The Tony Romo Thread

[mahoneybill]

I don't deny that he hasn't always had the best teams around him, but there've been times where the team were good, and he still couldn't get it done.

I've seen "he's better than Aikman" comments, and I just shake my head.

I don't care if Romo throws for one million yards, when it comes to getting a win when you need it, give me Aikman 100 times out of 100.

In fact, give me Danny White over Romo.

Even Danny lost a big one " The Catch" with Too Tall, Manster on the D side. We are not that good of a total Team right now, and can't be put into 10 pt deficits as a norm , and expect our D to shut out the other team till the O gets going...

 

[percyhoward]

Passing TD streak is over

Which one is that? I know he had the most road games with a TD pass in league history. Was there some other streak?

 

[TrailBlazer]

Really?

Funny, I doubt we see a special thread about that ending.

He had a passing TD in 30 something straight games.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

 

[Slim_JD]

He's had better days, can't really pin this only on him though obviously. The team sucked in all phases of the game.

 

[percyhoward]

The plan was to run it down their throats and keep their offense off the field, as opposed to attacking their 20th ranked pass defense. IOW, we overestimated our running game.

 

[kevm3]

Chip Kelly showed us the affect of a real HC/ OC. Sanchez was one of the worst QBs in the league, and now he looks blazing. We're completely wasting Romo's career due to Jones wanting to keep Garrett around by any means necessary. Honestly, Romo is done here. He's getting up there in age and the wear and tear on his body is catching up with him. Your offensive personnel can only do so much on the field if the gameplan is super vanilla and predictable.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

The plan was to run it down their throats and keep their offense off the field, as opposed to attacking their 20th ranked pass defense.

Running it was supposed to protect our defense. didn't work out as planed lol

 

[Cowboyz88]

Even Danny lost a big one " The Catch" with Too Tall, Manster on the D side. We are not that good of a total Team right now, and can't be put into 10 pt deficits as a norm , and expect our D to shut out the other team till the O gets going...

I've seen dang near every Cowboys game for the last 40 years, and I'm all too aware of White's shortcomings.

Truthfully, I'm not a big fan of his either, but under pressure, he could handle the pressure better than Romo, IMO.

I don't know if it's because there's nearly two generations of Cowboys fans who have't seen a dominating Cowboys team, so they try to cling to anything positive they can, but the undying love for Romo is so confusing to me.

What has he brought to the team? Stats, passing records, unbelievable Houdini plays, some great regular season wins and a whole lot of confusion and heartache.

Fans go out of their way to espouse every positive Romo stat they can find, while trying to sweep all of his hiccups under the rug.

It's like they're the guy who can't ever get over the one girl who makes him feel great 50% of the time, while breaking his heart the other 50%. Eventually, she's gonna drive a stake through his heart.

Give me the QB who makes me happy 75% or 80% of the time.

 

[TrailBlazer]

Which one is that? I know he had the most road games with a TD pass in league history. Was there some other streak?

Passing TD in 39 straight games. Could be wrong on that number. But was the longest active streak.

 

[Alexander]

He had a passing TD in 30 something straight games.

Like I said, I doubt you hear much more about that other than this mention.

 

[percyhoward]

Passing TD in 39 straight games. Could be wrong on that number. But was the longest active streak.

Active, yes. The streak ends as 5th all time. 16 games behind Brees for longest.

In road games, Romo still has the all-time record.

 

[TrailBlazer]

Like I said, I doubt you hear much more about that other than this mention.

Yeah probably not. Oddly enough, I didn't hear much about it when the streak was intact.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Romo's been on two teams that we're "good enough." Three, if you count this one. The other teams he's been on he's had to drag kicking and screaming. He did his part in say 2012 to blow the big game, but the team was only there because he got them there.

LOL and you've been where for the past month? Thought so.

And you've got a QB who has been in the MVP conversation and you think he's not the answer but of course your answer is, whatever it is. - thought so.

And Tom Brady did his part by throwing 3 picks in two separate AFC Championship games and won them both - but it all falls on Romo. thought so.

Great! Now that we got that cleared up see you next month when we either are eliminated or lose a playoff game because we can't stop anybody so you can some in with some insightful and brilliant commentary. In the meantime head on out to the quarterback tree and pick and Andrew Luck out for all of us - then you can come back to visit gain some credibility.

 

[kevm3]

Is Romo Brady or Manning? No. Would he be a lot better with a real OC/HC? Absolutely. Our offense simply relies on us outtalenting opposing teams, which is why we beat up on bad teams, and we lose against quality ones. When talent levels are relatively even, it comes down to coaches outscheming each other. You saw the vast difference between Chip's O and Garrett's O today. I sat back and wondered why so many guys on their team are open over and over. Sanchez got ran out of the Jet's organization... and he goes to Philly and beats us down. That's what coaching does for you. We're not going to get anywhere expecting Romo to dance around all day and toss miracle balls to Dez. It works against bad teams, but as you saw against Arizona and today against Philly, it doesn't work against quality teams. Garrett is not a head coach period. If you want to keep him, make him GM and let him do admin work where he excels. He knows how to get quality players here and bring in a coaching staff, but he adds nothing to the team on gameday.

 

[Alexander]

I've seen dang near every Cowboys game for the last 40 years, and I'm all too aware of White's shortcomings.

Truthfully, I'm not a big fan of his either, but under pressure, he could handle the pressure better than Romo, IMO.

Different circumstances though.

Danny White was not asked to basically take the franchise on his shoulders. He had a competent head coach who directed his activities as a superior.

I don't know if it's because there's nearly two generations of Cowboys fans who have't seen a dominating Cowboys team, so they try to cling to anything positive they can, but the undying love for Romo is so confusing to me.

It is not confusing to me. I understand it and yet I almost laugh at it when I realize the absurdity.

What has he brought to the team? Stats, passing records, unbelievable Houdini plays, some great regular season wins and a whole lot of confusion and heartache.

He has brought a lot of great moments. A lot more moments than the organization deserved given the crap that has often been fielded with him.

He is a good, not elite player that has been asked to be elite for way too lon. Had he played on the Saints, he would be viewed like Archie Manning.

Fans go out of their way to espouse every positive Romo stat they can find, while trying to sweep all of his hiccups under the rug.

It's like they're the guy who can't ever get over the one girl who makes him feel great 50% of the time, while breaking his heart the other 50%. Eventually, she's gonna drive a stake through his heart.

Give me the QB who makes me happy 75% or 80% of the time.

While I am tired of the Romo roller coaster, I will stay on it until the end, and take the frustration. The alternatives are awful.

But will not stop me from noting the flaws now.[/quote]

 

[Floatyworm]

Romo on fumes w/ 4 games to play. He just isn't gonna be the guy that gets us over the hump. The sooner we realize this the sooner we can get on to something better.

 

[DandyDon1722]

I've seen dang near every Cowboys game for the last 40 years, and I'm all too aware of White's shortcomings.

Truthfully, I'm not a big fan of his either, but under pressure, he could handle the pressure better than Romo, IMO.

I don't know if it's because there's nearly two generations of Cowboys fans who have't seen a dominating Cowboys team, so they try to cling to anything positive they can, but the undying love for Romo is so confusing to me.

What has he brought to the team? Stats, passing records, unbelievable Houdini plays, some great regular season wins and a whole lot of confusion and heartache.

Fans go out of their way to espouse every positive Romo stat they can find, while trying to sweep all of his hiccups under the rug.

It's like they're the guy who can't ever get over the one girl who makes him feel great 50% of the time, while breaking his heart the other 50%. Eventually, she's gonna drive a stake through his heart.

Give me the QB who makes me happy 75% or 80% of the time.

Dude - it's incomprehensible some of you don't get it so I'll spell it out for you.

First - It's a team game and everybody has to do their job.
Second - Quincy Carter, Chad Hutchinson, Ryan Leaf, Steve Pueller, Gary Hogeboom, etc.
Third - Just draft a QB with a high draft pick - RG III, Geno Smith, EJ Manuel, etc.

Yeah generational quarterbacks make everybody happy, it's just the 20 years in between. And yes you can win with an average or below average quarterback but you can't with the way this team has been run for 20 plus years. Now you get it and don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to worry about the quarterback position when Romo's done.

I don't even know why this thread was started. I know it's a fan forum but honestly, it's low hanging fruit after a game like this.

To pick out the quarterback, coach, defense, special teams or owner for blame in a game like this is a waste of time.

We got our *** kicked, time to move the hell on.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

He's had better days, can't really pin this only on him though obviously. The team sucked in all phases of the game.

Agreed. This was a total team loss, butt's got kicked in all phases.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Romo on fumes w/ 4 games to play. He just isn't gonna be the guy that gets us over the hump. The sooner we realize this the sooner we can get on to something better.

He was today but so was the whole team. Move on man, it was a bad freakin' game it happens. Ask Seattle after the Rams, ask KC after the Raiders. Blanket comments like that after a loss like this are emotion based. We could win our last four and it doesn't even matter.