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Some common sense about Tony Romo. The Cowboys made a decision this offseason in re-signing Tony Romo for less than all the marquee quarterbacks have gotten in recent deals or will get in the coming year or so, excepting Tom Brady. That decision, basically, was this: Should we pay a quarterback who has been consistently good to very good in the regular season, with some disappointing clutch moments and a poor 1-3 playoff record? Or should we dip our toe back into the quarterback pool, use our first-round pick on, say, Matt Barkley this year, and develop him to replace Romo? Think about it. Not even the biggest Romo detractor could say he's the Cowboys' biggest problem. And I would maintain, all in all, he's one of their strongest assets. Look at these numbers and see what life was like between Troy Aikman and Romo, when the Cowboys had a succession of Quincy Carters and Chad Hutchinsons try to win the quarterback job:
Cowboys W-L Rating TD-INT Ratio
Seven seasons prior to Romo (1999-2005) 48-64 72.2 -10
Romo as starting QB (2006-2012) 64-48 95.6 +86
(For symmetry's sake, I used the won-lost record for seven full seasons prior to Romo and seven full seasons with Romo, even though Romo has started 93 of 112 games in his seven seasons. Dallas' record with Romo starting is 55-38. The quarterback rating for Romo's seven years is for Romo only.)
How do you look at those numbers and believe Romo is the problem? How do you look at those numbers and say, "Let's try a new guy who might be Tom Brady but also might be Gary Hogeboom?''
It's fair game to criticize Jerry Jones for lots of things. Signing Romo to be the quarterback of the Cowboys for the next five or six years isn't one of them.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nf...ony-romo-colt-mccoy-peter-king/#ixzz2PKtJMPs4
Some common sense about Tony Romo. The Cowboys made a decision this offseason in re-signing Tony Romo for less than all the marquee quarterbacks have gotten in recent deals or will get in the coming year or so, excepting Tom Brady. That decision, basically, was this: Should we pay a quarterback who has been consistently good to very good in the regular season, with some disappointing clutch moments and a poor 1-3 playoff record? Or should we dip our toe back into the quarterback pool, use our first-round pick on, say, Matt Barkley this year, and develop him to replace Romo? Think about it. Not even the biggest Romo detractor could say he's the Cowboys' biggest problem. And I would maintain, all in all, he's one of their strongest assets. Look at these numbers and see what life was like between Troy Aikman and Romo, when the Cowboys had a succession of Quincy Carters and Chad Hutchinsons try to win the quarterback job:
Cowboys W-L Rating TD-INT Ratio
Seven seasons prior to Romo (1999-2005) 48-64 72.2 -10
Romo as starting QB (2006-2012) 64-48 95.6 +86
(For symmetry's sake, I used the won-lost record for seven full seasons prior to Romo and seven full seasons with Romo, even though Romo has started 93 of 112 games in his seven seasons. Dallas' record with Romo starting is 55-38. The quarterback rating for Romo's seven years is for Romo only.)
How do you look at those numbers and believe Romo is the problem? How do you look at those numbers and say, "Let's try a new guy who might be Tom Brady but also might be Gary Hogeboom?''
It's fair game to criticize Jerry Jones for lots of things. Signing Romo to be the quarterback of the Cowboys for the next five or six years isn't one of them.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nf...ony-romo-colt-mccoy-peter-king/#ixzz2PKtJMPs4
