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

[FLcowboy]

If the Cowboys finish 6 and 2 for the first half of the season, Romo's "greatness" will only be enhanced.

 

[SultanOfSix]

He's already great.

QBs can't win championships on their own. Ask Marino.

 

[Cebrin]

I didn't even read the whole thing. To suggest he has any more to prove is idiotic. Tony is and has been a top 10 QB since 2006. Teams win games with a unity of good players. No one on this team has given more of themselves to win than Tony. This is more of a time for the Dallas Cowboys to prove their legitimacy by staying tough and finding it in themselves to compete without Dez. I believe we can.

 

[mldardy]

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.

Well Miles didn't have hamstring injuries when he left here and doesn't seem to have them now in Philly. It wasn't all 100% Romo but most of it was.

 

[Dale]

I didn't even have to read the article to know I disagree with the premise. Romo has proved himself countless times over in the regular season, but it's still not enough. It'll never be enough for a large contingency of the national population.

Not unless or until he has major playoff success. Consecutive trips to the NFC title game, a Super Bowl appearance, etc.

It's just the way it is.

 

[Fletch]

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

Doubt it. Then he'll fall into a new category by media and fans--"The one Super Bowl club". Regardless if Rodgers, P. Manning, Wilson, and Brees have only won one SB, they've all been considered elite for years. Tony is like new money entering into the Polo Club. He'll never be regarded as well-to-do.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Doubt it. Then he'll fall into a new category by media and fans--"The one Super Bowl club". Regardless if Rodgers, P. Manning, Wilson, and Brees have only won one SB, they've all been considered elite for years. Tony is like new money entering into the Polo Club. He'll never be regarded as well-to-do.

They'll prob say it was because of our OL and our d we won the SB.

 

[Fletch]

They'll prob say it was because of our OL and our d we won the SB.

Well said. I wanted to throw that into my last post to you, but I hate trying to post off my phone. Ugh!

 

[percyhoward]

Don't know who it was that decided football wasn't dramatic enough on its own, and that more interest could be created if dramatic narratives were invented. I'm old fashioned I guess, because I don't need a story line to accompany a game. For me, the story line is the game. The "talking points" are the analyses of the plays that take place in that game.

 

[waving monkey]

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.

this I agree with .he does need hardware

 

[mattjames2010]

Moving the goal post, as always.

First it was playoff success, he found that, it wasn't enough. He then wasn't elite because of late game screw ups, he's now the 4th quarter king, that's not enough. Now he has to win games without his top WR to be considered "great"?

 

[Clove]

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

It's already been established that when it's a regular season game, no pressure on, then he's Montana. But in the post season, well...

 

[LandryFan]

It's already been established that when it's a regular season game, no pressure on, then he's Montana. But in the post season, well...

You left out that he can't read defenses.

 

[Clove]

You left out that he can't read defenses.

I don't really care about regular season games honestly. I don't know what the Cowboys fans are expecting, but me personally, I expect a Super Bowl. And until/unless that happens, you are not great.

 

[remdak]

I've always contended that those 8-8 Cowboy teams would have had only 2-4 wins if you put just about any other QB in the NFL on the Cowboys, other than Rogers and Brady.​

 

[LandryFan]

I don't really care about regular season games honestly. I don't know what the Cowboys fans are expecting, but me personally, I expect a Super Bowl. And until/unless that happens, you are not great.

You're entitled to your opinion. Personally, I have watched every playoff game in Cowboys history. I can tell you that Staubach, my favorite Cowboy of all time, and Aikman would not have been Super Bowl winners without the team (offense and defense) they had around them. This notion that the QB is the determinant of playoff/superbowl wins is absurd. It takes a certain level of players (ALL PLAYERS) and a certain level of COACHING to get there, and especially to win it. You have your opinion, I have mine.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

I don't really care about regular season games honestly. I don't know what the Cowboys fans are expecting, but me personally, I expect a Super Bowl. And until/unless that happens, you are not great.

The team is not great without one. A sb, the team is great.

 

[Wayne02]

Moving the goal post, as always.

First it was playoff success, he found that, it wasn't enough. He then wasn't elite because of late game screw ups, he's now the 4th quarter king, that's not enough. Now he has to win games without his top WR to be considered "great"?

Well he hasn't had playoff success, and that's not all on him, but it will be held against him unless the team starts having playoff success. Fair or unfair, that's just the way it is.

 

[mattjames2010]

Well he hasn't had playoff success, and that's not all on him, but it will be held against him unless the team starts having playoff success. Fair or unfair, that's just the way it is.

Change "the way it is", which thankfully, people have been doing.

Sick of the game of football being pinned on single players.

And the last two times we've made the playoffs, we've won games, it translates to playoff success unless you only consider it success if it leads to the Super Bowl. Then, I guess, it's not a success.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

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...

As a frequant critic of Romo (that he's not playoff material) I half to say that Romo is already great as a game-to-game QB.
Let us not underestimate his skills and personal stats.
The man half earned the "greatness" label.