Romo was an amazing quarterback

[Dorsett33]

Some of you are killing your own theory of why Dak will never get us to the SB, let alone win it. Cause if you thing Romo was so AMAZING, then why didn't we get to a SB?

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

No, there is no “we” in this. No one limited Romo’s elusiveness to when he was just 34. Only you.

He verbatim said it lol…..

https://cowboyszone.com/goto/post?id=14052066

He verbatim said when he was one hit away from retirement he was still elusive. Once again jumping into something and completely lost.

 

[Runwildboys]

We aren’t talking about the other years. We are talking about him when he was 34. At 28 or 29 he for sure was elusive…well I don’t know if I’d call it elusive. Vick and Randall Cunningham were elusive. I don’t know if I’d call Romo elusive. He had great pocket awareness though.

"Elusive" doesn't necessarily mean "fast". It just means he had a knack for escaping pressure, i.e. making J.J. Watt grab air, then throwing a TD.

 

[Vtwin]

Elusive? Didn’t he get hurt in a preseason game trying to be elusive which essentially ended his career?

Are you seriously trying to imply that Romo didn't earn a legitimate reputation for being elusive?

And we're the "haters". lol

 

[Nova]

Romo was consistently the 7th-8th best QB in the league in a golden age of QB play.

He had his faults and short comings, but he was good enough to have won a Super Bowl.

The defense was just never there outside of maybe 2009.

But even that defense collapsed in the playoffs

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Romo's ability to sense pressure when he had no way of actually seeing it was almost spooky good...hence the Jedi title. He also seemed to mind-trick defenders at time with his escapes. He was never fast in doing it.

He was. I’ll give Romo his due he sensed pressure incredibly well.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Are you seriously trying to imply that Romo didn't earn a legitimate reputation for being elusive?

And we're the "haters". lol

When he was 34? He was considered elusive? I disagree.

 

[OGSixshooter]

Dak is C-3PO: An immobile, whiny robot who blames everyone but himself, when things go wrong.

you'll get no argument from me. But again, Romo was jar-jar...even when things did go his way it was a toss-up accident...and he was responsible for putting Dak in place much like Jar-Jar called for giving emergency powers to the Chancellor.

 

[OGSixshooter]

Romo's ability to sense pressure when he had no way of actually seeing it was almost spooky good...hence the Jedi title. He also seemed to mind-trick defenders at time with his escapes. He was never fast in doing it.

Problem is he would often jedi-mind-trick himself into INTs...

 

[Runwildboys]

you'll get no argument from me. But again, Romo was jar-jar...even when things did go his way it was a toss-up accident...and he was responsible for putting Dak in place much like Jar-Jar called for giving emergency powers to the Chancellor.

Responsible because he got hurt? Or is there something I don't know about?

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

"Elusive" doesn't necessarily mean "fast". It just means he had a knack for escaping pressure, i.e. making J.J. Watt grab air, then throwing a TD.

I don’t know. I don’t credit it to being fast but at the same time everyone think is elusive is fast. Cunningham and Lamar were elusive. Vick was elusive. Romo would make you miss….is that really elusive? I’m on the fence.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Problem is he would often jedi-mind-trick himself into INTs...

That part.

 

[Runwildboys]

Problem is he would often jedi-mind-trick himself into INTs...

True, he threw interceptions at bad times, but IMO, a lot of that was because he needed to force something to happen.

 

[nobody]

Problem is he would often jedi-mind-trick himself into INTs...

Early on, maybe. A lot of those interceptions were flukes though... like bouncing off the receivers shoe into the hands of the defender. Yeah, a lot of his interceptions was him trying to make things happen when he shouldn't, trying to salvage something out of a bad situation. Unfortunately, Dak has that same flaw.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Dak is C-3PO: An immobile, whiny robot who blames everyone but himself, when things go wrong.

That’s an interesting take. Unless you’re talking about Dak at 31….but the whiny robot who blames everyone else no one ever shows examples of this lol. Hes accused of being a company guy but in the same breath people will say he’s whiny and blames everyone….

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

True, he threw interceptions at bad times, but IMO, a lot of that was because he needed to force something to happen.

That’s the thing though. He never needed to do it. He just did it. Now in a game that’s 50-60 he clearly needed to do it. But those type of games were few and far between.

 

[nobody]

I don’t know. I don’t credit it to being fast but at the same time everyone think is elusive is fast. Cunningham and Lamar were elusive. Vick was elusive. Romo would make you miss….is that really elusive? I’m on the fence.

He was, by definition of the word, elusive. What some people choose for it to mean isn't what it actually means. All it means (as an adjective) is "difficult to find, catch, or achieve." That COULD be from being fast, but there are so many other things that could cause it too.

 

[Runwildboys]

I don’t know. I don’t credit it to being fast but at the same time everyone think is elusive is fast. Cunningham and Lamar were elusive. Vick was elusive. Romo would make you miss….is that really elusive? I’m on the fence.

I wouldn't consider Emmitt as elusive, because he mostly bullied his way through. Barry Sanders was elusive, because he could stop and changed directions like nobody else.

This is why I say elusive:

adjective
difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
"success will become ever more elusive"

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

He was, by definition of the word, elusive. What some people choose for it to mean isn't what it actually means. All it means (as an adjective) is "difficult to find, catch, or achieve." That COULD be from being fast, but there are so many other things that could cause it too.

That’s why I say im on the fence. In the sense of the definition he was difficult to take down at times. Especially earlier in his career.

 

[Runwildboys]

That’s an interesting take. Unless you’re talking about Dak at 31….but the whiny robot who blames everyone else no one ever shows examples of this lol. Hes accused of being a company guy but in the same breath people will say he’s whiny and blames everyone….

Yeah, I just threw that out there to respond to hyperbole with hyperbole. I thought about adding a parenthetical disclaimer that I don't really believe it, but decided that would ruin the effect.