RonnieT24
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Romo wasn’t the leagues leading passer in 2014. It was his most effective season and given the other supporting cast he could have been enough. But we can’t count on this dysfunctional organization to provide that support.
Would a closer to HOF caliber make a difference ? Who knows but I’m about ready to try. If nothing else maybe it get us closer. Only when you come to realize this dysfunctional organization may not be able to build it around Dak anymore than they were able to with Romo can you begin looking outside the norm. Especially when we see some of these young guns turn their teams around without the same supporting cast on offense or great defenses.
Actually he was exactly that. Here is the passer rating leader board from 2014:
1 Tony Romo * DAL 34 QB 15 15 12-3-0 304 435 69.9 3705 34 7.8 9 2.1 191 68 8.5 9.1 12.2 247.0 113.2 79.7 29 215 7.52 8.11 6.3 3 4
2 Aaron Rodgers *+ GNB 31 QB 16 16 12-4-0 341 520 65.6 4381 38 7.3 5 1.0 221 80 8.4 9.5 12.8 273.8 112.2 78.3 28 174 7.68 8.65 5.1 1 1
3 Ben Roethlisberger* PIT 32 QB 16 16 11-5-0 408 608 67.1 4952 32 5.3 9 1.5 244 94 8.1 8.5 12.1 309.5 103.3 68.7 33 172 7.46 7.82 5.1 2 3
4 Peyton Manning* DEN 38 QB 16 16 12-4-0 395 597 66.2 4727 39 6.5 15 2.5 227 86 7.9 8.1 12.0 295.4 101.5 72.0 17 118 7.51 7.68 2.8 1 1
5 Tom Brady * NWE 37 QB 16 16 12-4-0 373 582 64.1 4109 33 5.7 9 1.5 221 69 7.1 7.5 11.0 256.8 97.4 76.2 21 134 6.59 7.01 3.5 2 2
6 Drew Brees* NOR 35 QB 16 16 7-9-0 456 659 69.2 4952 33 5.0 17 2.6 259 69 7.5 7.4 10.9 309.5 97.0 74.8 29 186 6.93 6.77 4.2
Then is if click on QBR and sort the list looks like this:
1 Tony Romo * DAL 34 QB 15 15 12-3-0 304 435 69.9 3705 34 7.8 9 2.1 191 68 8.5 9.1 12.2 247.0 113.2 79.7 29 215 7.52 8.11 6.3 3 4
2 Aaron Rodgers *+ GNB 31 QB 16 16 12-4-0 341 520 65.6 4381 38 7.3 5 1.0 221 80 8.4 9.5 12.8 273.8 112.2 78.3 28 174 7.68 8.65 5.1 1 1
3 Tom Brady * NWE 37 QB 16 16 12-4-0 373 582 64.1 4109 33 5.7 9 1.5 221 69 7.1 7.5 11.0 256.8 97.4 76.2 21 134 6.59 7.01 3.5 2 2
4 Drew Brees* NOR 35 QB 16 16 7-9-0 456 659 69.2 4952 33 5.0 17 2.6 259 69 7.5 7.4 10.9 309.5 97.0 74.8 29 186 6.93 6.77 4.2 2 2
5 Peyton Manning* DEN 38 QB 16 16 12-4-0 395 597 66.2 4727 39 6.5 15 2.5 227 86 7.9 8.1 12.0 295.4 101.5 72.0 17 118 7.51 7.68 2.8 1
So while he did not lead the league in yards.. I'm sure I don't need to remind you that "yards don't matter." He led the league in passing efficiency. So he was the best in the game that year.
And I'm perplexed as to how people keep pointing out that the Joneses have failed to build around two very good QBs... but are somehow going to become that much smarter when they draft the latest shiny new toy QB. Our best chance to get to the dance is to give them LESS problems to solve not more.