sago1;1212219 said:
Romo has exceeded any expectations we would have had for any first round pick. Take another look at his stats if you think he's a situational QB. Sure he's helped by playing with some good WRs in TO, Terry Glenn & Crayton but our running game certainly isn't great (like MBIII & JJ does his best) and our OL isn't great. Despite all that, I'll still wait to end of season before declaring him our future franchise QB--but I sure like what I see so far both on the field and off of it. I would think the Cowboy organization also feels the same way. Jerry Jones can barely contain his excitement; the poor guy can't believe he might actually have a stud franchise QB on the team.
So in answer to your answer, no way do I see the Cowboys using a high draft pick to go after a QB just because he has a better pedrigre. Actually Romo has a good pedrigre but from a small school; he won Walter Payton award for his work in AA Division and came to attention of Sean Peyton who was also a QB at that school and set the records that Romo broke. Romo was supposedly forecast to go in the draft between 4 & 6th rounds but didn't make it. We got lucky cause he signed with us (understand most othe teams offered him contracts/more money then we gave him) but we won out & we darn't lucky. Other teams already are using same planning that they use against Peyton Manning, Brady & other elite NFL QBs so that should tell you something.
When H/C John Gruden of Tampa after seeing Romo's performance says he thought he was saying Troy Aikman out there, what would you think that meant. When Ronda Barber hear in Tampa talks about how well Romo is playing and at what level, why would we need use a high draft pick just to get a QB with a pedigree which might mean nothing; 50% of those first rounders don't make it, after all. Shoot, H/C John Fox of the Panthers said after last nite's game when queried about sitting Delhomme said he didn't have the alternative of a Romo backing Delhomme up that he could go to. Finally, didn't you notice how so many other teams sat their starters and went to their backups after watching Romo for a few weeks.
Don't get me wrong Romo is still a work in progress. Teams will try to defense him and prevent him from so successfully reading their defenses & containing him in the pocket, etc. but more & more I get the feeling that NFL teams around the league think he's the real deal. Only those fans of other teams don't want to acknowledge that possibility.
Hey Dallas67. If you passed over this, read it. It will answer your questions and remove any doubt.
I have been extremely happy with everything I've actually seen going back to preseason. I'm not predicting the future here. But the QB play I've seen from Romo is as good as any QB play I seen in 30 years.
Interesting thing is that he is best at what is most important for a QB to succeed.
His field vision is outstanding. The decisions he makes convinces me that he's picking up all the defenders.
His release is lightning quick.
He has pin point accuarcy.
He has tremendous pocket presence.
He throws as well
on the move as Montana.
This is an easily overlooked but valuable skill. It's what I believed truely set Montana apart from the field and it's what I think sets Romo apart.
Getting out of the pocket is a good thing for most QB's. I gives receivers more time to uncover and leads to big plays. Even the immobile QB like Bledsoe can have success as he did with us on occassion last year. The big difference is that most QB's have to reset their feet.
McNabb is a perfect example. He's as mobile as anyone and often escapes the pocket. However, if you go back and watch him you'll notice that he always resets his feet. He like most QB's can't effectively throw on the run.
