Reminder: Romo is the greatest thing to happen to Dallas since the Tripletts

[Ultra Warrior]

I love Romo also, but we went 10-6 with QC and 9-7 with Drew Bleedslow as well.

Did we ever go 13-3 with either of them?
Carter won his 10 games mostly due to defense anyway so let's not get carried away.

 

[sonnyboy]

You can call me a homer if you want, but there are a lot of players on this team that I am going to really enjoy for a long time.

Tony Romo is one of them for sure. I love the way he can escape just as the rush is getting there. Two years ago in the Rams game the snap over his head, I was screaming for him to fall on the ball. To get out of bounds. Finally because he got the first down. He amazes me at times. I can't help but root for him. He's such a genuincely good guy too that I will admit the criticism of him bothers me more than I should let it. I think much of it is stupid and that is why I react to it.

I can't get enough of Marion Barber. He plays football the way I want it to be played. I wish every player on the team went as hard as him on every play. I can't take my eyes off of him when he has the ball. You never know when he is simply going to decimate a would be tackler. Especially with a stiff arm. It is cool to me how he is a quiet man too. No media darling. No drama queen. Just a blue collar guy bringing hsi lunch pail and coming to work and giving us all he has. Love the guy.

Jason Witten is the epitome of a guy who will lay it on the line for the team. As a rookie he broke his jaw and had to get it wired shut. He missed one game. Against the Eagles 2 years ago he got his helmet knocked off and he rumbled another 40 yards without it. He is the best TE in the NFL and one of the best guys on the team. I admire him like I have admired very few players.

DeMarcus Ware is walking astonishment for me. Not only is he a genuine good guy, but he is the best Defensive player in the NFL and the most disruptive force Offenses have to deal with. I will never forget him snatching the Vick pass out of the air and scoring with it. Or reading a screen pass and stopping pursuit of a QB at full speed and getting to the RB as soon as the ball does. I wish he wouldn't get the encorachment penalties that we all know he isn't guilty of. He's so fast he is sudden and is so far ahead of other players the refs think he must be off sides.

Jay Ratliff was a late round Draft pick. All he did was come to work and take over a job. Then when we lost our NT he moved to that position and became a Pro Bowler at it. His motor runs non stop and he goes about his life with class.

Bradie James was one of our most targeted for criticism players just a few years ago. Now he is clearly one of the absolute best. This on top of being a great guy. Last year he developed into arguably one of the best ILBs in the entire NFL and easily the most dangerous one on a pass rush.

These are just a handful of guys. All of them have great character. All of them produce at high levels. All of them are team oriented and Cowboys in the best sense of the word. I could have mentioned several more players too.

Terence Newman, Martellus Bennett, Tashard Choice, Andre Guorde, Miles Austin, Felix Jones, Orlando Scandrick, Marcus Spears, Matt McBriar, Nick Folk, and still more are all quality guys and good football players and weapons for this team. We got some rookies who can be added to this list some day.

We've even added some quality Free Agents to the mix. Guys likeRoy Williams, Leonard Davis, and Igor Olshansky. Check out the youtube series on Olshansky. If it doesn't impress you with what a good guy he is, then I don't know what will. I don't know how anyone can not like Marc Columbo.

Great bunch of guys.

Great post!

This fuels my confidence in this team.
I understand it can be hard to take an objective view of the team and it's talent after our failings going back to the Giants divisional loss.

However, If you can put that aside and just look at the talent on the field, you'll see how loaded we are.

Super Blue Chip Guys - Players I rank in the top 5 at their position.
1) Ware
2) Romo
3) Witten
4) Ratliff
5) Newman
6) Davis
7) Gurode
8) Adams
9) Barber/Jones tandem

You can certainly argue this list. Romo could be 7 or 10. Adams certainly wasn't top 5 last year. Barber/Jones is more of a projection since Jones only played 6 games.

This is all true. However it is reasonable to project this playing out in 2009.

