Laufenberg: Romo not just good, but GREAT quarterback

[JoeKing]

I honestly don't know if this is a comedy routine or not. It certainly isn't very funny. No, he doesn't have colossal shortcomings. Brock Osweiller and Tim Tebow have colossal shortcomings. Your four game list is an embarrassing display of reaching. I never knew playing a road playoff game at Lambeau Field where you only had 4 incompletions could be considered a COLOSSAL fail. Please stop embarrassing yourself.

You didn't know consistently losing postseason games is a colossal fail? You are the one that should be embarrassed.

 

[aikemirv]

So Trent Dilfer > Tony Romo right? Doug Williams > Dan Marino?

It's a team sport. Romo had a better skill set and more talent than Troy did. Not saying Troy wasn't also great in his own right, but he got lucky being on the right team at the right time. Didn't say his career was lucky in terms of his talent.

Troy was a huge leader of that team and Jimmy Johnson was a huge part of that teams 3 Super Bowls as well. When you watch the Football Life of Troy Aikman you can see what a great leader he was, but after Jimmy left Troy could not hold together what Jimmy had put together. They kept it going enough to win another Super Bowl but Troy even admitted that he was tired of trying to be the disciplinarian on the team after Jimmy left. No one else would hold anyone accountable.

I think the coaching staff that Romo had during his best years resembles what Troy had during his worst years

 

[erod]

My position on Tony Romo is well known. Great quarterback with too many horrible rosters that he made look better than they were.

I fear the same will happen to Tony that happened to Danny White. People forget that Danny took the Cowboys to three straight NFC championship games.

Danny's lone fault was that he wasn't Roger. He inherited a good team that was in decline with age.

Tony had a good time out of the chute, but he wasn't quite ready. Two years later, he was ready, but the roster had turned to crap.

 

[rambo2]

Yet you do it anyway. "Anybody with any sense" is a huge swath of humanity. If that was really the sample size that is of the opinion he is great, he'd be more popular yet no one wants him.

That is total bs.

 

[rambo2]

You didn't know consistently losing postseason games is a colossal fail? You are the one that should be embarrassed.

A guy like you doesn't deserve a qb like Romo on your team. You deserve crap.

 

[JoeKing]

That is total bs.

Is it? Where are the teams knocking on Tony's door?

 

[erod]

You didn't know consistently losing postseason games is a colossal fail? You are the one that should be embarrassed.

Statistics are not equal to greatness. The end results equal real greatness. Winning is what really counts and winning SB's is what really matters to QB legacies.

This is short-sighted, non-thinking drivel. Unfortunately, it's an Ebola virus that has infiltrated our sad fan base.

Dallas had zero business being in most of those playoff games. None. Tony Romo was the only reason they were even there. Historically terrible defense, woefully pathetic offensive lines, and puppeteer coaches. It was a side show.

 

[JoeKing]

A guy like you doesn't deserve a qb like Romo on your team. You deserve crap.

A guy like me? You mean that tells it like it is. We had crap at QB in the postseason with Romo.

 

[visionary]

Are you planning on kicking out Meredith and Perkins?

I guess it's a moot point anyway
Romo and Witten and Ware will all be in the ROH
I'm a Romo fan so if he is in I'll applaud it

 

[visionary]

Only on this Cowboy board could Troy Aikman be relegated to one of many QBS who could have won SBS with that 90s team. I watched every cowboy game since 1970, and Troy has never gotten his credit due. He was a heck of a great QB. Romo is a good QB, in a pass happy era, never got to see him in a pressure championship situation, so it's not a given he could have did what Troy did in the 90s.

Could not agree with you more
The disrespect of Troy among the cowboy sheep looking for statistics instead of championships is nauseating
Other than Staubach, Troy is my favorite Cowboys QB

 

[JoeKing]

This is short-sighted, non-thinking drivel. Unfortunately, it's an Ebola virus that has infiltrated our sad fan base.

Dallas had zero business being in most of those playoff games. None. Tony Romo was the only reason they were even there. Historically terrible defense, woefully pathetic offensive lines, and puppeteer coaches. It was a side show.

Romo fumbled the snap in Seattle. Romo threw the interception in the endzone that cause us to lose to the Giants. Those playoff loses were directly because of Romo. Your revisionist history is laughable.

 

[bsbellomy]

Really? You're keeping Witten and Romo out of the ROH because our owner was an idiot for 20 straight years. Romo > Aikman. Troy just happened to get lucky playing on a vastly better team in a different era of the NFL

Yeah Aikman threw for over 20 TD's in a season a whopping one time. Romo would have at least the same amount of titles if he played on that team.

 

[JoeKing]

Yeah Aikman threw for over 20 TD's in a season a whopping one time. Romo would have at least the same amount of titles if he played on that team.

Romo's jock strap is to small to have played for that team. Stop making excuses for his post season failure.

