The Tony Romo Thread

[Floatyworm]

Another big game, another game that Romo doesn't show up for... no surprise.

Yup....Agreed

All too familiar. This loss really has cemented it for me. The Tony Romo era just needs to come to an end.

1. He can't withstand the punishment of a season.

2. Just doesn't have the arm strength to push the ball down field.

3. CBs just don't fear him knowing they can't be beat deep.

4. No longer runs from the pocket for 1st downs.

5. Doesn't see the field....pre-determines his throws...locks on to receivers.

Should I continue?????? I think people get the point......It's time to move on

 

[tyke1doe]

So you're saying when he does speak up he is too stupid to do the right thing? Did he speak up when he was being blitzed to death vs Washington? Or did he show us the definition of insanity which is do the same thing over and over and expect different results?

Last year they did let him have more say so in the plays and that turned out to be a mistake. I would still expect him to say something in a game like today but I don't think he is bright enough to make a difference with his opinion anyway.

You're shifting the argument. Your point was that he does what he's told. I responded by asking whether checking out of plays is an example of doing what you're told?
I recall last year many posters were complaining about that very thing, i.e., Romo checking out of running plays to pass the ball. So which is it?

Whether he makes the right call or whether he's competent to know what to do is a different argument than him doing what he's told to do.

 

[ufcrules1]

Well, that's another matter altogether. I don't know how you would handle that. With Romo, the Cowboys at least can contend for the playoffs - even if we haven't made in the past three years. Without him, you're basically rebuilding, and we weren't really in a position to pick a quarterback who is a worthy successor to Romo - unless one felt Johnny Football was the answer, and I doubt he wouldn't have been another glorified RGIII.

So the team had to roll the dice and bet on Romo, bad back and all.

Be that as it may, I'm not ready to concede the season. If, however, the Cowboys don't make the playoffs, with Romo's back, I'd say start looking for his successor. I think Romo may have two good years (barely) left. We'll see.

We should have moved on from Romo and focused on our lines and secondary for a few years until we found our future QB. What is the difference between 6-10 and 8-8? A top 10 draft pick, that's what. Romo is nothing more than fools gold.

 

[ufcrules1]

You're shifting the argument. Your point was that he does what he's told. I responded by asking whether checking out of plays is an example of doing what you're told?
I recall last year many posters were complaining about that very thing, i.e., Romo checking out of running plays to pass the ball. So which is it?

Whether he makes the right call or whether he's competent to know what to do is a different argument than him doing what he's told to do.

That was last year and this is this year. Do you not remeber last year Jerry saying Romo would have a lot more say so in the play calling. Well, that didn't work out so well. So Romo sits back and rarely speaks up even if the playcalling is bad/not working. He isn't capable of being a strong leader.

 

[tyke1doe]

We should have moved on from Romo and focused on our lines and secondary for a few years until we found our future QB. What is the difference between 6-10 and 8-8? A top 10 draft pick, that's what. Romo is nothing more than fools gold.

Well, we are focusing on our lines. And we have another draft to build both our lines and our corners. I think we can work on doing that and doing it with Romo as the quarterback. I don't see why we can't.

 

[perrykemp]

Yup....Agreed

All too familiar. This loss really has cemented it for me. The Tony Romo era just needs to come to an end.

1. He can't withstand the punishment of a season.

2. Just doesn't have the arm strength to push the ball down field.

3. CBs just don't fear him knowing they can't be beat deep.

4. No longer runs from the pocket for 1st downs.

5. Doesn't see the field....pre-determines his throws...locks on to receivers.

Should I continue?????? I think people get the point......It's time to move on

I think you are venting after a ugly loss.

Protect Romo and he is a very good QB, perfectly able to lead this team to the promised land.

He isn't good enough to do it on his own.

 

[tyke1doe]

That was last year and this is this year. Do you not remeber last year Jerry saying Romo would have a lot more say so in the play calling. Well, that didn't work out so well. So Romo sits back and rarely speaks up even if the playcalling is bad/not working. He isn't capable of being a strong leader.

But you just argued he does what he's told. Now you're saying if he does what he's not told, he'll make a wrong decision anyway. So I'm not seeing the point of you saying he does what he's told. It sounds like you wouldn't trust him ANYWAY so why is this of concerned to you? If you don't trust him, shouldn't he do what he's told?

