and faced each other in Week 17 for the NFC East title, which Dallas lost, 28–18. With overall 20-for-37 passing, Romo threw a total of three interceptions, including on Dallas' first two drives. With 5:50 left and down 21–10, Romo made a touchdown pass to
Kevin Ogletree and
two-point conversion pass to
Dwayne Harris. After Dallas took over with 3:33 left down 21–18, Romo threw an interception to Commanders linebacker
Rob Jackson, and Washington clinched the victory with another touchdown.
[45]
Following the season, the future of Romo's career was called into question. Mac Engel of the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram commented: "Tony Romo has one year remaining on his contract, but the time has come for him to move on...He will be 33 in April of '13, and still has a few good years left but at this point he needs to go to another team that needs a quarterback."
[46] In a
Fox Sports Southwest interview, Rick Gosselin of
The Dallas Morning News also called Romo "not wired to win the last game of the season" especially "
**** means extending the season."[47] Dan Graziano of ESPNDallas.com wrote that Romo's "record starts to become very hard to defend" due to "the oft-cited fact that he's got just the one playoff win in his entire career."[48]
blaming Romo for the Minnesota loss. Imagine if there both tackles were Chaz Green in the Atlanta game and that's how that game went.
