Romo a mixture of Favre and Brady?

[cowboys19]

i read somewhere that Meril Hoge said Romo is a mixture of Favre and Brady.

What show did he say that on? NFL Live?

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[Royal Laegotti]

Well....4 superbowl rings sounds good to me!

 

[KLJ]

i think romo is more brady than favre.. romo does not have the arm that favre has

 

[VACowboy]

He moves around like Staubach. When he's playing, he looks EXACTLY like Farve.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

i read somewhere that Meril Hoge said Romo is a mixture of Favre and Brady.

What show did he say that on? NFL Live?

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I heard one of them say Frank Tarkenton... can remember who said it?

 

[ZeroClub]

I heard one of them say Frank Tarkenton... can remember who said it?

Tarkenton ran around like a chicken with its head cut off. Romo is much more contained than that, IMO.

 

[FCBarca]

Not sure what the fascination is with trying to compare one player to another but Romo is Romo...He definitely doesn't have the arm of Favre and I'm not even convinced he has several of Brady's qualities either (Accuracy, Ability to read the defense and Focus)...Romo's qualities are largely unique for today...In particular, his pocket savvy and nose for avoiding the rush...And he's quickly becoming Mr. 3rd down.

 

[Hostile]

Not sure what the fascination is with trying to compare one player to another but Romo is Romo...He definitely doesn't have the arm of Favre and I'm not even convinced he has several of Brady's qualities either (Accuracy, Ability to read the defense and Focus)...Romo's qualities are largely unique for today...In particular, his pocket savvy and nose for avoiding the rush...And he's quickly becoming Mr. 3rd down.

It's called a basis of comparison.

I agree though, he doesn't remind me of any other player I have ever seen.

 

[VACowboy]

It's called a basis of comparison.

I agree though, he doesn't remind me of any other player I have ever seen.

I've never seen another QB with the degree of pocket presence Romo displays, but to me, Romo looks a whole lot like Favre when he plays.

 

[WarC]

I've never seen another QB with the degree of pocket presence Romo displays, but to me, Romo looks a whole lot like Favre when he plays.

The way he keeps trying to find a receiver downfield while scrambling is very Favre-like, IMO. He made some VERY impressive last-second throws against Chicago - By rites he should have been sacked many more times than he was. He just makes plays.

 

[sonnyboy]

AGGGHHHHH!

You guys are killin me. MONTANA!

Its as clear as day. Go back and watch the 1981 Championship game.

Ability to both focus downfield and throw accurately while moving within and outside the pocket.

Thats the key skill set. Its what separated Montana from evryone else.
Its what sets Romo apart from the field.

 

[5Stars]

Romo does not look like any other QB that I have ever seen just for the fact that he does not even look like a QB! He does not have the size of the typical NFL QB and looks smallish a little. But, one thing that he does have is the brains to make things happen...

Romo has qualities like no other QB that I have seen, qualities like golf, basketball, handball, hell baseball, too!

From my point of view Romo is in a world of his own.

The only reason that I can think that others compare him to Farve is because he says Farve was his idol. He does some things like Farve, but to me he is his own man...he will make his own idenity.

 

[FCBarca]

Romo does not look like any other QB that I have ever seen just for the fact that he does not even look like a QB! He does not have the size of the typical NFL QB and looks smallish a little. But, one thing that he does have is the brains to make things happen...

Romo has qualities like no other QB that I have seen, qualities like golf, basketball, handball, hell baseball, too!

From my point of view Romo is in a world of his own.

The only reason that I can think that others compare him to Farve is because he says Farve was his idol. He does some things like Farve, but to me he is his own man...he will make his own idenity.

Ditto...I really concur...Even with the idea of comparisons, it just seems overly simplistic to always compare one player to another...They're all different.

