Romo has better skill set than Brady

[Wood]

maybe I am high on Tony Romo today but as I look at him....compared other elite QB like Brady....I actually think his skills are better. Brady on his best day can not escape a rush like Romo. Romo has a better ability to make a great play out of nothing. Romo has a quicker release. Brady throws the deep ball better....but that usually comes with more experience. Brady is also clutch in big games....but Romo is showing hints of being money with game on line. I am not saying Romo is a better QB....I am saying I think his skill set is as good or even better than Brady.

 

[Doomsday101]

maybe I am high on Tony Romo today but as I look at him....compared other elite QB like Brady....I actually think his skills are better. Brady on his best day can not escape a rush like Romo. Romo has a better ability to make a great play out of nothing. Romo has a quicker release. Brady throws the deep ball better....but that usually comes with more experience. Brady is also clutch in big games....but Romo is showing hints of being money with game on line. I am not saying Romo is a better QB....I am saying I think his skill set is as good or even better than Brady.

I think both are great QB's. I think each has certain skills and know how to use them. More important is how both lead their teams. Who is better well Brady has been doing it longer and consistently so I give the nod to him today but I think Romo future is a very bright one and I'm damn happy to be a fan along for the ride.

 

[khiladi]

maybe I am high on Tony Romo today but as I look at him....compared other elite QB like Brady....I actually think his skills are better. Brady on his best day can not escape a rush like Romo. Romo has a better ability to make a great play out of nothing. Romo has a quicker release. Brady throws the deep ball better....but that usually comes with more experience. Brady is also clutch in big games....but Romo is showing hints of being money with game on line. I am not saying Romo is a better QB....I am saying I think his skill set is as good or even better than Brady.

Brady also has a line that holds all day and gives him 60 seconds to throw the ball into double-coverage for Moss to jump up and catch an absolutely horrible pass... plus, Brady has the advantage of knowing the defensive play calls...

 

[Chuck 54]

I think Brady has a stronger arm than Romo, and he's clearly more accurate.

NO knock on Romo...he's just starting and has a higher upside right now, but I just can't see comparing his skills to Brady's in any way...so he's a little more mobile? Knowing where to go with the ball and getting rid of it fast enough to avoid the rush or blitz is a skill that obviously balances out nicely against a guy who can juke his way away from the rush.

Romo played last season and this season with better receivers than Brady every played with until this year, and Tony has had better running backs until Brady got Maroony last season, imo.

Tony Romo looks like he's going to be a great one, but he's got a heck of a lot of work to do, a lot of big games he has to actually win, before I can even entertain him being Brady's equal.

 

[theogt]

Compared to the Tom Brady of any other year, I think you've got a legit argument.

Compared to the Tom Brady of 2007, not even close.

 

[lurkercowboy]

Compared to the Tom Brady of any other year, I think you've got a legit argument.

Compared to the Tom Brady of 2007, not even close.

Yeah, Brady is playing lights out this year. Before, he was just another good QB stats-wise.

 

[theogt]

Yeah, Brady is playing lights out this year. Before, he was just another good QB stats-wise.

Romo is on pace for a second season with a 95+ QB rating.

Before this season, Brady had never had a season with a QB rating over 92.6.

Now he's got a 136.2 rating. I have no idea where this guy came from, but he's playing like the best QB to ever play the game.

 

[JPostSam]

Romo played last season and this season with better receivers than Brady every played with until this year, and Tony has had better running backs until Brady got Maroony last season, imo.

i agree that romo shouldn't be compared to brady right now, but this is a little off.

corey dillon was no clown.

 

[Mavs Man]

2007 Brady is putting up numbers on a Super Tecmo Bowl level where half of the QBs had ratings over 200 (158.3 is supposed to be the upper limit).

 

[khiladi]

Brady has the advantage of a short-passing game that is clearly taking advatange of the deep coverage other teams are playing against them.

Wes Walker averages 10.9 yards a catch. His YAC average is 5 yards.

He has 56 receptions, and 35 of those receptions have been first downs on YAC. That is over 60 percent for a first down conversion and he is getting them after running. That is a scheming issue.

He has scored 6 times, and the one against Dallas, he clearly ran more than ten yards, and it was a dump-off after an isolation on Greg Ellis. How many of these 5 other TDs was a similar situation, I have no idea, but I don't doubt that they were short passes. At Dallas he had 2 TDs, and they both were over 20 yards. 7 of the 9 other catches were for first downs, and the average on them was at 6-7, meaning once again YAC.

A lot of what the Pats are getting is because of the isolation they are getting against Walker. This guys is simply sustaining drives on short dump-offs.

He is their leading receiver.

The league is going to have to stop playing deep against these guys, because Wes is killing them more than Moss. That is why the Patriots keep marching up the field. Defenses are paranoid about Moss, and haven't adjusted for Wes, and ever single pass he catches seems to be for a first down.

