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...their Qb except for maybe 2 of them (New England and Indianapolis).
Now many people seem to hate Romo.
I still think Romo is a good QB. Not great. May never be great. Why? A lot of you use the word "great" too frivolously. I seriously doubt some of you know what that means. Great Qbs... do you guys have any CLUE what names go under that? QBs who have thrown up 50 tds. Won championships without great defenses, without great wide receivers. Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, John Elway, and the list goes on. You see, the only two from this generation that belongs to that list (I think Brett Favre is questionable, but even if you included him, it still doesn't mess with how exclusive that list is) are Brady and Peyton.
So cut it out. Stop saying Romo has the potential to be great. Good, very good, okay, average, solid, decent-- these are the adjectives you use when describing 99 percent of sports player, period. So stop it already, and stop expecting greatness from players.... It's really unfair.
So have we learned anything from this? This is the golden age of Qbs, and not only that, but an age in which the players are most scrutinized from every single angle.
I don't know. But I can tell you that I've learned one thing: with all these new numbers, and statistics, we still can't define "elite" or "greatness" all that well, just with the guys who seem to make it easy for us: Peyton and Tom both have the rings and the wins and the numbers to prove their greatness. It makes it easier for us. But we should all know that that isn't always the case. It's not always black and white, and seriously, I think Peyton and Tom will go down as the top 3 or 4 greatest Qbs of all time. So the bar is set high, unfortunately, for all the Qbs of this generation. So it causes us to use those two as a benchmark. It's really kind of unfair.
So, All these questions about who is better, Eli, Romo, Ben, Rivers, Cutler and yaddy yaddy yah is all ridiculous. It's impossible to measure and compare. How are you measuring it? I'd like to know. Really... How do you take away from the circumstances, the team effort, who makes the plays (WR or Qb? or O-line? or TE? or Defense? Or a great coach?), you can't.
Stop being fickle and giving up on a Qb after 1 bad loss, and then jumping on his bandwagon after a great win. It's kind of silly.
So many good Quarterbacks in the league, and they all give their teams good chances to win games that would not have been winnable without having a good qb.
This is how I look at it: Aside from some of the oldies and the obvious, as I previously mentioned to be Brady and Peyton, you have so many qb, good Qbs out there that are really too early in their careers to tell if they will be very good... and dare I say, maybe, just maybe, great. And following up with this idea, I know that if I had Romo, Cutler, Big Ben, Rivers, Eli, Aaron Rodgers (I consider all these guys to be the second tier Qbs of this generation), or a Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, etc.. etc..., THEN I WOULD KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE AT BEATING ANYONE. Esp. in this era where you need yourself at least a good Qb to win in the playoffs.
There are many paths to greatness. 1 loss, 1 losing season, 1 horrific year, not even 2 horrific years, define an individual's career.
Wait it out. At the end of their careers, that's when you start talking.
It wasn't too long ago that people thought Peyton was never going to win one. That Tom Brady was a brilliant GAME MANAGER.
But I guess if you have to compare, and you really want to, you really have to talk about WINS. WINS. WINS.
Say all you want: "It's the coaching staff," "It's the defense," "it's the WRs...," BUT fact is, none of us know where to draw the line.
Tom Brady didn't have a star receiver in the past, but I guarantee you his receiving core, as a group, was probably one of the best, because guys like Patton were very reliable.
Look... This is long, I know. All I am saying is stop bashing perfectly good players because they are struggling to get over something, a difficulty all the great ones had to go through. No one came into this league throwing 50 tds, over 5000 yards, winning every SB game. Everyone's got a downside, and you just have to be patient and lucky.
SO STOP IT ALREADY. OR AT LEAST STOP BEING FICKLE! You want to bash? Stay a hater? You want to love? Be a homer? You want to be a realist? Don't think the pessimistic outlook= realistic. STAY CONSISTENT!
Sorry if I left out some Godly Qb, or made some grammar mistake, or if i contradicted myself in some small way... it is, after all, not an essay... not like you'd know by the seeing the length of this rant.