 

[erod]

Romo fumbled the snap in Seattle. Romo threw the interception in the endzone that cause us to lose to the Giants. Those playoff loses were directly because of Romo. Your revisionist history is laughable.

A bobbled snap happens. He had been the QB for 1/2 a season that year. The interception came after he threw two perfect strikes that were dropped.

Unfortunately for Romo, he couldn't hand the ball to Emmitt 12 times in the fourth quarter like Aikman did.

 

[Blast From The Past]

Even the great John Elway didn't win a Superbowl until he got the right supporting cast around him. Romo gets that cast and they wanna ship him out. Really? If Dak hadn't proved he was ready to start, say he sat on the bench all last year then Romo and his salary would still be on this team without any problem. Unless we are gonna sign someone special this year with the cap savings we get from cutting Romo why not just keep him? It would be no different than if he was still the starter only he gets paid way more than the average backup qb. Or let them compete and let the best qb win. I think Tony is a great qb thrust onto some bad teams via our fo ineptitude's.

 

[noshame]

Good article but you're really can't wait five years on Romo after all by then Dak will have at least two Super Bowls and everybody will be like Tony who?

Seriously as far as the Cowboys go you got Staubach Aikman and then Tony and Danny can fight it out for number three although I give Danny an edge for playoff wins.
Romo was a product of a dink and dunk pass happy system

 

[JoeKing]

A bobbled snap happens. He had been the QB for 1/2 a season that year. The interception came after he threw two perfect strikes that were dropped.

Unfortunately for Romo, he couldn't hand the ball to Emmitt 12 times in the fourth quarter like Aikman did.

You are making excuses for Romo. You don't like having a top-notch RB to hand the ball off to? Why are you a Cowboys fan? You must be hating this Dak/Zeke rookie vibe thing too. Dak hands off to Zeke a ton too so you GOT to be throwing shade on Dak.

 

[erod]

You are making excuses for Romo. You don't like having a top-notch RB to hand the ball off to? Why are you a Cowboys fan? You must be hating this Dak/Zeke rookie vibe thing too. Dak hands off to Zeke a ton too so you GOT to be throwing shade on Dak.

When Romo finally got an o-line and running game, he had an MVP caliber season. Played BRILLIANTLY in the playoffs. Were you asleep or something?

This game escapes your grasp.

 

[CowboyRoy]

http://sportsday.***BANNED-URL***/d...-tony-romo-good-quarterback-great-quarterback

Babe Laufenberg, Dallas Cowboys radio color analyst and former NFL quarterback, sat down with Fox 4's Mike Doocy to discuss Tony Romo's impending departure from Dallas. Here are some highlights:

On what Tony Romo's legacy deserves to be

Laufenberg: Like anything, I think you have to put a little time between the departure and when we start truly writing his legacy. It's why they wait five years for Hall of Fame guys. You put a little time between their careers and when we're going to vote for them. But in my mind, Tony was a great quarterback. Not a good quarterback. Not a very good quarterback. He was a great quarterback.

He did not have great people around him for the majority of his career. They were good in spots, and you can criticize his playoff performances or what have you, but I never looked at one and thought, 'wow, Tony Romo cost them that game.' I know the bobble in Seattle, but that was his first year on wasn't even a quarterbacking situation. He shouldn't have even been holding at that point.

I just think he was a very underappreciated player.

On the national perception of Tony Romo

Laufenberg: The national take on Tony Romo was 'this guy folds in the fourth quarter.' I'll never forget having a conversation with Al Michaels before a Cowboys game. I said to Al, 'he's the highest rated quarterback in the fourth quarter.' Al said, 'Oh c'mon Babe, get out of here.' And I said, 'No, he's the highest rated quarterback in the fourth quarter in NFL history.' To Al's credit, he gave me credit on his show...Anyway, I just think he was a very underappreciated as a player. He was a great quarterback.

Probably the most under appreciated QB of all time. Although the last 3 or 4 years of his career he did start to get his due. IF only Romo played for another GM and better head coaches, he may have been one of the all time greats.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Lol at you thinking Troy "got lucky"
I take Troy over Romo in a heart beat

Truly great players play their best when the chips are down
Romo never even took the team to a NFCCG let alone the SB

That is how QBs greatness is and should be judged

Romo is good not great

Romo and Aikman are a great debate. If Romo had those 90's teams and Jimmy Johnson. No doubt he wins at least one or 2 SB's. I dont think he quite has the success of Troy. Troy was the best QB for those teams. leadership, competitiveness, accountability, accuracy, game management, poise. All those things he did better than Romo. Those teams needed more of a bus driver/leader.

Now if Aikman had Garrett for a head coach then he probably doesnt win anything.

Now if I had a team that was bad and a poor Oline and I need a guy to save the day and carry this team, I would take Romo over Aikman all day.