Should we have signed Peyton?

[ufcrules1]

Peyton gets rid of the ball so fast. He'd make this OLine look much better than they are.

How anybody thinks our OLine would be Peyton's downfall here is beside me.

Plus. Our pass protection now is absolutely good enough.

There's no doubt Peyton is better than Romo. But we were never in position to even have a chance at Peyton.

I agree with everything you said except that we were not in a position to have a chance at Peyton. If we we wanted him we could have tried to get him.
We also passed on players liker KAP and Wilson in the draft.

 

[Risen Star]

I agree with you that he is an all time talent. He's probably the best QB I've ever had the chance to watch.

The problem is that this o-line, which you've been very vocal about along with the D-line, would have gotten Peyton absolutely killed. So it would have been money wasted on a QB with a questionable neck (At that time) that would have been made worse by the beating he'd have taken behind a poor O-line.

There's no better QB to have than Manning. He'd have gotten the most out of this talent. I think it's foolish to think he'd get killed behind this OL. He'd make the line better.

 

[ufcrules1]

Peyton is a top ten all time QB and Romo is not even a Hall of Famer, don't get me wrong. My comment was more on the treatment of Dallas Cowboys in the media. Romo's struggles were enough for ESPN to create an "Elimination Games" statistic. I think it is fair to assume after 8 times in the playoffs that Peyton Manning has gone one-and-done that he'd get similar skewering between the success of Roger and Troy and just Dallas being Dallas.

Ok, I got ya. Sure, I'm on the same page with you on that. However, he would have been quickly forgiven with the superbowl win.

 

[Risen Star]

Peyton gets rid of the ball so fast. He'd make this OLine look much better than they are.

How anybody thinks our OLine would be Peyton's downfall here is beside me.

Plus. Our pass protection now is absolutely good enough.

There's no doubt Peyton is better than Romo. But we were never in position to even have a chance at Peyton.

Agree with everything but the end. Every team in the league had the opportunity to land him. The Cowboys chose not to try. They probably didn't even entertain the thought but it's not like we're talking about a group of sound decision makers here.

 

[bark]

This is true but who is to say he couldn't have helped make it better? I believe Peyton demands players around him play to a higher level and it works. He is always way smarter at the line than Romo is and I believe that gives his Oline a major advantage as well.

Can't argue those points. Unfortunately we will never know.

 

[ufcrules1]

Agree with everything but the end. Every team in the league had the opportunity to land him. The Cowboys chose not to try. They probably didn't even entertain the thought but it's not like we're talking about a group of sound decision makers here.

Right, I mean after all they paid your favorite player over 100 million.

 

[bigdnlaca]

Can we be real for a second.

The reason why Peyton signed with the Denver is so he can smoke all the weed he wants for his "pain". I can see him contacting Eli one day about doing a rap commercial for Direct TV while exhailing all that smoke.

He wouldn't come to Dallas because he wouldn't have the freedom to run the offense that he wants.

 

[Rockport]

Nothing is wrong with our line. They gave Romo plenty of time to throw.

Except the 2 sacks Fred gave up and the missed assignments in the running game and the constant pressure he was under in the 2nd half and the bruised ribs caused by the OL in the Giants game, etc.

 

[JBS]

Agree with everything but the end. Every team in the league had the opportunity to land him. The Cowboys chose not to try. They probably didn't even entertain the thought but it's not like we're talking about a group of sound decision makers here.

Weren't we paying Romo like 13 Million that year?

How could we afford Peyton plus Tony?

 

[Ender]

Romo was coming of a 31 TD 10 INT season and Peyton was coming off a broken neck. There's some serious hindsight here.

Thats true....

 

[kruddy]

We missed the boat when we let sean peyton walk and kept Parcells.

 

[Risen Star]

Weren't we paying Romo like 13 Million that year?

How could we afford Peyton plus Tony?

I'd have done whatever needed to be done to land Peyton. If you got him, then you'd have to trade Romo and start cutting other players to absorb that cap hit.

Normally I would scoff at these types of Madden moves but not for Peyton Manning.

 

[Risen Star]

Thats true....

It's not hindsight when you wanted to make that move all along. If people thought he was done, that's their bad.

 

[arglebargle]

It's not hindsight when you wanted to make that move all along. If people thought he was done, that's their bad.

It's always easier to take those risks when it's not your money.

 

[Risen Star]

It's always easier to take those risks when it's not your money.

Yes. We can't have Jerry taking that risk on Peyton Manning. Better to play it conservative with those sure things we've seen in Dallas the last 20 years.

 

[Zekeats]

Pretty foolish to even think about signing him at the time...no one knew what he was going to be after the neck injury and a desperate Broncos team, Arizona and SF no QBs at the time where interested in him and took a long shot on him cause they had no other options.

Also, even if Jerry was interested in Peyton there was no way he was coming here as he has made it clear he wanted to stay clear of Eli, so no way he would have came here.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

There's no better QB to have than Manning. He'd have gotten the most out of this talent. I think it's foolish to think he'd get killed behind this OL. He'd make the line better.

Hmmmm....i don't know if even Manning could have made that bad o-line play last year any better.

Romo seemed to face a jailbreak on a regular basis and if not for his mobility likely would have been sacked a ton more. Manning has no mobility to speak of so I'd be shocked if he'd have avoided any of the many sacks Romo had to avoid just to survive last year.

Of course with Manning you're right you'd be running a different offense so maybe he could have found a way to hide the fact that the o-line was basically swiss cheese.

 

[venky]

Implying Peyton GOAT Manning would come to this circus.

Also, to anyone that calls Peyton a choker, please read this: http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.co...s-9-11-playoff-record-is-call-for-help/20868/

 

[Red Dragon]

I bet Jerry regrets it now

You say that as if the Cowboys ever had a realistic chance of being able to sign Manning.

We could have had him for free as a free agent and we could have revis teamed up with Brandon Carr .

You think the Cowboys could have afforded Revis, Manning and Carr all on the same team? Ever heard of a salary cap?

 

[JBS]

I'd have done whatever needed to be done to land Peyton. If you got him, then you'd have to trade Romo and start cutting other players to absorb that cap hit.

Normally I would scoff at these types of Madden moves but not for Peyton Manning.

I agree w this. Not sure why anyone else would ever be against it. Makes no sense to me.