Now many people seem to hate Romo.
I still think Romo is a good QB. Not great. May never be great. Why? A lot of you use the word "great" too frivolously. I seriously doubt some of you know what that means. Great Qbs... do you guys have any CLUE what names go under that? QBs who have thrown up 50 tds. Won championships without great defenses, without great wide receivers. Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, John Elway, and the list goes on. You see, the only two from this generation that belongs to that list (I think Brett Favre is questionable, but even if you included him, it still doesn't mess with how exclusive that list is) are Brady and Peyton.
So cut it out. Stop saying Romo has the potential to be great. Good, very good, okay, average, solid, decent-- these are the adjectives you use when describing 99 percent of sports player, period. So stop it already, and stop expecting greatness from players.... It's really unfair.
So have we learned anything from this? This is the golden age of Qbs, and not only that, but an age in which the players are most scrutinized from every single angle.
I don't know. But I can tell you that I've learned one thing: with all these new numbers, and statistics, we still can't define "elite" or "greatness" all that well, just with the guys who seem to make it easy for us: Peyton and Tom both have the rings and the wins and the numbers to prove their greatness. It makes it easier for us. But we should all know that that isn't always the case. It's not always black and white, and seriously, I think Peyton and Tom will go down as the top 3 or 4 greatest Qbs of all time. So the bar is set high, unfortunately, for all the Qbs of this generation. So it causes us to use those two as a benchmark. It's really kind of unfair.
So, All these questions about who is better, Eli, Romo, Ben, Rivers, Cutler and yaddy yaddy yah is all ridiculous. It's impossible to measure and compare. How are you measuring it? I'd like to know. Really... How do you take away from the circumstances, the team effort, who makes the plays (WR or Qb? or O-line? or TE? or Defense? Or a great coach?), you can't.
Stop being fickle and giving up on a Qb after 1 bad loss, and then jumping on his bandwagon after a great win. It's kind of silly.
So many good Quarterbacks in the league, and they all give their teams good chances to win games that would not have been winnable without having a good qb.
This is how I look at it: Aside from some of the oldies and the obvious, as I previously mentioned to be Brady and Peyton, you have so many qb, good Qbs out there that are really too early in their careers to tell if they will be very good... and dare I say, maybe, just maybe, great. And following up with this idea, I know that if I had Romo, Cutler, Big Ben, Rivers, Eli, Aaron Rodgers (I consider all these guys to be the second tier Qbs of this generation), or a Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, etc.. etc..., THEN I WOULD KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE AT BEATING ANYONE. Esp. in this era where you need yourself at least a good Qb to win in the playoffs.
There are many paths to greatness. 1 loss, 1 losing season, 1 horrific year, not even 2 horrific years, define an individual's career.
Wait it out. At the end of their careers, that's when you start talking.
It wasn't too long ago that people thought Peyton was never going to win one. That Tom Brady was a brilliant GAME MANAGER.
But I guess if you have to compare, and you really want to, you really have to talk about WINS. WINS. WINS.
Say all you want: "It's the coaching staff," "It's the defense," "it's the WRs...," BUT fact is, none of us know where to draw the line.
Tom Brady didn't have a star receiver in the past, but I guarantee you his receiving core, as a group, was probably one of the best, because guys like Patton were very reliable.
Look... This is long, I know. All I am saying is stop bashing perfectly good players because they are struggling to get over something, a difficulty all the great ones had to go through. No one came into this league throwing 50 tds, over 5000 yards, winning every SB game. Everyone's got a downside, and you just have to be patient and lucky.
SO STOP IT ALREADY. OR AT LEAST STOP BEING FICKLE! You want to bash? Stay a hater? You want to love? Be a homer? You want to be a realist? Don't think the pessimistic outlook= realistic. STAY CONSISTENT!
Sorry if I left out some Godly Qb, or made some grammar mistake, or if i contradicted myself in some small way... it is, after all, not an essay... not like you'd know by the seeing the length of this rant.
