Question for Cowboys fans who watched Danny White Play in the early 80's

[JoeKing]

Let me finish that sentence for you...

"Romo never quite had enough talent around him"

There's a reason Romo was distraught about last season. The Boys are finally adding 'Real' talent and building a complete team.. and Romo knew this. Unfortunately, his body took a beating throughout his career and failed him during his 'twilight' years. Romo is the most unappreciated QB I've seen. Casual fans regurgitate the Cowboy hating bias of the media.

His record speaks for itself. Good player not great. He gets all the appreciation he deserves.

 

[jterrell]

Romo is a better quarterback by a decent margin. White was handed some undue blame but he led the team to 12-4 seasons twice and both times threw over 20 INTS.
Romo never threw 20 INTs in his career, and had the best come from behind, 4th quarter stats of any QB not named Rodgers.
White played in a pre-cap era where DAL was one of the elites that were going to make the playoffs every year guaranteed.
Romo came along and grew up with Larry Lacewell talent around him where it was a 5-7 win team yearly and he'd usually steal a win or three with late magic .
Romo will go in the Ring of Honor fairly quickly if he stays retired.

 

[JoeKing]

Romo is a better quarterback by a decent margin. White was handed some undue blame but he led the team to 12-4 seasons twice and both times threw over 20 INTS.
Romo never threw 20 INTs in his career, and had the best come from behind, 4th quarter stats of any QB not named Rodgers.
White played in a pre-cap era where DAL was one of the elites that were going to make the playoffs every year guaranteed.
Romo came along and grew up with Larry Lacewell talent around him where it was a 5-7 win team yearly and he'd usually steal a win or three with late magic .
Romo will go in the Ring of Honor fairly quickly if he stays retired.

These two gentlemen played in different era's of the game so you can not compare stats, any stats including INTs. The argument to not elect Romo into the HoF is Danny White. If not for Joe Montana, Danny would be a HoF'er.

 

[jterrell]

These two gentlemen played in different era's of the game so you can not compare stats, any stats including INTs. The argument to not elect Romo into the HoF is Danny White. If not for Joe Montana, Danny would be a HoF'er.

Danny White made one Pro Bowl. ONE.
He was only beaten by Montana in the NFC CG the one time in 1981.
Guys who played in that era include Bradshaw who retried after 83, Dan Fouts who birthed this throw it around football, and Montana, Phil Simms, Joe Theisman, Dan Marino and others.
White was well down the list from those guys in his own era.

QB play in general has improved dramatically and virtually every player is better than their 1982 counterparts.

 

[Silver N Blue]

Still trying to make Romo out to be more than he is...

If it's not for one dubious make up call....no way in hell we win that game. I know it. You know it. The rest of the world knows it.

And last I looked 13 is not 2 TDs...

It's actually more than two TDs...TD=6 pts 6+6=12

 

[JoeKing]

Danny White made one Pro Bowl. ONE.
He was only beaten by Montana in the NFC CG the one time in 1981.
Guys who played in that era include Bradshaw who retried after 83, Dan Fouts who birthed this throw it around football, and Montana, Phil Simms, Joe Theisman, Dan Marino and others.
White was well down the list from those guys in his own era.

QB play in general has improved dramatically and virtually every player is better than their 1982 counterparts.

Pro Bowl what a joke. You seem to be thinking I was making a case for Danny White to be in the HoF. These are Danny's contemporaries and no doubt had better days in the NFL than he did., no argument, but look at how many of them are already in the HoF. I never argued he was better than them so congratulations, you win an argument that was never waged.

 

[Silver N Blue]

LOL silly boy - you gave us Owens. I'll give you--

Dorsett
Newhouse

Tony Hill
Butch Johnson
Drew Pearson
Blly Joe Dupree

Too Tall
Harvey Martin
Randy White
DD Lewis

Dennis Thurman
Benny Barnes
Charlie Waters
Dexter Clingscale
(Thurman's Thieves)

1982 (White's prime) NFL 3rd ranked defense.

It's why the 5%ers are continually marginalized and not taken seriously. The only legitimate thing they have going is that they are allowed to post - after that it all goes embarrassingly downhill.

But here's the delicious part - the 5%ers believe it's all on the QB to win SB's. Meanwhile, we have to read Danny White 10 times over Tony yet White never won a SB. Then, of course we'll get into degrees NFL Championships, etc.

I loved Danny White. He didn't get it done with the 3rd ranked defense in the league.
I loved Tony Romo - he didn't get it done with an almost continuous string of bottom ten defenses.

Both were exceptional QB's and neither was a choker because then you have to point at Tom Rafferty missing a block in '82 or Demarcus Ware not getting a crucial sack in 2012.

For the 9, 000th time - football is the ultimate team sport and no QB can win a SB by himself. But I blame myself for even addressing it when almost all of you already know.

My bad.

Great post!

