JBS
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Let me first start off by saying that I wanted to take a closer look at Romo's performance in clutch situations from last year because in my opinion you can NEVER be great if you are not clutch. Being GOOD for 3.75 quarters is NEVER enough. So I took a look at how Romo faired in clutch situations and this is what I came up with - as well as some stats to back up my point.
First and foremost Tony started 11 games last year including the playoff game at seattle. Game 1 @ Car - No clutch situation. Game 2 @ Was - Romo was given the ball after Novak missed his FG attempt and drove dallas all the way down the field and in position to win the game. CLUTCH. Game 3 @ Arz - no clutch situations. Game 4 Indy - Romo drove dallas down the field to tie the game early and the fourth, put the team ahead midway through the fourth, AND kept the colts offense off the field when Dal got the ball with 3 mins left and the colts had all 3 TOs and a 2 min warning. I can understand if some of you do not call this clutch because the game wasn't necessarily on the line but it was positive play late in the game for Tony.
Game 5 TB - NO clutch situations. Game 6 - @ NYG Obviously Romo hits witten deep and sets up Gramaticas GW FG. CLUTCH. Game 7 - NO - no clutch situation. Game 8 @ Atl - Romo drives the cowboys down the field late in the 4th, while Barber finished up the drive to put the boys up 10 with 2mins left in the game to seal the victory. CLUTCH. Game 9 Philly - No clutch situations. Game 10 vs Detroit - Romo drives the team all the way down the field inside the redzone in position to potentially tie the game and fails on 4th and goal . Not Clutch enough!. Game 11 vs Seattle - Romo drives the team all way down field and in position to win the game. CLUTCH (at QB) . So all in all - in his 1st 11 starts as a QB in the NFL romo came across 6 CLUTCH situations in 11 games and in my opinion he came up CLUTCH in 5 of those 6 opportunities - the 1 instance when he failed is when he fell short vs the lions at the 1 yardline - which isnt too shabby.
So, if you ask me - We DEFINITELY have a clutch performer at the QB position for the dallas cowboys and in all honesty there is NOTHING more important in sports than how clutch a player is. It is what seperates the good from the great, boys I think we have a GREAT one in Tony Romo.
Lastly, for all you numbers guys....here are the NFL's best qbs as far as comp% goes in late game / clutch situations from 2006.
NFL Leaders in %Passes Comp, Late & Cl (Thru games of Dec. 31, 2006)
(1.5625 Att/Game)
Rank Player Team
1 Tony Romo Dal 76.7 ( 33/43 )
2 Peyton Manning Ind 73.6 ( 64/87 )
3 David Carr Hou 72.4 ( 21/29 )
4 Eli Manning NYG 68.6 ( 35/51 )
5 Philip Rivers SD 66.1 ( 39/59 )
6 Drew Brees NO 65.6 ( 42/64 )
7 Marc Bulger StL 65.2 ( 60/92 )
8 Carson Palmer Cin 65.1 ( 41/63 )
9t Tom Brady NE 64.3 ( 36/56 )
9t Rex Grossman Chi 64.3 ( 18/28 )
11 Bruce Gradkowski TB 63.9 ( 23/36 )
12 Steve McNair Bal 62.3 ( 33/53 )
13 Chad Pennington NYJ 62.0 ( 31/50 )
14 Jake Plummer Den 61.4 ( 27/44 )
15 Jake Delhomme Car 61.1 ( 55/90 )
16 Matt Hasselbeck Sea 60.4 ( 29/48 )
17 Brett Favre GB 60.3 ( 41/68 )
18 Mark Brunell Was 59.3 ( 16/27 )
19 Matt Leinart Ari 58.3 ( 21/36 )
20 Damon Huard KC 58.1 ( 18/31 )
First and foremost Tony started 11 games last year including the playoff game at seattle. Game 1 @ Car - No clutch situation. Game 2 @ Was - Romo was given the ball after Novak missed his FG attempt and drove dallas all the way down the field and in position to win the game. CLUTCH. Game 3 @ Arz - no clutch situations. Game 4 Indy - Romo drove dallas down the field to tie the game early and the fourth, put the team ahead midway through the fourth, AND kept the colts offense off the field when Dal got the ball with 3 mins left and the colts had all 3 TOs and a 2 min warning. I can understand if some of you do not call this clutch because the game wasn't necessarily on the line but it was positive play late in the game for Tony.
Game 5 TB - NO clutch situations. Game 6 - @ NYG Obviously Romo hits witten deep and sets up Gramaticas GW FG. CLUTCH. Game 7 - NO - no clutch situation. Game 8 @ Atl - Romo drives the cowboys down the field late in the 4th, while Barber finished up the drive to put the boys up 10 with 2mins left in the game to seal the victory. CLUTCH. Game 9 Philly - No clutch situations. Game 10 vs Detroit - Romo drives the team all the way down the field inside the redzone in position to potentially tie the game and fails on 4th and goal . Not Clutch enough!. Game 11 vs Seattle - Romo drives the team all way down field and in position to win the game. CLUTCH (at QB) . So all in all - in his 1st 11 starts as a QB in the NFL romo came across 6 CLUTCH situations in 11 games and in my opinion he came up CLUTCH in 5 of those 6 opportunities - the 1 instance when he failed is when he fell short vs the lions at the 1 yardline - which isnt too shabby.
So, if you ask me - We DEFINITELY have a clutch performer at the QB position for the dallas cowboys and in all honesty there is NOTHING more important in sports than how clutch a player is. It is what seperates the good from the great, boys I think we have a GREAT one in Tony Romo.
Lastly, for all you numbers guys....here are the NFL's best qbs as far as comp% goes in late game / clutch situations from 2006.
NFL Leaders in %Passes Comp, Late & Cl (Thru games of Dec. 31, 2006)
(1.5625 Att/Game)
Rank Player Team
1 Tony Romo Dal 76.7 ( 33/43 )
2 Peyton Manning Ind 73.6 ( 64/87 )
3 David Carr Hou 72.4 ( 21/29 )
4 Eli Manning NYG 68.6 ( 35/51 )
5 Philip Rivers SD 66.1 ( 39/59 )
6 Drew Brees NO 65.6 ( 42/64 )
7 Marc Bulger StL 65.2 ( 60/92 )
8 Carson Palmer Cin 65.1 ( 41/63 )
9t Tom Brady NE 64.3 ( 36/56 )
9t Rex Grossman Chi 64.3 ( 18/28 )
11 Bruce Gradkowski TB 63.9 ( 23/36 )
12 Steve McNair Bal 62.3 ( 33/53 )
13 Chad Pennington NYJ 62.0 ( 31/50 )
14 Jake Plummer Den 61.4 ( 27/44 )
15 Jake Delhomme Car 61.1 ( 55/90 )
16 Matt Hasselbeck Sea 60.4 ( 29/48 )
17 Brett Favre GB 60.3 ( 41/68 )
18 Mark Brunell Was 59.3 ( 16/27 )
19 Matt Leinart Ari 58.3 ( 21/36 )
20 Damon Huard KC 58.1 ( 18/31 )
romo was outstanding on 3rd downs