Stuck in limbo still

[ufcrules1]

It's not really limbo. It's the Dak era now and Tony is done. Believe me, it pains me to say this, but you just have to move on.

I agree with this. However, it doesn't pain me to say Dak is the future. I'm actually very excited.

 

[erod]

Win what?

Pencil? Use the pencil with Romo. The guy is in, he is out, were winning the SB, were 4-12?

Sorry, Im sick and tired of the Romo drama. Im more than ready for Dak and the future.

Were not winning the SB with either QB this year. If you ever thought that then that is your issue.

Funny thing is, nobody cares what you're sick and tired of. You have no say.

 

[erod]

Eh, Tony's not done yet. He's coming back and probably sooner than we think, but I will agree, he truly is now, one hit away.

I thought Michael Irvin summed it up pretty well on Mike & Mike today. Let's take 7 games as a barometer.

If Dak goes 5-2 and Tony's ready, there's a controversy.
If Dak goes 2-5, Tony is behind the eight ball and has a lot of work ahead of him to bring us back.
If Dak is 3-4 or 4-3, the fans understand Dak needs some work and can't wait for Tony to get back and we're still alive.

Never a dull moment, that's for sure.

I agree with that, except it depends what Dak's impact is on the record. If the team is winning and he's just playing well enough to get by, everybody will still want Romo. If he's a big reason they're winning, Romo won't be a shoo-in to get his starting spot back.

I suspect Dak will flash, but still struggle like a typical rookie. They'll be 3-3 or 4-2, and Romo will come back and give it another go.

 

[DandyDon1722]

I agree with that, except it depends what Dak's impact is on the record. If the team is winning and he's just playing well enough to get by, everybody will still want Romo. If he's a big reason they're winning, Romo won't be a shoo-in to get his starting spot back.

I suspect Dak will flash, but still struggle like a typical rookie. They'll be 3-3 or 4-2, and Romo will come back and give it another go.

I think you're exactly right E.

 

[Virginia-Dave]

Dak Prescott is the best thing that has happened to this team in 20 years.

Dak has played unbelievably this preseason, and I really do hope he turns out to be a stud for the Cowboys, but let's not get crazy just yet. In the words of Bill Parcells: "We've got a ways to go here. So put away the anointing oil, OK?"

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Romo will be playing this year. There's no question.

Not if Dak is winning. It is all about the 'W.' And money. So, if Dak can win while being paid 1/33 the amount of Romo, it becomes a no-brainer.

 

[CouchCoach]

I agree with that, except it depends what Dak's impact is on the record. If the team is winning and he's just playing well enough to get by, everybody will still want Romo. If he's a big reason they're winning, Romo won't be a shoo-in to get his starting spot back.

I suspect Dak will flash, but still struggle like a typical rookie. They'll be 3-3 or 4-2, and Romo will come back and give it another go.

And he will leave injured again unless he modifies the way he plays. At least Dak gets some real game experience with the 1st team.

 

[bsbellomy]

Win what?

Pencil? Use the pencil with Romo. The guy is in, he is out, were winning the SB, were 4-12?

Sorry, Im sick and tired of the Romo drama. Im more than ready for Dak and the future.

Were not winning the SB with either QB this year. If you ever thought that then that is your issue.

This is the NFL. You DON'T let guys learn on the job unless you have no other options. You DO what it takes to give your team the best chance to win on every Sunday.

Nobody cares what you are and aren't tired of.

 

[CouchCoach]

Dak has played unbelievably this preseason, and I really do hope he turns out to be a stud for the Cowboys, but let's not get crazy just yet. In the words of Bill Parcells: "We've got a ways to go here. So put away the anointing oil, OK?"

It's like this every season, too many think the pretend season is real. All kinds of judgments are being made on the other East teams, all based on pretend football. No question, Dak is the darling of the pretend season but it's still pretend. We'll get a really good look at him when it gets real and from the standpoint of the future, that's a good thing.

 

[CouchCoach]

This is the NFL. You DON'T let guys learn on the job unless you have no other options. You DO what it takes to give your team the best chance to win on every Sunday.

Nobody cares what you are and aren't tired of.

Unless you own the Cowboys.

 

[Idgit]

The odds of Dak coming in as a rookie and playing at a level higher than Tony Romo plays are almost too remote to be considered. If he gets us in the neighborhood, because of his youth and upside, we'll of course consider it. It's much more likely that get doesn't deliver that level of play and we make the switch back to Romo when he's available.

That said, it's also possible that Tony Romo can't give us Tony Romo's level of play anymore. Thats where things are going to get interesting. At the end of the day, you have to hope for Dak to make this decision a no-brainer for us, in a good way. We'd be so unbelievably lucky if he did. I'm not expecting it. I'm expecting good backup QB play from him, and a decent team overall, and we're back on the Romo train after four games or so once the fracture is healed.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Even in a fluke injury, unrelated to all other injuries, Tony Romo still gets no respect, this time for a rookie who has played in only THREE preseason games.

