Shanahan comment about Romo

[dragon_mikal]

They got takeaways but they also had a QB who's TD to turnover ratio was 45-6 that season. The Cowboys have had a number of takeaways this season but winning still comes down to offensive efficiency and your QB not committing turnovers at the worst possible time.

You mean the quarterback who "choked" away home field by going one and done in the playoffs?

Come on man. Winning a SB doesn't mean you're suddenly immune to criticism. Eli Manning is terrible...doesn't matter that his team carried him to two titles...you see now how he truly is without a defense and running game to disguise his typical mediocre play.

 

[KJJ]

Tom Brady also threw a game ending pick last week, as did Russel Wilson and Eli Manning..I guess they are chokers too without poise...just like Peyton Manning in the playoffs last year. They all have no poise and fail at the biggest times. Oh but wait they have superbowl rings, so they get a free pass? Maybe in your world or the in the anti-dallas media that works.

Tony Romo has never had the defense, O-Line or the Running game to compete in 10-15 playoff games or i'm sure he would have a 8-10 wins and a ring. If you can't see that you talked yourself into it and maybe you shouldn't be a fan. Go jump on the Miami Dolphins bandwagon, Tannehill looks great.

All QB's choke sometimes but choking is all Romo is known for. If you played word association with any football fan and said Tony Romo the first word that would pop into their head is choke. Tom Brady has 3 SB wins he's made more clutch plays than choke plays. Russell Wilson was a "rookie" last season he's still a young developing player but after one season he already has as many playoff wins as Romo. I've seen more poise from that kid than Romo has ever shown. Seattle was nothing until Wilson arrived he'll end up leading the Seahawks farther than Romo will ever lead the Cowboys. I would trust Wilson with a game on the line before I would trust Romo. Eli has 2 SB wins and 2 SB MVP awards he'll be remembered for his great plays in SB's not his bad plays during the regular season. Peyton Manning has a SB win and 4 regular season MVP awards. He's played in 2 SB's and has 8 more playoff wins than Romo.

All those QB's have shown poise making plays in critical games. Romo has never shown any poise in a big game where he's faced adversity and had to make a play. This is why he has 12 turnovers in his 6 elimination game losses. Tony Romo is unable to make the players around him better because even some of his own teammates don't have faith in him when games are on the line. They certainly won't admit it and will show all the support in the world for him but they've seen first hand what's happened to him in pressure situations. Even Garrett has shown he doesn't trust Romo with some of the play calls he made his first couple of seasons. He did everything to take the ball out of Romo's hands in critical situations trusting Bailey with long FG attempts. Even Jerry mentioned ball security with Romo prior to the season which is why the offense was dink and dunk the first 4 games of the season.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

You mean the quarterback who "choked" away home field by going one and done in the playoffs?

Come on man. Winning a SB doesn't mean you're suddenly immune to criticism. Eli Manning is terrible...doesn't matter that his team carried him to two titles...you see now how he truly is without a defense and running game to disguise his typical mediocre play.

2 time Super Bowl winner
2 time Super Bowl MVP

Seriously.

 

[KJJ]

You mean the quarterback who "choked" away home field by going one and done in the playoffs?

Come on man. Winning a SB doesn't mean you're suddenly immune to criticism. Eli Manning is terrible...doesn't matter that his team carried him to two titles...you see now how he truly is without a defense and running game to disguise his typical mediocre play.

I mean the QB who won a SB, a SB MVP award and a league MVP. All these QB's that everyone keeps mentioning have skins on their walls while Romo has none. Winning a SB and a SB MVP award means a QB got it done and no one can ever say they can't get it done because they did.

 

[WV Cowboy]

I mean the QB who won a SB, a SB MVP award and a league MVP. All these QB's that everyone keeps mentioning have skins on their walls while Romo has none. Winning a SB and a SB MVP award means a QB got it done and no one can ever say they can't get it done because they did.

What is your opinion of Dan Marino?

Choker? Loser? Folded?

 

[KJJ]

The Cowboys have won more games because of Romo than lost. Simple as that.

The Cowboys can win a Super Bowl with Romo. Not saying they will but he is certainly good enough to get them there if everything falls into place at the right time.

Your points might be taken more seriously if you refrained from using "never" and using Kaepernick as a comparison. He's been bad this season and there is no comparison between him and Romo. ( Romo is the far superior quarterback )

Not over the past 3 seasons and they've only won ONE elimination game with him in 7 opportunities. You say the Cowboys can win a SB with Romo when the team hasn't ever come close to winning a SB with him. He can't even win an elimination game during the regular season. He got outplayed in a do or die game last season by a rookie QB who was playing on one leg. Romo was outplayed by 2 rookie QB's last season who led their teams to the playoffs.

