Parche
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Just a little thought about Romo, and to all those Romo-haters out there. Im not a Romo-lover right now, Im just a Cowboys fan who wants the best for our team. The point Ill try to make is that Romo is not the Problem here. He´s not the reason why we arent succesfull as a team, and he´s not certainly the one to blame.
I dont want to say that he doesnt have a few aspects to improve in his game, like a little few turnovers, or saying it better, to understand better the flow of games. There are certain times on matches that we're doing just fine running the ball, or ahead on the score, and he does those risky throws. He surely has to avoid those. He should understand that he's on a team and sometimes the team is the one that should win games, not always he need to throw for 300+ yards or 3+ TDs to win.
But then again, I went to NFL.com to search the stats of, who I think is the best or one of the best QBs all time, Peyton Manning.
Comparisons are sometimes not so useful, because Romo wasnt playing on those Colts teams, and Manning isnt playing here. But just for knowing that a P.Manning isnt build in a day:
The first Years of P.Manning:
98: 56.7 % of completions, 26 TDs, 28 INTs, 22 Sacks, 3 Fumbles.
99: 62.1 % , 26 TDs, 15 INTs, 14 sacks 6 Fumbles
00: 62.5 % , 33 TDs, 15 INTs, 20 Sacks, 5 Fumbles
01: 62.7 % , 26 TDs, 23 INTs, 29 Sacks, 7 Fumbles
02: 66.3 % , 27 TDs, 19 INTs, 23 Sacks, 6 Fumbles.
And then, I went to the T.Romo's:
06: 65.3%, 19 TDs, 13 INTs, 21 Sacks, 9 Fumbles. (10 games)
07: 64.4%, 36 TDs, 19 INTs, 24 Sacks, 10 Fumbles.
08: 61.3%, 26 TDs, 14 INTs, 20 Sacks, 13 Fumbles.
If you take the turnovers stats, You´ll find that Manning in his first 3 years threw 57 picks, made 18 fumbles, which makes 75 total turnovers. Tony threw 46 Ints, has lost 32 fumbles (oh my, that are a lot of em..) but totals.. 78 Turnovers. Just 3 more that Peyton. I wonder if they wanted to kick Peyton out of town or starting to call him Turnover-Peyton or something like that.
Well, now, I remember the Colts of his early days, and still till these days, and Indianapolis never had good Defences. If they hadnt succeded, it could be the Ds fault, not his own. Or maybe it takes time to take your play to the next level. Manning won the SB in 07, at the end of the 06 campaign. It was 8 years after he entered the NFL.
Our Tony started playing in 06, he will have 8 years of playing just in the 2014... Are he going to last that long on our team? Im sure that he wont... But if he arrives to his top in let say... two years by now, are we going to kick him before?
Yes, the Colts run a passing-first offense and that leads you to more Turnovers. We are more a balanced-type O (or we are trying to be so...), so that should prevent your Qb of throwing those picks, and losing that fumbles. Yeah, Tony should improve his decision making, and understand that he has a good team and sometimes, he should just let the team carry him to the win, not viceversa.
But Tony's not the problem here. Where is the problem so? My bet is that our team is a good one. A really good one. I dont know if its great. Tony must improve, the receivers must improve, and certainly, the Defense MUST improve and get some pressure and some sacks and some picks out there.
These are my 2 cents on the Romo situation, and yes, of course I would take Troy over Tony, thats an obvious. But you cant always get a Troy, and a Tony should do fine, really fine.
If this can win you a SB, then Tony should, he just need to rely on his team a little more:
04: 48.2%, 6 TDs, 9 INTs, 13 Sacks, 3 Fumbles (7 games)
05: 52.8%, 24 TDs, 17 INTs, 28 Sacks, 9 Fumbles
06: 57.7%, 24 TDs, 18 INTs, 25 Sacks, 9 Fumbles
07: 56.1%, 23 TDs, 20 INTs, 27 Sacks, 13 Fumbles.
Those are Eli´s stats his first 3 1/2 years... And then he learned, lets say, to manage better his game, his decision making and to let his team win some games that he can´t. Hey, I hate Eli more than anyone out there, Im just saying that you dont need a Peyton out there to win the game. You need a clever QB. Tony needs to be clever out there and we are going to be great.