 

[JoeKing]

Romo is a better quarterback by a decent margin. White was handed some undue blame but he led the team to 12-4 seasons twice and both times threw over 20 INTS.
Romo never threw 20 INTs in his career, and had the best come from behind, 4th quarter stats of any QB not named Rodgers.
White played in a pre-cap era where DAL was one of the elites that were going to make the playoffs every year guaranteed.
Romo came along and grew up with Larry Lacewell talent around him where it was a 5-7 win team yearly and he'd usually steal a win or three with late magic .
Romo will go in the Ring of Honor fairly quickly if he stays retired.

You aren't even old enough to argue that point. You didn't see Danny's better days so stop with your one sided argument.

 

[Silver N Blue]

I grew up and graduated HS in the 80s so this was my team which cemented my loyalty as a cowboys fan even though I had been one since 77. The team was no doubt loaded from top to bottom and was always on the cusp but something somehow always kept them out of the big game. I think Romo was the superior passer and played with less talent and maybe only had 07 and 14 to really compare to White. Both those years left the fan base with the same unfulfilled feeling several of White's years left us with. I love Romo and wont sit here and throw him under the buss. The stats speak for themselves with Romo but I also remember White throwing some very costly picks as well in the playoffs. I'm not going to throw White under the bus either as I pulled for him just as much as I did for Romo. I personally like Romo more than White but I am throwing that out, stats out, who had the better team, and who was the better pure passer. Fact is they both failed to elevate their teams to the next level when they had their chances regardless of the amount of times they made the playoffs. They were both the leader, commander, and generals of their teams and just couldn't do it and get over the hump and get that monkey off their back ala Steve Young. So as the OP asked, to compare the two, for me and my unbiased opinion and fan of both they are equal and will both go down in history as two QBs who couldn't take their team to the next level. It's painful to write it but it is the cold hard truth. We're not trying to compare Quincy Carter to Drew Hensen or Kevin Sweeney to Gary Hogeboom....we are talking about two of the greatest QBs in the history of this franchise. One who was the main kog on a team with a record consecutive regular season winning streak going to three straight NFC championships and one who is the 4th highest rated QB in NFL history who lead all the great QBs in comeback wins during his peak. They were both great in their own way and own time. They just couldn't win the big game. Leave them as equal and be proud they were both apart of some very great memories and teams.

 

[DandyDon52]

Hard to compare eras, was a different game back then and Danny took a lot of punishment on and off the field. Both were very good QBs, let's just leave it at that.

exactly, white was too long ago and too many things were different, and both had different teams coaches, owners gm's etc.

 

[Cowboys_22]

Based on qb talent alone, I give the edge to Romo because he had a quicker release and his ability to extend plays with his mobility.

Both were very good QBs for our team and deserve credit for keeping the Cowboys relevant during their careers.

Go Cowboys!

 

[diefree666]

You aren't even old enough to argue that point. You didn't see Danny's better days so stop with your one sided argument.

I did and Danny White was not as good as Tony Romo.

 

[diefree666]

Another rebuttal from you void of substance or counterpoints. Not surprising since you really have no point.

I named names of players from both QBs best times; and the record clearly showed that White had the stronger team over all.

and by the way A HOF COACH

You named squat because you had squat

 

[JoeKing]

I did and Danny White was not as good as Tony Romo.

You were in kindergarten when Danny White became the starter so stop acting like you are qualified to judge both these men.

 

[diefree666]

You were in kindergarten when Danny White became the starter so stop acting like you are qualified to judge both these men.

Actually I was just starting college when White took over. So suck it once again.

 

[JoeKing]

I named names of players from both QBs best times; and the record clearly showed that White had the stronger team over all.

and by the way A HOF COACH

You named squat because you had squat

You named two HoF'ers that Danny White played with and I named three future HoF'ers that Romo played with. I hardly named "squat". There is a good argument that Romo with Witten, TO, and Ware was the better team than Danny White with Randy White and Tony Dorsett. And by the way, Romo had a HoF Coach as well. (Parcells)

 

[JoeKing]

Actually I was just starting college when White took over. So suck it once again.

You aren't the guy I was talking to when I made that comment, so suck on that grandpa. I saw both players entire careers as well and we disagree about which one was the better player. I've made my case why I think what I do and I've countered every word you've said supporting Romo with equal or greater evidence supporting Danny White as the better QB.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Both were good on and off the field but splitting hairs Danny was an elite role model off the field, Romo was an elite QB on the field.

 

[CF74]

Does anyone remember White's o-line being as good as Romo's? A lot of my immediate memories of White are him getting sacked often and fumbling the ball in the postseason...

 

[DFWJC]

Still trying to make Romo out to be more than he is...

If it's not for one dubious make up call....no way in hell we win that game. I know it. You know it. The rest of the world knows it.

And last I looked 13 is not 2 TDs...

Just having fun