Tony Dorsett is latest Tony Romo critic

[cowboyjoe]

Tony Dorsett is latest Tony Romo critic
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Every loss seems to spawn another critic.

The latest to question the credentials of quarterback Tony Romo is Cowboys legend Tony Dorsett. The following comments were made during Dorsett's appearance today on Fox Sports Radio with Chris Myers and Steve Hartman.

"Well, for one thing, I don't know why on God's Earth Tony Romo has been anointed a superstar in the National Football League,'' Dorsett said. "Tony is very young in his career. Not to say you can't be young in your career and be a superstar because you've got one up there in Minnesota in Adrian Peterson.

"But the thing is this: you have a guy who hasn't done much and quarterbacks in the National Football League, most of them go through this growing curve. He hasn't gone through that growing curve, but he was anointed this great player all of a sudden. Now he's having to live up to that. And obviously Tony has some deficiencies.

"But, he's a good player who's still learning how to play in the National Football League and I think the media has given him too much credit for doing nothing. He hasn't done anything really in the National Football League to deserve all the recognition and visibility that he's gotten so far."

now, this is what I am talking about when i mentioned game starts between romo and eli manning, from 2005 to end of 2007 eli had 50 starts, eli turned the corner in about his 49th or 50th start, while romo has only had 41 starts;

i think romo might turn the corner about mid season or in december;

if you remember what did tom landry tell parcells one time, a player should show you something by his 3rd year, this is tony romo's 3rd year by midseason; we should see him make some more great steps by midseason on

 

[Plumfool]

Tony d makes great sense.

 

[casmith07]

He does...I think people were very quick to push Romo into the limelight because he's a) the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, and b) the abysmal play at the quarterback position since Troy Aikman retired.

Hopefully you're right, CowboyJoe! I would love to see Romo finally come into his own and "turn the corner" so to speak.

Otherwise, just do what Pittsburgh does and lean heavily on the running game!

 

[Boyzmamacita]

What does Dorsett want the Cowboys to do? Start somebody else? And is this criticism supposed to help Romo's development? I don't care how true it all is. Romo is under enough pressure. You think he doesn't know he played like crap Sunday night? I wish former players would offer support from within instead of offering criticism from without. This approach does not make Romo a better player or the Cowboys a better team.

 

[cowboyjoe]

What does Dorsett want the Cowboys to do? Start somebody else? And is this criticism supposed to help Romo's development? I don't care how true it all is. Romo is under enough pressure. You think he doesn't know he played like crap Sunday night? I wish former players would offer support from within instead of offering criticism from without. This approach does not make Romo a better player or the Cowboys a better team.

i think what tony dorsett meant was that we shouldnt have showered romo with praise, etc, till after he had earned it with playoff wins at least;

 

[Rackat]

The interesting thing to me is not that the ex-Cowboys are criticizing Romo, but that he is the only QB we've had since Troy that is worthy of their criticism. I think more than anything they want him to be succesful, because that in turn means the franchise is succesful.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Bledsoe, Henson, VT, Carter lmao2: ) Hutch lmao: ) Storner, Leaf (sorta) Wright and Cunningham.

Romo. Hmmmmmmm

 

[Boyzmamacita]

i think what tony dorsett meant was that we shouldnt have showered romo with praise, etc, till after he had earned it with playoff wins at least;

I agree with that. But I don't think this public burning of Romo is helping him any more than the public annointing did. Both are an injustice to him.

 

[BIGDen]

The guy got a lot of credit early because, in his first full year as a starter, he had one of the best years an NFL QB has ever had. He made 2 Pro Bowls in less than 2 years as a starter. He won a division and led his team to the playoff two years in a row. He had (and still has) a very high QB rating, won most of his games and showed an uncanny ability to make big plays when everything seemed to be collapsing around him. Praise didn't just happen because of a decent performance or two. He looked special and still flashes that. He had two heartbreaking playoff losses where he wasn't amazing, but he certainly wasn't the reason his teams lost. The Seattle game had a series of bizarre plays before the fumbled hold and the Giants game was just self-destructive crap with stupid penalties and critical drops. Romo has had his ups and downs over the past year. He played poorly the other night in front of the world. But the guy has been a very good NFL QB who deserved some early praise (but some people went overboard) and now he deserves some criticism (people certainly are going overboard). Like another poster said,the guy doesn't even have 50 starts. He deserves a little more time before giving up on him.

Eli led the league in turnovers in '07. He threw FIVE picks late in the season against Minnesota. Everybody in NY and NJ wanted him gone. He went on to win the Super Bowl.

