Romo vs Dak who are you taking?

[TheMarathonContinues]

You still don't get it, and you still just keep repeating the word choke because now you're stuck in this encompassing, over-generalized meaning which means to lose. It's like saying that man is an animal. Yeah. But so is a bear, and a cat, and a fish.

You know why they call it "choking" right? It's because it's a hyperbolic reference to physical choking, i.e., you have a hard time breathing because you become anxious, which results in weakness, fear, shaking, losing confidence, etc., and all of the other physical symptoms that manifest from such a mental state, that you can't perform.

They call it choir because they choke. But since you have an issue with the word come up with another word for when a player plays at a high level but plays below expectations in big games and has a 2-4 playoff record with only 6 appearances throughout his whole career….what’s a word for that?

 

[Motorola]

Yeah but this is thread number nine, bro. Maybe it'll be different this time.

Closer to Number 90...and the count will continue to increase.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Dak - Playoff perennial loser

Romo - Game Sealing Interception King - Turnover prone... you could probably say he was clutch at giving the other teams turnovers at the end of the game

Why are you guys so infatuated with both of these losers?

How many more quarterbacks have to come through here before you realize what the bigger issue is?

 

[bigE79]

Clearly i'm out of my mind making this comment (there I said it for you, be nice). Either way, we know what Romo brought to the game, he was able to juke a pass rusher like no one else. Dak is a freight train. Neither player was/is known for being clutch. Who ya got, this should be easy!!?

Romo

 

[DickWhitman]

Clearly i'm out of my mind making this comment (there I said it for you, be nice). Either way, we know what Romo brought to the game, he was able to juke a pass rusher like no one else. Dak is a freight train. Neither player was/is known for being clutch. Who ya got, this should be easy!!?

ROMO

 

[CowboysRule]

Clearly i'm out of my mind making this comment (there I said it for you, be nice). Either way, we know what Romo brought to the game, he was able to juke a pass rusher like no one else. Dak is a freight train. Neither player was/is known for being clutch. Who ya got, this should be easy!!?

Romo not being clutch is just a carry over from early in his career when he was the only playmaker on the team.

 

[Rockport]

They were/are both great QB’s on flawed teams with flawed ownership.

 

[beware_d-ware]

Romo put it all together around 2013. His game genuinely hit a new level right before injuries basically took him out of the game.

I think that Romo could have won a Super Bowl, but by 2016, I also don't think he could take a single hit from a defensive end either. He'd been knocked out of the last 3 games he had tried to play.

 

[Rockport]

You still don't get it, and you still just keep repeating the word choke because now you're stuck in this encompassing, over-generalized meaning which means to lose. It's like saying that man is an animal. Yeah. But so is a bear, and a cat, and a fish.

You know why they call it "choking" right? It's because it's a hyperbolic reference to physical choking, i.e., you have a hard time breathing because you become anxious, which results in weakness, fear, shaking, losing confidence, etc., and all of the other physical symptoms that manifest from such a mental state, that you can't perform.

Who choked besides Dak?

 

[DallasEast]

They call it choir because they choke. But since you have an issue with the word come up with another word for when a player plays at a high level but plays below expectations in big games and has a 2-4 playoff record with only 6 appearances throughout his whole career….what’s a word for that?

Bold> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underachieve

underachieve noun
: one (such as a student) that fails to attain a predicted level of achievement or does not do as well as expected
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Now, I have no clue why the next thing I mention happened. It is just pure coincidence I guess.

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I am not even going to post the eighth example here. Any member curious why I will not, should click the merriam-webster link at the top of my comment... and read that last particular example of the term underachiever for themselves.

I could not make this up if I tried.

 

[MajesticRey]

This has to be a bait thread.


Only 1000 threads on this exact topic over the years.

This was a parody of the @Coogiguy03 deion vs diggs thread, which I think was serious but you never know with him

 

[baltcowboy]

Clearly i'm out of my mind making this comment (there I said it for you, be nice). Either way, we know what Romo brought to the game, he was able to juke a pass rusher like no one else. Dak is a freight train. Neither player was/is known for being clutch. Who ya got, this should be easy!!?

Didn’t we just do this thread like a month ago. It seems to pop up every 6 months.

 

[plasticman]

I would like a genetic splicing of early career Dak and mid-career Romo. While we are at it, toss in some playoff Troy seasoned with 4th quarter Roger.

 

[Kingofholland]

It doesn't matter who you pick if you get the same playoff results. To me they've been on the same career trajectory so it's a coin flip.

 

[baltcowboy]

Is this like the millionth post of Romo vs Prescot???????? Clutch???????? There was something about Romo when it came to big games, you always felt he was going to give the Cowboys a chance. That can't be said about Prescot, every time he drops back to pass in a big game your attention immediately goes to where he's throwing the ball and what defender is in the neighborhood to pick it.

Yeah those win or go home games against the Eagles twice, Giants twice and Washington once. I thought Romo was Brady in those games.

 

[DallasEast]

I would like a genetic splicing of early career Dak and mid-career Romo. While we are at it, toss in some playoff Troy seasoned with 4th quarter Roger.

I am tempted to call you Dr. Frederick Fronkensteen.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Clearly i'm out of my mind making this comment (there I said it for you, be nice). Either way, we know what Romo brought to the game, he was able to juke a pass rusher like no one else. Dak is a freight train. Neither player was/is known for being clutch. Who ya got, this should be easy!!?

Honestly, I would take both. Use both interchangeably and keep opposing defenses guessing.

 

[Havic]

Romo is the more gifted passer, was more clutch overall (the entire body of work), and could make defenders miss.

 

[Vintage]

They were/are both great QB’s on flawed teams with flawed ownership.

This. If forced to chose, Romo.

But honestly…. If half this fan base died overnight, I wouldn’t care.

 

[ShortRound]

Give me a real coach and ownership first.