News: Like it or not, the Cowboys go as Tony Romo goes

[TellerMorrow34]

This isn't news.

The Dallas Cowboys have gone as Romo goes for years now. This isn't anything new. It's simply a dumb media person finally catching up.

 

[jrumann59]

I think the success goes as the team goes. Romo is a big part but his performance is tied to others stepping up and getting their jobs done. This past game, Romo Jersey stayed clean for 95% of the game he had time in the pocket. Defense started the game slow but got things turned around quickly and did not give up any other points until most of the 1st string was pulled from the game. I love Romo but he is not going to get it done alone.

I will agree to a degree. Romo has had to be linchpin of the team for so long and his team mates even on their best days were average as a whole. Now the talent level at least on the offensive side has started to tick up he doesn't have to rely on heroics the whole game to keep the team in the game now he just has to pull the heroics out when he needs to if necessary.

 

[Doomsday101]

I will agree to a degree. Romo has had to be linchpin of the team for so long and his team mates even on their best days were average as a whole. Now the talent level at least on the offensive side has started to tick up he doesn't have to rely on heroics the whole game to keep the team in the game now he just has to pull the heroics out when he needs to if necessary.

Actually we agree more than you think. Romo is a key component but as we have seen all too many times he alone trying to carry this team will come up short. Guys around him on offense and defense have to help push this team over the top. No doubt Romo is the one guy we can least afford to lose.

 

[Sportsbabe]

I partially agree with Hill on this. They're going nowhere without Romo, and there's no doubts in my mind about that. Even with him though, he's been asked to make up for an awful lot in his career, and this season will probably end no differently. I don't see him being enough to get them to a Super Bowl this season, but as I said, they can't do squat without him, so I kind of halfway agree with Hill on this premise.

With this defense, I can't see us getting to an NFC championship game .... nonetheless a SB. I still believe defense wins championships. We have GOT to find a way to stop the forward pass. Until then ......

 

[Sportsbabe]

Welcome to the Romo era. Jerry thought surrounding him with malcontent talent would get it done for years, They have now figured out it takes talent across the board. Just hope it isn't to late.

Agree. It's what I like to call "retreads". I fear it may be too little too late.

 

[jrumann59]

Agree. It's what I like to call "retreads". I fear it may be too little too late.

The Defense up to the last couple of years did not have a lot of re-treads, it had talent, but no cohesive talent. Though the OL was full of retreads and avg talent.

 

[IrishAnto]

So are you saying those teams are better?

What's also overlooked is Romo's leadership abilities.

The QB position is so vital to a team, that it takes several guys on either side of the ball to "step up" to compensate when he's MIA.

The Cardinal's game showed (not for the first time) that there arn't enough guys doing that.

 

[big dog cowboy]

This isn't news.

The Dallas Cowboys have gone as Romo goes for years now. This isn't anything new. It's simply a dumb media person finally catching up.

Right on the money.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

The Defense up to the last couple of years did not have a lot of re-treads, it had talent, but no cohesive talent. Though the OL was full of retreads and avg talent.

And we were wasting years of a franchise QB, that has left a very bad taste in my mouth with Jerry. Look how long it took between Troy and Romo.

 

[cowboys2233]

Did the Cardinals season end when Carson Palmer's season ended? Did the Eagles season end when Nick Foles's collarbone broke? Both those teams seem to still be able to win with their backup QB. So why does our season suddenly end without Romo? Are those teams just better?

Jesus, dude. Why is this so hard to comprehend? Sanchez and Stanton are serviceable QBs, Weeden has no business being in the league, none. QBs can rarely win games by themselves, but they sure as heck can lose games by themselves. Weeden singlehandedly lost the Arizona game, make no mistake about it.

 

[Zekeats]

I've said it once and I'll say it again. Tony Romo has covered up so many deficiencies on this team from the front office to the coaching, to the talent level (on both sides of the ball) for so long it's not even funny. This guy has overcome the ineptitude of his owner, coaches, and piss poor o-lines and defenses since the day he hit the field as a starter. That's not to say he's been perfect. He hasn't. And, no one is.