(sorry for my english, Im from Argentina and that was my best effort).
I dont want to say that he doesnt have a few aspects to improve in his game, like a little few turnovers, or saying it better, to understand better the flow of games. There are certain times on matches that we're doing just fine running the ball, or ahead on the score, and he does those risky throws. He surely has to avoid those. He should understand that he's on a team and sometimes the team is the one that should win games, not always he need to throw for 300+ yards or 3+ TDs to win.
But then again, I went to NFL.com to search the stats of, who I think is the best or one of the best QBs all time, Peyton Manning.
Comparisons are sometimes not so useful, because Romo wasnt playing on those Colts teams, and Manning isnt playing here. But just for knowing that a P.Manning isnt build in a day:
The first Years of P.Manning:
98: 56.7 % of completions, 26 TDs, 28 INTs, 22 Sacks, 3 Fumbles.
99: 62.1 % , 26 TDs, 15 INTs, 14 sacks 6 Fumbles
00: 62.5 % , 33 TDs, 15 INTs, 20 Sacks, 5 Fumbles
01: 62.7 % , 26 TDs, 23 INTs, 29 Sacks, 7 Fumbles
02: 66.3 % , 27 TDs, 19 INTs, 23 Sacks, 6 Fumbles.
And then, I went to the T.Romo's:
06: 65.3%, 19 TDs, 13 INTs, 21 Sacks, 9 Fumbles. (10 games)
07: 64.4%, 36 TDs, 19 INTs, 24 Sacks, 10 Fumbles.
08: 61.3%, 26 TDs, 14 INTs, 20 Sacks, 13 Fumbles.
If you take the turnovers stats, You´ll find that Manning in his first 3 years threw 57 picks, made 18 fumbles, which makes 75 total turnovers. Tony threw 46 Ints, has lost 32 fumbles (oh my, that are a lot of em..) but totals.. 78 Turnovers. Just 3 more that Peyton. I wonder if they wanted to kick Peyton out of town or starting to call him Turnover-Peyton or something like that.
Well, now, I remember the Colts of his early days, and still till these days, and Indianapolis never had good Defences. If they hadnt succeded, it could be the Ds fault, not his own. Or maybe it takes time to take your play to the next level. Manning won the SB in 07, at the end of the 06 campaign. It was 8 years after he entered the NFL.
Our Tony started playing in 06, he will have 8 years of playing just in the 2014... Are he going to last that long on our team? Im sure that he wont... But if he arrives to his top in let say... two years by now, are we going to kick him before?
Yes, the Colts run a passing-first offense and that leads you to more Turnovers. We are more a balanced-type O (or we are trying to be so...), so that should prevent your Qb of throwing those picks, and losing that fumbles. Yeah, Tony should improve his decision making, and understand that he has a good team and sometimes, he should just let the team carry him to the win, not viceversa.
But Tony's not the problem here. Where is the problem so? My bet is that our team is a good one. A really good one. I dont know if its great. Tony must improve, the receivers must improve, and certainly, the Defense MUST improve and get some pressure and some sacks and some picks out there.
These are my 2 cents on the Romo situation, and yes, of course I would take Troy over Tony, thats an obvious. But you cant always get a Troy, and a Tony should do fine, really fine.
If this can win you a SB, then Tony should, he just need to rely on his team a little more:
04: 48.2%, 6 TDs, 9 INTs, 13 Sacks, 3 Fumbles (7 games)
05: 52.8%, 24 TDs, 17 INTs, 28 Sacks, 9 Fumbles
06: 57.7%, 24 TDs, 18 INTs, 25 Sacks, 9 Fumbles
07: 56.1%, 23 TDs, 20 INTs, 27 Sacks, 13 Fumbles.
Those are Eli´s stats his first 3 1/2 years... And then he learned, lets say, to manage better his game, his decision making and to let his team win some games that he can´t. Hey, I hate Eli more than anyone out there, Im just saying that you dont need a Peyton out there to win the game. You need a clever QB. Tony needs to be clever out there and we are going to be great.
(sorry for my english, Im from Argentina and that was my best effort).
