Prescott vs. Romo Playoffs

[Gator88]

These are the Dallas Cowboys defensive rankings for Romo and Dak:

Romo:

2006 20
2007 13
2008 20
2009 2
2010 31
2011 16
2012 24
2013 26
2014 15
2015 16

Dak:

2016 5
2017 13
2018 6
2019 11
2020 28 (Injured game 5, out for the rest of the season)
2021 7
2022 6

Highest for Tony was 2. Worst was 31.
Highest for Dak was 5. Worst was 28.

Dak has consistently had higher ranked defenses than Tony ever had. Tony never had a SB worthy level defense except for the 2009 season. Even his best chance in 2014 it was middle of the pack. No wonder it couldn't stop an injured Rogers.

The number 2 ranked defense was the one that gave up 34 points (4 TDs by the old man Favre) to Minnesota in the divisional playoff game. The same game where Tony was sacked six times and hurried at least a dozen. One of the headlines after the game was "Tony Romo had no chance against the Vikings' pass rush."

It's not really surprising, but it's pretty funny to see the Romo detractors not realizing this is a ranking of points given up which is the most relevant defemsive stat.

It's also not really surprising to anybody that pays attention, but is funny to see that Dak's worst defense other than the season he missed the majority of the games, would be Romo's second best defense.

 

[Cowboys5217]

I think its over after last night. He's out produced Romo despite playing in on less game. The debate is over. Romo has never played a game like last night in the post season. Romo is a legend and always will be but we can put it to rest.

Dak Prescott has a passer rating of 98.3 with 1,353 yards, 10 touchdowns and 3 interceptions in 5 games in the playoffs in his career.

Tony Romo
had a passer rating of 93.0 with 1,316 yards, 8 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in 6 games in the playoffs in his career.

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Romo is nowhere near a legend.

He was an underachiever and a choke artist.

He never wanted it like Dak does.

 

[Cowboys5217]

It's not really surprising, but it's pretty funny to see the Romo detractors not realizing this is a ranking of points given up which is the most relevant defemsive stat.

It's also not really surprising to anybody that pays attention, but is funny to see that Dak's worst defense other than the season he missed the majority of the games, would be Romo's second best defense.

There's always some sort of excuse for Romo, and none of them hold water. Dude just didn't have it.

 

[Gator88]

There's always some sort of excuse for Romo, and none of them hold water. Dude just didn't have it.

Not sure how he was expected to win when his supporting cast made a handful of negative plays in each divisional game when Dallas was going up against better teams and coaches, but you do you.

I guess he should have caught the game winning pass to Crayton in 2007 as well.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Hold it.
You think Dak has surpassed Tony Romo? As in, Dak 2022 is better than Romo at his best?
Really?
Did you think that before this game? or did that one game make you change your ranking?

Honest questions.
I've always pulled for both, but I'm just don't see that at all.
No issue with disagreeing though. Not the end of the world.

Not I didn’t think that before the last game. The last game impressed me enough to push him ahead of Tony.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Not sure how he was expected to win when his supporting cast made a handful of negative plays in each divisional game when Dallas was going up against better teams and coaches, but you do you.

I guess he should have caught the game winning pass to Crayton in 2007 as well.

Same way Eli Manning did it……TWICE.

 

[WillieBeamen]

I always love it when some fans cherry pick certain seasons or stats to disparage Romo as to why they didn't have better success. Several teams have great years that don't translate to playoff success or winning a Super Bowl. By your logic, Steve Young sucks because the 49ers who had great teams in 1992, 1993 and 1995 didn't make the Super Bowl.

Its horrible logic


Dude had two, maybe 3 legit shots at a Super Bowl in 10 seasons so we are going to hold it against him that his defense folded in those playoffs

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Romo is nowhere near a legend.

He was an underachiever and a choke artist.

He never wanted it like Dak does.

I agree he never wanted it but he was a good player. He just needed more help than most. Regular season legend lol.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Romo is nowhere near a legend.

He was an underachiever and a choke artist.

He never wanted it like Dak does.

Romo is a legend to those that don't remember championship football. I don't think Dak has passed Romo but if he gets us a SB he sure will.

 

[G2]

Yeah i'm not buying that ranking if they weren't the worst. I think they generated turnovers pretty well but they couldn't stop the run or the pass. It was turnover or touchdown. Couldn't get off the field. I never felt so hopeless watching a team play.