 

[KJJ]

What is your opinion of Dan Marino?

Choker? Loser? Folded?

Marino was one of the greatest regular season QB's in NFL history who never played to the same level in the playoffs. His regular season performances were so outstanding that many disregard his playoff record. He held many of the all-time passing records when he retired and although he didn't produce in the playoffs he did at least reach a SB and win a number of playoff games. He wasn't plagued with the Tony Romo disease of turning the ball over in the final minutes of tight games costing his teams wins. Marino was so great during the regular season he can't be considered a loser, choker or folder.

 

[KJJ]

You are seriously laughable. Agree to disagree on Tony. It was a historical year for Rodgers much less any QB ever. All of that flair and he still didn't make it past the first round of the playoffs. The year he did win a superbowl The Packers defense ranked second in the league in fewest points allowed per game.

You're claiming I'm seriously laughable when you spent a good portion of this thread trying to make Romo out to be a better QB than John Elway. lol You were comparing stats from QB's who played in different era's. As for Rodgers the year he won a SB he did it with a 10-6 team and he was the SB MVP. The Packers wouldn't even be able to compete without him.

 

[Cebrin]

Wow, did we really just say Dan Marino didn't perform? Lmbo

Marino played with a 1,000 yard rusher only once during his 17 seasons. He played with a top-10 defense in only four out of his 17 seasons.
That means that in 94-percent of the time his was without a 1,000 yard rusher and 76-percent of the time he was without a top-10 ranked defense.
That is not a lot of backup in my mind. Especially when 76-percent of the Super Bowl teams had a 1,000 yard rusher and 94-percent of them had a Top-10 defense.

To think that Dan Marino was as productive as he was without a running game to balance the passing game and without a defense to balance the offense is beyond logic. That makes his statistics far more impressive then other quarterbacks who had the benefit of a running game and defense to lean on.

 

[KJJ]

Wow, did we really just say Dan Marino didn't perform? Lmbo

He didn't perform at the same level in the playoffs that he did during the regular season try reading my posts instead of attempting to put your own spin on them. Would you like to compare Romo with Marino? lol

 

[Cebrin]

You're claiming I'm seriously laughable when you spent a good portion of this thread trying to make Romo out to be a better QB than John Elway. lol You were comparing stats from QB's who played in different era's. As for Rodgers the year he won a SB he did it with a 10-6 team and he was the SB MVP. The Packers wouldn't even be able to compete without him.

Of course they wouldn't and who would compete for anything here in Dallas with 20 years of mediocrity. It isn't Romo's fault. He's been here 7 and this team has sucked 6-7 years and has yet to make it into the top ten in defense. I'm done here.

 

[Cebrin]

He didn't perform at the same level in the playoffs that he did during the regular season try reading my posts instead of attempting to put your own spin on them. Would you like to compare Romo with Marino? lol

He performed just fine. You're out of it bro.

 

[jobberone]

I mean . e QB who won a SB, a SB MVP award and a league MVP. All these QB's that everyone keeps mentioning have skins on their walls while Romo has none. Winning a SB and a SB MVP award means a QB got it done and no one can ever say they can't get it done because they did.

Desmond Howard and some guy named Brown says hello. Staubach won a SB MVP because they were afraid to give it to the voted winner D Thomas.

 

[birdwells1]

Not over the past 3 seasons and they've only won ONE elimination game with him in 7 opportunities. You say the Cowboys can win a SB with Romo when the team hasn't ever come close to winning a SB with him. He can't even win an elimination game during the regular season. He got outplayed in a do or die game last season by a rookie QB who was playing on one leg. Romo was outplayed by 2 rookie QB's last season who led their teams to the playoffs.

Part of the reason Romo's elimination game record is bad is because 5 of the 7 games were played on the road, what we need to work on is getting home field advantage.

 

[Frozen700]

Love the OP. But most aren't going to change their mind because Shanahan says they're wrong. I mean he doesn't know anything more than Aikman, Staubach, Garrett yada. What do they know? /sarcasm off

That's the problem

You would have to be fake, and easily manipulated to just come on here, read a few posts, and change your mind.

The people who dislike or hate Tony...will continue to do so. No matter what he does. Maybe they are just acting on the internet, but in RL when he wins a big game or puts up nice stats, they are running around cheering, and just living a double life on the Net.

At the end of the day, I think posts trying to support Romo, will do or change nothing. People who support him, will, those who don't, wont.

