Video: The second coming of Barry Sanders is a Cowboy!?

[perrykemp]

Whoa, hold up.

During the past ten seasons, 2006 to 2015, the Dallas Cowboys have had more Pro Bowlers on their offensive line than any other team......by FAR.

The Cowboys have had 18 Pro Bowlers, 4 times Romo had 3 Pro Bowlers in a season, twice he had 2, twice one, and only twice has he had zero Pro Bowlers. The Cowboys have averaged 1.8 Pro Bowlers on the offensive line over the past 10 seasons. That's three times the league average per team of .6 Pro Bowlers per season. It is also the same average for Rodgers and the Packers. He also has a future Hall of Famer at TE and he's not been too shabby of a blocker either.

The team has done a good job providing both protection and quality receivers far above the league average. The Cowboys have also averaged 1.3 Pro Bowl receivers and TE's during class Romo's tenure as the starting QB. The league average is .4. The Packers have averaged .5 with Rodgers.

Quite often Romo has been forced to escape because he held on to the ball longer instead of finding an open receiver or throwing it away. That's has been a double edged sword for Tony and the Cowboys. The refusal to give up on a play has yielded big plays for and against the Cowboys.

I'm a big Tony fan but to be fair, it hasn't exactly been Romo standing alone against world. One thing that he has in common with Rodgers is he was able to sit the bench for three years behind one of the most productive QB's in history..

Good post.

 

[tyke1doe]

Literally the play that should get Romo into the HOF. Making Watt miss with a full head of steam running at his back, unblocked. All I'll ever need to see to be convinced of his athleticism.

If he makes the HOF (this assumes a Super Bowl win), then the play you mentioned along with the play against the Falcons and the 29 yard loss turned into a gainer against the Rams will be on his video also.

 

[ilykdrama]

If he makes the HOF (this assumes a Super Bowl win), then the play you mentioned along with the play against the Falcons and the 29 yard loss turned into a gainer against the Rams will be on his video also.

Yeah, basically all the highlight reel one could need.

 

[jazzcat22]

Me too. I hope they make a lot of improvement's next offseason.

You could have stopped typing at ....Me Too...

 

[StarBoyz83]

You could have stopped typing at ....Me Too...

Not really. They need to improve to be a contender.

 

[plasticman]

pro bowl is a voting contest...when you're americas team...aint hard to win the pageant.

Sorry, but no.

Perhaps the selection method has changed very recently but the voting has been
comprised of one third fans the other two thirds are coaches and players.

In addition, there may be more fans of "America's Team" than there is of the other 31 teams but certainly not the 31 teams combined. In fact, the Cowboys are one of thoae rare teams that is disliked just as much as it is liked. Cowboy selections to the Pro Bowl is the result of league wide rwspect for that individual player.

If you want to look for a legitimate area that has been aa detriment to Romo leading the team in the Super Bowl I would point at the general laxk of commitment on management and coaches towards more balanced offense.

Only during Parcell's last year and in 2014 did the Cowboys seriously commit to a ground game. Otherwise, they have put the offense on Romo's shoulders and abandoned the run to the point where defenses were ignoring it and.keying on Romo. This was despite games in which the RB was averaging 6 yards a carry.