If allowing a franchise-record of 473 points wasn't rock bottom, I'm not sure convincing is possible. That was the 28th ranked in points against. Lol! Remember the Tomsula experiment? Now that year Dak destroyed his ankle and we had a retread back up, so they didn't do the defense any favors. But the defense was trash. I was never confident they would get a stop. Now it's routine. Night & day, thankfully

 

[G2]

Romo had several good years but your definition seems to be limited to the two playoff games where they lost in the division round, both of which were not lost by Romo, but you seem to think otherwise.

Romo was a regular season Jedi, minus the end of the season, win or go home whammies he bombed up. Still loved him and supported him but lets not act like he wasn't a gunslinger that destroyed hearts in shocking fashion.

I don't miss that.

 

[G2]

It was fun watching him work at times, yeah. But it was just his time. He had a few shots. I'll never forget the bills game where he threw 5 ints and won.

And he fumbled !

 

[G2]

Not I didn’t think that before the last game. The last game impressed me enough to push him ahead of Tony.

Romo never did that on the road in the playoffs. It was disgusting.

 

[America's Cowboy]

And you are ignoring reality for your god Dak.

How well did Dak do with Ginger?
You are terrified of reality, aren't you?

Dak > Romo

FACT!!!

That's the reality you are afraid of, cupcake! ^^^^ That's why you're here itching and crying!

 

[SultanOfSix]

This is why Eli has two rings. Why Flacco and Nick foles have rings. They played above their heads when their teams needed them to and I think ultimately that's what you need from your best player(s).

Eli's defense for the first SB run in 2007 gave up 16 points per game and in 2011 gave up 14 points per game. That's why he won. Put any good QB with those defensive numbers and they win. To put that in perspective in recent history, 14 points is all TB scored with Tom Brady. The defense did its job.

 

[America's Cowboy]

It doesn’t matter how many playoff wins Dak ends up with it will never put to rest the Romo/Dak debate. You have some who think Romo was better than Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman strictly because of his career numbers. They discount the playoff and Super Bowl wins. Lol There’s been plenty of polls on this board that prove it. Some pretend that Romo never played for any good teams. The excuses for why he didn’t have more playoff success go on and on. Some claim if Romo had the team Dak had in 2016, with the top rusher in the league and top. OL he would’ve won the Super Bowl. The fact is Romo had the same type of team in 2014 with the top rusher and top OL and still couldn’t get past the divisional round of the playoffs. Romo never had as impressive a playoff performance as Dak had on Monday night and never beat a QB near the quality of Tom Brady in a playoff game.

100% facts!!!

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Romo never did that on the road in the playoffs. It was disgusting.

Yep. I know it’s one game but it was more than I ever saw from Romo.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Eli's defense for the first SB run in 2007 gave up 16 points per game and in 2011 gave up 14 points per game. That's why he won. Put any good QB with those defensive numbers and they win. To put that in perspective in recent history, 14 points is all TB scored with Tom Brady. The defense did its job.

They had the 14th ranked offense and the 17th ranked defense in 2007….

 

[LocoBates]

Mine is Water Polo

Nor was Romo, and thanks I knew what year it was. It is the same situation where you have a vet QB in Jimmy G who SF has had very good success but was injured and now it ready health wise. 7th rd QB comes in and they are winning the simple question is would you send Purdy to the bench in favor of Jimmy G?

I said Dak is not Rodgers, I don't know from where you are pulling the Romo = Rodgers suggestion, in 2016 there was no rookie facing Romo in a playoff game. So put your hate towards Romo aside and read carefully what I write if you are going to quote me.

No it is not the same situation, you are missing the point. in 2023 the rookie is not facing a veteran QB with as many or more playoff wins as Staubach or Aikman and a SB ring (or 9 playoff wins and 1 SB ring by 2017 if you want to be exact)

 

[Chuck 54]

Dak has tied Romo's playoff wins in half the number of years. Romo never advanced beyond the division around. If Dak can get one more playoff win and advance to the NFC championship game, the Prescott-Romo debate can be put to bed forever.

No offense, but this is why we have to endure hateful, even stupid posts when Dak plays poorly. Too many of us who like Dak keep poking the bear. The garbage from haters will never die, but it might die down if we would do our part.