 

[jobberone]

That's the problem

You would have to be fake, and easily manipulated to just come on here, read a few posts, and change your mind.

The people who dislike or hate Tony...will continue to do so. No matter what he does. Maybe they are just acting on the internet, but in RL when he wins a big game or puts up nice stats, they are running around cheering, and just living a double life on the Net.

At the end of the day, I think posts trying to support Romo, will do or change nothing. People who support him, will, those who don't, wont.

You're right. Some are trolling, some firmly believe what they say, and some are interested in discussing it. The latter is sparsely populated.

 

[Clove]

51 beats 48 every time.

Then score 52.

 

[DFWJC]

All QB's choke sometimes but choking is all Romo is known for. If you played word association with any football fan and said Tony Romo the first word that would pop into their head is choke. Tom Brady has 3 SB wins he's made more clutch plays than choke plays. Russell Wilson was a "rookie" last season he's still a young developing player but after one season he already has as many playoff wins as Romo. I've seen more poise from that kid than Romo has ever shown. Seattle was nothing until Wilson arrived he'll end up leading the Seahawks farther than Romo will ever lead the Cowboys. I would trust Wilson with a game on the line before I would trust Romo. Eli has 2 SB wins and 2 SB MVP awards he'll be remembered for his great plays in SB's not his bad plays during the regular season. Peyton Manning has a SB win and 4 regular season MVP awards. He's played in 2 SB's and has 8 more playoff wins than Romo.

All those QB's have shown poise making plays in critical games. Romo has never shown any poise in a big game where he's faced adversity and had to make a play. This is why he has 12 turnovers in his 6 elimination game losses. Tony Romo is unable to make the players around him better because even some of his own teammates don't have faith in him when games are on the line. They certainly won't admit it and will show all the support in the world for him but they've seen first hand what's happened to him in pressure situations. Even Garrett has shown he doesn't trust Romo with some of the play calls he made his first couple of seasons. He did everything to take the ball out of Romo's hands in critical situations trusting Bailey with long FG attempts. Even Jerry mentioned ball security with Romo prior to the season which is why the offense was dink and dunk the first 4 games of the season.

In the last 3 minutes while trailing by a TD or less, Romo has thrown MORE TDs and LESS INTS than nearly any QB in the last decade. These are the shocking facts. Look it up.

That is the problem. Perception. It has been a runaway freight train for Romo. He could go 15 games without having a key 4th qtr pick, but as soon as he eventually has one ( like 100% of QBs do) the fans and press say "told you so" a make it sound like it happens all the time.

What's sad is that you, an otherwise bright contributor, buys into this crap.

 

[KJJ]

In the last 3 minutes while trailing by a TD or less, Romo has thrown MORE TDs and LESS INTS than nearly any QB in the last decade. These are the shocking facts. Look it up.

That is the problem. Perception. It has been a runaway freight train for Romo. He could go 15 games without having a key 4th qtr pick, but as soon as he eventually has one ( like 100% of QBs do) the fans and press say "told you so" a make it sound like it happens all the time.

What's sad is that you, an otherwise bright contributor, buys into this crap.

Romo has been terrific in a number of non spotlighted games over his career but in the last 3 minutes of "spotlighted/elimination" games he has more turnovers than TD's while tied or trailing than probably any QB in the league over the past several years. This is why so many have such a negative perception of him. He's been clutch in less critical games against lesser opponents but in the "spotlighted" games he's failed miserably when he's had to make a play either in a come from behind situation or in a tie game.

 

[KJJ]

He performed just fine. You're out of it bro.

You're trying to compare Romo with HOF QB's from different era's and using stats as a barometer and you're claiming I'm out of it? Dream on! Marino performing "fine" isn't performing to the same level he did during the regular season. He was a lot better than fine during the regular season that's why some consider him the greatest pure passer in NFL history. During the 84 season which was Marino's greatest statistical season he set the single season TD record of 48 TD's and the single season yardage record of 5084 yards. During the SB that season he only threw for one TD vs SF which tied his season low.

He suffered 2 int's in the SB and had a passer rating of 66.9 which was his lowest passer rating game during that entire 84 season. In 85 he was the only QB to take apart the great 85 Bears defense but during the playoffs that season he was dismal. He had a below average performance in a win over Cleveland and stunk the following week vs NE in a loss. He had 2 int's and only completed 41% of his passes vs the Pats. His passer rating was 54.9. If you go through his postseason record he did not perform close to the level he did during the regular season which is one big reason he never won a championship.