News: This stretch can help decide if Cowboys' Tony Romo jumps from good to great

[CCBoy]

This stretch can help decide if Cowboys' Tony Romo jumps from good to great

By Charles Robinson 9 hours ago Yahoo Sports
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/this-s...-romo-jumps-from-good-to-great-193752611.html


ARLINGTON, Texas – In the suite area of AT&T Stadium, where the highest rollers perch to watch the Forbes-topping $4 billion Dallas Cowboys, there is an impossible-to-miss homage to Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman.

It comes in an almost floor-to-ceiling photo, featuring team owner Jerry Jones locked in an intimate conversation with Aikman in the Dallas locker room. The eye-to-eye photo feels dramatic, with Aikman tucking in his pristine white jersey while Jones talks and holds his hands as if he's going over a last-minute detail. It's one of many images of past glories that orbit the stadium, an oval path walled in with championship memories. Designed to elicit emotions in visitors, it also delivers a message.

Tony Romo was quite popular in Dallas after beating the Giants in Week 1.



In this franchise, January matters. February matters. And greatness in the midst of adversity? Well, that's how Aikman earned his place on the wall. More than anything, that's why the next four weeks could be a critical mass that helps determine how Tony Romo's career is celebrated. No Dez Bryant. DeMarco Murray long gone. Romo is 35 years old, in a potential Super Bowl season, and approaching the back end of his prime. This, right here, is his time to separate himself. For the next month, he'll basically be tasked with being Tom Brady -- expected to prove that he can be a kingmaker no matter what offensive pieces are placed around him...

 

[AzorAhai]

Thats been decided already, regardless of what happens these next few weeks. How the offense looks will show how good/great these coaches are at game planning and scheming.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I sort of agree. If he can win with these group of receivers........he's in that elite category with Brady and Rodgers. He's already a great quarterback though. You don't just have 28 4th quarter comebacks by luck.

 

[Nightman]

How Romo plays without his top WR has no bearing on his legacy.

He has proven he is a top clutch QB.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

lol. Don't even have to read the article, so Romo is now only considered good. The CAREER all time passing leader for the Dallas Cowboys. Hilarious.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

I sort of agree. If he can win with these group of receivers........he's in that elite category with Brady and Rodgers. He's already a great quarterback though. You don't just have 28 4th quarter comebacks by luck.

Win a SB and then he is with his critics. Until then.

 

[xvendettax914]

Unreal. What else is this dude supposed to do? Can't win a SuperBowl himself...

 

[CCBoy]

3) What impressed you the most about the win?

Just the resiliency of hanging in there. Playing 60 minutes. And of course, the manner in which Tony Romo handled that final drive. If you just put the tape on with no sound or score for a football person, no one would have known by Romo's demeanor whether that was the first or last drive of the game. Whether he was ahead or behind. Never panicked or forced the issue. I know this will be blasphemous to the national media, but I am not sure there is anyone outside of Aaron Rodgers I would rather have as my quarterback in that situation. And Jason Garrett and the players can all chant the Stepford Wives mantra that last year meant nothing when this season started. But without the backdrop of that 12-4 season, not convinced the result would have been the same.

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(Babe Laufenberg post)

 

[Idgit]

What he meant to say was, could this stretch of games help decide whether or not run-of-the-mill sports journalists can tell great QB play from what's been peddled for years from ESPN to casual fans who don't know any better? And the answer is, no, it can't.

 

[Tabascocat]

Tony can have 4 really good games out of the five. He may even lead a few comebacks during this but the media will focus on his one bad game. They will not even mention week 1 or whatever other game he pulls a miracle out. It will all be focused on that single game to continue labeling him as a choker

 

[AzorAhai]

How Romo plays without his top WR has no bearing on his legacy.

He has proven he is a top clutch QB.

It honestly sounds like a setup for a "see, he's only good" line.

 

[AzorAhai]

What he meant to say was, could this stretch of games help decide whether or not run-of-the-mill sports journalists can tell great QB play from what's been peddled for years from ESPN to casual fans who don't know any better? And the answer is, no, it can't.

 

[AzorAhai]

Tony can have 4 really good games out of the five. He may even lead a few comebacks during this but the media will focus on his one bad game. They will not even mention week 1 or whatever other game he pulls a miracle out. It will all be focused on that single game to continue labeling him as a choker

Overhead 2 guys at work saying he got bailed out by Eli and if it wasn't for his typical Ints it wouldn't have come to that. To determine if someone is worth talking football with, just ask them about Romo.

 

[mldardy]

He turned Miles Austin into a Pro Bowl receiver and Laurent Robinson into an almost 900 yard/11 TD receiver. Has either of them duplicated that anywhere else. I would say I'm convinced that if you can got open Romo will find you and find you a lot.

 

[Wood]

see I think Dallas has to be careful not to put everything on Romo shoulder. Not having Murray or Dez is dramatically different than last year. This has to be about the OC & DC who are both very capable putting together some of their best game plans of their career. The one thing Dallas does have going for them is teams have no idea how they will attack. That means Dallas has to put points up in 1st half because teams will adjust after half.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Win a SB and then he is with his critics. Until then.

Yeah I mean that's not my criteria but I suppose with the critics that would be probably what it would take. If Romo plays like he did last season I see no reason to believe he can't get to the Super Bowl. I don't even think he has to win it. Just get there.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

He turned Miles Austin into a Pro Bowl receiver and Laurent Robinson into an almost 900 yard/11 TD receiver. Has either of them duplicated that anywhere else. I would say I'm convinced that if you can got open Romo will find you and find you a lot.

Lets don't kid ourselves on MIles though. You have a argument with Laurent but Miles Austin's career suffered because of his hamstrings. His chemistry with Laurent Robinson was pretty impressive for a duo who had never played with each other prior to that year for Robinson.

 

[windjc]

Tony can have 4 really good games out of the five. He may even lead a few comebacks during this but the media will focus on his one bad game. They will not even mention week 1 or whatever other game he pulls a miracle out. It will all be focused on that single game to continue labeling him as a choker

Its kinda funny/weird with all these different journalists coming out today and saying that its "ok" to call Romo great and basically admitting that they had a stereotype about him because of circa 2005/6??

I think the media picked on Tony because most of them hate America's team. I know that California and New York loathe Dallas, because they both believe that because they are the biggest cities they should rule the Sports World. And having a team from Texas rule it just pisses them off.

 

[sureletsrace]

Overhead 2 guys at work saying he got bailed out by Eli and if it wasn't for his typical Ints it wouldn't have come to that. To determine if someone is worth talking football with, just ask them about Romo.

This is the approach that I take.

I don't bother wasting my time trying to convince blind people that the sky is blue. If they want to think it's green, let them.

 

[Bullflop]

I don't believe there's any question that Romo deserves vindication for all the disrespect he's had to deal with.

Here's a guy who doesn't complain, despite the fact that he's endured what most QBs in the NFL never could.

I'd like nothing better than to see him complete his illustrious career with the Cowboys as one of their greatest.