But, I agree, Romo is looking very unique and the biggest thing, for me, that jumps out is just what you mentioned...He doesn't really seem like a QB, certainly not like any prototypical one...I think we hear so much about the mechanics of football and the 'brains' of a team etc. and I watch Romo and I see a little of what Madden described as a 'kid on the playground'...He doesn't seem mechanical at all and if nothing else, he seems entirely improvisational...Now I just wonder if that's always going to be a good thing...Is it something that will have longevity?...I think those are fair questions...But, I do know this...Romo is impressive and his confidence is no short supply (Not to mention building)...How much better will he get?...I wonder

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Romo does not look like any other QB that I have ever seen just for the fact that he does not even look like a QB! He does not have the size of the typical NFL QB and looks smallish a little. But, one thing that he does have is the brains to make things happen...

Romo has qualities like no other QB that I have seen, qualities like golf, basketball, handball, hell baseball, too!

From my point of view Romo is in a world of his own.

The only reason that I can think that others compare him to Farve is because he says Farve was his idol. He does some things like Farve, but to me he is his own man...he will make his own idenity.

Yeah I give "golf" the most credit for his football "cool"

 

[CrazyCowboy]

When reading all these threads, it is amazing that ROMO is compared with the very best the league has to offer.......GO ROMO!

 

[InmanRoshi]

AGGGHHHHH!

You guys are killin me. MONTANA!

Its as clear as day. Go back and watch the 1981 Championship game.

Ability to both focus downfield and throw accurately while moving within and outside the pocket.

Thats the key skill set. Its what separated Montana from evryone else.
Its what sets Romo apart from the field.

I agree ... he has much more Montana in him than Favre. The vision, the quick release and the accuracy from various arm angles. Not a great threat running for yards, but slippery as heck in the pocket. Montana had the ability to roll out on a bootleg, throw off his back foot and just land the ball right over the WR's shoulder in stride on a crossing pattern.

I don't see much Favre in him at all. Favre relies too much on his arm to get him out of trouble and will sling a ball across his body, across the width of the field into triple coverage. Romo does make some ill advised, improved throws but he doesn't try to get away with murder because of his God given gifts.

 

[HighTechDave]

lets stop all this comparison stuff, and say he looks like "Romo"

 

[Deep_Freeze]

I agree ... he has much more Montana in him than Favre. The vision, the quick release and the accuracy from various arm angles. Not a great threat running for yards, but slippery as heck in the pocket. Montana had the ability to roll out on a bootleg, throw off his back foot and just land the ball right over the WR's shoulder in stride on a crossing pattern.

I don't see much Favre in him at all. Favre relies too much on his arm to get him out of trouble and will sling a ball across his body, across the width of the field into triple coverage. Romo does make some ill advised, improved throws but he doesn't try to get away with murder because of his God given gifts.

His gunslinger mentaility does remind some of Favre, although he doesn't have Favre's arm strength, it is not hard to see the Favre comparisons.

Brady and Montana are interesting. Brady isn't quite as mobile as Romo, but they both are quick as lightening in their reads and getting rid of the ball. Montana had similar arm strength and slipperiness in the pocket, although I don't think Romo is as accurate as Montana.

All comparisons will have holes of course, but the one that fits the most might be a Favre with less arm strength or a Montana with just a little less accuracy. The Brady one doesn't really fit to me, sounds like you are just trying to find a younger comparison.

 

[sago1]

Finally glad to hear Montana's name mentioned. Now I don't remember ever seeing him play but do remember that he wasn't so highly regarded that he rated a first round pick. They criticized his arm strength, etc but he sure got the ball out.

What I find interesting is that he still doesn't get the respect he should. I think it's because he lacks the proper pedigre that so called experts/analysts demand. If he was a first round pick in 03 & his team decided to start him in their 6th game & he went on to put up the numbers that Romo has, those so called experts would be all over the airwaves touting how great he is, etc. In Romo's case he still doesn't get rated among the top QBs despite performing better then everybody except Brady & Manning. These experts t want to see more from him but they not demanding the same thing from Rivers & other young QBs. I think to some of those experts & football analysts Romo's success is a slap in the face to them -- why didn't they see the talent he had or could be developed. Sean Peyton and Shanahan saw it.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Let's see...Marino's quick release; Montana's movement and coolness in the pocket; Favre's boyish love for the game and gun slinger mentality; combined with a touch of Aikman-like accuracy... oh and a touch of Staubach like leadership ability...I'll take that.