What is it with this sudden infatuation with so many Dallas fans acting like the season is over, the draft is practically tomorrow, and that we desperately need to draft a QB with our top pick...?...
Last I checked, we still have a MVP-caliber QB, who indicated earlier this year that he wants to play for at least another 3-4 seasons beyond 2015... And it's not like Romo has shown decline, on the contrary, he has actually gotten better with age.
The Cowboys are pretty good right now, and our focus should be drafting other impact players to surround Romo with so we can win now. It's not time to worry about winning 5 years from now...
Why are so many zoners rushing to put in fork in the Tony Romo era? He's not done, not even close, but we are close to contending for a Super Bowl, and now is the time to go all-in with Romo. You can draft 200 QB's before you find another one as good as Romo, so you don't waste his best years by throwing away a 1st-round pick on a QB who's destined to ride the bench and will probably be a bust anyway.
Furthermore, Tony's not dead, he will return soon, and he will save our season. All this talk of QB will look even more silly if we're picking last in the first-round, which is exactly what Romo says will happen, just ask Tom Brady...
The season is not over, and Romo's era is about as over as John Elway's era was over in 1994...
It is pretty simple.
Romo is 35 about to be 36. When you build a team, you do so with a contingency plan.
Back in 1991 Dallas had Beuerlein as the back-up. Aikman went down and Beuerlein stepped up and won games. And Aikman was about 24 or so at the time, not 35/36.
This is a physical game where the quarterback is essentially standing still and being rush by big people at nearly full speed that outweigh him by 75 pounds or more.
You don't go off-roading in your 4x4 without a spare tire.
This organization has played the lottery on the back-up for a number of years, counting on Romo's health. Football is a game built on youth. Romo is close to the end. Not because of his skill set, - however one might make the case of no one knows when his throwing arm will begin the inevitable decline into something not considered a pro throwing arm - but because of the beating he takes year in and year out. To ignore this is Jerry being frugal to the point he risks diminishing what he and his staff have built. Which is a team, when functioning with all pieces, has a shot at being the best in the league.
But Jerry, in his history has poor-boyed his quest for a title without Jimmy's fingerprints as the architect. And this is another indication he will cut corners.
There is also the notion that with the youth on this team, if and when Romo retires, transitioning to the next quarterback would be far more seamless if Jones looked to Green Bay and emulated their choosing Rogers when they had Favre. The idea of still having a winning core with the likes of Quincy Carter, or a dried up has-been taking over is about as appealing as a colonoscopy.
It's making business decisions wherein you play for today, with a plan for the unexpected, and an eye on tomorrow.
But unless you have a crystal ball about Romo's future health, or are blithely ignorant on the reason this season has gone to the dung heap with a broken clavicle , I don't truly understand the reasoning behind this position.