Eli Manning is figuring out the past two seasons what the majority of Romo's career has been like. No defense to speak of. No running game. Below average O-line. The results? Some of the worst QB play in the entire league over that span. Rings or not, Eli couldn't carry Romo's jock. Not even close.

What you say is so true, but what also is true is that this running game is covering up Romos deficiencies now.......If he throws less than 30 passes in a game you could chalk up a W in the win column

 

[pansophy]

I've been a Romo fan from the beginning so this isn't news to me, but the article's premise isn't right. Doug Free and Ronald Leary came back into the lineup against the Jags as well and that's why Murray and Randle were able to run as they were. Romo and Dez made them pay for single coverage.

But we had Romo, Dez, and Murray last year too. It's the OL that makes all this work, just as it did for Troy, Michael, and Emmitt...

 

[Coy]

Jesus, dude. Why is this so hard to comprehend? Sanchez and Stanton are serviceable QBs, Weeden has no business being in the league, none. QBs can rarely win games by themselves, but they sure as heck can lose games by themselves. Weeden singlehandedly lost the Arizona game, make no mistake about it.

Plus, the difference between Romo´s value for the Cowboys vs Palmer´s and Foles value for their respective teams is HUGE.

 

[erod]

Jerry owed Romo that fat contract from saving him from even further ridicule with those 2-14 rosters he kept putting together.

Romo isn't Staubach or Aikman, but he did more with those cruddy teams than Staubach or Aikman would have.

 

[Nexx]

I've said it once and I'll say it again. Tony Romo has covered up so many deficiencies on this team from the front office to the coaching, to the talent level (on both sides of the ball) for so long it's not even funny. This guy has overcome the ineptitude of his owner, coaches, and piss poor o-lines and defenses since the day he hit the field as a starter. That's not to say he's been perfect. He hasn't. And, no one is.

Eli Manning is figuring out the past two seasons what the majority of Romo's career has been like. No defense to speak of. No running game. Below average O-line. The results? Some of the worst QB play in the entire league over that span. Rings or not, Eli couldn't carry Romo's jock. Not even close.

preach on brother!!! this is what ive been saying forever now. thank you !!!

 

[Coy]

I've been a Romo fan from the beginning so this isn't news to me, but the article's premise isn't right. Doug Free and Ronald Leary came back into the lineup against the Jags as well and that's why Murray and Randle were able to run as they were. Romo and Dez made them pay for single coverage.

But we had Romo, Dez, and Murray last year too. It's the OL that makes all this work, just as it did for Troy, Michael, and Emmitt...

I sort of agree with this, but what this article meant is that even with this great OL we have no shot without Romo, The last 3 years we had an awful Defense, running game an OL play but yet we had a shot at winning the division because of Romo.

Granted, this year because the talent level around the QB has gotten better, primarily on Defense and OL, we have a much better shot to win the division and make some noise in the playoffs.

 

[DFWJC]

Tony romo should win league MVP just based on that Arizona game , no BS

What's stunning is there are still people out there that feel otherwise.
I was watching the Cowboys/Jags game and a guy in the room says Dallas would have lost the AZ game at least as bad with Romo.

I kept it zipped...was just in too good of a mood and had learned a lot over the years from this site (see our resident anti-Einstein ufc for example) to use the ignore function even in real life. Some folks are just so clueless on this topic that you feel like you're arguing with a toddler.

 

[tyke1doe]

Sky is blue, water is wet, sex is great.

 

[cowboys2233]

Plus, the difference between Romo´s value for the Cowboys vs Palmer´s and Foles value for their respective teams is HUGE.

Very true. But only because Romo is far better than either Palmer or Foles, thus increasing his value. I don't think he's more valuable to the Cowboys because the Eagles and Cards have better teams from top to bottom than we do. Which means that yes, I think the Cowboys with a healthy Tony Romo are better than the Eagles with a healthy Nick Foles or a Cards team with a healthy Palmer. And better still than those teams with their backups.

 

[TwoDeep3]

When Tony goes to the bathroom, it must get awfully crowded.