Believe me, NOBODY is more disgusted by what happened Monday night than me. I live in Giants country and take more crap that anybody from these idiot fans. Having said that, I saw plenty of things to build on and I'm not going to let game 2 spoil this season. Let this stuff play out guys and maybe we'll find that some of that early praise was justified.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

unfortunately, Tony D is wrong

Romo's a single-season, record-holder for Dallas QBs

his career #s are extraordinary

his record as a starter is 2 : 1

yeah, he's 0-2 in the playoffs, but they'll come

 

[Boyzmamacita]

The guy got a lot of credit early because, in his first full year as a starter, he had one of the best years an NFL QB has ever had. He made 2 Pro Bowls in less than 2 years as a starter. He won a division and led his team to the playoff two years in a row. He had (and still has) a very high QB rating, won most of his games and showed an uncanny ability to make big plays when everything seemed to be collapsing around him. Praise didn't just happen because of a decent performance or two. He looked special and still flashes that. He had two heartbreaking playoff losses where he wasn't amazing, but he certainly wasn't the reason his teams lost. The Seattle game had a series of bizarre plays before the fumbled hold and the Giants game was just self-destructive crap with stupid penalties and critical drops. Romo has had his ups and downs over the past year. He played poorly the other night in front of the world. But the guy has been a very good NFL QB who deserved some early praise (but some people went overboard) and now he deserves some criticism (people certainly are going overboard). Like another poster said,the guy doesn't even have 50 starts. He deserves a little more time before giving up on him.

Eli led the league in turnovers in '07. He threw FIVE picks late in the season against Minnesota. Everybody in NY and NJ wanted him gone. He went on to win the Super Bowl.

Believe me, NOBODY is more disgusted by what happened Monday night than me. I live in Giants country and take more crap that anybody from these idiot fans. Having said that, I saw plenty of things to build on and I'm not going to let game 2 spoil this season. Let this stuff play out guys and maybe we'll find that some of that early praise was justified.

:clap2:

 

[Boyzmamacita]

unfortunately, Tony D is wrong

Romo's a single-season, record-holder for Dallas QBs

his career #s are extraordinary

his record as a starter is 2 : 1

yeah, he's 0-2 in the playoffs, but they'll come

15-5 on the road. That amazes me more than any other stat.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

15-5 on the road. That amazes me more than any other stat.

Romo's deserved all the praise he's gotten

unless I missed the people saying that he's a lock for the HOF...

(and I cussed out Romo the most out of anyone in the Universe, during and after the Giant game)

edit: the only thing holding Romo back is Romo

 

[cowboyjoe]

Eli led the league in turnovers in '07. He threw FIVE picks late in the season against Minnesota. Everybody in NY and NJ wanted him gone. He went on to win the Super Bowl.

Believe me, NOBODY is more disgusted by what happened Monday night than me. I live in Giants country and take more crap that anybody from these idiot fans. Having said that, I saw plenty of things to build on and I'm not going to let game 2 spoil this season. Let this stuff play out guys and maybe we'll find that some of that early praise was justified.

Thanks BigDen, thats my point, eli had bad games in 2007 even against us in regular season, but eli grew up at the end of the year; Here is to hoping the light bulb goes on for romo too. He has to take and see what the defense is giving him and take what is given him.

 

[vta]

now, this is what I am talking about when i mentioned game starts between romo and eli manning, from 2005 to end of 2007 eli had 50 starts, eli turned the corner in about his 49th or 50th start, while romo has only had 41 starts;

i think romo might turn the corner about mid season or in december;

if you remember what did tom landry tell parcells one time, a player should show you something by his 3rd year, this is tony romo's 3rd year by midseason; we should see him make some more great steps by midseason on

But there does not exist anything which states this as a general rule and all others will follow. Two different people, two different results. Eli did it faster than his brother. Ben Roethlisberger did faster than both. You can't look at what others have done and think it will apply to Romo, because it won't.

He fully deserves his criticism. He doesn't deserve to be dumped or called names, but he certainly deserves criticism for making sophomoric mistakes when it matters most that he do not. A great amount of the wrong on the offense was squarely on his shoulders. He should be criticized and what Eli Manning did in his starts will never affect what Romo will do in his.

 

[BAT]

I LOVE Adrian Peterson. But has Minny won any SBs while I wasn't looking? Peterson is a stud but he hasn't shown much more than what Romo has_which is potential to be special.

And would there still be this much angst if Roy Williams holds on to that TD pass?

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Romo didn't ask for the accolades.

 

[MONT17]

Romo is in his 7th season as a pro... he is not developing! Get the man some WRs then judge him... how can you throw to guys who cant get open? Troy Aikman had the same problem...


Welcome to Jerryland!

 

[Phoenix]

"Well, for one thing, I don't know why on God's Earth Tony Romo has been anointed a superstar in the National Football League,'' Dorsett said.

Tony responds:

Thank you Mr. Dorsett for allowing me to address this most pressing question.

You ask WHY I have been anointed a superstar in the NFL? Why do you have to ask 'why'?

I mean HELLO I AM the starting quarterback on AMERICA'S TEAM. Did you forget that? And HELLO I did date and get to bang Jessica Simpson until I chose to DUMP her ha ha. How many OTHER 'superstars' can say THAT? HUH? What hot celebrity did YOU ever do? HUH?

Stats? Wins? Interceptions? Playoff victories (or not), playoff screw-ups, December meltdowns (okay mostly by me), those are all just beside the point. The POINT is I'm the STARTING quarterback for AMERICA'S team, and while I wanted, I had a hottie like Jessica Simpson in my bed WHENEVER I wanted. And THAT'S why I'm 'anointed'.

So THERE!

 

[CowboyMike]

I didn't hear any of this crap from anyone last week when Tony threw for a career high in yards and 3 touchdowns.