Romo's peak already passed?

[TrailBlazer]

People's comments on the 'Gun Slinger' Romo - "He needs to stop taking so many risks and stop making costly turnovers, he needs to stop trying to do it all by himself."

People's comments on the Romo of today - "He's done, he's past his peak, he doesn't throw the ball down field anymore like he use to. He needs to step up and take this team to the playoffs, by himself."

People are CARAZY!

The Dallas Cowboys are the only team in the NFL that has fans who would piss and moan about a QB who throws for 31 TDs and 10 INTs. I don't care how he got them, when your TD:INT ratio is 3.1:1, that means you're playing efficient football and giving your team a chance to win most games. Any team in the NFL would take the season Romo just had for their QB play, and that includes GB, NE, DEN, NO, ect;

You know this fan base has been spoiled when you got people complaining about 31 TDs and 10 INTs. "You don't appreciate what you have until it's gone." tsk. tsk.

/rant

So is he past his prime or not?

 

[Wolfpack]

You can win with Romo right now if you give him some help. He's carried the team with out much of a running game and a spotty defense for the last few years.

 

[tideh20heel]

Romo may be physically past his peak alright -- the aging process takes its toll on us all but he's wiser now and it means a lot. The last two years in particular, he's been aware of his limitations and doesn't insist on forcing the ball nearly as often as he once did. Once the current OL has gotten fully into sync, he should be allowed enough time to deliver the ball as effectively as he ever will. Despite his advancing years, his overall knowledge and mental sharpness should make up for any physical decline he's experienced in his advancing years.

He certainly didn't do himself any favors with his half hearted conditioning. He still is a championship caliber qb but playing on a team that is years away. His contract however is one of the team's largest obstacles to getting back on track. We are in a bad spot.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I was listening to an old around the league pod cast from a few days ago and one of the guys made argument that Romo's peak has passed. Not as good as he was 5 years ago. Said last 2 years were his worst.

What do you guys think. His yards per attempt were much lower last year than ever before. But he has less interceptions and plays it safer which I like.

Whether he's passed his peak or not, I don't think he's the only reason we'll lose games this season and definitely not the biggest reason. I'm looking toward the defense for that.

Good post.
As long as nobody write "Romo sucks!"
Because when that happens we're talking about . . . unchecked aggression here! Am I right?!

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

yea, cause all guys who's peak has passed had the year he had.

people say stupid **** to get attention. look, they got it.

I feel that you . . . speak my language.

 

[TrailBlazer]

It's an interesting question. If you have a choice between a supremely "physically" talented QB and a very "Football" intelligent QB, which one do you go with? Obviously, you can't have a Genius that can't get out of the way of his own two feet but somebody who may not be as physically gifted but is really smart, who do you go with?

Football intelligence can be taught.

Physical talent can't be taught.

You go with talent every time.

 

[cowboy_ron]

According to Candace he hasn't peaked just yet

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

You can win with Romo right now if you give him some help. He's carried the team with out much of a running game and a spotty defense for the last few years.

He half carried the team when he don't thow the ball into double and triple coverage. OK, he half one won playoff win but that don't make him a Bert Jones.

 

[Cebrin]

Sports yappers are trolling Romo? What's new.

 

[ufcrules1]

He looked off most of last season to me. Diminished. But I do think it was related to discomfort. He looks fit now, anyway. I hope he's pain-free, because I'm looking for big things, offensively, and it obviously all starts with him.

Agreed on him looking off last year. I don't know what it was related to though. Discomfort from what? Just that little back cyst? Or was there more to it that we didn't hear about? He was definitely off on his deep ball and did look out of sync. The stats say he was really good but stats can lie.

I'm expecting more of the same this year but that could still be ok if we run the ball like we should.

 

[iceberg]

Sports yappers are trolling Romo? What's new.

and people "get sucked". nothing new.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Football intelligence can be taught.

Physical talent can't be taught.

You go with talent every time.

No, I don't think that's the answer. Football intelligence, to a degree can be taught but that doesn't mean that it can be learned. A perfect case study of this could be Logan Thomas. He has all the talent you could ask for in the position but will he develop? Will be interesting to watch and see.

 

[DFWJC]

He certainly didn't do himself any favors with his half hearted conditioning. He still is a championship caliber qb but playing on a team that is years away. His contract however is one of the team's largest obstacles to getting back on track. We are in a bad spot.

Link on his half-hearted conditioning...at least after he got the green light to do so?

If not, retract your statement.

 

[burmafrd]

He certainly didn't do himself any favors with his half hearted conditioning. He still is a championship caliber qb but playing on a team that is years away. His contract however is one of the team's largest obstacles to getting back on track. We are in a bad spot.

another one. Do you ever bother to do any research before you regurgitate BS?

 

[DFWJC]

No, I don't think that's the answer. Football intelligence, to a degree can be taught but that doesn't mean that it can be learned. A perfect case study of this could be Logan Thomas. He has all the talent you could ask for in the position but will he develop? Will be interesting to watch and see.

Agree on Logan Thomas.
He has a good teacher though. Should be real interesting.

One caveat is that accuracy can only be taught to some degree....and that's even more important than arm strength. Thomas currently is not very accurate.

 

[EST_1986]

yea, cause all guys who's peak has passed had the year he had.

people say stupid **** to get attention. look, they got it.

Well you can be past your peak and still perform at a high level. I believe you hit your posting peak and are now after attention.

 

[Alexander]

Nothing like a Romo thread.

 

[lostar2009]

2009 was it for Romo, since then he has been average at best. He has become gun shy, his arm is weaker than it use to be and he play to pad his stats.
The guy can still play in the NFL but if he went to a lesser offensive driven or more structure discipline team he would do poorly.

 

[the_h0wey]

I was listening to an old around the league pod cast from a few days ago and one of the guys made argument that Romo's peak has passed. Not as good as he was 5 years ago. Said last 2 years were his worst.

What do you guys think. His yards per attempt were much lower last year than ever before. But he has less interceptions and plays it safer which I like.

Whether he's passed his peak or not, I don't think he's the only reason we'll lose games this season and definitely not the biggest reason. I'm looking toward the defense for that.

I would say any NFL player that is 34 years old is past their "peak".

 

[TrailBlazer]

No, I don't think that's the answer. Football intelligence, to a degree can be taught but that doesn't mean that it can be learned. A perfect case study of this could be Logan Thomas. He has all the talent you could ask for in the position but will he develop? Will be interesting to watch and see.

If NFL ppl saw this talent, he would've went higher in the draft. He can't make all the throws and his decision making is suspect.

You take the talent and try to teach to football intelligence side of the game. Not the other way around. Gotta have raw talent to build on.