Resting players **merged**

[theebs]

Garrett has already shown he plays everyone even in a meaningless game. And we have three extremely difficult games upcoming and we have not won the east yet let alone the 1 seed.

 

[WoodysGirl]

I bet Romo's preference would be to get on the field any way he could.

He's a team guy, so of course he would. I liken it to the team passing out crumbs, but again, he'd probably embrace the moment.

 

[erod]

You have to.

Romo runs an entirely different offense than Dak from the line of scrimmage. They need to work on that in case Dak gets hurt. You don't want it to be the first time against Seattle in the playoffs.

 

[WoodysGirl]

You have to.

Romo runs an entirely different offense than Dak from the line of scrimmage. They need to work on that in case Dak gets hurt. You don't want it to be the first time against Seattle in the playoffs.

They do that in practice already. They adjusted practice so Romo gets snaps with the first team.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

On a side note... giving Romo mop up duty? Seems insulting, but he's a team guy so he'd do it, but I'd totally feel insulted if I were him. Hell, he's already running the scout team to prep, tho.

Tony would use it as a chance to outperform with the worse roster in front of him in a chance to get his job back. Thats how competitors roll.

 

[CCBoy]

With a player who has given so much to our fans and the Dallas franchise, I'm sorry, but I can't look at any role that he would shoulder...as insult. He just already is at a proven level in all of my views of the man.

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

There is zero benefit in playing Romo from a Jerry/Garrett perspective. It is already weird enough that you are playing an inferior player over him in the first place. If you don't play Romo and Dak stinks in the playoffs, then you can always just say you didn't know what you had in Romo after missing most of the last two years and no one will second guess you.

In what way is Dak inferior? He's having the best rookie season by a QB in the history of the NFL. His numbers match Romo's best season in 2014. So if you aren't relying on statistics and logic, I'm not sure your claim has much substance.

 

[GusTheo]

IF you lock up HFA, I think it's in the teams best interest to get Romo some playing time. You're in a unique situation where if your starting QB gets hurt, you have someone that can step in and more than likely not skip a beat. But Romo hasn't seen much game action, and talk about practice reps all you want, nothing substitutes from live game action. I think it would be very wise to have him play.

Everyone always wants to bring up how Brady replaced Bledsoe and the Pats went on a run, but forget that Brady got hurt in the playoffs and Bledsoe had to step in and win a game. Injuries are a major part of the game as we already know, we should be prepared for anything and everything.

 

[aikemirv]

In what way is Dak inferior? He's having the best rookie season by a QB in the history of the NFL. His numbers match Romo's best season in 2014. So if you aren't relying on statistics and logic, I'm not sure your claim has much substance.

So you are saying Dak is as good as the 5th best passer rating is NFL history right? Top 10 in TD to Int ratio. #1 ranked QB in 4th quarter comebacks!

The last time he was on the field healthy he was performing at this level so What proof do you have that he still cant?

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

So you are saying Dak is as good as the 5th best passer rating is NFL history right? Top 10 in TD to Int ratio. #1 ranked QB in 4th quarter comebacks!

The last time he was on the field healthy he was performing at this level so What proof do you have that he still cant?

Are you trying to argue for who has had a better career? Obviously Romo. The best asset is availability. And romo can no longer stay available. Dak is the better player by default, never mind all the stats.

Did you watch the Vikings game? Now, do some interpolation between Romo's injury history and how poor the pass blocking was against the Vikings. Romo wouldn't have survived that game.

 

[aikemirv]

Are you trying to argue for who has had a better career? Obviously Romo. The best asset is availability. And romo can no longer stay available. Dak is the better player by default, never mind all the stats.

Did you watch the Vikings game? Now, do some interpolation between Romo's injury history and how poor the pass blocking was against the Vikings. Romo wouldn't have survived that game.