 

[ufcrules1]

Look who's here when a bad game is played. SHOCKER!!!

I'm here every day. You should know that since you are my stalker. Let's hear your opinion on Romo.

 

[ufcrules1]

I think you are venting after a ugly loss.

Protect Romo and he is a very good QB, perfectly able to lead this team to the promised land.

He isn't good enough to do it on his own.

He was protected out there today. No he didn't have 7-10 seconds to throw on every play but he had still had plenty of time. He had a very bad game out there and it wasn't the olines fault.

 

[ufcrules1]

But you just argued he does what he's told. Now you're saying if he does what he's not told, he'll make a wrong decision anyway. So I'm not seeing the point of you saying he does what he's told. It sounds like you wouldn't trust him ANYWAY so why is this of concerned to you? If you don't trust him, shouldn't he do what he's told?

My point is simple. We need a hell of lot more out of a 110m franchise QB.

 

[coogrfan]

He was protected out there today. No he didn't have 7-10 seconds to throw on every play but he had still had plenty of time. He had a very bad game out there and it wasn't the olines fault.

Dude...the OL got worked. What the Hell are you talking about??

 

[Cowboy Brian]

This game was NOT on Romo.

I feel like the young OL let the hype get to their heads, and the Eagles defense and A++ scheming was able to exploit them.

 

[Clove]

I think you are venting after a ugly loss.

Protect Romo and he is a very good QB, perfectly able to lead this team to the promised land.

He isn't good enough to do it on his own.

Romo had plenty of protection today. The protection he had today is what most QBs get. What you saw last week was total domination at times. BUt guess what? You're not going to dominant teams every week up front, so... You need to read the defense and get the ball out fast. Otherwise, take off, get what you can and go down. He's been doing this for years. It's an indictment on you as a QB when the team decides to gamble on your winning the game by shutting down Murray.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

This game was NOT on Romo.

I feel like the young OL let the hype get to their heads, and the Eagles defense and A++ scheming was able to exploit them.

I think your right. But duck cause they will come out trying to take your head off.

 

[Clove]

He wants to survey the field all day long to find the perfect pass, how many times have I said you can't do that with every team. Not to mention, he just sucked throwing it. Wide passes, high passes, interceptions, he played scared. He's pretty mentally weak. AS long as things are going good, he's okay. As soon as a team roughs him up a tad, he's finished mentally. He started ducking, and hiding, and watching the pass rush, it was just ugly.

 

[ufcrules1]

Dude...the OL got worked. What the Hell are you talking about??

Dude the oline did not have a bad game out there today. That was an above average Oline out there. Our offense just couldn't get anything going.

 

[cml750]

Tony has had better games for sure but the coaching staff did nothing to help him. We were outcoached VERY badly today. Tony Romo is not and has never been what is wrong with this team. We have been extremely lucky to have him and have been even luckier that he has performed at the level he has after his back problems.

 

[zack]

This place amazes me. Some things never change....

Thought we turned the corner around here. Guess not. Some coming out of the woodwork again.

One thing I will say. It just seems that when we have to pass, the routes are all outside. Nothing is in the middle of the field. Why is that?

Let Dez be physical over the middle. It just seems that there is a lack of imaginative route concepts.

Guys are hardly wide open and hardly catch the ball uncontested.

Sure Romo didn't play well, but as a team they all played bad. Hopefully they turn it around next week.

 

[Clove]

Tony has had better games for sure but the coaching staff did nothing to help him. We were outcoached VERY badly today. Tony Romo is not and has never been what is wrong with this team. We have been extremely lucky to have him and have been even luckier that he has performed at the level he has after his back problems.

Tony Romo is EXACTLY what's wrong with this team. Get him off the team, get a great QB in here, and see what happens. Dude is good as long as it's September & October when the heat is on low. As soon as you turn up the heater, the pressure of late November & December, he just backs down from the challenge. He falls down way before a guy sacks him, that's a punk move there.

 

[coogrfan]

Dude the oline did not have a bad game out there today. That was an above average Oline out there. Our offense just couldn't get anything going.

You could not possibly be more wrong about this. We couldn't get anything going because Philly dominated the LOS.