Make no mistake about next game - Eagles are banking on Romo folding

[Wood]

If you have lived around Eagles fans for most of your life like me...you will know and understand one thing about them - they know a fraud when they see it. Now I am not going to come out and say Romo is fraud because I think there is golden opportunity for him to get the 500 pound pink elephant sitting in the room to move on. This is not to say Romo needs to do everything in this game. Conversely, I think he should try to do little. Run Murray even if they are down early. Almost make Romo unassuming in this game and if they need some late magic from him...cross your fingers and hope karma has had a change of heart.

Now onto Romo from philly perspective. They know him better than some cowboys fans know him. How? because they have had their own repeatedly since they entered the NFL. When you mention Randall Cunningham you will hear how he couldn't win it all even with great defense. You will hear about how Donovan McNabb looked great in regular season only to vomit in Super Bowl game...another choker. Vick? another great talent who didn't have 'it' factor. Add onto top of this a baseball team (phillies) who was first franchise to 10,000 losses. They know losing folks.

Their game plan will be to confuse Romo early. They want everyone in the stadium saying 'here we go again'. They will bank on announcers putting up another Romo infographic on how he comes un-done this time of year. They want the focus to stay on Romo. That why its important for Dallas to run the ball even if they go three and out the first three series. My strategy for most of this game would be running Murray 25+ times with safe passes to Witten and screen passes out of backfield. Dez/Williams won't like this game plan. The defensive will have to play their best game but they played well the last time they met.

 

[Boyz981]

Different staff....

 

[juck]

he will choke

 

[guag]

One feeling I get from Romo - and this is just a feeling, can't back it up with stats - is that he seems to do much better in the 2nd half when we're down rather than winning by a comfortable margin. For this reason, I'm almost kind of hoping we're down at the half (not by too much though).

 

[joseephuss]

A game plan to confuse the QB is pretty standard.

 

[sbark]

I think Garrett will have a ton of stack plays, motion, piks and play action............he's been saving it to help Romo just for a game like this........

........unless of course he's saving it for the Super Bowl

 

[diehard2294]

Odds are he will shake it, I just don't think this is the spot. He will force throws knowing the D won't hold the Eagles back

 

[Super_Kazuya]

he will choke

If you say it over and over again, and are shameless enough to say it the day after he does the opposite, you will eventually be right. You're a regular Nostradamus.

 

[GusTheo]

This is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

Who cares what the Philly fans think? Who cares what any fans think? Who cares what Romo infographics makes the TV screen. None of, and I repeat NONE of that will have any outcome on the game what so ever.

I'm sure Cowboys fans were thinking "here we go again" when the Cowboys went from an 8 point lead to a 9 point deficit. But some how some way the Cowboys battled back against their fans, err I mean the Commanders and came back to win. Smh

Fans have no bearing on the game, either do the analysts, who cares about that nonsense.

 

[Blue&Silver]

I don't think Romo is going to be a huge factor in this game. It comes down to defense. We need to get pressure on Foles up the middle and hands in his face. He's 6.6 and sees the field extremely well. We can't let him get comfortable because if he gets in a rhythm were done. The guys putting up slightly better stats than Peyton Manning when you average in the games he's played versus Manning. If we can contain him and be slightly respectable stopping McCoy we'll win. The first game we got a couple good shots on him early that seemed to leave him in a fog. That needs to happen again.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Well they should be. That's the guy's reputation and he won't be able to shake it until he beats some GOOD teams on the big stage. We all know he can beat up on sub-0.500 teams and pull clutch drives against them. But the teams with winning records - that's what people remember and that's what makes a QBs reputation.

Tom Brady has done it a few times this season but no one really cares about the comeback he had vs. the Browns...because it's the Browns. They remember the comeback against teams like the Saints and Broncos.

 

[reddyuta]

Can romo beat the blitz ? That's the question.

 

[Future]

Wouldn't surprise me to see the same thing as Denver happen.

 

[Falcon554]

My god have you seen this D? I dont think they give a rats a** about Tony, they watch this D and just laugh and laugh and laugh

 

[Future]

Can romo beat the blitz ? That's the question.

Can JG scheme and the WRs get open quickly when they do? That's what it will come down to more than Romo.

 

[JPostSam]

Well they should be. That's the guy's reputation and he won't be able to shake it until he beats some GOOD teams on the big stage. We all know he can beat up on sub-0.500 teams and pull clutch drives against them. But the teams with winning records - that's what people remember and that's what makes a QBs reputation.

you mean like beating a 9-0 colts team in 2006? (226 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT)
you mean like beating a 10-1 packers team in 2007? (309 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT)
you mean like beating an 11-2 giants team in 2008? (244 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs)
you mean like beating a 13-0 saints team in 2009? (312 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs)
you mean like beating an 11-4 eagles team in 2009, to get into the playoffs? (311 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT)
and then again, the next week, in the playoffs? (244 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs)
you mean like beating, in overtime, a 49ers team that would go on to a 13-3 record in 2011? (345 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs)

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

If you have lived around Eagles fans for most of your life like me...you will know and understand one thing about them - they know a fraud when they see it. Now I am not going to come out and say Romo is fraud because I think there is golden opportunity for him to get the 500 pound pink elephant sitting in the room to move on. This is not to say Romo needs to do everything in this game. Conversely, I think he should try to do little. Run Murray even if they are down early. Almost make Romo unassuming in this game and if they need some late magic from him...cross your fingers and hope karma has had a change of heart.

Now onto Romo from philly perspective. They know him better than some cowboys fans know him. How? because they have had their own repeatedly since they entered the NFL. When you mention Randall Cunningham you will hear how he couldn't win it all even with great defense. You will hear about how Donovan McNabb looked great in regular season only to vomit in Super Bowl game...another choker. Vick? another great talent who didn't have 'it' factor. Add onto top of this a baseball team (phillies) who was first franchise to 10,000 losses. They know losing folks.

Their game plan will be to confuse Romo early. They want everyone in the stadium saying 'here we go again'. They will bank on announcers putting up another Romo infographic on how he comes un-done this time of year. They want the focus to stay on Romo. That why its important for Dallas to run the ball even if they go three and out the first three series. My strategy for most of this game would be running Murray 25+ times with safe passes to Witten and screen passes out of backfield. Dez/Williams won't like this game plan. The defensive will have to play their best game but they played well the last time they met.

were they banking on romo choking when we beat them week 17 and then the next week in the playoffs ? in 2009 ?

 

[ScipioCowboy]

 

[Denim Chicken]

More likely they're banking on our defense folding

 

[casmith07]