Most of Wes Walker's first downs are in the 1st and 2nd quarter, and they score incredibly quick during thee first half. 22 of walker's first downs are in the first half.

You take away Wes, you take away the incredible rating Brady has...

 

[theogt]

Brady has the advantage of a short-passing game that is clearly taking advatange of the deep coverage other teams are playing against them.

Wes Walker averages 10.9 yards a catch. His YAC average is 5 yards.

He has 56 receptions, and 35 of those receptions have been first downs on YAC. That is over 60 percent for a first down conversion and he is getting them after running. That is a scheming issue.

He has scored 6 times, and the one against Dallas, he clearly ran more than ten yards, and it was a dump-off after an isolation on Greg Ellis. How many of these 5 other TDs was a similar situation, I have no idea, but I don't doubt that they were short passes.

A lot of what the Pats are getting is because of the isolation they are getting against Walker. This guys is simply sustaining drives on short dump-offs.

He is their leading receiver.

The league is going to have to stop playing deep against these guys, because Wes is killing them more than Moss. That is why the Patriots keep marching up the field. They are paranoid about Moss, and haven't adjusted for Wes.

Most of Wes Walker's first downs are in the 1st and 2nd quarter, and they score incredibly quick during thee first half. 22 of his first downs are in those half.

You take away Wes, you take away a significant portion of the Patriots offense.

The problem is that he can just chunk the ball up in the air 2-3 times a game and let Moss go after it in double coverage. No team is going to take that second defender away.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Brady has done it longer and more consistanly... I'll let Romo play a few more years before declaring him the best of anything.

 

[zrinkill]

I love Romo ...... but come on this is crazy.

Maybe in a few years we can say this ..... I think we will .... but not right now.

 

[DallasDomination]

Sorry guys but both are not great Qbs.

Romo is a up and commer, potentially great.



Brady is great.


Yuo want a 30 yard pass on the money whenb I game is on the line...You take Brady every day of the week.

 

[theebs]

Brady is having the best season I have ever seen as a quarterback. I dont really remember marino and montana in 84, I do but i was not old enough to appreciate it.

He is simply in another world.

 

[dmoore]

I love Romo, but you can't compare him to a first ballot hall of famer yet. Romo has a nice skill set, but I'll take Brady every day of the week and twice on Sunday. This year everyone's getting to see what he can do when he actually has weapons to throw to, and it's the scariest offense I've ever seen. He makes everything look so easy, and they just move down the field at will. I'd say skills wise Brady tops Romo in every category except speed, but Brady is excellent at moving in the pocket to avoid pressure. Romo's a good one, and could eventually get to where Brady's at, but it's not going to happen overnight. It won't happen over the course of one season either.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

some of you guys are forgetting that the OP is talking about their skill-set, not who is the better QB, Brady is a far better QB, no doubt, but talent-wise is what the issue is about, Romo is the better athlete, in fact I see a similar QB when I watch them both play, both have quick releases, are accurate, have good, but not great arms, both are celebral, hell, both even took basically the same route to being the starting QB of their respective teams, Brady a 6th round pick fills in for an injured Drew Bledsoe, and the rest is history, Romo a UFA fills in for a struggling Drew Bledsoe, and it's history in the making

but Romo is definitely the better athlete, some of the plays he has made have shown just unreal athleticism for a QB, the fumble, pickup and throw for a 1st down to TO against Detroit, the "mad scramble" against the Rams this year, not to mention Romo is a heck of a bballer

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I love Romo ...... but come on this is crazy.

Maybe in a few years we can say this ..... I think we will .... but not right now.

I agree... all Romo has to do is be the first QB to win back to back to back SuperBowls... then he leapfrogs over Brady.... over all of them LOL

 

[AbeBeta]

Romo is on pace for a second season with a 95+ QB rating.

Before this season, Brady had never had a season with a QB rating over 92.6.

Now he's got a 136.2 rating. I have no idea where this guy came from, but he's playing like the best QB to ever play the game.

Here's a clue -- top receivers for Brady by year Brown - Brown - Branch - Givens - Branch - Caldwell

The WR upgrade isn't the whole story but it is a big part of it.

 

[Wood]

yea guys....I was just comparing skill sets...not who is the better QB.
Look NE has:
* more talent
* better coaching
* better scouting
* better schemes
This all allows Brady to just sit back there and pick teams apart. I think Brady is one of the most protected QB I have watched - their offensive line is amazing in their pass protection. You throw in a very good defense and Randy Moss and Brady will put up huge numbers. I am not discounting Brady play...I am just saying he has enourmous support around him. I have watched alot of brady but I have seen Tony Romo makes plays over the past 16 games that I haven't seen Tom Brady make in his entire career. You put Romo in New Englands system and he is just as good...thats just how I see it.