In the last 2 games Dak has dropped back 60 times and completed 29 passes. He is having a difficult time finding open receivers right now. He has run 14 times on those dropbacks - that is almost 25% of the time. Either those are just aberations based on the defenses played or people are figuring him out.....

 

[Super_Kazuya]

In what way is Dak inferior? He's having the best rookie season by a QB in the history of the NFL. His numbers match Romo's best season in 2014. So if you aren't relying on statistics and logic, I'm not sure your claim has much substance.

He's inferior in every way I can think of, except for maybe the 40 yard dash. His numbers are irrelevant; he has a higher QB rating than Brees, Roethlisberger and Rodgers, does that mean he's better than them too? He's a game manager. If he had to play the role of any of those three guys he would look worse than Osweiller does.

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

In the last 2 games Dak has dropped back 60 times and completed 29 passes. He is having a difficult time finding open receivers right now. He has run 14 times on those dropbacks - that is almost 25% of the time. Either those are just aberations based on the defenses played or people are figuring him out.....

Go look at Romo's stats for the 2014 season and get back to me. This is exactly how this offense operated 2 years ago. Which is why we're 11-1.

 

[aikemirv]

Go look at Romo's stats for the 2014 season and get back to me. This is exactly how this offense operated 2 years ago. Which is why we're 11-1.

Did you quote the wrong post because I am not sure your response applies to mine, because Romo rarely ran.

 

[Silver N Blue]

Having essentially locked up the division and home field through the playoffs, the question will soon become when do we start resting players particularly Zeke, Dak, but also Witten, Bryant, Smith, Scandrick.

When do you put Claiborne back into action? With a week 1 bye, you could sit him for the next 5 weeks.

Do you rest Sean Lee?

Where do you balance rust versus fresh legs? With 10 days between the last game and the next, you could give significant rest time to quite a few players. Nearly 6 and a half weeks.

One of the youngest teams in the NFL put the pedal to the medal.

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

Did you quote the wrong post because I am not sure your response applies to mine, because Romo rarely ran.

It did apply to you. You're knit picking stats over a 2 game period. Take the whole 12 game performance into account. And compare it to the first 12 games Romo had in 2014. You'll be shocked how similar the two are.

 

[fifaguy]

Having essentially locked up the division and home field through the playoffs, the question will soon become when do we start resting players particularly Zeke, Dak, but also Witten, Bryant, Smith, Scandrick.

When do you put Claiborne back into action? With a week 1 bye, you could sit him for the next 5 weeks.

Do you rest Sean Lee?

Where do you balance rust versus fresh legs? With 10 days between the last game and the next, you could give significant rest time to quite a few players. Nearly 6 and a half weeks.

Premature...

 

[AzorAhai]

I rather Dak get all available snaps. If you gone roll with the kid, then roll with him all the way.

History has shown that Garrett doesn't sit his starters, so no reason to start now.

On a side note... giving Romo mop up duty? Seems insulting, but he's a team guy so he'd do it, but I'd totally feel insulted if I were him. Hell, he's already running the scout team to prep, tho.

Or Romo could be looking for any opportunity to prove he can still play. That's going to be the best thing for his trade market which theoretically gives him more places to choose from. He doesn't want the Broncos to be scared he can't play anymore and have to choose between lesser teams more willing to trade for him sight unseen. Proving he can still play is what's best for him and the Cowboys either via trade or the FA market.

 

[csirl]

You can go into a 2 week rotation. That way for the starters, every game, except 1, will be 2 weeks apart. Most playoff games will have a 2 week gap, so need to get used to this regime with the added bonus of getting backups gametime and resting starters.

Wk 14 backups
Wk 15 starters
Wk 16 backups
Wk 17 starters.
Wc bye
Divisional starters.
Conference starters.
Bye.
SB starters

 

[Swanny]

With the playoffs locked up I would only limit Zeke's touches. I wouldn't bench anyone momentum is too important. So I would limit Zeke to 15 touches per game and let DMC take some of the workload