But that's not the point. The point is that talent is only relative to your competition.
How many other teams have a list that rivals this. Start in our division.

22 starters on a team. That would give us 110 players ranking in the top 5 at their position.
If talent were evenly distributed among the 32 teams, the average team would have 3-4 top 5 players.
I'm saying we have 9.

But here's my challenge to the site members. Go to any team and compile a top players list that you would trade ours for.

 

[Zaxor]

You can call me a homer if you want, but there are a lot of players on this team that I am going to really enjoy for a long time.

Tony Romo is one of them for sure. I love the way he can escape just as the rush is getting there. Two years ago in the Rams game the snap over his head, I was screaming for him to fall on the ball. To get out of bounds. Finally because he got the first down. He amazes me at times. I can't help but root for him. He's such a genuincely good guy too that I will admit the criticism of him bothers me more than I should let it. I think much of it is stupid and that is why I react to it.

I can't get enough of Marion Barber. He plays football the way I want it to be played. I wish every player on the team went as hard as him on every play. I can't take my eyes off of him when he has the ball. You never know when he is simply going to decimate a would be tackler. Especially with a stiff arm. It is cool to me how he is a quiet man too. No media darling. No drama queen. Just a blue collar guy bringing hsi lunch pail and coming to work and giving us all he has. Love the guy.

Jason Witten is the epitome of a guy who will lay it on the line for the team. As a rookie he broke his jaw and had to get it wired shut. He missed one game. Against the Eagles 2 years ago he got his helmet knocked off and he rumbled another 40 yards without it. He is the best TE in the NFL and one of the best guys on the team. I admire him like I have admired very few players.

DeMarcus Ware is walking astonishment for me. Not only is he a genuine good guy, but he is the best Defensive player in the NFL and the most disruptive force Offenses have to deal with. I will never forget him snatching the Vick pass out of the air and scoring with it. Or reading a screen pass and stopping pursuit of a QB at full speed and getting to the RB as soon as the ball does. I wish he wouldn't get the encorachment penalties that we all know he isn't guilty of. He's so fast he is sudden and is so far ahead of other players the refs think he must be off sides.

Jay Ratliff was a late round Draft pick. All he did was come to work and take over a job. Then when we lost our NT he moved to that position and became a Pro Bowler at it. His motor runs non stop and he goes about his life with class.

Bradie James was one of our most targeted for criticism players just a few years ago. Now he is clearly one of the absolute best. This on top of being a great guy. Last year he developed into arguably one of the best ILBs in the entire NFL and easily the most dangerous one on a pass rush.

These are just a handful of guys. All of them have great character. All of them produce at high levels. All of them are team oriented and Cowboys in the best sense of the word. I could have mentioned several more players too.

Terence Newman, Martellus Bennett, Tashard Choice, Andre Guorde, Miles Austin, Felix Jones, Orlando Scandrick, Marcus Spears, Matt McBriar, Nick Folk, and still more are all quality guys and good football players and weapons for this team. We got some rookies who can be added to this list some day.

We've even added some quality Free Agents to the mix. Guys likeRoy Williams, Leonard Davis, and Igor Olshansky. Check out the youtube series on Olshansky. If it doesn't impress you with what a good guy he is, then I don't know what will. I don't know how anyone can not like Marc Columbo.

Great bunch of guys.

John Madden said during a Cowboy -Packer game... "There aren't many players who have played this game that can do some of the things that Romo does"

Romo is very, very good... I'll even live with the chances he takes because most work out very well

 

[jobberone]

It would be a mistake to underestimate Romo. And I understand why Danny White gets less respect than he deserves. Danny was a very talented athlete just as Romo is. Romo may be better and that's saying a lot.

 

[Oh_Canada]

D WARE is the greatest thing to happen to Dallas since the triplets...

Agreed!

 

[Bleu Star]

D WARE is the greatest thing to happen to Dallas since the triplets...

Missed this one...

Serious co-sign.

 

[CF74]

I'll say yeah cause we're winning again and we are contenders...lombardi: