The truth might hurt some but it's the truth

[zrinkill]

And one season after a broken back

One broken back is a lot different when you add 2 years of late 30's age and 2 broke collar bones AND another broken back in a different place.

These injuries add up ......

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

Both him and the Animosity troll are greasing the stats to make rushing TDs = passing TDs as well, but hey... the bad thing about comparing stats is that Romo's numbers kept going up, up, up into an incredible December. Dak's are trending down already, and he's just a game manager to begin with. These trolls won't be doing the stat comparison very much longer, rest assured.

What's the point? Are you upset that Dak is our back up? What's the issue? Dak earned the trust of the team/coaches to start after multiple injuries took place. He's filling in and has helped the team into a position of first place in the nfce?

 

[Zekeats]

One broken back is a lot different when you add 2 years of late 30's age and 2 broke collar bones AND another broken back in a different place.

These injuries add up ......

True. Still doesn't change the fact that he is a better option at qb when healthy

 

[Super_Kazuya]

What's the point? Are you upset that Dak is our back up? What's the issue? Dak earned the trust of the team/coaches to start after multiple injuries took place. He's filling in and has helped the team into a position of first place in the nfce?

He's doing a great job... but in a watered down, winnable NFC we have to be very careful in our evaluations of every player and not get caught up in stupidity like momentum and chemistry. Dak may indeed be the best QB on the roster... right now he's the healthiest... but if he is, let's make it be for the right reasons.

 

[Cowboysfan917]

After trying to decode everything the Jones have said about the situation, I am starting to think that the truth is Tony COULD play BUT it's about keeping him from reinjury. That much is obvious.

That being said, I think thanksgiving is a really likely target date. It means that he will never have a short turnaround all year.

Sure there's a lot of fans and media folks screaming for Dak but if the coaches are truly watching the film, they can see the better option and they just want Romo to be 100% before trotting out there. I suspect that this is his training camp.

 

[Kevinicus]

One broken back is a lot different when you add 2 years of late 30's age and 2 broke collar bones AND another broken back in a different place.

These injuries add up ......

They really don't.

You break your leg and it heals and then break your other leg and it heals and then break your arm and it heals. Assuming no complications, there isn't a cummulative effect.

 

[zrinkill]

They really don't.

You break your leg and it heals and then break your other leg and it heals and then break your arm and it heals. Assuming no complications, there isn't a cummulative effect.

Dumbest thing I have ever heard.

 

[Kevinicus]

Dumbest thing I have ever heard.

It's true though. Some kinds of injuries can be cummulative. Broken bones that heal correctly do not. Especially bones in different locations.

 

[irving]

No way of knowing if Romo gives the team the best chance to win a super bowl, because he has never done it, he hasn't even got the team to the NFC Championship. If we won't to use that type of logic, I can say Romo probably doesn't make through the season or the playoffs, due to past injury history..

 

[drawandstrike]

I still can't believe we're having this argument. Once Tony is healthy & cleared to play, here's our options:

OPTION A: A rookie who had no experience running a NFL pro offense until he started getting coached up in it during Spring OTA's, having spent his entire college career running the spread, who is still earning to read NFL defenses and make presnap adjustments.

or

OPTION B: A 13 year veteran who's been running this offense since 2007, has seen it all, knows it all and in fact is the guy who's been helping to coach up OPTION A so that he's playing at his current level.

This is not a tough one. If he's healthy and ready to go, you go with Romo. Dak's not there yet, but with proper coaching and mentoring, he can be soon.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

I still can't believe we're having this argument. Once Tony is healthy & cleared to play, here's our options:

OPTION A: A rookie who had no experience running a NFL pro offense until he started getting coached up in it during Spring OTA's, having spent his entire college career running the spread, who is still earning to read NFL defenses and make presnap adjustments.

or

OPTION B: A 13 year veteran who's been running this offense since 2007, has seen it all, knows it all and in fact is the guy who's been helping to coach up OPTION A so that he's playing at his current level.

This is not a tough one. If he's healthy and ready to go, you go with Romo. Dak's not there yet, but with proper coaching and mentoring, he can be soon.

Sound reasoning except you're leaving out that OPTION B has chronic injury issues and hasn't played a meaningful snap in nearly 2 years. 2 full reg season games in over 2 years. We simply don't know which OPTION B we're getting with the playoffs and division on the line (every game is precious). OPTION B fair or not, has never made it past the divisional round and has two playoff wins to his resume in over 10 years as the starter. Meanwhile OPTION A has the team at first place in the division by two games and first place in the entire conference. OPTION A is thus WINNING and ascending (do we need fixing or do we keep going?). OPTION A is thriving, passing critical tests and the team has a positive chemistry right now.

I'm not saying you're wrong but lets not pretend this is as clear cut as you're making it. Sometimes the best choice is the door in which we don't know what's behind it. Sometimes you have to leave what you know. What's "safe" and "comfortable" and venture into the unkown. Nobody knows what the future holds but I like the path that we're on.

 

[toto1939]

I still can't believe we're having this argument. Once Tony is healthy & cleared to play, here's our options:

OPTION A: A rookie who had no experience running a NFL pro offense until he started getting coached up in it during Spring OTA's, having spent his entire college career running the spread, who is still earning to read NFL defenses and make presnap adjustments.

or

OPTION B: A 13 year veteran who's been running this offense since 2007, has seen it all, knows it all and in fact is the guy who's been helping to coach up OPTION A so that he's playing at his current level.

This is not a tough one. If he's healthy and ready to go, you go with Romo. Dak's not there yet, but with proper coaching and mentoring, he can be soon.

OPTION A: GO TO THE SUPER BOWL WITH A ROOKIE THAT IS PLAYING AT POSSIBLE MVP LEVEL AND MAY BE 7-1 AFTER CLEVELAND

OPTION B: PRETEND THAT SOME OLD GUY WHO HAS PLAYED ABOUT 4 FULL GAMES IN THE PAST 2 YEARS AND HAS BARELY WON A PLAYOFF GAME IN 10 YEARS CAN DO IT (Note: in 2014, we should have lost that 1st playoff game against Detroit)

 

[Stash]

First 7 games

(2014) Tony Romo: 148 of 214 for 1789 yds, 14 TD, 6 INT

(2016) Dak Prescott: 144 of 221 for 1,773 yds, 13 TD (4 rush), 2 INT


Here are facts

Way to ruin a perfectly good 'opinion as fact' thread with your actual facts!

 

[Stash]

Yes lets ignore context and the fact that Romo had 1 awful game vs the 49ers in the opener because of offseason back surgery...

"Context"? More like nonsense!

You want people to excuse an awful game because of off-season back surgery? Please. The guy was a 10-year league veteran who had the offseason to prepare.

Dak Prescott is a rookie. That trumps any and all excuses you can ate,out to make up.

 

[Stash]

Both him and the Animosity troll are greasing the stats to make rushing TDs = passing TDs as well, but hey... the bad thing about comparing stats is that Romo's numbers kept going up, up, up into an incredible December. Dak's are trending down already, and he's just a game manager to begin with. These trolls won't be doing the stat comparison very much longer, rest assured.

"Greasing the stats"? If anybody is trying to do that, it's guys like you. Touchdowns are worth 6 points, whether you pass them in or run them in.

Spin that!

 

[Stash]

I have no idea what scoring is used in your church fantasy football league.

The same used in real life. 6 points.

 

[Stash]

I still can't believe we're having this argument. Once Tony is healthy & cleared to play, here's our options:

OPTION A: A rookie who had no experience running a NFL pro offense until he started getting coached up in it during Spring OTA's, having spent his entire college career running the spread, who is still earning to read NFL defenses and make presnap adjustments.

or

OPTION B: A 13 year veteran who's been running this offense since 2007, has seen it all, knows it all and in fact is the guy who's been helping to coach up OPTION A so that he's playing at his current level.

This is not a tough one. If he's healthy and ready to go, you go with Romo. Dak's not there yet, but with proper coaching and mentoring, he can be soon.

Don't get your hopes up.

 

[toto1939]

Romonians seem to be in a bad mood these days with their panties wadding up into their butt cheeks...when they should be happy like us riding the wave brought to us by the new guys.

 

[DFWJC]

This is not true

Romo first game vs philly in 14...he was awful
He was awful vs Philly in first game in 15
Romo had numerous other games in 14 where he was just as bad

Romo isn't perfect guys..he has games where he plays poorly too..

Got that right.
No QB in history is. And they tend to be even less perfect when they have a poor oline and/or a terrible defense. See 2011-2013.

But just to show how consistent Romo was in 2014.
He played in 17 games that year had a rating of > 95 in 14 of them. That's preposterous.
A QB rating of 113.2 for the entire season is something 99% of NFL QBs will never see.
And to top that, he had a playoff QB rating of way higher than that still....126...insane.

But no, he for sure was not perfect.

 

[drawandstrike]

Got that right.
No QB in history is. And the tend to be even less perfect when they have a poor oline and/or a poor defense.

But just to show how consistent Romo was in 2014.
He played in 17 games that year had a rating of > 90 in 14 of them. That's preposterous.
A QB rating of 113.2 for the entire season is something 99% of NFL QBs will never see.
And to top that, he a playoff QB rating of way higher than that still....126...insane.

But no, he for sure was not perfect.

Dak is having such great success even though he's a rookie still learning how to run a pro offense because he has the team around him that was built up and drafted for Romo. Some of these guys seem to truly believe if we'd had a healthy Romo running this offense that was.....built for Romo....for the past 7 games we'd be like 3-4 or something. It's preposterous. So their forced to make arguments about "He'll never be healthy again!"