Just because he has a high rating in the 4th quarter in games doesn't mean he is great under pressure. Pressure doesn't just come in the 4th quarter. He could play like crap for 3 quarters and then show up big in the 4th quarter with 2 touchdowns and lots of yards and then throw an untimely interception at the end that loses the game for us. He had huge stats last year vs the Commanders and Giants in the 4th quarter but he played pretty bad for most of the game before that. He started tearing it up once those teams went into prevent mode. Again, this is where people don't fully understand that stats alone doesn't account for untimely mistakes at crucial moments of games. It's been hashed out here a million times now.
Heck, he literally threw away the game last season vs the Commanders and there were plenty of fans that just knew he was going to choke in that game. Why? Because the division and playoffs were on the line. He played terrific football in the two games leading up to the Washington game but then absolutely wilted away against the Commanders, who had a 28th ranked passing defense! Looked like he had zero confidence in himself out there.
I can tell you that a large portion of the fan base has zero confidence in Romo to play lights out football in a win and you're in game or through 3 consecutive playoff games and a super bowl. As much as you love Tony, I bet even you have doubts he can do it. You won't admit it here, but deep down I would bet you do. Deep down in those tight games with everything on the line, you just know that stupid mistake is coming.
What a large portion of a particular group of people believe has no bearing on whether or not they're right. A lot of popular opinion is uninformed or unreasoned, and often both. You're saying a lot of things that don't make sense.
You actually said that being great in close games in the 4th quarter isn't being great under pressure. Simply makes no sense. In an attempt to prove your point, all you really did was show that it isn't the
only way to be great under pressure. That there are other definitions of pressure. Then you pointed to a couple of games to try to show how Romo has come up short in situations that might fit one of those definitions. Okay. I suppose I could come up with a couple more that show just the opposite and we could go back and forth meaninglessly.
You use anecdotal evidence of Romo playing poorly through 3 quarters in some games, and then playing well at the end. Okay. You're talking about a guy with a career 93.4 rating through 3 quarters. That's not a couple of games I just decided to mention, it's his entire career.
I've watched Brady and Roethlisberger go 6-2 in the postseason when they have ratings in the 60's or lower. Despite our often simplistic notions, it wasn't their magic that won those six games. Those are six games that even you must believe Romo would have won.