If Tony fractured his ankle sliding while his cleat got stuck on the grass, people would say he's injury prone. While age and the unnecessary hits due to the way he used to play in the past, and the lack of respect he gets in the lack of roughing the passer calls in total he has received, have slightly increased the probability for injury, overall chances of injury for a QB still remain the same in football.

The Tony Romo is "glass" myth has become like the Tony Romo is a "choker" myth.

 

[BleedinBlue]

The odds of Dak coming in as a rookie and playing at a level higher than Tony Romo plays are almost too remote to be considered. If he gets us in the neighborhood, because of his youth and upside, we'll of course consider it. It's much more likely that get doesn't deliver that level of play and we make the switch back to Romo when he's available.

That said, it's also possible that Tony Romo can't give us Tony Romo's level of play anymore. Thats where things are going to get interesting. At the end of the day, you have to hope for Dak to make this decision a no-brainer for us, in a good way. We'd be so unbelievably lucky if he did. I'm not expecting it. I'm expecting good backup QB play from him, and a decent team overall, and we're back on the Romo train after four games or so once the fracture is healed.

very true, we don't know what Romo we're going to get, 2013, early 2014, late 2014 or 2015. Lot's of missed time in there. You'd hope experience would prevail but he has a lot to overcome.

 

[Cowpolk]

Win what?

Pencil? Use the pencil with Romo. The guy is in, he is out, were winning the SB, were 4-12?

Sorry, Im sick and tired of the Romo drama. Im more than ready for Dak and the future.

Were not winning the SB with either QB this year. If you ever thought that then that is your issue.

No matter who the QB is there will be drama and Romo is better than Dak Dak has a lot of learning to do and Romo is a good place for Dak to learn from

 

[Idgit]

very true, we don't know what Romo we're going to get, 2013, early 2014, late 2014 or 2015. Lot's of missed time in there. You'd hope experience would prevail but he has a lot to overcome.

If this were a case of his disks slipping, or his arm or his legs going, it'd be one thing. The weird thing about Tony's injuries is that they're bone fractures and not necessarily chronic injuries that indicate his skills are diminishing. I just have a really hard time believing a 36 year old guy's bones have suddenly gotten that much more brittle than they were in, say, 2013 or 2014. It's not like he's a 60 year old man with a low-testosterone problem.

At the same time, it's three fractured bones in two years and a couple of dozen plays overall. Maybe that's a statistical fluke, but maybe there is something else going on that we're just not thinking about. I don't know. It's easy to look at and conclude it's a problem with his body breaking down, but I'd still like to hear a little of the science that's supposedly behind it.

That said, he's missing a lot of time, and that's going to affect his level of play, too. At some point it's going to catch up.

 

[Runwildboys]

A healthy Romo is our best chance at a championship....a less than healthy Romo is our second best chance...then comes Dak.

 

[erod]

The odds of Dak coming in as a rookie and playing at a level higher than Tony Romo plays are almost too remote to be considered. If he gets us in the neighborhood, because of his youth and upside, we'll of course consider it. It's much more likely that get doesn't deliver that level of play and we make the switch back to Romo when he's available.

That said, it's also possible that Tony Romo can't give us Tony Romo's level of play anymore. Thats where things are going to get interesting. At the end of the day, you have to hope for Dak to make this decision a no-brainer for us, in a good way. We'd be so unbelievably lucky if he did. I'm not expecting it. I'm expecting good backup QB play from him, and a decent team overall, and we're back on the Romo train after four games or so once the fracture is healed.

People are spewing, "three plays, and he's already hurt." Uh, no, he played against Miami, too, and even took a couple hits.

The narrative is prewritten. Whatever the truth is doesn't matter.

He played 2014 after the back surgery. Last year was about a collar bone, not his back. You'd think he just had back surgery a couple months ago by the reporting.

I'm willing to let it play out. He's one of dozens of players that were injured in preseason. I'm excited to watch Dak get started, too.

 

[erod]

And he will leave injured again unless he modifies the way he plays. At least Dak gets some real game experience with the 1st team.

That was a strange contortion when he went down and got hit from behind. I want to see him take some normal shots and see how he holds up.

 

[CouchCoach]

That was a strange contortion when he went down and got hit from behind. I want to see him take some normal shots and see how he holds up.

He did not look comfortable last season before getting injured twice. I am not insinuating he's injury prone because these are broken bones but if he can't move any better than he did on that play, they'll just keep coming until they knock him out. And I think he's too late in the game for him to change how he plays the game, he is going to try and make a play.

 

[Kevinicus]

Not if Dak is winning. It is all about the 'W.' And money. So, if Dak can win while being paid 1/33 the amount of Romo, it becomes a no-brainer.

This isn't about what you want to happen, it's about what will happen. Romo is playing.