Romo may be even better than we give him credit for

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Here was my thought process when I was contemplating a season without Bryant: What if it's Romo and not Dez that is so overpoweringly good?

I remember Patrick Crayton being lauded as a B grade talent. He believed it and after he signed elsewhere he promptly vanished. Laurent Robinson came out of nowhere and looked like a Pro Bowler at times. As soon as he found a new team he became all but invisible. Miles Austin. Hell, he wasn't even that great when he was here except for that one magical Kansas City game. He goes to a new club and they absolutely rued the day he signed with them. Is anybody seeing a pattern here?

Let's look at it from another angle...when Romo has missed time and another QB has come in to run the offense, where was Dez and a monster 10 catch, 200 yard 3 TD game? Nowhere, right? I'm not saying Bryant is not a good player. I'm not even saying him being in the game makes no difference. I AM saying that Romo seems to make pedestrian receivers look good...and in Dez's case I think he makes a great receiver look top 3. The team can and will win games without Dez. As long as the OL, Romo, Witten and a decent D show up they will win games.
 
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Tass said:
Here was my thought process when I was contemplating a season without Bryant: What if it's Romo and not Dez that is so overpoweringly good?

I remember Patrick Crayton being lauded as a B grade talent. He believed it and after he signed elsewhere he promptly vanished. Laurent Robinson came out of nowhere and looked like a Pro Bowler at times. As soon as he found a new team he became all but invisible. Miles Austin. Hell, he wasn't even that great when he was here except for that one magical Kansas City game. He goes to a new club and they absolutely rued the day he signed with them. Is anybody seeing a pattern here?

Let's look at it from another angle...when Romo has missed time and another QB has come in to run the offense, where was Dez and a monster 10 catch, 200 yard 3 TD game? Nowhere, right? I'm not saying Bryant is not a good player. I'm not even saying him being in the game makes no difference. I AM saying that Romo seems to make pedestrian receivers look good...and in Dez's case I think he makes a great receiver look top 3. The team can and will win games without Dez. As long as the OL, Romo, Witten and a decent D show up they will win games.
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Well Bryant wouldn't be half as good if he had scrub QB's throwing to him. But he is a great WR, one of the best in the league. But no one person is more important than the team.
 
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Tass said:
Here was my thought process when I was contemplating a season without Bryant: What if it's Romo and not Dez that is so overpoweringly good?

I remember Patrick Crayton being lauded as a B grade talent. He believed it and after he signed elsewhere he promptly vanished. Laurent Robinson came out of nowhere and looked like a Pro Bowler at times. As soon as he found a new team he became all but invisible. Miles Austin. Hell, he wasn't even that great when he was here except for that one magical Kansas City game. He goes to a new club and they absolutely rued the day he signed with them. Is anybody seeing a pattern here?

Let's look at it from another angle...when Romo has missed time and another QB has come in to run the offense, where was Dez and a monster 10 catch, 200 yard 3 TD game? Nowhere, right? I'm not saying Bryant is not a good player. I'm not even saying him being in the game makes no difference. I AM saying that Romo seems to make pedestrian receivers look good...and in Dez's case I think he makes a great receiver look top 3. The team can and will win games without Dez. As long as the OL, Romo, Witten and a decent D show up they will win games.
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Oh, I forgot, Romo . . . . . . .

Yea, that Romo is pretty good - unless you ask KJJ who has hailed E-Lie as the better QB for years.
 
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Just depends on the qb. Dez had some success with Kitna but couldn't do a dang thing with Weeden. If the qb can just get it to Dez he'll do the rest.
 
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cej757 said:
Just depends on the qb. Dez had some success with Kitna but couldn't do a dang thing with Weeden. If the qb can just get it to Dez he'll do the rest.
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Both Dez and Romo are talents that transcend their personal abilities to the point of making their compatriots better along with them.
Dez can make a QB look better than he is,
Tony can make his receivers look better than they are.

It's a wonderful thing to see the two of them in sync.
I, for one, hope to see them in sync together for many more years to come.
 
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People won't see that until he's gone and while we're watching his replacement on the verge of taking a sack and does nothing to escape it, everyone will say "Romo gets out of that and makes a play".
 
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Tass said:
Here was my thought process when I was contemplating a season without Bryant: What if it's Romo and not Dez that is so overpoweringly good?

I remember Patrick Crayton being lauded as a B grade talent. He believed it and after he signed elsewhere he promptly vanished. Laurent Robinson came out of nowhere and looked like a Pro Bowler at times. As soon as he found a new team he became all but invisible. Miles Austin. Hell, he wasn't even that great when he was here except for that one magical Kansas City game. He goes to a new club and they absolutely rued the day he signed with them. Is anybody seeing a pattern here?

Let's look at it from another angle...when Romo has missed time and another QB has come in to run the offense, where was Dez and a monster 10 catch, 200 yard 3 TD game? Nowhere, right? I'm not saying Bryant is not a good player. I'm not even saying him being in the game makes no difference. I AM saying that Romo seems to make pedestrian receivers look good...and in Dez's case I think he makes a great receiver look top 3. The team can and will win games without Dez. As long as the OL, Romo, Witten and a decent D show up they will win games.
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I' m definitely all in or your post.

While I have done my share of Romo critiques..

I too think Dez has greatly benefitted from Romo pulling the trigger for him.

It clearly remains to be seen if him leaving for greener pastures and not finding another Romo will also implode his future.

Romo extends plays, buys time and helps his OL succeed and his running game be a direct result of his ball handling and playcalling at the line of scrimmage that not every QB will duplicate.

Dez needs to stop putting himself above his teammates and smell the roses.

Keep his career in Dallas and enjoy a trip to the HofF when the time comes.

Or take the money and hope you play long enough to collect it.

It's not hard.
 
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Tass said:
Here was my thought process when I was contemplating a season without Bryant: What if it's Romo and not Dez that is so overpoweringly good?

I remember Patrick Crayton being lauded as a B grade talent. He believed it and after he signed elsewhere he promptly vanished. Laurent Robinson came out of nowhere and looked like a Pro Bowler at times. As soon as he found a new team he became all but invisible. Miles Austin. Hell, he wasn't even that great when he was here except for that one magical Kansas City game. He goes to a new club and they absolutely rued the day he signed with them. Is anybody seeing a pattern here?

Let's look at it from another angle...when Romo has missed time and another QB has come in to run the offense, where was Dez and a monster 10 catch, 200 yard 3 TD game? Nowhere, right? I'm not saying Bryant is not a good player. I'm not even saying him being in the game makes no difference. I AM saying that Romo seems to make pedestrian receivers look good...and in Dez's case I think he makes a great receiver look top 3. The team can and will win games without Dez. As long as the OL, Romo, Witten and a decent D show up they will win games.
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